RavenX

Good form there Steven, good form.

[quote who="Krazikarl" reply="16" id="3086945"]It's not like there is any good alternative to what Steam provides. I know that a lot of people have some kind of irrational hatred toward Steam. Thats their right, but they had better not plan on playing many PC games for long since Steam (and Steam-like systems) are the future of PC gaming. Rampant software piracy combined with the features that Steam provides kind of forces this.[/quote] While most people in the i

[quote who="Vallu751" reply="5" id="2990134"]The screenshots look a lot like Civ 5. I wonder if they're building on the same engine.[/quote] I have to agree with this. I've watched all the game-play footage I could find on Warlock so far and the combat seems like it was ripped right out of Civ 5 and given a fantasy spin. While this game looks cool in some respects, I need more strategic depth in my armies organization and representation to truly enjoy game-play of this type. I

Also thought I should mention, I really see a re-birth of the Strategy genre coming. Let's hope some of these Strategy titles dropping this year really make it big and show the devs of all the "tripple A" game companies that Strategy Games can still be blockbuster money makers. If that happens we could indeed see a re-birth of the days when Strategy games we're made for people who liked depth in their games and don't need them to be dumbed down to be successful.</p

For those keeping track the new X-Com strategy game has some footage out. [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX9r0S77Vh0&feature=player_embedded[/video] I totally can't wait for this game. 3rd quarter of this year can't come fast enough if you ask me!!!

I actually enjoy the hell out of Fallen Skies. It has indeed been picked up for a second season and the fan community behind it is pretty strong. Too many decent shows have been cancled so hopefully this one will get to stick around. I also totally love the premise of the show. Granted it's not the most original premise ever, but, at least they're handling it semi-decently.

The other day when my wife pointed out the article to me I didn't really check the date on it. I didn't see it was published back in 2004. Seeing it pop-up on MSN I thought it was "New" news and had officially started being put into people. Still, old news or new, it'll be a cold day in hell before I let the state tag me with one of those little bastards.

It's official. The FDA has approved the RFID chip for use in humans. Up till now it was only for use in pets and by a few very paranoid people who have had their kids chipped in case they get snatched. There have also been a few CEO's and other corporate types who have had the chip implanted as it's being used for electronic locks in some buildings. Here's the article on MSNBC. <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6237364/ns/health-health_care/t/fda-approves-comp

Indeed well done. I'd say at least for the time being this would be very useful for those wanting to use a custom faction and who don't know how to edit the xml files to make it happen. Making a custom faction was probably the first thing I did in E:WoM. The whole reason I did the undead was because I wanted to play as a undead race and faction. Again, well done my friend. [e digicons]k1[/e]

Just to clear up the plans for the Undead. I plan on making them fully compatible with Heavenfall's other races for the mod so that eventually they can be incorporated into his Expanded Factions. This way when I'm done with pretty much everything I want to do Heavenfall will take over custodianship of them with his mod. I also don't see the need to not use the excellent work he's done already. Besides that, my personal specialization is mainly in creating art assets. I'm V

[quote who="Computica" reply="55" id="3065216"]@RavenX You can't blame Apple for doing what just about every other company are doing to mass produce goods. The actual problem relies on China's government itself. They allow the making of companies in China to put workers in those situations where they are making very little income six days of the week. Right now China are on there "Spring Festival" (Chinese New Year) it is one of the major breaks that have each year. I

[quote who="LightStar" reply="53" id="3065118"]This makes me want to puke: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46121303/ns/business-us_business/#.TyAmtch-dss [/quote] Check out the other link off of that article that talks about "Why Apple can't make iPohones in the US.". Here's the link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46091572/ns/business-us_business/t/why-apple-says-

[quote who="Alstein" reply="42" id="3064677"]Trade barriers are just holding off the inevitable. Addressing income inequality is probably the fairest solution to maximize net social benefit.[/quote] Indeed. It'll be a cold day in hell before that happens though.

