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Danke. Sawyer's mod looks to be a hardcore roolz overhaul. Impressive. Other than making the game tougher, what makes it more enjoyable/better when compared to vanilla hardcore rules?

Bought the Ultimate Edition a few days go. Originally had the 360 version when it first came out but never tried any of the DLCs. Any recommended mods?

Bo Jackson was the greatest video game character of all time. Re: Jordan. That's my conspiracy theory and I'm sticking with it.

Blurred Lines. Because.

Those two books were my favorite assigned reading in English class from high school.

There's been some talk that HBO is talking with GRRM about adapting the Dunk and Egg stories. The comics are pretty good too.

XCOM 75% off for the next two hours. Easily the best game of 2012.

Jordan and Pippin were jerks anyway. Kukoc handled himself very well in those Olympics and the Croatians won silver in those Olympics (Lithuania bronze), I remember the hype that Kukoc had. Comparisons to Magic Johnson tend to do that. But this guy was 6-11 and had handles and uncanny passing ability. He could literally play all five positions and play them well. Pippin was so butthurt in the 94 playoffs (after Jordan's first -ahem- retirement*) against the Knicks when Phil Jackson drew up a play with one second left for Kukoc. Pippin refused to leave the bench in protest. Kukoc made the shot anyway. *retirement/sabbatical to play baseball. Really it was the NBA's (David Stern) way of gracefully suspending Jordan for gambling.

Yeah. It actually does.

That Global spatula is sick! OT: I went to Williams Sonoma and Sur La Table but couldn't find the perfect wooden spoon. My mom has a good one she found in Chinatown years ago but haven't seen anything like it since.

Any game that takes cues from KoDP is aces in my book.

Just to make some corrections: Petrovic, Kukoc, and Radja were Croats and Divac a Serb, and it was the Croatian flag that Divac took away. Both those Yugoslavian and Lithuanian teams were pretty good with some serious talent. Unfortunately, we only saw a shell of Sabonis by the time he came into the NBA. Before injuries got the better of him, he was the equal of Hakeem, Ewing, and Robinson. Marciulionis was fearless on the court and off. A pathfinder for Eastern Bloc players to come across and prove to the world that they can ball with Americans. Petrovic though, he was so fun to watch. Best European player with just enough Pistol Pete without being over the top reckless. Tragic that he had that accident before he reached his prime.

Say what you want about Rodman and his antics, but the guy comes to play every night and puts in 100% effort every time. Always loved to watch him play. .... Anyone else see "Once Brothers" or "The Other Dream Team?" They deal with the break up of Yugoslavia and the fall of the Soviet Union from the from the basketball perspectives of Vlade Divac and the Lithuanian national team respectively. Name drops: Drazen Petrovic, Toni Kukoc, Dino Radja, Vlade Divac, Arvidas Sabonis, and Sarunas Marciulionis. Good stuff.

It's essentially inexcusable to have game breaking crashes for closed systems like consoles. All games have to clear testing by the developer, publisher, and Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo certifications. All hard and soft crashes have to be fixed before passing. It's extremely rare that I come across crashes on consoles and never from any Obsidian games. That being said, CTD's and other bugs are essentially the price of doing business as a PC gamer. Too many hardware and software variables to ensure stability across the full spectrum. From that article I linked earlier, Obsidian has changed their bug squashing practices and are using a dedicated bug tracking database system which is more inline with what larger publishers are using for their QA departments. This is hopeful, as we'll see a more systematic approach to bug tracking and fixing. -As opposed to what I'm guessing was more of an ad-hoc internal approach. This way, producers can more easily categorize, prioritize, and assign bugs to appropriate personnel as they are found. What I am wondering though is...will they be hiring an internal QA staff towards during production? Or will they farm it out to third party?

http://kotaku.com/5968952/the-knights-of-new-vegas-how-obsidian-survived-countless-catastrophes-and-made-some-of-the-coolest-role+playing-games-ever This article also covers that particular criticism.

Good to see Lincecum have a great outing like that. But...148 pitches??? He doesn't have the most robust frame to begin with....hope his arm doesn't fall off. Then again he is the "Freak."

Interesting concept. But I generally don't like the Bethesda sourced engines very much either.

Mutually dumb financial move by both parties. Sorta almost cancels each other out.

How does this compare to the PC release? PC is better. Graphics aren't as crisp on the iPad. But that being said, it's a really good port. Because of the turn based nature, controls and practical UI aren't a major concern. It's the same game, just optimized for the iPad touch controls.

The original iPad was my first Apple product. Up until that time I was a strict IBM Compatible PC monogamous. I hated laptops. Viciously saw them as the ultimate compromise. The iPad changed everything. It's not a compromise at all. Completely portable and I can carry it anywhere I want to around or out of the house. Perfectly complements my desktop PC; I have separate uses for both and none of the lunky ness of a laptop. I do 90% of my home web browsing and email on my iPad. Watch movies, read "books," anywhere I want. Can't speak much for it as a productivity tool though. Terrible word processor, but good gaming device (even for hardcore games) King of Dragon Pass X-Com KotOR Battle of the Bulge

What about Ray Bradbury? ...I'm aware of his work.

I gave up reading books. Really bad for the eyes -can lead to permanent vision damage. Also, it can pollute your brain with seditious ideas and useless trivia. Just watch tv; let the brain relax. Or if I must, books on tape. I'm listening to A Storm of Swords.

Fair 'nuff. 90' era I ranked Defensemen as follows: Bourque Chelios Leetch Coffey Lidstrom Blake Stevens I guess I could see that Niedermayer gets the nod in before Blake due to Stanley Cups. But I always had Fleury as a better player than Shanahan. Especially when comparing their five best seasons and three year consecutive peaks. Shanahan does have a longer albeit less dynamic body of work.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six comes to mind. This was pre 2001 though.

I don't get that. Scott Niedermeyer in before Rob Blake and Brendan Shanahan before Theoren Fleury??