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Not everyone in the government swears in on the bible. I know a Muslim senator recently was sworn in on the Qu'ran, and I believe some non-religious congressmen have sworn in on the Bill of Rights or the Constitution. The trick is getting elected to the office of President as an atheist. Good luck with that.

Yep, I didn't even notice the text over the bulge. Sweet.

The lighthouse crib seems kinda pointless, being so out of the way. I had completely forgotten about it until your post. Also, I just recently completed all levels of all activities. Yay me. There's a few cool things to do on the prison island, but yeah, it puts you a bit out of the way from the rest of the game. It's only a problem if the helicopter doesn't spawn, I've found.

Uh, the link is just a little flash game demo. The actual product is quite a bit different. It's still a puzzle game though, so I guess if that isn't your bag, this isn't for you.

I'm not sure what happened to the last thread, but no matter the political party, this is a historic day in US history and I think it is pretty special to look how far this country has come. I'm very positive about the cultural and social implications of this day on our future generations. Barack Obama is takng on an enormously difficult job and I wish him the best.

He was basically the PR figurehead for the project, did a lot of interviews and such. I'm not sure how involved he was in day to day operations. They actually had a pretty complete game awhile back, and then they scrapped it, according to him because it didn't meet hit standards. They retooled it and came out with the current version, which was a solid game.

Still playing Saint's Row 2, I can sit customizing my cars for hours on end. This game is a lot of fun. GTA4 moved away from the simple fun stuff for a more serious drama, and I really missed it until I started Saint's Row 2. I became champion of the Prison Fight club, and then bought a swank lighthouse to live in. I have a grand piano next to a stripper pole. It's classy.

That makes a tremendous amount of sense.

I played it a few days ago. A bit more complicated than the original, I'm having a hard time figuring out what combos move what columns. Still, I'll pick it up on the DS for sure.

Going into a spoiler thread to complain about a game is like calling someone to complain about the use of phones. Everyone in the thread already owns the game, hence them being in a spoiler thread.

Technically Warner only has 7 seasons where he has made the 8 game cutoff. But looking at his stats, he really only had three fantastic seasons before he ended up in Arizona. Three seasons is pretty light for the HoF, even though he was unreal in the playoffs during those years. His last two seasons in Arizona have been statistically solid, so that's a big help. I think it's a moot point at this stage because he made it to another Superbowl, and that is basically a golden ticket to the HoF.

What do you guys think of the Boldin situation? Is it just the makings of another prima donna receiver, or are the Cards really not giving him his due?

I always saw Rifts as being the most awesome setting for an MMO ever, but it would really need to be massive.

Shanny's first goal in his first game put the Devils ahead of the Rangers for the division title. Interesting. I'm not sure what to think about Claude Lemieux. I wasn't a big fan of him as a player back in the day, although it's hard to argue with his post season success. Still, pretty amazing that he's managed to crack an NHL line up at his age after all that time off. In the paper today he talked about how is 12 year old son was asking him about his career a lot and it made him realize how much he missed it.

Yes, but CK typically has hot people in their underwear in the ads. That's always ok.

I'm very excited, particularly knowing we only have two seasons to go. There is a light at the end of the tunnel and we now they won't just be trying to drag it out for ratings.

This isn't logically sound though. I don

Warner's biggest hurdle for getting into the Hall of Fame was likely going to be his relatively short career, but taking Arizona to the Superbowl makes him a definite lock. Fitzgerald rocks! I was a bit worried in the 3rd when the Eagles basically woke up, but the Cards found a way to put together another drive. I think McNabb actually played decent, so it will be interesting to see what happens to him in Philly. I don't think they can beat the Steelers though. I'd love to see it, but Pittsburgh is better than any team they've faced.

I've been trying to finish Fable 2, but it keeps crashing. Lame.

Actually I found Tabula Rasa to be a very unique take on standard MMO conventions. It's well polished and very stable, the action is quick, and the graphics are fantastic. I played it for about a month a little after it came out. You can't beat the price, either. I suppose if you don't like MMO's, you probably won't like it, but it does have some refreshing changes.

This seems like an attempt at baiting, to be honest, but maybe we are just misunderstanding one another. Extremists are folks that feel the need to throw their beliefs in everyone's face at any opportunity. You have bible thumpers who go on about going to hell, and you have atheists who rail about the mention of God in any aspect of life. I see spirituality as a something very personal. Sure, I'll discuss my beliefs with someone, but I'm not going to throw it around unsolicited. In the same token, most people on this planet are religious. The majority of people do believe in God. That doesn't mean everyone needs to, but if you don't, you need to get over the fact that much of the world does. You are going to see religious holidays being embraced by capitalists, you are going to see government officials swearing on a religious document.

Strategy First is now in a lawsuit with the second developer they hired to make JA3. They already canned the deal with the Hired Guns teams because they weren't happy with the quality. It's a shame, because they had some of the Silent Storm folks and I believe they were using the SS engine. A Silent Storm version of Jagged Alliance could be a fairly solid game, but it looks like it's in limbo for the foreseeable future. Strategy First wants to make use of their Jagged Alliance property, but they are cheap and keep trying to hire Eastern European development houses to make it. Maybe someone will come along and buy it from SF, but with the genre pretty much dead I don't think we will see a quality attempt anytime soon.

Well said. The extremes on both ends are just a bunch of douches.

A few months ago, it was not compatible, but I think they were working on that. Still, there are already enough stability concerns wihout throwing two major mods together like that. I think 1.13 really stands on its own and makes the main campaign fresh and new.