Here's the President getting toasted by a British reporter on the subject.  Priceless. 

Wow, Bush had no idea how to argue his way out that line of questioning. It truly made him look like an idiot.

Only 5/9ths of the court understood that, sadly.

Don't forget that McCain doesn't understand it either. Along with his base.

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That doesn't help me much since I have never played an EQ toon past lvl 5. I usually prefer either warrior types or spellcasting types. But is there a class that is really fun to play in EQ2 above all the others?

OK I'm updating the game now. So which type of character do you guys recommend I start if I'm going to be playing with you?

Help OO Obi Gedd Canobi you're our only hope.

You wouldn't have any luck if it weren't for the bad luck.

Is there any sort of free trial for this game. I played about a year ago on a free trial when that Fairy expansion came out, but haven't been back since. I would like to give it a try though.

Wow.  The geek rage meter is off the charts today.

Just be glad that U2K isn't on this board. His Dreamcast rage would be unstoppable. 

Yes what kind of a rock have you been living under if you don't know of Shenmue?  It's not a big name now but in its time it was THE console release.  Was it really that much of a disaster?  I've never played it but I thought it was supposed to be half decent.  Also The Getaway may or may not be good but it is definitely not an unknown title.  It was basically a GTA ripoff if I recall.

Shenmue does not even remotely belong on this list. It was a very good game for its time. It wasn't a GTA ripoff at all. Mostly because it came out prior to GTA3 and it wasn't nearly as open ended as GTA is. It was however, one of the first console games with a 3d open world design. The thing that set Shenmue apart from other games of it's time is that had a very strong story that was meant to be told in several installments. Unfortunately only 2 installments were released.

It was a ground breaking game for its time and set the stage for games like GTA3, Mafia, and even other heavily story driven games.

Right now i'm trying to figure out how to play media on my PS3, it can see my home network through Windows Media player, but i cant seem to get it to play videos, pictures or music!

You have to tell Media Player to share with the network. I forget how to set it up exactly. But there should be a spot within the media players allowing for sharing of media.

Jag might, there's little chance I would. I tried one of them on the xbox and was not impressed. Played less than an hour before giving up.

Metal Gear Solid 4 is leagues better than the previous 3. The gameplay mechanics have been refined and truely make the game MUCH better. I would compare it to the old Metal Gears meeting Resident Evil 4 in terms of play control. So if it was the control and gameplay mechanics that turned you away before you may want to look at part 4.

Yes, that makes complete sense. John McCain doesn't give a damn about the constitution at all. Rather, he wants to change it into some neocon fascist manifesto. And his base also doesn't give a damn about the constitution either! Forget that Americans consider the constitution to be nearly as holy as the bible, they just want to hear that it's going to get changed so that they can continue to watch Fox News and bitchslap gays around.

If you actually read and understand the decision then nothing you just said makes any sense. The SC did not change the constitution with their ruling. They upheld the principle of Habeus Corpus and said that the President and Congress cannot just suspend the constitution when it becomes convenient for them to do so.

I quote "The laws and Constitution are designed to survive, and remain in force, in extraordinary times. Liberty and security can be reconciled; and in our system they are reconciled within the framework of the law. The Framers decided that habeus corpus, a right of first importance, must be a part of that framework, a part of that law....The Constitution grants Congress and the President the power to acquire, dispose of , and govern territory, not the power to decide when and where its terms apply."

As far as my comment about McCain's base. What I was implying is that many Republican's think we should be "tough" on terrorists and that the constitution should not get in the way of that goal.

Oh I realize that.    But it reminded me that the decision is pending any day.    I'd let it slip under my radar screen.

Out of curiosity MSD do you think this was a good or a bad decision? As a staunch supporter of the Constitution, including the 2nd amendment and HABEUS CORPUS, I thought it was a great decision.

When McCain came out stating how terrible the decision was my first reaction was that McCain probably didn't even read it, because if he had he would realize that the Supreme Court just upheld one of the main fundamental "self evident" freedoms that the constitution guarantees. But then I realized that McCain really doesn't give a damn about the constitution and is instead pandering to what his base wants to hear.

