TheMightyEthan

I originally bought Darksiders on 360, but then I bought the PC version (probably during that same Steam sale) and haven't played it yet, I'm waiting until closer to Darksiders 2. Is it really that bad on the PC?

From the Because We May sale.

Civilization V is free to play on Steam until 1 PM PST on Sunday, and it's 75% off until Monday. http://store.steampowered.com/app/8930/ If you don't have it, you should get it.

Except if you limit your arguments to a method that yields a number that's patently ridiculous like that then basically the judge's only alternative is to go with the defendant's reasoning, which is not what you want to happen. At most it seems to me like something you'd use as a throwaway argument to make your real argument look more reasonable.

IIRC it just seemed boring and pointless, which I guess makes sense for a book about how pointless their lives were. And before you say I just didn't like it because I was an uncultured teenager or whatever, I liked plenty of the other stuff we read in there. Just that one specifically grated on me.

THANK YOU!

This weekend is Memorial Day weekend. Most people get Monday off work.

I just read up on that and it's interesting to me because, based on their personalities in the movies at least, I would have pegged Captain America and Iron Man as being on the opposite sites to what that story has them on.

I'm just pointing out that America does not have one idealogy anymore. We did at one point, but definitely not these days. I know, that's why I said "in some ways." I suppose it would have been more accurate to say "Though ideologically quite different from Captain America, Iron Man also embodies what some perceive to be American values." The reason I connected Captain America to the "America, fuck yeah" attitude is not because that's his attitude but because he is supposed to be all that is great and wonderful about America made flesh, and therefore is a product of that type of attitude.

Right, I left out the middle of that thought, which was "Iron man represents the ideology of America in some ways more than Captain America."

Iron Man is like the embodiment of capitalism and the "America, Fuck Yeah" attitude, in some ways even more than Captain America. I can't imagine that there will be any product placement of ideologies outside of that.

I remember hating it.

Why in the world would you name your browser "Axis"? Next they're going to make a mail client named "Fuhrer". *Edit* - Even the branding looks evil.

I actually find mentioning product names (not like that Bones thing, that's ridiculous) less jarring than when they talk about the object but don't mention the name. *kid playing PSP* "Oh, is that the new online shooter?"

Better curriculum means better employees.

That ad had gay people in it! I've never seen a tourism ad for the US generally (which makes sense that they wouldn't advertise internally) but I have seen similar ads for other states and countries. *Edit* - Yeah, it seems like having the people buy their own food and giving them money to cover the increased cost would make more sense.

You can run XBMC as software on Windows, which is what I'm doing, I just thought I'd try the linux version first because I don't have to pay for linux or pirate it.

Yeah, I used to use XBMC as my dashboard for my old modded Xbox and I loved it, so that's what I'm using cause I'm familiar with it.

Yeah, that's really cool but my first thought was that it will probably kill you in some horrible way.

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/campaign-interview-call-of/730375 I know it's marketing, so grain of salt and all that, but these Overwatch missions sound really cool. I'd consider buying it at launch if I was convinced singleplayer would be beefy enough to justify it.

Posting from my HTPC. Actually built it on Monday, put XBMCBuntu on it, couldn't get hdmi audio working, screwed with it all night, gave up, went to bed. Tuesday I was like "okay, I'll give regular Ubuntu a shot." HDMI audio works right off the bat, so I'm happy, get all my software and everything set up, then I go to try to get the remote control working. Can't get lirc working right, so it won't recognize my remote, I go to bed frustrated again. Today I put Windows 7 on it, everything works like a charm. What I have learned from this: even for a media appliance, linux isn't worth the trouble.

I have no idea about the UK, but I know in the US if you voluntarily quit from a job then you can't get unemployment benefits.

EA, your transparent attempt at viral marketing does you no credit.

Yeah, in the last few years I've bought numerous games that I pirated way back when. Often times I end up never even playing the newly purchased copy, but I still don't regret the purchases.

It's Asia.