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Exactly, and I eat this stuff up. For some reason this reminds me of a conversation about plot holes in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Just relax and enjoy Sarah Michelle-Geller beat up on the undead.

With the unresolved trial waiting for her back at home, she decides that it's better to go out in the line of duty to ensure decent life insurance benefits for her family?

A foot is actually the size of my foot, so I have no idea what Gorgon is talking about. Actually my foot is an inch short, but when wearing a shoe that pretty much makes it about right. This means it is easy for me to work out the square footage of place simply by walking it. I'd have a bit more trouble working out the meters.

... Considering the amount of effort you had to put into getting Shepard killed, I'd think you'd be overjoyed with the result. Doesn't seem a lot of effort involved, considering you could only get Shepard killing by avoiding all loyalty missions and avoiding all upgrades (hence avoiding wasting time with planet scanning). That reminds me of the students who avoid all homework and studying and then are surprised when they fail.

I finished The Arrival DLC. Left a pretty bad taste in my mouth.

I read a good article on Shanahan and his job the other day. I like that they are really emphasizing education and transparency. It's a tough job to cut down on injuries without getting rid of the physical nature of the sport.

I also haven't heard of it. It can't be that hyped.

Hmm, I have a hard time believing they would discard the current stories in any way. My guess would be that they war will either take place in entirely new areas on existing planets (as well as new planets) or they will make heavy use of instancing to give the illusion of a changing world. For example, in Lord of the Rings Online, you are traveling on a similar path as the fellowship of the ring. When the game launched, the Fellowship was in Rivendell, out in the open for all to see. But eventually they had to move on as new areas were added, so Turbine hid them away in instanced buildings in Rivendell for players that were behind in the story, and moved them forward for those at the front. So for TOR I would guess that a world could look very different depending on what level or what part of the story you visit it in. They could have a Coruscant for levels 10-50, and then a separate Coruscant for post-50. Just my theory, they could do something entirely different. I just can't imagine them altering the class quests in a dramatic way though.

This I can agree with wholeheartedly. I would probably say that is going to be my biggest hurdle with TOR in the long run. I hope they continue to add areas for all level ranges, not just end game content. It is one of the reasons I still go back to games like Everquest 2 and Lord of the Rings Online, they continue to make it interesting to start and level new characters.

The choices in ME2 did have an effect on the ending in that game though, your crewmates lived and died based on your decisions. I'm guessing some of the personal stories will matter. I romanced Ashley in the first game, and then I avoided hooking up with anyone in ME2. Because of that her picture stayed on my desk and all that. I'm expecting that to be addressed in ME3 n some way, I'd be surprised if it wasn't.

It is completely unreasonable to expect the game to fail you because you made a bad decision 30 hours earlier in the game. I lived through the Sierra adventure era where you were screwed if you missed picking up a fish in a barrel, and I don't miss it. However Bioware did a great job acknowledging my choices from ME1 in ME2. Whether it was the way a conversation went with a former companion, or a simple email, I felt rewarded for my choices.

It's more about a small market team finding a way to compete against big markets with gigantic payrolls, but really it's the story of Billy Beane and his unique path to stardom. I think it's a bigger deal for me because I live in the Bay Area and watched it all unfold, even as a non-A's fan.

I loved Moneyball as well. It's definitely a baseball lover's movie.

Submitted my taxes, pretty nice return that will all go towards paying off credit card debt. I can't wait until I'm done paying for day care.

I picked up the Arrival DLC, I figure it will be a nice little prologue for ME3.

I did enjoy arresting the fake king of Alderaan in his flooded throne room. But yeah, the different houses were fairly uneventful.

Interesting stuff on JA: Back in Action. I'm glad to see it is on Steam, I might pick it up down the road just for the nostalgia factor.

Is the game available in Asia yet? I know Korea/China account for a good portion of that huge WoW number.

That's pretty much what I expected for it, very good numbers. I'm guessing they need to keep about half those numbers to really be a solid hit and ensure there is a nice big team working on it going forward. I really have no idea if that will happen. I've heard a fair amount of grumbling and there are a lot of folks playing it like a single player RPG, which means they will likely leave after they finish the story quests. But I've also seen a lot of rabid fans that can't get enough of it. I know I'm in for the long haul, I can tell there is enough content to keep me occupied for a good year or two at minimum.

What's a warzone? Seriously though, I'm sorry to hear you are having trouble with the PvP. I haven't even thought about trying a warzone, so I have no idea what it's like.

I thought they addressed the fps problems too? I swear I read something about how they are working on the fps drops in your starships and other odd places.

Thankfully its payday, we were getting down to our last few bucks in my household. For some reason teachers only get paid once a month, and that is made worse this time of the year because they pay us in mid-December and then don't pay us until the end of January. Going 7 weeks in between checks while dealing with holiday expenses is always pretty rough. We did a good job of not leaning on the credit cards this year, so I'm happy about that. Hopefully I'll finish up my taxes tonight as well.

I remember LotRO implemented a full graphics overhaul about a year after release, basically making it compatible with the newest version of DirectX. WoW has also done quite a bit over the years to improve the graphics quality, if I'm not mistaken. There are definitely some issues with TOR performance wise. As with most MMO's, I'm guessing it will be a much smoother experience in a year. Everquest 2 was a complete mess when it came out, but I went back awhile ago and it has really come together performance and graphics wise.

You know these people don't go to prison right? They are arrested, cited and then let go. If there is a lot of them, they might get put in a jail cell for awhile while they handle all the processing. So yeah, resisting is dumb. I don't think the officers should have to chase the guy around the park and wrestle him down. Maybe this should be in the gender thread, because you've also got two female officers and a large male resisting, that doesn't sound like a good mix. These officers are also carrying quite a few weapons, they never want to be in a position where they can be overpowered and have those weapons taken away. Anyways, I guess this is getting way from the point of the thread

I'm pretty sure it was the early 90's.