If you read the majority decision you can really tell that they were trying to tell Bush and Co off. They start with the history of Habeus Corpus and go on and on about how "even the Magna Carta" realized the importance of such a principle. Then they go into British Kings and say how even they were not "above the law". Directly infering that Bush has tried to make himself above the law by rewritting the law to make it so. I really enjoyed reading the decision.

Ok... I hooked my computer to the TV with a DVI to HDMI cable and couldn't get it to come up.     It was the best test I could do to determine since I have no other HDMI out devices.    I still can't be sure it's the TV though because I can't be sure I did it correctly.

This sucks.   I don't know whether to call a TV repair service or to call Sony.

It sounds like a perfect time for talking that HOT wife of yours into letting you buy a dedicated Blu-ray player. You need to buy one now to test out the HDMI connection on the TV. If the Blu-ray player doesn't work either then you know its the TV. Sounds like fool proof logic to me.

I still don't understand the while damn Laleleulello BS they through around in 2. The name alone has me confused.

You have taken leave of your senses. MGS2 is possibly the best game of the series.

Seriously? Part 2 is no where near as good as 3. Two was the worst offender of 20 minute cutscene, followed by walking down a hallway, only to get another 20 minute cutscene. And don't even get me started on Raiden or the fact that the entire game took place in one boring grey environment.

MGS3 in the context of the other 2 is something that you should experience.  Bottom line.

3 is definitely a great game and shouldn't be missed. But I think one could probably skip part 2 and just play 1 and 3 and still get enough of the story.

It's hard to pass up when Konami just released the MGS pack with 1,2 and 3 in one set.

Also, I just played 3 last year and I think it stands up very well against any next gen game that I have played. The graphics are really good for a PS2 game and the story is excellent.

I have a Sharp Aquos and this happened to me one time with the PS3. All I had to do was completely powerdown the PS3 and then the PS3 recognized the HDMI cable setup and went back through the display setup to select 1080p as the default resolution. The weird thing was it completely reset my theme as well so I had to go back in and reset it as too. Not sure why it did that, but it seemed to fix itself.

For comparison sake I have:

20 Gig Launch Ps3, with 160 gig HD in it .
37" Sharp Aquos bought in November of 2007.

Does anyone know a good place to get a deal on a weekend Niagra Falls vacation?

The wife and I are thinking about going there for a Friday to Sunday trip and I want to see if I can get a good hotel deal.

Is that Mysteries of Westgate?  Apparently, that adventure pack has been done for a while now but Atari has been dicking around over the digital security system for the download.  Sigh.

yeah that's it, so it's not Waterdeep, its Westgate. For some reason I had Waterdeep on the brain. Anyway I wish Atari would quite messing around with it and just get it released.

Second movie was too outrageous & cartoon like even for action movie

The series officially went to shit when he jumped the car flipping it over midair, in order to use the crane to pull a bomb off the bottom of the car and then landed it perfectly.

This is really surprising to me because it seems like it will certainly alienate a lot of their Japanese fans who don't own a 360 and never will.

My guess would be that Microsoft was really trying hard to get all their titles onto the 360 first, but Square Enix said no to Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, but said yes to lesser selling titles like Star Ocean and others.

The NWN2 site says they are working on a Downloadable expansion set in Waterdeep as well.

Does anyone know if Obama or McCain openly support this measure of the bill? If so my vote is now officially gone for either one of them (not that they had much of a chance for my vote in the first place).

Kristin Holt is super sexy and anything she does is automatically better because if it.

Oh, and Tom Bombadil was highly overrated! He was obviously some drug-induced creation from Tolkien created solely to get the hobbits some safety.

How dare you Sir. That tree surely would have killed poor Sam and he would have eaten all of Sam's Shire Weed if it hadn't been for Mr. "ding a long, dillio dong doo, hey!  Doolabadoo fa la la ring a ding!" 

