The original PoP is excellent, though if you get the hang of it quickly then you will - by necessity - finish it within an hour.
Regarding the SoT trilogy, play them in order. They get worse as you go (which is a controversial opinion, but I thought the poor level design of Two Thrones was a greater offence than the gory emo setting of Warrior Within) and if you play them in any other order the plot won't make sense. They are all very good games though.
Now, this is a story all about how Time and space got flipped-turned upside down And I'd like to take a minute Just sit right there I'll tell you how I became the prince of a place called Pers-air
In western Ecbatana born and raised In a dungeon was where I spent most of my days Jumping and running and climbing all cool And doing some fencing with my sharp tool When a couple of guys Workin' in Montreal Turned me all 3D, check that y'all I got the Sands of Time and the visier got scared He said 'I'll kick your ass all round Pers-air'
I solved those puzzles for a night and a day Then the princess died which was totally lame I rewound time and I killed the visier I kissed the princess and said 'Yo I'm outta here'
The Dahaka, yo he's bad Chasing my ass all around Eslamebad Is this what messing with time is like? Hmmmmm now this ain't right.
So I killed Shahdee, got the water sword and all that I fought the Dahaka and I killed the bastard I'm a bad ass I saved Kaileena We sailed back home on the sea so green yeah
Well, the boat sank and when I came round There was dudes trying to stab me in my home town I ain't trying to get myself killed I just live here I ran up the wall, like lightning, disappeared
I found the visier but when I got near He took my dagger stuck a chain in my arm here Now I'm schizophrenic with this black dude yeah But he's badass too - we'll both save Pers-air
I climbed up to the tower on top of the palace I fought the visier and I killed his weak ass I looked at my kingdom I was finally there To sit on my throne as the Prince of Pers-air
The same was true of the DS. Nintendo made some great games for it from the start, while third parties floundered and produced all kinds of rubbish. Then, as the DS became increasingly popular and the Lite got released, third parties started producing some really great games. Check Metacritic and you can see that there are several third party games in the top 10.
The problem the DS is now facing is that it's become so popular that third parties can sell any old garbage and some random person will buy it.
There was actually a perfect example of this already in games. In fight night games they added the total control feature. Instead of using buttons to throw punches the user inputs their punches with swings of the analog sticks. This allowed for more control of the punches, but there was a downside. There was also the option to turn off the total control and use a more traditional button input configuration. This created a dramatic imbalance. Where player one had to pull the analog stick back and move it in a half circle motion forward to perform a hook all player 2 had to do was press X. Players using the old style controls always ended up having an advantage in the fact that their input had a faster response time then players using the new motion style.
This is also a significant issue with motion controls on the Wii - I've come across it lately on Mario Kart Wii. The wheel style controls are quite fun, but they are slow to respond and they are imprecise. If you play online you will find that the vast majority of the good players are not using the wheel.
I'd agree with that. The guitar is an instrument at which it is very, very easy to play to a moderate standard so that you can have a little sing-along or whatever. It is, however, very difficult to play to a spectacular standard (search Youtube for Mattrach for a spectacular 17 year old French guy).
My three guitars will probably cry if I buy Guitar Hero for the DS, but man - it's tempting. It just feels wrong to think of buying a video game as a poor approximation to my actually getting back into playing one of these days. I know I'd master Guitar Hero a lot quicker than I mastered playing any of the songs on a real guitar, but I also know that actually being able to play well for real would give me more satisfaction and would impress more people, vain as that is. It's just a question of whether I've got the time to practise...
Perhaps I'll sell my slightly damaged guitar and buy Guitar Hero DS with the proceeds. That would be sadly fitting.
I spent last Friday night playing Mario Kart online while rather inebriated... I woke up the next morning to find my online score had dropped from >7k to
Unlikely... I have Itunes and Quicktime and whatnot installed on my Windows PC. The other day, one of them decided to offer me Safari as a product update. Surely they wouldn't be actively offering it if I wasn't allowed to install it?
Modding me up might be a good idea... Good job I opened that in a tab and was able to figure a way to close it again without showing everyone in the office what I think that was.
you should know that the United States is the only prominent country to have a corporate tax. Your socialist friends do not, and for good reason.
Exactly which socialist countries are you talking about? Just about every major country I can think of has Corporation Tax. See this page at Wikipedia.
