"Actually, I believe "X-Men" and "Mutant X" are both properties of Marvel. Who would have thought that would be so."
Why would you think that a company that publishes something like 10 different variations on the X-Men a month would be concerned about a TV show that uses the same idea?
Unfortunately, Andromeda is not a show that you can refer to by episode numbers and have it make any sense: perhaps in 10-20 years, when there have been multiple conventions, a balding Kevin Sorbo can do a skit on some lesser comedy show and when DVD 4.6 is brought up, he can say "Get a Life." THEN you can start refering to Season X, Episode Y.
"But the ultimate insult was when "Call of Cthulhu" when to a d20 system. Yes, you can still play with the old rules...which were better...than using the d20 system, but still. They should have just well enough alone. "Call of Cthulhu" was and still is my favorte PnP role playing game. Bar none."
Luckily, Call of Cthulhu is still going strong with the latest edition.
I'm glad the D20 license for Cthulhu was of limited duration.
The video game is taking too long, and seems to promise more than it can deliver (I'm betting). I enjoyed some of the old licensed Call of Cthulhu adventures from years ago, though: Prisoner of Ice, I think, and Shadow of the Comet?
For those looking for Cthulhu-like games now, I'd suggest Undying, an older FPS with a lot of great atmosphere.
The RPG has always been a favorite of mine, though I haven't played it in forever. The character creation and mechanics are superior to the D20 system, I think. Plus, if you have a copy of Superworld (uses a similar system) you can try pitting superheroes against the eldritch horrors of the Great Old Ones. Nothing beats pitting Robin, the Boy Wonder against a shoggoth.
I also liked the Delta Green expansion for Call of Cthulhu: a very nice modern setting that let's you more logically get disparate characters together for an adventure.
I am liking City of Heroes a lot. However, I only really started enjoying it when I replaced my ATI 9600XT with a GeForce 5900XT: the game was crashing constantly with the ATI card.
There are server issues (well, it is a beta) but it is pretty stable.
One annoyance though is that you pick your name AFTER the creation process, so you might not get the name you want, making that big G on your chest sorta useless if you can't get your name.
Tribes definitely should be on the list, as should Wheel of Time, one of the more original FPS games ever released. Undying was also a great game.
The list is too dominated by more recent games: Half Life I can understand (though I'd lump Counterstrike in with it). But Rainbow 6? Halo? Battlefield 1942? Eh.
"You can drink a 2nd shot of Speed of the Serpent a day later for an additional 24 hours of travel time, but then you'll have to drink cabbage juice every 29 days."
"So far there have been 8 deaths."
Man, if I had to drink cabbage juice every month or die, I think I'd take the easy way out.
"Just figure out how to live forever and this will not be and issue."
But then you get to spend your time wearing a trenchcoat, carrying a sword, and yelling "There can be only one" while fighting other like-minded immortals. That really cuts into your Tivo time.
I lived on or around the Navajo reservation for a long time while growing up in New Mexico. Part of the problem for communities in those areas is that alchohol was not allowed to be sold on the reservation. So, every Friday and Saturday, you had a great number of people hopping into their cars and trucks, making the 30-70 mile trek to the closest bar/liquor store.
Then those people would drink and drive that 30-70 miles back to the reservation. Trust me, you did NOT want to be on those roads at night those days.
I'm not sure this plan will help that situation at all: generally, when one is drunk and weaving in and out of the lane, having the horn and headlines turn on and off probably isn't going to stop you at that point. And on the reservation, at least, you won't be seeing that many cops on the road.
Perhaps a lot has changed since I left (I know, for example, that drive through liquor stores are no longer allowed). But I do know that there is no quick fix for the problems of drunk driving in New Mexico.
Has never been its hardware: this version looks great. The problem is always the software: nothing on the Zaurus comes close to the integration and ease of Palm software. While the Kompany has done a good job of coming up with some replacement PIM applications, they still seem clunky.
Also, unless you back up/sync your Zaurus religiously, when the battery power is gone, so is all your data, programs, etc.
It isn't a very user-friendly device, but I still love mine. Nothing beats running a web server with PHP on your handheld.
I've got Dish Network and I'm generally happy with it: the picture is a lot better than cable in my area, and the HD channels are nice.
During bad snowstorms, the snow piles up on the dish, which can cause outtages. During heavy rain, I tend to not watch TV anyhow, but I do get some rain losses.
As for DVRs, with DirectTV, you are in luck, since they have Tivo as a partner. However, Dish uses their own PVR, which is not nearly as nice as Tivo. However, Dish does have their HDTV PVR shipping, but Tivo doesn't have its offering available yet.
