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Thanks for the kind words Alan. When it comes to political knowledge, I don't consider myself uninformed, although there are plenty of subjects I will claim ignorance on. I feel I can speak with some authority on local politics and stuff about education, but I approach federal and international politics as an outsider with limited knowledge. Basically unless I have actual experience with it, I assume everyone here knows as much or more than me. I also always try and look at our discussions from a historical perspective. I spend all year teaching about how crazy the world was during the 5th to the 17th century, so it makes most everything happening now seem tame. Heck, we have people alive today that lived through World War 2, so when people lament at how far we've fallen I scratch my head. Our world is continually improving.

King's Bounty - Loaded up an old game that I was far along on, and got back into it pretty easily.

Didn't the auto bailout get paid back in full with interest? Or was that the bank bailout?

It sounds like they are selling at very similar rates then. I know DA2 went over the 2 million mark.

My wife also has a minor learning disability and it makes subs very hard to follow. It's not exactly uncommon. Personally I can't watch stuff in 3D because I get major eye strain.

I watched the Swedish version of Girl with a Dragon Tattoo, and I didn't pick up on the killer right away. I think it was subtitled, it was a long time ago.

It's sounds weird when you humanize a large company. One is being released in mid year and another at the end of the year, so I don't get the article. It would be an issue if they had the same release month or day, I suppose, but I believe the audience is big enough to support both.

Actually I find these threads very informative, and I try to stay open minded and listen to all the viewpoints. In fact I would say I have become more interested in libertarian candidates because of Guard Dog and Ron Swanson.

That doesn't make me feel any better about the campaign.

I started to read some of the updates about the 9-year old kickstarter, and I have a few reservations. I wasn't going to contribute or anything, but I'm suspicious about it being a hoax. Something doesn't seem right.

I'm maybe the only person on the planet that didn't like Legend of Grimrock. With that said, I'm still excited for the direction this game is taking. I doubt you are the only one. I'm actually a bit torn on the game itself, the setting itself lost my interest quickly. I mean, you are in a dungeon, and you are solving puzzles. That's it. Pretty shallow, and eventually I got bored. I've never been a huge fan of long dungeons. But the style of gameplay was a huge kick for me. I loved the party of four, the mix of abilities, the formations, the simple movement and combat. If you take all that and put it in a full world with actual skies, NPC's, stores, etc. I will be happy.

Well this is exactly what I was hoping for, they are definitely going for a Legend of Grimrock old school style of game. That doesn't guarantee success, but it does get my interest.

30 for 30: You Don't Know Bo. This was a biography of Bo Jackson, and it was awesome. I was so young when he was in his prime, and it brought back a lot of childhood memories. I want to play TecmoBowl now

I call shenanigans on this. The two games are way too similar for you to have that opinion. You were probably just burned out on the game because you played ME2 too much.

I really don't remember much at all about the universe. I do remember the style of game play, and that is what I hope they aim to create. Legend of Grimrock did extremely well in sales, so there is a bit of hope that this new M&M might be done in a similar fashion.

I've actually heard EA is a fantastic employer. I know a couple people that worked at their Redwood City a number of years ago, and a quick search came back with no remarkable employee complaints.

I thought HoMM5 was a decent game, really. But King's Bounty pretty much took over the throne when it comes to that style of game.

Pretty hard to speculate on that picture, but if they go with a more retro style it could be cool. Ubisoft might be looking at the success of a game like Grimrock and decide to use their classic license for something good. Or they might bastardize it, who knows?

This also illustrates how ridiculous the South Vietnamese government was.

I just got back from my Vegas Hockey Tournament. We lost in the championship game 3-2, which was a major bummer. Still, the trip was fantastic and we ate at some great places. I did get a 2nd place trophy, but it looks pretty weak next to my 1st place one from last year.

I've never watched the show, but that pitch video made me a fan

http://www.penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/stolen-credit-cards-and-fraudulent-steam-keys-cost-natural-selection-2-team I know a few folks here buy keys from those shady discount places, might want to read this.

Haha, that's a good one.

Most of these pledges are probably fake, so I'm betting it will raise $15 and a gift card from Jamba Juice.

Castles are not very energy efficient, so the money is probably going to pay the energy bill. 7 million doesn't go very far when you look at his team, actually. InExile and Obsidian have the benefit of being established studios with money already coming in from other projects to keep the doors open and the light on. Plus they've developed some products already, nothing fancy, but it costs money to make anything. If they said they secured funding from a publisher or something, then I would be worried. This is from their website, btw: