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Many of those Muslim countries have communities of Christians that are older than Islam itself.

My dsl has been down simce Wednesday, and verizon says it will be another week or so before it gets fixed. Bleh. I went back to work today, and it was a real good day. I did have one class that really struggled with the concept of the bce/ce time split (bc/ad) for you old school folks. They were just being lazy, so sorry to put a few basic math concepts in your history class

My wife is 4 years my senior. 30 isn't that bad, it isn't like you are still in school. You've got a job and a career path, and that gives you a leg up on most guys, even in her age group.

GD, can't you keep the house and just rent an apartment in DC? I know how much you've put into that property.

I think King can be argued as the most prolific writer of his time. He just writes and writes, it is amazing and very disciplined. As for quality, I think he has a pretty wide range. Some great stuff, some good stuff, a few stinkers.

Yeah, I never got how the awesome Shadowrun IP turned into a fps game. It sounds like the worst idea ever, and low and behold, it was. I would love to see another RPG on Shadowrun.

You know, the top grossing movies of all time are 1. Avatar 2. Titanic 3. Lord of the Rings: RotK 4. Pirates of the Caribbean: DMC 5. Toy Story 3 So apparently the entire world disagrees with you. But hey, keep bashing what is popular, it used to be pretty hip and I am sure it will come around again. Interestingly enough, these all feature a good deal of CGI.

Yeah, those Pixar chumps are a bunch of chumps.

I love the cuss out of the Fantastic Mr. Fox. I always try and get my daughter to watch it, but she tends to opt for the Barbie flicks. Blegh.

I never noticed, I rarely focused on her face in conversation. They clearly focused their art resources elsewhere.

Footie and snooker don't sound very manly. They sound like characters on The Jersey Shore.

Dracula: Origin - A very good adventure game.

It is also a nice that golf is a sport you can play well into old age without a tremendous change in your skill. It isn't really about strength, my worst hits tend to be when I try to overpower the ball. I plan on playing Ice Hockey as long as possible, but I know it will get much harder eventually. It's a decent activity for us old fogies

Just Cause 2 is definitely a short increment game, I liked that I could jump on for 30 minutes, putz around, then turn it off. I actually felt rockstar lost that a bit with RDR and GTA4. They were more story intensive, and that meant more time intensive. I get what you are saying though, I just like to have a game like that around for a quick spin. Saint's Row 2 does that even better, for my money, and it has a fairly good story.

Weird, I had a blast with Just Cause 2, and I stayed away from the story line pretty much the whole time. I just blew stuff up, had fun grapple hooking stuff to other stuff, and rode around on top of jets. Pure fun. I can't imagine playing it without a controller though.

Back when I lived in New Zealand, my colleagues tried to persuade me to become a "golfer". No luck since I agree with the last part of that line Even having lived for years less than 100m from a beautiful 18 hole course, overlooking the park lands with a view down to the river, I was never tempted. The only thing I can get myself to join every now and then is a game of mini golf Oddly enough, thanks to years on mini-golf, my short game is rather fantastic. I can two-putt it pretty much every time, and I get a couple good long range putts on occasion. Driving the ball is my weakness. I have no idea how to make it go straight.

I went golfing yesterday. Man, I am terrible. There is really nothing good about that game. I'm playing because my Dad really enjoys it, it gives us a chance to catch up, and he is footing the bill for the most part. Even with that, I'm not sold on it being worth it. I did buy a golf shirt and some golf shoes, so at least I looked the part. I got a 126 when we went last month, and yesterday I hit a 124. Ugh. Yesterday was considerably harder though, due to the very wet conditions. It was pretty marshy.

Last night I got the urge to play Starcraft 2. It had been a couple months since I had loaded it up, and I wanted to continue with the single player campaign. Instead I watched it patch for about an hour and a half, and at that point my gaming window was closed. Dumb autopatchers, I wasn't even playing it online. At least give me a choice! So this morning I played Stronghold 2 for a bit. Castle building fun.

Ah, the life of a young aristocrat!

Bummer Enoch. Insurance should cover it pretty easily though, depending on what your coverage is.

Polish isn't based upon opinion at all, hell I never loved a Blizzard game, but they're all polished to a gleam. AP and FO:NV are fugly games from all kinds of professional perspectives, being technically poor, and artistically void. AP was certainly clunk from a gameplay perspective. We can expand this analysis if you wish, the simple point is that basically polish isn't based on opinion, its based on obvious improvements due to development iteration. Uh, I'm not a professional developer. I'm just a gamer. As an untrained pleb, I thought AP looked good and FO:NV looked fantastic. I found both interfaces easy to use. If you really want to spend time educating me about this, feel free to. But I imagine it is a lot like comparing art. Sure, there is a huge difference between an untrained and a trained artist, but it gets a lot harder to explain why Picasso is such a big deal compared to some other neo-expressionist Joe Schmoe.

I don't think it was patronizing. He even explained my there are so many kill x monsters in most games, it comes down to time and resources. He is just saying the reason it is taking so dang long is he is trying to keep the story and quests elaborate.

If you want it to be a long married life, do the dishes :D

Global warming, or global climate changes for those hung up on the fact it also leads to cold weather, very much exists. Our planet has gone through changes like this throughout existence. The question that hasn't been answered is whether our actions are hastening the events. It probably isn't a question that can be fully answered, given that our planet will go through changes regardless. Still, pollution is bad, m'kay. We should still be actively trying to lessen our carbon footprint.

Bugs are a fairly individual issue. I didn't encounter anything major in AP or FO:NV. Polish is also pretty deep in the personal opinion realm, I mean neither game is what I would call ugly or clunky. In my opinion, they were both fun and engaging, which is why I love them. I finished both, which speaks volumes about how engaging they are. I probably only finish about 10% of the games I buy. Usually I have fun with a game for awhile, but then I stopped being engaged and move on to something else. AP and FO:NV kept my full attention all the way through, so that makes them two of my top games. I didn't finish NWN2, by the way, so it isn't just blind fanboyism.