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Have you never seen Leon? It's not gory violent, but it is rather gritty and outright brutal without being "graphical" Define happy ending? One of my favourite movies. I am a bit of a Jean Reno fan I suppose. Edit: Oh yeah, the thread is about Natalie Portman. She really shines in this movie, unfortunately her Star Wars performance leaves a bad, lingering impression. Edit 2: If you are going to watch it, make sure you get the integral version, not the censored one.

I would have failed the online test right there and then. Good luck Calax Started shopping around for a blu-ray player for my living room. My search criteria looks sort of like this: It either has to be easily changed to region free, or it has to be dirt cheap so I can afford at least two players (asia pacific and north america which is where I get most of my movies from these days). I have a region free DVD player, so that isn't a problem (and my TV has enough HDMI connectors).

. lol. Who the hell would carry a pistol and a sword and staff on a paranormal investigation? I wonder if he was wearing chainmail and a cape. Maybe it was a silver sword? Everybody knows that ghosts and lycanthropes have a thing regarding silver. Never leave home without at least a silver dagger It would probably be easier if people knew what they were looking for. Sentinent beings with an agenda or a purpose? Primal forces like an "imprint" of hate/rage/anger? Odd manifestations of kinetic energy? Strange visuals? What exactly is it we want to set up a scientific approach for? A zoologist that declares that he wants to study "animals" is likely to be ridiculed by his peers

It had sort of slipped of the front page a bit, but there is a very nice read here, with participation of a lot of Obsidian employees http://forums.obsidian.net/index.php?showtopic=49603

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Start of old thread End of old thread Well, I know the basics of Icehockey. Haven't got the slightest clue about NHL though

Band: Accept, The Sisters of Mercy, Led Zeppelin, Queen... can't really make my mind up Male vocalist: Freddie Mercury, Ozzy Osbourne, Meat Loaf, Paul McCartney, Ian Gillian Female vocalist: Dorothee Pesh, Sarah Brightman, Haley Westenra, Loreena McKennit (all of the above probably subject to change when I get home and check my CD collection) TV Series (not including sit coms etc.): MASH 4077, Blakes 7, Space 1999. Movie: ...none that spring to mind... Song: "Princess of the Dawn" (Accept) Computer game: Mike Singletons "Lords of Midnight", Ian Bells and David Brabens "Elite" Book: Tolkiens "Silmarillion" Forums: Obsidian and Winterwind Comic: Asterix, Spirou and Fantasio, Tintin, The Smurfs Cognac: Martell XO, Remy Martin XO Cartoon: Tom and Jerry Politician/Political leader: None spring to mind Religious/spiritual leader: None spring to mind Philosopher/critical thinker: None spring to mind Person: Me?

Thread pruned a little bit. Sheesh guys, I shouldn't really have to do that *after* the elections I am sure it is possible to discuss numbers without resorting to low blows and name calling. Well, one can hope at least.

It sounds odd if it is both drives. Your BIOS is detecting them properly? You haven't had any bad DRM software installed/uninstalled that could wreck your Windows (not your manufacturers driver, but the windows file/device system for optical drives)? No second PC within handy reach that you could try to hook up one of the drives to? Running out of ideas

Yes, you can talk about actual spoiler stuff here. I think this particlar quest (or whatever it is/was) has had it's karma rewards analysed plenty already

Okay, enough is enough. This is about the fifth time that you've issued a personal insult to me when I have been nothing but civil. Since I've repeatedly asked you to knock it off and you won't, so I'll ask someone else to have you knock it off. I still can't figure out why someone who's only been on this board for a few months "knows" me well enough to muster up such obvious dislike, but keep it to yourself from now on and address me as civilly as you would address anyone else on this forum. Knock it off noob! It's all fine and dandy that You and GDM wants to have a bit of a wrestling match, but other people might just be here for the casual fun. Not to mention that the resorting to personal attacks, implied or explicit is never welcome, as it makes me have to get my hands out of my pocket and do actual work. My "grumpy old man" t-shirt that I wear at work is not just for show

what? Gotta love this conversation! well i wasn't sure which thing he was reacting to fetish ball? or jelly wrestling incident? Maybe he was just surprised that New Zealand society wasn't what he expected? Good thing we have you as the cultural ambassador then, to enlighten the world what Kiwidom is all about Working, sleeping, working, sleeping (repeat pattern). Looking forward to a long good break in a little more than a month. Oh, I did manage to kill a lot of stuff in my garden. Now I just need to dig it up and transport it away.

XSI just got acquired by Autodesk for 35.000.000$ so I wouldn't really expect it to be "freeware". Maybe they have something like the GMax thingy?

My condolences

In that case, we better not leave the remains of the thread in the sun. Attracts all kind of stuff

Well, what would Captain Kirk do in such a situation?

Good point. When the rules of the game universe only applies to the player

Boss Fights: Tedious, boring, game stoppers that reminds me that I am playing a video game (insert sound from Galaga or Invaders here). Respawning enemies: Especially in completely impossible locations. I just cleared out room A, which has impenetrable concreate floor, roof and walls, just to be stabbed in the back by critters appearing out of thin air the moment I turn my back on it. It doesn't give the impression of vast numbers, it gives the impression of bad design/shortcuts Forced companions: 'Nuff said. Unkillable npcs: Just as bad as indestructable environment and 1 foot obstacles that you can't jump over. I don't care if it turns the entire world hostile and prevents me from completing the game. Powerword Reload is the lesser of two evils (immersion breakers). Save points: Somebody once tried to convince me that it wasn't a limitation of the very first game consoles and their flash memory sizes. They didn't succeed. The idea that first person perspective somehow equals immersion: No, artificial tunnelvision and lack of peripheral vision does not equal immersion. The constant need for "streamlining" (politically correct term for dumbing down?): Ok, so the mainstream population might have a short attentionspan. Games designed for those who doesn't have that seems few and far between. Yeah, I know, it's all economics. Rogue Trader *was* more fun than the current GW drivel that they pass off as WH40K Romances: Muahaahaa!... (see "streamlining", alternatively "shallow"). Nice dress, let's have sex. Hybrid games: Action is fun, roleplaying is fun, adventuring is fun... lets do everything and achieve none of the above ... Insert long continous rant here

Thats it! I really need to get a joystick this coming weekend I liked the X2 demo so much that I bought X3 (Terran Conflict) unseen. It has been sitting around on my HDD for days now waiting for me to get my act together (and get the darn stick that can be used on my current PC)

It does. Literally from earth You came, to earth You shall return.

Congratulations Ahh the smell of new computers is only rivalled by the smell of new leather

Disc drive as in optical drives or hard drives?

Just finished The Witcher EE for the first time (first time because it is definitely not the last) It had that thing that I've been missing from games for a number of years now, sheer level of detail. I can't remember a game with that much attention to detail since the IE games (MotB came close, but it was a considerably shorter game). S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky is up next, while I search around on the net for a Joystick for newly acquired X3 - Terran conflict

Nothing beats Quake 2 for old school FPS action. Whether it be the single player campaign or just blowing up your best friends

Did you find a good joystick? I just bought X3 (I blame Crashgirl) down at the store (no X2 unfortunately), so I am myself on the hunt for a decent joystick now. It being about a decade ago since I bought my current Saitek Cyborg 2000, I haven't got the slightest clue where to start looking. The only thing I know is my curren't sound card has no midi port for old sticks