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Who among us can honestly say that they never pirated software, or movies, or games? Though I imagine that if you take your computer in for repair that you probably won't be busted for having MP3s or episodes of south park on your computer. Now if you were to sell that pirated material that would be more deserving of criminal charges. Of course there is a hell of a lot worse stuff than pirated media on the internet, why aren't we going after them?

The ones that piracy probably hurts most are the small and independent game developers rather than the giant corporations like Blizzard or EA.

- Is the source of the Media (meaning here, the benefactor(s) of purchase) a determining factor as to whether or not you would purchase it legally (regardless of price, etc.)?

For me, it would. I would gladly pirate stuff copyrighted by 20th Century Fox and not only share it with friends, but even share it with people I don't like simply because Rupert Murdock annoys me and I want to spite him.

[Chicky & Ascovel]

Chicky & Ascovel my drawing style being compared with Hergé is a honour to me, thank you very much! But the intention wasn't to show a Nazi Tintin...

It's probably the hair that gives him that TinTin look, with the curl in front. Of course TinTin didn't have the 5 o'clock shadow...

As for the moral dilemma and freedom of choice it may be likely that if the character didn't follow orders tat he would end up before a firing squad, which would probably bring a quick end to the game.

Im only altering and 'polishing' a few of the puzzles, not many though,, to remedy the many dead ends (like the small island mission),

Getting rid of dead ends is always a good thing, Good luck on the project!

If you want to give more detail or have bigger paintings then  maybe when the character looks at the painting the game does  a close up with a dialog box or something?

Although it may be a bit of a cliche perhaps you can have a sinister looking portrait where the eyes follow the character.

What about a Star Trek parody game? Has anybody ever done one of those?

> Go back to the tech lab and ask them what all they were able to find out about the data device. Maybe have them scan it while you use it to send a message somewhere. Ask them to use their vast technical expertise to find out everything they can about "Blonde Jack" and "Lovely Parrot" using the interwebs.

> Pop into the armory to see if they have any body armor in your size. Consider swiping the exosuit if it's available.

> Check the time and consider going back home if it's late enough.

btw You DO know that there's an official TNG point & click adventure game that you could rip off some audio/visual stuff from, right?

Indeed I am aware of STTNG:FU ... This is one of the games from which I am recycling sprites, videos, and voice acted sounds.  I recently fell into a windfall of sprites from this game (they were nearly impossible to extract) which has re-ignited the development process.

Looking forward to this! Where did you find the sprites though? It would be nice if they were available for others looking to make Star Trek games.

> Check your computer and answering machine to see if anybody sent you any email , voice mails, phone calls, or other messages while you were in the hospital.

From what I've heard Jong-un will be sharing power with the military. Now if Lil' Kim tried to enact democratic reforms and improve the rights of the Korean people that would be great but I'm afraid that more than likely the military would boot him out of office to keep control for themselves.

> Look up the Lawless file on your computer then type "Blonde Jack" and "Lovely Parrot" into Google and see what hits you get, if you're lucky they might even have a twitter feed!

> Place a quick call to Waterloo to thank him for saving your butt and to let him you've recovered nicely.

> Look at the dead body and say , "a human with a robot head isn't as cool as a robot with a human head!"

> Be glad you still have a head on your shoulders.

> Ask if they could determine which frequency the head computer was tuned to and then have them eavesdrop on that frequency.

[and]

> Tell Paisley "Waterloo saved my life and avenged me, so I think I'll go with him as my partner!"

> Savor the reaction of Paisley.

> Go down to the tech lab and ask them what they found out about my shooter.

> Wince painfully and think ,"Maybe I ought to start carrying a gun, Or at least wear a bullet proof vest".

> Take bus to office and enter flamboyantly demanding to be brought fully up to speed on all the latest happenings in the case.

> Ask the doc if the bionic stomach will allow me to eat anything I want without getting sick. If so cheer "WooHoo!" If not lament "DOH!"

Speech should definitely be optional, but if you have it make sure to have an option to display the text spoken along with the words. Not all gamers can hear and to not have subtitles would be unfair to them. Personally though I prefer games without speech, if you want your characters to sound a certain way you can imply that in their dialogue or say that they sound like your favorite actor/actress/ other well known character.

> Tell nurse you can't think clearly and have lost your memory and ask her who you are or if she can give you something to clear your head.

> look self

> look around

> inventory

> Take a moment to revel in avenging Angelo and the dead security guy.

> Call HQ to Tell them that you caught the badguy who may turn out to be a cyborg or android.

> Look at badguy. Search badguy for evidence.

> Ask them if Angello's doing any better and chew out Paiseley for sending him on a dangerous mission completely unarmed!

> Ask if Pauline and the tech team at HQ can dismantle the android / cyborg to recover any data or memory.

> disarm the badguy!

> Say "Let's find out who this joker really is!" and pull of the badguy's gas mask.

> arrest the badguy, If he resist get all Jack Bauer on him.

> If the suit has a cloaking device activate that. Otherwise hide yourself before the bus arrives so that you don't scare the badguy off.