So if a monk takes a piss, its because religion tells him he should take a piss? Your problem is that you assume the only motivation people have for everything they do if they are part of some religious organization or order is their religion.

The problem is that in nearly every case critiques on religion are largely misplaced. You draw a causal connection between religion and the problem, when there is no proof of such a causal link. All you have is correlation, and as needs constant repeating, correlation does not equal causation. Just because the…

Nationalism and religion go hand in hand quite often. Religion makes for a fine nationalist myth that nationalists can exploit.

Eh Halo 2 was also pretty weak on the campaign side and there you also played mostly as the Arbiter. And in Halo 2 they also mostly used the story to expand on what the motivations of the Covenant really were and setting things up for Halo 3. Second game in the story arc is going to be the weakest is a tradition now…

A system that dishes out automatic sentences would just be equally unfair as the current system. But at least the current system allows for some leniency.

Perhaps its time that marketeers start investigating new ways to get their brands and products out to the people they want to reach, instead of using a model that essentially dates back to....well, print media I guess?

God yes, I probably spend as much time just leisurely strolling through the environment as I spend actually trying to advance the games story.

Yeah I hated the way it looks. Even more after your cities start adopting architecture that fits with your chosen affinities. I hate how those looked. And there is just so little visual feedback as well. In Civ 5 you could basically tell what buildings you put in your cities by just looking at them, but in BE only…

Meh, if it reflects in the price of the base game (aka, the base game does not cost 60 dollars) I might be okay with it. At least with games like Call of Duty.

Thats not necessarily a bad thing though. I mean, if its appropriately priced. Plenty of people play CoD for the multiplayer, if they can get that for say 20 bucks, its a win for them. Then if they want to try one or two levels, they throw in another 5 bucks for the levels they want and be done with it. It would also…

A Closed Mind is a Safe Mind.