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    Dragon Age: Origins | The must-play RPG (No Spoilers)

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Happysin:<BR>Stealth means even if you're first, you're invisible. It is a must have for all backstab rogues. Also, stealth means bombing the crap out...
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    Dragon Age: Origins | The must-play RPG (No Spoilers)

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by ShrikeBTR:<BR>Your post is making me want to say "the game isn't for you". </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I've pretty well come to this conclusion myself. I've...
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    Dragon Age: Origins | The must-play RPG (No Spoilers)

    I've been slogging through this game on the 360 and suffering from TPKs and near TPKs almost every battle on normal difficulty. According to the stats, I'm around 22% complete. If it wasn't for TPKs, I'd probably be done by now.<BR><BR>Last night I finally gave up and set the difficulty to...
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    Lessons Learned for Next Generation (freeform)

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Ulf:<BR>"Teh Waggle" for the sake of "Teh Waggle" drags down titles that would have been perfectly fine without it. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I had my...
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    What was your longest hiatus from gaming?

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Sangus:<BR>you gave up the more productive activity for a religious observance and turned to TV?!? </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I also did some reading...
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    Advice: should I get a PS3?

    I always look at it from a cost analysis point of view. This would involve some maths though, so you'll have to decide if that's worth the effort. -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif --<br><br>1) Determine how much you <i>really</i> are...
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    What was your longest hiatus from gaming?

    A few months, during various groundings when I was much, much younger.<br><br>There were a few months when I didn't play very much (if at all) during the Semester from Hell in college.<br><br>The only other significant period I can think of is that I gave video games up for 40 days for a...
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    Lessons Learned for Next Generation (freeform)

    WRT button mapping: I'm not sure they really need to require the devs to do anything. It should be trivially easy to program the system to handle a button mapping profile for each game in each user profile.<BR><BR>The map could be accessed from the guide. Each time the game loads, it would...
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    Borderlands: any good as a single player game?

    After having played the SP to completion and letting my opinion of it baste for a couple of weeks after the fact, I would have to say no (for me).<BR><BR>I suppose it really depends on one important detail. Do you need a strong narrative to provide motivation in a FPS? If the answer is no...
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    The reasons you need to buy Left 4 Dead 2 on PC

    I liked the first game but quickly got tired of the repetitiveness. I tried the demo out to see if the new stuff was interesting. Despite the additions made, it still feels very much like the first game. The additions seem rather minor, and the changes are mostly to the detriment of the...
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    Disliked Pen and paper characters

    <blockquote class="ip-ubbcode-quote"> <div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div> <div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Crackhead Johny:<br>Commie, mutant, traitors... in love? Does friend computer know? </div> </blockquote> <br><br>Citizen, are you implying there is...
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    Innovating problems: why DJ Hero flopped

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by EtherealGoddess:<BR>So do we like the music or have we never even heard it? Please pick one cogent position. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>You really need...
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    Innovating problems: why DJ Hero flopped

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by EtherealGoddess:<BR>What does your agreement matter when the numbers aren't even on his side? </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>And what you people seem to be...
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    Yes Men punk US Chamber of Commerce on climate change, sued

    I don't like trolls. And of the two groups, the Yes Men seem more trollish so I hope they get taken for a bundle.
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    Apple's Mini DisplayPort becomes official VESA spec

    Bleh. I want to see all displays standardize on HDMI. (And for the consortiums to not screw up HDMI.)
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    Diablo for loners: the story behind indie-hit Torchlight

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by mathrockbrock:<BR>I just thought Evil Peer's characterization of Diablo II was inaccurate, since a lot of my pals got into it for LAN play as much as...
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    Do you ever get all the trophies / achievements for your games?

    I will try for achievements if the game is fairly fun, and its conceivable that someone other than a "twitch-tween" could possibly get it. I almost never bother with online achievements though. I hate collection achievements, but still try to complete them.<BR><BR>I got all the achievements...
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    Diablo for loners: the story behind indie-hit Torchlight

    In response to the article blurb, I'm not sure why "Diablo without multiplayer" should sound so crazy. Even at its height, Diablo II's Battle.net attach rate still consisted of a very small fraction of units sold.
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    Students suspended for racy slumber party pics, file lawsuit

    I am generally against work/school invading home/social. But I also believe in total freedom of association. So if the coach(es) in question don't want to run a team comprised of sluts (or sluts in training), that's their call. I'm also against "freedom of expression" including things that...
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    Time-travel doesn't imbue quantum computers with superpowers

    <blockquote class="ip-ubbcode-quote"> <div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div> <div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by twinstronglord:<br>So this means I cannot have a computer wherein my E-mails are sent by my brain before they are written and read before they arrive...