My only question with this game will be which system I am buying it on. PC or PS3?

you can't go wrong with Motorstorm. I love that game and I usually don't like racing games.

Uncharted like the others have said is REALLY good.

For the youngster I would definitely get Ratchet and Clank.

If you are into baseball games at all then you owe it to yourself to get MLB the Show 08.

I can't give ally'all LotR even.  The first movie so close to perfect that they others lacked by comparison, which is not to say that they weren't excellent.  However, I don't go all fanboy critical over Fellowship, I do over the other two.  From CGI Legolas to the train wreck that was Faramir they were "worse" even in the special editions.  It just so happens the bar was set so impressively high by the first installment that the others could afford to fall short and still be excellent movies.

Let's see how the new Batman does.  The Dark Knight has me so excited I might just   icon_eek  retard paranoid excuse me.

Agreed.  Considering the extended versions and theatrical releases, Fellowship was by far the best of the three LOTR movies in my opinion.  (all were excellent, however).

I know this is really dorky, but I wish they had included Tom Bombadil in the extended version. His chapter was always one of my favorites in the entire series. He is such a classic character it would have been great to see him on the big screen. That is my biggest complaint with the Fellowship.

The Final Fantasy Tactics game is essentially the same game that was released on the PS1, only with updated cinematics, so if you have already played that game you may want to pass on it.

I do recommend Crisis Core, I wrote a review for it on the main page you can read.

Other than that I don't think you can go wrong with the GoW bundle. Once you actually get the PSP you can go online with your computer and download demos, wallpapers and such. You can also buy Castlevania Symphony of the Night for about $9 on the playstation store. That game is a steal at that price.

The only two series I saw that no one has mentioned is the Blade series (which one could argue got better as it went, Jessica Biel's shower scene making the 3rd one better than the others for that reason alone) and the Mexican Series (certainly Desperado was better than the original and Johny Depp steals the show in Once Upon a Time in Mexico).

My pleasure.  I've got some exciting stuff coming up for you guys that should stabilize the forums, as well as the front page.  Waiting to nail down some exact dates to announce.   ninja2

I'll go ahead and spoil his surprise. KD is actually working on a deal to sell ad space exclusively to Hillary Clinton's campaign. Complete with Hillary's picture taking up an entire 50% of the page for her ad banners. Thus increasing revenues 100 fold and enabling us to create a better site.

It should be great when it goes live.

How many people in Florida and Michigan did not vote because they knew their primary vote did not count? I would be willing to bet a ton of people didn't vote because it was pointless. If they had known that their votes would actually go towards the delegate count then they may have had incentive to get out and vote. I vote in every election because my vote is actually counted. But if I knew that my vote was literally not going to count towards the final outcome then I wouldn't even bother to vote. Asking for a change in the rules after the game has been played is a slap in the face to every registered voter in those states.

I'm not super religious, but to me the cross seams the perfect way to remember Christ because it represents the ultimate sacrifice he made in order to:

be remembered for fighting the injustices of judeaism's ruling upper class that disallowed the poor and the sick from worshipping.

So the cross is a way of remembering what Jesus stood for during his life.

I would pay that much for it if they added extras that weren't in the original DVD box set. As it is most Firefly fans already have the DVD box set and High Def won't be enough alone to get me to re-buy the exact same box set.

Is this game on sale anywhere this week. I want to pick it up but finances are tight.

My armpits are itching.

I think my PSP's battery is completely dead and instead of rushing out and buying a new one I want to first make sure that it is in fact the battery and not the PSP itself that is dead. So does anyone have an extra PSP battery laying around that they are willing to sell or trade? I have the original fat PSP.

Ask the dev what they thought when Matt Damon said he wouldn't lend his likeness or voice to the game because he's anti video game violence.

 I heard in an interview that they didn't approach him for his likeness because at the time that they were developing the game Damon had stated that he was done with the Bourne Universe. Sounds silly to me, but that's what they said.