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I'm so tired of D&D at this point, I think we got enough games set in the Forgotten Realms over the years. I'll petition for the next Quest for Glory, since that actually worked back in the day.

Well, I did say Nintendo would probably have a next gen machine coming out soon. I still think Sony and Microsoft are a long ways off. Of course it is almost like Nintendo is in a different industry nowadays.

I'm pretty sure that is more of an indicator of the Michigan economy than anything against the Wings.

I know I'm old, because when I hear Shryke's stories, I just think about how long my body would take to recover from the drinking and the steak at 6 AM. Also, I'm pretty sure getting undressed by two topless girls is cheating, but maybe I'm a bit conservative.

Aye, after seeing that I'm not really expecting anything from that game. Yeah, that didn't look good. I was giving this new team the benefit of the doubt, but it is starting to look like another weak attempt at turning JA2 into a RT game. I don't really get the aversion to TB combat developers have. Civ 5, HoMM, and King's Bounty have all shown that there is success to be had using turn-based mechanics.

Just got to Act 4 in Risen. I'm trying to finish it up, since the sequel doesn't seem to far off. I really enjoy the combat and story in this game.

Fixed.

I played through Arcanum a couple of years ago with a fan made patch that increased the resolution and a few other things. it was also way more stable than when I first bought it. It was a great experience, one of the best RPG play-throughs I've ever had. The character design was awesomely realized. So I'd say Arcanum just suffered from what many huge RPG's do, they are buggy messes that take years to clean up. Still, it doesn't have the name power that Fallout had, so I doubt we will see a team revive it. We are more likely to see a similar Steampunk IP that pays a bit of homage to it than anything else.

I've always enjoyed Leo as an actor. Catch Me If You Can was superb, he's had a few other Oscar worthy performances like Basketball Diaries and The Aviator (although I agree it was a boring story, he played the part well.) I'm surprised at all the Leo haters here. He's also just been in some very entertaining movies, like The Departed, Blood Diamond, Shutter Island, and Inception. Now that I think about the whole Scorsese angle, maybe people are just bothered that he isn't Robert De Niro. But I'll take him over Ray Liotta any day of the week.

Is that another way of saying the early worm gets the bird?

More like "Direct to Video"

Ok, here we go: Caps in 5 - I haven't had a chance to watch either team much, but it seems like the caps have overcome their weaknesses with the second half of the season. Flyers in 7 - The Flyers will stretch it out, but Ryan Miller would need to be superman to win the series. Bruins in 5 - I love the B's. Lightning in 7 - the lightning made the playoffs? Blackhawks in 7 - this is a terrible draw for a dominant team. I want vancouver to win, but they have choked too many times. San jose in 5 - I know I am biased, but the sharks usually coast to the second round before a meltdown. The only first round loss in recent years was against a ducks team that was barely removed from winning the cup. The kings lack the experience and scoring punch. Coyotes in 6 - I am gambling here on this one. Plus I want as many pacific division teams in the next round as I can get. Ducks in 5 - nashville got a bad draw here, the preds struggle enough in the playoffs without going against the hottest team in the league.

You didn't say a plumber or an electrician, you said a builder, who has a pretty large role in the construction of the house and is going to have a decent understanding of how to use space and such. I think we can move away from the analogy, it really isn't the point here. I just don't get the need to jump all over Nightshape about it. It seemed like a grossly overblown reaction. Sure, Nightshape comes across as a bit pompous, but so does mkreku, so what's the big deal? I actually disagree with Nightshape on the whole thing too. But I'm not really looking at the game from a technical standpoint, so I'm not going to get all aggro about it.

So you think your opinion is worth more because of your job? How conceited can one get? Please, tell us, how long have you worked in this field to gain this awesome knowledge that none of us plebeians can touch? Ten years? 20? I think you're a ****ing programmer with less than 5 years in the industry. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm not interested in taking art advice from you. I value the opinion of a mechanic on cars more than someone who drives them. That sounds pretty reasonable. Sure, but would you take interior decoration advice from a builder who tells you your home looks like ****? He can't tell you why but he is a professional who might have spoken to a number a interior decorators so just trust him okay. I would value their opinion more than someone who doesn't work on houses at all. It doesn't mean I have to agree with it or anything, but there is a certain amount of logic to it.

Technically you are a pretty dang powerful Sith lord in KotOR, even though you don't know it at the start. Personally I really enjoy the whole path from the gutter to greatness story.

