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Galciv2 featured in Gamespot gift guide in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

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Two Screwups and Dinner in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I flew in to Greenville SC today, where a double mix up ultimately got me a free dinner. You see, I was checking in to the "La Quinta". However, there are two La Quintas in town, and I ended up taking a taxi to the wrong one without realizing it. So the first mix up was my fault. Once I got to the wrong hotel, I gave my name to the front desk.

The Two Methods of 3D Computer Graphics in Game Developers JoeUser Forums

The goal of computer graphics is to transform raw data stored in a computer into something visually recognizable by a human being. On a lower level, that means that for every pixel on the screen, the computer has to decide what color to give that pixel. For three dimensional scenes, there are two accepted methods for making this decision: ray tracing and polygon

Reply to Darn you Hollywood, from great books come bleh movies in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

You're righ terp, it seems like Hollywood just doesn't get it: when making a movie based on a book, stay as true to the book as possible. Then fans of the book will be happy because they wan to see a faithful adaptation, and people unfamiliar with the book will be treated to a good story (unless the book isn't any good, in which case they shouldn't be making the film in the first place). Just look at Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia

Death of a Refrigerator in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Garbage collection comes on Thursdays. At my house, we always put out our garbage the night before, usually close to midnight since we are night owls. This past Wednesday something unusual happened: our neighbor across the street had a refrigerator in their driveway. On this particular night I was already in bed and my roommates were in charge of taking

Summer Schedule for a College Student in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

For a college student, there are two choices over the summer: work or summer school. Some students choose both. I choose work out of necessity to store funds for rent the following year. Two years ago, I painted over the summer. The nice part was working outside in the sun doing good, solid physical labor. But physical work combined with 40-50 hour week

Reply to X-men 3: The Last Stand - thumbs up from this viewer in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

I went to see it last night, and I must say it was quite entertaining. A movie worth seeing. If you already saw it but missed the clip at the end, I wouldn't worry about going back to see it just because of that.

Windows RG (Really Good Edition) in Humor JoeUser Forums

I got a kick out of this flash program, especially the media player. Just play around with it for a little while. Windows RG (Really Good Edition)

Reply to Ageia PhysX in Video Cards JoeUser Forums

I was fortunate enough to catch a bit of a presentation showing off what the new PhysX cards can do. It's pretty impressive; it's capable of having roughly a thousand objects all interacting with each other. I have a feeling that one day, these physics cards will be as prevalent as graphics cards are today. Remember that ten years ago dedicated 3D graphics cards were just getting started, and today they are in every machine even remotely conne

Reply to Random News: April 2006 in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

I agree with Taranis, I would much rather see multiplayer implemented and I know people that would likely purchase the game if multiplayer was available.

Reply to Easter and Christmas Church Services in Religion JoeUser Forums

I appreciate the comments, especially KFC's point that worship services should be focused on Christ and special outreach programs are more appropriate in other surroundings. Adventure-Dude wrote: Also it seems that there is some personal justification of being a 'good person'. Throughout my life I know many wh

Reply to MLB 2K6 [XBOX 360] review in XBOX JoeUser Forums

Nice article terpfan, too bad people slam you without bothering to see that you did indeed post in the right discussion forum. You did an excellent job of covering all of the features, but you left me wondering one thing: is it fun ?

Easter and Christmas Church Services in Religion JoeUser Forums

There are two times throughout the year when people are most likely to be open to an invitation to church: Easter and Christmas. These are also the two times when I have the most reluctance about inviting people to church. Why? Let me explain. (While the following holds true for both Easter and Christmas, it is much more so for Christmas.)

DigiPen Career Day in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Today my school, DigiPen , held a career day for the graduating seniors. DigiPen specializes in game development, so the career day consisted of recruiters from the game industry getting a chance to look at senior projects and convincing students to apply with them. I'm not graduating this year so I didn't have an e

Reply to Balancing Persistent Worlds in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

I don't think the goal should be for new players to catch up to established ones as fast as possible. Otherwise there would be very little incentive to grow your society to thriving. Instead, the experience should be fun at every stage, whether just starting or well advanced. With that said, I rather like your idea of giving new players a unique resource that is usable by other players. It would encourage both new players and established empir

April Fools Day Jokes in Humor JoeUser Forums

Every April Fools Day the internet is bombarded with loads of hilarious content. What are the funniest April Fools Day jokes you can find, either from this year or previous years? Here are some good ones: Google Romance (Current) Cowbell Hero (Cur

Reply to Total Sales a factor of distribution more than anything in GalCiv Journals JoeUser Forums

Another point that hasn't been brought up is simply the fact that it is a sequel helps to increase awareness. When GalCiv 1 came out several years ago, I saw the review on Gamespot and thought "Hey, that looks pretty cool!", but I never got around to purchasing it. So when I heard about GalCiv 2 on Penny Arcade, the brand name clicked and I realized it was probably something I would be interested in.

Reply to Who loves Baseball? in Sports & Leisure JoeUser Forums

I'm not what some people consider "die hard", but I am a baseball fan moreso than any other sport. Go Mariners!

Reply to Finally purchased GalCiv2 in Turn-Based JoeUser Forums

I'm on mission 3 of the campaign, and farms seem to be useful for planet specialization. I have 3 planets, a manufacturing planet, a research planet, and an economic planet. On my economic planet I built 2 farms ( on tiles with %100 and %300 bonuses for food ) and 4 trade centers, and from that revenue I am able to keep my industrial slider at %100 of tax revenue and still turn a profit.

Post Spring Break Midterm Results in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Coming back from Spring Break I had some good news in regard to school: in my tougher math class, quaternions, I got a 94 on the midterm. (we took the midterm the week before Spring Break) The distribution on the test was rather interesting, here it is in full completeness: <tbo

Finally purchased GalCiv2 in Turn-Based JoeUser Forums

I've been following Galactic Civilizations 2 for close to 2 months now, and I finally purchased it last week. There were 4 reasons why I didn’t buy it when it came out: I didn’t want it to get

Reply to Your all time favorite video/computer game is... [what]? in Gaming JoeUser Forums

My favorite game of all time: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) This game is just beautiful in every respect, from the perfect pacing of the gameplay to the graphics and sound that still hold their own in the present day. The game allows players to explore with doing things in so many different ways and completing objectives in such diverse order, that I still go back and have fun playing it. Honorable mentions:

Playing in the Woods in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Today I hung out with some friends from highschool. It was sunny outside, so we rode bikes onto a deserted logging road. We found a stream in the woods and dammed it up just for fun. I didn't realize it before, but I miss this type of thing. Now that I am in college in The City, I don't really get the chance to go outside and enjoy nature. Even more so, I nev

The Storm Before the Calm in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Spring Break is next week! I am most definitely ready for it to be here. School has been demanding my time for weeks, and this past week in particular was rough. I had seven items due this week: Math homework, two computer science projects, computer science homework, two midterms, and a beta presentation for my team project. Fortunately everything is now done except f

The Game in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

The following was written on Sunday March 12th, immediately following The Game: Tonight the DigiPen Regulators played a game for the ages. But before I go into that, I feel I should give some background. DigiPen is a school for computer game development. In other words, everyone at the school is a nerd in some form or another. Two years ago, some of