Drowsy Emperor

Yeah my thoughts exactly. I feel that the Witcher 3 has more potential though, because BW doesn't experiment enough, or at all. Although I generally lost interest in the Witcher series after the first one. I loved it because it was rough around the edges, unabashedly rude and it managed to make me laugh - unlike the McDragon burger "build according to checklist" experience . The second Witcher already looked like a commercialized, Hollywood type experience, I remember rolling my eyes at the soppy romantic scenes in some pool or other. I never played it so the new one will have to go out of its way to convince me that its what I think a Witcher game should be and not trying to be Mass Effect.

RAM is dirt cheap. I guess you were comparing with XB.

Its now a no brainer - if I had the money, PS4 all the way. Cheaper, likely to have better exclusives, games have resale value, no Kinect. Also, the Last Guardian is likely to be released on it.

That's not much of an endorsement.

Yawn. The dark has become like an annoying neighbor, it keeps on coming in to drink that last beer from your fridge and just won't take a hint that its time to leave. Kinda like BW with these storylines. Btw when will they realize this color palette is bad?

Burn the red infidel

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-surveillance Guy really has donkey balls.

BTW the program doesn't surprise me at all. I presume that everything much of the Internet communication is combed by surveillance algorithms - therefore everything as I already expected it to be. The fact is that US power is eroding slowly and that no amount of electronic surveillance knowledge will help in what is essentially a rising economic and political conflict between it and the new powers on the world stage. Everything about military and economic capabilities of all countries is practically common knowledge now. As for internal applications _ the tighter they crack down on internal strife, which has apparently intensified since Obama was elected - the worse it will get in the long run.

Give that you're a Cuban immigrant, are you really surprised? I would have though that any Cuban would have a pretty good idea of the difference between the official US ideology and its reality simply by knowing anything of Cuban history particularly its treatment by the US.

^I think I'll hire you when I'm too lazy to type.

I agree, except I don't think its on the road to becoming a legit art form. But that's another discussion entirely. But beauty is definitely abused for everything, from selling coffee to bubble gum. Games are nowhere near the blatant exploitation of the female (and male) form just about every company practices. Some of the aberrations that this creates, that I've personally witnessed are for example teenage girls pestering their parents to get them implants for their 18th birthday... because they've been brainwashed to the point that they think they need them to be pretty. But that's capitalism for you. There's a product for the sucker that's born every minute.

If you say so, I can't comment on it apart from the marketing and the reviews I've read. Both of which have done a good job of turning me off from the game.

I never planet bust either. I usually win before they show up. Or pummel anyone who starts building one. Yay for infiltration!

How the **** did he rack up a thousand hours in FNV. Or even... why? Jesus Christ, what is he doing, playtesting these games? How did he even find the time????

You'll see the "twists" that come later.

This is without a doubt the worst thing I've ever seen parading around as a protip. Then I guess the Illiad is crap as well? Because its both predictable and sensible in the specific context of an epic tragedy, something Martin didn't grasp before he caught an acute case of scribomania.

Its really depressing that anyone here thinks Martin's books are good literature in any way, even among the admittedly very low standards of epic fantasy. Is this a joke? You seriously think Martin's writing is advanced? Rare?

Martin is actually quite easy to understand. Just think what the most horrible outcome would be and he's 95% likely to pick it. The only reason the Starks had to die was because they were the only good guys - in other words to make the readers feel bad, because they're the only characters they could relate to. He probably has no idea where the story is going, dumping characters and making them up as he goes along. Protip: that's not how one writes an epic tale. Epic tales have continuity leading up to a predictable but sensible conclusion.

I'm not one of those PETA fanatics but that is really stupid.

Me too. WC3 wasn't a bad game but the tight maps coupled with bad pathfinding made it annoying than enjoyable in skirmish. Plus I didn't enjoy the smaller scale as much. I don't see that happening though. DotA took that whole story to another path, one altogether more popular than the traditional RTS.

The whole Starcraft II discussion led me to the idea that we could make a dedicated place to join up with Obsidianites who are interested in playing multiplayer. So, list what you're playing in MP now and also what you might be interested in playing if you could find interested players. List your time zone and the usual times you're available as well. Steam ID's etc if so inclined. My Steam ID is Time zone: GMT +1 Everything goes, MMO's, MOBA, RTS, RPG, FPS - old games, new games etc. I'm limited to older games since I'm back on my ****ty netbook. FEUER FREI

Yeah, you have to play with them. Not bad buts its not exactly as I remember spawing... although my memory is fuzzy. Not that it truly mattered in the years of LAN parties.

Return of spawn copies. http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/10145834 Not bad, although its not clear from this video how long these "groups" last. I presume your friend must be logged in at the same time every time you want to play the "upgraded" version, and every game played has to be with him/her?

What do you mean you don't need to buy anything?

That rant is from before HotS launched.Most people would agree that no apocalypse happened in the world of SC2 and interest level has been pretty steady since expansion was released. What? But that's not the point anyway. Its about SCII as a whole being a poor user experience for casual players, for custom maps, for socializing etc I can attest to the fact that playing ladder games is like playing against the AI. Everyone is under pressure to perform so no one talks. You can't relax or fool around. If you play a succession of games like that, it feels like you're in outer space with only the pc to keep you company. The rant has 2500 positive comments so it can't all be bull.