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Reply to Australian Game Classification: Public Consultation in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I just don't understand someone who gives the reason for not having an 18+ rating as being to protect children. It does the exact opposite - it exposes more children to 18+ games, while at the same time hurting adults by not letting them play some games at all. In fact the only argument I could see for not having an 18+ classification is if you did want it to be more accessable to children, which was the opposite of his professed position. Still, crazy system if you need every

Reply to CnC4 sucking in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I enjoyed all the C&C games from C&C to C&C3 (although RA3 was a bit underwhelming). I wouldn't have said C&C was amazing, but it was a solid game, and did exactly what I expected it to. To me it just defies belief that they'd take one of (if not the biggest) strategy franchies, and completely ruin it's final instalment like this. I mean they knew what worked, they knew what sold well, all they had to do was do a few tweaks to the existing formula, maybe upgrade the graphics s

Reply to The Health Care Bill passes in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote] 1. It “provides” insurance to 30 million Americans. How does it do this? They made it illegal not to buy insurance. Voila. Seriously. That’s how they did it. If you don’t, you’re fined $695 annually. 2. They make it illegal for insurance companies to deny coverage to those with pre-existing conditions [/quote] In that case why are so many people opposed so completely/ideologically to it? The second point is a very good on

Reply to Munchkins on the net? in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

First one quite possibly. Second one makes a valid point though - Impulse doesn't have as great a range of titles as steam (although some of the other points do defy logic), while Grizzt sounds like someone who's had a bad experience with Demigod and wasn't well informed as to the reasons behind this. To me they sound like different people though.

Reply to StarCraft II beta is out!! in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] You can't get a competitive game of single player in a strategy game. At this point, AI can't mimic the ability of a human player (without cheating.) There's no point in playing the single player after the campaign unless you're really, really bad [/quote] Numerous things missed though. Yes playing against a human tends to be more challenging without cheating, however against the computer you know what you're getting - you can have a challenging battle without the risk of faci

Reply to A better name for a gun in Politics JoeUser Forums

How about defender? Not a great name, but it implies the only use for the gun is to defend yourself, never to commit violent acts against others, or be involved with accidental deaths and suicide. Everyone should have the right to carry a defender to protect themselves! [e digicons]

Reply to Sup Com 2 - No thank you in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] You also dont play Supcom in multiplayer? Really stop posting, you making joke out of urself. How can you comment on game who are multiplayer based if you never played it in multiplayer [/quote] Multiplayer based? No. Counterstrike is multiplayer based, where the single player (vs bots) is incidental to the experience. SupCom is single player based with a multiplayer. I've had numerous hours of fun with SupCom and haven't needed to play it multiplayer once. I prefer wo

Reply to Should Impulse have games with truly excessive DRM on Impulse? in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

So long as impulse is clear about what DRM is used I'd much rather they did sell such games - at least then you can buy it if you want, and most importantly you know what you're buying. If they stopped selling games with heavy DRM then it'd be much harder to find out what DRM a game featured for example (you'd be reliant on forum posts etc. which aren't as reliable since DRM schemes can change/be uncertain prior to release).

Reply to Help Finding non-combat RPGs in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I'd also recommend the Tex Murphy series (under a killing moon, pandora detective, overseer) which can be got on GOG - they're puzzle/detective based but filled with character+with a strong story, and the graphics are surprisingly good for such an old game (especially for pandora detective+overseer) - you can pick them up at GOG as well

Reply to Thinking About the Unthinkable: A U.S.-Iranian Deal in Politics JoeUser Forums

The problems with the third option are that firstly you're hoping they're lying - that they aren't crazy. You're also hoping that Israel wouldn't go ahead with an attack, and of course the action itself would be political suicide - if Obama did this, he'd be finished. It wouldn't matter if it worked, or if it was a good idea, there's just no way I could see it doing anything other than costing a lot of votes, and since almost every politician is interested in being reelected, that acts as a m

Reply to The true face of DRM in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Phew, glad it's only the multi-player. You had me worried it applied to single player as well. A few years ago it would have been obvious that you meant multiplayer, but with all the ridiculous DRM schemes we're seeing now, it is entirely plausible that a company would force you to use their servers to play a game offline (although the fact that it was stardock made me think it most likely it was a multiplayer only thing, as they're one of the few companies left now I can trust to not put rid

