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Wouldn't the pc term for "gypsies" be the Roma/Romani? Similarly for "Indians" addressing them by their "nation", e.g Cherokee, Oglala etc. Apologies if I got any of them wrong. Not really my specialty.

He has a crush on the nurse... thinks she is a vampire

In many ways, I found STALKER too hard for my liking (I haven't finished it yet, currently at Pripyat), but it sure has a lot going for it. Not at least it's post apocalyptic athmosphere, even if it is just on a local scale Which reminds me, I better go take a look at that "Clear Sky" prequel.

Alien 4 Resurrection - Directors Cut It could have been so good... :sad: Cool characters, interesting story, decent production values, aliens, Sigourney Weaver, Ron Perlman... how can you possibly go wrong? To whoever did the casting and added Winona Ryder to the cast: "ARGHHH!!!! What the heck were you thinking?!?". She was so completely out of place in that movie (with all the acting skills of a dead fish), that I think she singlehandedly managed to ruin it for me. The casting person should be sentenced to 24 months of forced labour as an assistant to Uwe Boll. No less can do it.

Thread pruned a bit. Lets try again from the "Serious response welcome" part

Wow, I feel better already! Well, I like to think that my above mentioned pc actually did quite well for a number of years (about 4.5 years?). I would like my next investment to also last a bit.

Sheesh... my poor old computer is embarrassed :blush10: 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 (HT) Asus P4B800 Deluxe board 2Gb memory Nvidia FX5900 Ultra gfx card with 256mb memory Sb Audigy 2 (5+1) sound card Old noisy no-name cabinet 380 Gb hd space (mix of old Maxtor, Seagate and other drives). Samsung Syncmaster 940N 17" monitor Various peripherals (Joystick, Wacom tablet, headset, surround speaker set, microsoft webcam etc.). I should probably have upgraded a year or two ago, but now I am waiting for the intel nehalm to show it's face. I would hate to spend a fortune on somthing that is obsolete in 6-9 months.

Looks like my poor old arthritis ridden PC has to survive for almost a full year still http://www.dailytech.com/Gearing+Up+for+Ne...article9823.htm Maybe another 6 months on top of that to avoid the first production batches :sad:

Finished Season #1 of Rome. Most excellent Now I just have to wait until I can get my hands on the second season. I'll probably watch a lot of the extra material on the dvds while waiting.

I think you might be out of luck, as it is randomised from game to game. If I remember correctly, only the "quest" parts for lightsabers are in known places.

I think he (Peter jackson) did a good job on the movies until halfway through Return of the King. The ending of an otherwise awesome movie trilogy was cringeworthy Fellowship of the Ring was spot on and The Two Towers was my favourite for various reasons, but Return of the King?... Bleh. I haven't seen his version of King Kong, is it any good?

Praised be Tzeentch! All bow down to the Lord of Change... So, that means all current (including NWN2) D&D platforms and engines are no longer good? That might have a detrimental effect on expansions :sad:

Alien 3 DC It must either be a very long time since I've seen it, or the additional 30 minutes added something to it. It wasn't as awful as I remembered it. Quite decent, apart from the Alien itself, which wasn't exactly a convincing piece of cgi.

If they are going for Space Marines vs. Orks shooter game, they might as well have done a Warhammer 40k game. It may be a decent game or not, but nothing so far says "Fallout" to me :sad: More like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. with less scary opponents.

Yeah, well, it's bloody hot these days, it's unbelievable. Lots of people out too. Anyway, rather anticlimax-y; I didn't even touch the gearstick. The lesson guy seemed to favour a 'push pull' steering method I had hardly seen before, so I spent an hour running 8's and double 8's in a parking lot. You lucky bastard! When I was young, we had to learn how to operate the gearstick with our teeth while operating three pedals with my two feet and a hand each on the steering wheel and hand brakes for those fancy parking maneuvres. -- I never drove a car the years I lived in New Zealand, driving in the left hand side was just too scary. Now I have gotten used to it, driving quite a lot in rental cars, but it took a lot of concentration the first few times. I actually appreciated driving automatics, as having to fiddle around with a stick with the wrong hand while driving would have been suicide >_

Still no special edition with a little plastic mask and a jar of green spirit essence jelly? :sad: I guess I will just have to wait for Mysteries of Westgate to hit the stores then.

