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Lucus Arts Studios murdered by Disney. Along with it, the end of hopes for Star Wars 1313 and any Grim Fandango returns.
http://kotaku.com/disney-shuts-down-lucasarts-468473749
edit: corrected the link
"You are not free whose liberty is won by the rigour of other, more righteous souls. Your are merely protected. Your freedom is parasitic, you suck the honourable man dry and offer nothing in return. You who have enjoyed freedom, who have done nothing to earn it, your time has come. This time you will stand alone and fight for yourselves. Now you will pay for your freedom in the currency of honest toil and human blood."
- Inquisitor Czevak
I have always been under an impression Disney is a control freak, so I suspect future SW games aren't too moddable. Although on the other hand since it's all purely licensed stuff from now, perhaps the third party game studios could include a statement in the license agreement that they alone control any modding restrictions, with Disney having no say in it.Originally Posted by Uchiha Barles
At least Disney hasn't so far put an end to Star Wars fanfilm making. Unless the mammoth is just so slow it hasn't yet got down to it.
As many have said around the internet when this story broke, the LucasArts you loved died a long time ago, and wasn't ever coming back.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed [2008/2010] was mediocre at best, I bet you didn't play Lucidity [2009] (nobody else did), Republic Commando [2006] never really went anywhere...Star Wars: Bounty Hunter [2002] shouldn't need to elaborate there, etc.
What was the last really great LucasArts game you played? Probably Jedi Academy in 2003, but that was actually Raven Software. KOTOR? All Bioware.
PodRacer was 1999, Rogue Squadron was 1998/2001. Last great non-Star Wars game? Grim Fandango.
I'll miss them too, but a lot of their greatest non-Star Wars games were Tim Schafer, and that's what DoubleFine is for. LucasArts wasn't the same after he and Larry Ahern both left around 2000.
I cant fucking believe Battlefront III was scrapped 97% of the way into production. Fucking idiots.
Explosion at Boston Marathon - NSFW
They're reporting that the city is being evacuated.
If you knew anyone in the race, you can check on their status here:
http://baa.org/individual.html
Bomb went off around 4 hours into the race (4:09 elapsed time). About 2:50 EST.
This is terrible.
But I have to admire the runner in pink. He had enough concentration not to even look back after the explosion.
Peace.
To be honest, he was probably too exhausted to notice.
I suspect that the older guy who fell wasn't hit, he was just surprised/shocked and his body just gave out.
Terrible stuff. I hope someone has a cell phone video of the culprit(s). The Boston police are looking for any footage anyone has.
WHAT THE FUCK??????
SERIOUSLY. WHAT THE FUCK??????
"Leaving hell is not the same as entering it." - Tierce Japhrimel
Good job Boston PD, Mass. State Police, and FBI!
Wow, they pwned those stupid kids.
I guess the lesson is DO NOT FUCK w/ post 9/11 America?
PS—Assuming they're guilty, of course. Innocent until proven guilty yadda yadda.
"Leaving hell is not the same as entering it." - Tierce Japhrimel
Steven Colbert summed it up best: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-col...ntro---4-16-13
The lesson is do not fuck with Boston.
At one point, the police and FBI were getting 300,000 tips a minute according to ABC news.
edit: Even a guy who got both his legs blown off allegedly woke up and first thing, was ready to tell the cops he could identify the guy, even with all the drugs he was on.
Last edited by Ryllharu; Sat, 04-20-2013 at 05:53 AM.
This is why I want to be PD... to be in the middle of the action, instead of just a netizen posting about it. Soon, soon...
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
That overt desire "to be in the action" is just one of the many reason they won't ever let you.
They have a term for people like you, other than just "sociopath." It's called Hero syndrome.
The Boston PD earned the populace's trust, and were rewarded with overwhelming support during this crisis. That generation of trust is something you could never accomplish.
I have to completely agree with Ryllharu on this one Ani. Your eagerness is more than a little scary.
Dreaming impossible dreams.
Sapphire is awesome!
Did you hear that, Ani?
They called you a hero. <3
"Leaving hell is not the same as entering it." - Tierce Japhrimel
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