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Console plebians vs PC Master Race? Fallout 1 vs Fallout 2 vs Fallout 3? Eastern European Communism vs The World? Romance Fans vs Non-Romance Fans? Turn Based vs Real Time? EA or Microsoft vs Gamers? But aren't almost debates going to have 2 opposing topics? How do you have a debate with someone without some kind of dichotomy?

Good luck, sorry I haven't been following your job hunt. Where are you working now?

"Being an adult" is relative and subjective. The older I get the more I realize that there is no real defined path to adulthood or maturity, it differs from person to person. In Africa we have 16 year old's who are the parents to there younger siblings due to the fact the parents are either dead or away. I believe life is a constant journey of self-discovery if you allow it to be. And always remember " you don't stop having fun when you get old, you get old when you stop having fun"

South Africa is playing England in the ICC Champions Trophy (international one day cricket tournament) and we are getting our asses kicked. Its the semi-finals and we are 76-7. That's the one thing that really annoys me about Cricket is the inconsistency around performance.

Yeah, especially since I, a self-professed fan of Bioware and its games, depend on all these people with "no interest in Bioware", who are "never ever going to buy one of their games again" on receiving all my Bioware news in a timely fashion. Very insightful comments my friend, very insightful. And we both know all these "Bioware bashers" will be playing DA3 when it gets released

Were we ever at reasoned politics? Tribalism has always ruled the human mind, centuries of technological progress and cultural development did not change that. Yes politics is reasonable, don't mistake systemic problems with a failure of the whole system

Dude whatever you are smoking I want some, it sounds great

Logically, it cannot be. You, or any individual voter, have effectively no responsibility because you have effectively no influence. 1 vote in 60 million for you, 1 in 300 million for an american, 1 in 4 million for me. But people buy into the notion that they have influence over elections because collectively we do and politicians play to that, people like to feel important and involved, and for the health of the system itself it is important for people to feel engaged rather than apathetic. It's human nature again, really. You've a Westminster avatar, Zor. So I'm assuming you know a bit about Parliament. You recall that in the UK we vote for specific members of Parliament? Over here, what matters is the swing in a particular seat. That swing is rarely more than a few thousand. Sometimes its only treble figures. The small scale and directness of our system is what I love about it most, even if it does enable Galloways to arse about. Galloway, another person that annoys me. But he is very humorous Did you ever watch when he had to go in front of that USA congressional hearing. He gave it to them as only he can. He didn't seem intimidated at all

Yes Fringe is excellent, I have watched all seasons. I assumed this was a common and popular TV series that everyone had watched? I loved it from start to finish but apparently it's popularity was waning towards the end which is why the last series and the whole invasion plotline was rushed. I heard some theory that people started watching it on Hulu more than on television because it clashed with other popular shows (which has apparently killed a couple of really good shows now ike Terminator: Sarah Conner Chronicles) because of loss of advertisement revenue or something. Yeah the last season was great " The Observers " I liked the way they used previous fringe science experiments to fight them

Yes Fringe is excellent, I have watched all seasons. I assumed this was a common and popular TV series that everyone had watched?

You son is really cute, do you pull his cheeks? I grew up in a family of massive cheek pulling. And all my younger siblings had chubby cheeks when they were your sons age so having your cheeks pulled was common

But Drowsy its irrelevant if the majority of the Iranians want to get nuclear technology( and I question if this is what the average Iranian actually wants considering all the issues around it) Nuclear technologies become a global issue and we live in a global world. The global community doesn't want Iran to go this route so its not going to happen. You need to accept this to avoid major disappointment later

I just finished Alan Wake American Nightmare, it was okay but I don't recommend it. It took me 5 hours to complete and you had repeat the same level 3 times. The game positions this repetition as part of the plot but I think this was more to do with budgetary constraints and laziness on the part of the developers Okay I need some input on my next game, Bioshock 1 or Darksiders 1? I haven't played either franchise so any views would be appreciated

It sounds like you actually want Iran to continue to enrich Uranium, irrespective of the outcome? Don't you care about the inexorable consequences that will befall the Iranian people if they continue to go this unnecessary route. You do realize that almost no country in the world wants Iran to get Nuclear technology including Russia, China and almost all the members of the Arab League?

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I am talking about the desire demons, they can be hot. You even have the option to have sex with one in DA:O

Correct, and Monte you know I'm a big supporter of Romance\Sex in my RPG

You've raised a good point but I suppose we don't know how many creatures or how powerful the creatures from the fade will be? There will more than likely be new "fade races"

Do they have a coffee maker ? Here we are told to be glad we have a water cooler. They have several, they even have a nespresso machine which makes uniquely flavoured coffee like caramel. But I prefer Tea personally http://www.nespresso.com/#/za/en/coffee_machines/selecteur_gamme

Translation: You will grind your way through five enemy models with different names in very similar caves, but if that's a bit TL;DR you can just hit the 'forward to badly rendered sex-scene' with your pan-sexual LI, which now includes an inanimate object for our fans who wish to experience love with a vase or a sack of rocks. If this wasn't enough your Inquisitor will hop aboard what we are calling the 'mine-cart of exposition' which is a series of cut-scenes that allows you to be splashed with the orgasmic ectoplasm of Dave Gaider's Joss Wheedon fantasy! All this plus EXCLAMATION MARK DLC! * squeegasm * I may not agree with most of what you say but you do make me laugh "which now includes an inanimate object for our fans who wish to experience love with a vase or a sack of rocks" love with a vase or a sack of rocks...classic

http://blog.bioware.com/2013/06/15/bioware-gm-aaryn-flynn-reflects-on-e3-2013/ Guys a little information about DA3, so it seems like its an invasion from the Fade

"'To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women" That would have been hilarious just to see there response

My favourite is "intellectually dishonest". If you want to call someone a liar, just say so. Being intellectually dishonest is not the same thing as lying. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_honesty Obviously citation is a pipe dream (and probably shouldn't be necessary anyway) on a casual internet forum, but it's not lying to present things in a biased way (not factoring in that sometimes it's born out of ignorance). Alan now that I read that definition I'm not sure if it is different to lying. The link you provided says "Intentionally committed fallacies in debates and reasoning are called sometimes intellectual dishonesty" That could also be called a lie as I could lying about a topic in a debate knowing its untrue? I don't see the difference if you look at the definition

I had a really good interview today at a specialized software consultancy company, I am very happy where I work but this other company has more vision and long term strategy and the overall financial incentives are way better. They asked me some questions that I have never really been asked before. One of them was "what happens when you have a really bad day and you get into a bad mood, what do you do?". I was stumped as I very seldom get into persistent bad moods so they put me on the spot Anyway they will be making the offer this week so its all very exciting

The brutal human rights abuses the Kurdish people suffer in Turkey don't count then? Why doesn't the rest of NATO intervene to free the Kurds from Turkish oppression? The situation around the Kurds in Turkey is complicated and its not as clear as the atrocities that Assad has committed against his own people