Nyarlathotep

I've still got ??? years before I can nab my bachelors, and then another 1-3 years for my masters. Think how I feel!

I feel that the concept of "g," a general intelligence that the IQ test supposedly measures, actually does far more harm than good. But, this is really a topic deserving a new thread (I don't have time to write one up just now, though). I've been saying this since 9-11-2001--albeit with a slightly different instigator of said paradigm shift. I'm just glad I'm not the only seeing the signs.

I hope your wife isn't too torn up about it. Good luck next time.

Here at Tech, we have a management program. The program, of course, is derided far and wide within the school for being a joke major, and rightly so. However, in Tech's defense, I know that it at least teaches finance and economics. ...I've spent the last five minutes trying to come up with something positive about management majors here at Tech, or even in general. I'm having to walk away empty-handed.

@Maximus: stop being so damn negative! Socialism is only a dirty word in the context of the Religious Right[sic], and even then, only when there are plans for something of a vaguely socialist nature (like a proper fucking health-care system). Mostly though, communism as a catch-all fear-inducing term fell out of vogue with the Berlin Wall.

New coder? Awesome!

I guess I really meant having them actually go to ragdoll--that they actually, recognizably die. Literal death animations are not so important, no.

One of my more perverse joys in games is killing ambient animals (shooting ravens in HL2, stomping rats/shooting bats in Undying, etc), most of the time because they're so much harder to kill. It really helps to keep the player immersed if he can kill those animals. I doubt a snail would really need a death animation, though; the only way a player would notice it were dead is if it were splattered. Definitely include death animations for ambient animals.

It looks like the piles of dirt/straw/gravel could use some adjusting to make them rounder. I'm not a mapper, but wouldn't it be simple enough (not to mention more flexible) to use a patch instead? The compass is great.

Ditto. Also: Battlefield series Red Orchestra Call of Duty (I think)

I really meant natural penguin habitats, but whatever, your response is funnier.

Wouldn't a butterfly be better as an animated particle than as part of a flower model?

No, there are penguins who live as far north as the Galapagos.

I just always remember the expression he had on his face when putting that one giant, serrated knife back in his trousers (in Curse of Monkey Island). I think I grimaced with him the first time I played.

I'm going to have to try it out.

I've got Dawn of War: Dark Crusade sitting right next to me, unopened. It's sad, really, how many games I so desperately wanted to get, but wound up never playing, or only playing part way through (like the Thief series).

I like the sound of doing it Le Parkour style. I have to admit, I have a habit of incorporating speed run techniques into my normal play already. Tell me more about how I can become a traceur in Thief...

Paprika was pretty interesting--strange, but interesting. Having seen it, I now want to see some of the director's earlier films, specifically Perfect Blue and Millennium Actress. Also: Perfect Blue Trailer Perfect Blue Trailer Spoof

NOOOO! Fuck Steam! Interesting name for Id Tech 5, though. "Rage."

MysteryDev to the rescue!

Graphics designers (the ones with said job title) are mostly complete hacks? Why I NEVeR!

That's actually rather sad. I think I should start a company hiring out trained monkeys for graphics design.

That was already an issue, before I made the changes.

And now you (and I) know! And knowing is half the battle! GI-Joe...

Neither. It's the intent of the Dark Mod to keep the Thief community going, by providing a new, expandable base (eventually completely open-source). It has absolutely nothing to do with Thief 3 in particular. In fact, if I remember correctly, the Dark Mod was started before Thief 3 was even announced.