No it wasn't.

*That is all this study says. If you bring up one, two, or three countries which you think "disprove" this study, then you don't get the point of a study investigating multiple countries.*

*It's simply showing the difference when a society believes god is vengeful and angry versus kind an forgiving.*

Yeah, no, I believe no part of this is correct.

One crucial detail I'll point out that makes it clear these guys are badasses: Very few ships are moving. That tends to mean big ships, epic-level pilots, just a mess of armor and shields, advanced damage control systems (read: regeneration). Everyone dropped out of warp then just put their battleships in Park and…

Yes, that would be Eve Online in a nutshell.

You're slacking off, kids with firecrackers. Let's get those numbers up!

Ms. Anders,

BEHOLD!

Realized recently that while I was enjoying the iOS releases of Myst and Riven, I had never actually played any of the games beyond Myst 3: Exile.

Um, I admit it's not visually impressive if you don't know quite what you're looking at, but here's a 400 on 400 pvp Eve Online battle.

Want Starcraft Ghost? You can play it right now. Just whenever they say "Metroid", mute the game and say aloud "Zerg" and whenever they say "Galactic Federation" say "Terran Dominion."

In all seriousness: I've heard decent things about Ragnarok (if you like 90s-era sprites) or Ragnarok 2 (if you like actual 3D scenery).

I have always had a thing for sexy mechanics. The idea of a fine-looking woman with a bit of stubborn grease under her nails and a slight whiff of motor oil and Permatex Orange about her . . . mmm, yum. "Great job with that ring job, honey. Here, let me help you get those dirty overalls off . . ."

Starcraft.

Note to self: add in a creepy scene in next Call of Cthulhu RPG session where PCs find a library consisting of nothing but years and years of bound volumes of "Journal of Parasitology".

I am notnotNOT one of those people who reads stories of people in financial distress and says, "Hah! Sucks to be you! Should have saved more/worked harder/been Christian/been born white/voted for McCain!" etc.

Mayhap. Still, I suspect China's new 'stealth' aircraft is pretty much a normal aircraft only painted really, really dark black. Or at least, it will be until it flies through that first rain storm and the tempera washes off.

Given our seeming inability to NOT murder an innocent Afghan family every time we bomb some terrorists, I'd say the IQ of smart bombs has been highly overrated.

Hell, Iran does this in spades.