I use a standalone Tivo with my Dish receiver, though, and it works just fine. However, in general, getting the built in PVR is better for picture quality: the DirecTivo can save the satellite signal digitally, while a standalone Tivo would have conversions in between.
"Although Big Rigs makes a valiant attempt, what videogame would you rate as the worst of all time?"
Well, to be worst, there has to be an expectation that the game will be good. Big Rigs, obviously, did not have great expectations. Games that were supposed to be great, but ended up being mediocre or bad are much more interesting.
Black and White was supposed to change gaming as we knew it and instead was just a crappy game. Gamespot ranking: 9.3. Looks like the reviewer bought into the hype.
Dungeon Siege was also supposed to be a great game! And it was, for the 20 minutes it took to exhaust 100% of the gameplay. Gamespot Ranking: 8.4. At least it was more interesting than B&W.
It is easy to complain about the Aquamans and Big Rigs of the world, but did anyone really expect them to be great games?
The nerds and geeks, with their low carb diets and new, isometric gamepads, will become a force to recon with!
At the beach, no longer will we have to feel the humilation of the muscle-headed jerks kicking sand into our faces when we are chatting up the bikini -clad hotties! We'll be doing the kicking.
Rather, we would be, but we have to get past the next track in Project Gotham Racing 2, back up our clan in Socom II, and hit level 65 in Everquest.
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When it was Neil Gaiman's Books of Magic.
When I read the first part of the headline, I thought this was going to be an information on how to beat the Microsoft Games Boss. Something like:
* Press X-X-Y while pressing both triggers
* Jump up
* File antitrust lawsuits
* Fire wave-motion gun
* Go to Court
And swap the noise for lap burns.
"Actually, I believe "X-Men" and "Mutant X" are both properties of Marvel. Who would have thought that would be so."
Why would you think that a company that publishes something like 10 different variations on the X-Men a month would be concerned about a TV show that uses the same idea?
" I almost stopped buying it at DVD 4.6"
Unfortunately, Andromeda is not a show that you can refer to by episode numbers and have it make any sense: perhaps in 10-20 years, when there have been multiple conventions, a balding Kevin Sorbo can do a skit on some lesser comedy show and when DVD 4.6 is brought up, he can say "Get a Life." THEN you can start refering to Season X, Episode Y.
But that time has not yet come.
"But the ultimate insult was when "Call of Cthulhu" when to a d20 system. Yes, you can still play with the old rules...which were better...than using the d20 system, but still. They should have just well enough alone. "Call of Cthulhu" was and still is my favorte PnP role playing game. Bar none."
Luckily, Call of Cthulhu is still going strong with the latest edition.
I'm glad the D20 license for Cthulhu was of limited duration.
The video game is taking too long, and seems to promise more than it can deliver (I'm betting). I enjoyed some of the old licensed Call of Cthulhu adventures from years ago, though: Prisoner of Ice, I think, and Shadow of the Comet?
For those looking for Cthulhu-like games now, I'd suggest Undying, an older FPS with a lot of great atmosphere.
The RPG has always been a favorite of mine, though I haven't played it in forever. The character creation and mechanics are superior to the D20 system, I think. Plus, if you have a copy of Superworld (uses a similar system) you can try pitting superheroes against the eldritch horrors of the Great Old Ones. Nothing beats pitting Robin, the Boy Wonder against a shoggoth.
I also liked the Delta Green expansion for Call of Cthulhu: a very nice modern setting that let's you more logically get disparate characters together for an adventure.
"Disadvantages
- no cup-holders
- no airbags
- no cup-holders"
Sheesh, how much do you drink?
I am liking City of Heroes a lot. However, I only really started enjoying it when I replaced my ATI 9600XT with a GeForce 5900XT: the game was crashing constantly with the ATI card.
There are server issues (well, it is a beta) but it is pretty stable.
One annoyance though is that you pick your name AFTER the creation process, so you might not get the name you want, making that big G on your chest sorta useless if you can't get your name.
Anyhow, back to playing!
"I treasure my spiral-bound manual for Neverwinter Nights."
You don't have a choice: that's where the CD key is kept.
No, SAIC bought Telcordia (formerly Bellcore). SAIC has nothing to do with either Bell Labs or AT&T Labs.
Tribes definitely should be on the list, as should Wheel of Time, one of the more original FPS games ever released. Undying was also a great game.
The list is too dominated by more recent games: Half Life I can understand (though I'd lump Counterstrike in with it). But Rainbow 6? Halo? Battlefield 1942? Eh.
