Darth Drabek

Good, they fixed the speed and aura trees of powers for PC. It's probably a good thing they don't stack, because adding all that defense to Force Enlightenment (once you get it) would make the Exile a invulnerable killing machine, instead of just a killing machine.

May 18th-20th 2005. (w00t) But just to be sure, is that the Ep. III movie release or the Ep. III game release? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I remember hearing that the game was going to come out a week before the movie, so that should be about right.

Haha you are so right. About bass player being the coolest and about it being an Ibanez. :cool: And, yeah, Social D rocks hard. I was pretty bummed I couldn't see them when they came to Columbus a month or so ago. I had an exam in my night class that very night. I hear that Matt Freeman from Rancid is their touring bass player now, too!

And that's another thing... Every time she said, "My life for you," it reminded me of Trashcan Man from The Stand. :cool: "Ciboooooolaaaaaaaaa!"

I know Jaguar will probably be in here momentarily to forcefully rebuke this, but... I just didn't think Visas was that appealing of a character. Yes, the voice acting was good, but I didn't really think the character was that great.. maybe she's just not my type. The handmaiden was more interesting to me, marine buzzcut and all (cue the obligatory "lesbian cops" responses). Also, I don't think I ever got over the fact that her conversation options could be exhausted 10 minutes after she arrives on your ship. Of course, I think a lot of the characters had that problem, but I do wish there was more late-game and event-reaction conversations with your NPCs instead of everything being there at the beginning.

Tolkien, of course. The Stand, of course. Ender's Game, of course. All true classics. Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series, Steven King's Dark Tower books, Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy and Liveship Traders trilogy, Terry Brooks' first Shannara trilogy, Elizabeth Haydon's Rhapsody trilogy... hmm I'm noticing a trend here. I also have fond memories of Isaac Asimov's robot novels, epecially the Elijah Baley detective stories. Fight Club has been mentioned, but Survivor is another excellent Chuck Palahniuk novel. Christopher Buckley's Thank You for Smoking was really good, too, if you like heavy doses of sarcasm and irony in your reads. For classics, I liked Hemingway's Green Hills of Africa and The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, even though she gets ripped on a lot. Nonfiction... hmm. I read a book called McCarthy's Bar that was funny and interesting. It's the story of a Brit named Pete McCarthy who wants to get in touch with his Irish roots, so he goes tramping around Ireland following his first rule of travel: If you see a bar with your name on it, stop and have a pint (or five). The problem with college is it forces you to pack all your pleasure reading into three months out of the year.

Cool stuff!

My desktop background isn't gaming-related. It's usually a semi-recent shot of my band rocking out. I'm the bass player.

What exactly is this supposed to mean? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My guess: The articles on Slashdot, Gamespy, Evil Avatar, theforce.net, ect. ect. Regardless of whether the dialog file was left in intentionally or not, Obsidian allowed 666 posts (creepy, eh?) in the "cut ending" thread. They allowed, on their forum, an awful lot of publisher-bashing, which doesn't bode well for future contracts. The news was also so big that it caught onto those other sites. Every game site worth its salt has a take on this and I have yet to see one that reflects well on LA. Hell, even Tycho from Penny Arcade linked to that thread and HE got it from Evil Avatar. Obsidian would be a lot happier if we had kept the lid on this; they don't want to garner a reputation as some sort of rebel developer that dumps the blame on the publisher whenever things start going wrong (even if it IS the publisher's fault, this isn't a good idea for a fledgling company, even one with a built-in fanbase).

Female. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My apologies.

Didn't they do the theme for Buffy the Vampire Slayer? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You are correct, sir.

