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Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms has been announced, four times the size of the original campaign. Gamespot's Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms Q&A

I thought it was a yawn-fest.

I'm pretty sure you could kill Lord British in the earlier Ultimas (like 2 and 3).

Keep your powder dry until the ATi 600 breaks cover ...

If it crashes as soon as you boot AFTER being on for hours, then it is an over-heating issue.

you aren't factoring in the COST of the power: generally speaking more expensive PSUs have a higher efficiency ... you could easily save the extra cost of a GOOD 600W PSU in the first year of operation. Remember: the PSU only draws what it needs, and a less efficient PSU will have to draw more AC from the mains (costing you more) to supply the same power to your precious innards.

I've only been to a strip joint once.. and I really isn't that fun to begin with.. All strip joints in Copenhagen are sleazy and kinda sad, I don't know what it's like elsewhere. I've been at a couple of bachelor parties with strippers though, quite enjoyable. True.. so very sadly true.. Which is why I've never visited a Danish strip joint. I was in Prague, which is like 5 times as sleasy as Denmark. Maybe the fact that it was called "Banana Club" should've hinted me to that fact? (no it wasn't a gay strip joint - you filthy ****) There's a (very famous) Banana Club in Amsterdam ... "

Hot Fuzz has been out for months. I did not see it.

I challenge you to determine how much corporate tax he pays. I doubt HE knows; the hundreds of corporate entities that cross-invest in each other defeated international financiers years ago when he bid for some new asset ... But I'm more interested in your definition of nationality, if it isn't citizenship, what is it? Which beer you drink? So ... nurture rather than nature?

Without the second bit, it's not much. There are numerous clever tricks the media all over the world are pulling, consciously and unconsciously, in order to make Cho much more deviant than evidence strictly says. He might actually really be a super-weirdo with mental problems, of course, and it is likely - but there is a lot of assumption going on here. A) Anti-social behaviour. Now whoever said anti-social behaviour and social isolation is a direct cause of mental derangement and/or criminal activity? Depends on the type of behaviour and the response to assistance. From my (admitedly limited) information, the boy had some clear issues with his co-students. I think part of the difficulty might be that he was in a sub-community; not that sub-communities are necessarily deleterious, just that I think it was a contributing factor to the concealment of his underlying illness. I haven't seen any of his writings, have you? My information (again, quite limited) was that the writing showed a pattern of illness. I would be hesitant to cite popular culture as an example of ill writing ... without some more professional (i.e. psychological) investigation. I've seen Old Boy, and while it isn't a film I'll be rushing back to see, it was a good film (well written, well directed, well acted, etc) that did what it set out to do: create a whiplash-inducing plot twist and have people think long and hard about filial relationships. Again, I have little information (and so I am cautious about making statements of the scope that you are) but I believe this boy's writings were distinctly abnormal to the point of illness. He obviously had an unhealthy fixation on the first victim. And he was obviously ill enough to kill her ("If I can't have you, no-one can" being the warcry of the criminally insane) FIRST. That means it was significant. The poor girl just didn't fathom the magnitude of the threat posed by the shooter. Perhaps that is the lasting lesson that society must take from this incident. Jack Thompson is an opportunistic slime worm. He is just feeding off this tragedy (like others). He might not even believe this argument; he certainly believes it will make him famous and rich. My information (again very limited) was that the students actively tried to involve the shooter in their social interactions. Anyone who has lived in the US will recognise this socially-inclusive behaviour as normal. I disagree that preferring one's own company is looked on as antisocial. I prefer my own company. I don't think any (sensible) person is saying that a preference for one's own company equates to a dangerous person. But it is a correlating factor that, along with other factors, might indicate that the person has problems interacting with others in society. I couldn't agree more that simplistic answers are pointless, shallow attempts to solve complex problems. There are, what, seven million copies of Counter-Strike currently installed? I don't see them all out shooting people. A correlation is not an indication of a causal relationship; this is a post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy. The real tragedy is that long-term solutions, that require sustained funding and efforts over periods of time longer than a political term, and that require more than a passing glance at the problem to provide a cogent remedial response. No-one wants to talk about mental health; one of the main reasons is that mentally ill people are more a danger to themselves than to others: most will take their own lives rather than even dream of hurting others. Edit: I just saw the interview with one of his (creative writing) teachers and she had thought his behaviour odd enough to have set up a signal and contact the police. The police couldn't act, because he had no overt threats; the "trouble was beneath the surface". He was referred for counselling. He was identified as a potential risk (to himself if not others) and the intervention was ineffectual. THAT is the issue.

:'( I miss The Incredible Disappearing Bard, already.

Nerf Herder!

... In a galaxy far, far away ...

Yes, that is the problem.

OH NOES Jim Henson is the beast!1!11one!!

Ironman from the 70s.

At least go and talk to a professional ... about life and your frustrations ...

Bingo!

Yes, yes they are. They are trying to disincentivise the owners.

Certainly I find his posting painfully black comedy.

My work here is done.

Which is precisely why "I'd rather have NO Fallout than a bad one" is a complete nonsense, because it demands that someone, in this case a rabid Fallout fan, gets to prohibit a game that others (notably non-Fallout fans) might find very satisfactory. But your argument is that NO-ONE should get to play Gothic 2 because YOU didn't like it. Which is patently ludicrous and obscene.

Yep. Clearly our little Mormon girl didn't understand how to franchise herself properly. There is no real argument here. There is little reason not to agree with the line "I rather have no FO then a bad one" if you're a FO fan and you want to see a FO4-5-6 after a FO3. Or hell, if your a fan of PC RPGs period. I mean, who really wants a bad RPG? I think people are just having problems coming to terms with Doomy (Sand for you with short memories) being right. I cannot see how a new game can diminish an existing one. I think, for example, Deus Ex: Invisible War was incredibly disappointing. This in no way affects my appreciation of the original game, which I have installed on my machine now (and typically all the time) and play continually. I am questioning your assessment ... who gets to say whether a Fallout sequel is inferior? "I want all games to be good according to MY subjective wishes. Every developer must let me decide whether they can publish it or not." Blood red. That'll be your retinal artery bleeding into the vitreous humour.