We've had the Ministry of Defence, which deals with war, for a while now. We also have the Ministry of Justice, which deals with the punishment of crimes.
Well, the Bible reference for the unforgivable sin refers specifically to the Holy Spirit, so I think it's pretty clear that it's possible to blaspheme the various entities separately, and that only blasphemy against one of the parts is unforgivable, while the others can be forgiven.
So you can be taxed just for owning land? I can understand being taxed on selling land, or earning rental income from land, but just for owning it seems a bit odd.
OK, now find me a reference for what I asked for. All that stuff is about blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, which is nothing to do with denying the existence of God.
I'm not aware of any taxes on property that you're holding... Is this a purely hypothetical thing or are their actual taxes on just possessing things on that side of the pond?
I think part of the problem is that Christianity (and indeed Judaism preceding it) started out in a position of suffering and persecution. For most of it's history, Christianity has been a persecuted religion, with followers at risk of imprisonment and death. Yes, there was a blip for a few centuries when Christianity took a lot of political power and got used to stomping all over everyone, but we're getting back to normality on that front. By contrast, Islam has spent most of it's life in a position of power, in the theocracies of the Middle East, ruling with an iron fist.
So, a few centuries ago, Christianity went from a position of weakness to a position of power, and screwed things up with the crusades, Henry VIII, and all kinds of things. These days, Islam is expanding on to the world stage and is having to deal with places where it isn't in charge, and it seems that all they know to do is to take things by force.
As an aside, Christianity suffers in a similar way these with it's background of persecution, as sometimes we are just that bit too happy to be walked all over.
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The original PoP is excellent, though if you get the hang of it quickly then you will - by necessity - finish it within an hour.
Regarding the SoT trilogy, play them in order. They get worse as you go (which is a controversial opinion, but I thought the poor level design of Two Thrones was a greater offence than the gory emo setting of Warrior Within) and if you play them in any other order the plot won't make sense. They are all very good games though.
Now, this is a story all about how
Time and space got flipped-turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute
Just sit right there
I'll tell you how I became the prince of a place called Pers-air
In western Ecbatana born and raised
In a dungeon was where I spent most of my days
Jumping and running and climbing all cool
And doing some fencing with my sharp tool
When a couple of guys
Workin' in Montreal
Turned me all 3D, check that y'all
I got the Sands of Time and the visier got scared
He said 'I'll kick your ass all round Pers-air'
I solved those puzzles for a night and a day
Then the princess died which was totally lame
I rewound time and I killed the visier
I kissed the princess and said 'Yo I'm outta here'
The Dahaka, yo he's bad
Chasing my ass all around Eslamebad
Is this what messing with time is like?
Hmmmmm now this ain't right.
So I killed Shahdee, got the water sword and all that
I fought the Dahaka and I killed the bastard
I'm a bad ass
I saved Kaileena
We sailed back home on the sea so green yeah
Well, the boat sank and when I came round
There was dudes trying to stab me in my home town
I ain't trying to get myself killed
I just live here
I ran up the wall, like lightning, disappeared
I found the visier but when I got near
He took my dagger stuck a chain in my arm here
Now I'm schizophrenic with this black dude yeah
But he's badass too - we'll both save Pers-air
I climbed up to the tower on top of the palace
I fought the visier and I killed his weak ass
I looked at my kingdom
I was finally there
To sit on my throne as the Prince of Pers-air
The same was true of the DS. Nintendo made some great games for it from the start, while third parties floundered and produced all kinds of rubbish. Then, as the DS became increasingly popular and the Lite got released, third parties started producing some really great games. Check Metacritic and you can see that there are several third party games in the top 10.
The problem the DS is now facing is that it's become so popular that third parties can sell any old garbage and some random person will buy it.
There was actually a perfect example of this already in games. In fight night games they added the total control feature. Instead of using buttons to throw punches the user inputs their punches with swings of the analog sticks. This allowed for more control of the punches, but there was a downside. There was also the option to turn off the total control and use a more traditional button input configuration. This created a dramatic imbalance. Where player one had to pull the analog stick back and move it in a half circle motion forward to perform a hook all player 2 had to do was press X. Players using the old style controls always ended up having an advantage in the fact that their input had a faster response time then players using the new motion style.
