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Should I take pixies off ignore, then?

I was more wondering about the human race. " Just watching El Cid on the tv: Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren star in an epic story from eleventh century (of the Christian Era) Spain, about how Rodrigo D

This doesn't say that we are predetermined to do something, simply that we are prone to conservative thoughts and actions. Which is another survival mechanism imo. This however could be used to argue that instincts and hardcoded behaviour has a deep impact on the concept of freedom of choice.. but it doesn't negate free will. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It isn't possible to determine if we have free will or everything is pre-determined, short of the divine being appearing at noon in Times Square to buy everyone a cappuccino and explain it all. Schopenhauer isn't barracking for one side or the other in this text, which is why I quoted it: he is just highlighting the delicious irony of our befuddled attempts to divine the ineffable. This is why, when done correctly, a plot that included an argument about free-will versus predestination can be a terrific enema for the brain, like Twelve Monkeys for example.

You could even have an official history: the canon of your group mods! * can of worms, open *

The Total Realism mod (for Rome:Total War) adds all the (less fun, presumably) historically-accurate minuti

What's the squad command like on that, Bok?

Yeah, if it hasn't been said many times before, I think it'd be a good move to translate the DM client (if nothing else) to Mac and / or Linux, though the toolset would be good, too. Considering the effort spent by Obsidian on the (DirectX) graphics upgrade, that might not even be possible, though.

Go, go Iowa!

If I were playing I would swing it fast. You are just too much of a wuss to swing it large.

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You say that now; just wait until you have your rotator cuff on ice after dislocating your shoulder beating the baddies and rescuing Zelda ...

I was just in Nice. I found it really difficult to converse in French after a week of trying to converse to Italians.

But ... does it have a happy ending? :'(

Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Yes. Overwhelming Force (of niceness) is the only answer.

He looks better for it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> He's at the funhouse!

Game over, man. Game over.

Some of the big ships have guns that shoot about that far, too, don't they? Over the horizon, in other words. :D

Wait. Let me write that one down so I remember it. If people think I am ignorant, claim they are paranoid and delusional. Ok. Now, metadigital, before you start insulting my family as well as asserting that I am chatting about conspiracies (which I am not), perhaps you should consider that maybe there are costs involved in producing a game, publishing a game, bringing it to market. The fall of a game company might have alot to do with mismanagement and poor market choice. Personally, I think Troika fell because they were on drugs most of the time. However, just so that no one misses the plain facts in the face of your oh-so biting and sharp retorts, as if anyone would expect such wit from a moderator here, Flying Buffalo is still around, the guys who make Tunnels and Trolls. There's a company that's selling Arduin-Grimoire products and rulebooks (the rights for the game belong to Hargrave's widow). Also, Rolemaster is still being published by ICE. Not only would Tunnels and Trolls be popular with the 16-bit theater chimp crowd, so would Arduin-Grimoire be fun for power-gamers, and Rolemaster be interesting for those who enjoy bloody detail and intricacy. These licenses might be a bit cheaper to obtain and sustain than others. Anyone hear aught of conspiracy here? No? That's because you're not a diaperhead. Do not feel badly if you *do* wear diapers on your head -- the fad's coming in fast and hard. Fallout Online has just been announced, so grab those diapers like they're hotcakes, and fasten them over your ears, boys and girls! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You haven't addressed my criticism of your statement (failure of game developers, not successes of minor ones); you are clearly delusional if you think I insulted your family; I was trying to illustrate the ludicrous nature of your statement; you have resorted to agumentum ad hominem instead of arguing facts; as difficult as it is to believe, my position here is strictly voluntary; (yes, I know it's hard to believe I voluntarily try to clean up the mess that is left around here by some people); my opinion is my own and nothing to do with Obsidian; If I thought you were serious then I'd give you a warning and moderated posting, as it happens I think you are attempting to make a joke. Now, once again, this is what you said: Which, as a general rule, is bunkum. (Unless you think there is some ulterior cause, some hidden agenda ... a conspiracy.)

Had a quick go at Deus Ex after all that appetite-whetting discussion.

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That will all come, I am supremely confident. I must say that is pretty clever, having an overarching timeline for everyone to use so that major NPCs are tracked (rise and fall, no doubt).

I would think that I would not like to keep waving my arms like I was sword-fighting for hours on end. I think it would be fun for a while, but it strikes me as just a novelty ...

According to my father the Australians had two big guns ... and one blew (itself) up. (The US had more equipment than they could use. He told me they all used to go to the US camp for pancake breakfasts!) I would expect they were firing at the next mountain range / valley, though, not across island bays ..!

You need to improve your reading comprehension. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> :angry: The writer is correctly limiting her conclusions to the what that particular study can show. There are other studies that indicate that ability to be deceptive is actually considered an asset for leaders in many cases - and is a selection criteria of their followers. I suppose I could dig that correlation up too. But so could you. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Mr colrom, I am pointing out your inductive fallacy, namely you are making an faulty generalisation (more specifically a syllogism). Get as angry as you like, but I am just arguing logically with what you provide. You made a (fantastically) rash statement. I called you on it. You provided research that doesn't support your claim, so I have to conclude you: didn't find any to support your case, or didn't know it didn't support your case. If the former you are being disingenuous. I took the liberty of assuming the the latter, thus I was pointing out the fallacy. It's YOUR proposition. When you put forward the evidence for it, according to scientific method, we have to try to disprove it. If we disprove it, then it is false. (The reason we try to disprove a statement, rather than prove it, is to prevent the confirmation bias.) Try to divorce your frustration from the subject(s), so that we might discuss them without the intrusion of negative emotions. If you don't want to prove your rash statements, then don't make them.