If Freespace 2 isn't one of the staff picks (It got a Editor's Choice award IIRC), this poll instantly loses all meaning.
"DIVE DIVE DIVE! HIT YOUR BURNERS, PILOT!"
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Hmm. I do agree that On a Pale Horse is best, but I don't think there's a clear downward trend later. It's more bumpy than a simple slide.
The one about Time is forgettable but inoffensive; however, Fate is quite good. War is slightly bad, Nature's a bit above mediocre. "For Love of Evil", in my book, is almost as good as "On a Pale Horse" though.
There was no seventh novel in the series. I refuse to acknowledge its existence.
Although it doesn't involve nuclear engines, I'd recommend the Firestar series by... um... Flynn. (I can't get to a search engine or Amazon, so working off memory- if Flynn fails, search for Firestar).
It's about, in extremely broad terms, how mankind goes from more or less current state to one where space travel is accepted as routine, unremarkable, and cheap, there's several large space stations in orbit, et cetera et cetera... basically, every space geek's dream of what could happen in the next 50 years.
For the love of God, though, stop after Rogue Star, the second book. The last two are a dramatic dropoff in quality.
Re:We seem a little tender today, don't we?
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I am sick and tired of people telling me what I shouldn't like.
Re:Oh for christ's sake
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Help me better myself... where have I heard that before?
Anyway, if you look at the Ringworld cycle as juvenile, I have nothing but pity for you. If you disdain Manifold: Time and The Light of Other Days, I scorn you. And if you buy into the reviewer's hypothesis that a higher percentage of scifi sucks than ANY OTHER POP CULTURE FORMAT, I laugh at you.
The joke in the fandom community is that they're the "Killer Bees".
Baxter earned my unending adulation for whatever part of "The Light of Other Days" he contributed with Clarke, and "Manifold: Time" sealed the deal. Favorite writer of the 1990s for me.
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I don't have any use for most of Anthony's work, but his Incarnations of Immortality series was generally high-quality.
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Reviewer needs to get off his high horse. It's fine that you experienced a loss of faith or whatever the smeg changed for you, but don't insult the rest of us who still like the sci-fi you sneer at (ooohhh, space operas, how amusingly plebeian- give me a break).
I did this so much that once the game master decided I wouldn't be allowed to call myself the winner come hell or high water.
The highlight of the game was around 4 AM, after 5 straight hours, when my character began asking blue clearance level NPCs if they were blueberry flavored.
Let's see. There are precisely 2 noms for Console FPS. Deus Ex 2 and Rainbow Six 3 (18?).
Precisely one for one category, Family.
Oh, what are they *thinking* with these original score awards?! Call of Duty I can stomach, if just for the title screen theme. Beyond Good and Evil? Forgettable music entirely. GRABBED BY THE GHOULIES? I don't think so. Where in Christ's name is Xenosaga, eh!? *sigh* they just don't GET it.
There's an online downloadable category- Pogo has two (Poppit, Word Whomp), PopCap takes one (Zuma!) and Real's Hamsterball. Please let Popcap win.
Rikku from FFX-2 got a nod for Best Female Performance? I thought she'd be a shoo-in for best ta-^H^H^Hanimation, given the audience voting on these things...
The first thing I want to know, when deciding if I'm going to get a game, is how interesting the story is.
There is a single solitary thing that every game I love has in common, and that is an engrossing story. Deus Ex (the first), Alpha Centauri (I nearly wigged the first time I transcended and read that ending Book of Planet text), a couple RPGs (Final Fantasy 6/7, Chrono Trigger, et alia), some old text adventure games, and so on.
I'd say about 50% of my enjoyment of a game is the story, with most of the remainder going to gameplay and music clinging to a few grim percentage points. Graphics factors in not a single whit.
A good point. I know my college is extremely well respected in my chosen field- that and the fact that it was about 20k a year cheaper than MIT pretty much made up my mind.
Not for a while yet, I'm afraid- two years at the least, and that's if I only stick around for my MSAE; I'd like to go somewhere else and get my Ph.D after that.
This comes as a bit of a revelation to me. I sat and compared these figures to to my school (Georgia Tech's) published figures on average offer granted to graduates in each field, and Tech comes out consistently about 4-5 thousand higher than these figures.
If you're an out of state student.. like me.. this gets eaten up by extra loans quickly, but if you're fortunate enough to be in-state this can probably be a real help.
Is that there's not going to be another launch vehicle comparable to the Shuttle in terms of capability for the next half century. Look it up- all the plans on the shelf are either for expendables or for much lighter-lift craft.
Either the 989 streak of 8 Super Bowls will come to an end or the Patriots streak of 14 wins will.
You'll forgive me if I placed my hard-earned betting money on the Flying Elvii to win.
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Blast you and your ability to make the points I'm trying to get to with your infernal tact.
If Freespace 2 isn't one of the staff picks (It got a Editor's Choice award IIRC), this poll instantly loses all meaning.
"DIVE DIVE DIVE! HIT YOUR BURNERS, PILOT!"
Hmm. I do agree that On a Pale Horse is best, but I don't think there's a clear downward trend later. It's more bumpy than a simple slide.
