Recent content by hightide

People are generally good when they know the person they are dealing with. Or in a small community were there are penalties for treating someone like crap. When people can remain anonymous, it's a lot murkier. It becomes a chore to sympathize with someone you'll never see or hear from again.

Wow! You really just blew my mind! I've never thought of collectable cards as microtransactions, but I can totally see the similarities. Getting a boost, or extra content in a game isn't all the different then having to buy new cards to get the latest features. How is buying new skins for a...

There wouldn't have been Nazis if Europe hadn't given Germany the bill for WW1. Even if it wasn't for the best of intentions, the US did help clean up the mess left over from the terrible political decisions left over from WW1. And then gave away free money to European countries to help them...

Yeah, just what I was thinking. And, Commender sounds like the worst job, so good players will try to avoid it, leaving it for the less skilled.

I heard they patched the beginning to make it better, can anyone confirm this?

I don't have anything to add but I feel like I needed to second this appraisal of the article. Actually, I find it funny to see people getting worked up over something that isn't what the author meant (the author used the soldier's death as a segway to talk about the larger role women are...

According to Oregon, human rights was not one of the reasons for the civil war.... What? I would expect that from a southern state but not liberal Oregon?

The only game I've pre-ordered was Fallout New Vegas from Steam for the caravaners pack (extra starting items) and the 10% off. Otherwise outside of a few Madden games and Portal 2 (because a friend wanted to co-op with me) I tend to avoid buying games early because I've got a little backload...

Unless it was salt water you'll be fine... I live in a flood zone and unless you get water on your distributor cap, driving through water is no big deal, just go slow so the water doesn't splash up to the top of the engine and your electronics should be fine. I've driven through water that was...

Ninja'd, also finding out what happens to the main character in FES is pretty crazy. SpiderWeb Software makes some really good games with great stories, otherwise, they couldn't sell their games with early 1990's level graphic.

Yeah, what's the point of the stars if you don't knock the bad games?

Can i assume the blonde haired, blue eyes chick is white? Or is this one of those anime things where if I say some one looks white, people get insulted even though they have red hair and green eyes ("Come on man, she is totally Japanese! Are you racist or something?")?

ummm... thats not what it said at all, infact Boyd is happy with that change.

Just wow, this is what i hate about humans. Look at me! I think Michael Vick should die! I must be such a good person! Seriously, lets get a timemachine and go back in time and kill Michael Vick because he is a bad person. And while we are at it, lets kill George Washington and Thomas...

Thanks, that was a cool little video about how he has changed his life around. But, I'm still miffed about how people love talking about culture and how important it is and when someone grows up in a culture that has dog fighting, gets desensitized to it, gets punished, and repents how the...