So Han’s walking down the halls of Bespin with his old friend Lando. Leia’s there, and lookin’ good. Han thinks he’s off to dinner - maybe some wine, a little flirting, and then back to the ol’ guest quarters with Her Hotness.
But the door opens, and there’s Darth Vader.
Han doesn’t look incredulously at Lando; he doesn’t duck or run away.
What does Han do?
He starts shooting at the motherfucker.
He starts shooting.
Be like Han.
Gamervision's follow-up to the critically acclaimed Inglourious Plummers and the cult hit Maniac Mansion is a unique romantic black comedy in the proud tradition of Rushmore and Gigantic.
Josh Henderson stars as Kratos, an orphan teen who just transferred to Spartan Academy. There he meets Athena (Zane Bauer), an alluring rebel with parental issues herself. The two hit it off almost immediately, and find they share much more in common than they originally thought when Kratos is introduced to Athena's father Zeus (Michael Sadorf), the same father who abandoned Kratos at an early age. Determined to reconnect with his son after more than a decade of absence, Zeus forbids Kratos from seeing Athena, yet the star-crossed lovers find themselves inexplicably attracted to one another, despite the newfound revelation of their relation.
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owl_in_shower Hello everyone,
I'd like to take some time to speak with all of you regarding our desire to make the Blizzard forums a better place for players to discuss our games. We've been constantly monitoring the feedback you've given us, as well as internally discussing your concerns about the use of real names on our forums. As a result of those discussions, we've decided at this time that real names will not be required for posting on official Blizzard forums.
It's important to note that we still remain committed to improving our forums. Our efforts are driven 100% by the desire to find ways to make our community areas more welcoming for players and encourage more constructive conversations about our games. We will still move forward with new forum features such as the ability to rate posts up or down, post highlighting based on rating, improved search functionality, and more. However, when we launch the new StarCraft II forums that include these new features, you will be posting by your StarCraft II Battle.net character name + character code, not your real name. The upgraded World of Warcraft forums with these new features will launch close to the release of Cataclysm, and also will not require your real name.
I want to make sure it's clear that our plans for the forums are completely separate from our plans for the optional in-game Real ID system now live with World of Warcraft and launching soon with StarCraft II. We believe that the powerful communications functionality enabled by Real ID, such as cross-game and cross-realm chat, make Battle.net a great place for players to stay connected to real-life friends and family while playing Blizzard games. And of course, you'll still be able to keep your relationships at the anonymous, character level if you so choose when you communicate with other players in game. Over time, we will continue to evolve Real ID on Battle.net to add new and exciting functionality within our games for players who decide to use the feature.
In closing, I want to point out that our connection with our community has always been and will always be extremely important to us. We strongly believe that Every Voice Matters, ( http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/about/mission.html ) and we feel fortunate to have a community that cares so passionately about our games. We will always appreciate the feedback and support of our players, which has been a key to Blizzard's success from the beginning.
Mike Morhaime
CEO & Cofounder
Blizzard Entertainment
renegade_mime)Blizzard has indicated that it does not care to hear women's feedback on the game. I suppose that makes sense, as its target demographic is young adult males.
I didn't cancel my account because without posting on the forums, I wouldn't enjoy WoW. Of course I'd still enjoy the game. I cancelled my account because Blizzard's new "if you're afraid for your security, just don't speak up" policy. The forums are our only voice, our only place to make suggestions and have conversations and get clarifications and be heard by Blizzard. Telling people that if they're worried about their safety, they shouldn't participate, shouldn't make their voices heard, should sit down, shut up, and leave the public space to those who don't have to worry about it, well, that makes me rage.
It's like telling black men living in fear of the Ku Klux Klan that they should just not go to the voting booth today.
It's like telling a battered wife that she should just shut up so that her husband is less likely to hit her.
It's like telling Islamic women that if it's dangerous for them to go outside alone, they should sit inside, rather than trying to change anything.
And ultimately, it will lead to victim blaming.
When this system is implemented, and some poor woman is !!@%d or killed, and her !%@%##/killer was able to track her down based upon her name posted on a Blizzard forum - Blizzard is going to release a press release. It's going to say, that what happened to this woman is unfortunate, but it is up to the user to safeguard their internet privay. The internet community at large is going to agree. She should have known better than to be a woman on Blizzard forums. %@#!* had it coming.
And then something in me will snap. RAGE. I play a warrior for a reason.
And that is why I have cancelled my account.
Just six more weeks of paid time left.
If we asked you to imagine what genius inventor Nikola Tesla looked like, what would come to mind? Guess it all depends on whether you're more into sci-fi movies or TV.
If you're into sci-fi movies, it might be the face of David Bowie, looking all distinguished as the eccentric electrical engineer in the 2006 film The Prestige. Or if you're more into TV, you might picture the handsome Jonathon Young, who brings Tesla to life (of a sort) on Syfy's Sanctuary.
What probably wouldn't come to mind is the super creepy death mask above, currently on display at Nikola Tesla museum in Belgrade, Serbia.
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