Amentep

Actually I don't mind either idea, to be honest. And if nothing else, its better than the humanoid raptors with guns idea they had originally planned the next JP sequel to have before ditching that whole production attempt.

I really liked this when I was test playing an archer. But positioning and elevations also helpped as a mage - being able to get up on a high enough perch that the enemy had trouble getting to me saved my glass cannon from being a broken cannon a couple of times!

How could one possibly not realize that they were at/near the end of DA:O??! It's been a while since I played it, but isn't it communicated very clearly that the other plot threads have been wrapped up and that it's time to go kill the Archdemon? It wasn't the final fight, it was the "going to Denerim for the landsmeet" bit so not the end end, but like right at the end. So I misspoke. I restarted right after getting to Denerim so still had the Alienage and a few other quests to do.

To me this is a matter of player engagement, really. High levels of engagement with a game means high interest, multiple playthroughs, feelings persist (perhaps permanently) that the game was a benchmark for an age. Mid-range engagement with a game means completion of the game, maybe some fond memories Low engagement means game is never completed, playing it might be forgotten Negative engagement with a game means that the player has developed antagonism for the game, such that they become an advocate against it; feelings persist (perhaps permanently) that the game is a nadir of an age (possibly even feeling that it permenantly damaged gaming). I think that gamers tend to divide over whether mid-range engagement with a game is acceptable or not; some people want only the highest levels of engagement and not finding that is disapointing (and can cause negative engagement) others are okay with mid-range engagement. Or something.

Don't worry, you are in good company on that note. I don't think I've ever had a PC I didn't hate 3/4 of the way through any game. Or a game I didn't wish I had played differently 3/4 of the way through. Weirdly I usually restart a lot early in the game but am okay if I commit to it. Although I did restart Dragon Age: Origins right at the final fight (not realizing I was at the end of the game or I probably wouldn't have done that - durrr).

Blaspheme! Probably, it seems popular to hate. Don't forget to leave the Hinterlands... Yeah, it seems pretty obvious you're not supposed to do the early sections chronologically. That said, uncovering blank areas on a map was fun to me in BG1 so I probably overstayed in the HInterlands (was still fun... ) I've started a second game to test a few things (and I'm a horrible restarter). EDIT: I'm still early in the game (because of restarting and wandering the hinterlands) but I love the big line of sights; on the storm coast saw a dragon fighting a large giant creature on the opposite beach and I just watched it for awhile.

I'm early in the game, but enjoying it so far.

It hasn't made back half of what it cost to make counting worldwide sales. I think it'd be hard to justify a sequel unless it was really paired down (even beyond the cost of the first film, which still cost more in 2005 than the new film has made world-wide).

^Surprising you didn't like Robocop 3 then (unless you've never seen it) since Frank Miller legendarily claims to have turned in the same script for both movies (because they changed so much first time around).

It certainly has its flaws as a series, so I can understand that.

Supposedly alt-155 but that produces 'ø' when tried here. And unfortunately 'my 10ø' just looks wrong. alt-0162 = ¢ Its not the same thing, there was a huge controversy when Kingdom Come was first KS I haven't seen anyone complain about Tomb Raider because the main character has always been female and that's part of the accepted narrative of the game When Tomb Raider was previewed in the game magazines back in the day, it was originally previewed with Male and Female protaganists. Later previews the male was dropped. Now, apparently, the producers say they always wanted Lara but did the male as a placeholder thinking the game wouldn't sale with just a female protaganist but reaction to Lara was so positive they didn't need him. But from the gamers perspective at the time...they dropped the guy.* *Edit: Not that I cared, the game was fun.

I find those distracting from the real message as well, to be honest. If one wants to debate the theories fine, but it seems to me the wrong tact to take with a woman whose basic stance (in many people's minds - whether true or not) is that gamers are "anti-women" is to start throwing snarky commentary about how they look or dress, thus advocating that a woman's worth is in appearance rather than other qualities. YMMV.

A little Joan of Arc leading the charge:

The original poster really should talk to the franchise owner - Square-Enix. They paid good money for it, so I imagine they'll revist the IP someday.

