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Yeah, I'm sure you have an intricate understanding of American politics from Australia. Well, your understanding of socialism is confused and you misunderstand the way in which the Primary Elections are demographically unbalanced (they are, but because of state sizes and scheduling issues, not "radical activists"). For instance, your claim that McCain won because Romney and Huckabee split the extremist demographic is false. McCain won 32 states and 47% of the popular vote. Huckabee and Romney combined won only 19 states and 42% of the popular vote. McCain won about 1,300 delegates while Mitt and Mike combined won only about 550 delegates. Lieberman wasn't a Republican, but was McCain's first choice for VP. He would've done better with Democrats and independents (but probably still lost: low base enthusiasm -> low base turnout).

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Yeah I thought that sounded wrong since I only remember getting off two targeted shots per round in Reno.

Play Deus Ex and No One Lives Forever and then tell me you can't stand the spy genre.

By level 9 you have: Critical chance: 33% (8 luck, Haymaker, Finesse) Better Criticals perk 3 AP targeted shots (Bonus HTH Attacks perk) High accuracy eye shots (because there's no range penalty unlike with guns) So you're doing 3 eye attacks per round to stationary targets. Each eye attack you do has a high probability of: blinding them, knocking them out, making them lose a turn, instant death, double/triple/quadruple damage. Not to mention that eye attacks have an even higher critical chance, so it's actually more than a 33% chance of critical (probably about 50% or 60%). I know that when I went to Reno at about level 9 and fought in the boxing ring, half the guys died instantly, and the other half fell over defenceless and blinded. It was a treasured moment, especially since my endurance was 4 and my strength was 5. Add in some Bonus Move perks (and Action Boy for laughs) and you're good to go. Slayer, on the other hand, is like level 24 or something.

I played Fallout 2 first, so it holds a special place. But in terms of atmosphere, storyline, and uniqueness, Fallout 1 is the definite winner. Trivia: Melee in Fallout 2 (and 1?) is amazingly easy, because eye hots have a high probability of instant kills, and groin shots have a high probability of knocking them flat. So all you gotta do is get close enough without being pumped full of holes.

*shrug* I've heard plenty of conflicting information on that point. I'm inclined to side with the hardcore Fallout fanboys not because I particularly like their fundamentalism, but because I share a similar 'reverence' for the original Fallout universe. It's not that. Some of my favourite RPGs are shooters. I disagree with the move to 3D in Fallout's particular case (because you lose the turn-based aspect), but it's a minor gripe. Unless you're saying that the game is a shooter more than an RPG. That would be cause for me to worry. Bad sequels pervert the atmosphere and feel of the original that you've got stored away in your head. It's similar to how after you watch a movie of a book (good or bad), whenever you read those books from then on, you think of the characters the way the movie portrayed them instead of your original abstractions (Harry Potter comes to mind). Which devs? MCA and co? Micro Fort

I am personally loathe to touch Fallout 3. There are plenty of good games out there for me to try, if that's all Fallout 3 is... but it's not worthy perverting my memories of the Fallout universe to do so. I've got Fallout: Tactics for that.

You're a traitor to your own party. It's people like you that are tearing this country apart; pandering to the liberal media elites. Vote for the Palin-Romney ticket in 2012!

Just remember: McCain lost the election because he wasn't right-wing enough. Palin 2012!

In light of countless years of having to put up with these kind of posts from you, Volourn, I now petition the powers that be to hire xkcd to install a version of the YouTube virus but for the forums:

Well, it's a short game, but I wouldn't necessarily call it shallow. It is continually introducing new concepts and building on them, so it rarely feels like you're solving the same puzzle over and over again. And the art and music is top-notch. There's a free demo. If you enjoy it, the rest of the game is well worth the $20. OK, you guys (plus the wikipedia entry) have sold it. I'll try and find it in a store some time.

Actually, I'm very inclined to agree with Josh Sawyer's assessment of primary politics. Which is to say: you're clueless.

I don't live in America, but have European blood in me, so I'll answer: I think such people are very uninformed if they feel that progressive taxes or universal healthcare are socialism. If anything, dear old President Bush has made more steps towards socialism than any Democrat President I've heard of. I doubt such people have a clue what the terms 'proletariat' or 'means of production' mean. There are certain things people over here will not stand for, and those are: significantly weakening social welfare, significantly weakening healthcare, significantly weakening unions. John Howard tried the last one and he was promptly ejected from office. A reality check for those hardcore Republicans/Libertarians reading this post: Obama is not a leftie. He's centre-right on both social and economic issues. Perhaps you Republicans only see Obama as a leftie because you are so very far to the right.

We get to kill neo-conservatives? I'm totally buying this game.

You've made 3 different accounts now for the sole purpose of advertising that site. Why? Spam site promotion, surely? Maybe. On a quick glance, though, it looks like a genuine UFO fansite. I guess he thought we looked like a gullible lot.

Giving KKK a measure of legitimacy is never a good thing.

Don't be a tool. He's not a celebrity, he's a great author. We are sad because a human life is lost, but it is noteworthy because he can no longer give his intellectual gifts to the world.

I know there's unlimited ammo, and I don't care. Let's not get into that here. But will there at least be reloading? If I empty my clip into a grunt, will I the pleasure of reloading? What about recoil?

Awesome. Wait, 'allowing'? So is it just to make us feel fuzzy for not 'killing' pixels, or are there actual in-game rewards/consequences/repercussions (at least to the level DX had)?

Awesome.

I heard about this. I'd like to play it one day. It's seems pretty shallow, though... like Tetris.

FO1 and FO2 were good games.

You've made 3 different accounts now for the sole purpose of advertising that site. Why?

Nah, he is just getting ready for the next election. PALIN 2012!