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What an incredibly convenient illness. "I'm allergic to critical speech on internet forums". And swallowed hook, line, and mod threat. Fantastic. Well, sayonara for another 5 years. Mod Edit: Fantastic. Well, sayonara from the thread! Anyone else? You know, you don't need me to boot...

LEAVE BRUCE BAUGH ALONE!!!

The First Amendment affords the right to say what one likes. It does not grant any special protection from criticism of the manner in which one chooses to exercise it. Indeed, it is the absence of such protection that is what the First Amendment is all about.

I've said nothing in the vein of a personal insult, only described his work as accurately as language allows, and criticized the ideas he has presented in his public discourse. The only insults I see in this thread are the ones quoted from Baugh's original post. Thank you for reminding me of...

Except that's not what he said. "I don't like AD&D and don't think it should've won an award" is a pretty non-controversial statement. What he said was that anyone who likes AD&D is an idiot and a troglodyte and that Hackmaster's nomination was tantamount to a repudiation of all gaming and the...

Baugh is the individual responsible for the abortion that is the D20 Gamma World. It is perhaps not surprising that the man who wrote that book, and the man who made the statement quoted here, are one in the same. Anyone who would refer to a fan of AD&D1 as "terminally retrograde" is perhaps...

There's a very well done 3d remake of Marathon for UT called Marathon: Resurrection, which I highly recommend. Only slight flaw is keeping the lack of crosshair, but not the Doom-style auto-aim, which works fine for single-player once you get used to it, but is no good for multiplayer. For...

An emulator is a program that, as the name suggests, emulates the hardware of a given platform, allowing that platform's software to be run without the original hardware. "ROM" stands for read only memory, and in emulator context, refers to a computer file conataining a copy of the software...

Ryzom does a LOT of GM-run events, in fact, it's pretty much the lion's share of the content, which has led to criticism from some sectors, as if you're not getting involved in the events, there's not as much really going on. EVE does some too, but no one cares, because they're all rigged in...

D&D 3e was quite simply the tightest, best designed game I've ever played. I have played and read a pretty fair number of games, most of the best in the hobby, and not a one of them has the polish, the intricate balance, the completeness, and just plain fun factor that D&D 3e has. It's just...

Yeah, if you're gonna get it, get the 360 version. There's rootkits in all versions, even the demo they released. http://www.gametab.com/news/1017115/ Bad form all over. And 2k's only response was to up the install limit to 5. There shouldn't even be a limit in the first place. It's...

I find that a poor weapon skill can be made up for pretty easily with the acquisition of fully automatic weapons. Fast Shot can be advantageous in this regard, as if you're not putting the tag and points into your weapons skills, you're not really gonna have much luck with aimed shots anyway...

Fallout is, quite simply, the closest any CRPG has ever come to the real thing. It is a singularly amazing game, the ultimate peak of the genre. From a game system that's actualyl so faithful to the tabletop tradtion that you can actualyl play it tabletop, to a perfect balance of openness and...

My biggest complaint about CivIII is just the the combat was ridiculously random to the extent that it didn't even seem worth bothering to buy anything but your current cheapest unit, because it had about the same chances of success as everything else. I got really, really frustrated when I'd...

Hmm. On the RPG front, I think NWN2 and Titan Quest are probably the best of the most recent releases. The former did an awesome job of creating an immersive, D&D experience, while the latter is just about the best hack-and-slash I've ever played. Space sim wise, the posters are right that...

I must concur with what the Dragon has stated regarding World in Conflict. It's a really fun game, but it definitely works best with a good team that actually works together. THe RPS-ish, combined arms mechanics really sort of require a joint effort to be truly effective. It's still fun...

ACk! You must relearn to use the fullness of the desktop. I don't even have a resolution nearly that wide on my monitor, and I don't even maximize my browser windows. I've got things so that I've got a browser window on the left, offset from the screen edge by just enough to see the row of...