"You can drink a 2nd shot of Speed of the Serpent a day later for an additional 24 hours of travel time, but then you'll have to drink cabbage juice every 29 days."
"So far there have been 8 deaths."
Man, if I had to drink cabbage juice every month or die, I think I'd take the easy way out.
"Just figure out how to live forever and this will not be and issue."
But then you get to spend your time wearing a trenchcoat, carrying a sword, and yelling "There can be only one" while fighting other like-minded immortals. That really cuts into your Tivo time.
"He directed a lot of episodes of "Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda"
"He's been getting a lot of recognition in the industry as one of the top directors for TV Sci-Fi in the past couple of years"
Which goes to show just how bad TV sci fi is these days, when directing a really crappy show makes you a top director.
On the other hand, when's Michael Bay's next movie coming out?
I lived on or around the Navajo reservation for a long time while growing up in New Mexico. Part of the problem for communities in those areas is that alchohol was not allowed to be sold on the reservation. So, every Friday and Saturday, you had a great number of people hopping into their cars and trucks, making the 30-70 mile trek to the closest bar/liquor store.
Then those people would drink and drive that 30-70 miles back to the reservation. Trust me, you did NOT want to be on those roads at night those days.
I'm not sure this plan will help that situation at all: generally, when one is drunk and weaving in and out of the lane, having the horn and headlines turn on and off probably isn't going to stop you at that point. And on the reservation, at least, you won't be seeing that many cops on the road.
Perhaps a lot has changed since I left (I know, for example, that drive through liquor stores are no longer allowed). But I do know that there is no quick fix for the problems of drunk driving in New Mexico.
Has never been its hardware: this version looks great. The problem is always the software: nothing on the Zaurus comes close to the integration and ease of Palm software. While the Kompany has done a good job of coming up with some replacement PIM applications, they still seem clunky.
Also, unless you back up/sync your Zaurus religiously, when the battery power is gone, so is all your data, programs, etc.
It isn't a very user-friendly device, but I still love mine. Nothing beats running a web server with PHP on your handheld.
I, for one, welcome our new Simpson movie making overlords...
"On another note, a lot of women regret them later and have bad dreams, suicidal thoughts, etc."
Probably just as many women who didn't have abortions have bad dreams, suicidal thoughts, etc. So?
I've got Dish Network and I'm generally happy with it: the picture is a lot better than cable in my area, and the HD channels are nice.
During bad snowstorms, the snow piles up on the dish, which can cause outtages. During heavy rain, I tend to not watch TV anyhow, but I do get some rain losses.
As for DVRs, with DirectTV, you are in luck, since they have Tivo as a partner. However, Dish uses their own PVR, which is not nearly as nice as Tivo. However, Dish does have their HDTV PVR shipping, but Tivo doesn't have its offering available yet.
I use a standalone Tivo with my Dish receiver, though, and it works just fine. However, in general, getting the built in PVR is better for picture quality: the DirecTivo can save the satellite signal digitally, while a standalone Tivo would have conversions in between.
" I'm aware of the game crippling latency, but that's not a huge deal to me."
You can join my Half-Life server any time!
"Although Big Rigs makes a valiant attempt, what videogame would you rate as the worst of all time?"
Well, to be worst, there has to be an expectation that the game will be good. Big Rigs, obviously, did not have great expectations. Games that were supposed to be great, but ended up being mediocre or bad are much more interesting.
Black and White was supposed to change gaming as we knew it and instead was just a crappy game. Gamespot ranking: 9.3. Looks like the reviewer bought into the hype.
Dungeon Siege was also supposed to be a great game! And it was, for the 20 minutes it took to exhaust 100% of the gameplay. Gamespot Ranking: 8.4. At least it was more interesting than B&W.
It is easy to complain about the Aquamans and Big Rigs of the world, but did anyone really expect them to be great games?
The nerds and geeks, with their low carb diets and new, isometric gamepads, will become a force to recon with!
At the beach, no longer will we have to feel the humilation of the muscle-headed jerks kicking sand into our faces when we are chatting up the bikini -clad hotties! We'll be doing the kicking.
Rather, we would be, but we have to get past the next track in Project Gotham Racing 2, back up our clan in Socom II, and hit level 65 in Everquest.
For some reason, the theme from Defender of the Crown sticks with me: great old Amiga game.
Dum dum da-dum
Dum dum da-dum
dum-dum dum-dum dum-dum dum-dum dum dum da-dum..
Hmm, of course, that could be about 80 other video game themes, now that I look at it.
Ooops: my fault: I should have said that the pad is for right-handed gamers: the pad itself is for your left hand.