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I read Great Expectations, but it wasn't all that I thought it would be. Ba-dum-chh

3D Printers are fun, useful and great to use, but that's only because I'm an architecture graduate. Making architecture models is kind of what early 3-D printers were designed to do, so no surprise there.

[quote who="Mystikmind" reply="19" id="3351697"] That game also slammed the door in my face because the re spawn was broken, in other words you get shot, die, then you cannot re spawn until everyone starts a new game..... what an ingenious environment for newbs to learn (extreme sarcasm alert).[/quote] When I read that I thought of America's Army. Pretty brutal game to learn, although I had guildmates that made it a blast.

It's an interesting comparison. FE doesn't have the depth or balance of Dom3 (yet...?), but it does provide that good 4x fantasy feel. The factions are becoming differentiated in a good way, hero leveling is coming into it's own. The magic system is not as diverse as Dom3, and the tactical battles are not quite there yet (but I always hated the lack of control in Dom3 battles), but it's mostly a balance issue. Legendary Heroes is a stand-alone expansion. They're also curre

Actraiser II for the SNES. It gave the illusion of being beatable, but the controls were too clunky during the side-scrolling platform part to actually do anything but bring pain and frustration.

[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="24" id="3349174"] Quoting Daiwa, reply 7 Back to the future - 1984. Or terminator and skynet.[/quote] I think if Skynet went active today, the line of reasoning would be, "These humans are no threat to my existence, they couldn't even legislate how to properly take a dump without arguing with each other endlessly."

[quote who="Jythier" reply="51" id="3348831"] What is awesome about homeworld? What kind of game is it?[/quote] It's a 3D space RTS. It has a great story and atmosphere, and plays almost opposite of the other space RTS that came out a year earlier, Starcraft. Whereas SC was mainly fast-paced, small scale tactics-oriented, Homeworld was slower-paced, relied on formations, larger scale tactics and strategy. I believe it won Game of the Year in 1999. It'

Saw this coming after that whole SOPA/PIPA outrage. You don't threaten to censor/regulate Fortune 500 companies AND override a citizen's right to privacy at the same time. Make sure you grease the wheels of those Fortune 500 companies with legal protection and THEN go after citizen's rights. After all, those corporations are the ones that elect legislators and not the people, right? [quote]CISPA provides more legal cover for companies to share large swaths of

His Copernicus/Job Creator comparison is a bit laborious, but the rest of his TED talk gets the gist of what those of us "on the left" (or whatever) are trying to get across. [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBx2Y5HhplI[/video]

[quote who="Glazunov1" reply="105" id="3338511"] Quoting Jafo, reply 103 Just to add.... I studied Sociology, Psychology and Philosophy .... as they were included in Architecture. And yet, we still have the Bauhaus everywhere. [/quote] If less is more, just think about how much more more would be.

Anybody really late to the Dominions 3 party, or those who were put off by the hefty price tag: you can get Dom3 for under 8 dollars on GamersGate for the next 5 hours. http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-DOM3A/dominions-3-the-awakening

I played the M&M games more than any other rpg as a kid... more than Baldur's Gate, more than Ultima. If they screw this up it will make me very sad.

Yep, their final free content patch came out a few days ago. They have really improved on the "immersion" aspect of the game. The universe feels less static with all the new planet features. More UI refinement, more races, more balance, wonders, and tech. Combat is still very much the same, however. They will be addressing that in their first expansion (adding fighters, bombers, targeting options, etc.). If you really were turned off by the battle mechanics, I'd wait for the expan

Isometric RPG with tactical hex-based combat? Yes please! After spending 5 minutes watching the videos and reading through the webpage, I couldn't find any substantial details on the game though (is it open ended, leveling/characters, quests, dialogue, etc.). Looks great, just need a little more info.

[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="86" id="3329329"] Quoting jackswift85, reply 77I think the argument is less "everyone should have a yacht" and more "the American businessmen who have yachts are not investing in their American employees or creating more American jobs". Probably for the same reason you mow your own lawn, instead of hiring a landscaping service to do it. When you penalize someone for doing something, they will stop doing it. And that is how the tax

[quote who="SpardaSon21" reply="20" id="3328126"] Nuclear fission is actually extremely clean with proper recycling of the waste products .[/quote] Therein lies the fun part. Up here in my neck of the woods we've recently had 6 nuclear waste storage tanks leaking into the ground . The government's answer is to ship it to an even more remote location in New Me

[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="64" id="3328003"] Klaxton - I understand the percentages, but it masks my point. Clearly if everyone is living fine, but some are just super rich, what is the problem? The poor in this country are richer than 75% of the world's population. They have cars, TVs, Cell phones and everything that is needed to live a comfortable life. So why would anyone care if Bill Gates has billions? He cannot eat more than you. In oth

[quote who="petrossa" reply="18" id="3327883"] And France talks the talk because it has to (EU directive) but for sure isn't going to walk the walk being completely broke and doesn't need to since it relies on 98% clean energy production. [/quote] By "clean energy" you mean nuclear fission? Riiigggght...

[quote who="DsRaider" reply="13" id="3326816"] Exceptions aside they have that money because they earned it, if that wasn't true then they would lose it in bad investments.[/quote] Unless you're "too big to fail"! Then you just get bailed out by the people with a gentle slap on the wrist.

[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="30" id="3326451"] @starkers re: "our" businessmen exporting jobs to China. The essential problem is that uber-businesses(men/leaders/major stockholders) are no longer tied to / loyal to / care about the country they are from. They have more in common with the uber-rich of other nations than they do with people of their their homeland. The world is their oyster, and we are the grains of sand that make the pearls they harvest possible. They

[quote who="gmc2" reply="82" id="3326111"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 78I don't think religion (or lack thereof) has much affect on their position on the graph in terms of the questions. I will have to disagree with you on that. I think there were a sufficient number of questions I agreed/disagreed with that someone of a more religious outlook would choose the opposite of my choices.[/quote] Easy way to test it, just go back and answer the test exactly the same

[quote who="Dairuka" reply="4" id="3325996"] trololol 7 hours ago @TheUglyTruth Apple is trying to protect it's patents and intellectual property. [/quote] Yep, rounded corners are a sure sign of true creativity, brilliance and unique design!

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="47" id="3325818"] I thought Brad was going to announce a new SD game... "The Political Battleship Game". [/quote] Hit! You sunk my Gandhi!

Tease! [e digicons]:)[/e]

I thought I was a bit more centrist than that, but I guess that's how the cookie crumbles. Apparently I'm in good company with the Dalai Lama and Gandhi... time to go spread some peace to my neighborhood?