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I remember, way back in the day when I played these, Secret of the Silver Blades had a bug where all saving throws were always missed, by both players and enemies. Needless to say, spells like Hold Person and Hold Monster were insanely powerful, especially given that any held creature could be 1-shot insta-killed (a mage with a dagger could kill an ancient dragon in 1 hit if it was held). Battles against evil priests were some of the most brutal in the game because it was basically a case of who could get the Hold Person spell off first. If the evil priests got the spell off first, you were done for. I wonder if that bug still exists in that game? Anyway, cheers, I look forward to reading this and it bringing back childhood memories. I loved these games way back then. I'm not sure I'd have the stomach for playing through them again myself, especially given the crazy amount of save scumming necessary to get past some parts.

Good gravy, the Cowboys got demolished last night. It's a good thing I wasn't on the interwebs when that was happening because I may be regretting things I would have written in my semi-drunken, overly stuffed, highly angry state. Between my dad and I, he's a Boys fan too, plenty of colorful language was used to describe the Boys performance. That game got away from them so insanely quickly. It was basically over after the first quarter. Shady was gashing the defense and Mark Sanchez (Mark Sanchez!) had what was possibly the best half of his NFL career. They need to get their **** together for Chicago next week. If they can go 2-2 the rest of the way I still think they get in. They have Chicago, Washington, Indy, and Philly. They can hopefully beat Washington and Chicago, Indy and Philly will be tough.

Expedition Conquistadors is back on sale on Steam again for 4$. Just trying to share the pain ..... lol I own the game. Didn't like it.

So, Ron Mexico is getting benched and Geno is getting the starting job back. No surprise there as the Jets season is lost (has been for quite some time), Rex Ryan is a lame duck, and Ron Mexico is obviously not the future of the franchise. Not that I think Geno is the future either, but you might as well have him play the rest of the season on the off chance that he shows you something. The more surprising thing is RGIII getting benched and Colt McCoy getting the starting nod going forward in Washington. Similarly to the Jets, the Skins season is done. The perplexing part is Colt McCoy getting the starting job. Granted, he's been somewhat decent (read: less horrible than the other QBs) in the very small sample size we've seen of him this year, but the Skins can't possibly think McCoy could be their QB for the future, can they? Furthermore, I think this pretty much cements RGIII as being done, at least in Washington.

I don't know if there's even anything left on Steam that I want and don't already own? I suppose I might grab Rogue Legacy if I see it at 75% off or better.

Sarkeesian a con woman, hypocrite, and fraud? In other news, water is wet and congress is corrupt. On a serious note, this article does nothing to change the impression of Ms. Sarkeesian to anyone that is not blinded by idol worship for her. We've all known she's a fraud for quite a while (long before GamerGate). However, the possibility that she worked for a dude selling seminars on how to trick women into ****ing you is pretty hilarious. Also, if nothing else, the article reintroduced the term Snake Oil Salesman (I'm mad at myself that I had forgotten the term) into my life.

I don't know if it's some kind of latency issue, but latency aside, your combat experience in Morrowind is never going to be good... or decent... or even poor. It's going to be awful even if you manage to make m&kb super responsive.

Trailer for Destiny expansion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4icKXFytWM Maybe the content will be good, but that trailer is awful. I get they were going for camp, they just failed spectacularly.

People on the far left are downright frightening. Generally, people on the far left are heavily narcissistic, very much feeling morally superior to everyone else. They think they have a formula figured out that will work for everyone, and if everyone just buys in, bam, utopia. Of course, they very quickly encounter resistance to people conforming to their "ideal" way to live (You'll never believe this, but some people don't like to be told what to do. Shocking.). Due to their narcissistic nature, the thought that their ideal might not work for everyone is immediately dismissed as "they don't know what's good for them", because, clearly, they know better. Because their own narcissistic nature cannot and will not allow for the possibility that they're wrong, their conscience is clear and has given them carte blanche to do whatever is takes to spread their ideals, by force if necessary, because it all ultimately leads to a "better" world, their world. So what you have is a group of heavily egotistical people that cannot be reasoned with and that very much operate under the "ends justify the means" school of thought (While sometimes the ends do indeed justify the means, I probably don't need to tell any reasonable person how volatile a mindset that is and just how horribly wrong it can go.) Then you add in sheeple that can easily be manipulated to go along with a vocal faction (especially in today's retweet first, give it thought never culture), and those who don't give two ****s about any of the ideals they're just there to leech off them and make a profit (to be fair, there are people leeching off the pro-GG side as well, and there are no doubt pro-GG sheeple that are supporting it only because others are, or as nothing more than a middle finger).

