98% sure we're not getting a game called Redguard, since, y'know, we had one. We've also had two human provinces in a row, so it's time to go Elven again or swing for the fences with a Beast race locale.

As far as release times go, the math just doesn't add up. The principal development time for Fallout 3 was about two…

Eh, Fallout and Elder Scrolls are different enough that they're not really going to step on each others toes. The overwhelming majority of a game's profits are generated during the first few weeks of sales, so as long as they space the two by four months or more there'd be next to zero cannibalization. Just as an…

Whoops, you're right; looks like I confused the announce date with the release date.

As for what Bethesda is up to, I think they've grown large enough to handle multiple titles, so the lack of Fallout doesn't necessarily worry me. I'd say the longest we're going to go without an announcement is probably a year and a…

As much as I want this project to die, no, it didn't.

Elder Scrolls games launch every ~4 years; Morrowind was 2002, Oblivion was 2006, and Skyrim was 2011. They weren't going to change that. As Adam Stacey also noted, it was a totally different studio set up for the discrete purpose of creating this MMO. We should see…

Here's an idea, instead of lobbying for Nintendo to sell you the smaller 3ds, why not lobby harder to get their retarded region-locking removed? That way you can just order your Japanese-spec 3ds whenever that launches rather than wait for them to get around to selling it wherever you live?

Seriously, region-locks are…

Where's that joke Michael Bay script 4chan post about North Korea becoming Zeon and sending out "Zeonic American Killing Units", or Zakus, when you need it?

You're right, there's a distinct lack of lolis in an office building.

Char's red is actually mostly pink.

You're right, they should've gone with a Titans model. We're coming for you, Zeek scum!

Generally, the news I've heard has been framing it as Russia feeling boxed in by the EU & NATO so they're trying to expand their de facto borders under the auspices of protecting the Russian-speaking populations on their borders. While that conversation is couched in economic and military terms, I've never heard…

Regarding Eastern Ukraine, there's apparently another set of reasoning that's rarely talked about in Western media. Eastern Ukraine is highly industrial and is home to a lot of mineral deposits, it is also home to a number of Russian (former USSR might be a better way to phrase it) military contractors. The…

You'd be surprised. The Levant was highly Hellenized after Alexander, and again after Rome conquered the region. As traders, the Arabs would have learned of and integrated a lot of foreign ideas into their culture. The initial stories of the 1001 and nights are also likely Indian in origin, with the specific stories…

While the word may cognate to/ derive from Phoenicia, the ideas about the actual bird are either mostly or entirely Greek. The word is mentioned as far back as Linear B tablets (the preceding Linear A has never been deciphered), older than the golden age of the Phoenician trade empire.

Seven deadly sins trailers for CK2; greed, to be specific.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=…

What have you tried? You should be able to get the base game (feudal Christian rulers) down in a few simple runs.

First game? Ireland in 1066. You're almost completely safe from Vikings and no one is going to take your stuff but other Irish people. Learn all your basic family management, investment, and expansion…

Megatron turned into a handgun small enough for other Decepticons to fire him. Size is wildly irrelevant in G1.

Just a tabernacle, actually. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_ta…

As for the origins, we have to remember that many vulgar (the modern meaning) things are holy or spiritual in nature. As a completely foreign example, the Arab/Islamic term for something that's forbidden is haram, a term which actually means holy or…

Curse you weariness induced word-based dyslexia!

I somehow read that as Venture Bros. Space Jam Special and got really excited.

I guess he never took it out? In which case, shouldn't it be penetrating rather than penetrated?

Not exactly.

Barbarian is a Greek word, and an onomatopoeia at that. It's supposed to resemble babbling. While the cropped hair appeared quite early on in Roman history, regular shaving was another Greek invention that was introduced to the Roman legions by Scipio Africanus; his family, the Cornelii, were quite…