If Thompson was packaged as a thirty-something feminist scholar with terrible taste in earings and you substituted "think of the children!" with "women are being harmed!" You would have Anita in a nutshell. To be fair, I'm not sure we have any way to judge Thompson's taste in earrings, so its a bit difficult to tell if they have a difference in taste there or there or not. Also - and just IMO - it seems a bit silly to talk about appearance in this situation. Either they're similar in using shaky logic against a strawman evil they've built, or not, but I don't think their appearance matters one whit within that context.

I think its important to remember that websites have no intention beyond those of its creator(s) and/or maintainer(s). They can be as inclusive or as exclusive as they want to be. Rules, as such, only exist if those in the community want the rules and are not an inherent quality in a website (or even a web community).

KKK being a conservative organization Abarr is a moron. The KKK were never a 'conservative' organization. It was founded by a bunch of traitors after they lost the civil war. They don't respect traditional American values, nor do they love their country. Imperial Wizard Bradley Jenkins The KKK has wizards! Now I finally get the robes. Maybe they have 'racist a**hole' as a prestige class. They were really more a vigilante group as inititally founded who was dedicated to upholding the "law" of the confederacy in the face of reconstruction than anything else. Vigilante groups have a long history in the US (like the San Francisco Vigilance Movement that was anti-immigration). That said, the branding in 1870 as a terrorist organization is certainly fair in reflection to their status and activities. The Imperial Wizard designation for leaders has been with the group since the original, as have some form of facial coverings to hide identities. I think the robes themselves are more artifacts of the second group, however, and derived from "Birth of a Nation". Hi Amentep " waves " Where have you been ? I was getting worried you were still alive

KKK being a conservative organization Abarr is a moron. The KKK were never a 'conservative' organization. It was founded by a bunch of traitors after they lost the civil war. They don't respect traditional American values, nor do they love their country. Imperial Wizard Bradley Jenkins The KKK has wizards! Now I finally get the robes. Maybe they have 'racist a**hole' as a prestige class. They were really more a vigilante group as inititally founded who was dedicated to upholding the "law" of the confederacy in the face of reconstruction than anything else. Vigilante groups have a long history in the US (like the San Francisco Vigilance Movement that was anti-immigration). That said, the branding in 1870 as a terrorist organization is certainly fair in reflection to their status and activities. The Imperial Wizard designation for leaders has been with the group since the original, as have some form of facial coverings to hide identities. I think the robes themselves are more artifacts of the second group, however, and derived from "Birth of a Nation".

Big Hero 6 - which I enjoyed a lot. Want to see Interstellar, not sure I'm in the mindset for ~3hours of it atm though.

Liked the season opener of SLEEPY HOLLOW last night. They did their best to throw a swerve at the audience.

Can't say I ever got that much into Byrne's Fantastic Four. But then I don't really like the Lee/Kirby Fantastic Four either. Might have been great at the time but (IMO) it's a hard road to travel now. But I heard a lot of great things about Hickman's Fantastic Four and FF and it was as good as advertiesed (again, IMO).

Yeah, divorced of context it has great blub possibilities. The Imaginary Story bit just always gets me. You are now dead to me. DEAD! Nah, I kid. I'm kind of like you on "For The Man Who Has Everything". Both had been hyped to me before I read them; loved WHATEVER HAPPENED TO but wasn't crazy about FOR THE MAN.

I want to read this book. The text is from the introduction to "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" by Alan Moore from SUPERMAN #423 and ACTION COMICS #583 (both September 1986); it was intended to be the "last" of the "classic" Superman stories as DC was rebooting Superman (by John Byrne). It was the last regular issue drawn by legendary Superman artist Curt Swan, had inks by George Perez and included the last Superman work of long time Lois Lane illustrator Kurt Shaffenberger. And its probably one of the best Superman stories ever written (IMO). Collected as a stand alone trade under the WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE MAN OF TOMORROW? name; as a Hardback under the same name but with the addition of the other Alan Moore Superman story, "For the Man Who Has Everything"; and as part of the collection DC UNIVERSE: THE STORIES OF ALAN MOORE that includes Moore's work on other DCU titles (like "Mogo Doesn't Socialize" from Green Lantern)

I actually quite liked it. Guy who played Keltus was AWFUL though. I dunno if he was awful, but he did seem to be the weakest of the three leads. His story also was the most under-represented (didn't understand who the Prophetess was or the switch up or any of that).

^But are you a crook?