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It's a comic-eat-comic world out there in diazopam-land.

I liked the films, and the long series to get to Earth, but the actual bit where they got to Earth really sucked. ...

Your right, it was a dumb question. :Darque: A PBEM game can last several months, as each game year takes about two and a half weeks to play (a week for each of Spring and Fall, and 3-4 days for Winter), and there are several game years (a game could potentially last forever, though that has never happened before). But on the bright side, a postal game usually takes over a year to complete, so it's not so bad. ... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> We're looking to have simulatenous games going. (With coded orders, for those competing in both.)

If you read Arthur C. Clarke's 2010: Oddyssey 2, he has a gigantic diamond at the core of Jupiter; he freely reveals his sources in the bibliography of the novel for some of the more interesting ideas (like this one), although it has been more than a decade since I read it and, alas, the chap in question is forgotten to me.

Did somebody say Tim Shafer? Psychonauts!

Then I'm all for it! (Why, have you two been kissing / does Nur want to kiss you?)

PoA looks pretty decent, too. (I was waiting for Hooha to notice the Insurgency one; looks like there is another for him to get excited about.) :D I'm not a big fan of MMORPGs, or online PvP Fragfestooneries, but I'm always interested in a good single player campaign. Having said that, the Badge of Blood and Hostile Planet ones look pretty well done.

It depends on the interface. You're all stuck in the "handhelds must have a tiny screen" paradigm. Why can't there be some other sort of interface, like Voice-activation, and Speech? Or some sort of HUD? With the rate of convergence as it is, it won't be long before the last remaining hurdle to everything-on-a-PDA will be the interface; it will then be obvious that the solution will be the next, and biggest, "killer-app". That will be interesting. But it'll take five-to-ten, i think.

I think every Lawful Good hero has teamed up with their nemeses at some point. If they are Lawful Evil, then there is an agreed end to the cooperation. If the nemesis is Chaotic, they can turn anytime it suits them. This conceit is quite common: many, many films use it. The interesting application seems to centre on how the hero/es deal with the last act of treachery: do they remain Lawful Good and refuse to act in an equally grubby way as payback (and the baddie dies by their own treachery back-firing on them, or accidentally), or do they use the same tactic in retaliation (because they didn't introduce the underhanded tactic, but because it has been introduced it is part of the fair means to conclude the fight)?

You didn't like the first one, either? I guess it was a bit of a androcentric fantasy; not too many strong female characters (just the token love interest and wise woman / witch clich

I think Tony Blair has charisma. No, wait, hear me out. Even though people are dead-set against whatever topic we use as an example *cough* *cough*, he is still able to mount one of the most impressive PR sleights-of-hand and make it seem

That's not a game, that's a vocation! He he! More ways to subtly misconstrue orders, whilst ostensibly pretending to make ... er ... that sounds terrific! How long does a game last on average: 20

These were just posted on Steam as noteworthy modifications and new content: MMORPG: Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat Hostile Planet Badge of Blood HullBreach Single Player: Minerva :cool:

And no daughters? Surely you can't be pleased... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> But Britany is apparently only expecting twins ...

No-one remembers Benson. :'( Benson DuBois? The Govenor's Chief of Staff, with Pete (the Press Secretary, later to play that boring alien mess sergeant in ST: Voyager), and Clayton Endicott III (who ended up as the shapeshifter in ST: DS9).

They get great coverage on the internet.

How long is the apprenticeship; like how long do I have to wear eyeliner and nail polish before I can draw blood and scars on my face, over the lead-powder foundation?

Was that the "Jumping the Shark" moment?

Is this the THIRD THREAD you have started about this? This is not a chat room; you should pick an appropriate forum and leave your topic while you read others. Don't spam threads. Also, you can delete any thread you create by selecting Administration, Delete Topic from the bottom left of your window.

I liked "Matrix Revolutions" a whole lot more than "Reloaded." I always felt that "Reloaded" was the black sheep of the trilogy. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I hated the third one. I thought it was cheese on toast. But, the guy from Ain't It Cool (same site as above quote is taken from) wet his pants in excitement over it. (It sounds like he's never read an Orwell or Dickens novel, TBH.)

I've got the demo on a DVD here from last month (I haven't installed it yet, though). I suppose that means I get a free look and I might even be persuaded to give my first impressions to all of you lot.

Yes. Wipe them out. ALL of them.

How do you get a real Goth name? Do you have to take an oath, or sign something in blood, or just agree to stay out of daylight for a really, really long time? ('Cause I can do that.)

Is that Bob Denver? (So good it's worth repeating: Gilligan's Island!)