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I'm very happy to hear about the low level experience. I'm terrible in the upper levels because I have more power than I know what to do with. Realistically (you know, in a fantasy land sense ) most people and animals should be in between the 1-5 level range. Getting over level ten is quite an accomplishment in FR if you are really following the rules.

Aren't they the people who brought us that wonderful NWN2 review? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, the original review never appeared in print, just the affiliated website. The second one was still pretty harsh, but at least they are equally harsh with every other genre.

I'm enjoying the Vanguard diplomacy stuff. It's basically a card game. I'm not sure how sophisticated in can get, seems a bit simple but it is a fun diversion from "kill 7 frogs". I'm also really torn on WoW. I've been playing here and there to level my character to 55. I preordered the expansion, but I'm not very excited about it. It feels like old news at this point, and I'm not sure if the expansion will really reinvigorate me. I'm much more excited to play Vanguard because it's a new experience, but I don't really see myself playing two MMO's. Vanguard also doesn't run too well on my PC. I've got both pre-ordered, but I'm really thinking of cancelling one or the other.

I've always been a subscriber of Computer Gaming World, which recently became Games for Windows. My subscription goes back about 18 years. I've always appreciated the mature level of writing, which I don't usually find in PC Gamer and most console mags.

T3 was worth it to me just for the ending. I didn't really think they would go through with it. T1 was unique and so it rocked. T2 was my least favorite because Edward Furlong screaming "You can't just go around killing people!" made me die a bit inside.

That 92 goals is a record I don't see being beaten EVER. It would take a serious regression by goaltenders or a dramatic shift in the rules.

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122. But really, that only judges your geometric mindset and your ability to distinguish patterns. There were a few that I just stared at for minutes until I figured out what they were changing into. Some fun patterns, for sure.

Roloson is an awesome goalie, although I thought the game was more even than the shot counter showed. Looks like he's got the Sharks number as well.

I consider the $15 fee for most subscription based music stores a reasonable price for near unlimited music. I can still buy songs with the service individually and burn them to a CD, but I don't see the point in doing that. I can put a ton of music on my computer and I believe up to two players, and they stay there as long as I have a subscription. It's like having access to a bunch of radio stations where you can skip songs and don't have to listen to commercials. If I cancel my subscription, the music disappears, but that doesn't devastate me. I can regain them at any time for another $15. It's a lot more cost effective than buying tons of CD's, but in essence it just depends on how much music you listen to. I personally bought maybe one CD a month, but that was enough to warrant the cost of a subscription. It was the same cost for a heck of a lot more music, and I don't mind it being tied to my PC and player because that's all I use.

Woohoo, 3-2. Rolli looks pissed, I'm surprised he didn't get a penalty for trying to toss the net.

Why do you need to own your music? The only possible reason seems to be so that you can burn CD's, but with all the MP3 player stuff nowadays, CD's are on their way out as a media device. I just don't understand the fascination with owning music. As long as I have a subscription, I have access to 2 million songs. If I cancel my subscription, I lose that access. Big whoop. I actually don't know how iTunes works, I can only speak for the MP3 sites like Rhapsody, Napster, and Urge.

I recently bought a Sandisk player, and I got a 3 month subscription free for the Best Buy/Rhapsody music store. Let me just say, it's amazing. My subscription allows me to download as much music as I want for $15 a month. I can't burn it on to a CD, but I honestly don't care about owning the music. I get tired of CD's after awhile, so I can just delete them and put new ones on my player. It takes about 3 minutes to transfer a CD from the website directly to my player. Also, it automatically loads these Rhapsody channels, which basically contain all the music that is playing on the radio on a regular basis. I'm not going to choose many hip hop songs for my personal collection, but it's pretty sweet to have them available. Basically it's like having a variety of radio stations available with no commercials and the ability to skip songs I don't like.

Salah ad-Din is a more accurate spelling anyways, if you are naming yourself after the 12th century Muslim general.

I said none because I'm guessing it will mess you up in the long run. We can also do some pretty impressive stuff naturally if we train and actually stay active. I'd like to get laser eye surgery though, but just corrective, not super vision.

Sammael, I hope you'll bump this thread as you update the website, as that will keep me checking. Awesome page, I hope J.E. goes through with it.

I didn't think KotOR II was terrible because at least you could find information on what really happened. It was incomplete, but at least the ending existed somewhere, and I liked it once I read it online.

As a previous backup, Romo is the more experienced snap guy than Bledsoe. Good times

How do expansions work on consoles?

And the guy who shot Reagan had it as well.

Excellent passages, I think I'll go find my copy when I get home from work.

Are you saying it was good or bad? I can see it both ways, really. I was pretty shocked at the ending, but after a couple days I came to appreciate the non-standard ending. I almost wish Indigo Prophecy had been as bold. Oh, Command and Conquer rocked with the ending! Hmm, all my favorite endings seem to involve a large explosion. Monkey Island II had a horrible ending. They tried to backtrack in the later games, but it completely destroyed the atmosphere of the game for me.

Uh...you finished that game? Quest for Glory II was tough because it was a cliffhanger, and then IV took forever to come out. Both KotOR 2 and Bloodlines sent me running to the message boards because the ending seemed incomplete. I felt much better about KotOR 2 after reading all the cut stuff. To be honest, I don't finish a ton of games. I can't recall finishing any Final Fantasies. My favorites are probably Fallout and Dues Ex.

The unreliable narrator is a difficult literary technique, and "The Catcher in the Rye" is bar none the most famous example of its use. In my opinion, the book captures the delicate mental state of a teenage boy quite well and has resonated with enough people to sell about 300,000 copies a year. That's an incredible feat that is only bested by the Bible. The ending really sums it up for me, but not everyone sees it the same way.

They definitely need to fix the "puck over the glass" rule. The player is trying to ice the puck, not delay the game, in a situation like that. It should be at the refs discretion whether the player is purposely trying to delay the game.