So you think your opinion is worth more because of your job? How conceited can one get? Please, tell us, how long have you worked in this field to gain this awesome knowledge that none of us plebeians can touch? Ten years? 20? I think you're a ****ing programmer with less than 5 years in the industry. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm not interested in taking art advice from you. I value the opinion of a mechanic on cars more than someone who drives them. That sounds pretty reasonable.

I didn't mind all the naked Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut from Kubrick.

Sorry, I've been busy. You are playing it wrong and you are just generally stupid

Your fingers will hurt less and less as you develop callouses on your finger tips Is my guitar a decent one? Seems solid and sounds nice to me but I know next to nothing about such things. I don't know much about Yamahas but it should be fine for what you're doing. Good guitars are overrated. I started learning last November. The callouses will come, with my schedule I can only practice like an hour or two a day, so it never got too painful. It has been harder trying to build the muscles needed to do bar chords. I've been doing these youtube lessons by a guy named Marty Schwartz, it has been very educational. I like it better than the CD that came with my guitar.

Yesterday I did a ton of yard work. First I cleared out the first layer of the front yard. It was overgrown, we moved in a month ago and it was overgrown then, so now it was supersized. I finally found a decent gas trimmer, so I went to town with it. I managed to cover myself in green junk. The yard is a weird combination of huge weeds, some sort of ice plant, and grass, so I just cut it all down. Even my glasses were covered in it. Then I went and picked up my lawnmower, which was being repaired, and mowed the backyard. That went pretty smoothly. I went back to the front and finished off the second layer with the trimmer and then raked it. It was a mess, but it looks a good deal better now. I also picked up a very nice used BBQ for cheap. So for dinner we had tri-tip and some chicken with the neighbors. It was a pretty exhausting day, but I feel good about all the stuff I got done.

It took me about 100 at-bats, but I'm finally starting to see the ball well on my AA team in MLB 11 The Show. My average had struggled to stay near .250, but now it has climbed up to .280. There is about two weeks left in the season, so hopefully I can finish strong. The game does a great job at rewarding solid at bats. I still strike out a fair amount, but at least if I drag it into an 8-pitch at bat before going down, I get a few points for the effort.

I'm pretty sure Morgoth is referring to the fact Duke Nukem is simplifying the FPS gameplay considerably. I read an interview in Game Informer and they are basically leaving out a lot of the staples in most modern FPS's like using cover and decent AI. It doesn't bother me, they are going retro, and if there is a shrink-ray I'm plenty happy.

I enjoy pointless statistics as much as the next guy. What were we discussing again?

Good one obyknven! For a second I was like, wait, is he serious? And then I was like, ah, he got me! What a kidder

Ok, I said I would update my attempt at short selling my condo, so here goes: Last month we moved into a new house, we are renting it for $2000 a month, and it is really nice. We are hoping to stay there for a number of years. We have a mortgage on our condo that costs us about $2500 a month (after property taxes, hoa fees and all that.) We rent it out for $1100, so we take a big loss every month. With our new rent situation, we knew we would not be able to keep paying both, and so we decided to sell the condo. The problem is we owe $350,000 on the condo and the market value is way lower, so we have begun a short sale process. First off, we called the bank (Wells Fargo) and explained our situation. They were very helpful, surprisingly so, but I guess this short sale stuff is becoming common enough that they have it down pat. I also received a few calls over the month trying to collect the mortgage payment that we skipped in March, I told them I was short selling the property, and they were very easy to work with. They sent me paperwork explaining how to proceed, and the first step was to list the property. We got a real estate agent with short sale experience, and listed the property last Monday. We priced the property at $139,000 and got a good deal of interest. We received two offers at $110,000, and I accepted one that came from an investment group. The nice thing about an investor is it is a cash transaction, meaning the close will go faster than if they needed to process their own loan. The next step, and this is a big one, is getting Wells Fargo to agree to let us sell the property at $110,000. They will send out their own appraiser and run comparisons. If they think it is too low, they will counter offer and we will have to go through quite a few more hurdles. I also sent in all my financial information to prove that I cannot continue to pay the mortgage, so they have to go over all that. So I'm happy we have offers, but I'm not super excited or anything. I am still losing my shirt on this whole deal and I'm pretty sore about it. My current tenants also gave their 30-day notice, so I'm hoping this doesn't drag out long. The bank turn around on this thing is 2-8 weeks, so it still has a way to go before we are clear. My credit will take a decent hit, but so far it looks like I will be able to recover in just a few years, so that is nice.