Back in the mid-90s there was a really awesome nerdy light punk band that called themselves Nerf Herder. They actually got some MTV play for their hit single "Van Halen," about the band of the same name. These guys were really ahead of their time. At the time, Weezer was the only emo-nerdcore band around - now you can't throw a rock in any direction without hitting an emo kid or dime-a-dozen pop punker. Nerf Herder also had the whole retro-nostalgia thing down way before Bowling for Soup came out with that inescapable "1985" song. NH wrote songs about Jonathan Richman and Courtney Love as well as Van Halen. They also were geeky as geeky could be, writing songs like "She's a Sleestak" about the mysterious creatures from "The Land of the Lost." And although I've only heard their first two albums, I hear the single off their latest effort is titled, "Mr. Spock."

Bio forums... eh. Watching the QA ninja zing idiots left and right was fun, but that was too big of a pool for me to jump into. Lucas Arts forums...not even a question. If I wanted to converse with mental eight-year olds, I would be a elementary education major. No, I think if these forums (the only forums I've stuck around for more than 5 posts on) closed I would just get more work done. That's the one upside, I guess. Too bad, there's a lot of cool people here. I joined for instant notification of every new screenshot of TSL that went up. I stayed for the distinctive personalities, the discussion and speculation and the fact that (USUALLY) no one gets flamed unless they deserve it, regardless of post count. I've learned a lot; it's been fun.

I never envisioned Yoda as a "Silver Bullet" kind of guy. But Obi-Wan Ka-boozy's flask was comedic gold.

EU-bonics.... is that that strange language I read on this board with crazy words like "Quinlan Vos," "Ulic Qel-Droma"and that odd "TOTJ" acronym thingie?

That's really too bad if the sounds were cut. The LS orchestra swell was one of my favorite things about TSL. That little "Luke staring into the suns of Tatooine" flourish connected the game with the (good) movies quite nicely.

1. KOTOR 2. KOTOR 2 3. Legend of Zelda: OoT 4. GTA: San Andreas/ GTA 3 5. Duke Nukem 3D 6. NBA 2K1 (Dreamcast) 7. NCAA Football 2003 8. Tony Hawk whatever 9. Mortal Kombat 2 10. Warcraft 2 Honorable mentions: DOOM 1 and 2, MarioKart 64, Goldeneye 64 (too many people mentioned it, or else it would be in my top ten) Super Smash Bros., Road Rash series and Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and 2! Wow... Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold. Somebody knows their classics.

wow, they have eyes. i thought you only went for skin covered eye holes? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ZING!

Ha! That's who he reminded me of! Yeah, he was great. I love how nervous he got after things go bad in the courtyard. Well, I guess he was nervous before, but you guys get my point.

In my opinion, that is the best argument for Atton being a force ghost at that point. He couldn't continue on the exile's journey in the flesh, but as a ghost he can bend the rules. He'd be like Al on Quantum Leap!

A party in a first person RPG might feel too much like one of those squad-based shooters I'm always hearing about. I liked the first-person look option in the KOTOR games. Oh, and I tried playing Morrowind last month because it was a "game of the year" and all. The KOTOR games convinced me I might like some RPG's. Well, it looked beautiful, but I thought the combat system was horrible. I don't plan on picking it up again.

Hahaha.... Vintage Jesus. Wow, I just laughed for like two minutes about that.

At least it isn't EverQuest, where the T&A is all over the game's box. I don't think the Handmaiden's "unencumbered" duels are as sexist as some have thought. Remember what Canderous and the other mercenaries said about the Echanis: a bunch of fey dancers that only wear light armor because it doesn't slow them down when they're running away. I believe it's supposed to be part of their stress on dexterity before strength and that armor is a hindrance, not something to be relied upon. Nevertheless, she is enamored with the exile and might be trying to get him interested in her by stripping down past the robes that her sisters wear during sparring. You never know with women. They work in mysterious ways.

Umm, no. Some of us guys lesbian cops like strong and independently minded women. That's why I voted for Handmaiden. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Fixed. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Jaguar, you sly boots! I'm sure the Handmaiden has a perfectly good reason for wearing her hair so short. She was probably tired of it looking smashed in the back from having her hood up all the time. See, totally plausible.

If you look close, you can see Obi-Wan's force ghost trying to stop that debacle. "NOOOOOOOOO!"