I was even more disappointed in Rivendell. The books (Hobbit and LOTR) describe it as this interesting place full of elves (and occasionally others) with neat stuff in ever nook and around every corner. In the movie it was a big place where Elrond and Arwen lived. I know it doesn't push the plot forward, but couldn't they have hinted that it was more than that? Couldn't they have shown other people there, besides the main characters?
There was an article on boston.com (can't find the link) last summer. They were interviewing people in the area (mostly NH) who worked for the US Forest Service, AMC, people who volunteer rescuing people, etc. They were saying that lots of hikers were bringing GPS, cell phones, etc. but forgot to bring their common sense with them. They were hiking up these mountains without the proper gear, no food or water, no concept of the time it takes to get up and down the mountain, and an almost disregard for the effects of weather. It was funny in a way. They made it sound like the hikers packed their gadgets and figured that was all the needed.
Not where I live and work, just outside of Boston. My co-workers and I repeatedly run Speed Test against each other. I have a Droid on Verizon, one has an iPhone on AT+T, one has a G1 on T-Mobile. Verizon is usually fastest by a wide margin, followed by T-Mobile and then AT&T. I'm a former AT+T customer and have been more than happy after switching to Verizon.
"Don't be evil" is not only Google's motto, it's also advice to their users. It's a short version of "Don't be evil, because we know everything about you. If you do evil, we'll make sure everyone knows about it."
Oh man I had so much fun playing that game. I'd love to see another one. Hitting a granite car barrel and just ruining the other cars; hitting a pinball barrel in a tight alley and watching the car get blown all to hell. I booted up the original last year. I'll have to do it again soon.
Anyway I second your motion.
I'm probably making this up, but I think you could target specific areas of the ship in one of the games. I don't remember what effect it had on the ship.
I never heard of Stalker, but I'll definitely check it out. Thanks! I've played Deus Ex, Max Payne, and the HL series numerous times. For me, the Star Wars Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series is a slight step below all of the above, but those are games I come back to again and again. One other I'd add is Battlezone, which is a fps/rts combo.
I couldn't agree more. I've complained to friends about this in the past. The 3.5 rules encouraged far too much micro-management. This level of rule building is great when it's applied to a computer game (NWN for example), which can handle this sort of thing quickly and seamlessly. For pen-and-paper playing, these rules are in my opinion nearly un-DM-able. How many tables do you have to reference when one of your guys is taking a swing at a monster? I certainly couldn't handle it.
If you don't mind single player, the Baldur's Gate series and the Icewind Dale series are both really decent. Good stories, interesting characters, big games that you can play at your leisure. At this point you wouldn't need much of a machine to run either of these, and I'm sure you could pick them up cheap.
If you're looking for multi-player, NWN 1 is the way to go, as everyone else has pointed out.
I couldn't agree more. I haven't done any tabletop gaming in years, but I'm still familiar with the rules via pc rpgs (icewind dale, nwn, etc.) and I occasionally sit in the bookstore and read through the new guides for old times sake. it seems like they're more interested in micro-managing than actual roleplaying. I'm guessing that it takes some of the imagination out of the experience as well. I can't imagine having to DM via these new rules; the system is far too complex.
Vincent: It breaks down like this: it's legal to buy it, it's legal to own it, and, if you're the proprietor of a software store, it's legal to sell it. It's legal to carry it, but that doesn't really matter 'cause - get a load of this - if you get stopped by the cops in Germany, it's illegal for them to hack your computer. I mean, that's a right the cops in Germany don't have.
Jules: I'm going, that's all there is too it, I'm farking going.
Holden: You look down and you see a Terrorist, Leon, he's crawling toward you-
Leon: Terrorist, what's that?
Holden: Know what a Democrat is?
Leon: Of course.
Holden: Same thing.
Tonight, on "Eye on Springfield": just miles from your doorstep, hundreds of teenage boys are playing videogames where they are given weapons and trained to kill. The town calls it an "arcade", but a more alarmist name would be "The Killbot Factory."
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I love Freespace 2. It's just as good as the best X-Wing / Tie Fighter games. I'm going to have to load it up soon.
This wasn't supposed to happen!
Bingo! You just described what drove me nuts about the movies.
I was even more disappointed in Rivendell. The books (Hobbit and LOTR) describe it as this interesting place full of elves (and occasionally others) with neat stuff in ever nook and around every corner. In the movie it was a big place where Elrond and Arwen lived. I know it doesn't push the plot forward, but couldn't they have hinted that it was more than that? Couldn't they have shown other people there, besides the main characters?
