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    Judging By The Cover: Judging Sid Meier's Pirates!

    I remember playing this back on my dad's C128 and I only saw that last cover. It was a lot of fun though. The remake was ok but the dancing part they added was superfluous.
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    Things in media that scared you as a kid.

    In elementary school, I braved the United Artist logo almost everyday to watch Pink Panther, which was the school's mascot at the time. Shortly before we moved, they changed it to an orca, which made me upset.
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    There's Not Much Role-Playing in Role-Playing Games These Days

    "Over to you, comments. What are some fun things you could do with the results of dialogue choices that don't become something a player might mechanically strive for? What games do you think do manage something like that? Or maybe you think constant dialogue choices are stupid and games should...
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    There's Not Much Role-Playing in Role-Playing Games These Days

    I see two trends that have trimmed true role playing from RPGs. One is the design philosophy that the entire game must be able to be accessed (the reason why so many modern games have an easy mode). It's a tug of war between the ability to repeat the game and 100% the game. It was declared...
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    Ridley Scott Thinks Current Cinema is Bad, Hates Superhero Movies

    Challenge Accepted. The prison guards just want to keep all the prisoners contained, it's their job. Glenn Close's character and that planetary force is trying to keep the peace, which is why they threw all the main characters in the clink together - because they disturbed it together - and...
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    Game series you want to see revived, but won't ever happen (probably)

    This, so much this. All they would have to do is pitch it as Dungeons and Dragons XCOM. And not mess up the execution of the idea.
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    8 Kickass Girls in Anime

    Miu Furinji from Kenichi:The Mightiest Disciple and Akane Tendo (maybe Shampoo, too) from Ranma 1/2 would be my additions.
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    Blizzard Will no Longer Report World of Warcraft Subscriber Numbers

    Guild Wars 2 is also doing very well - on Oct 23rd, ArenaNet released an infographic that stated they have over 7 million GW2 accounts created - and has done the best job, imo, of trying to revolutionize the genre. It's very common to tell new players NOT to treat the game as they do other MMOs...
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    No Right Answer: Best Sunday Comic

    The first comics I thought of when I saw the title were Dilbert and Garfield. Both of which I think are better than Peanuts and C&H.
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    Kingdoms of Amalur: A surprisingly pleasant surprise.

    Played the PC version on Steam. It reminds me of a cross between Rift and Dragon Age with character models updated from Neverwinter Nights 2 and a new combat system (I haven't played Fable). It took me a while to get used to the camera being bound to the mouse and the clunky movement...
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    Poll: Why Don't Games Use D&D Alignment for Moral Choice?

    Bulg is Neutral. He is using Chaotic means to satisfy the Laws of his tribe. If he was truly Lawful, he would recognize then respect that they have a code of conduct and use the laws of Mankind to take them over because they are so weak. If he was truly Chaotic, he would not care about the laws...
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    Finer Points: Part Two

    Thanks Slycne and fanklok! I understand.
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    Finer Points: Part Two

    I've got a couple of questions: if State-based actions cause effects before any other action can be put on the stack - as in your Healing Salve example, how does that not affect the destruction of the Drudge Skeletons before you can use Regeneration? What about the interaction of lifelink and a...
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    Uwe Boll's Next Masterpiece Arrives In December

    "Oh, well, I suppose we should just be glad that the hero of this movie isn't named "Farmer."" Except that the word granger is related to farming, too. From Wikipedia, "Granger is a surname of English and French origin. It is an occupational name for a farm bailiff." and its origin word is...
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    Poll: Does it suck: Motion gaming

    It could happen that the PC's migrate to the cloud accessible by cell phone, link to goggles like we link to an earbud and mic now, and find a way to integrate cameras on the goggles to capture your motion. Then we could have PC motion gaming, but I see more MS Surface and iPad for PC. It is...