You will know what the clutch is for the first time you try to change gear while driving (and not using the clutch). It sounds like a heavy metal concert http://auto.howstuffworks.com/clutch.htm

You're a hydra. You have many different outlooks on life, and know how to utilize each one to make the best of any situation. Others may mistake this for hypocrisy or even insanity, but you know yourself better than that. Indecision is your greatest flaw. Your alignment tends slightly towards *evil*. I don't really know if this is an accurate assessment or not...

I just came back from vacation up in northern Queensland (Cairns and surroundings)... What a difference air humidity makes. Day temperatures aren't that much of a difference to where I live (South Australia, around 28-34 degrees most of the summer), but having 80%+ humidity makes for some constantly damp clothes. I am used to around 15-20% max.

As I recall, Atton could die in the battle with Sion Interesting. Who'd fly the ship then? T3 flew the Ebon Hawk to the Peragus Mining Station. The little tin can has a hidden agenda

You only have Kreia's word for it (and the exiles speculations on the nature of the bond), that it could be lethal. She is a manipulative old girl As far as can be determined from the game, yes. He constructed it. The exile was his commanding officer (Yes, general) during that battle. Not quite sure. Possibly something that reinforced the planets gravity (supersized gravity well) and pulled everything out of the sky to crash on the planet? She hated to be controlled and manipulated by it. Kind of ironic considering her own nature As far as I have been able to determine, she wanted to teach people how to live without the force and the exile was her (sometimes unwilling) student. Much speculations... The exile had a lot of strong bonds to the people around him. If a lot of severing/deaths took place at once it created some kind of "dimensional vortex" sucking the life out of surroundings. The exiles defense mechanism seemed to be the ability to sever his/her own connection to the force and therefore continue living, even while being that "vortex" moving around in the galaxy. Since he/she is "empty", there is nothing to drain there, as Darth Nihilus found out when he tried to drain the force from the exile. Like french kissing a 1800w vaccuum cleaner. Umm, no. It wasn't just you. The game did suffer from some heavy handed cutting that left this feeling of "Huh?" in quite a few places, making an already moderately complex story line trickier to follow. I can definitely recommend Team Gizka's website and forums for an overview of how much was cut. It is staggering :sad:

I am not really sure what the purpose of this thread is. Maybe that is part of the irony? Another thread bites the dust.

Yeah, in Australia they probably put you in jail if you don't vote. They take it quite literally with the "commitment to democracy" I don't care though, not being a citizen, I am not eligible for voting. One head ache less. Busy making the place ready for a bunch of family visiting from Europe in a few days time. Needed more plates, more cutlery, more coffee cups, more glasses, inflatable mattresses, rental cars, spare mobiles, unfortunately there was a 6-8 week delivery time on more chairs, so I guess some of us has to sit on the floor. Ah well, it is family

:sad: I finally got around to watch season 1, which I bought a week or so ago. I liked it. Now I have to go and buy season 2 >_

I usually manage that with T3 and a Jedi. Either Visas or Kreia. T3 with Ion weapons (Droid Oxidizer pistol and whatsit'sname, the ones you can attach to him) and Kreia with either lightsaber or a sword constructed for anti droid warfare. Now for the fun bits... Shields are your friend. Use them before opening doors. Your jedi aught to have some kind of force speed by now. If not, use the stimpaks that gives you dexterity and strength. It makes quite a difference if you can close the distance to shooters and start hacking them to pieces in half the time. Remember, that you can run through rooms and get to the exile fairly fast. Two jedis and a droid is better than a single jedi and a droid.