korwin

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Use Microsoft Security Essentials.  It's perfectly adequate for any normal users needs and is free for any legitimate Windows Vista or 7 user.

Good, last thing the series needs is a Dragon Age 2 cash grab rush job.

2003 Canberra Fire - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Canberra_bushfires

I'm not really a fan.  I guess there are people out there that like it (see what I did there) and I guess whatever helps whiskey get more traffic is a good thing.  I think it would be great if I could disable it from view in my user options, choice is always a good thing.

I've imported RC'd stuff before, it's not really a worry.  Customs people really aren't going to bother opening up a package from Amazon.

You guys should explore the PC space more, dig into some back catalog maybe. 
 
I wouldn't mind seeing a Q3 night, throw in some crazy mods and what not (I know Brad shares my fondness for Q3).  Some original Battlefield 1942 might be cool, setup a shenanigans server and see what crazy stupid stunts that people can pull off.  Starcraft 1 might be a pretty good one to mess with as well.  It could also be pretty fun to see a Left4Dead(2) setup where the GB crew takes up the role of the survivors while the community jumps in as the infected players. 
 
Maybe you could take a look at games that inspired trends in modern online.  Out of the blue the other day I realized that the multi-player in Crysis 2 draws some extremely close parallels with the old Jedi Knight games.  Specifically the impact of player powers on current genre multi-player trends, only in this case it was Quake style death match instead of Call of Duty TDM.

For anyone out there looking to enable what some might consider standard PC option functionality, the following variables can be added to the game.cfg file located under your C:\Users\%UserName%\Saved Games\Crysis2 path.
  
Fairly straight forward, I've just dumped my own settings in bellow.  Three is the highest setting for the sys_spec options, the remainder being binary values (off/on) with the exclusion of the obvious ones (FOV, Mouse Sensitivity and Anisotropy). 
 
sys_spec_gameeffects = 3  
sys_spec_objectdetail = 3  
sys_spec_particles = 3  
sys_spec_physics = 3  
sys_spec_postprocessing = 3  
sys_spec_shading = 3  
sys_spec_shadows = 3  
sys_spec_sound = 3 
sys_spec_texture = 3  
sys_spec_water = 3  
cl_crouchToggle=1  
cl_zoomToggle=1  
i_mouse_accel=0  
g_skipIntro=1  
cl_fov=75  
r_DrawNearFoV=75  
 pl_movement.power_sprint_targetFov=75  
r_motionblur=1  
g_radialBlur=1  
r_Flares=1  
r_Glow=1  
r_HDRRendering=1  
r_SSAO=1  
q_ShaderHDR=1  
r_ColorGrading=1  
r_MultiGPU=1  
r_MultiThreaded=1  
g_useHitSoundFeedback=1  
e_shadows=1  
 r_FSAA=0  
r_UseEdgeAA=1  
r_TexMaxAnisotropy=16  
d3d9_TextureFilter=trilinear  
cl_sensitivity=45     
 
I have encountered instances where the file is wiped and reset after exiting the game, I believe this occurs when attempting to adjust your mouse sensitivity in game.  Additionally the MultiGPU toggle does nothing at present to resolve the epileptic fit inducing lighting flickering in Crossfire/SLI.