I always loved customizing and painting WH40k figures more than actually playing. Unfortunately I just don't have the time or money anymore...maybe when I retire.

Isn't there a dangerous legal precedent in not sentencing this harshly? Are people free to trick women into abortions and get away with a slap on the wrist, as long as they don't pretend to be a doctor while they're doing it?

It would be rad if EVE servers could record everything that happens, then play it back later in real time once it's finished. That would be cool to watch. Or maybe that's already possible, I dunno.

Haha, excellent.

Exalt missions are fun, and tough, in the early game. But once you get the hang of rushing their comm relays, and figure out where the reinforcements appear on a given map, the challenge drops way off. Then again, that's the difficulty curve for the game as a whole - the first three or four months are the hardest, and…

I think it's a perfectly valid boundary, to say you don't want to hear details about your friends' sex lives. Writer number one needs to reestablish that boundary, by politely but *firmly and clearly* reminding her that hearing stories of her sexcapades makes him uncomfortable. If she ignores the reminder and keeps at…

Whoa, that's pretty rad.

It's good advice, and a mindset I try to maintain. Any time I start feeling sorry for myself for whatever reason, I remind myself that it could be almost infinitely worse. There are people dealing with things a billion times more difficult and horrible and painful than anything I've ever experienced (or am likely to…

Living for a week with a poison ivy rash isn't comparable- in any way- to living for your entire life with a debilitating, chronic, and ultimately fatal illness.

But he like works in mysterious ways, or something, therefore your logic is invalid.

Maybe God is causing all this shit because of the increasing insanity of republicans posturing as His moutpiece! Ever think of that, Susanne?

I think it's fucking weird that King thinks "Saga" is integral to their brand. I have never heard a single person refer to it as "Candy Crush Saga". And I don't see how 'saga' is even remotely relevant to the mechanics or themes of their game.

Fuck King, and everyone who works there who had a hand in this. It's not just about patent trolling. It's not just that they're going after a studio that looks like it's crafting seriously beautiful and compelling games. It's this mindset that certain corporate entities have that they're entitled to stake sole…

Taking the randomness out of Spelunky?

That's a great point. The price cut is only one aspect of a Steam sale. The other is the publicity of popping up on Steam's front page. I hear people talk about and recommend a lot of indie games, but I still discover TONS of games that I never knew existed until they pop up when I open Steam.

He gets to the real heart of his argument when he says he thinks rampant sales might decrease overall dev profit. That's what he's really worried about, here. I think he doesn't like that his profits are spread out over periodic sales, and would prefer more of that income focused at the release of the game. Which is…

Not until someone releases the Hot Coffee mod...

Yeah, my thinking is similar. I have no problem with it, in concept. I don't think it's morally wrong, or inherently harmful, or anything. The key is making sure that everyone involved in such an arrangment receives equal rights, responsibilities and protections under the law.

There's not really much that's impressive about this. Looks nice enough, assuming any of it is actually representative of the real-time, in-game visuals. Also considering it's a pretty bland environment - super high-res stone and graffiti textures on blocks of geometry. Is any of it destructible? How's the cloth sim?…

I use my credit card for everything. I pay the balance off weekly, so I never pay interest and it's easy to keep track of how much I spend (online banking makes this as simple as it's possible to be). Plus I earn reward points that typically amount to a free $700 flight each year, which I use for my summer vacation.…