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Well they had that reasoning for DA2 being like Mass Effect. And since Mass Effect can't be like itself there's only one high selling EA property I can think of..... (p.s it's not a spoiler, it's a punchline)

http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/faa-wants-your-opinion-about-commercial-space Man NASA must be pissed. Still I guess it was inevitable. Space has been used for commercial purposes for many decades now. On a final note: Sppppaaaaaccccccccccceeeeee

Yeah I don't mind much either. Skyrim will be taking up most of my time.

£25 from GAME. It was a quid cheaper on Zavvi, but I get points through GAME(25p's worth more). Decided I'll use this years points to pick up Skyrim.

In case anyone is sure why the story side kinda makes everything else forgiven: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/05/04/how-the-witcher-dealt-with-choice (It's a bit spoilerish for the start of the game mind, they did have to give an example)

They're called barnacles. Just on Half Life the fast zombies freaked me out, hence it taking a couple years until I beat HL2.

Children of Earth was pretty good. Shame it took them 3 series to get to that.

I have immigrants!!

She already has met a doctor who doesn't know her: Tennant. Then she died. That's what the scene with Rory was referencing. I jsut used the clip cos it's the trailer for the Silence in the Library. The specific River Song clips are all AMV type shit.

It doesn't fix up the sometimes horrible control scheme though. Some bits use the mouse, but most of it is pure keyboard baby. That Stonesense, the isometric one, isn't interactive though. It latches onto Dwarf Fortress when you run it and outputs it in 3D and that's it. It's purely there to look pretty. The little 2D stuff does change the actual game though. That newb pack some's with a variety of pixel art to pick from. There's still a few bits that either haven't been replaced or still take a bit to wrap your head around though. Like I saw a stampede of B's on my earlier game Badgers if I remember correctly. My current learning curve is spending about 1-2hrs on it this evening, I know basic fortress layout, the menu system etc. Next is to learn self sufficiency and making it an actual fortress.

http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ It's kinda like Minecraft, but much much harder. First of all if you've never played it you should read these first to wet the appetite: http://www.timdenee.com/oilfurnace/ http://www.eldritch....ronzemurder.pdf They're what inspired me to give a crack at it. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/09/23/dwarf-fortress-the-song-of-onionbog-pt-1/ - this too. Anyway this is what Dwarf Fortress normally looks like: Thankfully there's people out there who realise not everyone can read ASCII natively so: They make it look nice. Better than nice. Which you can get in this handy program here: http://www.bay12foru...p?topic=59026.0 That includes the graphical overlay, the 3D output up above called "Stonesense" and a editor that lets you turn certain things off to let you ease yourself into the game. Here's one tutorial: http://afteractionre...ess-part-1-wtf/ here's another: http://df.magmawiki....uickstart_guide Now I'm just starting out, and it's got a bit of a learning curve but it's not as horrible once a dwarf looks like a fucking dwarf, so I recommend it. And remember Losing is Fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvEv2JBOMTk From our perspective, and the doctors, she already has. This is a bit out of date: But you should get the gist.

SD card expansion is what the Wii has now. And all that's seen in the Wiis lifespan is a FW update to allow the Wii to use SDHC cards. SD cards are not a proper storage solution. You need to come out with your long term storage plans ASAP. Both Sony n MS did it this gen and it's worked out quite well for them. Sony had it so you had a HDD no matter what SKU. MS had the caddy system so you could get the non-HDD SKU, but had the option for HDDdown the road. Neither of these were options they added in later. It's also important for developers. For example you see a fair few UGC enable games on PS3 because developers know no matter what they're making a game for a console with at least 20GB of storage. MS dev was a bit less stringent(Reach comes to mind) but same theory applied. If Nintendo put out a system with just 8GB of space and no expansion plans on day one, devs can only ever develop games with the requirements that no matter what later SKU's come out, they only have 8GB to play with. 8GB ain't much. I deletes some PS3 demos yesterday of around a gig each. As for what'd kill Nintendo it's not the storage directly, but the fact that 8GB of storage would show no intention of proper DD plans. Which fucked em up this gen too. Next gen DD will be even more important, and folks can only download games if the console has adequate space in the first place.

It's the size of a single layer Blu-Ray. Expect it to be the de facto standard next gen. Flash memory is much more expensive in terms of $/GB, but an 8GB chunk of flash memory is much cheaper than the cheapest of HDD's. However it pretty much shoots Nintendo in the foot on any chance of later expansion. If it's true Nintendo may as well save their cash n go the way of Sega now. Their profits are plummeting, the 3DS isn't selling as well as it's meant to be, their CEO is afraid of the big bad wolf phones, and they seemingly dislike the internet just as much. Their next console better be brining out all the stops and not just relying on a second Wii. It's success was more than likely a one time deal. Folks are getting wary of it. There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.

Dwarf Fortress. We need a thread for that game. Especially if making a thread means it will magically fill with "this is how to make it easier for new guy" tips n links n mods.

How to make the swamp better: Just run through it. Once you've gone through it the first time and got a lay of the land it's easy enough to go n do what you need to. About only time you can't run is if you take Gramps to the shrine, in which case you need to have him tag along and he doesn't run. You get to work more with Kalkstien on this one too, and I'm a fan of him. Also you start to see more of your older choices play out too, always nice.

It's not absolutely required, you won't miss out too much, just they reference back on it a fair bit. Most of your DOWII squad is from the campaign in DC so it's nice to get the references now n then. And as I said; good game.