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So it's probably just space PvP. If they turned space into an actual simulation type game instead of just a minigame, I'd be back on board in a heartbeat. But I don't see that happening. I mean how awesome would it be to fly around the solar systems doing quests, mining, and other stuff.

Doom is really the Citizen Kane of gaming. DA3 will hopefully be the Back to the Future 3 of gaming. They both have horses.

I dabbled in Rift for a bit, looks like a lot has changed. I can't believe it has been out for two years already. I might play it a bit and see if it strikes my interest, I played it a ton at release.

It looks fantastic, but I'm a bit confused about the placement of the movie in the Riddick universe. Does this one happen before the events of Chronicles?

I'd watch this version as well. http://youtu.be/2fPgIIB67bw

Gorth, you've never heard of Mega Man? You clearly were grown in a lab as a full adult and never experienced childhood!

I think the police did the right thing there. Little kids should be shown right and wrong. It's a shame the police have to step in and be parents as well. Yes I've got to agree. The police had to warn the parent that a citation was possible, which means the parent was probably being a douche and not taking care of their kids. These kids were walking around jumping on plants and flowers on other peoples property. My son does the same thing, and he gets in trouble for it. I couldn't imagine him doing it outside of our yard either, he'd be in huge trouble.

Yeah I always saw that as a real missed opportunity. The world of Mafia 2 was so well done, it was beautiful, but they really gave you no reason to explore and play like a sandbox. Just some stunt jumps and side missions would have made a huge difference in the shelf life of that game.

It is becoming more and more common for me to read a thread and find that Volourn is the only one making any sense. As this steamer makes its way down the river of Obsidian, I feel I already know what Volourn's last post will be. The horror! The horror!

Shale is more of a 'get his rocks off and roll' guy than relationship material.

The Rock has done a couple comedic roles, but they haven't done well. I enjoyed him in The Rundown, but I'd say Sean Michael Scott was also a big part of that. He's great at bit parts, he had a fantastic role in the Reno 911 movie.

I was a huge fan of M&M games, starting with MM3 in 8th grade and continuing to MM6 in my early 20's. With the development of MMX I also thought it would be cool to try one of the later releases, so I picked up MM8 for a few bucks on GoG. Surprisingly it has not aged well at all. I love to go back to the hand drawn games of the 90's, but for some reason the polygon style of MM8 just killed me. I found in unplayable. I wish I had bought the earlier ones that were more cartoony, I think they might have been less harsh. As is, I'd recommend Wizardry 8 over any of the MM games until MMX comes out.

I went and got a massage before my back to school night, which was pretty decent. Now I'm just waiting for parents to come in so I can ramble for 10 minutes. It's pretty fun, actually.

I have a feeling the entire crew from Sierra On-Line would disagree with that statement.

The key is to never put yourself in a position where, if you do miss the shot, even at 99%, you are vulnerable. But I can't say I always follow that rule myself.

I'm not really interested in doing research for you. It is pretty simple to look up game development costs and see how much they've risen over the last 30 years.

Sarex, there are so many things wrong with your cost analysis that I don't know where to start. Please, just stop now.

Complaining about day one DLC is so last year. As long as they don't stick the DLC vendor in my camp shilling his exciting adventure for just $4.99 I'll be happy

Japan is a great baseball country, but lets not forget that the best players in Japan often go to the US to compete, while the US players that go to Japan are usually struggling to make an MLB roster.

I would imagine that a beer or two isn't going to cause much of an issue though.

We should get into a 'games as art' debate, it has been awhile since we've had one. Bioware games aren't any more or less art than almost every other game out there. All I care about is the entertainment value, and I get that from most Bioware games.

In the comics, Alistair behaves like Christian Bale's Batman. Isabela and Varric hardly joke with one another. None of those characters are in the novel. Wynn gets a big role in Asunder, as does Shale and Lelianna.

Hah, I love both Crime & Punishment and the Brothers Karamazov, but I dig Russian literature in general. Still, I need to be in a very special mood to sit down with Dostoyevsky, whereas generic fantasy can be read for a few quick plops on the toilet.

So is he average, quite below average, or terrible? You are being unclear in your writing.

I'd have to agree, there is a tremendous amount of garbage in the fantasy genre Gaider isn't just a writer though, he's a successful one. He's had three books published, and I'm guessing his numbers sold is pretty good. Now it helps that he has Bioware backing him up, but a huge amount of writers would love to have his portfolio.