TheMightyEthan

I haven't watched it yet, so I can't say how bad any spoilers might be, but according to comments on RPS the first 20 minutes shows the beginning of the game and the last 20 minutes is some random mission about 1/3 of the way through the game. I'm trying to hold out for the demo, and I actually think I might make it...

This is probably a sign of the area where I live, but I've known gay guys who when they're talking with a random person simply change pronouns, "he" becomes "she", "boyfriend" becomes "girlfriend", etc. It's really sad. And I understand that employees are representatives of the company when on company business, that was kind of my point: a regular employee represents the company when they're working, whereas a spokesperson represents the company all the time. People aren't going to hold it against JC Penny that they employ Chris the Racist Checker just because they employ him and he's racist, as long as he doesn't act inappropriately at work, just like (the vast majority of, but sadly not all) people opposed to homosexuality won't hold it against them for employing George the Gay Checker just because he's gay, as long as he doesn't act inappropriately at work (granted their definition of "inappropriate" may be a little different from yours or mine). I think people have a right and duty to try to influence society for (what they see as) the better. If I say it's wrong of them to pressure companies in certain situations to adhere to their viewpoints then it has to be because it's wrong to pressure companies in those situations in general, not just because of the viewpoints doing the pressuring. Aside: how do I always end up defending the Right?

Yeah, as a general rule you don't want to personify the thing that you're saying is bad.

That was my initial reaction, but then I decided that saying you won't shop there is tacitly telling them to fire her and that I don't think obfuscating the message a little has much bearing on whether it's right or wrong. The difference I see there is that you hire spokespeople to represent the company whereas people working the checkout counter are just random employees. As long as the random employees don't do anything offensive in their capacity as a store employee then people don't really care. As long as Chris the Checker doesn't go on a racist rant while he's checking people out I'm not going to hold his views against the store. With a spokesperson on the other hand the store actually went out and picked that person specifically because they think that person should represent their store.

@Atomsk88: If you've got a computer that can run Mass Effect and you don't already own it on another system I'd suggest waiting until a Steam sale, they both usually get marked down to $5 during those. The only pieces of must-have DLC are Lair of the Shadow Broker and Arrival.

There's a Call of Duty thread, but not one specific for Modern Warfare 3. http://forum.pressxo...hp?showtopic=91

I don't know what the problem is, but I tried it in both Chrome and Firefox. Maybe I'll try it on my laptop... *Edit* - Working on my laptop. How weird. Both computers are using the same connection. *Edit 2* - Figured it out, I had 3rd party cookies disabled.

The facebook app page just reloads forever for me, looks like it's caught in a redirect loop. Man, I just cannot work the internet today. *Edit* - Might be UK specific (the URL, even if I search for the app on Facebook, keeps putting "uk" in it).

I just made a new account on a new e-mail that I made specifically in order to set up this account, so I know there's no other accounts on it, and it still says that I need to get prime. *Edit* - I think IGN's sign in system is fucked right now, and that's the problem. Because I now have 3 IGN accounts, and I went to sign in in Firefox to see if it was Chrome that's the problem, and their site tells me that the username or password is incorrect for all 3, and the "forgot password" says it's not working while they migrate their sign-in system. Also the sign out link on Chrome doesn't work. So yeah, IGN sucks like always. *Edit 2* - Nevermind, after the Mass Effect 3 facebook game wouldn't work I thought maybe it was my computer, so I tried my laptop and both this and the Mass Effect game are working on that computer. WTF could be causing that? *Edit 3* - Figured it out, I had 3rd party cookies disabled.

I can't get it to work, when I go to the IGN promo page it says I need to have a prime membership, but I have the trial. Maybe it doesn't work with trial memberships?

Yeah, but I already have it on 360, cause I got ME1 on 360 when it was an exclusive and I wanted to be able to keep my save files.

I'm playing Mass Effect 2 again so I have a lot of time to sit around and think about how stupid planet scanning is and how it could be less stupid, and here's my solution: Instead of having to manually go over the planet, you simply press the scan button and EDI scans the whole thing manually and gives you a report on how much of each mineral is on the planet. She also tells you how much it will cost in credits to mine those minerals, based on factors such as the surface conditions, the mineral makeup of the planet, whether the minerals are concentrated in a few places or spread out all over, etc. You then have the option to spend the credits to mine the minerals or not. Another facet I've considered but not decided whether it's a good idea or not is to give you the option to only mine some of the minerals, or only one type of mineral, with the disadvantage that it would cost more per mineral collected (though still less overall) due to the fact that there's a certain amount of overhead or whatever just in setting up operations. Another option would be to have you pay a certain amount just to establish a mining facility (determined by surface conditions on the planet) and then pay an additional amount determined by how much mining you want done (based on the other factors I listed).

Agreed, past a certain point there's no way any game could live up to the hype. Though I think the reverse effect made me like Darksiders more than I otherwise would have: everyone was saying it wasn't too great, so I didn't have high expectations and then when I played it I was pleasantly surprised by how good it was.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Oh man, that is totally the kind of thing I would do.

I think a more literal translation would be "dick", but yeah.

lol, I considered it, but I'm someone who likes to follow the plots in my games (even if they're shitty), so I figured I should start at the beginning.

Never heard that before.

Okay, what if it wasn't a rant on her show, what if she was just generally known to be a racist but didn't play it up publicly? All I'm saying is I don't think it's wrong to pressure a company to stop using a spokesperson who does something you find morally reprehensible. That said, I think those of us who support gay rights should pressure JC Penny not to fire her, for the same reason.

While I disagree with 1 Million Moms and don't think Ellen should be fired, I also don't think there's anything wrong with people saying they won't support a company while they employ a spokesperson that they disagree with on a fundamental level. I mean, what if instead of it being because she's gay what if she'd gone on a horribly racist rant on her show. Would it be wrong for people to refuse to shop at JC Penny until she's fired as spokesperson then?

Wanted Darksiders on PC and decided to also check out what the fuss is about with Uncharted.

I know this is completely beside your point, but it's related and I find it interesting: they can now make sperm from human bone marrow, meaning lesbian couples actually could have their own biological children (and men are now reproductively superfluous).

I feel like I've seen that kind of thing before, but they're not at all common.

I'm telling you, forget Ashley and Miranda, it's Liara all the way! I mean, you get to make it with a hot alien babe. And in the end, is that not what man has dreamed of since he first looked up at the stars?

Legion is my favorite companion character from ME2. *Edit* - According to the canon Anderson is no longer a Councilor by this point, even if he was in ME2, he's been replaced by now. Also, he's an Admiral in the Alliance, so it's not unreasonable to think he's talking about Alliance rank. Not to mention the whole reason Shep is on Earth is for a military trial, so presumably he's saying "the trial's over, you're cleared of the charges and reinstated to active duty".