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Nobody's actually reviewed or provided game-play feedback the game yet, so I think I'll start. I have a Quad-Core PC, and I had just bought a 6850 Radeon card a month ago for it. So I think I'm a good candidate for doing a review. I completed my first playthrough. I played the steam version...

Science Fiction is a harder genre than Fantasy for several reasons. 1) Fantasy games tend to be unstructured with heroes playing adventurers. That might be harder in certain S-F settings. The team dynamics of say, Star Trek (organized military/government) is different than, say, Star Wars...

Nothing lasts forever. The lesson to take away is, nothing will remain "in print" forever. The longer you choose to delay a purchase of something you want, the more risk you take. This has been true ever since we had an entertainment industry. While it stinks that there was no warning...

Yeah, CRPGs are the leader now, there's really no need to license a game when you can build your own IP, and the years have (IMO) proven that building a good CRPG involved adapting things for the computer experience rather than the PnP one.

There is a new Neverwinter coming. Neverwinter It amazes me that a lot of hardcore Bioware fans think Baldur's Gate was all Bioware. No, there was some participation from Black Isle studios, and it was dependent on the 2ed D&D rules and TSR/WoTC's participation. You're not going to get that...

If they've got their own good game worlds, why license a PnP RPG? Seriously, I think the tide has turned and instead of licensing paper RPGs, you're seeing more creative work going into building their own settings and rulesets. It's a lot more profitable for the companies, as license fees...

I guess that's kind of what I was waiting to hear. The reason I expressed my opinions was it was hard to see where you were coming from in terms of your preferences--and as a creator, your preferences matter because they'd affect what you'd create. I think that came from the "3e Rules, 1e...

It's not so much a question of which license is used, but how the game has been licensed. Here's where it can get murky. All forms of D&D before 3e are still protected under copyright law. WoTC has never created an open license for any of the former versions of D&D. (In fact, they have...

I understood all you were saying, I was here when the GSL v OGL thing happened on the board here. I actually approve and respect this, because I understand where he's coming from. I guess I was wondering during this time what about the GSL he disliked--he's made his ideas clear on why he...

To be fair, Clark hasn't written a lot lately. Looking at the NG product list, the last big thing he wrote was Rappan Attuck and Tome of Horrors stuff. He's mostly been a publisher/editor rather than a writer in these recent years. Actually, the problem is this (for me). He supported 4e...

That makes a lot of sense. I wasn't questioning him so much as saying the general vagueness and the false starts might have hurt Clark in the long run, as I think people moved on. (It makes sense if being a Judge now takes a lot of his time). I think he should have made a line in the sand...

I think the troubling thing for me is Mr. Peterson isn't clear on things regarding his passions for either 4e and Pathfinder. He spent a lot of time cheering on 4e and trying to work with WoTC. However, there was a certain wishy-washy feeling to it as it became clear WoTC's attitude towards...

Not necessarily, as a simple "regime change" at WoTC corporate might change their attitude. I agree that there is little chance of them now acting on a retro-clone, but stranger things have happened. I think Umbran explained the situation. A case in point, Ultima emulators are being...

Remus, I liked that. The game is doing a real good job of blurring the lines. Drothgery (and to anyone), if you attempt to "gimp" a companion you think might betray you, it won't work. If a companion becomes an opponent, all their skill trees are reset to a fixed default (and I think their...

I loved the game. It clocks in at around 50 hours if you do all the side quests. (I also had the signature edition). To be honest, I was turned off by the demo but after the demo's period things start picking up well. It plays very well. There were several improvements. The "walking...

I think we (and Gary) were all very lucky he lived a relatively long life, and did not have a "long goodbye" like some older people do, and did not suffer a lot.

"Worse terms", or terms that are more restrictive than the last license, does not equal "not nice". Sometimes there are reasons for that.

Because, in effect, you're implying that having tight control over IP is somehow "wrong", and are making a moral judgement on WoTC. And I think that author's point was it's not that black and white.

I'm sure he's heard of the OGL, but he's specifically talking about D&D in its current incarnation, which only has a single license. As far as the current model of D&D is concerned, the OGL is in the past. He's talking specifically about the pros and cons of either doing the GSL or just making...

He had a stroke in either 2003 or 2004, can't remember, and then the meds gave him a heart attack. It didn't affect his cognitive capabilities at all. The stroke was minor, all things considered. But he had to slow down, and he also got diagnosed with an problem with the aoerta that put...