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I don't know how I survived the forums downtime period without this thread.

Looks like one of the Terminator 3 robots.

Is it A Poisonous Dart Hidden in a Trumpet About to Kill a Girl on a Beach?

This made me want to go and create an Oregano Trail!

Who's interested in helping out? Or at least in donating some Oregano!?

Some thoughts on Arden's Vale at Zombie Apocalypse: http://blog.zombieapocalypsetoday.com/2011/11/11/getting-back-to-adventure.aspx

Also, don't kill me but I still haven't played it for some strange reason, so can't share any of my own impressions atm.

Looks great!

But the "RAM Ghost" title keeps giving me ideas the game is about spectral sheep.

Domithan made a Let's Play of GV for HardyDev, so everyone who wants to hear him talk of his personal ghost voyage... come here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5F8faImpuo

Great! Watching right now!

No. Because it had some giant rocks falling in the swimming pool in it.

Calling adventure games "quests" doesn't feel strange to me. "Quest" and "adventure game" as the genre's names share the same history.

And they have their own shelf in the stores, usually next to the casual games and audio books.

Pretty similar situation in Poland and Germany. Though here in Poland casual games and audio books never got very popular enough in retail, so usually you either get an adventure game or nothing cool at all.

Sexy Beast?

Spiderweb's games were my first RPGs and they've remained my favorites. Other than that the 2D Fallouts and Planescape Torment. Some of the best games I played. There are still lots of classic ones I haven't checked out, but am planning to.

However, I can't say to be enamored in RPGs in general. My hate list is pretty elaborate too, but I assume it's of no use to anyone, so I'll just hide it in my pocket.

Oh, I didn't mean Tintin is THAT offensive or has become completely inaccessible to the modern viewer. Not to me at least. But I can completely understand how some people don't always feel comfortable reading the series.

The example I mentioned is not a gag that might appear in todays mainstream fiction - it forces a particular religion's views and mythology on the reader within a non-fantasy, "realistic" story.

I think it happened in King Ottokar's Sceptre - the 8th episode.

I don't get the connection between Tintin and Transformers. Oh and it's Tintin, not Tin-Tin.

I think Dualnames sneaked in the title of the Bollywood giant robots film TIN-TIN (notice the difference in writing!), so that he could confuse everyone.

You got me really depressed now, Domino! 

I don't know jack, and I intend never to change that.

.....I now have a human blood in me, so I should not be fast anymore, but I still am...

If the Jedi can lift things with the force, why can't they lift themselves and float around?  I guess this is just another case of "suspend your disbelief" and just enjoy it.

Nah, everything is fine - Merrick is just so damn fast at drinking blood from the guards that his metabolism doesn't kick in until he drank from everyone.

This game is so perfect that every little, seemingly insignificant detail fits - testament to the collective genius that The Swarm can achieve.

Happy Birthday Ben! And big thanks for another year of awesome games and other awesome gifts!

Argh, I'm so sick of the whole "Tintin was racist/fascist/Nazi" chestnut being trotted out every time the character is mentioned.

Really? I thought it adds spice to the character's legacy.

I don't agree at all with your suggestions those kind of (currently unpopular) ideological bits are barely noticeable - they're everywhere, even in the character designs. E.g. when the villains drawn in one episode, we're shown a "gag" about the devil taking them to hell. There are surprises like that every few pages (at least in the Tintins I read - the pre-war ones).