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Down to not even naming the spokespeople of the companies/organizations involved?

Well there goes any plausibility that the Weekend at Bernies series may have had... Also, maybe its just all the Urban Legend spams I've gotten, but I find it very suspicious that not one person in the story is named - not the arrested women, the dead man, the spokesperson for the airport, the spokeswoman for Rowland Brothers Funeral Home, Spokeswoman for easyJet or the spokesperson for the police. Suspicious story or poor journalism?

Dunno where I heard it to be honest, so its probably something I misread. Still given its an option for a legitimate end to ME2, it'd make sense to me (and probably only me) to allow a follow-up with that in ME3 (where you play Biff the Understudy through the game )

Ugh...made the mistake of reading the user comments. When will I learn?

Psalm 103:20: "Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure." The Angels have free will but have a very specific role in Heaven serving God; if they didn't have free will there would be no need to voice His word (as their will would be His). God's omnipotence vs Free Will isn't mutually exclusive since God created Time, He presumably exits outside of time and can know the choices we make with our Free Will and has always known the choices we'll make (from his perspective we will, are and have acted). Therefore an angel could rebel against God and therefore need to be punished based on whatever decision was made by God in terms of punishment; the choice would be Satan's alone, but God would already have known his choice because from God's perspective the choice had already been made.

Why would they replace them? I mean what's wrong with saying "Hello player, you got your entire team killed in ME2 so you're going to have to do this with Liara and Blasto the Hanar as your only companions." I mean they're supposed to take into account Sheppard dying in ME2 (or have I misread)? My hair? Lost a fight with an electric socket.

Time to reload, I guess.

I gotta say, I'd be a bit disappointing if all the ME2 people aren't joinable like most of the ME1 people weren't. What's the point of us building a team up only to have that team continually not continue to help us? "Hey Shep, thanks for the grand adventure fighting the collectors and taking the time to sort out all my personal problems. I can't believe how horrible things were after we went to the Omega Relay and you really pulled us all through what could have been a suicide mission. The Reapers really are a threat to the entire galaxy, and we all saw that day just how bad things could be. But you kept your cool and got things done. You earned my undying loyalty that day. Unfortunately at this time, all I can do for you is to send you this Extranet email wishing you luck fighting the Reapers."

Wait everything was green in FO3? Looked brown to me. Also FO3 didn't have the same "exploded face" creator feature of Oblivion (although to be fair, it wasn't much better). That said, AP's graphics that I've seen so far feel like they work at least from the screens and vids I've seen.

GOTY type editions are the only way I play DLC (which is why I'm playing FO3 now).

Given that I don't have a computer or game system that's connected to...well anything, DLC is a moot point for me.

I agree that all that counts is the game delivering what it promises in terms of gameplay. But bad graphics CAN effect the overall experience with the game.

What's wrong with a little funnies? The cost. Not like they forced you to buy it, did they?

I'd think it'd depend on why the graphics were bad as to whether its a justified criticism. I don't need fancy graphics in a game, but it can be possible for graphics to be a hinderence to enjoyment, I think.

I wonder if fantasy settings are seen as automatically less generic (in some eyes) simply because its different from today. In other words, is Alpha Protocol generally generic (very basic graphics used repeatedly with little inspiration) or is it generic because it adequately represents what we see everyday? Unlike a fantasy title you can't have Thorton in the middle east suddenly find a swampy terrain (and mud crabs!); you are bound by reality in a way that fantasy and sci-fi don't necessarily have to be.

As intriguing as MCA's response was, I already regret reading it. I usually don't put too much effort into avoiding spoilers, but that sounds like the sort of thing that would be much better to experience without any expectations. I read it yesterday and already don't remember exactly what he said. Must be why I can read spoilers and still enjoy games...

Eh...your description of local High School life sounds like my High School...in the mid 1980s. Well except the cellphones, those were unweildy and couldn't film jack. That sounds depressing. Nice to be "behind the times". I don't really see why its terribly depressing. The only thing that has really changed about "teenagerdom" is how society views them and the consequences of their actions. You either had a few very exceptional years of students while you were in school or just missed some of the more sordid things that went down. Either is possible, really.

Yeah! How dare they offer fun downloads! Why I remember the ire and venom I spewed over the ridiculous Shamrock Annah and Easter Egg Morte downloads for PST...whoops, my bad that was BIS...

Eh...your description of local High School life sounds like my High School...in the mid 1980s. Well except the cellphones, those were unweildy and couldn't film jack.

I'm a bit torn on this; if by the rules of the game she didn't win but the winning signs all flashed I'm not 100% convinced she should get the jackpot, but I'm not sure she shouldn't get anything either (and she already got a free night, a free meal and the $20 she put in the machine).

This isn't a fundamentally Japanese issue, Grom. This is a universal issue concerning the decency of mankind. Human depravity is still depravity be it Nippon or Timbuktu. Condoning acceptance of rape and torture will only further desensitize our inhibitions against debauchery. For good or for ill, this is what happened to homosexuality. Now, I'm in no way saying that homosexuality is immoral, but, it was considered to be such yesteryear. But given the mainstream acceptance it acquired by the mass media over the last generation, it became socially kosher. Rape and torture, however, are not like homosexuality. Rape and torture are inherently vile and affront to all decency. However, the desensitizing effect of mass media makes no such distinction, and it will eventually create indifference if not tacit assent to these intolerant practices. By your own admission, it's already happened in Japan. Unfortunately, tolerance of intolerance is no tolerance at all. I may be wrong, but are you comparing societies growing acceptance of relationships between consenting individuals as a sign that society will accept nonconsentual relationships? I can't tell, but are you also arguing that some acts in video games will "desensitize our inhibitions against debauchery" but not others? Because if you're going to argue that "rape and torture" are desensitizing, then surely the same argument applies to any game with violence in it as well (which pretty much rules out any game that has physical conflict between entities). Or am I missing something?

According to the CNN report this game was removed from store shelves by the publisher amid local protests. Apparently the issue is that its been up on filesharing sites for people around the world to download and its causing further outcry...

I found that occasionally powers would just refuse to curve for whatever reason. Never figured out what caused it, but it didn't happen enough to make it worth caring about. Well I've seen them not curve if the target moved out of target range or if I didn't make sure they had the target bracket before singularitying them(although that occasionally led to fun anyhow).

I dunno I just always aimed above or to the left or right and it never seemed to be a problem. I wasn't playing on the higher difficulties though - maybe that changes how far the powers move?

My second go through was with an adept and I never had a problem with the powers given that they will go around obstacles if you give enough clearance (and the target doesn't move and change the angle).