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The trailer got positive comments on Joystiq, which is comprised mostly of console graphic whores.

You Avellonians will never defeat the Mitsodae! Your Sawyeri allies will not risk coming to your aid! <begin modified Melian dialogue>

Where's "Grab Chest Hair"?

The cover and jumping animations around 2:55 are really smooth. MT's disco walk into headquarters is a little strange though.

And hey, he apologized for not being able to get Decent to Undermountain canceled. He tried to save us from it.

It got dull after a couple of hours, but I turned off the respawn points and it got fun again. Then towards the end, with the super leatherhead splicers, it got less fun again. I stood in front of one with both of us firing tommy guns into each other's faces. I emptied an entire clip of anti-personnel rounds into his head before he died. Another one took 10 grenades to kill. It just became an issue of headshotting with the crossbow (which was as overpowered as the crossbow in HL1, but with ammo for it everywhere).

Let us know where you're going whenever you can.

He confirmed it on RPGCodex, in a thread I'm not going to link to. Best of luck Monty.

Ron Gilbert made some point and click adventure games for kids after he left LucasArts. A couple of them, Freddi Fish and Pajama Sam, were re-released on the Wii. Of course you could get them off of ebay for your PC for $0.50 or so, but if you want them on the Wii they're available for about $20. Naturally there is some "clicking", but pretty much anything she clicks on the screen will react in some amusing way. They really helped my son learn how to use a mouse, so they should probably do the same for your daughter... for the wiimote... for whatever that's worth. edit: Oh wait, "almost two". You may be expecting a little too much.

SUPREMELY DAPPER MOUSTACHE Your facial hair is well kept to such a degree that it seems to radiate charm and grace. You gain a +2 charisma bonus to all Diplomacy, Gather Information, and Bluff checks. Prereqs: Must have at least 10 sentences on your character sheet describing your facial hair BLADED MOUSTACHE Your facial hair is well refined; enough to hide several hidden razor blades within it. You may use your facial hair as a natural weapon that deals damage according to size (ie. Chaplin: 1d4, Standard Lip Caterpillar: 1d6, Standard + VanDyke: 2d4, Handlebar: 1d6+2, Mutton Chops: 1d8, Full Beard: 1d10, Rutherford B. Hayes: 2d6, Van Winkle: 4d4. Intermidiate sizes and variations are at the DM's discretion.) Your facial hair requires half an hour of grooming per day to maintain its sharpness. Failure to do so causes the loss of this attack until you are properly barbered. Prereqs: Supremely Dapper Moustache SCOFFMASTER Dark, bloody and ardurous training has enabled you to wield the art of scorn. You easily drive your opponents to senseless fury, with your short bursts of vocalised contempt, with effective cheek gymnastics and eyebrow curling. Gain +6 to taunt checks, but only if the opponent(s) is within fifty feet and within line of sight of your face. This bonus lowers to +3 you are using a language that the target(s) is not proficient in. You may increase this bonus to +8 if you elect to and successfully hit the target with an unarmed strike(slap) immediately after the taunt action.

No, it's the Victorian version of Cyberpunk. Arcanum is the Victorian version of Shadowrun.

Barkely, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden is hilarious. And a decent JRPG.

You can have my nipples when you pry them off my pasty, flaccid man-boobs.

I'd like to see a decent WRPG on any portable, be it DS, PSP, iPhone or whatever. That little cell phone thing John Carmack made doesn't count.

Down with consensus! Up with self-interest! Qualities? Consistency, first and foremost. A setting should take into account however the timeframe/technology/magic/political situations will affect the game's geography and culture. Within this framework, the setting should remain consistent and logical, even if by an absurd-yet-consistent internal logic.

It won't. It is the next logical step mind. That's what I was thinking. Someone said in this thread (MOrgoth?) that the removal of APIs will make coding easier. It won't make it easier. It will make coding harder, since you will be starting from scratch instead of implementing the well-documented Directx API. But it will open up more opportunities. Renderers will be written from scratch using whatever approach the developer wishes and accelerated by multicore, general-purpose graphics processors like Intel's "Larrabee". More from Mr. Sweeney here: linkeroo

I buy all of my games online so I'm not that concerned about maximizing Gamestop's retail space. I miss big boxes. I want a big box. A BIG box. With a manual. And a comic book, a novella, a map, a fake newspaper, an in-jokey prop from the game, a quick reference card, and advertisements for Prodigy AND Compuserve. Sure they still sell them, but they cost $130, for what was once simply expected. I'll agree that most modern mini-boxes are useless and could easily fit into a DVD case. The most recent exception I can think of is Tron 2.0; I got it last month and it still came with some goodies. The Wolfire blog had some good arguments for porting to Mac and Linux, though most of them would involve designing your engine cross-platform from the get-go.

Dark Messiah again. I neglected staffs on my earlier playthroughs, not realizing how fun they were.

I think Assassin's Creed is around 1100's. I'd like to second WWII. But with Mutant Nazi Zombie Werewolves.

I dislike the NWN2 engine more than I dislike 4e, so I'd rather NWN3.

Plus, SoZ music is better.

I think you should get over your aversion to childishness in video games and get Viewtiful Joe, Pikmin, Wind Waker, and Paper Mario 2. They're what the Gamecube is for. Other wise you might like Rogue Squadron 2 and Timesplitters 2.

At first I thought Chris Parker was an in-game character. "Hey, the CIA guy is breaking the 4th wall!" edit: Also, it's on Gamestop's front page now.

Facial animations are probably my least favorite part. Lip syncing is decent, but everyone seems dead-eyed. Brows and cheeks are paralyzed, apparently, or perhaps everyone is too hardcore for facial expressions. The camera is a bit joggy when following Mike, stuttering up the steps with him. Overall it looks sweet though.

Well done sir.