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Hi All We know in many respects the USA can be a country of excess and ostentatiousness. But I have never seen anything like this restaurant before and I just saw a documentary on this place on one of CNN medical shows. I would like to get others opinions http://www.heartattackgrill.com/ Okay this place is a legitimate restaurant in Vegas but they unashamedly promote high calorie and very unhealthy food that can lead to a heart attack, hence the name. In fact the last 2 spokesmen for the restaurant have died from heart attacks. There have been several customers who have also had heart attacks in the restaurant http://abcnews.go.com/Health/HeartHealth/blair-river-hefty-heart-attack-grill-spokesman-dies/story?id=13056400 http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/feb/11/heart-attack-grill-spokesman-dies-heart-attack/ The last spokesmen died 2 weeks ago, he ate there every day. The restaurant has a policy that if you are over a certain weight you eat for free, you need to be 25 stones/ 160 KG to qualify for this "great deal" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1328863/Heart-Attack-Grill-Free-food-customers-weigh-25st.html I watched an interview on CNN with the owner Jon Basso and he didn't seem that concerned, his argument was basically we don't force people to eat the good and we admit its all bad for you. I am not parochial in any respects but where do we draw the line? This place actually rewards people for there obesity and encourages the epidemic of unhealthy eating. It glorifies the fact that a bad diet can lead to a heart attack. There one burger has 10000 Calories !!! I believe in a free market and don't support nanny states but I feel there is something fundamentally wrong with openly glamorizing peoples addictions in a way that is perfectly legal? Where is the moral and ethical boundary for a place like this. I see this place as worse than smoking adverts because they are quite happy to joke about how harmful there food is. Am I being over sensitive? Finally the only good thing I can say about the place is that there are some really hot ladies who work there dressed as nurses that serve the food. But this is just part of the image they create that you are in a hospital I find the behavior and marketing of this restaurant chain as reprehensible and have to ask " in our modern age is there place for establishments like this" ?

Hi JFSOCC Sounds like a nice day, but can I ask you a question? You say you celebrate his death through a birthday, don't you mean a remembrance or do you really mean a birthday. What culture is that or rather what religion? I am interested I do pretty much the same in that regard for my mom. If I do anything anymore (it's been 12 years) I'll celebrate her on her birthday and not the day that she died. I'm not religious at all and I'd say my family is more spiritual than religious. Okay I see what you are saying. I have never heard of this before but it makes sense on many levels.

Hi JFSOCC Sounds like a nice day, but can I ask you a question? You say you celebrate his death through a birthday, don't you mean a remembrance or do you really mean a birthday. What culture is that or rather what religion? I am interested

This game looks very playable, it reminds me of Amnesia. Nice one

Hmm, I wonder what book is he talking about? Sounds like a cracking good yarn, as long as the good guys win in the end. In Planescape: Torment there was this talking book ,The Grimoire of Pestilential Thought, that could convert you into evil. I never used it as I always play good characters

Well the good news is that they mentioned that W3 will be more like W1 in respect to monsters

I like his post because it encourages debate but its easy to find people who dislike Steam and for some its hip and vogue to be anti-establishment. So I don't see his post as having balls just interesting and relevant as people do discuss this.

No I wouldn't support or buy it as its a console version and I don't believe it will offer the same depth or gameplay experience as the PC version. Sorry

Hi Gorth I wondering where you have been, you have been quiet lately. Good to have you back "Gorthfucious"

It's all good. I don't feel any sort of pressing need to go there and discuss the game. I'm content with how it's shaping up and look forward to it being released. Okay,let me know if you change your mind. For those interested in the update that discusses the latest information to W2 here is the link http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2/posts/412225

Alan if you are nervous I'll come with you to the W2 forum while we visit for a shot while , safely in numbers. I have no problem with this so don't see it as you will be inconveniencing me in the slightest

Thanks for this link, I'll make the same inquiries at the South African ISP to confirm its the same setup. I use to work for the holding company of those ISP so I know loads of people who can answer.

It makes more sense for it to be an ISP initiative, not a Steam one. If a lot of people are downloading off of Steam, the ISP benefits by caching the common files (they typically cache anyways) as it saves them the money of using the actual internet bandwidth. I hear you but there is a difference between an ISP caching server and the entire Steam software database being available locally. But maybe someone can find a link to confirm what you guys are saying?

That isn't steam- if you clicked the link I made you'd see that the server(s) are not run by steam (valve), but by your countries ISPs as a way to minimise international bandwidth costs. They'll also cache stuff to minimise those costs as well, and it isn't kotaku being brilliant if you're pulling its info down super fast because it's cached, it is your ISP saving money. I don't this is the case, none of the listed ISP for South Africa is the one I use. I am sure this is a case of Steam approaching certain ISP and allowing them to host the Steam software repository , of course it benefits both parties but I think this is a value add so that customers in certain countries get quicker speeds?

