I believe its like Paradox's Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron series, with discrete units for time (EU3 for instance uses days, two actions taken one at the "start" of the day and the other at the "end" of it will finish at the same time, as the game doesn't measure hours), but that is played by default in real-time, ie: as if everyone was continuously clicking "end turn" in a traditional turn-based title.
[quote]The problem is that people can't accept video games as an entertainment medium on the same level as movies, music and books. In my observations in both the media and political circles video games are portrayed as something that is for children only. Adults don't play video games, only children do, and as such no adult content should ever be included in a video game.[/quote] It gets worse. People can't accept that game *developers* can make something for adults. If it's a game,
First: Runescape Current: Guild Wars and D&D:O Favorite: Guild Wars
[quote who="Fuzzy Logic" reply="7" id="2418303"]What could be more natural?[/quote] Same thing sans the towels, the chairs and the inflatable stuff. Though I must ask, can you enter those beaches *with* your clothes on, or is it a strictly "nude or gtfo" affair? As for the topic at hand, as long as its clearly labeled I don't have a problem with anything, be it nudity, violence, depictions of torture, rape, genocide, whatever. Some people may not want to watch i
[quote]Now if only there was a way to publicly write down your thoughts, valid points, and opinions in the hopes that someone else might read them at a later date and agree with you. Then perhaps they would vote with their wallets too and the whole would prosper! What a dream! Perhaps one day it will happen. One day.[/quote] One would hope that, if you were looking for a way to write down your thoughts and show them to the public, you'd be looking for *disagreement*, to better explore
[quote who="Kodiak888" reply="43" id="2412438"]One last note. I read that they plan to have two years of DLC. How many DLC do you think that is? How much will each DLC be? Fallout 3 had 5 DLC's, and some people paid $120 for that game and all of it's extra content. Is that game worth that much? Would you spend $200 on Dragon Age? Would you spend more? Or is that a huge amount of money to waste on a video game? I for one do not enjoy my super-sized video games for double the price for a quarte
DLC on release isn't the problem: the problem is DLC that gives tangible, gameplay advantages to those who buy it. I like it when they do as Hearts of Iron 3 or Killing Floor where you pay for purely cosmetic niceties, making the DLC more of a "thank you" for a donation than anything else. But giving "premium" customers an item with a +3 bonus to every stat? that's just low. Me, I won't pirate it, far too many trojans around plus I'd rather use my HDD space for something useful, but I
A simple, logical reason why extensions should be visible: Jessica_Alba_nude_at_beach.JPG.exe 'nuff said. And then there are subtler issues, such as images which you may use the same program to view them all, but edit raster ones (JPG, PNG et al) in Paint.NET, vector ones (SVG) in Inkscape, and RAWs from photographic cameras in specialized software like Adobe Lightroom and configuring Windows to do all that is a PITA so its easier to just open the appropiate program an
Yes, it will negatively affect your performance as 64-bit binaries use 64-bit unit types by default rather than 32-bit ones so they'll occupy twice as much memory as the 32-bit versions. However, unless you're doing math-heavy work on a low-memory enviroment (a terrible idea by itself), the effect will likely be less than what you get by leaving your browser open while you play a game, ie: completely and utterly irrelevant. As for the limitations of 32-bits, due to various things invo
On the other hand, not everybody has access to well-stocked retail stores either. Around 80% of my game collection at both Steam and Impulse, for instance, has never seen a retail release here in Chile based on my own guesstimations. Sure, EA can afford to do worldwide releases for every single Sims expansion pack they make, but smaller devs such as Tripwire have struggled to get their games on the shelves in the *US*, nevermind South America. And they're a relatively large dev house compared
It's as if I asked you: are you stupid? yes, it's technically a question, but the tone is as if I'm assuming the answer is "yes" and the question itself is purely rhetorical. Now, I can confirm what Wirespeed said, it's US$19.99 for Sins of a Solar Empire and US$29.99 for the bundle containing both Sins and the first expansion, Entrenchment. Yeah, the email's wording may have been fairly poor (though why you'd believe they'd sell the same thing for two different prices is beyond me),
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[quote who="tesb" reply="32" id="2401242"]there are mods for oblivion which changes the leveling system to an exp based one (like in dnd, wow or diablo ect.): http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?id=4425&view=OblivionMods.Detail [/quote] You've just saved my ~$20 investment, thanks ;) [quote]Okay I put up Demigod and Empire Total War on my list. Those any good?[/quote] Dunno about Demigod as I've only played the demo, but Empire is a
[quote who="Allegiance86" reply="423" id="2401203"]Please tell me when war has actually worked in someones favor and accomplished long term goals? War only comes around because of issues that will become Long term issues and the goal is to snuff out that problem.[/quote] All of them. The Vietnam War, for instance, was an attempt of the US to diminish Soviet influence in eastern Asia, as part of the much larger Cold War. They failed, not because they didn't kill enough vietnamese but b
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The Orange Box -> Yes. "Best deal in gaming" doesn't even *begin* to cover it. Risen -> haven't played it Oblivion -> Morrowind with shinier graphics and, I've heard, poorly-balanced creatures. Me, I never bothered going past lv3 or so, I couldn't tolerate the weird leveling system. Fallout 3 -> Yes. Like Oblivion but even better graphics, an interesting plot, and a *decent* leveling system. If your system can handle it, it's highly recommended.