The one about Time is forgettable but inoffensive; however, Fate is quite good. War is slightly bad, Nature's a bit above mediocre. "For Love of Evil", in my book, is almost as good as "On a Pale Horse" though.
There was no seventh novel in the series. I refuse to acknowledge its existence.
Although it doesn't involve nuclear engines, I'd recommend the Firestar series by... um... Flynn. (I can't get to a search engine or Amazon, so working off memory- if Flynn fails, search for Firestar).
It's about, in extremely broad terms, how mankind goes from more or less current state to one where space travel is accepted as routine, unremarkable, and cheap, there's several large space stations in orbit, et cetera et cetera... basically, every space geek's dream of what could happen in the next 50 years.
For the love of God, though, stop after Rogue Star, the second book. The last two are a dramatic dropoff in quality.
I am sick and tired of people telling me what I shouldn't like.
Help me better myself... where have I heard that before?
Anyway, if you look at the Ringworld cycle as juvenile, I have nothing but pity for you. If you disdain Manifold: Time and The Light of Other Days, I scorn you. And if you buy into the reviewer's hypothesis that a higher percentage of scifi sucks than ANY OTHER POP CULTURE FORMAT, I laugh at you.
I mean really, just go look at the qualifying 'fights'. Among prominent losers:
X-COM: UFO Defense Nethack The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past
and so on.
The joke in the fandom community is that they're the "Killer Bees".
Baxter earned my unending adulation for whatever part of "The Light of Other Days" he contributed with Clarke, and "Manifold: Time" sealed the deal. Favorite writer of the 1990s for me.
I don't have any use for most of Anthony's work, but his Incarnations of Immortality series was generally high-quality.
Reviewer needs to get off his high horse. It's fine that you experienced a loss of faith or whatever the smeg changed for you, but don't insult the rest of us who still like the sci-fi you sneer at (ooohhh, space operas, how amusingly plebeian- give me a break).
I did this so much that once the game master decided I wouldn't be allowed to call myself the winner come hell or high water. The highlight of the game was around 4 AM, after 5 straight hours, when my character began asking blue clearance level NPCs if they were blueberry flavored.
See also: Time's Man of the Year competition a few years back. I used to have a screenshot of Burdell winning printed on my dorm wall.
Let's see. There are precisely 2 noms for Console FPS. Deus Ex 2 and Rainbow Six 3 (18?).
Precisely one for one category, Family.
Oh, what are they *thinking* with these original score awards?! Call of Duty I can stomach, if just for the title screen theme. Beyond Good and Evil? Forgettable music entirely. GRABBED BY THE GHOULIES? I don't think so. Where in Christ's name is Xenosaga, eh!? *sigh* they just don't GET it.
There's an online downloadable category- Pogo has two (Poppit, Word Whomp), PopCap takes one (Zuma!) and Real's Hamsterball. Please let Popcap win.
Rikku from FFX-2 got a nod for Best Female Performance? I thought she'd be a shoo-in for best ta-^H^H^Hanimation, given the audience voting on these things...
Please, someone tell me these are BS awards.
I wonder if it's on my ROM, too... gah! Don't look at me like that, I can't go two hundred miles just to get back to my N64!
The first thing I want to know, when deciding if I'm going to get a game, is how interesting the story is.
There is a single solitary thing that every game I love has in common, and that is an engrossing story. Deus Ex (the first), Alpha Centauri (I nearly wigged the first time I transcended and read that ending Book of Planet text), a couple RPGs (Final Fantasy 6/7, Chrono Trigger, et alia), some old text adventure games, and so on.
I'd say about 50% of my enjoyment of a game is the story, with most of the remainder going to gameplay and music clinging to a few grim percentage points. Graphics factors in not a single whit.
I certainly hope they know about the difficulty of our curriculum.
/so says the guy who spent five hours yesterday crashing MATLAB in new and interesting ways while trying to land something on Mars
A good point. I know my college is extremely well respected in my chosen field- that and the fact that it was about 20k a year cheaper than MIT pretty much made up my mind.
"Hardest major" varies from college to college, I promise you.
At my college, Comp-E is considered about average in terms of difficulty, certainly not up there with the grand kahuna of doom, Aerospace engineering.
Not for a while yet, I'm afraid- two years at the least, and that's if I only stick around for my MSAE; I'd like to go somewhere else and get my Ph.D after that.
This comes as a bit of a revelation to me. I sat and compared these figures to to my school (Georgia Tech's) published figures on average offer granted to graduates in each field, and Tech comes out consistently about 4-5 thousand higher than these figures.
If you're an out of state student.. like me.. this gets eaten up by extra loans quickly, but if you're fortunate enough to be in-state this can probably be a real help.
Is that there's not going to be another launch vehicle comparable to the Shuttle in terms of capability for the next half century. Look it up- all the plans on the shelf are either for expendables or for much lighter-lift craft.
I hear you, man. The beginning island of the World of Ruin is one of the most moving video game sequences, ever.
Why, it's accurate. Not only is it considere one of the best space shooters ever, that is simultaneously underrating it.
Either the 989 streak of 8 Super Bowls will come to an end or the Patriots streak of 14 wins will. You'll forgive me if I placed my hard-earned betting money on the Flying Elvii to win.
HOTU Overview An absolute and addictive gem of a game.