DanJW

Isn't there a legend that says that the Irish are decended from the refugees of Troy?

Or, you could have avoided sexism, and instead done something racist about the Irish Seriously though Yufster, the really scary thing is that everyone one day becomes just like their parents...

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I reckon it's to crush the human spirit. The combine also seem to be trying to erase human history ("the stuff in the water that makes you forget" etc).

Amazing photos Kingz! For those that have finished the game, there is a spoilerific site called the Half Life Saga Story Guide. Basically a timeline and an accumulation of all the snippets people have deduced from the games.

No, I haven't read it. Maybe it's one of those ideas that can be reached independently. Having followed a scientific path for most of my life I've always viewed objectivity and rationality as virtues. The book and ideas look interesting; maybe I'll get it, although I can see I a lot to question in it already. I'm done for now Metalmickey: I didn't really mean that all this was happening deliberately; I meant to imply that it was all unconcious. Yay for amateur psychoanalysis!

I'm high on objectivity man! Why? It might not be a comfortable topic, but acknowledging these things is the only way to fix them.

Ooooooooh!

Again, thinking out loud... I kind of agree with the notion that a very big problem is the social aspect. We have reached the happy state where it is no longer uncool and nerdy for a guy to be a "gamer", but that situation still exists for many girls (and I do mean girls rather than women, most of whom are now empowered enough to do their own thing - but it is the formative stages that have a lasting effect). However, the anti-nerd days are still in very recent memory, and if anything is responsible for a lack of consideration of women in games it is this. Many, many of today's game designers and programmers were probably shunned when they were pursuing their hobby in childhood and teenage years. Where were the girls when they were putting in the hard work learning to write code on their amstrad (and I mean socially, not necessarily sexually)? Now, suddenly, they are making lots of money and being creatively succesful and out of no-where women want a slice. After they have been persecuted for being a "geek" for so long, I can't totally blame these people for feeling suspicious when the mainstream comes calling for a slice of the pie. This also explains the current crop of "game-makers as rock stars", as an overcompensation for the bad old days. Luckily things are changing into something more healthy for everyone, but this never happens over-night.

word!

Listen in fool!

TRANSFORMERS!

Tiffany Teen was a godsend during n-gage testing, but on any larger screen she resembles your good self way too much to be called "an angel". Not that I'm dissing you. You look good in eyeshadow...

A bold and sweeping statement!

It is? Go on then, give us an estimated experience rating, of 0-5 gropes

the resemblance is uncanny!

That insinuation was made all the worse for having your current avatar next too it. Get rid of it! Oh, hang on, that might actually be you in drag. Sorry Nick.

Not that kind of hole! Edd meant "an absence", if thats an cleaner. And he's right, I have observed it as I cringed though various relationships. Don't feel bad though, at least girls don't have to worry about the goddamn Oedipus complex

To be honest, you kind of have to take faithfulness into account when reviewing a Lord of the Rings game. There's a price you pay for making money from such a canonical licence. ...Is canonical a word?

No, they pretty much come up with the concepts and story too, at least in the past. Now there's a new movement towards the post of "game writer" being a seperate profession.

Who on Earth would mistake holly for mistletoe?

Is that Pac-Man eating the Earth?

It's a soft J. I can't think of any way to write it phonetically. Roojsh?

Cats aren't wild. They've been around humans a long time. They are an "attendant species", like remora fish on sharks. However the selective breeding by humans on cats has given them an even greater killer instinct than their wild ancestors. That is why cats have an urge to kill stuff even when they do not need to, and so brutally murder so much wildlife. I like cats, but if all truth be told they an evil and destructive scourge on the face of the planet.

AHHHG. This reminds me of the Neverwinter Nights forums. Being based on D&D 3, the thief was called a rogue. I remember endless posts from american teenagers asking "how do I get the best rouge?" I SUGGEST GOING TO THE FUCKING BEAUTY PARLOUR BECAUSE ROUGE IS FOR MAKING YOUR CHEEKS ROSY!!!!!!.... is wht I would tell them.