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Uh, my fantasy football team is 1-1. It's like a RPG/strategy game where real people get hurt.

Making games doesn't seem like any easy business to me, particularly the complex RPG's that Troika was tackling. The fact is, we are still playing and talking about games like Arcanum and Bloodlines, so they clearly did some good stuff.

They didn't fail as game developers. My guess is they had a bad business model and weren't meeting sales expectations. From what I remember, they didn't have a really good business team in place. They didn't get good publishing deals and they weren't realistic about the RPG market.

I'm enjoying it. It's a definite improvement over the sticky pucks of the previous games. It's far from perfect, there are some odd things that happen, but I've seen odd things happen in real games.

Are you using the skill stick? I didn't even know there was a spin-o-rama option with that, all my skill moves are done with the stick. On the 360, change player is the same as pass. Anyways, I've had less one-timers, but they are pretty rewarding when I've connected on them. I'm thinking about upping the difficulty to the max, as I've only lost one game and that went to a shootout. I'm 5-0-1. It's not that I've had easy games, it just seems like the other team can't score enough.

The cinematics in Fallout were pretty awesome.

The Flames did make some great changes, and Tanguay is a serious weapon. Still, I don't think they did enough to their offense. They seem to have one awesome line and then grinders.

I doubt he'd do The Hobbit after covering the whole trilogy. I'm a bit surprised to see the Peter Jackson criticisms. I can understand not liking the movie, but not if you're a fan of Tolkien. What movie did you expect? It was long, but so were the books, and it captured some pretty amazing scenes from the series. I thought it was an amazingly good book to movie translation. I definitely don't see how he could have improved on it, except maybe including Tom Bombadil.

I watched the second goal over and over again, trying to figure out how to replicate it. He gets the stick around the opposite side of his legs, instead of in between. It looks super hard.

Mark Bell is on my team, and the rosters all seem pretty current. He put a couple hits on. He's not facing prosecution in the game. I picked it up at Best Buy. I'm a bit surprised EB doesn't have it yet for you. It should be out today, I'd imagine.

Alright, first game report... I started a season with the Sharks, and spent a good hour tweaking lines. There is a farm system, and they had most of my Shark prospects, so I was happy with that. I set the difficulty to All-Star, which is a notch below the hardest (All-Pro?) I figured with the new skill stick system, I would have a bit of a learning curve. My first game was against the Blues, a good match up for my newbieness. A few minutes in, I managed to knock the puck into my own net. It was poor Matt Carle, but he'll redeem himself later. The controls were a bit difficult for a few minutes, mostly because I kept looking for a turbo button. But before the end of the first period, I was figuring out how to line folks up. My first goal was rather accidental. Thornton put a shot on, and Cheecho kinda shoved the rebound in. I didn't actually shoot it, but I was happy to score. The puck physics are pretty interesting. They aren't perfect, but they are way better than the sticky pucks we are so used to. Mark Smith blasted one home to put me up 2-1. I think the Blues goalie is just bad...I'm afraid of going up against a good one. St. Louis then tied it before the end of the first with a real goal, not one that I put in myself. It was a faceoff win, and then a blast from the point that my goalie didn't see. 2nd period was more defensive. I really got the hand of hitting. It's very rewarding to line a guy up and use the skill stick to shove him into the boards. Matt Carle scored on a powerplay blast from the point. I took my 3-2 lead late into the 3rd, and then Michalek sealed it with an open netter. It felt good to win my first game. I didn't dominate, but I felt good about it. The Blues took quite a few penalties, which helped me out. I'm definitely enjoying the new system. It is an entirely new way to play, and shooting the puck is a good deal more fluid. I still struggle on the deking aspect, but I imagine practice will help.

NHL 07, woohoo!

I just watched the first season of 4400, and I've really enjoyed it. I've got the 2nd season on order. I watched Rome religiously as well...I'm surprised it got cancelled, but the budget was probably pretty huge.

I'd say I'm 2, but that might be arrogance talking. Seriously though, I've had a few decent RP experiences in MMO's, but they are few and far between. I do enjoy the social interaction, though, and I've had some great friendships over the years in various MMO's. While the friendships are rarely permanent, as real life takes precedence, they are still looked upon fondly.

Mad Mike Milbury strikes again. It really is pretty comical, I wouldn't worry about 15 year contacts becoming a trend. Maybe there is some good escape clauses in it, though.

Hehe, I must have been pretty tired

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/732/732023p1.html It's looking like I'll be buying the EA hockey game this season. After playing with the stickhandling concept in the shootout demo, I've deceided it's a very good step in a new direction. NHL2k6 looks great, but it's not much different than the previous titles. Anyway, I plan on picking it up this week, and I'll keep y'all informed.

I started Tomb Raider: Legend on my 360. I'm very impressed by the gameplay and graphics. It also has pretty solid cutscenes and voice acting. I'm only about an hour in, but I hope they focus more on puzzles and less on combat, although the combat is decent. It's a fun play. I also played the demo of NHL2K6, which plays exactly like it's previous iteration. That isn't necessarily bad. The presentation before the game was pretty awesome (locker room cut scene got me pumped up.) Still, I also tried the shootout demo for NHL06. While the shootout isn't a very great indication of how the game will turn out, the new stickhandling system is pretty amazing. I haven't decided which one to buy next week.

The guy was pretty damn guilty. He killed his pregnant wife. He was caught trying to flee the coyuntry with a bag of money and bleached hair. It's not a real mystery that he did it. I can tell you this, if someone killed my wife and I was accused, I'd go all Harrison Ford on "The Fugitive", I wouldn't try to take off.

I was at a Ron White comedy show last night, and he said he wanted to be the one to flip the execution switch for Scott Peterson. He also said that he would set the execution time at 1 AM during spring Daylight Savings Day. That way he can go into Scott's cell at midnight, tell him he has an hour left, and then go, "Ooops, spring forward! Times up."

I think this is an excellent stance. First off, it really is negative for young girls to constantly see these gaunt images of women. Secondly, I like boobs.

Hammer and Sickle has some very important patches, because it's buggier than a ham sandwich on an ant hill.

I hope this thread can survive until you get to a computer. Take care, we'll be thinking about you.

I think meta has been taken over by a prozac dealin' bot.

Knives become much more effective in Hammer and Sickle. In Silent Storm, you pretty much need to rely on the short burst for your sneaky guys, or get comfortable reloading constantly.