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Hurlshort

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  1. Might and Magic 3 was the first RPG I ever played. I was in 8th grade, and someone gave it to me to try out. It was the beginning of the end!
  2. I'm not sure why you'd need a mouse for ME, the controller is pretty basic and accurate aiming isn't an issue like FPS games. Join our Live crew!
  3. Well, they just did Shadowrun (butchered it, supposedly) so I'd think it's either Mechwarrior or Crimson Skies. What the heck is Smith and Tinker? Do they develop pen and paper or video games? Or are they a toy company? It's a bit hard to tell on the website, which actually keeps locking up on me. I'm not sure if we'll ever see a Mechwarrior game like the ones in the 90's. They were almost trying to be true simulators, like a realistic flight simulator. It was awesome, but I think they'll focus more on easy action in todays market.
  4. Rules #7: Sign the crepes petition.
  5. It's a shame he had to go through this, but I think he can help Atlanta right the ship a bit. They are a seriously underachieving team right now.
  6. I agree that Bioshock is a mediocre shooter, but I sure wish more developers spent as much time on atmosphere, character development, and overall mood. It's got a fascinating story in a fascinating setting. Games like Halo bore me to tears five minutes in, Bioshock kept me interested for about 15 hours.
  7. Yep, I made a major upgrade pretty much solely because The Witcher wouldn't run well on my PC.
  8. Hurlshort

    skiing

    In many ways, snowboarding is more forgiving than skiing. Falling down is a natural part of the experience, and it's much easier to get back up. I'd also say it is easier to learn, although harder to master.
  9. Oh man, you may be right. DEFINITELY.
  10. Yep, but it does look like their next movie is basically a new Cheech and Chong films. There was some cocaine use.
  11. I would say the biggest difference between violence a few decades ago and violence today is the power of the media and the youth of the offenders. I know the media is much faster and more tenacious than it used to be. The information age means these stories spread like wildfires. The age of offenders is a more disturbing trend, although I might be just guessing here. I really see this coming down to bad parenting, or at least lousy discipline skills. Divorce rates HAVE risen in the last 50 years, and I think you can see that reflecting in the last two generations. Maybe it was better when religion really forced people to stay together whether they hated each other or not.
  12. Not to be harsh, but if you really want to be a writer, your first step should be not writing in constant fragments. I'm being. Serious here, it's difficult. When reading what you wrote.
  13. Anymore? Violence is nothing new. Our world is incredibly safe when compared to just a few hundred years ago. Where are the marauding vikings of today?
  14. While these events are terrible tragedy, I don't really see it as evidence that the US is on a path to destruction. I also wouldn't totally trust the education statistics that place the US way down. The fact is I still have a ton of parents that worked hard to send their kids to our schools, and the University system still pulls people from all over the world. So I wonder when games will be blamed? The kid was homeless, so I'm not sure how that will work, but I'm sure it will happen. Where the heck did this kid get a gun and ammo?
  15. Space Quest, I loved that series as a kid. It took me two years to beat the first game, which wasn't helped by one situation where you needed to type 'put on jetpack' and not 'put jetpack on'. Heh, I was lucky enough to play the VGA version, which had taken on the point and click standard. King's Quest III was the hardest of the typing games that I played.
  16. See, I'm on the opposite side of the fence there, Hurly. I thought Knocked Up was much funnier than Superbad. I can see where many people would. Knocked Up seems more like the more mainstream comedy than Superbad. But Knocked Up's humor was all based on stuff I went through fairly recently. Seriously, all the pregnancy stuff was funny, but when you go through 9 months of it, it's not as ha ha funny. Whereas High School was far enough removed for me to look at Superbad and laugh my ass off. I'm pretty sure I was one of those geeks, but I'm cool now, so it's humorous. S what I'm saying Kor, is once you stop being a geek and get a girl pregnant (they are related) you'll choose Superbad over Knocked up :D
  17. I actually think the Packers have a shot at defeating the Pats in such a match up. I'm nt sure if they can get to the big game, but if they do, Favre is plenty capable.
  18. "Superbad" - It was hilarious, funnier than Knocked Up. McLovin' was epic.
  19. On a side note, the original Space Quest had the best ending sequence ever.
  20. E for excellent? Seriously, I see your point, as there are plenty of TV shows that are even more violent. Still, I can see a Teen rating based on the fact you can make some pretty murderous decisions in the game, if you are so inclined. But an M is a pretty long stretch.
  21. Thanks Tarna, those should really help me out.
  22. Ok, my wife somehow installed some ad program off of a pop up, and now I'm having trouble getting rid of all the hidden junk it's creating. I downloaded Ad-Aware and ran a full scan with it, and it found a few trojans and bad cookies, and I deleted them, but they seem to keep coming back. I'm not running anti-virus software on this PC because I have my router firewall, and that's always been enough until my wife made a mistake. I realize I can probably pay for anti-virus software, but I'm actually getting a new PC in a week, so it seems like a waste when this one is about to go into storage. Anyone have any good free suggestions for getting rid of these infections?
  23. My copy of GTA: San Andreas seemed to look a bit better on the 360. Of course the only reason I still have it is because I can't trade it in after the ratings change.
  24. Prove yourself , or face the wrath of the Ballroom Dancer!
  25. Are you a communications officer in the Air Force?
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