Hurlshort

Seconded, I hear they are working on Risen 2. I'm not sure if these financial problems will affect that.

I'm really into Risen, it is shaping up to be one of the best games I have played in a long while. The voice acting may be the biggest surprise, wasn't it developed in Eastern Europe? Those are usually terrible with the voice work. I'm working my way through the Monastery right now, it is quite fun.

Again, this was one guy at THQ telling off people who whine about missing out on online content when they buy second hand. People seem to continue to blow this out of proportion.

That sounds like me. Did I recite verses from MC Hammer while I worked? "We've got to pray to Tempus just to make it today!"

I have no desire to pander to your whimsy, but if you don't include me in the party I will swim across the Atlantic Ocean and glare disapprovingly at you for an entire week. Hurlshot should be a Cleric of Tempus with a big red axe, by the way.

Picked up Risen today. It is actually really great so far, beautiful game, easy to play, fun to explore. It also runs perfect on my machine, but I did install a gigantic patch.

I'm kinda disappointed in GTA: TLC on the PC. It just doesn't run right. It isn't my PC, I can run it fine with high settings, but there are just a lot of little graphical glitches that didn't happen on the 360.

What about property taxes?

Personally I've never been a fan of the government in the marriage business period. They should stick to civil unions. Legally I believe a civil union should be limited to two people, as the risk of fraud and other problems is much greater when you get multiple parties involved. The taxes alone would be a nightmare. Churches can handle the polygamy question, and every major church has strongly opposed them for a long while now.

One solution might be that publishers work a deal with Gamestop basically saying it will not sell used games during the first week of release. That would eliminate the pretty shady practice of selling one game multiple times in quick succession.

Bring another girl home, that's super clever.

I listed a couple societal reasons why polygamy is outdated, and you brought up the Constitution. Color me confused.

I bought GTA:TfLC which has two games, The Lost and the Damned and Ballad of Gay Tony. I really wanted the original GTA4, but Best Buy didn't have any copies. I bought it for the PC. It runs decently, but I am getting some odd graphical glitches. I applied the most recent patch, but I can see why the console version is considered better. I played the original GTA4 on my 360 back in the day.

I never understood why you would buy a used game for $50 when a new one is $60. It seems like a terrible deal to me. I'd rather get a nice clean new game for a tad more. Now if I could get it for $35 instead of $60, that might be a bit more tempting.

What are you talking about?

I would call it a completely outdated practice. All the potential positive aspects are no longer relevant. Examples of outdated positives: - One man can impregnate multiple woman, which is good because the population is low and there is a high infant mortality rate. - Wealthy men are the only ones who can handle feeding a family, and if they can afford to feed more mouths, then they should for the betterment of the community.

Historians make a serious and systematic study of the past and attempt to use the knowledge they gain to help explain human nature and contemporary affairs. Philosophers offer views and theories on profound questions. There is a large difference between the two. For one thing, as a philosopher it is acceptable that you have already formed your theory before weighing evidence. It is also acceptable that you are answering a question as vague as "What is the root of equality?"

I'm surprised to hear Best Buy is trying to get into the used games business. I remember they had a program for it years ago and then they cut it.

Just to clarify, this is a philosophical discussion rather than an historical one.

Assassins Creed had a ton of exploration quests that had nothing to do with the story. Climbing 8 towers in a district, or defending so many villagers in a town area. They also had those little collectible things, although I guess Mafia 2 has the dirty magazines to fill that desire. Still, it just isn't quite enough.

I thought about it. I did plead that I was a teacher and I was just trying to pick up a few school supplies during my very short break. Think of the children, officer!

I don't need mini-games. Just some collectibles and maybe some point to exploring the far reaches of the town would be enough. I jumped over a freeway in the demo and it was super anticlimactic. I need stats and a pat on the back!

So I decided during my short prep time in between classes to rush over to Best Buy. I was making good time, until I got pulled over. I was going 49 in a 35. The cop was pretty nice about it, but I'm way bummed out. I hadn't gotten a ticket in ten years, and now this is my second in 6 months. There goes about $250 and now I'll have my first point on my DMV record. I don't think it will change my insurance premium by much, but it is still very upsetting. I told my wife she is going to have to chauffeur me for the next 18 months. edit: Never made it to Best Buy, either.

After playing the demo a few times, I did decide not to buy Mafia 2 because of the lack of a real open-world stuff. I was amazed at first, but I can see where the knocks are coming in. It kinda portrays itself as a possible sandbox game, I mean it's a beautiful world with a ton of car variety, but apparently it is really just about the story. That is good and all, but I'll spend the whole story looking out the window sighing that my exploration urges aren't being satisfied. Give me giant numbers flashing across the screen when I blow stuff up and fly through the air at least! I'll go back to Just Cause 2, I suppose.

Do you have any evidence to support that claim? The problem I see with that is the Church did very little to address the inequalities in the secular world for centuries. As a historian, it is also going to be very difficult to track down the first concept of equality. It is an idea that has many different layers, social, legal, racial, and gender equality all have quite a bit of history, going back much further than the advent of Christianity.