[Mirikon]

For those of you who enjoy sleep, North Korea announced Monday morning, local time, that Kim Jong Il has died. His son, Kim Jong Un appears to be the likely successor. So, there's a new leader in the world's most unstable powder keg, but one who has a chance to make a pivot without losing face or appearing weak, and if the North Korean spin machine keeps working as it always has, could still manage to look like a hero to his people by improving their lot in life. Is this likely to happen? Maybe not, but part of me really hopes it will.

[JustADude]

Got my fingers crossed... hopefully he'll be much more easily swayed by the lure of the Dark Side... *ahem* I mean capitalistic decadence... *AHEM*... sorry, I mean by the light of reason and open dialogue... than his father. 

Also, is it horrible that one of my first thoughts was someone must've pulled a Shadowrun to poison his food?

[FastJack]

Let's keep this a purely informative thread and leave politics and everything else out of it, please.

[JustADude]

Let's keep this a purely informative thread and leave politics and everything else out of it, please.

[serious-hat]

In light of this, let me just say, as a general disclaimer to anyone that may think that my previous post is meant to contain some specific political statement, leaning, innuendo, or message, that it is not intended to have any such content, either for or against any political or religious belief system, including, but not limited to, Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, Democracy, Christianity, and Atheism.

The statement was designed with the sole intent of expressing a general feeling of cynicism towards the realities of global affairs and the nature of spin-doctoring. Also as an excuse to use the phrase "lure of the Dark Side". Any other possible interpretations are unintended and not warrantied, sponsored, backed, or endorsed by the poster.

[/serious-hat]

And yes, I really am being serious. I stand by my statement of cynicism but, given the powder-keg that anything even remotely political, I feel it's better to be safe than sorry with the disclaimers.

[FastJack]

Don't worry, my comment wasn't directed to you or Mirikon, but a general warning to all those that will respond.

[CanRay]

So, a Unified Korea for Homefront...  Er, Shadowrun?

[Black]

Didn't, according to the official shadowrun timeline, North Korea have a classic 'nukes dont work' situation around now?  Then unity, then Imperial Japan dominion?

[Jadehellbringer]

So, a Unified Korea for Homefront...  Er, Shadowrun?

I saw something saying Homefront missed Kim's death by less than two weeks in it's prediction. I got a laugh out of that. Too bad the game was so utterly terrible.

[CanRay]

Needed more storyline and less FPS, and needed to be MUCH longer.  Especially as they were selling it based on the "In depth story as written by..." in the commercials, not as "Just another FPS".

[TheWanderingJewels]

hell, only games that do that these days are Bioware games

[CanRay]

hell, only games that do that these days are Bioware games

I know.   

[Mirikon]

hell, only games that do that these days are Bioware games

That may explain why the only games I've purchased recently are Bioware games, with the exception of Civilization V

[TheWanderingJewels]

hell, only games that do that these days are Bioware games

I know.   

on the Other Hand. Bioware games tend to be gems, so it kinda balances out

[JustADude]

hell, only games that do that these days are Bioware games

I know.   

on the Other Hand. Bioware games tend to be gems, so it kinda balances out

Even their new MMO is story intensive. Every quest is a ME style conversation.

[TheWanderingJewels]

I heard the space combat is like StarFox 64 Drek tho