Recent content by Paladin2905

Call me crazy, but in the US I'm really fond of NPR. Their local stuff varies depending on who is producing it, but I've found them to be pretty thorough when it comes to news coverage. Internationally, I strongly suggest listening to both the BBC and Al Jezeera, then cross referencing them...

Our absolute favorite was playing the old "You Don't Know Jack" games and making people drink for wrong answers. Though in retrospect it might as well have been a Jeopardy drinking game, it gave those screws the games would give you all the more valuable since the losers would get it twice. Tons...

Heh, I never thought of it that way but I think you may have hit the nail on the head. There are some who would say that was the case between Half Life and Half Life Two, but this time they have a cash cow they can just ride off into the sunset on. Risks are for people trying to make it, people...

I wonder if the $300 is an internal number, it seems too high for an opening price point. I would be surprised if Microsoft didn't end up subsidizing the price of the console down a hundred or so; price difference can make a big deal in how a console performs against others. As it stands now...

Hell yes; had three separate copies back in the day to play LAN games with my father and brother. Always loved how as the game progressed you needed to fight for completely different resources. Made for a great multiplayer experience.

Hell yes I've been through them. A few years back I was in a couple of Philosophy classes, and after writing my final submissions I had inadvertently become a determinist. That coupled with some existentialism is plenty to drive somebody to depression. Best advice- just be fatalistic about...

Anybody remember the introduction of "New Coke"? I think these reactions are the logical result of aggressive branding strategies. Back when Coca Cola introduced New Coke, they were well within their rights as the owners of a brand to change and re-release the soda; this however did not make...

Harumph. The naming scheme for ATI cards is exactly why I've been using them for so long. I swear people would be much less intimidated by upgrading or buying computers if the cards actually had sensible names and performance values, but I guess that wouldn't be good marketing. Also, point to...

Like a lot of words, I think that irony has come to encompass both the classical definition of using words expressing something than their literal intention (thanks bender) and the more modern one of comedic coincidence. Doesn't mean either definition is wrong; the point is that languages do...

Nobody bring up Wing Commander 3 yet? Lose enough missions and you actually have to play through the rest of the campaign as humanity loses and gets slaughtered.

This is the same disease that makes me turn away from other software, like antivirus programs. When somebody switches from "mysoftware 3.4" to "mysoftware 2013" it just makes me think they are looking to cash in as much as possible without making significant and useful upgrades to whatever it is...

Eh, all morality aside; the reason why cheating is bad is because it changes what the tests are supposed to be measuring. All tests do is measure something about whatever they are applied to. A good analogy for cheating would be baking a chicken breast in the oven and testing the internal...

I hate cliffhangers, but an even greater sin than the cliffhanger is when they end on one and then fail to actually produce anything to resolve it. ~cough~ HL2:EP3 ~cough~ Really though, they are the narrative equivalent of dangling food in front of a hungry puppy. The biggest problem is that...

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1. Star Control II (in glorious 3D0 sound) 2. Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn 3. Chaos Overlords (never has a soundtrack fit a strategy game's setting so well) 4. Mechwarrior 2 5. Can't think of any others... Honestly, 2-4 even pale in comparison to how well the soundtrack worked in...