Sleepy Kitten Not quite Sleepy Rat, but still rather adorable.

The mortality rate is just under 38%. It also doesn't survive very long in open air, limiting the delivery methods greatly.

Thanks. We needed a win. Hell, even the Nazis are responsible for technological achievements. I guess GamerGate can't even be rated higher than them? Lol at the implication that Gamasutra is responsible for blowing the whistle on Gawker media's racketeering because they nagged about YouTube videos. I don't much care who gets the pat on the back for this, I'm just happy at it getting done.

Well, so far we got cars on fire, looting, tear gas. Bad times over in Ferguson. Hopefully not widespread.

Time to dig up a classic

They're not as good as Sam & Max Hit the Road, but they're still fun and hilarious games.

If one of those games is Final Fantasy XIII, I think we're going to have to revoke your membership. Let it go Tale, let it go. It's not worth it. As an aside, I should follow through with that advice myself more often.

And now, presenting this week's installment of What the ****? How the...? Who The **** Possibly Thought This Was a Good Idea? When Someone Voiced This Idea, Why Wasn't There Someone To Slap Some Sense Into Them? http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/11/24/new-gaming-controller-literally-drains-your-blood

This is my favorite paragraph from this fairly interesting article

That's one of my tables at work. If it looks beat to **** that's because it is. Hammers and box cutters and tools of all types have done their thing on that table. The game functionality is game specific. In Smash, they will enter as combatants that can fight on their own, either with you or against you. They grow and get more skilled and supposedly pick up their fighting style from yours. I can't comment from personal experience as I don't have Smash yet. In other games they will do other things, whatever that turns out to be.

Who's got two thumbs and a Samus Aran Amiibo is his hand? This guy. I don't even have a game to use it with yet and I don't care. I picked up the Amiibo's I got and will get based on liking how they look and liking the character. Any in game functionality is just gravy. For anyone curious about what these look like in real life, and not just on a promo shot, here are some pictures taken by a crappy photographer (me) using my crappy camera phone: Hard to tell with the glare from the flash, but the detail work is solid. The person or machine that painted this was good at "staying inside the lines".

If nothing else, Plexico Gingrich is a pretty fantastic name. Mission accomplished, though, frankly, I was pretty much there long before this started.

You think that's bad? Just wait until you visit the same cave for the umpteenth time. Not an extremely similar cave from a cookie cutter mold (ala Oblivion), not even a mirrored version of the cave, the same exact cave. Trust me, you are going to be intimately familiar with said cave before the game is through.

Pretty much. These kinds of things certainly look like a dickmove, but it is modus operandi in the business world. When you create a defunct version of, lets say LEGO, then the same procedures apply. The only way to get "away" with it these kinds of matters is to develop in silence, rename it "Fang people: Family ties" and release it as a torrent. Ironically, one of the very few times that a publisher owning the IP was gracious (reasonable?) enough to allow one of these projects to see the light of day involved Activision, of all publishers. I speak of The Silver Lining, a fan made King's Quest revival. Originally Activision served them a C&D, as is standard procedure, but then, after much outcry from fans of the series, they reversed the decision and gave the project their blessing, provided they change the name to something other than King's Quest <whatever>, though they were allowed to use all the names, characters, and places of the King's Quest universe. It was said that Bobby Kotick's heart grew 3 sizes that day (and promptly shrank back down to regular size the very next day).

It would be a funnier joke if it wasn't so sad.

*sniff* *sniff* Small that? That's the scent of bridges burning.