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That sounds like a awesome little eatery and I took a look at the menu. Very appetizing. Your wife had the lamb bourguignon, did she enjoy it?

Gromnir you are horribly and egregiously wrong about Ziets, he is a very talented writer and very creative ...and he knows how to write meaningful Romance you could be correct that he is a talented writer, but we don't know 'pon which to base that-- surely not motb. am honestly uncertain what he did for fo:nv, but we don't recall meaningful romance in that game, so we doubt you is using that game as a reference. am admitting that we is likely not giving zeits his due, but am not certain what work of his deserves greater Gromnir consideration. HA! Good Fun! Fair enough maybe someone else can give more information, here is his Wiki information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ziets

Kaine I doubt you are talking about the same Torment we are talking about ..

Gromnir you are horribly and egregiously wrong about Ziets, he is a very talented writer and very creative ...and he knows how to write meaningful Romance

Yeah I agree, I am so excited with all the games on the horizon like PoE and ToN

Wow, that looks good. I am very interested in any feedback around this game

Cast Iron Skin and you can tank indefinitely. Or... Cast Mirror Image then Stone Skin then Simulacrum then have your Simulacrum cast a Project image. Then have your Project image cast Improved haste, and Shapechange: Mind Flayer then go to work on the front lines while your Simulacrum buffs your party with more improved Hastes, Mass invisibility, and spirit armor. In the meantime, you can spam the battle field with Horrid Wiltings, chain lightnings, Disintigrates, Emotion: Hopelessness and fireballs. You will then (literally) be able to say that your mage is Tanking, DPSing and Crowd Controlling Simultaneously. Throw in a couple of Vampiric touches by your simulacrum, and you can say that you're Tanking, DPSing, Crowd Controlling, and healing simultaneously. But no. Class roles aren't as flexible in BG2 as they are in WoW. LOL Edit: ROFL To be fair, only the mage classes could do that. BG2 had the best magic from any game ever, but the other classes weren't so flexible. Also surly you couldn't do that all the time because you would run out of spells and need to rest After a level not even that. Just cast Wish and select to regain all your spells Interesting strategy, I never used Wish in BG2

Cast Iron Skin and you can tank indefinitely. Or... Cast Mirror Image then Stone Skin then Simulacrum then have your Simulacrum cast a Project image. Then have your Project image cast Improved haste, and Shapechange: Mind Flayer then go to work on the front lines while your Simulacrum buffs your party with more improved Hastes, Mass invisibility, and spirit armor. In the meantime, you can spam the battle field with Horrid Wiltings, chain lightnings, Disintigrates, Emotion: Hopelessness and fireballs. You will then (literally) be able to say that your mage is Tanking, DPSing and Crowd Controlling Simultaneously. Throw in a couple of Vampiric touches by your simulacrum, and you can say that you're Tanking, DPSing, Crowd Controlling, and healing simultaneously. But no. Class roles aren't as flexible in BG2 as they are in WoW. LOL Edit: ROFL To be fair, only the mage classes could do that. BG2 had the best magic from any game ever, but the other classes weren't so flexible. Also surly you couldn't do that all the time because you would run out of spells and need to rest ?

And IE games you couldn't? Technically no I would say you can't, for example I usually play a mage. He hangs back and cast offensive spells. He is not a tank, I could use a spell like Tensers Transformation but that would only make him a temporary tank.

Yes, because IMF-sponsored "fiscal prudence" has worked wonders elsewhere, right? Who cares if people can't pay for gas? After all, it's "bad business" to subsidize necesity goods, huh? But hey, let's spin the story to make it about Russia. And while we're at it, let's also forget that the single thing that started the ball rolling was Yanukovych's refusal to accept the same terms of the deal that his unelected successors have made. Can't let silly things like democracy get in the way of economic domination, now can we. 2133 lets try to leave our personal views on Ukraine\Russia\EU out of this discussion for a second and lets be logical. I think we can all agree that Ukraine requires transformation to get there economy viable and healthy again. What business, company or country for that matter sells anything for less than what it buys it for? It makes no sense, don't blame the IMF for making the correct suggestions. "Don't shoot the messenger " Also why are you suggesting that the fact that Russia is now astronomically increasing there gas price to Ukraine is some sort of spin or is not relevant?

Okay I see your point. But I just think this does more harm to the region than good, because you are allowing a political agenda to influence a countries economic prosperity

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/04/01/betrayer-review/#more-198291 Guys take a look at this and watch the video, I didn't think a monochrome game would be that great but I think it adds to the excitement in this case

That's called free market - everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it. Before Russia had lower gas prices for Ukraine because Ukraine showed some cooperation. Why should they provide same price cuts now? Check how much other EU countries are paying for gas. Want to be in EU - be prepared to pay just as everyone else. But the question should be " why is Russia pushing up its price now that Ukraine is looking to align to the EU" ? Obviously this is some sort of punitive measure. This is just going to harm Ukraine's economic recovery and seems childish and contradictory to wanting regional stability? Also how does this help Russia in winning over the hearts and minds of the Ukrainians?