There was an article on boston.com (can't find the link) last summer. They were interviewing people in the area (mostly NH) who worked for the US Forest Service, AMC, people who volunteer rescuing people, etc. They were saying that lots of hikers were bringing GPS, cell phones, etc. but forgot to bring their common sense with them. They were hiking up these mountains without the proper gear, no food or water, no concept of the time it takes to get up and down the mountain, and an almost disregard for the effects of weather. It was funny in a way. They made it sound like the hikers packed their gadgets and figured that was all the needed.
Not where I live and work, just outside of Boston. My co-workers and I repeatedly run Speed Test against each other. I have a Droid on Verizon, one has an iPhone on AT+T, one has a G1 on T-Mobile. Verizon is usually fastest by a wide margin, followed by T-Mobile and then AT&T. I'm a former AT+T customer and have been more than happy after switching to Verizon.
"Don't be evil" is not only Google's motto, it's also advice to their users. It's a short version of "Don't be evil, because we know everything about you. If you do evil, we'll make sure everyone knows about it."
Oh man I had so much fun playing that game. I'd love to see another one. Hitting a granite car barrel and just ruining the other cars; hitting a pinball barrel in a tight alley and watching the car get blown all to hell. I booted up the original last year. I'll have to do it again soon. Anyway I second your motion.
I'm probably making this up, but I think you could target specific areas of the ship in one of the games. I don't remember what effect it had on the ship.
If you haven't played it, X-Wing Alliance is a great game. Yeah, same gameplay as XvT, but I thought it had a good story.
I never heard of Stalker, but I'll definitely check it out. Thanks! I've played Deus Ex, Max Payne, and the HL series numerous times. For me, the Star Wars Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series is a slight step below all of the above, but those are games I come back to again and again. One other I'd add is Battlezone, which is a fps/rts combo.
Boring. Wake me up when they design a plane that can fly from New York's Idyllwild Airport to the Belgian Congo in seventeen minutes.
I couldn't agree more. I've complained to friends about this in the past. The 3.5 rules encouraged far too much micro-management. This level of rule building is great when it's applied to a computer game (NWN for example), which can handle this sort of thing quickly and seamlessly. For pen-and-paper playing, these rules are in my opinion nearly un-DM-able. How many tables do you have to reference when one of your guys is taking a swing at a monster? I certainly couldn't handle it.
If you don't mind single player, the Baldur's Gate series and the Icewind Dale series are both really decent. Good stories, interesting characters, big games that you can play at your leisure. At this point you wouldn't need much of a machine to run either of these, and I'm sure you could pick them up cheap.
If you're looking for multi-player, NWN 1 is the way to go, as everyone else has pointed out.
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But my data was gone...
Even if you didn't like the game, you could still pop the disc in a cd player and just listen to the tracks. You can't beat this stuff.
1. Mojo Nixon - UFOs Big Rigs & BBQ
2. The Beat Farmers - Baby's Liquored Up
3. The Reverend Horton Heat - Nurture My Pig
4. Cement Pond - Trash Can
5. The Beat Farmers - Gettin' Drunk
6. The Reverend Horton Heat - Wiggle Stick
7. Cement Pond - Vixen
8. Mojo Nixon - You Can't Kill Me
I couldn't agree more. I haven't done any tabletop gaming in years, but I'm still familiar with the rules via pc rpgs (icewind dale, nwn, etc.) and I occasionally sit in the bookstore and read through the new guides for old times sake. it seems like they're more interested in micro-managing than actual roleplaying. I'm guessing that it takes some of the imagination out of the experience as well. I can't imagine having to DM via these new rules; the system is far too complex.
Except that's not The Hobbit, is it?
you forgot - you must be prone to posting geeky lists on a geeky website frequented by geeks. ;)
Come on, not a single reference to Data, Lal, or Exocomps in this whole thread? Where am I?
Vincent: It breaks down like this: it's legal to buy it, it's legal to own it, and, if you're the proprietor of a software store, it's legal to sell it. It's legal to carry it, but that doesn't really matter 'cause - get a load of this - if you get stopped by the cops in Germany, it's illegal for them to hack your computer. I mean, that's a right the cops in Germany don't have.
Jules: I'm going, that's all there is too it, I'm farking going.
Vincent: Yeah baby, you'd digg it the most.
Anyone else think of this?
Holden: You look down and you see a Terrorist, Leon, he's crawling toward you-
Leon: Terrorist, what's that?
Holden: Know what a Democrat is?
Leon: Of course.
Holden: Same thing.
Tonight, on "Eye on Springfield": just miles from your doorstep, hundreds of teenage boys are playing videogames where they are given weapons and trained to kill. The town calls it an "arcade", but a more alarmist name would be "The Killbot Factory."
I think it's 'who put the bomp in the bomp-sh-bomp-sh-bomp'
Awesome game.
And was the biggest Best Game / Worst Sequel around until Deus Ex / Deus Ex Invisible War.