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Before getting my 360, my wife made me set up cable for her in the back room. Now we don't argue over the TV anymore.

There has been quite a few attempts at legislation aimed at censoring games, but none of them have held up. This doesn't really need fighting at this point, the game industry is pretty much on top of these laws and Jack Thompson is looking loonier every day.

While I admit plenty of people sink their time into MMO's, and the game design tends to favor that, it's not the only way to play. Personally I play only on the weekends and typically in the morning before my wife wakes up. I probably average 5-10 hours a week in WoW, and I'm plenty happy with my progress.

Thornton got three assists tonight to take the scoring lead. Cheechoo got all three of the goals to give him 40 on the season. Someone asked me at the start of the season if I thought Marleau would break out this year. I said I had higher expectations for Cheechoo. Marleau has definitely had a break out season, but I'm glad I was half right. Alright, enough fanboism, I'm going to sleep happy.

I went to Vancouver on my Honeymoon. It was pretty awesome...hockey merchandise everywhere.

That wouldnt be particularly suprising. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This is a tough one. Personally I hope it's primarily a PC game, because I don't see myself plugging in a keyboard to my console and typing from the couch. I mean, typing is pretty important in these games, particularly to avoid the whiny kids on the headsets. WoW has clearly shown that you can sell a TON of games on a PC only title. It could be a hybrid, like Final Fantasy Online. While the interface is a bit odd, I played it on my PC and never felt like it was a console port. The interface was designed to work for both a controller and a keyboard, but it wasn't skewed one way or another. I'd be shocked if it was console only. That would be a major gamble, as I don't think FF online is big enough to prove that a MMO can succeed on consoles alone.

You have to realize that Edge is reaching a certain audience, and an RPG might not be suited for that group.

Hehe, bonus packs. Console versions tend to be a bit more stable anyways though, since the hardware is all the same. I'm sure our local Bethesda rep. can correct me, but I think the console and PC versions are developed simultaneously, but they aren't exact replicas. I've had a few Xbox 360 games go through a game "update" the first time I played them. I don't know if this is a patch, but MS needs to make this easier to do. Why else have my 360 on my network?

I really only trust Computer Gaming World, but every review is honest if you read carefully. Game companies will always try and endear themselves to reviewers, and you can usually tell how affected someone is by that.

The Rangers are getting solid goaltending, as Volourn has pointed out a few times. I think that plays a major part in thier success. The Sharks have gone 22-11-5 since Thornton came over. It's hard to say that they'd be a middling team if they had him at the beginning of the season. But again, if they don't make the playoffs, I say no MVP for Thornton, and I'd say the same for Jagre. Ovechkin scores a lot of goal because his team is down by a few and the other team is playing the 3rd and 4th lines. It is easier to score when you are already down by 5 or 6, because your opponents are relaxed. He would deserve a scoring title, but not an MVP award in my eyes. An MVP should be a guy who make the whole team better too, and I think Jagre and Thornton both epitomize that.

If the Sharks make the playoffs, I say Thornton has as much claim to the MVP title as Jagre. But that's a big "if" because the Sharks are going to have to win at least 3 out of every 4 to make it in. It's going to be an interesting final 20 games.

HYPE! RPGs have pretty much always tracked this. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> All RPG's track in some way, but I've seen a lot of NPC's have absolutely no clue that I just saved their village. I get my reward, and everyone walks around treating me the same. That's lame.

Why does Anahiem seem to be the place where washed up players go to recover? First Selanne, now Friesen. Thornton is now tied with Jagre, and he's played two less games.

This is ppretty shocking news. I'm excited to see what they come up with, as I think they are one of the few companies with a real attention to detail. I can't think of anyone else who can compete with Blizzard on a MMO. I really want to know what the setting will be, but I imagine it will be about 4 years until we see the product.

AI intelligence is very problematic, especially with a game as large as Oblivion is supposed to be. I think I read the Gothic III is trying to create a system where the gameworld is constantly updating your progress, so NPC's know if they've talked to you, if you've had an impact on them, etc.

Eeek, didn't want to sound rude Eldar, I just was surprised at the dates. It was definitely better to use the search then start a new thread, sorry about my glib comment.

It looks like Dark Ages of Camelot.

Where the heck did this thread come from? Eldar, major necro action here, 4 months old.

I'll second Firefly (the TV series) and Serenity (the movie.) Bladerunner is my all-time favorite movie. Not really because of the story, but rather the world that Ridley Scott created on film. For books, don't forget "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy." Actually the movie was decent as well, but you can't beat the book.

Ozolinsh isn't a great defenseman, but he's better than most forwards. He also used to be pretty speedy in his heyday. I haven't seen him play much lately, so I don't know if he lost that. He could make a run at the net and still get back on D.

I just noticed that Ozolinsh got trade by the Ducks to the Rangers for pretty much nothing. That amazed me. Ozolinsh is a very talented defenseman and it's not easy to find good powerplay quarterbacks in this league. I know he had a substance abuse problem, but I don't think he's like Fluery. I'm very shocked, this seems like a major steal for the Rangers. Of course, New York used to be where good players went to die...but that hasn't been the case this season.

It's a hybrid. While it has more role playing aspects, it still is more of a strategy game. It's just like the new career mode in Madden where you follow the career of your own players...it's definitely an RPG aspect, but it's still primarily a sports game.

Jagged Alliance 3. Unless it sucks...which is a high probability. Isn't Turbine releasing a LotR MMO this year? If it's like Asheron's Call, then I'll be happy. If it's like AC2, then I won't. Oh, the WoW expansion...still curious what the new race is.

Kaftan, I already explained that NOT buying products does NOT help the gaming industry. If you really want to convince Microsoft to focus more on PC development, you need to make sure people are buying PC games. If Microsoft sees the console market die, they will just pull out of gaming as a whole. That doesn't benefit any gamers. On Ghost Recon, I plan on picking it up next month. It has 4 co-op maps that I'm looking forward to trying with my dad. It definitely looks like the best title so far.

I could be at the game right now, but I wussed out because I get up so early for work. I even turned down free tickets Honestly I'd only get like 4 hours of sleep if I went. In fact, I better go to bed, it looks like they've got it wrapped up