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The fact that modern games aren't multithreaded much is an issue for both the 360 and the PS3. More for the PS3, in fact. However, it is an issue for dual-core PCs as well. However, this is a paradigm that has to change eventually. Making faster CPUs while keeping heat under control is becoming...

Ok, but the xbox at launch was costing 299$. I don't think you could find any PC for that price in november 2001, not without purchasing a used machine - and the used market works differently. Besides, the first xbox is exceptionally similar to a PC, for a console. It's quite literally the most...

I find Nintendo's bet that they'll be able to find new markets and appeal to a new segment of the population by making a cheap and innovative console to be very interesting. I really hope they succeed! :)

*shrug* That's true for every console ever. PCs too. Heck, even cellphones nowadays.

It will drop sooner than a year. My own prediction is Spring 2007. Sony is using fairly new technology (Cell, BR, XDR memory) that is currently very costly to produce when compared to 360 (Xenon is pretty cool but not as weird as Cell, the GPU is roughly equivalent to PS3, and the rest of 360 is...

I know, I know. Since I know how these threads tend to go, I am being extremely generous in the interest of being objective. I don't want a PS-hater to be able to say that my estimates are unbalanced towards Sony. I have also assumed a 100$ drop for the 360, which is also not terribly likely...

If I have understood the whole next-gen format mess, the downsampling would be to 720p, which is still better than DVD. I'm pretty sure that anything above that would not be visible on a normal TV (and, tbh, I'm not even sure about 720p being noticeably better than DVD on a normal TV). So, for...

Currently, a BR player costs 1000$ and the 360 costs 399$ w/HD. By the time the PS3 is released, they are probably going to be 500$ and 299$ respectively, making the 499$ PS3 a steep but fair price. As for the 599$ PS3, I can't see the point. Noone moves a console around much, so wi-fi is...

I'm a fan of turning the heat up, putting extra covers in the bed, get stone drunk on quality rum, and sweat it out. ;) ...but yeah, only if you don't have fever.

Huh. I've played a fair bit of 40k, and the way I've always seen it played, you do not keep anything secret unless the rules explicitly say that it can be kept secret.

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Nomand4Life has a point. Swordfights IRL don't generally take much. I've got several friends who are into medieval fencing, and they say that most fights are over in a matter of seconds, unless they intentionally make them more scenic for the benefit of the public. Of course, we don't want...

I'd play it, but only because I'm a gaming junkie and I'd play mostly anything. Those rules force you to declare your action before the turn begins. This is a major break from 3E initiative, where you declare your action on your initiative count and immediately resolve. As a result, they make...

Gestalt characters are obviously much more powerful than regular characters of the same level. However, they have several major weaknesses when compared with either two regular characters of the same level, or with a regular character of twice their level. Against two 10th level regular...

Human. Humanoid races carry a whole baggage of stereotypes that sometimes get in the way of creating an original concept.

In his sig, and from there there's an image which says "new strip" or something like that. That site is... I can't quite put a finger on it, but it feels a bit cluttered. I had to stare at the page for a few seconds before realizing where I had to click to get to the strip.

I've played in an "all-cleric" campaigns, sorta. Everyone played a cleric, a paladin, or a multiclass involving cleric or paladin. It was a blast while it lasted, and the party was very strong.

In no particular order:Dragonlance (original trilogy). Dragonlance (twins trilogy). Black Company (first three books). Earthsea (done well). Darkover (in series or miniseries). Discworld (any).

Fairly hard... they tend to fade into the background a lot, and they aren't very efficient in combat.

Here are the time sinks that I can think of for an adventuring party:Travel, and travelling obstacles (winter, storm season, rockfalls obstructing the highway, whatever). These may work in Pendragon, but in D&D they are pretty much eliminated once the party has Teleport, Wind Walk and/or Shadow...