This is also a significant issue with motion controls on the Wii - I've come across it lately on Mario Kart Wii. The wheel style controls are quite fun, but they are slow to respond and they are imprecise. If you play online you will find that the vast majority of the good players are not using the wheel.
I bought the thing mostly so me and my girlfriend can work out together a little on the weekends.
Saving yourself for marriage, eh?
I'd agree with that. The guitar is an instrument at which it is very, very easy to play to a moderate standard so that you can have a little sing-along or whatever. It is, however, very difficult to play to a spectacular standard (search Youtube for Mattrach for a spectacular 17 year old French guy).
My three guitars will probably cry if I buy Guitar Hero for the DS, but man - it's tempting. It just feels wrong to think of buying a video game as a poor approximation to my actually getting back into playing one of these days. I know I'd master Guitar Hero a lot quicker than I mastered playing any of the songs on a real guitar, but I also know that actually being able to play well for real would give me more satisfaction and would impress more people, vain as that is. It's just a question of whether I've got the time to practise...
Perhaps I'll sell my slightly damaged guitar and buy Guitar Hero DS with the proceeds. That would be sadly fitting.
I spent last Friday night playing Mario Kart online while rather inebriated... I woke up the next morning to find my online score had dropped from >7k to
We do it in England too. I'm White-British-English, although I normally just tick the box saying I don't want to tell them.
Unlikely... I have Itunes and Quicktime and whatnot installed on my Windows PC. The other day, one of them decided to offer me Safari as a product update. Surely they wouldn't be actively offering it if I wasn't allowed to install it?
While we're on Switch jokes, here's an old video from Kristopher Straub of Checkerboard Nightmare fame.
Modding me up might be a good idea... Good job I opened that in a tab and was able to figure a way to close it again without showing everyone in the office what I think that was.
The book of Moonraker > The film of Moonraker. They never go into space in the book.
Spam affects the little guy. Torrents affect (apparently) the big guy.
It's not who votes that count - it's who counts the votes. - Josef Stalin
Yeah, well, he would say that. After all, he was in Soviet Russia.
I wore a kilt to a wedding on the hottest day in the UK a couple of years back. It was 90F or so, and that was horrendous. 100F would be unbearable.
Not really. Computers have to run hot, and so have to be kept cool some way. Humans don't have to wear a suit to work.
you should know that the United States is the only prominent country to have a corporate tax. Your socialist friends do not, and for good reason.
Exactly which socialist countries are you talking about? Just about every major country I can think of has Corporation Tax. See this page at Wikipedia.
Ah, OK, that makes sense. I think I can draw a parallel now. It sounds like our council tax.
We've had the Ministry of Defence, which deals with war, for a while now. We also have the Ministry of Justice, which deals with the punishment of crimes.
That's when we have all the neat fireworks, right? I love bonfire night.
Well, the Bible reference for the unforgivable sin refers specifically to the Holy Spirit, so I think it's pretty clear that it's possible to blaspheme the various entities separately, and that only blasphemy against one of the parts is unforgivable, while the others can be forgiven.
So you can be taxed just for owning land? I can understand being taxed on selling land, or earning rental income from land, but just for owning it seems a bit odd.
OK, now find me a reference for what I asked for. All that stuff is about blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, which is nothing to do with denying the existence of God.
I'm not aware of any taxes on property that you're holding... Is this a purely hypothetical thing or are their actual taxes on just possessing things on that side of the pond?
I think part of the problem is that Christianity (and indeed Judaism preceding it) started out in a position of suffering and persecution. For most of it's history, Christianity has been a persecuted religion, with followers at risk of imprisonment and death. Yes, there was a blip for a few centuries when Christianity took a lot of political power and got used to stomping all over everyone, but we're getting back to normality on that front. By contrast, Islam has spent most of it's life in a position of power, in the theocracies of the Middle East, ruling with an iron fist.
So, a few centuries ago, Christianity went from a position of weakness to a position of power, and screwed things up with the crusades, Henry VIII, and all kinds of things. These days, Islam is expanding on to the world stage and is having to deal with places where it isn't in charge, and it seems that all they know to do is to take things by force.
As an aside, Christianity suffers in a similar way these with it's background of persecution, as sometimes we are just that bit too happy to be walked all over.