Reply to Climate is cooling according to Jones in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote] I don't know how to post a link...Here is an idea why don't you do a wiki search or maybe go to the times and look it up. Or you can ignore what I wrote and continue marching [/quote] Why should he have to do all the heavy lifting? It's not hard to learn how to post a link - if you can learn how to type on a keyboard and move the cursor with the mouse you should be capable of learning how to post a link. [quote] I honestly think that if he posts a link that is his pro

Reply to We the Corporation in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote] Prove me wrong, that statistically speaking better campaign financing doesn't give one candidate a tremendously significant advantage over their competitors [/quote] You're the one making grand statements like how this is the end of a republic etc., - it is for you to prove this statement, it doesn't simply become true because you say so and mean I then have to offer clear proof that it's wrong. I've given a number of reasons as to why your suppositions are flawed, and no

Reply to Climate is cooling according to Jones in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote] Alright I guess I'm more interested in the (weather) temperature in each country each year then, Then go to here . [/quote] Taking me longer to look at than I'd hoped (can't read the data on this computer, have to use a different one), but thanks for the link, at first glance it's pretty much exactly what I was looking for

Reply to Are consoles d0med? in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] If you think of the PC games coming out this year total, all of them, are you saying you couldn't imagine Elemental being one of the 10 best selling PC games of the year? [/quote] It is possible but it wouldn't be one of the games that comes to mind when I think 'what games are likely to be big sellers this year'. I'm still interested in getting it myself, but I just perceive (rightly or wrongly) it as a bit more of a niche game compared to say a more mass market type one such

Reply to Are consoles d0med? in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] Elemental not in the same company as Civilization 5? What planet you been living on? [/quote] The real one? I would be amazed if elemental comes close to achieving the sales level of a civilization game, or having the same awareness or recognition levels at the moment as the civilization series. It might be a similar type of game, it might gain a better critical reception(+be a better game), but only the most ardent fan would expect it to sell as much as a civi

Reply to Climate is cooling according to Jones in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote] that by no means suggests that all 15 year intervals are precisely equal or that a longer time interval regardless of start/end points is always a better measure, only that their variation is less [/quote] But it does mean that it is much more likely to be a better measure, because of the reduced variation - if I was to take a random 7 period trend and a random 15 year trend and extrapolate that over say 20-30 years the 15 year period would be most likely to give the

Reply to Climate is cooling according to Jones in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote] Of course there will be the occassional interval at specific start and end dates that won't be significant. Mostly these will still exhibit the warming trend just simply they will be slightly less than significant [/quote] The end (/start depending on which way you look at it) date isn't being cherry picked in this case though, it's just being taken from today/the most recent year which is what is typically done, so that means the only variable available for cherry picking is

Reply to Climate is cooling according to Jones in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote] Then you’re interviewed by a reporter from the Daily Mail. He asks, “Can you prove — with statistical significance — that your child has been growing since last Tuesday?” [/quote] The figure was 15 years, which relative to the (supposedly more) reliable temperature records and the period used for comparison with the CO2 emissions is no where near as short as your (linked to) comparison would suggest. Here's the link to the article in the d

Reply to Mount and Blade - Steam for 5$, can Impulse match? in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Yeah got it through steam for $5 - at that price I can afford to take a chance over whether it's a great game or an average one, and I'm not so bothered about it being tied only to steam so much either when it's so cheap.

Reply to Mount and Blade - Steam for 5$, can Impulse match? in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Sounds interesting - the reviews mostly have it as mediocre-average (largely on it's graphics/presentation), but you read all the user reviews and they rate it as very good. Since I've grown increasingly distrustful of 'official' reviews I decided to go ahead and get it (although I probably won't start playing it for a few weeks - still playing around with dragon age origins).

Reply to We the Corporation in Politics JoeUser Forums

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Reply to We the Corporation in Politics JoeUser Forums

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Reply to We the Corporation in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote] What I -am- talking about is a no-name independent going up against the democrat or republican who will have a massively larger war chest than the no-name. Right off the bat, the no-name pretty much doesn't stand a chance. [/quote] Well yes that's to be expected, but not because they have a smaller war chest - some people will vote for a party regardless of the candidate (or at least be heavily influenced by it). Other people will vote tactically not for the person they like t

Reply to Command & Conquer:: Tiberian Sun + Firestorm released for free! in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Wow, sounds great - I never got the chance to play C&C other than the PC demo and the xbox port (which was pretty poor), and it's so long since I played RA now. Already got tiberium sun+firestorm but nice to have a backup incase my cds get scratched or the codes get lost! Must admit I never would have expected this from EA.