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Trevor Linden is stepping down as the NHLPA president. I can hardly remember him not being in that position. I wonder who will replace him? Among active players, I'm thinking Shanahan might fill the role since he did do that summit during the lockout. Otherwise I'm guessing it will be a recently retired player.

Oops, I tried to say the Robot. Uh...how do you know Nartwak? What type of dancing is he doing then?

I'm not sure why I'm responding to Volourn, since he's always right and I am always wrong, but this site does a cool job of showing the graphical differences. http://www.brent-thomas.com/other/hockey/hockey.html NHL96 (look at 1995 on the site) was the first major leap in terms of graphics, and the consoles just couldn't compete. I don't have any official stance on this, I never said I think it's good to shaft the consoles. It's just the way it was. Only the PC had the power to pull off the best hockey games, and for awhile, hockey games were even winning awards from CGW for best sports game. It wasn't just graphics either, the PC version clearly benefitted from and independant development cycle. The interface was made for the PC only. Currently, the NHL series is simply ported over from the console version. I would love to see these games developed separately. As it stands, the console is the primary focus.

Is he doing to robot? How appropriate.

Llyr sig rocks. I'm way impatient for the new hockey game to come out. NHL 06 was not bad, but it had serious problems on the PC. I'm getting 07 for my 360 and I expect a much better game. It's a shame that EA seems to be shafting the PC version. 10 years ago, the EA hockey games were only good on the PC. The console versions paled in comparison.

Wow. Well my PC does not kick sand in the face of my Xbox360, so unless you plan on sending me the money to upgrade, I guess I'll continue played Hitman on my widescreen HDTV.

I've been on a couple servers where teams are organized enough to leave a couple people at captured bases. It only works with a good amount of folks, and the guards are sacrificing some points, but it can happen. Personally, I find the base defense points very self satisfying. I usually set up sniping in a spot where I can see a couple bases, and can pick off any lone ninja cappers.

I'm pretty sure Bell will play wing, since the Sharks are overloaded at the center spot. He might end up taking face-offs though. That was a sore spot last season. I think Chicago will be improved, as there isn't really anywhere to go but up, but I question Havlat being their savior. Chicago was a team that couldn't stay healthy last year, and now they got a scorer who missed almost the entire season. It just seems risky. Personally, I'd love to see the Hawks back in the playoffs, they used to be one of my favorite teams to watch.

Gah, my Xbox just froze deep into a mission. I really hat the fact that you can't go back to old saves after a mission. Is it different on the PC?

Interesting trade...Ottawa is getting an excellent defenseman in Priessing. He's really just come into his own, so I'm disappointed he won't be in San Jose. But San Jose is overloaded with PP QB's, so I guess it's the right move. I hope they use Nabakov and Ekman to pull in a better defensive defenseman. I'm not really sure if Chicago will improve with this trade. Can Havlat succeed without the offensive weapons of the Sens? I guess we'll see.

That's a great signing for the Rangers in my eyes. Shany is my all time favorite player. It's amazing that at 37 he was still able to pull a 40-40 season. I imagine Jagr will enjoy feeding him the puck, as he is super deadly in the circles. I can't think of a better power forward to play the game. Maybe Cam Neely, but Shanahan has managed to stay healthy, although he's lost the physical edge over the last few seasons. I believe he's still got another two solid seasons in him before his production declines. Edit: I just read a list that had Gordie Howe and Phil Esposito as power forwards, so I'm putting Shany at 3rd on that list. That's not a bad place to be.

The title of this thread still bothers me. I don't really think of the TW series as an RTS.

There are directions on the Direct2Drive website.

What happened to the Obsidian server matches? Well, if you need someone to beat up on, let me know.

Wow, the girl voicing Neeshka is gorgeous.

Direct2Drive allows you to re-download the game whenever you want. When you purchase the game, it becomes part of your account. You have unlimited access to the file and the CD-key.

Actually I did end up pulling stuff from Fox news in order to demonstrate journalistic bias. I finished my presentation and it seemed to go well, so thanks for the help everyone.

1.2 million isn't too bad for a veteran 4th liner. It's probably the ceiling, but Laraque has played in enough games to ask for those numbers. I don't think Ruutu deserves that yet, isn't this like his 3rd season? Maybe I should look him up.

Well, with LotR and Star Wars both wrapped up, the costume folks need something. It's better than having hordes of people show up to Superman in tights. That would be disasterous.

I guess I should qualify that statement. I don't enjoy killing hordes of any group. I'm not a big fan of the shooters were you kill wave after wave of anything. It seems unrealistic and repetitive to me. The Native American slaughter stood out in my mind because it really made them look like mindless savages who just attacked and attacked at all costs. I only played through the first few hours, so maybe there were positive characters further in, but it seemed to be horrible bit of stereotyping. Imagine if all the hoodlums who attacked you were clearly Irish, and they said "I'll cut off yer lucky charms!" while wearing a green hat and holding a bottle of whiskey.

It won't be. That actually seems like a step backwards. I was extremely happy with the changes in BF2. This new one looks very nice.

The book and movie really have very little in common.

GUN bored me. I also found it offensive to blow through entire American Indian tribes. Did you finish Hitman: Blood Money? That's my favorite on the 360 so far.

It's much more developed, because the mercs are not created by the player. They have relationships with each other and respond differently to different situations. One of my favorite moment in gaming was in JA1. You would sim through the night, and one night a fairly annoying female merc suddenly went missing. Fidel's guilty response was solid gold. You really come to love and hate your team. Anyways, the comedic timing is similiar in both games, as they had the same writers.

You aren't really talking of Xcom, you are talking about Xcom 3. While I liked 3, it doesn't compare to the first two. Back to JA2 though, this is the only game I still load up year after year. It is probably my favorite game of all time. It's much different than Xcom, although the TB combat can be compared. JA2 is about the MERC/AIM personalities. They simply rock. You owe it to yourself to pick up this game. It's remarkable how well it still looks too.