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Heh. I find it sorta troubling that a) folks are getting their pants in a bunch over a public official having *the gall* to disagree with and not act according to the law of the land (*cough*) and b) that apparently the first and only recourse when this happens is to throw the offender in jail IMMEDIATELY. I wonder, what were all these honourable judges doing when, oh, I don't know, Dubya launched a war without Congressional declaration? The message here is, mess with the LGTBQASDFOMGWTFBBQ clique = indefinite prison sentence. Kill a few thousand sand **** (and US troops) = cozy Secret Service-protected, taxpayer-funded retirement, right? edit: removed quotation, made no sense. Still, comparing (even loosely) Thomas More with this hypocritical kook made me chuckle.

The guy with the mesmerizing eastern european accent in the review seemed to like DF better, and I have to say, he does make a compelling case as for why. It's an RPGCodex review though, so it's unsurprising that he focused more on why this game is underwhelming compared to whatever came before. Still, if the takeaway is, if you haven't picked up DF yet, go do it now, I'd be in agreement. Also: new patch. I'd prefer that they had released a game with less bugs to begin with, but all's well that ends well.

Having a good nature, a good will and a good sense of humor is better than a six pack. Not as impressive but more valuable to good people. But seriously, try to cut down on beer. Sure man, keep telling yourself that. Meanwhile I'll be making good use of cutting edge techniques and devices and getting all the chicks.

"Illegal alien" is a phrase found in the US Code, too. Is that especially offensive/what is the "proper" term? I guess the guy who thought that a word filter IRL was a good idea never tried to reference the previous US Vice President on the Obs forum.

There is a reason why she is "naked". You'll find out why, once she has been recruited. Oh, there's a reason alright. The in-game rationalization came later.

Yo Donald, imma let you finish, but Kanye would be the best US President of all time. Of all time!

Just a heads up, patch 3.0.5 is finally live on GOG (used to be 3.0.4). No 3.0.4 → 3.0.5 patcher, though, so I'm not sure how safe it is to install on top of a 3.0.4 (GOG-2) version. But since the game took ~45 min to install the first time around, I'm not about to un/re-install.

From the Kickstarter pitch: Doubt it'll be out before end of year, though.

Haha, as if psychology needed any more scrutiny as a "science". Funny, though. "Almost two thirds" is roughly the same acceptance rate as for the bogus papers in the "Who's Afraid of Peer Review?" sting. I'm thinking the concern shouldn't be as much about the science itself as about the standards of the journals in question...

How is it? I just saw it on GOG. Looks right up my alley...

From what I've read, police choppers don't need a warrant unless they are conducting surveillance below 400 ft. Other than that I guess it's a practical matter: drones are much harder to detect than helicopters, especially during nighttime, and much, much cheaper to operate. Regardless, I'm curious. Unlike Hellfires, tasers and pepper spray require the launching platform to be close to the target. Usually defending against a police officer employing non-lethal weapons is a bad idea because you'd be charged with assaulting a cop, obstructing an officer, etc. (not to mention the risk of the cop retaliating with deadly force). But what happens with drones? What's the worst that can happen if you shoot down a drone that's trying to taser you? You get fined for damaging public property? Heh.

This one's just for Gfted1: First State Legalizes Taser Drones for Cops, Thanks to a Lobbyist

You mean rewind the save? You can still do that. As far as I can tell, the save system is exactly the same as in Dragonfall. Is that what you're referring to?

They couldn't — unlike sexual orientation, those are protected classes and the lawyers would fall on them like a ton of bricks.

I don't know about PoE (I logged about 6h on it before I got bored), but in the BG2 engine, there's a lot of auto-pause options (on spell cast, on round end, etc) that most people overlook. I won't say that effectively managing a 6-man group without it is impossible, but it's something I certainly wouldn't be able to do. Without auto-pause, I'd agree with you. With, I actually prefer RTwP... In other news, I encountered another really weird bug with one of the vendors making references to a run I didn't go on, while standing right next to a replacement for said vendor that talks as though the vendor was gone... dafuq.

Yeah, I take it you didn't upgrade her Mark ability. For the time being, it's bugged, and choosing the lower option on her Lv3 upgrade makes the ability disappear altogether. Bah. (other than that, I haven't encountered any serious issues)

Looks like I was wrong. You don't need to defeat all the numeric combination locks, just the first one. After that, you can click on "next" and it takes you straight to the symbol sequence guessing part. Beating that just once clears the hacking minigame. The numeric combinations seem to have no purpose other than earning you extra time for the second part. For easy locks (4-5 symbols), 30 seconds is more than enough and doing the 8 numeric sequences is kinda pointless, unless you want to practice for tougher instances.

Yeah, I don't know about fake "Russians", but I can confirm that beaches along the Mediterranean coast are chock full of "actual" Russians. Don't much look like the ones in that vid though.

