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This is a much better calling out than RPS ever did with Molyneux. Very tough but fair. Especially relevant to Obsidian as it relates to Paradox. Really good discussion about DLC's, microtransactions, buggy releases, BioWare, etc., Kudos to Angry Joe and Paradox for mutually agreeing to this conversation/grilling.

A few notes from the lead writer regarding dialogue and usage of attributes/skills for roleplaying: Totally valid concern. A few things to know about this: - Paying close attention is important sometimes, but for a lot of our "optimal"-feeling options, a skill check will also be involved. So good for you figuring out that some character is susceptible to flattery, but if your Resolve is too low, you won't be able to flatter in a way that doesn't seem hollow. - It's often not the kind of logic that would require a high perception - just common sense in many cases. If you take the Perception option to tell the currier that no woman would ever lay with someone who smells as bad as he does, yeah he probably won't be as forthcoming with you. So maybe you want to think twice about choosing it in the first place even though it says [Perception] in front of it. Looking for some level of thought, not necessarily brilliant levels of deduction. Anything that requires a brilliant deduction will generally be gated behind an appropriate skill check. - I would urge any player to really roleplay his or her character. It's not something I can enforce on my end so much as encourage, but I would want players to choose options based on how they think and what they would say. There are a number of other systems choices we've made here (personality rep and background come to mind, as well as our companion interactions) to try to help the player to develop a character over the course of the story rather than to just play some empty, static avatar. Hopefully it gives a little more meaning to the overall experience. - I have to be careful with my use of "optimal" in reference to quest outcomes. What I generally mean is an outcome that avoids conflict, not necessarily the outcome with the most favorable end result. The idea being, if you're going to skip a fight, we want it to feel like it's a reward for both player and character ingenuity. Otherwise you've just missed out on gameplay. (Which I'll grant you some people prefer.) All that said, if you find that some interaction really forces you to metagame to get the option you want, and requires you to act out-of-character, that's a serious narrative issue, so go ahead and report that as a bug.

Well, since the precedence is already set, Feargus and Co. could always bunker down into Slam Dunk mode and bang out Dales of Eternity whenever the studio situation becomes dire.

Check out some of these posts from Chris Avellone's blog for some tips. http://forums.obsidian.net/blog/1-chris-avellones-blog/?st=10 You'll have to do some minimum digging around.

Neat.

Because it gives you context. It also allows you to predict the future, but I'm supposed to keep that a secret. Yup. Psychohistory won't work if the population is aware of its invisible hand.

Still banking on Steampunks of Eternity by Tim Cain and Chris Avellone.

All is right in the world again. Curry is the best shooter in the world again. And I scored free tickets to a San Jose Sharks game.

I got Sharks tickets on the line. Come on Curry!!!

Yeah, RPS was laying on it thick for such a small budget game which is unlikely to draw much in terms of sales. Game Justice Warrior.

No. Memphis got the guy that deserves to go. Who are you going to take out to include Z-Bo or Conley? Kobe, Anthony Davis, and Griffin are out. Boogie Cousins, Lillard, and Nowitzki were their injury replacements. All three deserve to go based on either personal achievements or combination of both stats and winning teams. NO. PLAYER (TEAM) POS. HT. WT. BIRTHDATE FROM 32 *^ Blake Griffin (Clippers) F 6-10 251 03/16/89 Oklahoma/USA 33 * Marc Gasol (Grizzlies) C 7-1 265 01/29/85 Barcelona, Spain 24 *^ Kobe Bryant (Lakers) G 6-6 212 08/23/78 Lower Merion HS (PA)/USA 23 *^ Anthony Davis (Pelicans) C-F 6-10 220 03/11/93 Kentucky/USA 30 * Stephen Curry (Warriors) G 6-3 190 03/14/88 Davidson/USA 12 LaMarcus Aldridge (Trail Blazers) F 6-11 240 07/19/85 Texas/USA 15 # DeMarcus Cousins (Kings) C 6-11 270 08/13/90 Kentucky/USA 21 Tim Duncan (Spurs) F 6-11 250 04/25/76 Wake Forest/U.S. Virgin Islands 35 Kevin Durant (Thunder) F 6-9 240 09/29/88 Texas/USA 13 James Harden (Rockets) G 6-5 225 08/26/89 Arizona State/USA 0 Damian Lillard (Blazers) G 6-3 195 07/05/90 Weber State/USA 41 Dirk Nowitzki (Mavericks) F 7-0 245 06/19/78 DJK Wurzburg/Germany 3 Chris Paul (Clippers) G 6-0 175 05/06/85 Wake Forest/USA 11 # Klay Thompson (Warriors) G 6-7 215 02/08/90 Washington State/USA 0 Russell Westbrook (Thunder) G 6-3 200 11/12/88 UCLA/USA * – denotes a starter via fan voting # – denotes first-time selection ^ – denotes injured and will not participate PS Memphis is not #1 in the West. PPS The 3pt. Shootout is stacked. Deepest competition I've seen. Vegas Odds: Stephen Curry (GS) -- 13/4 Kyle Korver (ATL) -- 15/4 Klay Thompson (GS) -- 4/1 Kyrie Irving (CLE) -- 4/1 J.J Redick (LAC) -- 5/1 Wesley Matthews (POR) -- 6/1 Marco Belinelli (SAN) -- 6/1 James Harden (HOU) -- 8/1 At 4-1, Klay would be the best value bet.

Got a new set of headphones for my daily train commute. Couldn't decide what to play first, so I hit random. Got this.

BOOM SHAKA LAKA

As an ease of use convenience, if implemented, its removal could be part of the Expert Mode package.

Yeah, it's mostly harmless --especially since it's optional. I'm pretty sure it took even less resources than enabling Big Head mode.

Sorry. Some of the non-MCA trolls are pretty ambiguous and fly over my head. That said, I'd be pretty interested in what some of the old guard reviewers like Tom Chick, Bruce Geryk, or Desslock have to write.

As far as I know, the digital and hardcopy strategy guides should be the same.

I like the font ligature. Gives the game that much more unique character. I suppose it's as divisive in that respect as the film grain in Mass Effect.

I doubt mainstream gaming media from established "reputable" sites is going to assign a complete hack like this guy to review Eternity. I'll have to atleast give them that level of the benefit of the doubt. This is more akin to what you'd find in the comments field from youtube or yahoo.

Curious what engine they're using and how long this has been in development.

Currently you can't buy game in physical form, but if Paradox decides to sell physical copies I would guess that they will be similar to those physical copies that backers get, which are drm free and have installer that is independent of any digital distribution service. But I can't say anything for sure. In the update, they stated the retail version would be tied to Steam.

You had to fill a survey with the name you wanted in the thanks section of the credits. They would have used that information for the strategy guide as well, I would assume. Yeah, it was in the backer portal.

Do they have forums? Bruce you should create an account there and ask them if they'll have romance. I just checked the forums and people are already asking about it Yeah but Bruce is a promancer's pro. If anyone can successfully lobby for it, that would be Bruce.

Do they have forums? Bruce you should create an account there and ask them if they'll have romance.

Meh. Not interested in a Frankenstein mishmash of NWN and DA:O with questionable single player.