Recent content by GrowlersAtSea

Ghost in the Shell series (Stand Alone Complex and Second Gig) would top my list. Just great series, with a great deal of complexity and maturity behind them. I found Stand Alone Complex much more subtle, and some of the things I only really realized on my second and third watches of the...

"Friends" I think is thrown around far too commonly in online settings, it seems more of a generalization for friends, acquaintances , friends of friends, and just about everyone else you might know about and are not the sworn enemy of. I'll look at my friends list in a game like Battlefield...

I'm going to second (technically third) the Cowboy Bebop suggestion. Yea, it is action oriented, usually at least one good action or chase scene in each episode, but it seems to appear to a lot of people who generally aren't into most anime, from my experience. Story, music, animation, all top...

I voted "other" because there's no way option to vote for establishing a representative government. The average person isn't very well informed (any random poll asking people questions they should know but don't will show you that), but even informed people don't know everything. I think...

The two main problems I have with bullet penetration are hit indicators, and ammunition. I liked the bullet penetration aspect of Call of Duty 4, but agree with aussiesniper that the hit indicator could really throw things for a loop. In a map like Vacant someone picking a spot and blind...

It depends on the game for me. If Co-Op is available though, I'll always give it a look, regardless of the game.. It's always fun to work with a friend to achieve goals, and sadly so many games neglect the concept these days. I most often do Co-Op in Strategy games though or work with...

It's like the sick love-child of Mario and Gollum from the Lord of the Rings.

The Paul McCartney conspiracy is awesome. One day I want to be important enough to have people have conspiracy theories about me being dead... As for the Indian Lake Project, I've actually read a bit of that. Some parts are interesting, but I don't know how to read others. At one point...

In defense of Relic, the Company of Heroes AI has thrown me off before with it's absolutely bizarre tactics, namely Puma Spam. What a strange unit to choose to build, non-stop for an entire game. For those who don't play Company of Heroes the Puma is akin to a Light Tank almost, it can be...

The Moon Landing didn't occur though just for Americans to pat themselves on the back. It was a competition for prestige, like most of the Cold War, trying to get the gain influence over the rest of the world. It wouldn't matter so much what Americans thought if the Soviets produced proof that...

The first that comes to mind is Desert Combat for Battlefield 1942, Absolutely great modification, almost better than (and in some ways was better than) Battlefield 2. So many great new vehicles, new weapons, and things like the AC-130 gunship were just loads of fun when with a good team...

What's funny, I think, about Moon Landing conspiracies is that the reason they say the Moon Landings were faked were to beat the Soviets when it couldn't be done, but at the same time, the Soviets would have had to have been in on it, since they were in possession of technology that allowed them...

"Revenge of the Jedi" was changed because Jedi aren't supposed to seek revenge, so it would be kind of contradictory. There are some few rare posters floating about because the film's name was changed rather late in production...

Westwood was purchased by EA and eventually dissolved (although a lot of the staff went to EA LA). Anyway, that was an interesting read. PC gaming faces many challenges currently, hardware conflicts, complicated installations/copyright protections, piracy, hardware pricing, etc.. I'm...

The biggest problem most vegetarians (and the one vegan) I know have is protein. If you eat a lot of meat the stuff is never a problem, but on a stricter diet it can be a pain to get enough of. A surprising, and quite good (at least to me) source of protein though is peanuts. Taste great...