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Wii tabletennis. There is something absurdly humiliating in losing to an opponent in Hawaii shirt and red sunglasses

I liked Waterworld. Sometimes I feel like I am the only person in the world who did

Thread getting a bit long. Continued here

Start of old thread End of old thread Just to kick off the new thread where the old left off...

I cannot possibly agree with that assertion. If anything the 1920s were about forging the foundations of intellectualism, anti-patriotic fervour and pacifism. Anti-patriotic fervour? No. Politically, the first half of the 20th century in Europe, including the 1920s, was all about ultra-nationalistic fervour. That tendency was only reversed by the massive carnage that Europe saw in WWII, which eventually led to relatively peaceful, non aggressive political stances all over Europe. I hardly think so. The First world war saw the death of all that, even before the end. Indeed part of the reason why the start of WW2 saw France, Belgium _and Britain_ running from combat with soldiers all over the place was because many had grown up with no real sense of patriotism. IMO. If anything, WWI replaced nationalism with extremist nationalism. Or would you call the pre-WWII governments of Spain, Germany, Poland, Italy, Turkey etc. for intellectual, anti-patriotic goverments?

It's horrible. Tedious, pointless, artificial extension of game length. No redeeming qualities whatsoever. Besides that, it irritates me with the weird "logic", that you don't even know the name of a planet until you have started the scanner, but as soon as you flick the "On" switch, you know everything, right down to population numbers, history and the effin travel advisory for the place. I still think some poor designer somewhere got the ungrateful task of making resource hunting in ME look good by comparison.

You don't really want to be that close to where it hits (thats how I discovered how it worked the first time) Are you talking about Cain or the new DLC Arc Projector? The AP is awesome, and is now my favourite heavy weapon. There's a side mission - the last in a trilogy of side missions - where you have to shut down a factory that is making infected 'mechs. No big deal except they appear to respawn like crazy. Anyway the AP makes short work of 'em. Bring on them damn husks! I was talking about Cain. The thing didn't come with an instruction manual, so I experimented a bit. Sort of blew up in my hands, shooting a Bloodpack Krogan right in front of me I'll see if I can get the time to check out that Arc Projector.

You don't really want to be that close to where it hits (thats how I discovered how it worked the first time)

Disclaimer: I only played ME1 for 30 minutes on a friends xbox, of which 10 minutes was driving around in the mako I found the mako to be absolutely horrible. Besides the oddity of trying to imagine a krogan (wrex) fitting inside it, the completely wrong physics was very offputting (not to mention the incredible boring landscapes). It was like it was stuck to the ground with a big rubber band that would pull the moonbuggy towards the surface, nevermind that the surface was the side of a cliff It could have been great, but it may or may not be possible to pull off with the UT3 engine.

Even Titanic won an oscar Saw "Dark City" last night. Just to dust off my blu-ray player.

Anarchy or socialism? Man, you don't ask easy questions GD. Need to think more about that one. Might return later after thinking about it (if the thread is still alive)

If a snack cake lasted for two centuries I'd be really wary about its contents. Was it in 28 days after (or its sequel)? The protagonists loot a supermarket. Walking past all the rotten fruit except one section where the fruit has been treated with radiation and still looks fresh. A wtf moment in an otherwise serious movie.

Who're you gonna call? Uwe Boll!

I got the impression that Normandy wasn't really a ship of the line as much as it was a stealth/scout vessel, relying on staying unobserved rather than fighting. Cue the introduction of ME2, where they all seem shocked that the collectors can "see" them

The only explanation that comes anywhere near making sense to me is that TIM set the whole thing up (probably through Miranda) to test your readiness. (I'd guess that Wilson thought he was selling you out to somebody who happened to be a covert Cerberus op.) Really, why else would there be a freakin' pistol in a drawer 20 feet from your operating table? Conspiracy! I first thought it was a "Peragus Station" light level, with some kind of mystary going on and you had to figure it out, but it was just a short tutorial level. This is how you reload a gun, this is how you point it at an enemy and shoot, this is how the minigames work and this is how to select the powers of team members. The rest was an explanation for why the big, mighty hero is reduced to level 1 again. Heck, they can always add some DLC's that fills some of the gaps.

I am still confused by Wilsons attempt to kill me (and the rest of the station crew) in the beginning of the game. I suppose there is no point in dwelling on the plot holes. Maybe it gets explained in the next installment.

I don't understand a word of the text, but the video is awesome

It's an interesting little game, not overly good but not that bad either. The biggest issues seem to be the camera and the controls but after you get used to those it's a nice distraction. It is quite fun, as long as you don't play for more than 20 minutes at a time There seems to have been a patch released recently (1.06) which deals with some camera (there are several camera modes now) issues. The controls are a bit iffy. It detected my joystick as a gamepad and refused to slow down my car until I found out which know/wheel/slider made it go full throttle Eventually I found it (a Saitek x52 pro has a lot of buttons) and "centered" it, so I could use the keyboard for driving. Got some machine guns for my car, so now I can mow down mobs of zombies in addition to splattering them with my fender. Good fun.

Just bought Zombie Driver, currently downloading from GamersGate. For 10$ I get to drive around running over zombies. DRM free too. How bad can it possibly be?

The irony. The one woman on board the Normandy I want to "romance" only wants to be friends. Maybe Samara will pop up in ME3, who knows. I suppose team members have different ratings. Some might rate higher for their skills, some for their personality. Ignoring their skills, I tend to favour the companionship of Samara and Mordin. Not sure if I can deliver a long dissertation on why, it just simply is. Maybe its their backgrounds, they appear more "stable" than most of the rest.

Speaking of species... I think my Master of Orion 2 fanboyism is getting unhealthy. I keep comparing the ME species to the Moo2 species. Krogan/Sakkra, Salarian/Psilon, Asari/Elerian, Hanar/Trilarian, Geth/Meklar, Volus/Gnolam, Human/Human (duh), Turian/Alkari, Collector/Klackon. Elcor doesn't seem to have an equivalent. Moo2 has a few more species to spare though (Darlock, Mrrshan & Silicoid). Bioware, why couldn't you have made a Master of Orion crpg instead, most of the ingredients are there, right down to the extra-galactic threat (Reapers/Antareans)?!?

Meh, Turians, I feel as much empathy for them as I do the Drell (nada). I suppose I like Krogans and Salarians for their comic relief. Something about about their single minded pursuit of their racial idiosyncracy. Mordins comments and advice on my sexual relationship with Jack made me laugh out loud Hey, want to buy some rare Presidum Fish? Full of healthy Omega 4 fatty acids! Edit: My spelling needs some vitamins

I am such a bastard I'll happily kill bipeds, quadrupeds and tentacled beings left and right, verbally abuse, physically abuse and cheat merchants out of their profits without second thought... but I feel bad about selling "Presidium Fish" to the Krogan on the citadel. Go figure

Thread pruned a bit. Sorry Jags, while I agree that boobs generally improves the aesthetics of a thread, it just didn't reconcile with Indian forms of government. Unfortunately...

It's there for the "immersion" Nah, seriously. Sometimes it's all the little touches that adds that extra "realism" (within the game world) that makes a setting believable. No, I don't like food in games, Ive hated it since Nethack. But scenery that creates a functional environment, as in would probably work in the game world is not such an awful thing, is it?