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I'll take you under my wing as my protege and then stab you repeatedly in the back until all your stars are mine. It'll be good fun!

If there happens to be an open slot when this all rolls 'round, I'd love to be violently conquered.

There are tilesets for the weak minded (myself, for instance) that turn it into a more brain-accepted 8-bit graphical style.

DF = Losing = Fun, as it were. That's why things like SparkGear and Boatmurdered are so interesting. Everything goes to pot so quickly.

I could make all these horrible WoW jokes, but I think this will suffice. "*Points at WoW* My dwarves can beat up your dwarves."

Did you guys actually get around to doing this? Or did it die in the womb? Either way, I'm sitting here in one of my manic states (brain going at high speed, everything seems like it's being performed way slower, but everything looks faster. ARGH.) playing that tutorial and blazing ahead of it in a couple places, and enjoying myself immensely. So if people are still willing to do this, I could place my newb-ass-self at the end of the turn list, and if/when I fuck it over, we can just load the previous save, and I can keep practicing until my turn comes around again.

So, basically because I need a new sandbox, and I couldn't find a non-dead thread to hijack for a couple posts. I'm currently looking at Divinity 2: Ego Draconis and Risen. Anyone have thoughts about one, or both? Barring that, have any other recommendations? (I have only a PC. )

Just Cause 2 is currently out because 1. XP 2. Shitty-ish computer How free-roam is Red Faction (I assume you mean 3), though?

Someone stole (I still don't even understand HOW they managed that) my LoD key, so I'd be up for the original at least.

I'd qualify that as the game mechanics allowing you to do something unexpected/insane. I have to agree with Snoogle that everything in Far Cry 2 is a result of a trillion guards spawning like space rabbits of roving death. Sure, things unexpectedly happen as a result, but if you play Far Cry 2 enough, something will happen again. I'd say it isn't emergent. Though, honestly, on that theory, I have trouble thinking of anything emergent. Hmmmmm. I smell plot holes. (It's also entirely possible I'm an imbecile.)

It. . .is. Ouch? Man, you alright other than. . .arms?

The control scheme is exactly Rainbow Six. I compared more to those because of top-down/isometric turn-based control a squad of dudes gameplay.

I'd say it's worth it, if graphics don't bother you, or you can learn to like them. It's a fairly complex and enjoyable randomly generated squad-based tactical strategy turn-based game. (X-Com, UFO, Jagged Alliance) Hooray, mouthfulls.

That, is entirely the point.

Valve is. . .interesting. Ever since seeing the video of Gabe Newell's Slaughter Room (his office is godsdamned FILLED with knives of all sorts) I've been slightly concerned.

And now he's got a fancy "Now Playing" doohickey to prove it. For shame. I promised myself I'd never post in this thread, because I'd feel horrible whenever I missed someones birthday. But hey. Happy Birthday Peel, Topson (intentional, I assure you), Thrik and Hermie.

You do continue to amuse, Snoogle. Keep 'em coming.

*Sobs into his motherboard* I really need to upgrade my computer. It's finally hit its limit at how far I can take a 7 year old mobo and CPU and still play games with any sort of reasonable FPS/graphics. Ah well, it was inevitable. As for the game itself, aside from graphics, color me sequelitis-wary.

. . .I just spit tea all over my monitor. I really, really wish I wore a monocle. I really do. When was this announced, and why didn't I hear about it until now? Heads will roll! I love Thief, really do. Splinter Cell is stupendous, but Thief is just. . .nummy.

Maybe the last place I posted this was a humorless dump. Maybe I'm cracked in the head. Dunno, really. Either way, it's not actually a boy band. If you can't stand the boy band bit though, the pay-off starts at about :50 MaCZN2N6Q_I (OT: So that's how YT tags work. . .hnh.)

Aside from the early (Read: Non-shite) incarnations of Need For Speed (2, Hot Pursuit, Porsche Unleashed, High Stakes) the Burnout series is the only racing game series I have ever been remotely good at. . . Maybe I'm just too aggressive a racing gamer, and Burnout is the series that really rewards me for it? Something to look into. Damnit Patters. I know Burnout Paradise is sitting there on Steam, looking at me, licking my wallet. I need a racing game, and my computer can't run Blur and definitely not Split/Second, if that ever hits PC. Gaaaaah. Ah well. I'm about due for an impulsive purchase anyway.

The fact that it is adorable only adds to the terror, Snoogle. It will worm it's way into your heart. First metaphorically, then literally.

I. . . That. . . You can't. . . I'm going to quietly assume regular dynamite is not heat-seeking. I will now sit in my corner and mutter to myself about the good old days. Whatever those were.

I have no idea if these have been said already (I'd be rather sad if they haven't) but. . . Gardens of the Moon, Books of the Malazan Fallen by Steve Erikson Starts very slow, very politicky but picks up and stays interesting for most of the series. Does a lot of interesting things with a lot of old conecepts. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch There's a quote on the back of the book that says Oceans Eleven meets Robin Hood, or somesuch. That's rather accurate. It's also stupendously written (with a few problems here and there. It stays "safe" for instance), a good romp through a new world and the second book has pirates. What more do you need? The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Read it. Right the hell now. This is not negotiable. READ IT. Shadow Company (and accompanying 8 books) by Glen Cook I'm really not sure how to describe this series. I'm a great many years late to the party, but it's excellent character based fantasy with a hint of "WTF" Plenty of twists, turns and an interesting style to the whole thing. I loved them.

As with Delta Force 2, I played the ever-loving hell out of the Tachyon demo. Multiplayer mind you, which, I believe, doesn't work anymore. But still, it's a not bad space game. Of course, any game in which you can cut your engines, spin and continue drifting (mmmm, newtony) and kill people chasing you, gets in my book fairly quickly.