Jump to content
The Community Blog (An Invitation)

Hurlshort

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    10154

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    92

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Hurlshort

  1. Hurlshort
    Until we get some more official information, this isn't much different than that situation they had going with the Wheel of Time people. Morgie seems to think it is a new low to work on a game he is not interested in
  2. Hurlshort
    Austria sounds like a super dangerous place to live.
  3. Hurlshort
    So biking without a helmet is innuendo?
  4. Hurlshort
    I'm utterly baffled when I hear people dislike Xcom, for me it was like finding a cool turn based combat drink in a desert of real time shooters. It's one of the few games I know I will replay for years to come. So yeah, I guess it is simply polarizing. I know a few folks here really enjoyed it as well. I have noticed it is mostly the latecomers that are critical of Xcom (I think when the game launched there was a thread where most of us enjoyed it, and only one or two people were disappointed.) Obviously there must have been some initial skepticism about the game to keep Boo and Melk from picking it up earlier, and that must have been justified.
  5. Hurlshort
    That's pretty awesome. It's cool to see how they've worked with the community to get them involved in the game, definitely give me hope about the project. They really won the Bear's Pit over and that's huge.
  6. Hurlshort
    Is that safe ever going to be opened? Honestly I have an old rifle and my wife's shotgun she used to skeet shoot with sitting in a safe. There is no ammo, they are both just collecting dust, and I never really go in the safe. I don't consider myself a gun owner at that point, not in any functional sense. It is kind of assumed if you are a gun owner that you take the gun out on occasion, maybe for target shooting, maybe just for cleaning. And that's when accidents can happen. It's all about risk versus reward for me. My gas BBQ is not the safest thing to have around my house. I have to be careful with it. But I use it to feed my family and so it is worth it. A hunter can make the same argument about a gun. But I don't see how you can reasonably argue that it is safe to have firearms in the house. You are taking a risk, you are doing what you can to mitigate those risks, but they still exist.
  7. Hurlshort
    Ros already conceded the idea that they have different beliefs about their households, so I guess I'm just confused why it is still being discussed. I'm not really sure where the misinformation is. Guns are dangerous. You can mitigate the danger, sure, but the decision to keep them in you home (particularly when children are present) should not be taken lightly.
  8. Hurlshort
    Woldan, why is it so important to you that Ros have a gun in his home?
  9. Hurlshort
    Guns don't need to be for everyone. We live in a society where you can go your entire life without touching a firearm. You don't need to condemn people that don't want to give them a try, any more than they should condemn you for using them responsibly.
  10. Hurlshort
    100k in the final 48 hours is pretty common with projects like this, so I'm not too worried. The best pushes usually come in the first couple days and the last.
  11. Hurlshort
    It's pretty cool that at $42 I get my name thrown in the NPC naming pool and get to write a line. That's a great price.
  12. Hurlshort
    Yeah this is a big problem for TOR. Most MMO's slowly add in new lower level areas, giving players alternate ways to progress. TOR is sort of designed to not allow that. It is too linear.
  13. Hurlshort
    I've actually cut down on sugar and fat in the last year, so it might be more manageable now. It isn't super high, just slightly elevated. It's nowhere near needing pills or anything like that. I'd love to exercise more, but an hour a day is pretty hard to find with work and the kids. I still get my hockey time in and try to run around with my kids as much as possible. Hopefully WD can get it under control as well.
  14. Hurlshort
    I'm dealing with high blood pressure as well, it's genetic for me. Although they tell me to monitor it and then don't explain how that even works. I can get pretty stressed out too, I comment regularly to my wife about how she is trying to collect on the life insurance by leaving her piles of clothes all over the bedroom
  15. Hurlshort
    I think it is fairly reasonable to say it is more civilized to not have a death penalty.
  16. Hurlshort
    Meier is in an ideal situation, he can develop anything he wants with Firaxis at this point. He's already remade Pirates, Civilization keeps humming along, and he got to modernize a classic franchise in Xcom. Not quite sure what anyone else wants. If he wanted a new Alpha Centaurie he'd probably just do it.
  17. Hurlshort
    Geez, if I'm going to commit a crime, I need to do it in Norway. I've stayed at hotels worse than that.
  18. Hurlshort
    That's really not what I said at all. I said they are getting nutritious meals and cable television. They get to join rodeos and boxing teams. Basically I'm saying the State and taxpayers foot the bill for a fairly comfortable existence. What they can't control is the other inmates, particularly given the overcrowding issues. You do realize that ultimately treating people better in prison means that there is a lower recidivism rate right? I think it's Norway that has their "prison" is actually a little village where all the inmates are monitored, but have their own homes with TV etc. And because they're respected and the prison has enough resources, the offenders don't re-offend. That sounds like some sort of fairy tale land. What is this 'Norway' you speak of?
  19. Hurlshort
    Pretty sure the Leafs made you eat those words
  20. Hurlshort
    That's funny, I was playing the original the other night using the OpenXcom mod, and I was having all sorts of trouble getting my troops in cover positions and lined up properly. Edit: I played the new one with the mouse and the only problems I had were with occasional camera glitches. I heard they were fixed, but I haven't checked it myself.
  21. Hurlshort
    Xcom, like the original, has its flaws. But it is the best turn based game since JA2, and it scratches a gaming itch for me that rarely gets attention. I loved it and will probably replay it regularly for years to come. I still see people complaining about Civ 5, so I don't think Firaxis is immune to criticism. Not that I get it, I played the heck out of Civ 5. The Bureau game is loosely based on the Xcom mythos. It bothered me a lot more before we got a quality remake of the original, but now I don't mind if they do a spin off.
  22. Hurlshort
    Thank goodness they got rid of those black blobs in that Xcom shooter. It looks decently interesting now.
  23. Hurlshort
    Sens vs. Pens - Pens in 5, Vokoun is the answer in net. Bruins vs. Rangers - Boston in 7, should be a fun series. Sharks vs. Kings - Going with my hometown Sharks in 6. This really is the best matchup for them, the Kings are beatable. Red Wings vs. Hawks - Hawks in 5. I don't think this will be a big challenge for them.
  24. Hurlshort
    Nope. They could very easily put a KotOR 3 in the big gap of time between KotOR2 and TOR, it's still a very big universe. They don't need to go anywhere near the Revan storyline.
  25. Hurlshort
    My condolences TN, take care.
×
×
  • Create New...