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Reply to Emergent interaction and the wide open sandbox in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

FPSs are fun until I remember that I'm no good at them, so only die and never kill. MMOs are fun until I realize that I'll really never have the time to get to level 60(or whatever), and once I got there the game would be boring anyway. Dwarf Fortress is fun until I realize there's no point to my crummy fortress. I think I agree with TorinReborn - I like plot-driven RPGs as opposed to open sandbox games. Metal Gear Solid 2 & 3 come to mind. <

Reply to What does the word 'religion' mean to you? in Religion JoeUser Forums

Haven't we actually seen new species develop through macroevolution? I accept the entire Bible as true.

Reply to What does the word 'religion' mean to you? in Religion JoeUser Forums

[quote who="GirlFriendTess" reply="56" id="3275725"]Quoting Jythier, reply 55Check your source. He promised not to destroy the world again by flood.Not really relevant but I thought it was so, so thanks for the correction. I am just tired of looking up religious dogma anymore because none of it makes sense to me. I was just trying to spur Lula into making a comment because she at least tries to justify herself. I assume her computer is still giving her problems so I am just getting ahead a bi

Reply to What does the word 'religion' mean to you? in Religion JoeUser Forums

Check your source. He promised not to destroy the world again by flood.

Reply to 2012 Election: 24.48% Romney, 25.75% Obama, 49.77% Neither in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote who="taltamir" reply="6" id="3274362"]Out of curiosity, what is it that you disliked about each?[/quote] There is a leak in the dam. The policy discussions revolving around it had two options. "Let's let it keep leaking, and try to make it leak more." or "Let's try to make it leak a little less." Neither of the major candidates cared enough about this country to want to fix the leak.

Reply to Emergent interaction and the wide open sandbox in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Minecraft's success is the illusion of creating something worthwhile, for little physical effort. There is no practical use for anything you create in Minecraft outside of the system. Many games have this same sort of principle. Many require even less mental effort than Minecraft. I'm not even saying it's a bad thing. I don't think people have gotten less smart, but I often wonder what we would have created had we spent our effort on making thin

Reply to Emergent interaction and the wide open sandbox in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

One of my favorite types of interaction is emergent partnerships in competitive environments. An example would be a share-owning game, where two players each own shares in a single company and both try to improve it, because the two improving one company can each gain a significant advantage over the other players. A journey example would be having a flying contest and linking up with another in order to outfly everyone together. However, the ending result only allows on

Reply to 2012 Election: 24.48% Romney, 25.75% Obama, 49.77% Neither in Politics JoeUser Forums

Definitely a lessor of two evils guy here.

Reply to Have Indie, 4x, or other complex games dulled your ability to enjoy mainstream titles? in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

[quote who="TheBirthdayParty" reply="37" id="3272099"] Quoting Jythier, reply 1Make the switch to board games. You're begging for it. www.boardgamegeek.com Real games vs. real gamers. Yes, they exist on computers as well, but there's just something about staring across the table at another gamer while you're playing, as opposed to staring at a screen. Agreed, sort of. Depends on the board game. Like Twilight

Reply to America Declined. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Tova7" reply="40" id="3272315"] Quoting Dr Guy, reply 39Now we are all going to be guessing! It was not wise fawn was it? No, it was Forever. Quoting Jythier, reply 34But I'm not sure I would agree with you on every bad choice. Could you elaborate? I'm not sure what you mean. [/quote] The whole point of things being choices is that we make them. We don't make them because we think

Reply to Fallen Enchantress v1.01 Update is Now Available in Elemental News JoeUser Forums

Oooo. That explains some things. I'm still terrible at it, though. I keep trying to play it the way I want to play it instead of how it should be played - I just go kill monsters. :P

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[quote who="Tova7" reply="33" id="3271943"]Quoting lulapilgrim, reply 32Oh, yeah, Santa Claus breads and circuses is what is keeping them on the Democrat rolls. Or as your friend put it so well....they just want to sit on the couch and watch dancing with the stars. [/quote] The Voice is way cooler.

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[quote who="Tova7" reply="31" id="3271930"]Quoting Jythier, reply 28We are slowly giving people more freedom to make more bad choices, and people are making them. I've made them myself. The problem with giving people enough rope to hang themselves...they aren't just hanging themselves...they're dragging down an entire nation. [/quote] Agreed. But I'm not sure I would agree with you on every bad choice.</

Reply to FE Status Report at 2 weeks in Elemental Dev Journals JoeUser Forums

You don't figure out the interest in a movie by trying to get people to buy still shots from it.

Reply to Master of Magic: not that great in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

I'm still waiting for them to provide a game that has the tutorial walkthrough take one all the way through the entirety of the game. :D

Reply to What does the word 'religion' mean to you? in Religion JoeUser Forums

Yeah, but Lula, without God's word to say so, how can we prove that macro-evolution doesn't exist?

Reply to Master of Magic: not that great in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

They could bring it to Facebook and call it Dark Wizardville.

Reply to Fallen Enchantress v1.01 Update is Now Available in Elemental News JoeUser Forums

What was the instant-building bug?

Reply to America Declined. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Tova7" reply="27" id="3271798"]Whew. Thought I broke JU! lol[/quote] Tova - website breaker. Netrunner.

Reply to America Declined. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

It's a worldview issue. Many people are not concerned with their own debt, never mind the nation's debt. The reason the democratic party is more educated is because the people who teach at colleges are liberals, who teach the young'uns theory. Liberalism looks great in theory, because it doesn't have any real-world consequences in theory - all those consequences we're seeing now are obviously the result of something else, not the liberalization o

Reply to 2012 Presidential Exit Poll Results in Politics JoeUser Forums

Response to deleted post.

Reply to Fallen Enchantress v1.01 Update is Now Available in Elemental News JoeUser Forums

What does spell-like effects with no casting mean?

Reply to Debate #1 in Politics JoeUser Forums

So should a democrat fire his republican employees?

Reply to Debate #1 in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Tova7" reply="56" id="3271062"] Fiscal disaster. Romney certainly couldn't have been worse. [/quote] He certainly could have been. He might not have been, though. Fiscal disaster, here we come!

Reply to Debate #1 in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Tova7" reply="54" id="3271055"]Quoting Jythier, reply 50I think it's total crap to fire people because of who they supported or voted for. Why? Actions have consequences. Period. If someone WORKS for a small company, and they know Obama will kill small companies....what's the problem? They went into the vote eyes wide open, KNOWING what would happen. Why should a business owner keep an employee that votes against small business?&nbsp