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How well implemented is the destructible environment? The quirky personalities? The control of team members and squads? etc. Not really seeing anything that doesn't look like any other shooter out there yet. Crossing fingers and hoping that the new Carmageddon gets released some day.

Watch this space for future posts about the x-com and jagged alliance spin-off games >_

There was something I didn't quite understand in the game. In the beginning I thought her fascination with the Exile was because he was a "living" being with no force connection, defying one of the basic principles of the force, that life can't exist without the force (and the other way around). Sort of like that rare survivor of an infectionous disease with a 99.99% mortality rate from whom you can develop a vaccine. Her goal being the "freeing" the galaxy from the perceived tyranny of the force by applying it on a large scale somehow, once she figured out how the exile had done it. Subsequent plays left more questions though, to some degree invalidating that first notion. If she just wanted the force dead, she could have let Nihilus have the galaxy for breakfast? I guess as long as people got to throw lightsabers at stuff, the rest was less important.

Time to call it quits... more gaming

Fisto...

I remember hearing somebody say something once along the lines of "Children is the foundation on which our country's future is built". Didn't think he meant it literally. Sounds about as sick as those who hunt albinos for their "magical qualities" with the same enthusiasm as they hunt rhinos for their alleged aphrodisiac effect. Maybe they should just try to be real men instead.

Start of old thread End of old thread Felt like smashing something. Bought Dead Island off Gamersgate (just to download and install it all from Steam). Need to find a nice baseball bat and just bash some heads for a bit.

The latest Duke Nukem offering suddenly looks like a cerebral masterpiece

userdel -fr Dennis I still have a very old copy of kernighan and Richie's The C Programming Language.

I know 19th century houses in the US isnt' necessarily common, but I thought homes built from wooden materials was? Just curious, being Scandinavian I couldn't imagine living in something that wasn't made out of stone. I thought you were an Aussie? I live in Australia (on my 6th year now). Before that I lived some years in New Zealand. I'm originally from Denmark though. Took a wrong turn when I was heading from Denmark looking for work in London. You know what they say about taking chances every now and then I would get the shivers if I ever saw even the silhouette of a termite

I know 19th century houses in the US isnt' necessarily common, but I thought homes built from wooden materials was? Just curious, being Scandinavian I couldn't imagine living in something that wasn't made out of stone.

I don't think that compartmentalization, works that way for video games. That kind of stuff is good for DLC because the other team has a finish product to go from but working alongside with no oversight of both team or with a large degree of separation is bound to give you noticeable different result. In short; MP is going to be wildly detached from SP. If it's still running on the Unreal 3 engine, wouldn't it already have some MP code thrown into the bargain so to speak? The work then being in the design, fleshing out the game mechanics etc. to take it into account. Wouldn't make much sense trying to add it as an afterthought, as it would likely feel like an artificial, bolted on thing (like minigames and QTE's).

Markets change. Once upon a time it was booze and guns, now it's drugs and guns. If there hadn't been a market for cocaine, the Taliban wouldn't have been able equip themselves with more than sharpened sticks. If there hadn't been a market in the US (US/ Mexican border) and Europe (Spanish harbours) for drugs, the likes of Escobar and later Gallardo wouldn't have been as influential as they were. Gallardo especially left a bit of a legacy creating most of the current Mexican drug cartels (based on the same principle as the internet really, if one got busted he would still have the others). Of course, since they cut off the head, the cartels became completely autonomous and started fighting amongst themselves. You need to do two things to eliminate them though, you both to deprive them of their markets and their arms dealers. So far, Texan arms dealers alone seems to be able to provide them enough guns to wage a military style campaign against government forces. In theory, you could go after the distribution networks, but so many people are involved and so many palms greased that it is futile prospect. Take the buyers out of the equation and money for guns and corrupt officials dries out, or as in Nepenthe's example of self styled "revolutionaries", they can't buy PR and public opinion. Then, when no longer all powerful in the minds of people, you can realistically wage a campaign against them.

Somebody enlighten the heathens amongst us (i.e. me), but what was his role in the original Fallout game? Level design? Art direction? Dialogue/Writing? Setting/Background? Just curious.

Waiting for my masterplan to come together... Everybody from NCR to the Legion thinks I'm a great guy, working for their interests. Just waiting for the moment to come when House shall realize who the true ruler of New Vegas is. I shall format his hard drive and then turn on the NCR and the Legion like a storm vengeance. With the help of the Boomers and BoS the Mojave shall become a battlefield and the desert shall drown in blood so not even the dam will be able to stem the tide of bodily fluids leaking from their miserable corpses. That is, those I haven't fried with Archimedes II yet! One courier to rule them all Ok, maybe I should relax a bit when playing this game.

I believe you. Not saying "don't share the info" either. Only consider the whys and wherefores first, then act upon it

I wonder if that wouldn't ruin the point of hiding it

"This content is currently unavailable."?

My condolences Enoch Not much to say that would make a difference. Hope you'll end up with a large family some day

Add wetlands and swamps and you've got a deal Also, needs mutated piranhas... the size of tunas... wrestling with the 5 meter centipedes and humongous venus fly traps for position as alfa predator That is, whatever the giant antlions and the quicksand doesn't swallow first.

Skynets last words to John Connor before it lmind-wipes him and turns him against his fellow humans: "r00fles!"

Hey, look who's back I'm still feeling challenged by Deathclaws. It's like they don't have any respect for my reinforced leather armour. Even my Laser RCW (sp?) doesn't seem to offer much in the way of stopping power when they get close Are they particularly susceptible to any sorts of ammo, like hollow point or are they considered "armoured" and I need AP ammo? I might bring along a light machine gun from my stash and have another go at them.

I think I'm pretty consistent in arguing that kids don't reason effectively, due to a combination of factors, including susceptibility to peer pressure/advertising as much as raw mental immaturity. Just wanna point out... that the arbitrary definition of an adult as being 18 is rather rediculous. Especially if you ask the 17 year olds What would the alternative be though, sitting a written test to pass into adulthood? Measuring hormone levels in the bloodstream? Bring the severed head of a traditional enemy? Going on a pilgrimage? Somewhere, somebody has to make that "arbitrary" line

Last pre-assembled computer I bought was my Amiga 40000 So I don't normally read all the retailer advertising. I'll take your word for thats the normal MO The quality of the refurbishing depends on who does the refurbishing. I couldn't find anything specific about warranty, so it might be worth checking what they offer for refurbished computers.

Barbarians! @Guard Dog: Different lines of work, yet parts of it sounds strikingly familiar. High risk interesting projects versus the less glamorous ones that ensures you can pay rent in any foreseeable future. I like the first ones better, my employer the latter High risk sounds awesome until it doesn't pay off. Thats part of the fun. If you screw up, you're royally screwed (been there, done that) and if you succeed, you feel so very much alive (been there, done that too)