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*Indie Games On The Rise - Pretty straightforward title, I guess. *Roguelikes - Retrospective about roguelikes, and their influences. Go for these two.

Still sore about that bit of skulduggery at the world cup ehh Ronaldo winks and he is evil incarnate, Rooney stomps on someone's family jewels, and he is the greatest player ever.

I finally saw the new Indiana Jones. It was great fun with some well directed set pieces.

I don't understand why people say Portugal is all about Ronaldo. Our only weaknesses are the strikers and the goalkeeper. I defy anyone to find a national team with as much depth in midfield, the wings and in central defence. Also, on the right, Bosingwa has been looking literally unbeatable at the back, and very impressive coming forward.

Well, the game between Switzerland and the Czech Republic was pretty awfully played. The Czechs don't have a proper playmaker due to the absence of Rosicky, and Switzerland, despite playing earnestly, have no real quality in their team. As for Portugal-Turkey, Portugal played surprisingly well, given their recent form and Scolari's usual tactical ineptitude. Turkey, conversely was surprisingly awful. I really thought they had a bit more verve in their game. The referee was fairly incompetent throughout the game, and two of Turkey's players should have gotten red cards. The disallowed goal was the right call, however.

Hiya Role Player.

Unfortunately, they decided to drop that entirely from their games after BG2.

I thought the forced teams were one of the best things about BG. It forced you to think strategically and personally about who you wanted in your party, and to think about the party members as actual people instead of just numbers on screen.

If you don't have the money for an 8800GT, then go for a 9600GT, instead. It's quite cheap and a bit better than the 8800GS/9600GSO.

You have full control of your party in BG2, DN. No need to have your characters go on suicide rampages.

Minsc and Edwin get to fighting in BG2 as well.

And that's why every single Bioware RPG since BG2 has been a disappointment to me.

They eventually come to blows.

Because we all know that love is all about the nudity, even if it's partial. Everything else is secondary.

Iranian SSR?

Fixed. Thanks, Pidesco You missed "bureaucracy."

While I enjoyed both a great deal, I have to agree that the voices start to grate after a while. Especially the narrator.

While that's kind of true, it isn't that clear cut. There's a very large number of people in Portugal that are against the EU.

Crysis sold lots, actually. It just took a while to take off.

Council!

At least some are appointed. I'm not sure if a few aren't elected by the European Parliament. I'm totally in favour of more centralized government in Europe, by the way.

Actually, traditionally, Muslims usually treated the people of the book better than the Jews or the Christians did. The reason, for example, why learned Jewish people started popping up in Muslim Spain in the Middle Ages, was because among the Muslims they didn't suffer the same rampant prosecution that they in Christian lands. It was only with the Muslims' loss in power and cultural significance that they started to become more close minded and fundamentalist. I believe it is basically a desperate way to preserve their culture. Culturally, they feel and they are, effectively under siege.

IT seems to me that this thread has outlived its usefulness, so.... LOCKED!

I'd just like to know what the actual focus of the game is in terms of tone. Light/mindless/humorous or mature/realistic/dark? I'd imagine this would be set in stone already, and it seems to me it's the type of thing you'd want to get out to the gamers in order to catch the attention of the customer base Obsidian is aiming for. Since they mentioned the story being in vein of Syriana, would i vouch for "realistic/dark". At first I did too, but then they mentioned Kill Bill and gun toting teenagers with pink hair, and suddenly I don't know what to think.

But you'll have to spend oodles of money to do that. It has always been possible to eat good food in the States, but only in the very expensive restaurants. As an example, within walking distance of my apartment, I can get an excellent Indian full meal for 10 Euros, an excellent Neapolitan style pizza (I've only eaten better pizzas than these in Rome) for between 8 and 15 Euros, or a typical Portuguese full meal for less than 10 Euros.