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/02/20/monster-hunting-in-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt.aspx Latest video on monster hunting. I like the preparation that needs to go into the hunt, and we all love killing beasts.

And this is the reason, why I do not like Steamworks, why in the hell you have to download 30GB from the internet, when you just bought the disc? Sorry I meant to say I bought the digital copy from Game Stop online. Not a physical copy But its still a big download, the biggest I have ever seen

IIRC it's easy as pie Altair -> defensive skills (except when he's alone against multiple Orc enemies) Styx -> offensive skills (that skill that boosts his critical chance upgraded with +50% dodge is game breaking especially combined with multi-dagger skill) I hear you, I stared getting the hang if it but still found I had split my points too evenly between attack and defense so I wasn't effective in either. This became apparent in certain fights, like against the Shaman. I was about 10 hours into the game. Also every level seemed the same from a gameplay perspective. A linear path from A to B with the same types of monsters just in different size groups...goblin, dogs or humans . I may install it again, but I doubt it I agree level design and stealth mechanics are... rudimentary, but one needs to take into account this game was developed on a shoestring budget (even compared to Game of Thrones from same developer), still setting, combat and characters ultimately were good enough to make the game worth buying on release. I really would not mind a sequel. Now I feel bad, I didn't realize the financial restraints involved in the development Okay I'll give the game another go after a while,

In South Africa walking into a store and buying a hard copy is still common, personally I like the tactile experience of buying games or books in stores but digital distribution also makes practical sense at times

IIRC it's easy as pie Altair -> defensive skills (except when he's alone against multiple Orc enemies) Styx -> offensive skills (that skill that boosts his critical chance upgraded with +50% dodge is game breaking especially combined with multi-dagger skill) I hear you, I stared getting the hang if it but still found I had split my points too evenly between attack and defense so I wasn't effective in either. This became apparent in certain fights, like against the Shaman. I was about 10 hours into the game. Also every level seemed the same from a gameplay perspective. A linear path from A to B with the same types of monsters just in different size groups...goblin, dogs or humans . I may install it again, but I doubt it

I was going to skip the whole article until you pointed out the English translation. So thx

That sounds really fun, all the political intrigue and scandal. I have never played a RTS before. Okay I did try Heroes of Might and Magic VI but I am not sure if that qualifies. Old Gods DLC that will let you play as pagans and loot and pillage and sacrifice people. "pillage and sacrifice" , that does sound fun and different

I got annoyed with Of Orcs and Men as I kept getting killed, so I stopped playing it and then deleted it off my machine. Its not a good enough game for me to go back and relearn new skills or understand the combat properly. So tonight I will be installing Alan Wake, I have always wanted to play it

Now this is a legitimate and annoying concern with Steam, it was obviously implemented due to fraud but I can understand the exasperation nonetheless. Sorry to hear that Melk :

I demand that PE gets released exclusively on Gamers Gate !!! GOG and Steam are corrupt western companies that are trying to control our minds and read our private documents. Trust me I know as I read this on the Internet, Gamers Gate is the only legitimate gaming download site !!!!

The 'whole point' of steam is to allow you to have everything under one canopy? Not to, for example, make GabeN money? If you want the potted version of the reason I dislike steam it's that it wants to act as a gatekeeper over an open system, has monopolist power and provides no actual benefit over what being on a PC already provides. If steam did not have steamworks and did not latch itself lamprey like onto 3rd party games I would not care about it in the slightest. And I already have my PC games under one canopy, it's called 'my computer' (or Cyrus to be technical, precursor to Xerxes) If it's the same situation as here (and it is) it's ISPs mirroring steam's servers to save on international bandwidth, rather than anything to do with steam itself. I can, on occasion, get unmetered downloads from GOG because they've been cached as well, and that ain't due to GOG, it's my ISP saving $$$. Okay I am glad you made this post so we can focus on the virtues or deficiencies of the service I am obviously in the rox camp for the reasons I mentioned. They include A local presence in South Africa so downloads are really quick The ability to get easy download access to a variety of games that at times are discounted Steam has helped indie developers to distribute there games, and in some examples didn't charge initially for it ( see link http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/07/25/how-project-zomboid-was-saved-by-steam-desura-and-fileplanet/ ) I bought Red Orchestra 2 from Game Stop and when I wanted to download it the software linked the download to Steam. This game is 30 GB in size so you can imagine how long this would have taken if I had to use international sites Steam for president !!!! But I also support Uplay, Origin and other gaming download sites