I concur about anchovies, its amazing how many people say " no I don't eat anchovies, I don't like the taste". But when you mix anchovies into a certain recipes like Caesar salad you won't even notice the difference...anchovies just taste like salty goodness

Well I just see this as bad business sense that the Ukrainian energy company, Naftogaz, sells gas at less than the price in buys from Russia. We should be supporting the fact that the IMF is encouraging Ukraine to demonstrate more fiscal prudence I'm much more concerned that Russia is using, again, bullying tactics to influence Ukraine to be aligned to them by increasing the price they pay for gas from Russia http://dailyenergydump.com/2014/04/01/russia-tightens-energy-screws-angers-ukraine/

I played IWD for the first time about 6 months ago and there is a major difference between it and games like BG2 ( I haven't played BG1 yet) and thats the lack of interesting party interaction. Its not just the fact that there was no Romance but rather the fact that your party members are like cardboard caricatures, there was no depth and very little affinity I felt for my party members I liked IWD but I really feel if a modern day RPG doesn't allow some kind of party interaction then it will be missing something that will appeal to most gamers around what they expect from an RPG experience

What I really admire about Obsidian and people like Josh is the immense patience they seem to have to answer the same questions to different gaming journalists over and over again. So in the interview video you have to wonder how many times he has been asked " so how would you describe PoE"? And he always seems like he is genuinely interested in describing the game and its features....again and again Oh and I'm glad the interviewer asked about Romance or rather why there won't be any in PoE....let the awareness never end

that shows some serious commitment to the Star Wars franchise, I like it

I don't get the prudish tone, they talk about sex games as if they are meant to be taboo or just for nerds who live on their mother's basements. You think that after the pornography industry coming out of the shadows and the common knowledge that everyone with an internet connection has likely watched porn, they would have a more accepting view. Also, Live and let live and whatnot; dagnabit femanizi game journos. Are you guys thinking what I'm thinking....enhanced Romance options in RPG

I saw this yesterday and I think it looks like its got real potential, I also like Ragnar Tørnquist so that only helps anything he is involved in

That was really good, I didn't expect the ending

For example, if Russia or China or other country would openly support some rebel group at the country bordering your own and openly hostile to your country, what would be your reaction? How would you call it? You have asked some good questions around China and Russia, but its just not a realistic question. Russia and China never send troops to assist in any foreign affair or on any humanitarian mission unless it benefits them directly. For example they didn't care about the Bosnian War or the various ongoing military missions in Africa, like CAR at the moment. Its always Western countries who send troops and provide military assistance for UN sponsored military missions Now I'm not saying all Western military interventions are altruistic but at least the West does intervene on humanitarian grounds at times. But to answer your question I would be very angry and concerned if Russia or China did what you mentioned. And they already did this throughout Africa during the Cold War when it was about the spread of Communism. But where are you seeing something similar to this in what we are discussing with the various modern conflict areas, I am missing the analogy?

No Malc you are missing some facts and the reality of the situation in Syria. There was a time in the beginning of the Syrian conflict where the Syrian rebels wanted the West to destroy Assads air-forcee and military hardware like his tanks. They were prepared to do the ground fighting. There weren't the degree of Islamic extremists involved in the Syrian rebels in the beginning. This is exactly what the Libyan rebels asked for and this is exactly how the West intervened and assisted with regime change. At the moment the situation in Syria is as follows hundreds of thousands of Syrians killed millions of Syrians are refugees vast parts of the infrastructure of Syria has been destroyed and areas of major Syrian cities have been raised to the ground Islamic extremists, Al-Qaeda, are now active in Syria Certan neighbors to Syria have parts of there country destabilized due to various factions involved in Syria, like Lebanon Yes we can't predict the future but I don't see how you can possibly argue that Western intervention in the beginning of the Syrian conflict could have had any worse result than the current situation...especially when we look at Libya today

Quite interesting logic here. At some point of time some people believed cleansing certain regions from certain ethnicities are "what is best for the region". Anyway, looking at how everything turned out for Iraq, Lybia, Syria and Egypt I kinda think someone asking wrong people about "what is best for the region". Actually you have unintentionally supported my view about the right way the West can implement regime change. You mentioned some examples, Libya is the correct way to implement regime change and Syria is the result of where the West is prevented from getting involved by the vetoing power of Russia and China So lets look at the state of Syria and Libya now and ask yourself what country is better off? Yes things aren't perfect in Libya but its no where near the catastrophic level of economic and social collapse that Syria is at.... So once again I do support the principle of Western intervention to assist with regime change in some cases.

So I'm about 8 hours into F.E.A.R and its a great game, I am very impressed with the AI. I'm not use to enemies coming behind me or circling around and finding other positions to attack me from. And the narrative is captivating so good game so far