BBAlpert

I've been driving a hand-me-down Ford Explorer since I first learned to drive, but it's starting to give up the ghost. The problem is that I really don't know shit about cars, so they all kind of look alike to me. I'm not super picky, but I'd still like to avoid getting something objectively crappy.

Any recommendations for cars that are/have

• Automatic transmission
• Good-decent gas mileage
• Preferably on the cheaper end of the spectrum

I realize that those criteria don't narrow things down too terribly much, but that's one of the big reasons why I'm stumped. At this point the only thing I really have to go on is how much I like/dislike the look, but I feel like that's not a good way to make this big a decision and I don't have all that much of a difference in opinion about one car over another anyways. Do any of you duders have some tips on what to look for or avoid?

Thanks!

They're actually really good, too. The first few games (5 Days a Stranger and 7 Days a Skeptic), at least. I don't remember as much about the later games, but I don't recall being quite as thrilled by them. I think they were still pretty good though.

This. I can understand why putting recent forum posts onto the front page might not be Dave & the crew's number 1 priority, but it was kind of nice to see at a glance what was going on in the smaller sub-forums.

A fair point. What I meant was that 7 Days was a great Alien game in the same sense that Asura's Wrath and Darksiders were awesome DBZ and Zelda games, respectively.

The only caveat is that it isn't actually based on the movie Alien. The game I'm talking about is 7 Days a Skeptic, the second game in the Chzo Mythos series. I'll try to avoid any spoilers where I can, but some things I will say might be in a bit of a gray area. Also note that I'm talking about an Alien game, not an Aliens (or Alien 3) game.

These are some of the key traits of Alien that I think 7 Days a Skeptic happens to nail.

1. Setting: They're both set on isolated/derelict ships being manned by a bare minimum of crew members.
2. The antagonist/creature: Both 7 Days and Alien involve a single elusive, powerful, seemingly invincible monster loose on the ship, hunting down the crew. Both entities can show up and attack from out of pretty much nowhere, and run back into hiding just as quickly. And even though both creatures probably have the strength to be able to kill the entire crew all at once if the situation presented itself, they prefer to pick off the stragglers. On top of all that, both creatures were unknowingly/unintentionally brought on board by the ships' crews.
3. Both ships, as mentioned before, are being run by skeleton crews. Every person has some crucial, unique role on the ship (none of them particularly qualified to fight back against a crazy killing machine), so shit starts going downhill quickly each time someone gets iced.

I feel like there are some other similarities, but those are the big ones I can think of right now.

I noticed this as well. I think it displayed the "Coming Soon" times based on your computer/browser time settings. So it listed stuff for me on the (b?)east coast as going up at 9:00, 12:00, and 3:00 instead of 6:00, 9:00, and 12:00.

@frankfartmouth said:

Interesting. Some good stuff on there. No big surprise that a Dragon Quest game is #1.

And that a Monster Hunter game is #2.

I've been looking for a grindy RPG to play on my 3DS, and an Etrian Odyssey-ass Etrian Odyssey game would certainly fit that description... Perhaps I'll look into it. Thanks for the heads up.

Airplane. I don't care if that's an objectively wrong answer, I'm sticking to it.