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Reply to Top 5 Games in PC Gaming Sins Forums

Master of Orion 2 X-Com Starcraft Heroes of Might and Magic 3 Master of Magic I'm heavily biased towards strategy games, though.

Reply to Epistemology in Philosophy Sins Forums

[quote who="Sinperium" reply="82" id="3175183"]So a believer will attempt to present an epistemological logic to others--something that gives validity to questions or points to answers to the questions like, "How can we know if there is a God?", "How can we gain knowledge of it?", etc., etc. Doing that isn't irrational or moronic (though a person's arguments may be sometimes).[/quote] I'm going to pass over the first part and let others explain for t

Reply to Epistemology in Philosophy Sins Forums

[quote who="Sinperium" reply="78" id="3175102"]I'm taking it that the above referral to Moore's argument is meant as sarcasm (correct me if I am wrong). But it's exactly the point I could make.[/quote] To clarify, I wasn't serious when I wrote that, and I agree that insults don't make for good conversation. But, more seriously, I don't think that "honest" is the correct word for it. People really do believe that there cannot be reasonable disagree

Reply to Epistemology in Philosophy Sins Forums

[quote who="Sinperium" reply="76" id="3175021"]Your topic is Epistemeology. From the wiki (for convenience) that encompasses: Philosophically examining the questions: What is knowledge? How is knowledge acquired? To what extent is it possible for a given subject or entity to be known? It's a bit hard to believe your view is the only valid one within that scope.[/quote] But some of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_is_a_hand

Reply to Epistemology in Philosophy Sins Forums

[quote who="137" reply="71" id="3174923"]An interesting take on the subject of knowing and believing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_de_Finetti http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coherence_%28philosophical_gambling_strategy%29[/quote] Go peddle your Bayesian nonsense elsewhere! :-p

Reply to What your multi-core system brings to computer AI in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="Timmaigh" reply="11" id="3165782"]So does Fallen Enchantress have completely new engine from ground up? Is it not reused engine from some older game (Elemental?), just with reworked AI part to be multithreaded? I am not a programmer, therefore i ask. [/quote] Both Fallen Enchantress and War of Magic use versions of the Kumquat engine. From what I can gather, Kumquat was designed to support multithreadi

Reply to What your multi-core system brings to computer AI in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="Timmaigh" reply="1" id="3164453"]So The Fallen Enchantress is going to be multithreaded, am i reading this right? And you cant do the same with Rebellion why exactly? [/quote] Because Fallen Enchantress was designed, from the beginning, to support multithreading. It also has different requirements (e.g. no multiplayer). Implementing a multithreaded program isn't simply a matter of taking a single-thread, sequential program and "multithreading" it.

Reply to Is Stardock the oldest remaining private game studio? in PC Gaming Sins Forums

Yeah, I was wondering if any of their subsidiaries were older. Guess not. Did some quick Wikipedia research. Apparently, 1C is privately held. And produces a heck of a lot more than games.

Reply to Is Stardock the oldest remaining private game studio? in PC Gaming Sins Forums

LucasFilm is privately held. Although, if you included subsidiaries of privately held companies, then you'd also need to include all the Valve and ZeniMax studios, so that's probably cheating.

Reply to Is Stardock the oldest remaining private game studio? in PC Gaming Sins Forums

They're not that rare. LucasArts was the first company I checked, and it was founded in 1982.

Reply to Australia....the World's Happiest Country. in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Put away your Aussie propaganda. China, North Korea, and Cuba are the happiest countries. [e digicons];P[/e]

Reply to Why Free to Play is taking over and why that’s a good thing in PC Gaming Sins Forums

I miss Computer Games Magazine. :(

Reply to Diablo 3 in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

I play on NA and haven't had any problems.

Reply to Difference Between Titan and Titan_Cosmetic Entity Files in Sins Modding Sins Forums

My guess is that the "cosmetic" files are for the menu background, cutscenes, etc.

Reply to Diablo 3 in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="SpardaSon21" reply="37" id="3151008"]I'll be extremely surprised if Diablo 3 gets anything less than 9/10 considering its a big-name AAA game.[/quote] It's a big-name game that Blizzard has been developing for the past 10 years. I'd be surprised if it [i]deserved[/i] anything less than 9/10.

Reply to Warlock – Master of the Arcane (New Fantasy 4X Game in World of Majesty) in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

After playing it for the past several days, I think it has the potential to be a very good game. The core rules are very elegant. The game just needs more polish, particularly the user interface.

Reply to Warlock – Master of the Arcane (New Fantasy 4X Game in World of Majesty) in PC Gaming Sins Forums

Fans have started work on a Warlock wiki: http://warlockmota.wikia.com/wiki/Units

Reply to The muddy feedback loops in Fallen Enchantress in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

At least Elemental uses the left-click select, right-click command convention and not Warlock's left-click select, left-click command nonsense.

Reply to New Space Strategy Game in Development "Endless Space" in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Ratatosk7" reply="45" id="3147886"]Yeah it frustrates me a lot more than it maybe should too. Why do people think players want to look through multiple tabs of tech trees anyways. It also tends to make each individual tree less interesting and more generic than a single great tree. Personally I like having some choice and strategy to which techs I pick instead of being punished for trying to make my civ special instead of generic research everything civ.[/quote] I like tab

Reply to FBI proposing laws? in Personal Computing Sins Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="18" id="3146213"]I can't say I care either...but then I've never cared for an antiquated 'bill of rights' too...[/quote] Now if only we could find a capable and charismatic leader to make our decisions for us... ;)

Reply to FBI proposing laws? in Personal Computing Sins Forums

[quote]Doesn’t anyone mind that the FBI (a law enforcement agency) can propose legislation? Well, why should they… after all, corporate lobbyists have been doing that for years. That it’s basically a police agency shouldn’t bother anyone, right? They’re just looking out for us. Just as they always have. They have our best interests at heart, and we should trust them.[/quote] This isn't uncommon. Federal agencies aren't generally prohib

Reply to New Space Strategy Game in Development "Endless Space" in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="mastroego" reply="32" id="3145633"]I don't know why they keep designing tech trees this way. It's not like you can develop a high tech auto-homing missile without researching electronics and miniaturization first: knowledge is not sectorial in reality. Seems like meaningful tech trees can only be found in Civ and Alpha Centauri, still.[/quote] I wouldn't worry about it too much. None of the specific technologies seem like they would obviously require other spec

Reply to New Space Strategy Game in Development "Endless Space" in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="mastroego" reply="28" id="3145556"] What I mean is a tech tree with interconnections between different fields of knowledge, like in Alpha Centauri: things like new weaponry requiring breakthroughs in physics and so on. Because that's how it should be, logically. Does it work something like that? [ That's one reason I stayed clear of Galactic Civilizations. I saw tech trees going something like Laser I -> Laser II -> Laser III and thought "eewww!". ]<b

Reply to The Fountain? in Movies & TV & Books Sins Forums

[quote who="seanw3" reply="5" id="3143591"]If I were teaching a philosophy class, I might start with [b]Final Destination[/b] over this one. It engages the audience in death much better than this untouchable mess. [/quote] It's a good thing that you're not teaching a philosophy class, then. :-p

Reply to The Fountain? in Movies & TV & Books Elemental Forums

The first time I saw the film, I hated it. I've watched it several times since then, and each time I've enjoyed it more. It's pretty movie, and it has a great soundtrack. [quote quoting="post"]I don't "get it" at all. I also didn't particularly like it. I find "Stalker" to be more accessible than this film. I'm hoping there is some kind of "point" other than the vague hintings at the esoteric belief that all life is somehow connected. But what is the point? I&#