Everything posted by Gorgon
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Max Payne 3 announced
Well, he was a supersoldier.
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Max Payne 3 announced
Max Payne was getting pretty Kitch, in a good way, by Max Payne 2. As someone already said it had a lot of self-humor. The psychedelic passages were over the top, and the bullet time gunfights worked well, not original or anything even back then, just well done. If they keep the same approach it could be good, if they decide to re invent it and make it solely comic book gritty like the movie, it's probably going to be bad.
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new monitor
outside of the backlit wacoms that some of them rock You mean where the screen is the tablet. I SO want one of those, unfortunately it's like two months pay. I would want to test one out a bit first. No shops here with a demo of one. Just some Mac thingimagingies that aren't really up to the same standard.
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Movies you have seen recently
The dialouge is indeed pretty corny and expected, but Rutger delivers. The hokeyness doesn't hamper him in the least. I'll leave you to decide what kind of comment that is on his acting skills. I mean, that man has been in more bad movies than... well Rudger Hauer, but It seems to suit him. Contrast the scene where he kills Tyrel which is quite fabulous and one or two other instances I can remember where he was in a whole other category of excellence. It's not easy having to deal with this kind of 'high' literary style that rolls off the tongue like cement. While it's certainly true that most Sci Fi buffs are sentimental about blade runner to the point of nausea, there is a reason. It's an excellent movie, not that I am going to buy it again every time Ridley Scott resides to make a new 'final revision'. Where are we at now, 3, 4, 5...
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Max Payne 3 announced
You can't make a shooter whose principal gameplay challenge is pint point aiming for console. Well you can, but it's going to suck. I predict vehicle sections, boats, planes, flying carpets. Ping pong minigames.
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The Battlestar Galactica Thread
Ahh, maybe RDM stands for the new Gallactica series, anyway, you are still a moron for spurting out a blanket statement like that.
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The Battlestar Galactica Thread
Forgive me, and what tv show have you written and produced? Please tell us how you know better the RDM? I was not aware I needed special dispensation to have an opinion about RDM's, praise be his initials, show.
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Dollhouse
It's not very good, but theres a time and place for bad TV that requires nothing from your intellect. Switching off and spazzing out with a cold beer, don't underestimate it.
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The Battlestar Galactica Thread
That Japanese Robot chick that looks like a cadaver really unnerves me.
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The Battlestar Galactica Thread
Well I wouldn't have wasted time critiquing if I didn't think there was a lot of potential there, only some of which was realised.
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The Battlestar Galactica Thread
I don't think there was a perfect way to wrap up all that baggage. They did reasonably well, not falling into the trap of trying to explain everything. Some elements did feel a little cheesy though. Driving the fleet into the sun, Starbuck going 'poof'.
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The Battlestar Galactica Thread
One big Deus Ex Machina that the entire fleet would agree to throw away technology and go native just like that. Didn't sit right with me at all.
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Movies you have seen recently
The cinematography was groundbreaking at the time. Hasn't got much in the way of humans actually acting though.
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Maths
If you had only stopped to write a formula, alas, the mathematical theory of everything is lost to the ages.
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Empire: Total War
It really does boggle the mind that they didn't 'cheat' and script some enemy fleet landings knowing that the AI couldn't do it alone. It worked fine with the old engine, Vikings and Saxons landing in England etc.
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Maths
I am reminded of Achilles and the tortoise. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%27s_para...nd_the_tortoise Not having taken any math past high school I don't understand why one would chose to focus on Achilles reaching a number of imaginary and exponentially shorter gaps between himself and the tortoise in the first place. That was always the paradox to me.
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R.I.P. Spacebat
It's what you might call a confused metaphor.
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R.I.P. Spacebat
Your own farts, or your own strawmen, they always smell sweeter don't they.
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R.I.P. Spacebat
- The Battlestar Galactica Thread
Such as? And no not trying to be a smart arse, indeed asking. Random google, Cheetah+genetics. But changing human attitudes toward cheetahs is only part of the battle to save Earth's fastest land mammal. The big cat also has genetic problems- Empire: Total War
I have been playing as the Indians and have thrown all western colonizing forces out and united the country, now Afghanistan and Kashmir are rebelling at the same time, sound familiar... I am about to lose patience in dealing with a land purchase proposal every single turn from at least 5 powers though. I'm tempted to declare war on them all just to shut them up. The army is fun to play with, although it takes too long to get the elephant musketeers and the big cannons and siege mortars that somewhat make up for the lack of long range infantry. Dedicated melee units with swords like Sikh warriors can make a huge difference kept behind the lines ready to pounce once the enemy engages with bayonets. The general's bodyguard is a small unit of Elephant musketeers, so providing you have the funds you can spawn up to the maximum number of generals and bolster a weak army with elephant tanks wherever needed.- Sci-Fi Channel changes name to SyFy
'Sy Fy' sounds like someone transcribed 'Sci Fi' without knowing the phonetic symbols. It also sounds stupid, no matter what their focus groups said.- Rest in Peace, Natasha Richardson
Agents would be queuing up to sign their actors up for Bangladeshi flood awareness charities.- Rest in Peace, Natasha Richardson
Didn't know here, don't care. Now if I had prior knowledge that someone here knew the person in question on a personal basis that would be another matter. As it stands 'eulogy threads' for TV acquaintances, gimme a break. Write something about what her work meant to you instead.- Why I think all girls need to be on meds...
Well that was creepy. - The Battlestar Galactica Thread