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There's a plant that grows wildly where I live (and many other places as well), that I don't know anything about other than the fact that it has purple chutes with sweet-tasting bases. Recently, I decided I wanted to know more about it, so I was looking around for its name, but I couldn't find...

I feel like you're on the way toward having a good grasp on how to write reviews, but you're not quite there yet. This wasn't very bad, but it wasn't all that great either. There's some parts where you've got something pretty nice put into writing ("in a fashion oddly similar to throwing your...

Maybe next they'll show some love for the Linux fans out there. It'd be nice to see some of that Valve sheen on my computer without having to use Wine. And hey, maybe it'd shut a few of the "Linux cannot play any games at all ever" retards up for a while.

Yes, and yes. Bedroom programmers, whether they're working by themselves, with friends, or if it's a community-driven, open-source project, are, and have demonstrated, that they're capable of generating some very pretty visuals. Most of the time, they won't be as extreme as what the companies...

I don't understand the distinction between "indie" and genres. In the OP, it is implied that "metal" (the genre) and "indie" are exclusive to each other. "Indie" is not a genre. Something can be independent and metal (or anything, really) at the same time.

It's bad. The gameplay is fun for a few hours, but that's seriously the only part of the package that's any good at all, at least on the PC. The menus on the PC version are fucked (left/right facing arrows have identical functions, not opposite ones, scroll wheel only works in some menus...

I haven't played COD4, but I believe the point you're making here is that it's impossible for indie games to be better than commercial games. Which is pretty dumb. Sauerbraten is the best deathmatch game I have *ever* played. It has great graphics, is amazingly optimized, has awesome gameplay...

The problem with your argument is that you, like so many people here, fail to realize that game developers don't need money to make games. All the blood-sucking capitalists will stop making games, sure, but you need to open your eyes and realize that they're not the only kids on the block...

I think maybe you didn't read the "snip" part up there. The point I was making was that developers not getting money for making games has practically no effect on whether or not games on the PC will continue to exist, or even continue to be any good. Some of the best, most influential games in...

This is strange. You all seem to be under the impression that people need money to make games. That it would be impossible, for some reason, for gaming to thrive without big business behind it. Personally, I'm an FPS guy. Let me tell you some of the FPS games I play: Cube, Sauerbraten...

Valve is pretty damn good at making believable female characters. They tend to kind of break the curve of the busty or cutesy girls. Although in making another post here I did end up calculating Alyx Vance's Waist-Hip-Ratio, and yep, it was exactly 0.7. The calculation came to within about...

Oh come on you guys. No <a href=http://willhostforfood.com/?Action=download&fileid=67276>downloads at all? That makes me a bit sad. I showed beyond all doubt that it is possible to make a Bible game that isn't all about converting people or that doesn't have any gameplay, and no one even...

You've done a great job at only trying to promote distress in this thread, instead of actually trying to keep things civil. Congratulations.

Well, I'd say "deep-six" is closer to "kill" than "86." It has a "six feet deep" thing with it, and people are traditionally buried six feet underground and all that. And I know I've heard 86 used as a general term for "to get rid of" since a long time ago. I don't really remember a time...

As for the whole discussion, yes, I think a good Bible game can be made. The only difficult part would be convincing someone to endure all the hate you'd get from zealous Christians for it. And a few posts back I said that I'd reserve my use of emoticons for my Gonzoation post. There was a...