Atreides

Run some kind of Vamp: Requiem thing. I might drop by and see how it actually looks like in practice.

Reclamation of desert? Sounds really cool. Anyway my pipe dream's been some kind of infrastructure that can stand a lightning strike and make use of its (free) awesome power.

Why should major game reviewers be significantly biased? Besides a general interest that the game industry's healthy (continued sales?) and perhaps pressure by big companies (using influence for future preferential treatment for scoops, demos etc) I don't think they benefit from being significantly biased. If they're consistantly biased upwards/downward across the board that's more pallateable than biased towards certain producers. At least the information's still relatively useful.

That can't come soon enough for me. Besides, getting something up that'll survive a real oil crisis (say a realisation that there's very little left or a real shortage) that sends the prices skyrocketing to the point of economical collapse is a good idea before it's too late.

Are they representative of the general population and have you tried talking with them about America? Anyway be careful - there are nuts out there who like making non-consensual videos for the internet.

I think the US has been trying to push ethanol mixes in gas for vehicles. They're fiddling with production and distribution plus there's the concept of a hybrid car that's powered by part electricity and gas depending on which is more efficient. As for how long, no idea but I won't be surprised if we're still mainly running on oil 5 years later.

I'm hoping to see a major shift away from oil as a source of energy (and dump the ME) but it isn't going to happen anytime soon. The conditions are there - the desire to switch because oil's expensive but there's no alternative that's anywhere feasible at this stage. Even if they discovered something big it'd take years to construct infrastructure to start production on large scale and replacement of oil-based technology. Plus there's the big question whether it makes financial sense too. If the US govt decided to spend USD1.50 on a "unit" of energy from the alternate source as opposed to USD1 on conventional oil the US citizens will be pretty pissed. Not everyone will be convinced that its in their best interests to pay significantly more (factor in the tech shift costs) while there's cheaper alternatives. Of course China and Indian would be laughing their asses off because they have a huge advantage. It's probably because of that competitiveness that the US won't be able to commit until it makes economic sense to shift. Conclusion: Oil's around to stay for a long time and it's not just because of the nasty oil companies dictating the pace. It's you, the market.

Copy and paste your save and character files if you decide to reinstall so that you don't need to start from scratch.

He's a genius. He'll have an excuse reason to upgrade... but after he's got his 360.

Spoiler: We all die.

Time to switch to Magic the Gathering.

I feel a little sad for Blizzard. However it's probably of its decision making to drop games that has ensured that the titles its released are blockbusters.

In jewel boxes I hope. The impression you make might be the difference between him going ballistic or not.

Quiet you - he's looking for an excuse reason to get a 360.

Eh ? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> He usually bitches if the CD packaging's in paper sleeves rather than a jewel box.

But a Hades review doesn't feel complete with the senseless CD/DVD packaging review...

I lol'd at the part where Chef pulled a Vader. I'm a little disappointed they didn't slip a NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO in though.

That's one heck of a read - thanks.

Erotic fantasy?

I'm lazy to check the links out (plus it costs me precious MB quota). Care to summarise?

I'm impressed by the numbers. In a week, ffs. How do they manage to generate the hype and enthusisasm to sell as 1.76 million games in a week? Plus does this skew the "console's more profitable than PC" idea?

Alts can be presidents too.

Adventure simulations!

Avellone

Glad you guys are still alive