It's not surprising considering three things:

1. They advertise it on TV (with misleading ads... why is Bing a "decision engine"?).
2. It's installed with some apps that used to install the Google toolbar.
3. Some websites that used to imbed direct links are now imbedding Bing searches instead.

It can't be the water? I guess you've never seen Ice Pirates.

Exactly. More gore or a little T&A just doesn't do it for me as an adult gamer. On the other hand, give me a story I can sink my teeth into, realistic social situations, smart dialog, and something more than a little hack 'n' slash action and I'm there.

Oh, I forgot. They can't just hire chimps to create that kind of game. Nevermind.

There's more than one of us.

It's funny that the media tried to make Ron Paul out to be some sort of radical fringe loon, but now that that the election is over, the media seems to love him.

It would be like comparing DDO with D&D. It has a little of the original's flavor, but can't compare with the pencil and paper game played with a bunch of your friends. I know. I gm'd a big game of Champions through my college years and beyond. Nothing beats that experience.

Kinda.... you can't test all powers unless you get someone else's help. The only powers you can really test on your own are basic damage powers.

It reminds me of smoking. I was a 3 pack a day smoker until I quit cold turkey. While in the process of quitting, I would fidgit and wonder what to do with my hands. What did I do before I started smoking? I don't know or at least I couldn't remember.

It's the same way with mmo's. Most players play long past the point of being entertained. At some point it becomes merely a habit, and when you try to quit, it's hard to remember what you did with all that spare time before you started playing.
 

I loved Planetside. Unfortunately, they weren't able to respond to community complaints quickly enough which resulted in populations too low to sustain interesting battles. Their core combat add-on just further fragmented the already low population. Here's hoping for a Planetside 2.

I always thought that's what fps games were for. MMORPG pvp tends to be of the "I-can't-beat-you-fairly-so-I'll-outgear-you-or-out-level-you-or-get-12-of-my-friends-to-kill-you" variety. It's seldom challenging.

You don't believe they could think that way? Why do you think they want to re-implement the Fairness Doctrine?

One of the interesting aspects of this movie is that it only took $30 million to make and made $37 million the first weekend. It doesn't look like a low budget film.

There are likely legal requirements for companies to retain records of their transactions for several years (Sarbanes-Oxley?). This would make it legally sticky to have your ssn removed from a business database even after you no longer do business with them. Likely your ssn is the only unique identifier in the system that verifies who you are.

As an interesting aside, my last company was bought by another company, but a shell company was formed from the original strictly for the purpose of maintaining the old company records. That shell had to exist for three years before they could close it down and destroy the records.

But we aren't talking about products here. We are talking about standards. Everyone should be able to implement a standard without having to pay someone.

Naw, Bruce Campbell has to be one of those annoying bubble-hearthing paladins. His big chin is perfect for the part.

In most games, what he was doing would be considered an exploit (an unintended use of a game mechanic to gain an advantage over other players) and usually not allowed by the game's terms of service. I'm surprised he was allow to get away with doing it.