The Gaming Den

This death thing is something I have been struggling with lately. Has anyone considered a mechanic like that seen in the Neverwinter Nights games? For those that do not recall/never played, when a character is "killed" they are down for the rest of the battle, their icon turns to a gray sk...

The communist creed: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need. The capitalist creed: From each according to his gullibility, to each according to his greed. Joe Stack (1956-2010) Yeah, this is the tea bagger right wing extremist white christian rallying cry. Yessir. You hea...

It's about the fact that people who believe supernatural shit are always going to be wrong, and they are always going to believe supernatural shit. So prior to science showing that transsexual brains were different, you felt that anyone that said something like "I am a woman trapped in a man's...

The Otherkin are against the Religious Right and so are rationalists. But the Otherkin are against the Religious Right because they believe in different kinds of magic. The rationalist believes in no kinds of magic. While mechanistic transhumanists will find allies in rationalism, the Otherkin neve...

But the transhuman mantra is not the same as the otherkin mantra, and in th long run the two groups are not allies. There is a profound difference between wanting to transfer your consciousness into a giant machine and wanting other people to take you seriously that you are the reincarnated soul of...

It's just going to take time for people to slowly get used to new social norms. Lago mentioned earlier that we might get more change as older generations die off. Just take a look at what we consider normal now compared to decades past. It's a fairly natural progression, but it tends to happen slow...

My post was showing contempt at his tone and stereotypical "evil Republicans" content, not at his fears that he would lose his health insurance. My amusement at the article I quoted involves the statements themselves--that I found them humorous, not that I found them cold-hearted. I would...

The NYT reports that the US Supreme Court has struck down a law that prohibited unions and corporations for running ads for political campaigns on the basis that such restrictions are a form of censorship. Regardless whether you are left or right, this is a completely asinine move; the last thing US...

hmm I actually never realized that and I appreciate you pointing it out.

Capitalism decouples one's Economic Worth from their Social Worth. Everyone is equal (socially and under the Law, or should be if things were implemented perfectly) but this social worth has nothing to do with economic worth, which is the individual's utility to the economy. In a capitalistic system...

I'm confused. That's not what Communists advocate at all - at least not any that I've ever met. Still, I suppose misinformation about Communism is only to be expected in the United States. Well my post was tongue in cheek, but I will seriously admit that I do not understand Communism, even after re...

I would have thought all the communists here would love 4E. Everyone is now about the same and does the same thing with about the same impact. Everyone benefits about equally and everyone acts about the same.

Long live the Egalitarian Movement! Power to the People! Down with Whitey!

You're just walking in with the absolute bear minimum save DCs for a PC of your level. And you cast wall of stone. And while 3.5 added some incredibly complicated bullshit to that spell about how you had to put walls between squares and not "in" squares, they left the wording about freezi...

Giving birth is called "Labor" for a reason. If someone does not wish to do it, then they do not have to do it unless they are a slave. This very point is why men should not be enslaved after a woman makes a choice to keep the baby. BTW, I am all for abortions without reservation, though ...

Before you attack me as being ignorant you should calm down and think about what you're saying. None of the American Indians I've met expressed an irrational hated of Whites. Every one of them was an individual with individual opinions and biases, but when you can generalize Sioux living in South D...

Considering the shape that, for example, the Sitting Bull memorial is in, I can't really blame them. The white hicks around there can be pretty scary. Fuck off with the hick stuff. It shows your ignorance. Perhaps it is lost on you, but there are people in the US who believe they are still at war w...

Dude, at least I attended local native ceremonies while growing up as my community affinity. Which means I love potlucks, frybread, and salmon, none of which really have anything to do with the tribe from which my grandparents were related to. Though my grandfather wasn't much of an inspirational f...

Also, what's with the "I'm a white man" when you're ranting about persecution of the American male and "I'm a Native American" when you're claiming minority status cred? My bad. I was asked about that earlier and thought I clarified things but apparently not, so please allow me ...

You also need to take the 'power' factor into consideration, too. While it is often a matter of in-group versus out-group (in fact, I'd say it's the primary consideration), when someone from a higher social class subgroup uses an epithet against a lower one it engenders more offense than than someo...

I'm allowed to say bad things about the American race... I just re-read this and caught this point. Its very odd that you subconsciously thought of Americans as a race before you made your points in subsequent posts. This is one of the issues I have with your philosophy. When you talk nationality, ...

Therefore, it is possible to make critical generalizations about nationalities without being "racist". Right. At that point you are just a bigot. Why not include that Jews are shylocks (because they are deeply tied into banking and are crooks like Bernie Madhoff) or those hailing from the...

This: I'm allowed to say bad things about the American race, because I'm American. is not right. However, this: The self-denigration aspect of being able to mock the group you're in is a little more complex than that, I think. Let's say that I call myself a Fat American Pig (FAP, from now on), perha...

not that Shadzar isn't stupid on days but this is retarded. you replaced a noun with another noun. so let me do that again. Really, also if you look at trailer-trash tv, which i did for a living a while ago, it's mostly white people... now that's bigoted in itself but hitting a market audience of t...

PnP RPG D&D 3.5 (houseruled with Tomes for inspiration) Shadowrun 3 and 4 Sucks-less (a homebrew generic system written by a friend typically used for Supers) Computer (Console and PC) Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 Civ 1-4 Heroes of Might and Magic 3 and 4 Oblivion Call of Duty 5 Mass Effect Diablo 2...

Ya see, I get busy for a few days and come back to find 8 fucking pages of win I missed out on. I haven't laughed this hard in too long.

I need to get back here more often.