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Sounds fine to me. Accuracy and precision are more or less inter-changeable i think.

There is an infinity engine open source clone in development called GemRB but I've no idea what level the development has reached.

Incidentally im making a JRPG in AGS

Ben: I'm sorry if one of my groupies (I prefer to think of them as the "ponchettes") stole your official AGS superstar jacket, but I'm sure you'll get another one soon.

If not, I'm selling these fine leather jackets. 

Made from..... cows?   :o

Data is plural,

Datum is singular

Agreed, I prefer it that way.. it 'pops' more.

If you're just looking for the classic hilberts hotel answer;

move the occupant of room 1 to room 2 and the occupant of room 2 to room 3 and so on.

thus room 1 is now free.

Ah Hilbert's Hotel :p

I would argue that yes they can.

There are an infinite number of odd numbers.
There are an infinite number of even numbers.
There are an infinite number of even and odd numbers combined.

So even if you have an infinite number of rooms and an infinite number of guests the two cannot be equal since infinity is not a value but rather a concept.

Scarab, are you saying happy birthday to: Wavy, Gray Hair? lol

Sea Jay :p

Correct: The house is bigger than Johnny and I.

I would disagree since in this case the pronoun used would be 'us'

Go on then, just for giggles

http://www.thethoughtradar.com/songs/everyone.mp3

not sure how angry it can be considered.. but i guess the drum beat is fairly angry.

on 'me' vs 'I', I think its proper to use "Johnny and I" (or He and I) in circumstances where a personal pronoun would be used. i.e 'we' but you would use 'Johnny and me' (or Him and Me)  in places where an object pronoun would be used i.e "Us".

so its incorrect to say "He shot Johnny and I" but its correct to say "Johnny and I shot him"

Thanks everyone, I dont need any more beta testers. I'll drop you all a PM once im done.

I can top that

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s50QwbbubQc

EDIT: Also

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKmys-Tys90&NR=1&feature=fvwp

some of those are very wierd.. dinosaucers?

Progz,

I fail to see what your solution would be in the event of 'impending asteroid DOOM!'

We see the asteroid maybe 24 hours in advance (which is perfectly possible) and then just say "well bugger me... It was quite unlikely though" and then just die?

I'm not saying we should drop everything and start building the laser cannons but what exactly is your position? Leave it a few hundred years when its far cheaper to go into space?

We could not rustle up a solution in 24 hours so would we just have to sit around and wait to die because we didnt have an alternative?

The threat of an asteroid strike (or any global extinction event) should be taken seriously simply because there are no second chances. We can't learn from our experience here.

Also on the subject of vigilance vs blaséness with regards to swine flu (yes i just said blaséness) what do you propose the government does instead?

A new highly contagious virus begins to spread throughout mexico.
We have precedent for a new strain of flu spreading globally (1918)
We have precedent for a new strain of flu killing very high numbers (Bird flu kills 1 in 3 or so)

Would you expect the government to say its probably nothing and ignore it until we begin to have a death toll that rivals that of seasonal flu?

If they do ignore it then it would become almost impossible to contain to any degree later on so they have to make a decision early.

Like i said... russian roulette.

thats kinda like saying "how do you build a space ship"

But in brief i imagine Yahtzee used walkable areas which allowed only horizonal movement and then mapped the "UP" arrow key to check whether or not the character was below an area which he could jump up to.

all the falling off ledges and stuff was likely done using the leave_region events.

Enemy collisions will be handled by the rep ex function as a game loop.

Oh, so you hate to bring up cars but, a Bugati or a Lambo? Hmm.....

Neither :p My car of choice would be a Mercedes :p

fan fiction are usually stories written within a universe.. which I find less odd since you can create an entire narrative and use new characters. All the extended universe star wars stuff is essentially 'fan fiction'

thats slightly different to rewriting a story.

I'm going to regret this post...but ah well.

People play remakes, so why shouldn't people make them?

Because apparently the sole purpose for making games is supposed to be the advancement of the gaming industry as a whole and bringing the realm of gaming out of the world of "Children's Games" into the more serious light that games can be as much an artform as any other medium. Having fun, entertainment, enjoyment, "people play[ing them]", none of that is what actually matters (apparently). Developing skills in the realm of game creation, nostalgic tribute, and so forth have no merit here. It should solely be about advancing the industry. Only. Exclusively.

[/overbearing.sarcastic.tones.and.attempted.satire]

It's fairly clear i wasnt going to let this lie without some kind of answer.

I feel its more about advancing someones creativity rather than gaming as a whole.

Think of it in terms of a book. Someone has written a story but you feel it doesnt fit in with modern sensibilities or it was poorly written. Do you rewrite the story? the same narrative just with different language? No ofcourse not, that would be absurd.

So why, from a personal perspective, remake a game?

I understand commercial remakes like tomb raider anniversary. they brought a classic game up to modern standards and improved its flaws. But that was to make money and i'm sure if you asked the developers if they'd rather make a NEW tomb raider or remake an old one they would rather make a new one.

I appreciate that people enjoy remakes. I enjoyed anniversary despite knowing what happens for the most part but i wouldve prefered a NEW one.

This is my point. Why is it PREFERABLE to make a remake. You arent being mandated by anyone to do so. You arent going to sell it and capitalise on its IP. So why not just make a high quality original game (almost all the remakes are of a very high quality)? If you cant handle writing your own story, form a team with someone who can.

Its the developers perspective that i dont understand. not the players.

Spelling? Who gives a rat's ass about his spelling? His spelling doesn't bother me one bit, it's the fact that this:

U no I did read the rule the rules but what gets me is how all the other post has been deleted and for some people saying thing likeyou don't have to post here I really thankyou andyou don't have to post here I fyou don't like the way I spell some times I can't view things right from my side kick so yeah and it does'nt fix my mispelled words or it does and does not tell me ok and as for the site and games I will be updating it soon and the gameyou see there is the reall the real thing remember twewy is a ds game 2 screens and ags can only use one screen...I should be done with the game soon it really does not need a bettle seen-it could use one but I mean iwould really like for it to + if any is trying to get this topic locked just stop ok no 1 askedyou to come here ok the  topic is kool does not need to be locked + oh and thing kool = cool remember still a tenn I right like that on aim

Is one sentance! Take a damn breath, Icey!

...sentence has two Es 

english or continental?