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Psh, Nightshape almost took a job on Age of Conan, which is a little too focused on being the first MMO with real nipples to make it superior to WoW.

I recommend RP servers, not because you can expect people to pretend to be night elves, but because the player base tends to be a bit more mature and there are less 12 year old's on them. I played on Argent Dawn for about 2 years. You can transfer characters to certain servers, but I believe there is a cost involved. Something like $50, but I could be wrong. It's not really necessary unless you find out you have friends playing on a different server. There are literally thousands on each server, so you are likely to find a few folks that you get along with regardless of your server choice. You can create new characters on whatever server you want. PvP and PvE are really two very different games. It's like a coop game and a deathmatch game, it just depends on what you want. I tended to play PvE primarily but when I was in the mood to mix it up, I'd jump to a PvE server. The real question you should ask is Horde or Alliance edit: If you are just looking for an MMO, you should come play LotR Online with me. I'll show you around, it's fantastic and beautiful.

I'm pretty sure a wiki article isn't the best way to learn about a classic RPG property that has been built up over the last twenty or thirty years. But hey, Tolkien roots mean you are a superior fantasy geek, woohoo.

Ah, Calgary, I had forgotten that. They did retire his jersey. So the Blues have had Stevens, Macinnis, and Pronger (not at the same time of course.) That's a pretty nice group. Too bad Barrett Jackman seems to have fallen off the map. I was a big Jeff Brown fan in one of my NHL hockey games too!

Shanahan's statistics for the last three seasons: 05-06 - 40 goals, 41 assists, 81 points 06-07 - 29 goals, 33 assists, 62 points 07-08 - 23 goals, 23 assists, 46 points Currently he has 5 points in 10 games. Obviously there is a decline there, but 23 goals is still a very solid contribution. Since Volo brought up the playoffs, he had 12 points in 20 games over the last two years for the Rangers. I really don't understand the Shanahan hate you seem to have, he's a future Hall of Famer and considering the life span of most Power Forwards in the NHL, it's pretty amazing he's still playing and lighting the lamp. Obviously his physical game is less prevalent, but that is the price of aging. I was a little young and not quite a hockey fan when Oates was in St. Louis, so I've always though of him as a Bruin first. Stevens for Shanny is a funny trade-off. Would Stevens have had the same career that he had for the Devils if he stayed in St. Louis? On the other hand, St. Louis seems to be a super talented D-man factory! Was Macinnis a St. Louis product?

I remember Wall-mart shutting down part of its music servers, but that was because they were changing format and they gave plenty of advance notice so users could adapt to the new model. Didn't Sony and MSN run subscription services, where you access the whole music library for a flat monthly fee? It's not surprising that eventually that type of service would end and you would no longer have access to the songs. I'd be pretty sore if I bought individual songs. But Steam is an entirely different business model, as Calax explained well.

When have they ever just shut down a server for a major company like that? People worry too much.

Brett Hull and Brenden Shanahan (Craig Janney just took advantage of a good situation) made one of the best lines ever in hockey. But yeah, the Blues can't seem to find a way to win.

Anyone who complains about the engine hasn't spent enough time examining the fantastic traps in the game.

Because AC's writers didn't think their own writing was good enough to create empathy between a medieval Muslim and the player, without artificially turning Altair into generic present day bloke #37. Or maybe I'm just guessing. Yeah, that was crap. Totally ruined the sense of immersion for me.

I wonder if sluggo meant veg instead of vag? Works either way, I suppose.

Anyone else watch Boston-San Jose? I thought the Sharks were dead in the water there, but they came through. It never ceases to amaze me how fans boo certain players. Thornton was traded. He had no choice in the matter, he didn't ask for a trade. He put on a point per game average in his Bruin career. And they boo him...what is that about? I understand fans booing a pesty opponent, I understand booing a guy that demands a trade, but I don't get the Thornton boos anymore than Blake being booed in LA.

Where do you see that? I've actually seen a reverse trend, the ratings board for movies has gotten stricter. A lot of 80's movies got a PG rating that clearly deserved a PG-13. (edit - not deserve, but rather they would get PG-13 today based on language) I would say there is more sexual content on TV than there used to be, but a nude scene in a movie is a guaranteed R rating.

Sorry to hear that Krezack. As the others said, you are young, this too shall pass. Are you exercising at all?

I think we are getting multiplayer and single player games confused here. We were talking about BF1943, which is a strictly MP game.

Actually I don't quite understand the uproar unlimited ammo regularly creates. Most shooters (survival and tactical shooters aside) already have unlimited ammo, i.e. they throw so much ammo at you, it might as well be unlimited. And as a side note, the way ammo is handled now makes games damn predictable. I still remember HL2, where you pretty much knew in advance what's going to happen, just by the ammo that dropped. I'm not going to go as far as Mamoulian in condemning other shooters, but the Battlefield series has always been a very different type of FPS. It is slower paced, more strategic, and it has always been quite rewarding for me to survive for long stretches in a battle, relying on ammo dumps and medics to recover after a fire fight. Most shooters have quick deaths, quick respawns, and maps that are small enough to get back into the fight immediately.

We've already seen a couple Russian attempts at Jagged Alliance. They all turned out horrible.

Come play L4D with us Sand, it will be fun. I'm not sure you'd dig Gears.

Battlefield 1943 is a full on PC title. I'm not sure if they are bringing it to the consoles. I linked the article!

Actually I thought Bale was very solid in Batman Begins. He was boring in The Dark Knight, but he wasn't really given all that much to work with. In fact there wasn't a whole lotta Bruce Wayne screentime, he was the bat for the majority of the movie. But he was also overshadowed by stellar work from the rest of the cast. Maggie Gyllenhal was particularly good, she really kicked Katie Holme's butt. But Michael Keaton is still the best Batman, that's not even an arguable point. Keaton - Great Bale - Good Kilmer - Bad Clooney - Atrocious

As a sniper, I ran short of ammo quite often, and it was a challenge to get a supply drop. I think it just depends on the map and longevity. As a basic grunt I never survived long enough to need ammo The video does look fantastic, so I guess we will see. They are also limiting the battles to 16 vs. 16. I'm not writing it off, I'm just a bit skeptical. It still will probably be a first day buy for me.

What does this have to do with Paulie Shore?

I thought the time limit on Dead Rising was a bit constricting, hopefully they'll ditch that in the sequel.

I liked Riddick until it crashed on me repeatedly. What's with the Vin Deisel hate? I think he's a good action star. He's also a super D&D and video game geek, so I find it hard not to root for him.

Zomg! Is she hot? Hot like a fox! And by that I mean she has a lot of back hair and snaggleteeth.