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This. Except wear earplugs because her voice is just plain annoying and she talks to you like you're 5.

I'm crying on the inside. I don't think the Na'vi are wholly CGI. I think they're greensuits sorta like Gollum, I could be wrong on that though.

Saw Avatar last night, 8/10 for visuals. The 3D is well done the CGI is near perfect, but nothing is without flaws (fast motion blurring away the 3D). Story wise....anyone who expected a good story is dumb. The story was just there to differentiate this from a tech demo. Overall I'd say 7/10, I don't particularly want to rush out to see it again. Also, Unobtanium!?!?!?!? That's as fucking dumb as Gundamnium, I didn't expect lots of creativity but jesus the best name for the hard to get mineral is unobtanium?! That is shoot yourself retarded.

You know....if this is supposed to be like a real arcade, I want HotD4 and that HL2 arcade game.

I could have sworn the Big 3 already had this is various forms. ya know, PSN, VC, XBLArcade. Seems silly to do this as opposed to just releasing them at reasonable prices on XBLA.

I'm expecting it to be played like Fallout 3, but the writing and plot and quests to be leagues beyond what Bethesda manages. If anyone here's played number 2, they outta remember Little Reno, which had lots of intertwining quests from the different families of power in the city. I wouldn't be surprised if New Vegas is like Little Reno.

You mean New Vegas? I think it was tentatively dated for 2010, but there hasn't been any information about it other than Obsidian is working on it, that's all we have to go off of.

I'm pretty sure you end the blight regardless, but you can still be a total dick and ruin other peoples lives. There are different endings, and the different quests have small epilogues that will change depending on how you handled them.

Valve only handles their Steam distribution, EA handles all of Valves retail products. About a year ago, Game Informer did a large article on the relationship between developers and publishers and how the money flows between them. I don't have the issue anymore though and certainly can't remember specifics or what issue, but they may have it online somewhere...I do remember that they spoke with companies inside the industry.

I'm not sure about the stunning(which has odd hit detection anyways) but the others you can drop a smoke bomb near a large group to have plenty of time to manage.

Beat it a few days ago as a Dwarven Casteless Warrior, great game miles beyond Kotor and ME. Started another run through as Human Female Mage, mages do ridiculous amounts of damage, I love it. I was fairly nice in my first run...excepting that time I desecrated some stuff. Now I'm going to be buy the books self righteous. Like abandoning Sten in his cage, since I hate him and his literalness

Feathers, Wear the Auditore cape, Stun 4 guards with sand, Sweep 5 guards with a long weapon, and The kill 10 enemies without being hit. I know I could get them, I just haven't got around to doing it.

Beat a few days ago, just plain fucking awesome. A complete improvement over the first without adding in new negative elements. Love the ending and where they seem to be taking the series. Got 45/50 Achievements, I suppose I'll get the other 5 eventually, I don't relish finding the feathers but they are easier than flags at least. Although I would have liked more out of the animus experiences as I liked talking to the other characters and getting their thoughts on things.

With no real order: Shadow of the Colossus Ico Assassin's Creed 2 Halo CE No More Heroes Team Fortress 2 Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl Metal Gear Solid 3 Prince of Persia Trilogy

A quality CRT can provide a better picture though:heh:

Not a bad deal, but keep in mind that an OS is extra and I'm not sure if they throw in any extras such as a mouse or keyboard. A monitor would certainly need to be factored into the price as well unless you have one you're content with.

Christmas is the season to be giving. I absolutely love the film though, not too scary really. It even has a happy ending...although the alternative endings were considerably less so. Star Trek My first time seeing Star Trek anything(movies or series). I was informed of some of the references, and know the basics of the universe though. I quite enjoyed the film, and liked how they handled setting it into the timeline. 8/10 I feel like tracking down other things of Star Trek now.

I certainly second triforcemario, Avast is superb. Keeps me Virus free.

We had snow xmas eve....then we had pouring fucking rain all day on xmas. Melted all the snow, but not before turning it all into slick sheets of ice.

Wait...what? I was talking about literal cranberries, like...the food. Although in my opinion, they really aren't food.

I don't have a camera, so fuck taking pictures. I got: Assassin's Creed II (360) Dragon Age Origins (360) A Boy and His Blob (hWii) $200 Amazon Giftcard Magnetic LED Flashlight 1 novelty T-Shirt reading: "5 out of 4 people have trouble with fractions." (it's weird to type as you're looking down to read the shirt you're wearing.) Humidifier (well actually it's steam, but Vaporizer sounds like a weapon...) and, A $25 check. Oh, also Trainspotting on DVD, but it's in the mail still. Amazon pissed my mom off, otherwise I would not have gotten DAO and instead would have Smokin Aces and a Preorder on NMH2....She was trying to choose the least offensive games/movies. Since the thread title is a bit ambiguous about who's presents... I got my 4 yo nephew de Blob since it's basically perfect for him to play. It's also a damn fun.

My Christmas films of choice would be National Lampoons Christmas Vacation and The Ref.

Vista can be upgraded to 7, or as you say 'over the top'. You can also do a clean install and format Vista which 7 should be able to handle. Your choice and all that. A Clean Install might be the better idea as it should clear out the bloatware every laptop seems to come with.

Sounds like a grand plan.

Even I saw Wallace and Gromit as a kid. Top quality shorts they are. The Rescuers Down Under My personal favorite Disney film. Just love it.