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It's sad to hear that Valve is agreeing with microsoft and sony on anything, but after reading Valve's reasoning, I can understand where they are coming from and it sounds reasonable.

Still, I would think since I bought their product under a different set of legal conditions, if I do not accept their new terms, shouldn't they give me a refund for the product I purchased but will no longer be able to use?

The real question is, has Bioware made any justification for replacing Star Wars Galaxies with The Old Republic? I stopped playing Galaxies a long time ago, and haven't heard anything that makes The Old Republic worth playing.

Team Fortress hadn't been adding much new to the game for a little while, but abut two weeks ago, Valve started dropping hints that something big was coming. At first, people were getting weird drops, pocket link, goldfish, banana peels, cheese and a couple of other things. I was excited about getting these items, but could not for the life of me imagine how they would be used in the game. But one thing I was fairly certain of, was that this update would be Meet the Pyro, an "introduction" to the Pyro character class, the last class to be introduced. With the introduction of Meet the Pyro, there would certainly be new video, as well as new content. I was not disappointed!

A LONG time ago, a friend of mine was bragging to me about how great the original Fallout was, and went to show me it on his computer. When he went to start the game, it turned out that he had damaged the disk, and he was unable to show me the game. I have heard a number of good things about Fallout, and thought I should try it out for myself some day. A while back, when Steam had a promotion on Fallout: New Vegas, I purchased the game, but didn't start playing it until a week ago.

I was quite surprised when I first started playing the game, because I thought all the Fallout games was 3rd person from a 2/3 perspective, but once I started playing Fallout: New Vegas, of course I found out it was a first (though can be over the shoulder third) person perspective game.

While I like the concept of a role playing game, most of those games are from the 2/3rds perspective, with wooden (non-moving) card board cutout NPCs, who stay in the same place at all times. When I think of role playing games, I would prefer something a bit more like Deus Ex or System Shock 2.

I am quite impressed with the NPCs in New Vegas, as they walk about the town, engaging in various activities and react to my actions and words in mostly appropriate ways. If I steal something, kill someone or say the wrong thing, the NPCs will change their attitudes towards me. This makes for a much deeper gaming experience than the usual RPG gives.

Still, there is a bit of a short coming of the games reliance on what appears to be roll base attacks. While there is no turn based attacks, which are an unnecessary hold over from the days of pen and paper RPGs, still I think that some attacks would instantly kill, where as I have to wear the enemies stats down in order for me to defeat him.

I finally returned to Deus Ex the Human Revolution, and after a couple of marathon days of playing, finally made it to the end. Because of my praxis point hording, I ended up with several unused praxis points at the end of the game.

The game was excellent pretty much all around, though I though some of the boss battles were uneven. Several were very tough, and a few seemed too easy.

Some day I hope to go back and replay Deus Ex the Human Revolution again, but I still have a pile of games that I purchased but haven't played yet. Next it will be on to Fallout: New Vegas

@TheCreamFilling: Didn't want to waste time typing and miss my chance

Finally!

ipod -> zune

ipad -> surface

Do the math.

Thanks again for your help. I finally figured it out. I was doing it right, but I didn't realize the stat I wanted to upgrade was already very low, so after I read the magazine, that figure for the stat I saw was already improved, but still too low to accomplish the quest.

@DoctorDanger99: You would think that people would hope that their children never experience a violent confrontation in real life, but realistically would expect they will one day become adults and have sex. You can kill a person in a second with a gun, which are shown on TV and in public without hesitation, but if some woman showed her boob (and considering that no boob has ever harmed anyone, and in fact has given many the sustenance of life) she would be immediately condemned and arrested.

Christian morality in American has labeled sex as BAD, and violence isn't given a second thought.