Drowsy Emperor

Aw, this warms my black heart http://www.gog.com/en/news/gog_loves_dd_the_baldurs_gate_series

919,786 baby I want this game, like, yesterday If you screw it up I'll never play one of your games again... my stapler,where's my stapler

Startopia is unique. It has its share of problems, but its really the sim I played the most of all (although I'm not exactly a sim nut). Its good in the same way Dungeon Keeper is good. Its a better sim than DK but the mechanisms of conflict are worse.

For me 2 options are best: 1. Only humans with other races and creatures being extremely rare (like a fairytale eh) 2. No humans or traditional races (like Talislanta) for a completely alien and otherworldly feel Considering all the talk about souls, its pretty certain that the game was considered with humans at least in mind. Its just that I'm tired as hell of the dwarves, orcs and elves. I can't stand them any more. But I would settle to some other new race, as long as it isn't derivative.

Almost 800000 now, its going to get funded and not even break 48 hours. Considering how vague the video is that a real show of faith by Obs customers. This is it Obs, it takes balls to stake your entire reputation on this game but that's exactly what you did. With this and Wasteland 2 its now or never for old school RPGs.

Almost 500000 in the piggybank there is no way this is not getting funded. Practically all the biggest names in RPG design are working on this so I think its time to continue where ToB, Torment and Fallout left off. And there are some big shoes to fill.

I definitely consider myself superior to the people you just described. Anyone willing to kill because they believe so much in their ethnicity, religion, culture, or history belongs in a mental asylum. It's so sad that there are entire countries full of such people (and I blame nurture here, not nature), but it doesn't change the fact that many of the citizens in places like Serbia and Libya, for example, need long-term mass counselling by trained professionals. Impossible of course, which leaves time and the innocence of younger Serbs and the Serbs not born yet as the only healers. Don't get me wrong I thing the USA is walking a fine line itself (more so than any other developed country) - but the USA is still so superior to any country whose government or society encourages violence to "protect societal fabric" (this phrase is one of the most insidious and evil I've ever heard) that it's not even a contest. Now enough of this - I'd like it if you took your Serbian nationalist Muslim hating to another forum - maybe the KKK or something would suit you. Ever think about easing off the pills and booze? Or just learning to read? I was pointing out the entire issue from their perspective just a few posts above, even supplied a justification of sorts, but then you're too self righteous to notice that. There are all sorts of people in this forum, but man, you really have issues you need help with.

Yeah, except we can do without epic fantasy for a while. There's plenty of sci fi, whether it be hard sf or space fantasy, there's a whole bunch of horror p&p with WoD and Cthulu on top of that pile etc. etc. The possibilities are endless if you look beyond sword and sorcery.

Awesome, BGII scene in 3D: http://kotaku.com/5942631/an-iconic-baldurs-gate-ii-scene-re+created-in-glorious-3d

Well, we'll see what they announce when/if it happens. That's what happens when you goof around in EA's managerial boot camp and not make enough MONEY, MONEY, MONEEEY: GET DOWN AND GIVE ME A HUNDRED OF THOSE FIFA'S SOLDIER!!

Like Dragon Age's setting? Besides, there are plenty of well thought out settings that aren't just about being different - but have actually taken the hobby farther than DnD ever could. Drop by RPG.net and see for yourself.

Apparently, you and I will start to like MMO's when they stop being... MMO's.

Startopia is now on GoG. Made by ex Bullfrog (Dungeon Keeper, Theme Hospital) employees in Mucky Foot its the best (and only that I know of) space station sim ever made. Good humor, excellent visuals, deep design, really - what's not to like? I urge anyone with any interest in sci fi and sim games to try it, its one of my favorite games of all time even with its flaws.

I've been reading that Diablo 3 is essentially a flop as far as MP is concerned (and none of my friends liked the single player at all) What's the verdict?

Is it true that Bioware isn't working on any single player RPG? All I see on their site are some crappy multiplayer projects and C&C of all things

Good thing the graphics aren't too intensive, this should run on my system without a hitch. Next, Alpha Centauri remake please. Without major gameplay changes if at all possible.

Right, that's what I meant to say.

I doubt they want a carrier group off the coast. If that's all the liberal muslims they could round up for this photo op it could almost count as counter-propaganda.

Is anyone playing Dark Souls: Prepare to Die? I'm reading its been horribly ported

The "social fabric" that has to fear mere words raised in opposition is no social fabric at all. It is a strawman for the justification of the suppression of dissent by the powers-that-be. What you've written is essentially the mission statement for every despotic/fascist/oligarchic/theocratic censorship regime in history. Its ridiculous to claim that there is no censorship or taboos in "democracies" or any other form of government. Just try seriously opposing the idea of multiculturalism for example, from a position of some authority and watch the way the media systematically destroy your reputation and effectively ostracize you from society. In some ways its even worse than being thrown in jail. There are plenty of topics that are off limits in any of the so called democracies.

The part I bolded sounds absurd. Do you know that there are millions of American Muslims? Like living in the US, practicing their religion peacefully, attending mosques all over the country, and managing not to kill anyone for their beliefs. I meant it in situations where killing is "expected", like in a ethnically, religiously etc. motivated conflict (war). Not killing people at random on the street. And I wasn't referring to Muslims in particular, rather most of the world in general. There is a difference between a fringe lunatic involved in violence and a mob expressing the general sentiment of the population and the latter is what's happening in US embassies. I was essentially refuting Gromnirs statement that there is anything "nuts" in this situation.

It's ridiculous to object to state oppression of (or, in your own example, murder of) people who look/talk/pray differently than previous generations of your fellow citizens did? Really? I think I'm OK with feeling just a smidge superior in that respect. Are you referring to the Chechnya discussion? As far as I recall it was them who instigated the war, and the response was predictable in terms of how these conflicts go. Where is this state oppression you speak of? The part where governments tell their people what they can and cannot say, write, or otherwise express based on some ephemeral notion of preserving "culture." What I'm saying is that a government cannot allow open calls to separatism and the sort of political activism that undermines the fabric of society. The latter part is vague, but that's the nature of things since its a thin line between "freedom of speech" and thinly veiled (or open) insults made to the beliefs of the majority.

New Vegas restored my faith in Obsidian more than any other game, to make a joke of it - its the first Elder Scrolls game I enjoyed.

Ironic isn't it?

It's ridiculous to object to state oppression of (or, in your own example, murder of) people who look/talk/pray differently than previous generations of your fellow citizens did? Really? I think I'm OK with feeling just a smidge superior in that respect. Are you referring to the Chechnya discussion? As far as I recall it was them who instigated the war, and the response was predictable in terms of how these conflicts go. Where is this state oppression you speak of?