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I'm quite surprised that there hasn't been more of a push to get a FPS with a subscription model. There was that game Planetside back in the day, but the shooter market has skyrocketed since then, and I think blending Call of Duty with an MMO is a pretty decent recipe for success. I'm guessing it's just a matter of implementation, so this is probably a little testing the waters before a full blown MMO shooter.

I thought Far Cry 2 was beautiful, but an entire country of people trying to kill me that also respawn way too quick was not a fun environment. I spent some time hoping for a mod that would get rid of the spawn rate, but it never materialized.

That actually concerns me a bit. Risen was fairly small, but it also meant a tighter and more focused game than Gothic 3. I hope they don't lose that when they expand it.

I got an odd virus today, it pretended to be my Vista Security settings and then whenever I tried to enable the firewall it tried to charge me. I have anti-virus software (AVG) installed, so I was a bit taken aback that I picked it up. I did a system restore and got everything cleaned up, but I'm not sure where I even got it, so that is concerning.

Just in case anyone want the results: Mkreku - I couldn't find your guesses for the last round. Me - 9/14 Kor - 8/14 Volo - 8/14 Krook - 5/10 So we all got one right and one wrong in the last round.

I'm pretty excited that we have two teams in the finals that don't get there very often. Boston has had a very long dry spell, and Vancouver has never won the cup. My pick is Vancouver in 6.

I've been looking at that. It sounds a little like Laser Squad Nemesis, which was a play by email game the Gallop brothers developed.

Blood Money was one of the best games I have played, so I'm sad to hear they are moving away from that at all.

Maybe it's a sign you should buy her inline skates? Not a bad idea! I am rooting for a Boston/Vancouver matchup, but I can't decide who I want to win. I'll probably root for Vancouver, since I have been to that city.

I guess he was skating without an ACL in his knee, which sounds pretty much impossible. My wife can barely walk after tearing hers.

Huh, well that might get me to play it again. It was a pretty solid game.

San Jose didn't look very good for most of the series, but I thought game 5 was their best game. Just the way hockey goes, I suppose. Vancouver was the better team.

It does seem like American Idol is on a downward trend, so it will be interesting to see what happens in the coming seasons. I'm also curious to see how the X-Factor does.

Weird. Are you on the NA servers? That might cause an issue too. I have only had a few crashes in Rift, they seem pretty rare, especially for an MMO.

Ok.

It sounds like you guys aren't watching enough Law & Order: CI. I'm like Vincent D'onofrio up in this game, laying down the evidence and cruising right through to the confession. Seriously though, I'm at about 80% with successes. Sometimes I try to save a big piece of evidence for later and that doesn't work, but other than that I find it easy to read.

Full price. I mean it is a very solid game, but it is also an amazing bit of technology. While I agree that some of the heads look a bit weird, the facial expressions are an amazing of what we hopefully will see more of in the future. And it isn't just a gimmick, it's an integral part of the game. So yeah, I'm a big fan of supporting ambitious new projects like this, particularly considering there is so much focus on established IP's nowadays.

I don't drive very often, I let the partner handle it while I go over my notes. He doesn't seem to mind after that one time I accidently ran over a tax-paying citizen.

I can assure everyone it isn't rigged, since I didn't win and I am Tale's favorite forumite.

How many companies are out of business today, making activation of their games impossible? I'm not being facetious, I'd like to know if there are any cases out there. Also, the Sony thing was messed up, but it still only meant three weeks without the game. It went longer than I think anyone could have expected, but the service was never close to being shut down for good. It's like being paranoid about keeping money in the bank. They are too big to fail today, so it isn't worth stressing about it.

Yikes, I didn't know they had broken it down into regions. I hope that doesn't cause performance issues for you.

Awesome!

Remember if you want to have any friends, we are on Greybriar with the Defiant faction, and Faeblight with the guardian faction.

I think it just comes down to many of today's games being infinitely more complex than those made 10 years ago. Although I agree with you on the boring part, it's amazing how little we've come in that respect.

I'm not sure about that, quite a few of these people are genuine celebrities. Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, and Jennifer Hudson are all legitimate successes, and there are a ton more that have released more than one successful album after appearing on Idol.