Recent content by Michaluk

Diablo 2 1000's of hours, off an on from the original release through LoD and up to some relatively recent ladder resets. D2 has to have some sort of record for the best support ever for a game. Free to play online with meaningful, free new content coming out a full 10 years after...

Like many (most probably) people who played the Elder Scrolls games as they came out, I think Morrowind is the king. Best music, best "feel" of the world, best "you're an outsider" story / how people treated you, and it was leaps and bounds more revolutionary than the other two. FF 6 and 7...

Morbidly obese people are extremely common and moderately overweight people are probably the majority now. This is met with a collective "meh" by society, even though it's a rampant problem. Being underweight, on the other hand, is cause for hospitalization and great concern. The mistake...

All real instruments produce broad spectrum sound. That is, you get all frequencies from any real instrument but some frequencies are much louder than others. No real instrument can produce a pure tone. Therefore, your definition means that all actual, played music is not really music. I...

The Stalker series - especially the first game, is excellent. I think it got severely short changed by reviewers due to its tough learning curve. It stands out for me because it's one of the few modern AAA games I can think of that's actually difficult. Great atmosphere, tough survival...

The US Final Fantasys (1,4, and 6). I'm old, obviously. Others might go with 4, 6, and 7, which is acceptable. I think 6 is one of the best games, maybe the best game, ever made. And if you're looking for great music it would be very hard to beat the classic Uematsu soundtracks. The...

There's a lot of games that do this via equipment. In Stalker (which is phenomenal game but with a tough learning curve) for instance, you don't just become better at killing things as you get better gear, the game play fundamentally changes. You begin as a scavenger and avoid most conflicts...

As has been pointed out the crux of the argument is the definition of "movement". Everything moves. A strong wind can blow my rock down a hill, but that doesn't mean the rock is alive. You could refine the definition to be something like "motion generated internally without any external...

Morrowind. It wasn't perfect but the atmosphere and immersion were amazing. No fast travel; you really learn the terrain, layout of the cities, ship and longstrider network, and mages' guild locations. Also you really feel like an outsider. Skyrim is great technically but loses a lot due...

What's your definition of "great bass player"? Is it his chops? Is it the genre of music he plays? Is it his compositions? If you're just looking for players with amazing chops without regard to genre, look into fusion-jazz bassists like Jaco and Vic Wooten. The album "Jaco Pastorius" is...

Not really an in game challenge but My older brother got FF7 for Christmas, and he was leaving for college with his PS in a week. I wasn't going to see that thing again until the summer, so decided that I needed to get Knights of the Round and finish the game before then. Mission...

1) Final Fantasy 6, Morrowwind, Baldur's Gate 2 2) Male 3) 29

So, you can't make jokes about rape because ...? A heckler got told off. Good for Daniel for not backing off in the face of a holier than though, humorless heckler. I'm very disappointed that he issued an apology, however poor and insincere it was. If you don't find something funny...

I think the trauma of rape is greatly amplified by our culture's hyper response to it. Women are taught their entire lives that being rapes is the absolute worst thing that can happen to you. Society is setting them up to be maximally traumatized. The truth is that rape is not the worst thing...

For those of you saying Arnold is not an exceptional human being: To get to the highest level in even a single field in your life is uncommon and impressive. Some rare individuals achieve that level in 2 very different fields. Brian May, for instance, is a legendary rock guitar player and...