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Yeah, the usual argumentation goes that of course people of different nationalities (and color) visited medieval Europe. They sure did, that's out of the question. Trade was (and still is, imagine) a thing after all. But actually living in Bumf*ck, Bohemia? Not very likely. Fun fact, three centuries after the time the game is set in there was a Kanuri who was captured and sold into slavery that eventually ended up living in Vienna and befriending Austrian royalty. A highly regarded, educated and well liked person he still ended up as a curiosity exhibit in a museum for people to gawk at.

My first cRPG was Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon, and at the time I had but a few weeks of learning English at school (I was eight at the time). I spent days with a dictionary my parents got me just for the game, deciphering the user interface and figuring out what the hell all these abbreviations were supposed to be. I got pretty far but eventually got stuck on a teleporter riddle. Had a similar experience with LucasArt's Loom (edit: I know it's not an RPG), but that game I managed to finish. Without ever figuring out what the hell was going on. The last leaf of autumn... Good old times indeed. Got both games on GOG. I guess I know what I'll be doing now.

I'm sure Amentep is old enough to get it (I mean I am and he's like way older).

It can't be any worse than the movie was...

"How does it feel to live long enough to see all your favorite franchises go down in flames?" -- Rich Evans

What's got four legs and an arm? Yeah I know, old jokes and all...

Besides, Microsoft licenses are a... difficult example. MS rakes in license money from the OEM and Enterprise markets. Everyone whose Windows license didn't come with the computer is probably using an illegal copy installed by a tech savvy friend anyway, and the worst Microsoft ever did was put annoying popups on your screen saying that you might have bought a fake license from a shady dealer.

You can just click on "OK" for any of the survey parts. It won't complain if you don't enter any data. Just hit the buttons until the testing starts.

You don't have to, you can't be sued over your private copy... even if you infringed on a copyright to create it. E.g. a friend gives you a mix tape he made from several tapes he bought. Technically the mix tape can be considered a copyright infringement, but your friend already paid the tax on the blank tape, therefore it's not legally pursueable.

Sure, up until the point where the revenue service shows up and screws you hard up the rear for tax dodging. Depends on the country and the medium or device in question. Smart phones in e.g. Germany are taxed by 36€ if they are at or above 8 GB storage capacity (16€ if less). Blank 25GB Blu Ray disks were 3.473 € a piece (this has now been overturned and is subject to renegotiation). Blank DVDs are in the range of 0.2€ per piece. Video tapes and audio cassettes are taxed by per hour of recording capacity, assuming they're still sold, of course.

What in the blazing hell are you on about? The current legislation across a lot of EU states (and some others) is that I'm free to create a personal copy of a recording I own without it being considered copyright infringement. In turn we we pay a so called private copying levy on literally everything (even FAX machines) that could be used to infringe on copyrights. Said levy is then used to compensate content creators for any (supposed) loss from private, non-commercial copying. The US has the Audio Home Recording Act's § 1008 that allows home recordings. House Report No. 102-780(I), August 4, 1992: "In short, the reported legislation [section 1008] would clearly establish that consumers cannot be sued for making analog or digital audio copies for private noncommercial use". You don't even need to own the original copy. Your friend could have made a copy and then given it back, the royalties owed coming out of your tax dollars anyway. There's a discussion whether or not a computer is a recording device as covered by Section 1008 but I don't really know that much about US copyright law. *shrug* Edit: Of course the US bit only applies to audio recordings, but that was your example.

You have a right to a private (backup) copy of any record you acquire (with some exceptions that certainly don't apply to a 40 year old album). So, essentially, yes. There's no real difference between a downloaded or self-ripped set of MP3s you can legally have. Some governments (including yours from what a quick googling revealed) place a surcharge on recordable media ("blank media tax") to compansate copyright holders for loss of sales from these copies.

Little to no automatic preference between the United Kingdom and the United States. Gee, really. One's the appendix of the other anyway, so why would there be. Oh, wait. Uhm... Moderate automatic preference for Thin People compared to Fat People. In this test I was first given the categories Fat and Good as a combination, so they seem to mix it up. And the moderate automatic preference had nothing to do with my personal bias and everything to do with the fact that during the "thin good, fat bad" portion of the test I got like 90% short positive words and thin faces. Kept hitting the same button and had to correct mistakes on the fat side. What a load of crap.

Yeah, market shares and ease of access is of course the reason to only target Chrome users. It's cheap, effective and will most likely catch that damned plundering and murdering pirate in the act. I wonder if Microsoft will pursue some course of legal action here as well, assuming that's even possible. Doesn't look good for them when third party companies sell malware bundled with addons for their games that specifically target their greatest competitor.

Natural Selection I guess. It's also a Half-Life mod, like the original CS. Never played it though.

Just serves to see why swords were impractical weapons for untrained peasants. With a spear you'd need a lot less training to kill someone. Or to keep them at a distance. Or anything else, really.

Just checked my stats out of curiosity, across Kickstarter and Fig I backed 51 projects, not all of them games though. I spent quite a lot on a levitating lava rock from Japan (well where else would anyone come up with that idea)...

Hm, I tried Destiny 2's free trial. I uninstalled the game after finishing the first mission. Not sure why but Bungee shooters just don't click with me. Never have. Didn't like Halo either... and I actuall like shooters. Meh.

Started catching up on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5. Nice that this is still going, it's a great example that a show can be carried just by the chemistry and charisma of its cast. Sure it's incredibly silly at times, has glaring plot holes at others and had a pretty bad run of episodes in the first season but hey, I could watch Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson for days without actually getting bored. edit: The dialogues are pretty fun too. "Okay, well, this is probably the part where I should explain..." "No. This is the part where May breaks your face." <3

Like our continued posting on this board, most likely.

Boy am I glad I didn't back this, I remember toying with the idea of getting that resin cast...

And they're not letting up. At all. It's like aliens found Dungeon Keeper, didn't understand what was great about it and tried to recreate it.

Well nothing beats free and I'm dying for some Dungeon Keeper. Even if it's bad... edit: Man, the reviews on GOG said the writing was bad. But this is "so bad it's good" type of nonsense. Too bad the game part isn't up for the fun so far.

I don't know, when I rewatch VOY I never find myself in the situation that I absolutely don't want to continue because it's just an entire buch of terrible or boring episodes coming up. Rewatching ENT however is a chore throughout most of season 1 and pretty much all of season 2. Sure other Trek shows had a rough first couple of seasons. Even TNG had a terrible second season. But none of them had that distilled, overwhelming horse manure run of episodes that is ENT's second season season.

I know someone who thinks Voyager is better than The Next Generation, so you're not even in the top spot for tastelessness (is that even a word?).