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Alone in the Dark was just...just...I'm not sure what it was but it was about as bad as anything I've ever seen (inexplicable jumps in time, incoherent plot, characters that made no sense). It made House of the Dead seem awesome in comparison.

So you just accept best guesses and estimates and made up figures. okay. Whatever you choose for your career, don't be a statistician. You'd hate it. Statistics should be very clear in methodology in gathering data and in the margin of error created from extrapolating the data into the broader population. There are very clear guidelines as to how to do this and generally speaking the mathematics is sound (the typical problem with "lies, damn lies and statistics" lies in the methodology (non random samples is a big problem), trying to obfuscate margin of errors or poor application of the data to non-supportable results). Anyhow, good statistics are fairly different from best guesses and will have some logic behind their provided information. Statistics has more fudging numbers and making questionable assumptions than pretty much any other branch of mathematics. The problems with statistics is typically more a problem of application and data gathering than in the mathematics part of it. That's why people can distort what statistics mean for what they want them to mean and why you should take them with a grain of salt if not presented with methodology and margin of error (and once you read the methodology you may still want to take them with a grain of salt). This is important to this discussion, in my mind, because the debate over global warming isn't really the numbers per se, but how the numbers are gathered, whether the numbers are relevant, and whether they mean what we think they mean. Which is the same problem with statistical data.

"Fun" has a new definition these days. You won't get old-school fun anymore. Recent polls show the public want glossy soulless 15hr snack-meals. Controls should be limited to [O] and [X] buttons, no R1,2 or L1,2, that's too complicated. Two ways to swing the oversized manga-sword, a three-inch glowing circle around your avatar so you can't miss it. An auto-pilot mode in case you need to take a leak or wanna watch some tee-wee while your hero is levelled. Once in a while they throw in some bikini-clad playthings to please the boys, or some dwarven gay-pr0n when faced with accusations of political incorrectness. Brave new world dude.. Gotto find a way to please or self-negate your starved ego. J. Seriously though, I don't think that modern games are any better/worse than they've always been. Lots of chaff, not as much good stuff and the good stuff varies a bit from person to person. But I got into RPGs back in the days of the C64 and as much as I love those games, I understand that games have evolved and look for ways to enjoy the games of now. Again just because things are different it doesn't make them bad.

Which raises the question - can weapons be "destroyed" to make repair kits? Or will one have to sell extra weapons fo rthe caps to buy a repair kit.

I was under the impression that JE didn't sell awfully, just not at blockbuster levels either. (I'd love to see a sequel from Bioware, personally).

How about Barrels instead? Only if the barrels come in crates. Voice Over: "The crate, container. An RPG staple barely alive." Voice Over (continued): "Gentlemen, we can rebuild them. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first barrel-crate. Dungeon Seige III will be that game. We can make them better than they were before. Better, stronger, more capacity." Title Card: The Six Million Dollar Crate

Dunno, but I'd love to play a game with "painted" graphics. Odin Sphere. 100% hand drawn goodness, I think thats as close as one can get.(As an aside, how come so many people are changing their profile picture?) Crap, I was reading the other day about an upcoming game that tried to have their 3D visuals look like a painting, but for the life of me I can't remember the name of the game. Oh and I change my avatar periodically and have since the glory days of BIS.

So you just accept best guesses and estimates and made up figures. okay. Whatever you choose for your career, don't be a statistician. You'd hate it. Statistics should be very clear in methodology in gathering data and in the margin of error created from extrapolating the data into the broader population. There are very clear guidelines as to how to do this and generally speaking the mathematics is sound (the typical problem with "lies, damn lies and statistics" lies in the methodology (non random samples is a big problem), trying to obfuscate margin of errors or poor application of the data to non-supportable results). Anyhow, good statistics are fairly different from best guesses and will have some logic behind their provided information.

Helps if you actually draw the naked women you see too.

I didn't have quite the trouble with faces as I did in Oblivion, but yeah the whole superdark image makes it impossible to actually gauge the face you made, the skin tone etc thing didn't work for me in FO3.

I think its just conjecture at this point (and I imagine F:NV is moddable because F3 was and its using basically all the same game engine stuff*) I want to say that there were references with the Alien RPG was canceled that the proprietary engine they created was going to be used for their another project, but I haven't seen anything indicating that's actually the case here yet (unless I missed something**) *highly technical term **Possible

Did you play as Recruit first time round and then as Veteran or one of the others in subsequent playthroughs? I'm finding that the initial points you get at the beginning as a Vet really do make a hell of a lot of difference for the enjoyment of the first section, though it could just be me knowing what I'm doing this time round. I restarted after getting through the opening and - having some idea of what I was doing and what the skills actually did - magically had a much better opening that I did first time around after recreating my character.

I knew it was in someone's profile, I just couldn't remember whose...

Eh, I've used the SMGs once, but all my points were in pistols (it was just to try and backoff a mob).

Indeed Jeri Ryan explained it was a short film created by a director to try and sell WB on their take on MK.

Where's the BISIMG Drama tag when I need it...?

I thought PoP was fun in a broad action film way. And the two leads had good chemestry (and some good banter but I wanted more).

Awkward.

I think having the dogs kill the fox is the common way, although its my understanding that in some areas the dogs flush the fox for hunters to shoot.

1E with Psionics = win.

I'm a little excited. I might be an outlier though and my excitement/non-excitement levels may wax/wane as information is revealed about the game. are you excited 'cause it is a ds game or because it is an obsidian game? our query were: why ds? HA! Good Fun! I liked the first Dungeon Siege. Would I be as excited if it wasn't Obsidian doing it? No. Would I still be interested? Yeah probably.

And the original Clash of the Titans Excalibur Time Bandits Beastmaster Sword and the Sorcerer Legend Red Sonja Conan the Destroyer Highlander Willow

I'm a little excited. I might be an outlier though and my excitement/non-excitement levels may wax/wane as information is revealed about the game.

yeah its that bit where the undead are on the other side of a thin landbridge over a chasm on the second floor (or is it third?)

Spamming Force Wave also got me through all of KotOR and most of TSL.