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I know. Most of the female X-men fall in to that category, as well most female Marvel, Image, and some Dark Horse characters. I would say the same about DC, but ever since the New52 brought back 90s artsyles......well no.(I would go into a "Blame DC" for the overseualization/hyperidealization, but don't feel like posting it) Anyways, doesn't sexualization and idealization cross over? I mean almost every time an empowered confident woman is portrayed in fiction, they happen to be quite attractive. Hell men in fiction are generally closer to Ryan Gosling than some steroid swallowing hulk, so it isn't like men aren't sexualized at all. Maybe I don't play enough games(or read enough comics) where women are one-dimensional characters that just sit there and look pretty. Bioware does bungle female characters quite a bit IMO. Like Jack, who a male PC can cure of the crazies by (tenderly)putting it to her.

That is a very common problem. I played Arcanum on a friend's advice and thought it would be perfect but found myself terribly disappointed. I can't really put my finger on why exactly Arcanum just doesn't do it for me, but it just doesn't.

That would be quite nice. As many times as I've heard the false equivalency argument, I've never actually seen someone give an example of what an idealized(instead of sexualized) woman would be/look like.

Well this sucks. As an inhabitant of a state saturated with right-wingers, I apologize for any half-baked conspiracies that might come from Alex Jones on this matter.

I think they will raise somewhere between 3.5-4.5 million. I don't think they will exceed the amount PE raised by much(if at all). When you look at how quickly T:ToN raised the funds, you have to take in to account that it was promoted quite a bit before the kickstarter started, while PE was not.

From the title, I thought this was an Oby thread. Oh well, he will come in to rail against the imperialist oppressor west before too long.

Oy vey, putting AC right next to ME. Dem's fight words. I don't follow. He means ME is garbage. The way BioWare handled ME2-3 and its issues along with their fake choice system mkaes me inclined to agree. Fixed that for you.

My list changes all the time. The constants are NWN2(with expansions), Fire Emblem series, Fallout 2, and PST. I don't think I can concisely explain why exactly I like the games I do, but I tend to prefer games in which I am able to consistently role play a character how I wish, are challenging without being insanely unbalanced or tedious, or possess interesting concepts.

I don't know if we should be able to explore different planes in PE because I don't know if there will be different planes in the PE setting. This is kind of like saying a steel sword should still be effective near the end game when you have no idea if steel is 1) present in PE or 2) if present, viable against other materials like adamantium, mithiral, vibranium, and any number of fictional materials used to craft weapons in the game world.

Well, this thread won't end well. I'm surprised we already haven't had at least 3 pages of mudslinging or seen the English language repeatedly violated.

Why do you not think highly of Rand? I'm genuinely curious. First off, yes JFSOCC she was an athiest. That does not matter. Disliking someone because their religion or politics are different from yours makes no sense to me. It's like disliking someone because they cheer for a different sports team than you (unless they are Yankees fans, then it's ok ). Now to KP's point my problem is not so much with Rand as with Objectivisim. A purely objectivist society would literally eat itself. There has to be something of a social safety net. There has to be some limitations on capitalisim. I am a card carrying libertarain and I do firmly believe that minimizing government is necassary to maximize freedom. But cutting it back to nothing at all does anything but. A truely fair market is impossible to achive in a complete laissez faire economic system. There has to be ground rules and that requires a government to intervene and rein it in to a point. But it should be a silk leash, not the heavy iron chains we see today. Now my problem with the world today is that we have left that far behind. We are no longer concerned with ensuring equal opportunity so much as forcing equal outcome. The ulitmate result of this IS a loss of liberty. And the saddest part is people are voting their freedom away in every election cycle. Ahh, I think I understand. Your problem is with the philosophy itself, because it heavily encourages selfishness(not just in government action, but also in personal life) and discourages caring about others. Is that about right?

Why do you not think highly of Rand? I'm genuinely curious.

I actually prefer BG to BG2. 2E does not perform well at high levels(even though I love a good 'epic" level romp) and BG2 seemed to be lacking the sense of discovery that BG had in spades. YMMV I guess.

Just gave $110. Fell pretty damn good. Really want to get my hands on a Numenera rulebook now.

I think I just lost 10 Intelligence. But ya see, that part of ta bible just ain't true. Now, we Superchristian Conservatives take other parts of what we believe is God's word as literal fact, but there was a manual left for us so we know what parts to ignore. It was given to Thomas Jefferson when God came down and wrote the US Constitution.

Here. Here. And Here. Would also note that EVERY libertarian I have met has at least a small obsession with her, but I really don't have a way to showcase that evidence(other than go around interviewing every libertarian I have meant and putting that interview up on Youtube, but I'm a bit too lazy for that.).

Well according to Ayn Rand, poor people are souless parasites whose sole purpose in life is to drag down the superior creators. So I can see where the view comes from. Of course Ayn Rand was a dumbass who lived in a fantasy world.

Watched Spartacus: War of the Damned on a recommendation from a friend. Meh.

Well then, the speech works. Just remember to make sure everyone has had a bit to drink before you make it. Also, if anyone offers you Tacos de Tripitas for some reason, do not accept. It will not turn out well. As for what I did today: Made my girlfriend a nice dinner because she just finished midterms. She just passed out from exhaustion and is now hogging all the covers.

Raithe, is it more of a "formal" wedding or is it a bit relaxed?

Facepalm.jpg. Before posting nonsense try read "Capital" by Marx (or works by Lenin about this). True socialism is where no State exists. That would be Communism. Socialism is the stage before Communism, where the state still exists.

There is actually a book on "zombie economics"(economic theories that have been proven wrong but still keep coming back) that attempts to explain the phenomenon. I would link it, but can't remember the name.

Have the libertarians started whining about wealth redistribution yet?

I don't think he will. Oby correctly using "a" or "the" is not going to happen.

So the Kickstarter starts Wednesday. Awesome.