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@Breadfan: Warhammer 40K is the king of spantasy. You basically have a bunch of 12 foot tall, genetically engineered space paladins going around on behalf of a once ultra powerful warrior-pope now in techno-traction, purging the galaxy of space ork fungusmen and a wide variety of other spantasy favorites. There's also mecha and regular man is depicted as some ultra-cruel soviet regime.

I'm likely in the minority, but I use my computer (this includes gaming) standing up. I used to have this knee problem that was aggravated when sitting down for too long, so I ditched chairs in general. Spending most of my day standing has also helped strengthen up my back.

I don't have a desk, I just put my laptop on a counter top, and go about business as usual.

I loved the first game. I actually prefer the AVWW's art style to that of the sequel. The first was kind of like a patchwork of different styles tied together - akin to how the setting of the game was made up of shattered realities. Everything had a strange sort of high quality sheen about it. Coupled with the jerky animation - it made for a unique feeling of locomotion.

When I play games, I usually do so standing up with a gamepad, and the same with AVWW. So, I used the auto lock feature to play the game, and I really enjoyed it. I heard some people justify the new 4 way only controls as an effort to guarantee a similar gaming experience between gamepad users and keyboard users. And I'll admit that AVWW wasn't the hardest when played it how I did, but I really enjoyed the experience, solely for the setting. I consider the sequel's art style to be more uniform, but I find it to be a bit bland - kind of like a flash game.

With the current controls, I feel a bit more tied down. While I wasn't ever aiming in AVWW, I felt much more free than I did in AVWW2.

AVWW2 has a more involved turnbased metagame involved, but I never really cared for that element in games. It's just not my sort of genre. In general, AVWW2 seems more like a spiritual successor than a direct sequel. It's put together well enough, but right now, I don't care for the game to much. However, Arcen is a pretty amazing game developer. They did a lot with AVWW with every single update, and the very same could happen with AVWW 2 - for the better.

The one thing that I love about AVWW 2 is the size of the buildings and levels. Sometimes, there was a bit too much exploration in AVWW - an issue addressed with alright enough with patching. But all of the map tiles played out at a much quicker pace than AVWW.

+5 weiner.

" I've never...erm... ah I've never enjoyed playing an FPS online...or really anything online. Tried COD4 once..and Bad Company. Like having your face filleted by drunk monkey wielding spatulas...and thats WITH a headset. ergh. "

" Dumb thread.  But first step to an amazing energy drink is an amazing name. "

I am my own barber.  Though, I take a very simplistic approach to grooming: either I shave my hair down to the skin, or I leave it untouched for months on end.  I've been sporting a full beard and top knot for the past year.  I like the look and feel of it.  I may never cut my hair again.
 
As for you: even if you do shave your hair all the way down, and you don't like it, you might be surprised with how fast it grows back.  Back when I shave my hair down, I'd have noticeable hair in about a week.  And who knows, maybe a shaved head will look good on you.   I'd consider this an opportunity to be forced into trying something new.  And let's pretend that you do look horrible with a shaved head: if anyone mocks you, you can politely tell them how much more absurd you would look with a rectangle on your head.

Early to bed, early to rise; 20:30 to bed, 4:30 to rise.  During the weekends I get up around 6:00.  However, I can feel my sleep pattern shifting a bit, so this may change in the coming weeks.
 
There were a few months where I took on a more nocturnal sleep pattern.  I would go to bed at 7:30 and wake up around 15:30.