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The upcoming game is Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and it is being released by Ubisoft who purchased the Might and Magic franchise when the original publisher went bankrupt. They are actually trying to resurrect the series. They just released a new version of the Heroes of Might and Magic...

I have been playing Oblivion and having a ball. I have been a die hard single player role playing game fan since the days of Wizardry, Might and Magic, and the original Bard's Tale. I have spent more time with Diablo II and Baldur's Gates I and II than I will admit in public :D. I love Oblivion...

The only way Aras will make it into the final three is if he wins the next immunity. If Terri wins he gets to choose both of the other final two since he can give immunity to one and hold onto the secret immunity idol for protection. The other two people can only vote for each other with Terri's...

It was Casius that said in history and in the series not Brutus ;) Also, was the "Et tu Brutae" from history or from Shakespeare? Kenneth

I am not so sure it is Mafia-esque as it is Roman. Pompey was killed in a foreign land (presumably at the hands of foreigners or with their permission). One of the precepts of the Roman rule was that a Roman citizen was safe anywhere in the empire. The reprisals for killing a Roman citizen could...

Maybe they should have bought a copy of the "Rome: Total War" pc game for the epic battle scenes :) Alternately on a more serious note they could always have used a map with arrows of movement faded against the blurry images to give a better impression of battle. I agree that this series is...

I liked this episode also, although I find the rapid turn of Jack from reason to faith unrealistic. We already had the battle between the precepts of reason vs faith with the conflict between Jack and Locke. The introduction the survivors from the back half of the plane would seem to introduce a...

For a more detailed version of the Marc Antony saga you can go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Antony There should be even more on Octavian/Augustus since the golden age of Rome occurred under his watch. Kenneth

I can understand spoilering the point were the season ends, but I would hope we don't have to spoilerize the historical questions. As to the question of Octavian and the Antony/Cleopatra business those all occur after the assassination of Caesar which plunges Rome back into civil war (with...

wet ones, not so much though. He stepped in a puddle when he dropped off the rope and got his shoes wet. They were doing that wet tennis shoe squeak so he took them off to be quiet. That was the way I saw it. Kenneth

I guess I am just more forgiving but I liked the episode. The interesting part of seeing the events again was from seeing them from the different perspective. I wouldn't want to see this done every week but it made for an interesting creative diversion. As for the Michael centric flashbacks...

I watched the episode again to see some of the things people have mentioned. Other things I noticed: Desmond is pedaling at 16 MPH on the bicycle. Although you can't see all the keystrokes it appears that Desmond is typing the number sequence on the computer at the start (4 8 15 16 23 42...

I think HP is a decent leader when he wants to be. However, he is just a 16 year old. Not too many 16 year olds were exceptional leaders (Alexander the Great perhaps). I think that previously with Dumbledore in the picture HP was able to take a backseat in the leadership arena. I think now that...

Unless she intends to kill HP off (which would really make the fans happy) I don't see a big benefit in switching the chosen one to Neville. The idea of turning HP into a Horcrux doesn't seem to fit the storyline. If one could accidentally create Horcruxes it would be hard to keep such a thing a...

I think the free demo version lets you play the first three levels. Another note, when you die you get three options: lose experience and fame but stay where you are, pay gold and be sent to nearby level (note it could be up or down), drop your gold and go up three levels. The levels above do...

I think Neville's primary role in the last book will be to kill the Death Eaters that attacked his parents (mainly Bellatrix Lestrange). Although JKR could throw in a weird twist, I think the whole chosen one business was basically the choice of LV and he chose HP. Now he and HP have to live (or...

Been playing Fate from the company Wild Tangent since I got my new PC up and running a couple of weeks back. It is a Diablo style dungeon crawl, although it definitely harkens back to the old mainframe classic, Nethack. Like Diablo you start on the surface with a multilevel dungeon nearby. Like...

I am curious how the edited copies are a matter of principle. Personally this series has never interested me but it is the Game Company that is at fault in this recall, not the stores or the people who forced it. Actually the company got off relatively light, considering. The best proposal I...

I still don't see how Voldemort would have had time to make Harry a Horcrux. It was pretty obvious that he planned to kill Harry as a baby, not make him a Horcrux. He has also tried to kill him in other books. Harry's linkage to Voldemort seems more concrete than that of a Horcrux (which...

I am pretty sure that Voldemort wouldn't use a living entity for a Horcrux unless he could keep it close to home (like the Snake). The point of the Horcruxes seemed to be to generally prevent them from being destroyed. A living creature is exposed to too many risks to make it desirable as a...

I don't see Dumbledore coming back except in his portrait like other characters. Dumbledore has commented that it was Voldemort's fear of death that was one of his weaknesses. Gandalf's resurrection was tied to his facilitating the completion of the ring quest. Dumbledore has already placed...

The prophesy would seem to prevent that, also, Voldemort doesn't strike me as a redeemable character. JKR has also hinted a dramatic confrontation with V and HP from the beginning. I think that Voldemort is at a point where his only redemption can occur in death (if it occurred at all). Kenneth

I agree, can't wait for the next one. Interesting with this one that JKR has really expanded on the nature vs nurture element of her story. Both HP and Tom Riddle had hard childhoods but it didn't seem as if Tom's was worse than Harry's (in fact he seemed to fare better in the orphanage than...

The death eater was killed by a stray shot from another death eater. We'll see in the next book whether Snape is the ultimate mole or not. However, even Dumbledore says that when he makes a mistake it is a big one. Maybe Snape was his mistake. Kenneth

The holes I see with Snape "pretending" are that it requires assumptions on his part I find unlikely. The books have played up the fact that Dumbledore is the most powerful wizard (other than Voldemort). To sacrifice him requires a belief in the prophecy (which only Harry and Dumbledore know the...

I did the spoilers to start since even with spoilers in the title you sometimes get a tourist how didn't notice :) Now I can keep things out in the open. I definitely don't see Dumbledore coming back (other than picture interactions that they have used with others) nor do I think he is...

Since the other thread has primarily focussed on getting the new Harry Potter book I thought I would risk separate thread to discuss the novel so those still pricing it or discussing different versions don't need to worry about bleed through discussion. After completing the 6th book I think...

I don't know, I thought it was okay. He had to disguise his voice somehow. Besides, the voice is part of the fear. A deep raspy voice is more terrifying than a cockney accent or something (obscure reference to the Eddie Izzard Darth Vader routine). Cheers, Kenneth

One caution though, I enjoyed it and the extended narrative worked for me (could've been a little tighter but didn't exceed my patience quota). However, this is definitely not a novel for the patience impaired. The story unfolds at a measured but somewhat leisurely pace (especially at the...

Just finished it. I did enjoy it, although the ending seemed a little abrupt after building to it for so long. When some others finish we can compare notes. I won't discuss anything yet so I don't ruin anything for those reading. Guess I'll have to start "The Rule of Four" while I wait the month...