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God of War I & II
Prince of Persia Sands of Time / Two Thrones/ Warrior Within
WipeOut HD / Fury
Critter Crunch
Echochrome
Pixeljunk Monsters / Shooter / Eden
Hoard
Joe Danger
Sam & Max Devil's Playhouse
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Edward Yee wrote:A slightly more amusing note: at one point, CNN was actually using a live feed of the tsunami warning situation at Hilo, Hawaii from UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn's website and even interviewing him about the situation.

He saved Hawaii from the Tsumani.

BJ Penn by Armbar

"If during a confrontation, ... Friends of the main character show up, whoever he is facing will be defeated."

Oddly enough, this usually doesn't apply to DBZ. Friends of Goku usually get killed / defeated.

As for Dollaway... *facepalm* Choked out (?) by Sadollah

Armbar. Twice.

The Federation and allies seemingly losing or stalemating a majority of fleet battles[7] against an enemy frequently described as being masters at mass-production of war materiel[8], yet somehow doing well enough to make a push on the enemy home base even before the Cardassians switched sides. Mult...

At whose bookstore, moron? I live smack in the middle of the Soviet Union - pardon that, middle of Russia

When did Amazon stop shipping to Russia?

Mayabird wrote:I've heard bad things about the assisted suicide law in the Netherlands (I think it's the Netherlands), though, so that might've been a better example to use.

Where did you hear that? Fox News?

Why should the Chinese government listen to what US has to say about the Dalai Lama? Seriously?

He's likely referring to China bitching about Obama (or Sarkozy) even meeting with the Dalai Lama on US soil. And yes, China should STFU about that.

PainRack wrote:In Dark Rendevous, it was noted that injecting midichlorians into the general populace had very bad effects.... Anyone has the novel to verify this?

I thought midichlorians were the result of a person's force sensitivity, not the cause? So why would that be expected to work? Or am I mistaken?

Following the Germany for Germans line, isn't that exactly what racists/xenophobes there have been shouting for decades? Deutschland für Deutscher, ausländer raus? And AFAIK, these groups have only received widespread condemnation there, and no support from the government. How is that any different ...

A. Despite people trying to claim otherwise, "Jewish" is not a designation for a nationality. It is an etnic and/or religious designation. Israel itself does not consider it's Muslim citizens to be "Jewish", but they are still "Israeli" like their Jewish neighbours. B. ...

Exactly. Imagine the shitstorm if Germany would halt immigration in order to secure Germany's white or Christian character. And even to apologists who claim "Jewish" in this context is a nationality, not an etnicity/religion, and ignoring for the moment the large number of Muslim Israelis ...

This is a strategic decision to secure Israel's Jewish...character," the prime ministers said in a statement.

This statement is what I have a problem with.

AFAIK, none of the Star Trek movies after 6 have had a number. Or at least, they weren't marketed as such over here. It's been "Star Trek: subtitle" since Generations.

Ghetto edit: I'm not saying that Europe is a shitty place to live in, and that the US is better. In my view, there are serious problems anyhere and determining which country is a better place to live in depends on your own personal situation.

Aasharu: which countries would that be? For me (West European emigrating to the US) it's the exact opposite. Things aren't exactly great in m any European countries either. Countries like Ireland, Spain, Greece are nearly bankrupt, Italy is trying it's utmost to stop being a functioning democracy. C...

He could've been a skinny tall shit who the Canaanites propped with paper mache to scare the dumb Hebrews until David figured it out and threw a rock in his face. Why would the Philistines risk having Goliath exposed and thereby losing the entire battle, and why did they flee afterwards? If he wasn...

Shroom Man 777 wrote:How can you quantify Goliath? He didn't do feats of strength aside from scaring away Hebrew/Israelite warriors before he had his shit ruined by David.

Not that we know of, but wasn't he like 9 feet tall? Could he be an ancient Hong Man Choi, only bigger?

Seems fitting to put this in Fantasy. Who are the strongest human beings in the Bible? Excluding angels and giants and other semi-devine creatures. Let's define it as who would win in 1 on 1 unarmed combat. And how do they compare to (I assume lower tier) comicbook superheros? Samson is prolly #1 (d...

Thanks all for your insights and advice. I'm still not 100% sure what I'll do. I don't think I should have to be polite in my disagreement. On the other hand I don't feel he's worth it to spend so much energy in trying to argue/shout him out of it or beat it out of him. A few clarifications in respo...

Hasty backpedal time: The last part was a visceral reaction, and I did not mean to act as thought police for Bellator. What I should have said is, I can't myself see how a person could play this game for fun, and that most who find no problem with it, well, are themselves the problem. Don't feel ba...

Last saturday I visited a friend who I've known since high school. I usually see the guy once every couple of months. This guy isn't an idiot. He's an assistant professor at a decent uni, and has a PhD in Strategic Management. His grades back in high school were higher than mine. And he's a friendly...

That is cause the difference was never that big. Currently it's less than 10%. Add another 20% and you bet your ass people will do that.

Can't raise the fuel tax much further. Holland's a small country. Won't be too hard for people to just fill up in Belgium/Germany.