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Hey man, don't you know he's Barack Hussein Obama? Been living under a stone or something?

Um, why do I get the impression that everything is turned into a debate about "FREEDOM" these days? He's just a teen fooling around. He's testing the limits of the discipline that's supposed to apply to him. Hardly news. Let's put things back in perspective, shall we? You are mixing things up. Not segregating students is about some Constitutional principle or other that talks about discrimination. That's not the same as actively educating children. If schools had to do the parenting as well, what happens with the kids that are educated by their parents (an alien concept to be sure) and go to school to learn about silly things like math and history? Did this lecturer undergo his (her?) surgery to make a statement? It would be worth knowing if lecturers are under the same discipline and regulations as students, too. And yeah, Waffen-SS posers suck. Gestapo is where it's at, I say!

Schooling can't substitute parenting.

Not even mods are safe from the Nazi filtering, huh. The Law is the Law... etc.

It could be pondering the "best dialogue option." It could also just be pondering how I want to roleplay my character. Either way it's about playing the way they want me to rather than in the way I will enjoy most, and I'm left wondering why they made choices that they had to realize would limit the game's appeal to some players of RPGs. I don't understand how pondering how you want to roleplay your character takes as long as all the skeptics seem to make. For starters, you can already begin to decide on an appropriate way to roleplay your character based on your character's previous responses with the NPC that you are dealing with, based on previous responses your character has already made. Moving forward, for the specific line of dialogue, you can already begin to decide on a type of response (especially since you know 3 of the types of responses already, for every situation you approach) as the character speaks. You already do this as a human being in real life interactions, so you are already well practiced in doing this. I'd argue that if you're already doing a good job of being in the character you're roleplaying, this actually won't be very difficult at all. Also, think faster. This ain't rocket science. I'm thinking the devs may be wanting to entice and place a greater emphasis on the emotional knee-jerk response, rather than the usual, cold and rationally chosen roleplay response. If some guy has been pissing you off since the first minute, you are more likely to press "headslam" than "apologetic", when faced with a quick choice - which in a tense environment is probably more coherent. This is, at least, an interesting concept and will be fun to see if it can deliver a more authentic, less gamey conversation system. Any UI breaks immersion. Any control mechanics that are not breaking somebody's neck with your own hands is gamey. The degree of importance of these things is largely arbitrary, as suspension of disbelief is not the same for everyone. QTEs may be a copout, but they are also a sensible development choice, given that people work with limited time and resources. I'd have loved if Fahrenheit had featured a Tenkaichi-esque control scheme, but given the scope of the game, it would have made little sense to invest much effort into that. QTEs are also a pretty good way to avoid forcing the player to master a different gameplay scheme for something that's outside of the focus of the game, without leaving the player out completely. Still looking for that Holy Grail, I presume?

Where's the common sense in smoking pot in front of the police, Hades?

You gotta admit, the brainwashing is pretty good.

Well, at last. It's been years since I've been able to use aimbot + wallhack in a game. And now I don't even have to pay for the game! Seriously, though. Isn't PB something you can incorporate to servers at any time? It used to be that way, at least.

Making money? O NOES! Maybe this hasn't occured to you, but you are free to ignore the DLC. It's not like it will be a fundamental part of the plot, right? What exactly is going to become a trend? Day-one DLC? And why is this a problem? You can always get the game first, and then the DLC down the line if you feel the game warrants it. I prefer that to rising price tags for games, that's for sure. Valve's been exploring a similar, fascicle-based model with HL Episodes for a while now, and it seems to work just fine. Looks to me like you are simply against change just because. Play the game, and if it's full of holes that only the DLC fills, then rant. Not the other way around. LOL @ the marketing policy comment, too. Do you play the game, or the marketing campaign?

Great job, another thread driven to the ground! I knew I could count on you guys.

Quick, somebody post some anime elf boobs!

Catilina, you mean. "Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?"

Link?

YUM!

Endgame boss will be replaced with this guy.

If only they said something like that. Imagine going to a car retailer. - Hi, I may be interested in buying this car. - Oh, that's great, it's a good car. - Yeah, they don't make 'em like this anymore. Say, if I were to buy it today, when do you figure I could get it? - Oh, soon enough. - What? - *stares blankly* How long do these people think they can operate like this without going out of business? Are they taking business advice from Herve now?

Stop defending child rape!

I wouldn't recommend that. We tried a few years back, and it had the effect of massively encouraging further immigration. And now that the construction sector has collapsed, we have a huge surplus of unqualified workers draining on the unemployment compensation system. I know the situation isn't the same, but still. According to BLS, unemployment rate calculations work from unemployment insurance statistics, so I'd say they don't. Makes sense, too.

Yes. Almost as masterfully planned as it was badly handled by the then-incumbent govt. Cali may be the first failed state? Heh, I wonder what that means for us, if we look at the numbers. And we don't have a federal govt to go to.

Approx. since Bin Laden ousted our govt back in 2004. We'll be hitting 20% unemployment by the end of the year. Fun, fun.

There's been a ton of combat footage. In fact, we've been getting combat footage since the beginning of the year. I reviewed the whole 20 pages... no gameplay footage. I guess I should go elsewhere for my gaming news. Oh well, can't win 'em all.

"Taking an active part in the conservation and breeding"? More like, passive part, amirite?

I got a serious "Chronicles of Riddick" vibe from that trailer, which I liked. But for a game called "Dragon Age", I'm hoping we'll see dragons doing something other than just stand around while Riddick skewers them. Trailers are nice, but actual combat footage when?

Why would you want to play as a child?