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After listening to Alanschu talk about it, I decided to pick up NBA2k13. I'm super impressed, the way they handle the creating of a player is fantastic. Great presentation, great development. This is definitely going to fit well with my career as a baseball player in MLB The Show. The only probelm is I'm terrible at basketball. I watch games now and then, but I never played much competitively and I have no idea what I'm doing. I managed to get a C- on the second try of the rookie showcase, that's not good. I was drafted by the Celtics, so hopefully I'll get better.

So today I'm going in for a vasectomy. I'm pretty nervous about it, but they did give me a valium to take before the surgery. That should be interesting, I've never taken anything like that, only painkillers when I've broken stuff. I'm perfectly fine with the idea, I've got two great kids, my wife is really at the age where getting pregnant would be risking her own health. But that doesn't make the whole process any less frightening. I did leverage this into some pre-surgery "quality time" from the missus.

that is not OK, you need to let go. (at least after 16 years of age) Are you a parent? Is 16 some magical age where the kid is safe from bad things happening? I would say 18, maybe, but honestly as long as I'm paying for the phone I don't see why I wouldn't want to track it. There are too many good reasons to do so. From simple reasons like lost or stolen phones, or miscommunication, to more serious issues like abductions. It adds a safety net. It's not just about trust, I trust my wife implicitly, but we both have ways of tracking each other's phones and other electronic devices. Usually I use it to figure out where to pick her up at work, or if she is on her way home safely when out late. Why distract her driving with a phone call? Why sit up worrying when she is running late? Plus my wife regularly turns her ringer off and forgets to turn it back on. My kids are young, but I plan on knowing exactly where they are at all times until they move out, and then I hope to have a decent idea where they are even after that. It's called being involved as a parent.

Please quote the guy instead of the article title. He's referencing budget and manpower, not the graphical output itself. Are you always such a nagging pest? Whoa, watch the attitude Morgie. Don't you know your performance reviews are coming up? If you don't follow proper linking procedure, don't expect that bonus check!

Barbarian IS a general term. It used to simply refer to people that didn't speak Greek, but it has been adopted to mean anyone who is uncivilized. There aren't millions of people around the world who call themselves barbarians and are going to be offended when you use that word as a generalization. Using Muslim as a generalization on the other hand is very offensive.

Barbarian is a general term that defines a certain behavior, so it is well suited for blanket statements. Islam is an incredibly diverse religion with tens of millions of followers around the world, so using blanket statements to define them is ridiculous and ignorant.

Mansa Musa would not approve, that's for dang sure.

These aren't Muslims destroying cultural heritage sites, these are violent extremists. They have very little in common with the millions of people who practice Islam peacefully around the world.

Finished a very long (like a couple years) epic quest line in LotRO. Volume 2 took me through the mines of Moria into Mirkwood, where I got to climb to the top of the Necromancer's Tower and kill the rather pesky orc Mazog. So now I'm ready to leave Mirkwood and travel with the Rangers to Rohan, but first I'll probably stop by Isengard and smash some more orc heads. My weapons are now max level with some pretty sweet runes, so I'm not sure if I will need to replace them as I tackle the new content. They are both 2nd age weapons. I'm at level 66, so still quite a ways to get ready for the level 75 Rohan areas.

You know, there is a reason I tend to like all the games I play. I really don't put any time in games I don't like. I can figure out within the first hour if I will enjoy a game, and if I don't think I will, I drop it like a hot potato. I have so much trouble understanding the folks that complain about Fallout 3 but played through the whole thing.

I do have a few games that I dislike.

I'm actually more surprised it wasn't part of the base game, it shows how incomplete the game really was at launch. Bioware has made it clear that they are committed to recognizing and respecting the gay community in their games. I applaud them for that. Although I think Obsidian was a lot better at it in Fallout: NV.

Gotta agree, SR3 just didn't have the same magic as SR2. But then again, SR2 is one of my all time favorite games.

If it makes you feel any better Calax, there was a time where you probably invaded your parents sense of privacy regularly. I haven't taken a dump without a kid coming in to check on me in years.

What happens on Makeb, stays on Makeb! Seriously though, they are just introducing the relationships at the same time as they are releasing a new planet, and since they have to expand the story to allow the relationships to happen, it makes sense that all the new story stuff will happen on the new planet.

It is definitely the team's fault. If a player sits the whole season, his contract doesn't count against the cap?

The woman from the 50's probably stayed trim by smoking a couple packs a day, so not exactly healthier

I enjoyed Fallout 1 & 2, as well as Fallout 3 & NV. I even liked Fallout Tactics.

Anyone who looks back on the 70's as some sort of glory days is really got a heavy tint on those rose colored glasses.

The end is near! My tiny super computer phone told me so!

Yeah, I mean it's hard to feel sorry for a guy for being overpaid, but that contract was ridiculous. He is a fantastic guy for 2-3 million a year, but he was a second line center in his best days.

This is actually a good petition. I didn't know much about this guy before he committed suicide, but it sounds like he was a victim of a way overzealous DA. This should have been a misdemeanor case at the worst, and it put a guy that already seemed to be struggling with mental issues over the edge. So thanks for the good link Oby

2014 is really not that far Calax, you can make it!

It's pretty common for Obsidianites to drunk dial the forums Ros

No. The weapons of choice for that are media and schools. I don't think I remember that episode.