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The graphics and gameplay remind me of Age of Decadence. I might back this. How are they handling the actual exploration? I imagine they aren't going to lock you on a hex grid the whole time when you aren't in combat.

Loved the first and fully intend to get the second. But am going to replay the first beforehand. I'm not sure why that would be unexpected, the first was a surprise hit and had a ton of buzz in the media.

I would say mediocre is a good way to sum up Obama at this point, although I prefer ineffective. There are positive things happening in the US. The housing market has stabilized and is on a slow recovery in many areas. The job rate has slowly improved. The economy is very slowly moving forward. None of these things are happening fast, and it looks like natural growth rather than anything the President has done. Foreign policy seemed to start off strong, but has really stalled over the last couple years. The budget is a mess, and it has been a mess for awhile. My problem is congress shares responsibility here, and Romney is in congress, so if he can't solve the problem form congress, why would he be better as President? It's a lose lose situation. People flip out about Obamacare, but that is stalled out too.

I actually thought we were talking about comic book movies, I misunderstood what Orogun was saying. The only people I know still reading comics are adult males in their 30's.

I'm pretty sure comic books have jumped way past the teenage entertainment genre. They are mostly family entertainment, or summer action entertainment. They are hitting a very large audience right now, and you have the more adult tones of the recent Batman's and the Watchmen, plus you have the more family friendly tones of Avengers and Iron Man. They haven't really been focused on the teenage demographic for decades.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution looks better than that. I kind of looks like Alpha Protocol, really.

Awesome, I never played it like that

I thought they brought in the terrible singing kid so we wouldn't feel too bad about them being potentially blown up. Kind of like a mercy killing.

Back to work today. It's been a nice long summer.

I'm not surprised by the Blizzard thing at all. Awhile back, my WoW account got hacked after being inactive for years. There was no leak on my part, I even changed passwords and emails and it happened again. It was clearly a problem with security on their end, but they just kept repeating the same stuff about it being my issue. Luckily I'm not really a fan of their games, so no real loss on my part.

While Hunger Games isn't exactly adult entertainment, it isn't the Twilight series either.

Tax rates are already at historically low levels, btw. I'm all for lowering government spending, but the solution needs to be a mix of cutting costs and taxing effectively.

Just saw the Red Dawn trailer. Guard Dog will be upstate when the scary North Korean paratroopers land. He will dig a hole and drink heavily until they go home. xD Sounds like a typical weekend. We really need to save some of this material for when he gets back

Did you see the original? Is was also super silly, but it had Patrick Swayze so all is forgiven. Now I want to watch Roadhouse, dangit.

Wait...they don't go to Mars? What the heck?

While there are plenty of drug cartel movies out there, and invasion makes no logical sense. The point of the cartel is to make money, not overthrow governments.

Caught the trailer for a Red Dawn remake. The movie looks like a fun little action flick, and I really did enjoy the original. But I do kind of wonder what the message is here. We aren't in a Cold War anymore. The bad guys look Chinese, but given that China is the US's biggest trading partner, that seems like an awkward choice. I don't know, I guess I should just realize it is a silly movie and not a political statement

Happy Birthday Malcador!

Yeah I've never understood how anyone believes anything either party is saying. It's all hyperbole. It's worst in the media, there doesn't seem to be any journalistic integrity anymore, you just make stuff up that sounds insane.

While all Tea partiers may be fiscal conservatives, not all fiscal conservatives are tea partiers.

While I agree that there isn't a real stellar candidate here, people seriously put too much stock in who the President is. The balance of power is extremely effective at limiting what the executive branch can do.

So Mitt Romney chose Paul Ryan as his running mate. I don't know a ton about this guy, but this seems like a decent choice, much better than Sarah Palin. He's young, he's fiscally conservative, he has experience in Washington. I still don't think it is enough to counter the fact that Romney is not really very popular. The guy needs momentum, and I don't know if this pick will give him enough to make it a strong challenge.

Cant, EA has all their new stuff on Origin and not on Steam. It is not clear whether it was Valve or EA's decision to do this.

Just finished the original Prophecies campaign for Guild Wars. It was a lot of fun, and it sets the stage for GW2 nicely. The last level was a bit tough, but I joined a group of real people and it made it much easier. After 7 years it held up surprisingly well. The gameplay is still pretty iffy, they really improved that in GW2 tremendously. Oh there is another stress test today from 4-8 EST or something like that.

I was put off by that picture originally, but they aren't all cute and cuddly. Most of them remind me of mole people with razor teeth and big eyes. The video doesn't show it, but the way they jump is hilarious. http://youtu.be/3EaC02CfOd0