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@HubrisRanger said:

In celebration of loving Mondays again, some hastily made Power Poop.

Haha... nice.

@Darkpeing said:

About a year ago I discovered the marvel that is Steam. However, my small bank account has been assaulted by the many great deals that this page offers, and hundreds of dollars have gone in buying too many games. I currently have around 75 games in Steam and I think there will be more to come :D I am currently in vacation so I can enjoy some of this games, I have already finished KotOR after 35 hours of gameplay. What a great game it was, and being a fan of the Star Wars Universe helps a lot! I am currently waiting for a custom laptop I ordered via XoticPC to start playing The Witcher, Dead Space and Crysis ;)

You have just entered... The Vinny Zone.

@Aronman789 said:

For me the problem isn't that the games are military style, and it isn't that they're shooters, the problem is that all of them are about macho men running around, killing everything in sight, and coming out of it without a scratch and being heroes. I wish someone would make a shooter that represented the other faces of war, specifically the "holy-fuck-I'm-going-to-die" panic side where you're shitting yourself half the time.

That would be Dead Space. Of course that's a third-person perspective and not based in our reality... but it fits the rest of your description :-D

First person shooters will always have their place. One of the biggest reason is their immediacy to pick up and play. A great example is I still have this unfinished copy of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood here. Loved and played the first two games but I am just forcing myself to play this game. Still waiting for the "right time" to really get going.

At the same time I have no hesitancy dropping in Halo or COD for a quick fix. The point I'm getting at is that games like AC: Brotherhood (or RPGs) have a spool up time. Shooters almost always have an instinctive way about them. Get in. Shoot bad guys. Done.

I'll jump in on this. Why not. I am a Christian but I have several atheist/agnostic friends... so at ease.

First off, I am sorry for your losses. A couple of years ago I had experienced a series of losses around me so I understand that you can start to that WTF feeling. Introspection is totally healthy and asking questions about life is also really good. Take a walk through a nursing home and you can get the reality check that we all die at some point in time. It is an inevitability not an option.

There really are two parts when thinking about death. What do I think about (deal with) the death of others, and what do I think about my own death? Beliefs aside the most that any person can do is put the simple fact into perspective - I'm still alive. What do I do with my life? Actually, I think Gandalf said it best when he told Frodo, "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."

I actually really appreciate when I stop to think about death because it puts things into a real perspective. I want to do this, this, this and this with my life. I better get off my butt and do it. Or maybe take a little more risk. Why not travel? Why not ask that person out? Why not learn how to ski? The answer to that last one is because I don't like cold snowy mountains and I'm apparently not that coordinated. Once was enough.

But you get my point. The idea is to take a totally sucky situation and turn it into a positive. Grandma is gone but I am still here. What am I going to do with my life? If we don't have moments like those now and again we become complacent, stagnant, and bored.

Keep and cherish the memories you have with the person you lost. Allow yourself some time to grieve. But also make sure you focus on yourself as well. And that is WAY more deep than anything I've written on GiantBomb before but I suppose it is good to talk about something other than games now and again.

@DG991 said:

30,000 + views don't lie. This thread is awesome.

Agreed. Are you listening Bombcasters? This is worthy of mention on the podcast. Also we need to hear talk about Ryan Davis' irrefutable power..

@BlackAlpha: @BlackAlpha said:

Oh my god! Another one! Yes! I noticed no one had done an ArmA power video, so I quickly threw one together from the ArmA 3 E3 Teaser. Enjoy!

Excellent pacing. Nice job.

They are slaves to Will's will...

Call of Duty 2 is my all time favorite. COD4 really did change the game - literally - making it more cinematic than ever before. And (COD5) World at War is still my favorite I've played for multiplayer. Release the hounds!

I think the last thing I actually forced myself to buy at a GameStop was an exclusive LE edition and that was years ago. Otherwise I avoid it if I can. Some employees might be great but the company itself isn't entirely healthy for the industry.