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Yeah, I'm not looking forward to trying to remember all the names of the satellites: there are over 60, IIRC. Here is a recent picture of the Plutonian system: clickie! Also, new trans-Neptunian dwarf-planetoidy-type-thinggie (aka cubewano):

Don't forget all the Xs: the ATi 29999X9XX9999XXXX9999X9x9x9x9x9x9xxx9x9x9xxx!

ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia, or (more specifically): Also, back on topic. Is the armour degradation on a sliding scale? Can it be adjusted, or is it just modded off (so far)?

Hey, that looks pretty good.

My textbooks just turned up. Lots of pretty pictures of the Mars canyon system, and Jovian and Saturnian satellites ..!

I would seriously start some modding; pick a game with a big fanbase (it doesn't matter which, really): NwN, NwN2, Oblivion, Unreal, or even Quake. Firstly, this will give you experience designing games (level design, pacing, etc) as well as some experience working with game tools. It would be a good idea to try to team up with some other like-mindeds, and produce a whole module (the NwN community is an excellent arena for this, providing good feedback, as well). There are a zillion skills to learn and the best (only?) way to learn them is to start doing. This is what will be of interest to prospective employers, from this part of your commercial experience (i.e. whilst you work and study). At least according to the information that developers have posted on this site. Also, don't tell anyone about being a kiwi, because everyone thinks they are three-and-a-half feet tall and have hairy feet. "

2950?

Quod Erat Faciendum Hey, I'm up for a latin reading circle.

As long as it's turn-based, and isometric, then it's Fallout in spirit only.

http://blizzard.com/ Check it today, the 15th, and don't say I never gave you nothin'. I see why the Goth sub-community might like this game.

What about Red Son? (And Superman can be American, though he wouldn't be allowed to be President. Governor of California is okay, though.)

Heh, reminds me of the first place I stayed when I first moved to Sydney (more as an expeditionary beachhead effort, before the main relocation); I was given a room (in the seven bedroom house) in which mushrooms were growing (out of the wall, not as some sort of botanical adjunct to the house food reserves). Primary cause was a leak from one of the many bathrooms, located above. I didn't stay there very long.

Now that is the most ridiculous thing I've heard all day.

There's probably a mod out there that does it ...

Sounds like a corrupted save game, which can only be corrected by avoiding it ... by using an older save. Also, this is better in the Junkyard ...

The point is that, although Blizzard don't invent genres, they make the defining game for the genre. And they seem to have tapped into a demand. With a bit of luck they will create a popular, critically acclaimed game (that I like... " )

Or TOMBS?

I wouldn't be surprised if AMD-ATi do the X1800 thang with the X2800, too, and release an X2900 a month afterwards, too.

Too many mindless MMO, that is. I've yet to see a MMO concept that could appeal to adults and not to some asocial teens. The existence of countless adults in World of Warcraft and EVE kind of contradicts what you see, Morgoth. Being adult doesn't mean grown up. WoW doesn't use any adult or compelling themes. It's just, as theslug pointed out, a waste of time and money without any intellectual reward. You forgot to address EVE.

Hmm. I might have to play Starcraft, as I thought Warcraft III: Chaos Throne Thinggy was pretty good.

Maybe the designers are aiming to make the realistic point that combatants (read: the PC) need to avoid being hit by enemy fire? Sort of an enforced stealth modus operandi.

But ... this cannot take into account DX10 gaming, as there aren't any DX10 games out yet.

I didn't read the article. I expect the new Vista design will fruit as soon as a threshold is reached (probably a critical mass of DX10 games).

^^ Tr00 dat.