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  1. Re:this was.... on Out of Print Shadowrun Books Available as PDFs · · Score: 1

    There was a rather weak SR RPG for the SNES, adn a very good one for the Genesis.

    And I believe the tactical version was the DMZ boxset.

  2. Re:Some windows bugs can't be fixed on Interview of the Windows XP SP2 Dev Team · · Score: 1
    Why do people feel the need to quote Fight Club at the slightest given opportunity? I mean, it's not really a similar situation at all.

    Rule 1: You do not quote from Fight Club.

    Rule 2: You DO NOT quote from Fight Club.

    Rule 3: Paraphrasing is OK.

  3. Re:Casting on Splinter Cell Movie in the Works · · Score: 1

    He'd be a good 'the guy who trained Sam' sort of char.

  4. Re:Seems Kinda Weird / Wired on Possible uses for Power over Ethernet · · Score: 1

    Running ethernet through the drop ceiling to a corner, where you mount an AP can be done by some idiot with a ladder and some cat5.

    Running electrical wire, on the other hand, requires a licensed electrician, and all sorts of building codes to be satisfied.

  5. Re:Working his way out of a job on DJB Announces 44 Security Holes In *nix Software · · Score: 1

    Maybe they won't fire him, but what if he throws a class, and nobody comes?

  6. Re:How about porting Windows? on ReactOS Runs On The XBox · · Score: 1

    Try, 'any other architecture.' This was a design goal of the NT branch, and this is why NT 3 and 4 ran on X86, MIPS, PowerPC, Alpha, and so on.

  7. Re:high school students proclivities on What Interests High-School Students? · · Score: 1

    Labtec optical mice are $14.99 CDN, and they're pretty much rebranded Logitechs.

  8. Re:humm on Final Fantasy Concert Series Coming to the States · · Score: 1

    In Final Fantasy Concert Tactics, you'll have a rag-tag bunch of musicians. You must assign to each musician an instrument, then arrange them on the stage, and attempt to complete the concert.

    The later Final Fantasy Concert Tactics Advance, however, will a) be held in smaller venues, b) be somewhat poorly lit, and c) be complicated by the conductor giving you pointless and arbitrary challenges for each song, such as 'no woodwinds' or 'stringed instruments cannot use their first string.'

  9. Re:trivia on Wing Commander 3 Reaches Ten Year Milestone · · Score: 1

    I'll also point out that, if you can find them, some of the novels by William R Forstchen are good reads.

    I find that the ones written to fill in parts not covered by the games are especially good; Action Stations and False Colors come to mind immediately. Fleet Action, I believe it's called, is another good one.

  10. Re:trivia on Wing Commander 3 Reaches Ten Year Milestone · · Score: 1

    WC3 had four CDs. WC4 had six, possibly seven, or it came on one DVD. WCP came on 3 CDs (better video compression, don'tchaknow.)

  11. Re:Series Books For Money on The Boy Who Would Live Forever · · Score: 1

    True, true. I suppose that what I'm objecting to is your use of the word 'homophobia.' I don't think he has an irrational fear of homosexuals; he just doesn't agree with it, for various reasons.

  12. Re:More launch images @ Impress Watch on Sony PSP Launched With Long Queues In Akihabara · · Score: 1

    Actually, the main difference (in Japan) was that the PS2 ran DVDs, and DVD players were horribly expensive. Lots of Japanese bought PS2s for the DVD player.

  13. Re:Series Books For Money on The Boy Who Would Live Forever · · Score: 1

    Sure it is. And that's fine. The guy's allowed to think whatever the hell he wants, and to peacefully try to convince others to believe along with him.

    You know, freedom of opinion, freedom of expression, and in this particular case, freedom of religion?

    I don't agree with the guy, but I think he writes a good story. So, I read his stories, while quietly ignoring his politics.

  14. Re:The problem on DVDCCA Sues Maker of Luxury DVD Jukebox · · Score: 1

    Exactly. The law, and by extention, the threat of punishment, is what is intended to stop people from doing bad things with random objects.

    This DVD thingy could be used to illegally copy DVDs? Fine. Who cares? That's not what it's expressly designed and marketed to do, so it's up to the USER not to do such things.

  15. Re:The problem on DVDCCA Sues Maker of Luxury DVD Jukebox · · Score: 1

    The law. The same thing that prevents me from killing somebody with that Ginsu that I just bought, and that prevents Ginsu from being sued for it.

    Not Kaleidoscope's fault that somebody chose to break the law.

  16. Re:Not wanting to spoil the first one on Knights of the Old Republic 2 Ships · · Score: 1

    As always, Penny Arcade has an appropriate comic on the subject.

    Sure, some of it was blindingly obvious, but some of it was pretty subtle.

  17. Re:Question on Knights of the Old Republic 2 Ships · · Score: 1

    And lets not forget 'Will the PS2 have over 20 megs of storage space available anytime soon, or would you like to continue using Nintendo-era Save Points?

    Because, yes, I'm playing through Shadow Hearts 2 right now, and it's 2004, and I'm looking for G.D. save points.

  18. Re:just me? on Knights of the Old Republic 2 Ships · · Score: 1

    It's just you; replace 'prologue' with 'training level/tutorial' and it might ease your worrying.

  19. Re:Summary for the uninformed on Nvidia Partners with Sony on PS3 GPU · · Score: 1

    And it's really too bad, because there still aren't many PS2 titles that look as good as Soul Calibur or Dead or Alive 2 did on the DC.

  20. Re:How will they handle it? on Harrison Ford Confirms Indiana Jones IV Production · · Score: 1

    They could very easily have a slightly aged Jones trying to recover artifacts from Russian Orthodox churches, Tsarist treasures, and so on.

  21. Re:Did anyone else catch this? on EA Reconsiders Overtime Position · · Score: 1

    Sounds more like they want it to coincide with the next fiscal year.

  22. Funny things. on Is There Something Wrong with Video Game Reviews? · · Score: 1

    Game reviews are funny things. There are things you can point out that will always make a game bad, but not things you can point at that will make a game universally good.

    I find the only thing to do is find a reviewer who's reviews of past games fall in line with your views of said games.

  23. Re:Is it just me... on Missouri Prisons Pull Violent Video Games · · Score: 1

    No, they're in there to be kept out of society.

    Some very general background: the penal system used to consist of actual punishments; flogging, beating, confiscation of property, execution, forced-reparations, banishment, and so on.

    England would use jails to hold prisioners waiting for deportation to Austrailia, or the New World, or whatever, and eventually, they decided to just let people rot in jail.

  24. Re:Alternative Opinion on Steam. on SteamWatch Offers Forum for Displeased Customers · · Score: 1
    I think steam is a great delivery system for games.

    Aye, it is.

    The problem starts when, for example, to play the single player version of the game, you have to hit a Steam server.

  25. Re:They're targeting spam SOURCES, not spammers on Lycos Declares War on Spam Servers · · Score: 1

    Your honor, considering that they send out, unsolicited, INVITATIONS to visit their sites, I fail to see how actually visiting their sites can be wrong.