Clear Sky is good (i have both S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games), but pretty flawed, too. my litany of complaints:

-AI grenade accuracy is sick. Quick save often, because if the enemy has grenades, you are going to die a lot.

-No clipping on NPCs, and they love to block doorways. Why can't you nudge them? They sure as shit nudge you. This is most problematic when you are fighting alongside NPCs that PUSH YOU OUT INTO THE OPEN.

-Enemies can you see you at night, even if your flashlight is off. Using the cover of darkness to sneak up on the military outpost would be awesome, but they see you creeping in from 100 yards.

-The stamina system. You run out of energy too quickly for the amount of ground you must cover. You can pay to be escorted (i.e. teleported) but it can be very expensive and money is tight in this game.

-One of the major components to this game is the faction warfare. In some areas, you aid one faction in ridding the map of another faction, and your results are measurable. I.e., you don't see as many red dots on the map anymore. What I don't get is that you can't ever completely eradicate them. In some areas, you can destroy a little encampment over and over, but they always return. Maybe the game wouldn't be as fun with no enemy factions, but it could have been thought through more.

What I like about Clear Sky:
-the weapon upgrade system--gives you a huge range of weapon combos.
-the faction wars--working with the NPCs to push through enemy outposts is still great fun, even though you can't completely eradicate them in some areas.
-the slow pace--in the beginning of the game, you don't see much in the way of mutants. as the game goes on, you start to see them more and more, and it freaks you out more.
-the new anomaly system--makes anomaly hunting more fun, and more rewarding imo

Besides her point of MSNBC's rhetoric not being equal to that of the McCain campaign, how exactly was she impressive? Sure, she didn't shout him down, but that's how debates are supposed to happen. Because she didn't fall to Bill O'Reilly's level does not mean she did a particularly impressive job in this interview.

bill had a few pre-game drinks, looks like

ahem... and now the nominees for achievement in makeup...

the fall seems fake and all the 'oh my god' chanting seemed insincere. the footage seemed intentionally grainy and shaky, which struck me as odd given the overall expensive look of the setting.

I still get Rolling Stone (b/c they keep sending it) and I read part (I can't stand the author anymore) of the article the myth sidebar is embedded in. It's written by Matt Taibbi, the most sarcastic, hateful sob ever. I can't imagine his article would do anything to sway an undecided voter. Constantly referring to Americans as fat incurious fools wiping their Dorito-stained fingers on their shirts doesn't exactly make the average person want to listen to your message.

Dude, I think that's Charles from Swingers at 1:38. "This place is dead anyways".

i wonder if he felt tempted to release his project when all of those "My bedhead, 1 pic a day for 30 days" things were coming out.

FIZAKE

Let me state right out that while this issue disturbs me, I have no intention of taking any action on it. That leads me to wonder, how many of the outraged have actually done something about how they feel?

It's funny how a simple edit with sophisticated software can change the mood of a guitar piece from imperfect sincerity into schlocky car insurance commercial.

God, I was waiting for him to say "Are you the gatekeeper? I am the keymaster."

And yes, to me it was obviously Fox's attempt to bait and provoke the crowd.

i guess i can see telling your dorm/suite mates about your foray into the taco bell underworld to secure vast quantities of the rare and exotic "baja blast" mountain dew syrup would be thrilling.

raw unedited footage from the ground inside Georgia:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=408_1218372171

this sick dog is trying to waterboard itself. i wonder what secrets those beady little eyes have seen...