Creston wrote on Jan 11, 2013, 14:51:

Agent.X7 wrote on Jan 11, 2013, 14:33:
For all our military might, we have been unable to win the war on drugs, the war on terrorism,

I'll agree with the War on Drugs, but the War on Terrorism? Last I checked, the US has not had an attack against the "homeland" since the formation of the Department of Homeland Security. (and the start of the rather poorly named "war on terror.")

I'd call that a pretty reasonable success.

Creston

Beamer wrote on Jan 11, 2013, 13:42:

RollinThundr wrote on Jan 11, 2013, 12:31:
Look at the list of people performing these shootings, most if not all of them were/are on medications and have mental disorders. So what's more rational, making knee jerk reactions calling for gun bans, rather than look at the symptoms of why these shootings are happening is like putting a bandaid on someone who's arm just got cut off with a chainsaw.

So what's your solution? Yes, most of them have been depressed and on medication. Obviously there's an issue there. Those that weren't on medication were likely just undiagnosed.

But what's your solution? How do you turn the knowledge that some depressed and medicated people buy guns and shoot up public places into stopping this from happening? Do you take the right to buy guns from these people? Well, it's a right, so that'd be difficult, the NRA would still oppose it, and many of them took guns someone else purchased, anyway. Do you lock these people up? Well, that seems easy to abuse and the vast majority of mentally ill people never go on murder sprees. Do you spend more on treatment? That doesn't help the undiagnosed, and I thought you opposed government spending? Our medical health institutions, which were fairly rotten to begin with, were all cut decades ago to decrease government spending.

What is your solution? There are only a few levers we're capable of pulling. Making acquiring guns more difficult seems to be a lever that would have an impact and is one we can easily pull. Can we get rid of all guns? No, and that'd be stupid, anyway. But can we make it more difficult for high capacity magazines to be acquired? Hell yeah.

Chairman Kaga wrote on Jan 11, 2013, 14:11:

RollinThundr wrote on Jan 11, 2013, 12:08:
You're missing the forest from the trees, a corrupt political faction in the US could push to become a totalitarian state, the only way they would succeed at that is to first strip US citizens of their guns. That's why the 2nd amendment is in place, to prevent that from ever happening.

And do you honestly think you, or any other cabal of armed insurrection, stand any sort of chance should the US decide to turn its current military power on its own citizens? Your pistols and shotguns against guys with M4s, body armor, drones, and cruise missiles. Let me know how that goes. Probably about as well as my last game of XCOM.

As much as I am with you on the heart and soul and purpose of the Second Amendment, one must also concede that it has been rendered obsolete by technological progress and economies of scale. We are already at the full mercy of this government, for better or worse.

The most dangerous people in America are these nutters like Alex Jones, which combine the fantasy of the Second Amendment in the modern age with the mental instability of rampant conspiracist thought.

Verno wrote on Jan 9, 2013, 09:06:

Quboid wrote on Jan 9, 2013, 08:47:
It is both overpriced and surprisingly cheap. The "photo" of Civilization V being played nearly gave me an erection but I still could't justify shelling out this sort of money while maintaining both a decent gaming desktop and a high-end phone as well.

I think my problem with tablet gaming is that there are few games I want to play in a semi-mobile state in that form factor. When you get up to a 10" screen I'd find myself just wanting a proper desktop or television instead. I'd rather use a 3DS for traveling gameplay or whatever and something else the rest of the time. This sort of thing is a neat idea but it doesn't seem to sit comfortably in either world.

Cutter wrote on Jan 7, 2013, 12:14:
Fat, awkward, heavy, latency issues, etc. Why would I play on a tiny screen when I don't have to? Why would I want a controller in the first place when I don't need one for 99.9% of games? How soon will it be incompatible with newer Nvidia stuff? Probably inside a week to force people in the upgrade cycle. No thanks!

JediPunisher wrote on Dec 23, 2012, 16:12:
Looks very nice! But, someone needs to mow the grass.

I just realized, by the time this game is released, my PC will be 3 years old...
It's sad that I've had to wait this long for a PC game that will finally tap the potential of my aging i7-980x system.

jimnms wrote on Dec 21, 2012, 19:20:
I thought the world was over this morning when I woke up and my internet connection was out. I couldn't check Steam's store page, so I grabbed my netbook and left home early. I saw a work truck from the cable co. down the street from my house, so I figured they'd have it back on by the time I got home. I drove to a McDonald's and sat in the parking lot using their free wifi to check Steam. I didn't miss anything and there was over 4 hours until the next set of flash deals rolled over.

When I got home this evening it was still out. I called the cable co. and they said they were aware of the problem and crews were in the area working on it. I ate a snack and watched something that was recorded. I was about to pack up my netbook and head back to McDonalds when a few minutes ago when it finally came back up. It must have been something serious for it to be out so long.

Around this same time (Steam winter sale) the last two years my connection was constantly cutting off and on several times a day. I'm wondering if my ISP is doing this on purpose.

Kobalt wrote on Dec 12, 2012, 14:47:

Agent.X7 wrote on Dec 12, 2012, 12:38:

They made a generic clone without multiple starting areas

Wait what, there was multiple starting areas. Did you even play the game?

Jivaro wrote on Dec 12, 2012, 11:54:
I am a comic book/superhero movie fanboy. It is just how I am wired. I even liked Daredevil and the Punisher movies.

So why am I finding myself to be so skeptical about the Superman movie? I loved Watchmen and the The Dark Knight trilogy...so it isn't the powers that be. The actors seem to be well cast.

The trailer just leaves me with feelings of inexplicable doom however. Hopefully it isn't as bad as my gut seems to be saying. Particularly since they have made the decision to make a Justice League movie next rather then first making more movies about the members.

Verno wrote on Dec 12, 2012, 10:54:
I feel bad for Trion, they made a great MMO but it came after six years of WoW and most people are burned out.

aesir05 wrote on Dec 12, 2012, 12:15:

btallas wrote on Dec 12, 2012, 11:54:
Not sure if it's still valid but here you go: http://www.thesecretworld.com/news/play_the_trial_now

Thanks for that, I do not know why so many MMOs refuse trials when they launch.
Star Wars did that initially as well and I really wanted to try it but I'm not gonna commit money to an MMO until I have tried it.

Will try out Secret World now

Orphic Resonance wrote on Dec 5, 2012, 12:24:

Agent.X7 wrote on Dec 5, 2012, 01:42:

Orphic Resonance wrote on Dec 4, 2012, 23:47:

Agent.X7 wrote on Dec 4, 2012, 23:13:
Far Cry was one of my all time favorites. Far Cry 2 was shit. This is shit.

this game is way, WAY better than far cry 1... also it doesnt have stupid ass mutants

Mmm, you signed up here when? And only made 4 comments, all about how awesome Far Cry 3 is. Paid to promote much?

hahaha, that paranoid bullshit is really pretty silly dont you think? you honestly think im some sort of "shill"?

anyway, the reason this is a new account is because my old one was banned... ive been posting to blues since the 90s, kiddo