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Your example fails, because Linkin' Park's music was actually done by a blind monkey. Except this monkey was also deaf. And retarded.

And that's what brings you two together.

PC games regularly top charts here in Portugal, and I'm sure piracy is a much bigger problem here than in the States. Both Mask of the Betrayer and NWN2, for example, spent some time in one of the biggest retailers' charts here.

Seconded on Dexter.

I'm going to disagree with stylish and atmospheric. Diablo 2 was as generic and bland as possible, and I'm guessing deliberately so.

Flight of the Conchords

And Diablo isn't all that much better. It's just more polished. Being competent is a wonderful thing.

They didn't have Blizzard's name behind them. Brand recognition is a powerful thing.

I was about to eat. Then I read Krezack's post.

It's not like there's a surplus of negative game reviews going around, you know. Pretty much every game that's made with a bare modicum of competence, and has a good and hefty marketing campaign behind it, is destined for widespread critical acclaim on release. Bethesda's current reputation, for example, was mostly built due to Microsoft relentlessly pushing Morrowind as the first great RPG on the XBox. Also, as negative as Yahtzee's reviews may be, the fact is that he still makes reasoned and meaningful criticisms of the games he plays, that almost never come up in the general "this game is so awesome and brilliant I can only qualify it in generic terms" reviews. I'm still waiting for Pop to respond to Pixies request that they get naked together. It's for his sake, Pop!

That Firefly was unfinished was a real bummer, as the actual episodes were just beyond awesome.

Wait, what?

This was one of the better episodes.

The question is how they'll implement the controls. They'll have to run the fine line between controls so hard only ninjas can master, and controls so easy, that all you need is move forward, while the game does all the work for you.

It's from the Codex.

I'm really hoping they can make this work.

I think there's a good chance this will turn out more like Resident Evil in space than a new System Shock.

Before the industrial revolution it was the only way to make an Empire great. Ethically speaking, slavery is a terrible thing but, without it, humanity would still be in the stone age.

You make it sound like enslaving half the world is an easy task.

If true, the Ion Zerg bit is priceless.

8am PST. 2 hours from now, I think.

No, he wasn't. The Oceanic 6 were on the plane. And besides he wasn't a survivor of the crash.

BG1 NPCs? They had almost no personality whatsoever. I mean, it was funny hearing Minsc and Xan's bit lines, for example, but they were practically not written at all, when compared to Fallout 2 or BG2.

Kings of Convenience - The Passenger

Awesome! I almost enjoy new info more than new games...