Okay, maybe I'm not understanding what you mean right. Let's see: the symbol thing is a way to sidestep a *single* numeric combination lock, of which there are 8 (I think) of increasing difficulty that you need to beat to win the game. You don't need to guess the symbols for each lock, only for those you don't want to/cant beat by remembering the numbers. You are indeed supposed to click on the row of symbols you think is the correct one judging from the hints. I usually take the plunge once I have located a row that has 3 symbols matched.

Too early to really tell, but the 2 I picked (Shadowrunner and Academic) have already given me a couple conversation options so far. Academic/Corp drone here. Academic for a lot of flavor talk, but no actual rewards. I haven't seen a single Corp check yet. Gang/Shadowrunner seem to be used fairly frequently. Good thing they rolled Street into Gang. I'm debating whether to get Security or Gang for third. Huge row? I've only seen four symbols. What difficulty is the lock? From what I've seen, I think it goes like this: completing each numeric sequence earns you extra time. I do the combination thing until the last lock (can't for the life of me memorize 8 numbers) and then use the bonus time I've accumulated to guess the symbols. Doesn't work so well if you can't beat the first 6-7 locks quickly, as you will actually have *less* time left than when you started, and the timer counts down much faster during the symbol phase.

Haha, sorry. I'm usually the one learning about deals from folks here, not the other way around. GOG is my go-to option, I assumed you had checked there before committing. In other news, I officially suck at hacking. How hard can it be to remember a short number sequence? (loving the Matrix revamp so far) I usually go with a street sam in first playthoughs, but seeing how there are two NPCs with that archetype and again they neglected the pure caster option*, I made an elf mage instead. Elves > you.

What the hell. You can't name your character after an obscure toy line? I had to look it up. Maybe it's big in the US but not so much elsewhere? In DDO I named one of my characters after a somewhat famous footballer. Two years later, I was forced to change names, as apparently someone had reported it as offensive (Reds fan?) and the GMs agreed. Pfft. All my characters save for 1 or 2 have variations of the same name. Which was a bit of trouble back then before the legacy bank, or when I have to mail money to an alt. Yeah...

If you liked The Dead Man's Switch, you'll love Dragonfall. The whole series is on GOG at the same price as non-preorder SR:HK. Where did you pick it up and didn't they have a bundle deal that's cheaper?

I disagree! (and no, I'm not doing it to bait you into a long-drawn e-debate ) People IRL may be more willing to concede a point, but odds are they are still clinging to it internally and simply aren't comfortable continuing with heated discussion that may jeopardize a relationship or one that requires them to examine deeply held beliefs. On the internets people are simply less willing to back down, as a result of anonimity and little risk of escalation. Most of the time, people don't base their opinion on X on a ton of meta-analyses they have read on the matter, and the most cutting edge research on the topic. Instead, cultural/social prejudice and quick jugments make up a majority of the stuff we believe. The alternative, living in constant uncertainty about everything, is impractical, uncomfortable, and unnecessary to perpetuate the species. I think it's also somewhat arrogant to expect people's beliefs to be turned upside down simply because you told them how wrong they are — you're no Jesus Christ (and even for him it didn't work out so well...). As for eating crow, I used to be a Reaganite. There, I said it.

So I finished my BGEE run with an evil party. Man, I had forgotten how contrived the writing is in that game, at some points. Reputation 1 and Flaming Fist hit-squads literally waiting for you behind every corner? Who cares, Scar and Eltan are more than happy to commission you to carry out this mission of critical importance for the city of Baldur's Gate, while making it clear that the Flaming Fist rank and file will still try to kill you on sight. Refuse to kill Rieltar in Candlekeep? It doesn't matter, and there are no consequences if you actually kill them. Bah. The final battle was sort of underwhelming too, even with Stratagems enhancements. Drinking one of each potion available (and after Durlag's, I have more than enough of anything) + arrows of dispelling = dead Sarevok in under 5'. Funny because if you don't do that, *you* get creamed in much less than 5'. "Balanced gameplay" just wasn't in the dictionary back then. Just started BG2EE, and I'm taking Hexxat along, as it's either her or Jan Jansen for thievery. Jan just doesn't fit in an evil party, IMO. Vanilla Hexxat is really lame for a vampire, and some of her abilities are bugged to boot, so I'm using Weimer's Valen as a basis to tweak her. I'm giving her Valen's level draining claws, but I'm editing them to have a 0x backstab modifier and be two-handed weapon to stop the temptation to try dual wielding shenanigans. I was thinking of also making them force APR to 1, but enemy vampires aren't subject to that restriction. Valen's armor makes her immune to healing spells, and I'm also editing in a specific inability to use healing potions, which I suspect will stop working when I take Use Any Item as a high-level ability. She'll be restricted to her natural regeneration abilities only. Weimer's scripting also gives certain clerics Protection from Undead scrolls and I've seen them cast Sunray, False dawn and Repulse Undead, though this may be owing to "Smarter Clerics" from Stratagems. At this point I'm starting to have more fun fiddling around with files than actually playing the game...