My name is Robin (and I used to be an alcoholic). I live with my spouse (common-law/co-habitation) and am going to propose to her any day now. We have 2 awesome kids - a 5 YO boy and a 6 week old girl. I'm a full-time student studying Political Science (mix of Canadian and International politics), with a minor in legal studies. I will be done school in the spring. I also do contract work on the side ranging from logistics/coordination work, health research, conference facilitation, and other assorted work. I live in Ottawa (which is Canada's capital, NOT Toronto) but I am originally from Nunavut.

For fun I come to VS, partake of bud and beer with my homies, listen to hip hop (I love the sift because it brings me in contact with all kinds of cool music), read news, write letters to the editor, and play COD4. I plan on going into law school next fall, after which I'll probably find a full-time job as a policy analyst until I decide to run for office. I was heavily involved with a political party until about a year or 2 ago (the party screwed over someone near and dear to me, but they are now crawling back asking for forgiveness, so I may get involved again).

>> ^Throbbin:
COD4 > WoW


I love COD4, but it's the same thing repeatedly. Headshot, headshot. Hee.. WoW is variety for me.

If you ever get shot in the face by a sniper named Mister Rogers, that was me!

COD4 > WoW

Two system running Windows 7 RC, two issues, both sound related. I forget the first problem (it happened so long ago) and the second had to do with running COD4. COD4 either errors out or just (eventually) returns you to the desktop. After much web-searching I found a (surprising) solution: plug a mic into the mic port...imagine that. I think this has to do with the sound driver.

Otherwise, Windows 7 works pretty well and I have full confidence in going from XP to W7 (I skipped the Vista experience).

COD4 is such a better game!

>> ^Razor:
WoW does have map loads from time to time but you are prolly right. Wonder what game it is then?

Ohh, at a stab in the dark, prolly CoD4 or CS or something? Those would have randomly ordered maps, unlike WoW where you sign up to where you wanna go.

I wouldn't worry though, titles including 'WoW' plus 'nerds' tend to do well around here

This looks like it will lead to the same spastically random deaths that air strikes and helis did in CoD4.

What will be great is when the kid has kids of his own, and his own kids will inform him how Halo3 and COD4 are for babies, you don't even wear a VR headset or bodysuit.

Sims : Barbie::

COD4 : GI Joe

That gun would be da bomb on COD4.....Be back in 30 mins....

In some of the examples you cited, it's not really MMORPG-ification though. It's just RPG-ification. That's just an artifact of people wanting more depth in the games they play. They want to feel like a play-session has impact on future sessions, and that previous choices are important.

I agree with you on the TF2 point. COD4 as well. I've shyed away from those games because I came late to the party, and felt like a level 14 rolling into Arathi Basin with a bunch of level 80s... if you know what I mean.

>> ^Throbbin:
Do you guys have any idea how frustrating it is to play COD4 only in single player mode?
It was terrible!


<consoling pat> Let it all out. Come on, son. I-It's all over now. Th-there ya go...

Do you guys have any idea how frustrating it is to play COD4 only in single player mode?

It was terrible!

I get the same way playing CoD4.

Awesome! Reminds of the CoD4 edition.