[quote who="DsRaider" reply="37" id="3064625"]Quoting RavenX, reply 25In the past every time there was so much eccess population there was a world war to take out a large chunk and then what-ever countries are left tend to go through a golden growth phase. I think the next WW will probably see US soil being invaded and since that's where I live I'm not exactly routing for that to happen. This reflects a very poor understanding of Economics. If you kill off a lot of people t

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="133" id="3064039"]Quoting JcRabbit, reply 132Other file sharing sites are deleting files or denying access to US residents, like rats abandoning ship. If they think that will stop it... probably not, or they'll move abroad as well. From megaupload's stats, most of their traffic was from places outside the states... The rats abandoning these ships will find other harbors.[/quote] As proven with Mr.Dotcom going overseas and even b

[quote who="gmc2" reply="28" id="3063990"] Hey there Raven, long time no hear.[/quote] Indeed my friend, too long. A good statement as well. I've been of the opinion for quite a while that China will be the worlds next leading Super-Power.

[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="25" id="3063807"]Edit: RavenX, be sure to tell me in PM when you want the guide to making a 3d model transparent. It's a bit of work and I'd rather delay until you actually plan to use it. [/quote] You don't have to do a whole guide my friend. Incoming PM.

In the past every time there was so much eccess population there was a world war to take out a large chunk and then what-ever countries are left tend to go through a golden growth phase. I think the next WW will probably see US soil being invaded and since that's where I live I'm not exactly routing for that to happen.

[quote who="sweatyboatman" reply="3" id="3063636"]Quoting Rhadagast, reply 1 How exactly did the road building work? You move the unit to a tile and click on "Build Road" and it puts down a road. It's like Settlers in Civ except building a road takes no time. So I can build 4 road tiles per turn with them. Wheee![/quote] Wow, I couldn't get my caravans to do that lol.

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="22" id="3063618"]Same for some possible, but higly unlikely, naval content in the "The Hate Boat" expansion. [/quote] The only real thing I see standing in the way of boats and naval combat right now is the size of the maps. A "Large" map in FE looks and feels (size wise) like a "Medium" map in WoM. For good naval combat you'd need two continents and a ocean or really large lake or inland sea. I wouldn't want to go through all the

From what I've read on Apple's China factories they have workers commiting suicide and most of them work for practically slave labor. No excuse will really fly in my eyes other than they know that American's with low to mid level technical skills won't work for pennies like the Chinese will. [quote who="LightStar" reply="14" id="3063625"]I don't care what the reasons are as to why the iPhone is made in China. American based companies should build all their pr

A Note on roads. I'm not sure caravans are working %100 correctly. Last game I played I had three cities and two caravans. After the caravans got taken out by wandering monsters they re-spawned on their own, but wouldn't continue traveling, nor could I move them or disband them. I could select the re-spawned caravan unit, but couldn't make it do anything and so they were just stuck sitting outside my cities. Not sure if it was a bug or they just aren't fully iimplement

[quote who="seanw3" reply="20" id="3063595"]@RavenX, Can you make hairy skins like a wolf? I would really like to be able to turn my Sov or his minions into a werewolf looking creature. It would be acceptable to me to start with changing the colors and size of current models. That opens up quite a few creatures for every model. New textures would be double great. I seem to think that we can use particle animations on the models to make them appear to be o

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="32" id="3063438"]And believe me, I wish that wasn't the case, it would have been less expensive. [/quote] LoL

[quote who="tetleytea" reply="76" id="3063557"]I hate to say it, but I'm profiting from the disaster. Carnival Cruise Lines stock plummeted to $30 on the news, and I bought 100 shares just because Carnival gives free on-board money to any stockholder who also sails on a cruise. The stock has already bounced up $1.50 since then. [/quote] Damn....I dabble in stocks and I didn't even think to snatch any up after the accident. I could kick my-sel