Recent content by Morten Skiftesvik

Why oh why did the game series, having made the jump from grid to sort of free open movement between game 5 and 6, have to jump back into the grid? Don't mind me, just going to play MM7 one more time.

As one who "grew up", gaming wise, with the Baldur's Gate games as one of the major things I played(even mods from time to time), I do like these enhanced editions. First of all, I never liked all the mods you could get for the originals. Some were nice, others... not so much. In particular...

Somehow, this thread has made me think about school. And how language classes could be improved by choosing interesting literature and such rather than always falling back on the classics for your respective country. Not saying the classics are bad, but they're maybe not the best thing to...

As biased as I am, in all this... I feel really left out as a PC gamer. :| Although, it's nice to have a list of things from E3 in one tidy place.

There's just one thing to say: Oh dear.

Damn you Americans. D: For once I'm jealous of you. :p (in addition to you usually having your games a few days before us "old world"ians.)

I miss the option of the bard-like person. Some tricks, maybe magic, the colourful one. Might not be the best in a fight, but can keep morale up around the campfire, during travels and so on, with stories, songs, music and whatever people want bards to do. Seems to be the one that's usually...

Fair point. The basic idea is that people are to be rehabilitated, but even so, there are exceptions. I'm sure some will try with him, but it's "probably" not going to work. I also discussed this a bit with a friend today, and we summarized the Norwegian prison system like this: It's about...

Probably not. :) I'll admit that my first thought was "oh fertilizer is* explosive" :p *can be made into

I'll point a careful finger of why the US penal system isn't like it's European counterparts is because of it's founders(whatever good qualities the puritans had, if they really are to blame for the current penal system in the US, that was one major bad one). Luggage of the past, and all that...

Not really. One argument I heard people make(both here and IRL) is that they want him to be accountable for his actions. The justice system is there to rehabilitate, but also to punish, tho to a lesser extent than the US system. It also serves as a trials by fire for the system itself, and...

Sorry, I'm terrible with multiple quotes. :| I'll try to respond in a proper order. I chose to say the size of the population, when dealing with percentages, isn't relevant, since it takes the whole population, not just a sample of one, when deriving the number of severe crimes in a given...

His cell(the one I saw a picture of) has a bed, a desk, and a chair. And a bathroom. And nothing else, besides white paint on the walls. (and he'll probably be devoid of most human contact, so he'll have to spend 21 years, or more, alone) That's like a free holiday? You've got some pretty...

True enough, but the integrity of our legal system is intact. Breivik doesn't respect the legal system, which he has openly stated, but he has to abide by it's ruling. From what I've heard he wants to be crowned regent in 10 years or so, in addition to "cleanse" Norway of much of the...

The size of the population doesn't matter, it's a percentage, not an actual specific number. And more homogeneous? Hardly. One of the thoughts Breivik had as reasoning for his actions was to strike a blow to the multicultural society we have here(oh btw, I'm Norwegian, just to make it clear)...