Recent content by billcd

can I be an orc? please? fallout is about human storytelling. the life of one person pitted against the waste, against other humans. i like the idea of mutating later in the game (which beth could easily do a la bloodmoon), but the story has to begin being about one person, not some...

I already own Vampire, thanks for the suggestion though. Might check out Rome, too. I might also just browse around and look for something good in addition to other games, after all, I've got another quarter of college to keep myself occupied in... thanks for the advice everybody Just a...

the question is, do you want to win one war at the cost of perpetuating the system of violence and conflict that will inevitably cost more lives in the future? unless you're ready to radically rethink your approach to violence- ALL violence- war will be inevitable. unnecessary deaths will...

I played the first one and enjoyed it a lot. I was going to buy the second but I've read nothing but bad reviews for it. I'm planning on picking up a new game to keep me entertained for spring break, so any suggestions of something good that I should get my hands on? And is KOTOR 2 as bad as...

arabs are not people. see? it's that easy. why do you think slavery was so accepted? not white (or not american) = inhuman/animal. animal=ok to torture.

criticism of the police state is not criticism of the police. the usa is not the sole nation in this world responsible for violence. what makes terrorism bad? do you eat meat? drink milk? you torture animals. something that is not you is okay to torture. youve just shifted the bounds...

I thought that too. Made a lot more sense to be a bunch of execs saying, "Well, this is a crock of shit but might make some cash and a few headlines. Heads, we sell our souls to the devil. Tails, we continue to be utterly irrelevant." ...as opposed to actually getting excited about this...

Does the usefulness of NPCs really matter? I mainly kept them around because they were amusing. I think I probably spent more time trying to keep them alive than they did actually helping me. I'm think dogmeat fighting supermutants here.

Anyone here seen "the Take"? It's an interesting little documentary about worker controlled factories in Argentina after the debt default. Anyway, the ideas about worker (or designer) controlled corporations running a smoother, more responsive machine seems to come through. Problem is, we're...

What makes you think people are stupid just because they don't like to buy high quality games and buy shit instead? Maybe they aren't savvy when it comes to gaming, or aren't serious gamers at all, but this doesn't equal stupid. People are smart, they just don't care about the same things...

I'm basing this off of various books, etc I've read. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild, very well written and documented. Backs up everything I've said. Other than saying that, arguing facts is kinda pointless. After WWII, slave labor practices declined because rubber was no longer...

You people need to get some shit straight here. First, Belgium did have no control over Leopold's Congo, as it was his personal property, as in, he bought it himself. And Leopold's reign in the Congo was the most horriffic of perhaps any imperialist endeavor. Figures of millions dying are...

Heh, just that I didn't expect that much reply so quick. Don't worry about me though, I managed to get to all of it just fine.

Wow, piling it on me. No way to treat a noob. First, let me empasize something: this game will not be made without commercial backing. Unfortunately, Fallout would not sell like Beth would want it to, so they will tweak it a bit. That is inevitable. The choice is between a slightly...

This is amusing, as none of you seem to even recognize what's going on in Haiti. America basically backed a coup of Jean Betrand Aristide, the democratically elected president of Haiti. This is a "police operation" to support a violent gang of criminals, the result of which has been massive...