Recent content by Crosshead

People in minorities are people just like the rest of us. That is to say, that a lot of them will be closed minded petty bigots. The fact that they may have been on the receiving end of bigotry won't stop them handing it out. I've heard this before about bisexual treatment from LGBT groups, and...

The best way to learn this game is with a friend who already knows how to play. Making tactical decisions to gether, taking turns on missions, and working out new strategies kept me awake all night when I was a student more than once. And it was an old game then. Nice to see all the love for it.

You'll have to ask someone else about starting a conversation via facebook, I'm afraid. It wasn't something I had to deal with when I was on the dating scene.

You say you barely know her. Do you know any of her friends? Or siblings? Is she on facebook? Starting a conversation from nowhere is difficult. I'm a confident, outgoing loudmouth, and I'd balk at the task you have in front of you. It would be much easier if you have a topic of relevance to you...

The majority of shooty games are not "murder simulators". They are combat simulators. Theres an important distinction to be made here, The people you kill are armed and are trying to kill you. If I killed a guy like that in real life, I wouldn't call it murder. There are exceptions, but the vast...

Aha! "Let the right one in." Well, I thought it was better anyway. Clearer, and boosted by performances from great child actors.

"The Princess Bride" comes to mind, actually. The book is a lot of fun, but lacks the charm of the film. I am sure there are more, and will post them as I think of them..

"Bladerunner" is a lot better than "Do androids dream of electric sheep." A very different sort of film though. The book was about ideas. The film dripped with style. And sorry razormint, you're going to get this a lot, but "I am Legend" with Will Smith was much worse than the book. Same...

I proposed to my girlfriend last year, ten years from the day we got together. I'm doing it because I want to have kids sometime in the next five years, and we want them to be raised in a family unit, as we were. Thats why I'm getting married. It's good for the kids. Firery trainwreck is the...

Gotta admit, I often lose interest just before (Or even during), the last boss fight/level. Don't know why. Maybe because all the choices have been made, and I secretly don't want the story to end? I've done this with a lot of games, but the final fantasy ones are probably the worst.

Jack "King" Kirby was undoubtedly something of a comics demigod. In the 70's. I know we can only see a small snippet of what is here, but, honestly, it doesn't look good, does it? A female indiana Jones? I'm pretty sure there's quite a succesful character based on that concept already. Started...

We do have a bit of a drinking problem here, but it doesn't look like she's being banned from drinking. She's being banned from drinking in public places, presumably because she's a nightmare drunk. For the non-Brits here, we have something called Anti-Social Behaviour orders (ASBO's), which...

Repeating this from a duplicate thread... The base simulation, resource management, UFO interception, research system and everything else not directly related to combat can be left exactly as it is in the original X-Com. It works fine. Upgrade the graphics and you're good. Then do the battle...

Or....here is a thought. Might it be good? Here's why, just off the top of my head.... The base simulation, resource management, UFO interception, research system and everything else not directly related to combat can be left exactly as it is in the original X-Com. It works fine. Upgrade the...

I'm speaking from a position of ignorance here, as pretty much everything I know about American High Schools come from your media, but I sometimes wonder if there are "pre-defined cliques" for high school students. So if you're athletic, you're a jock. Congratulations! You now have buddies...