cool, thanks for the quick summary. Here's hoping the crafting system is a good one... I do enjoy serious crafting.

Seems the old republic will have space combat

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/08 ... ce-combat/

Well it's not really free-for-all combat, looks more like a minigame really. But it looks ok and they nailed the sound already. Cool cool.

ooh, looks pretty. Here's hoping Shiny doesn't get sea sick. However, since she used to get sea sick playing FPS and now can play TF2 fairly free of vomit, perhaps things have changed.

I've recently read something about people getting sick playing FPS, in several cases it even could be solved by making minor adaptations to the game settings i believe.

lol @ "fairly free of vomit", you make it sound as if she has a bucket ready for the rare occasions when it goes wrong

lol, not really, I exaggerate. Though she truly used to feel a bit put off playing an FPS, and especially watching me play one, since I turn rather aggressively. *shrug*

What changes help alleviate the sickness?

There are tons of articles on it (i read about it in dutch, you won't get much info out of that i guess) i'd suggest you do a search on "fps motion sickness" or "simulation sickness".

Some that might get you started if you're really interested in it:

http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid= ... topcomment

http://www.articlesbase.com/health-arti ... 00996.html

FPS is kinda like that but worse is space combat - ugg - too many directions to move in. Makes my belly rumble just thinking about it.

having read the linked articles at least, it basically comes down to...

1. Sit far enough back that you can see around the sides of the monitor so your frame of reference is set more solidly.
2. Faster responsiveness in games... which means faster processor, faster graphics card, maybe more RAM.
3. Buy SuperDrug X, because we want your money.

So, Shiny, wanna buy a new box yet?

Nope I have time until the game comes out. I can wait for better, faster and cheaper until then.

Hey as long as there are games like Plants vs Zombies who needs a high-end PC right?

I really like my plants vs. zombies game - thanks again Ox. I play it nearly every day - only when I loaded it on my laptop and started playing it - it wiped out my progress so I lost my zen garden I was obsessed with.

Really? Isn't it supposed be making use of the steam cloud service since the GOTY update? I thought that would take care of your Zen Garden?

I lost mine when my laptop (on which I had the game installed) crapped out. Too bad, I liked it. Not OCD enough to actually pimp it to epic proportions, but I had a nice collection from playing the game once. Only one water plant, but all of the nocturnal mushrooms!

Ah, Pvz...zombie dolphins, zombie bob sled teams, the zomboni, zombie dancer...what a great little game. Have you tried reading the descriptions of the plants/zombies in the almanac? They're awesome.


Repeater



Repeaters fire two peas at a time.
Damage: normal (for each pea)
Firing Speed: 2x
Repeater is fierce. He's from the streets. He doesn't take attitude from anybody, plant or zombie, and he shoots peas to keep people at a distance. Secretly, though, Repeater yearns for love.

Cost: 200
Recharge: fast

Wall-nut



Wall-nuts have hard shells which you can use to protect your other plants.

Toughness: high

"People wonder how I feel about getting constantly chewed on by zombies," says Wall-nut. "what they don't realize is that with my limited senses all I can feel is a kind of tingling, like a relaxing back rub."

Cost: 50
Recharge: slow

Tall-nut



Tall-nuts are heavy-duty wall plants that can't be vaulted over.
Toughness: very high
Special: can't be vaulted or jumped over
People wonder if there's a rivalry between Wall-nut and Tall-nut. Tall-nut laughs a rich baritone laugh. "How could there be anything between us? We are brothers. If you knew what Wall-nut has done for me..." Tall-nut's voice trails off and he smiles knowingly.

Cost: 125
Recharge: slow



Flag Zombie



Flag Zombie signals a huge pile or "wave" of zombies.
Toughness: low
First encountered: Level 1-2
Special: moves faster than normal Zombies

Make no mistake, Flag Zombie loves brains but somewhere down the line he also picked up a fascination with flags. Maybe it's because the flags always have brains on them. Hard to say.

Football Zombie



Football Zombie makes the big plays.
Toughness: very high
Speed: fast
Weakness: magnet-shroom
Football Zombie gives 110 percent whenever he's on the field. He's a team player who delivers both offensively and defensively. He has no idea what a football is.


Plants vs Zombies = love

<- tempted to split the topic