I agree. I think it's a bad step. I want the BluRay, but not that bad. I'd also like it to be quieter (fan noise). But, if none of my old games are going to work, and I can't buy used games, I might as well buy a PlayStation, if I want the BlueRay that bad.

I have both a PS3 and a 360 and the former rarely gets used as more than a blu-ray player.

My only real issues with the 360 are hardware-related (heat, noise, reliability-I've had two of them die, though one was covered by a replacement plan, and I'm not a hardcore gamer, so I wasn't exactly running them into the ground.) I have lot more games for it (including a bunch of XBLA games), I prefer the interface, I vastly prefer the online experience (even if I don't use it much) and I love being able to use it as media extender for my HTPC.

And it sounds like MS is planning on improving on all that (and I certainly hope they'll take better care with the hardware this time around.) They're just doing a lot of other stuff that I'm not happy about.

I finally finished Arkham City about a week ago and I'm trying to finish up the side missions now. I don't see myself bothering with all the Riddler trophies though, the sheer number is just ridiculous. (And the game actually lampshades it by having random thugs comment on the green question marks all over the city.)

Last night though, I overheard a thug asking "Wait, did they ever actually explain what was up with The Island?" which made me laugh a bit even though I stopped watching Lost after season 2.

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Penny Arcade will be live streaming a D&D game today.

Is anyone else planning on picking up the game (Chronicles of Mystara)? My friends and I made many many treks to the one arcade an hour away that had the full 4-player setup of the second game back in the day.

Hmm I dunno. I hope it's more fun to play than it is to watch.

BSG

This Friday, I sit my exam in Quantitative Analysis of Finance II. My life has been consumed by esoteric factoids relating to such matters as principal component analysis, Markov chain Monte Carlo integration and of course multivariate generalised autoregressive conditional heteroskedastic models. If you understood any of that, my deepest sympathies.

However! Come Friday, their baleful hold on my life will be broken! Except for the part where I use this stuff at work pretty much every day. But at least there, no one else understands it well enough to give me pop quizzes. There, I give the pop quizzes! Which everyone else ignores, and occasionally my supervisor asks if I'm making these on company time. But that's not the point. The point is that soon my thoughts shall turn once more to the imminent destruction of all humanity, and the flight of Buffistica 18 - Space Camel will begin!

First question, of course, is: who's up for it? Sign up in-thread or send me an email. Veterans and newbies both welcome.

Second question: which game options shall we use this time around? Last game, we tried out the Ionian Nebula for the first time. That means we've tried all the available game options, at least until the Daybreak expansion comes out later this year. Let me know, either in-thread or by email, which options you'd like to use this time around.

1. Ionian Nebula/Cylon Fleet/Neither.
2. Conflicted Loyalties - Y/N?
3. Cylon Leader - not available if 5 players, optional if 6 players, mandatory if 7 players.
4. New Caprica - Y/N? (Not compatible with Ionian Nebula)

Once we have the crew sorted out, and everyone is good to go, we'll get the party started.

BSG

I think I can play, if checking in once or twice a day will be enough. I'd like to try out the Ionian Nebula, and I love Conflicted Loyalties, not sure about the rest.

BSG

I'm game for the setup we had last game.