Recent content by Thamian

Am I the only one who hears that and thinks of the loading screen SFX from system shock 2? Because it sounds exactly like 'em to my ears.

I don't know about previous generations, chiefly because I'm a PC gamer and generation is a bit of bizarre concept as a result, but as far as games too good to replay... I'll be honest, I'm real nervous about replaying Bioshock Infinite. I'm sure I will do one day, but that experience was just...

Thanks to a minor epiphany I just realised that the Dawn Of War 2 key that's been kicking around my inventory for a couple of years might be of interest to someone here (base game only: cheapest way to buy chaos rising at the time was to buy the gold edition and hence I wound up with a spare...

I went with no, and here's why: While yes, the whole notion of someone realising the wrong they did and so going on to seek (and in theory gaining) forgiveness for it, is very inspiring and all, in my case atleast, it's complete bollocks. If they realise the wrong they did, good for them, no way...

Ok, initial reaction was: 'Oh God, Nooo!'. Upon deeper reflection, my response was still 'Oh God No!'. My favorite bits from the OP. So, why are they working with EA again? Yes because in the eyes of the industry, space sims sell! As such EA will of course be champing at the bit to...

One of the things I've noticed is that occasionally the mods come down on people for technicalities or minor infractions. For example, part of what's started this current rash of convos about moderation was Vault101 getting permabanned. I actually investigated and found the bost which...

Like fingerless gloves, when you're using them for something it makes sense. For myself, I'm often seen with a paracord lanyard (more or less the same thing but made of paracord) clipped to a belt loop and tucked into my pocket. On the other end of that lanyard are my keys so I don't lose the...

Well... Sorry to tell you this, but of the three men you could possibly accuse of being the puppet only one is from a minority(Prime Minister al-Maliki is a Shiite (majority in Iraq), President Karzai is a Sunni (majority in Afghanistan) and President Talabani is ok, both a Sunni and a Kurd...

It's worth pointing out that the post invasion bloodshed in Iraq (and to an extent, Afghanistan) wasn't so much due to the installation of a puppet ruler as it was a combination of age old sectarian hatreds that had been exacerbated brutally by the regimes that had gotten kicked out, and a...

In recent times, the only one that comes to mind is the quick select in the gamebyro Fallouts. I cursed so hard when I found out about that after spending so damned long opening up my pip-boy everytime I wanted to change weapons. Then I realised I could map aid items (including stimpaks) to the...

They might have gotten something working, but from where I'm standing it's most likely to be laser fired (high energy laser efficiencies have skyrocketed in recent years, mostly driven by defense research, and what are Lockheed again?), and hence not very efficient. Still would be quite...

...the fuck did I just watch? Is this just an amazingly strange hangover dream or did that actually just happen? EDIT:On an incidental point, is anyone else reminded of the Red Button Incident?

Rock on man, rock on. Well payed, Susan.

I am very interested in this. The one thing I have to say though is that I hope they've gotten their hands on the genesis mod (basically a texture and graphics upgrade as I recall) for it because the models and graphics for organics were blocky and horrible even when the game came out. When I...