You know, I'm reminded of an old quote about Hannibal, the Carthaginian commander who went over the Alps to beat the crap out of what was, at the time, the world's most powerful empire in their own home. "Hannibal knew how to gain a victory, but not how to use it". The US' superior equipment and military budget can give them victory over anyone else with relative ease (except, perhaps, Europe), but I'll be damned if they know how to *use* those victories for anything worth a c
[quote]I am sorry, but if you don't understand what a "people" or a "nation" are, it will be very difficult to talk to you. You are thinking in terms of race, and I don't understand that view. I am thinking in terms of nations and you don't know what a nation is.[/quote] Wrong, I'm thinking of the definition you gave. "People" as in plural is simply a term used to denote a group of persons characterized by one or more common attributes. I am simply asking you to tell me *wh
[quote]http://www.thefreedictionary.com/people See definition 3. Or look up "nation" in an encyclopedia.[/quote] I quote, then: 3. pl. peo·ples A body of persons sharing a common religion, culture, language, or inherited condition of life. Clearly they're not excluding, so "geeks" are people and "spanish" are people, but you can still be a "spanish geek". So I ask again, more clearly: what conditions are necessary and sufficient to quali
[quote who="Leauki" reply="19" id="2393052"]What do you mean "races"? The Jews are a people, not a "race".[/quote] Define "people". [quote who="Leauki" reply="19" id="2393052"]Nothing in the text is about "racial pride". The author is proud of what the Jews have achieved, not of what they are.[/quote] The difference being...? [quote who="Leauki" reply="19" id="2393052"]Your Jewish blood doesn't count for anything. It's the common culture and language that
[quote who="Hyrim" reply="408" id="2392692"]As long as the UN continues to be a beuracratic joke the world needs America to do the dirty work (with help of course). America is in a tricky position, if it acts and things don't go well it gets blamed. If it doesn't act and things get bad it will get blamed.[/quote] Such as...? I've yet to hear somebody blaming the US for *not* messing in other countries' conflicts. Outside of a few US citizens of course, but I assume you meant
I wonder, had the GP posted something similar but with respect to the aryan/nordic races, how would the rest of forum-goers have taken it? my guess is "not well". Racial pride: just as stupid today as it's ever been. Me, reading this topic made me *ashamed* of having jewish blood, rather than proud of it. Why would I care about some guys halfway across the globe? just because they have similar racial backgrounds as I do? stupid.
Whenever somebody uses the phrase "US patriots", God kills a large cat. Which is why most of them are in the brink of extinction today. As to the original question, no the US won't always be a superpower, and frankly chances are it'll stop being so really soon. Education is worse than ever, barely surviving thanks to the influx of foreign students, the legal system continues to put constrains on enterpreneurs with an ever-extending patent and copyright system, their economy just crash
Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth 2 is, in my opinion, the best RTS out of all the C&C/StarCraft derived ones out there, and the expansion is brilliant as well. Mass Effect is one of the few great single-player RPGs that have been released recently for the PC, and Mirror's Edge has gotten pretty good opinions though I haven't played it yet. Do they release trash that would've been best burned and buried under half a ton of lead? sure, but so do all other companies, it's j
[quote who="Mogmoogle" reply="52" id="2388487"]I wouldn't say I found any FPS extremely difficult since many of them have not really progressed past the doom level of engineering, theres been like maybe 5 that I've actually enjoyed in the last 15 years, 3 Being Unreal Titles, The other being Red Faction because of their use of the destructable enviroment, and Hidden & Dangerous. other then that, its heres 9 weapons go kill a bunch of crap the only challenge really being the speed at which
[quote who="Kitkun" reply="5" id="2387741"]I'm going to bite and ask... how?[/quote] I had forgotten to put the screws in, then one day while playing some game I accidentally kicked my speakers' cables and POOF! my sound was gone. I nearly had a heart attack when I found out the reason but, as I said, everything worked fine once I plugged it in again (after turning the PC off, of course).
No, Xbox 360s suck compared to old Nintendos. Old 386s could easily fry something if you put a single cable wrong before turning it on (ahhh, so much money spent learning how to build a system...), whereas a few months ago I accidentally unplugged the soundcard on my modern Athlon X2-based PC while in actual use (long story) and all components survived the experience just fine.