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If they didn't why are they still putting out PC games?

It was planned for the PC for quite a while, but finally they dropped it when EA decided to publish it. I'm pretty sure that they will release a PC version ~6 months later. I might just as well ask why there are any PC games at all, Nightshape?

Looks like it is actually going somewhere. Also, the computer chick is kind of cute.

That's actually pretty nice.

Great thread 10/10, would laugh again. Keep it up guys!

Using gender-based insults among the same gender seems pretty redundant. I guess people just went for the low-hanging fruit there, like calling people with glasses four-eyes and so on. Indeed, which may be why there aren't too many females who post on game boards compared to the number of females who are actually gamers. Our opinions are frequently dismissed as "what do girls know"? Early in AP's development, I was watching the AP board even though the idea of playing a male spy ala Jason Bourne/James Bond didn't totally appeal to me (I've played as male characters frequently; had to if I wanted to play at all! I do prefer playing as a female because I feel the PC is an extension of me. When I play as a male, I feel like I'm just sitting on his should watching him do his thing. ) Anyway, I read one of the developer's interviews in which he bragged that Michael Thornton would be able to have sex with every female in the game... as if that was a terrific selling point. Well, that annoyed me and I posted on the AP forum why it annoyed me. Good God. You'd have thought I killed the puppies of nearly every male on the forum. They attacked me mercilessly. I crossed AP off my "maybe" list, and never went back to the forum again... until tonight, when I followed you link and saw that little had changed over there. Too many male gamers look down on female gamers, I think. It comes across in forums like this. Fortunately, there are a lot of good guys out there as well. They just get drowned out by the jerks. There are some people who are doing a pretty good job representing the female side, Leigh Alexander, for example. I think it comes down to there being stupid people on the internet, gender is just an easy way to insult someone. EDIT: On a second glance, everyone does seem to get all tangled up in gender politics and far-reaching assumptions when something like that is brought up by a female. I don't know why. EDIT2: I think a Alpha Protocol with a female lead would have much more potential to be an unique and interesting game, especially with good writing.

You can play all the retail games straight from the disc, but since the big firmware update you can also install them to reduce load times and whatnot.

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Looking at the poster, there's actually less girls than guys. http://media.moddb.com/images/groups/1/1/820/cast_season1_22.jpg I'm pretty sure that's exactly what I said. Guess I misread your post

I don't think you were alone haha. No, I remember it pretty clearly, after Boo insulted the womenfolk we had a pistol duel and I taught him a valuable lesson.

All this communist talk reminds me of the Penny Arcade "Paint the line" arc.

Looking at the poster, there's actually less girls than guys.

Using gender-based insults among the same gender seems pretty redundant. I guess people just went for the low-hanging fruit there, like calling people with glasses four-eyes and so on.

I thought you frequented this board, apparently I was wrong. So care to give us a little female perspective on this? Does playing a male character bother you?

I always liked this version of SHODAN more than the original one.

SG1 was great up to the Ori, but the greatness came from the characters and the chemistry between the actors more than anything. As I said, we will see.

There's some legitimate discussion later on and I think I did call Boo out on his crap.

I always find it funny when people act like they are entitled to something. SEGA doesn't owe you anything, go have fun instead of complaining. (not aimed at you directly, Patriot1)

Not sure what you're talking about. This, should have probably posted a link in the last post...

I'm sure SEGA is regularly checking the Obsidian message boards. You'll probably have better luck complaining on the SEGA boards or sending them an email or something.

Yeah, when he sees the ending. He'll be back, they always do.

Demo or bust.

But he rated it

Swing by the Alpha Protocol board, that's where the real discussion on that topic takes place.

Going all god-complex and inverted crosses on us, Maria? @Nepenthe: Didn't know that. We'll see how well it will work out, considering Sony's track record with enforcing any kind of standards recently...