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That's very sad to hear, but Brett Hull isn't the kind of guy to be a role-player. He's a goal scorer, plain and simple. He was one of the greatest snipers to play the game. If he doesn't feel he can score, he probably isn't enjoying the game. It's a big loss, but I think he'll stick around. He might go into management with the Coyotes or some other team. Hopefully he won't disappear, because other than Roenick, he's one of the only vocal guys in the NHL.

I have a question for Epiphany... When do you get your soul back from Bill Gates?

I'm not up on all the techno mumbo jumbo of the next two consoles. I have a groundbreaking piece of technology called a PC. If it gets slow, I can open it up and tinker with it. Just based on the graphics and the demos I've seen, the Xbox360 will not surpass a high-end PC. The PS3 seems to be a bit beyond the current PC, but again, I'm not big on the tech stuff.

The Xbox360 is coming out in a couple months, but the PS3 is still quite a ways off. Of course there are a lot more titles announced for it. They seem like two very different platforms. The Xbox is a minor step forward, while the PS3 is a risky attempt at changing the status quo. It may seem strange now, but Sony has a pretty good gambling record.

What does that investment cover? Do they mean developers just aren't ready to create for this technology? This is a very vague article. We don't even know how much the PS3 is going to be for retail. I've heard around $500 due to the graphics tech., but most say that's too high. The platform is still a long ways away from being released, so this just sounds like aimless gossip.

That's a pretty heartwarming move by a group of fans. I'm still struggling to convince my wife that we NEED to go see it again on Saturday, but I haven't given up yet. Buffy was definitely a niche product. It managed 7 seasons because it was very well done, but also because it was on the WB and UPN. Buffy pulled in great rating for those networks, but if you put it on ABC it probably wouldn't have lasted. Not because it didn't have a decent qaudience, but because it doesn't compete with CSI and Law & Order. Remember that Angel struggled on Fox with basically the same audience. I loved Buffy, but it was a difficult show to sell to the mainstream. Serenity is easier to sell, but not if you piggyback it with Buffy.

The problem is that nerdiness has become so huge, it has split into separate factions. Star Wars and LotR are mainstream nerdiness. Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Serenity have only reached a niche in the nerd community.

I think it should be. There are great WoT onversations going on. Post count is often used to measure a person's participation within the community. We might not remember every active person in the community, but we can look at post counts and see whether they are serious about being here or just dropping in to start crap.

Sweet, Kings Quest was remade recently! I bookmarked the page and I'll have to toy with them this weekend. I wonder if I still have to type everything in?

I swear we did this last month...Ultima 4 and Quest for Glory 2...and Xcom for teh win.

I just re-read the article. I'm not going to try an penetrate the End User Legal Agreement, but I'm pretty sure Blazzard has something in there to cover this. Again, I don't care. Why do you have your financial info. up while you're playing WoW? When I'm on WoW I don't run anything else. This is their tactic to keep cheaters out. It's worth it to me. It's not like they run the Warden all the time, only when I'm on WoW, so no one knows what porn sites I visit.

This is also the reason there are way less gold farmers and bot programs in WoW. I don't really care about the spyware they are using if it protects the game universe. It's not like they are going to screw over millions of customers. As for worries about Blizzard being hit by hackers to take adavantage of this, I'm guessing Blizzard has better tech people than most banks.

I remember Kindred. It wasn't half bad if 'm thinking of the same series. I wonder what happened to it...I think it was a Fox show.

Fable is definitely a role playing game. Just because it has an ultra short story does not make it a sandbox game. You choose how your character develops, you pick skills to fit your playstyle, and you even have choices on how to approach the story. It's not an action-RPG...there's hardly any action in it. BG Dark Alliance are action RPG's. I hate them, but I would still put them on an RPG list.

I just think that people have over-rated Kipper. For every Patrick Roy that is born, there are a ton of one season wonders like Jim Carey, Giguerre, Marty Turco...there are a ton who I can't even name (Who took Vancouver to the finals in 94?) Many of these goalies manage to have a decent career, but very few reach the top echelon. Kipper has a long way to go before he's earned a spot up there.

I would totally go to Blizzcon if I had the extra cash and the time to take a Friday off work. 1. You get to meet people you play WoW with. That's totally geeky, but now that I'm married I've embraced my nature and I don't care anymore. 2. You get a pass for a Blizzard Beta. Blizzard beta's are known to be seriously top notch, and difficult to get into. Both WoW and Diablo 2 were in beta for months running smoothly long before launch. 3. I'd get some swag. I love swag. $125 is not too much to pay for good swag.

I liked Fable. It was a fun 20 hours of gaming. I got to have 3 wives, full body tatoos, and I was able to brag about my greatness. It was a great start to a series, and if they released a few more games with the same mechanics and a different story, I'd buy them. Unfortunately, the Lost Chapters is not enough for me, and I'm not sure it did well enough for a true sequel.

Didn't anyone watch the Resident Evil sequel? It pulled in a decent gross, so obviously somebody went to see it. I liked it, and more shockingly my wife liked it. Milla Jovavich is very charismatic, and it was good action fun.

When I was young, I used to imagine that in death you would be given choices of what life you could live next, depending on how you lived in that life. I guess that's called Karma, but I was too young to think overly deep about it. I just wanted to be a vagabond in the Middle Ages. Now I'm pretty unsure about everything, except two things. I believe there is a higher power, and I believe spirits exist separate of a physical form.

It's halved if you buy it online.

Anyone else get a really bad picture when watching on the OLN network? The ice was so blindingly white that there was a ton of glare. I don't think it's my TV. I'm hoping they correct it quickly. I miss ESPN coverage already.

Does Kipper rhyme with Giguerre? Kiprusoff looked weak in the preseason, and then he got lit up for 5 goals last night. I just don't understand why everyone had him rated so high. He's still unproven in the NHL, and this is his first season as a starter.

I went to bed depressed. I forgot how my mood changes based on whether the Sharks win or lose. Ah well, it's still great to be watching again!

Resident Evil wasn't terrible, but until you start seeing major games with good stories, you won't see video game movies with good stories either. When you go to see a movie based on a game you should expect action fluff, nothing more. Uwe Boll is bad though, and he's making Dungeon Siege, which is another game with no story.

When Halo first hit the Xbox, it was pretty impressive, but Halo 2 was nothing special. Halo just had a good physics engine. Storywise it's nothing spectacular. I am intrigued to know Peter Jackson is directing. It could be a very good action movie. I'll probably see it just to support video game movies being made by decent directors.