<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542773327630613295.post6336236650449578728..comments</id><updated>2009-06-26T02:34:42.792-07:00</updated><category term='Ravenloft'/><category term='2009'/><category term='domination'/><category term='tools'/><category term='behaviour'/><category term='Bloody Good Time'/><category term='books'/><category term='production'/><category term='microtransactions'/><category term='NeoTokyo'/><category term='meaning'/><category term='Dear Esther'/><category term='save system'/><category term='E3'/><category term='horror'/><category term='crunch'/><category term='Experience Points'/><category term='perception'/><category term='Microscope'/><category term='restraint'/><category term='personality'/><category term='idea ownership'/><category 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Winterbottom'/><category term='observation'/><category term='Brainy Gamer'/><category term='sequels'/><category term='procedural skald'/><category term='Broken Windows'/><category term='Another World'/><category term='The Curfew'/><category term='personal'/><category term='budget'/><category term='process'/><category term='Thongs of Virtue'/><category term='city of heroes'/><category term='tutorial'/><category term='Battlestar Galactica'/><category term='experience'/><category term='fencing'/><category term='Kohlberg'/><category term='Just Cause 2'/><category term='context'/><category term='2d platformers'/><category term='time'/><category term='System Shock 2'/><category term='characterization'/><category term='William Randolph Hearst'/><category term='Fallout'/><category term='Citadels'/><category term='jobs'/><category term='Earthbound'/><category term='grognard'/><category term='What We Do Matters'/><category term='Minerva&apos;s Den'/><category term='Super Smash Bros'/><category term='unlock'/><category term='intellectual property'/><category term='history'/><category term='structure'/><category term='skip week'/><category term='collectables'/><category term='playtest'/><category term='readability'/><category term='Joseph Pulitzer'/><category term='failure'/><category term='Fallout: New Vegas'/><category term='data'/><category term='progress'/><category term='Torchlight'/><title type='text'>Comments on Above 49: Far Cry 2: On the Permanent Death Bandwagon</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.above49.ca/feeds/6336236650449578728/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6542773327630613295/6336236650449578728/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.above49.ca/2009/06/far-cry-2-on-permanent-death-bandwagon.html'/><author><name>Nels Anderson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06484436433023780229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_aAGTgvkdCV0/R4b8zyvtUZI/AAAAAAAAAss/V2KcLjqejKs/S220/IMG_2406.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542773327630613295.post-6377747583136614537</id><published>2009-06-26T02:34:42.792-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-26T02:34:42.792-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I love this - Far Cry 2 is one of the first games ...</title><content type='html'>I love this - Far Cry 2 is one of the first games to really push some meaning into the senseless violence of videogaming, and this challenge captures the maddening spirit of what the game tried to show us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I fully suspect that, by voluntarily accepting your arbitrary death sentence, you&amp;#39;re giving away the biggest barrier to total immersion in Far Cry 2.  So please, promise me you guys won&amp;#39;t be descending into your own madness by the end, and questioning whether you are any better than the people you&amp;#39;ve killed!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don&amp;#39;t want to have to direct police and news crews to your blogs.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6542773327630613295/6336236650449578728/comments/default/6377747583136614537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6542773327630613295/6336236650449578728/comments/default/6377747583136614537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.above49.ca/2009/06/far-cry-2-on-permanent-death-bandwagon.html?showComment=1246008882792#c6377747583136614537' title=''/><author><name>Alan Jack</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06072612244201764881</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_y90I_f4mmT4/ScbcoMMODWI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JFcAVKkXIts/S220/legopic.png'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.above49.ca/2009/06/far-cry-2-on-permanent-death-bandwagon.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542773327630613295.post-6336236650449578728' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6542773327630613295/posts/default/6336236650449578728' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1297784750'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542773327630613295.post-6973239756141474252</id><published>2009-06-25T05:44:21.711-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T05:44:21.711-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Heh, believe me, that&amp;#39;s already been running t...</title><content type='html'>Heh, believe me, that&amp;#39;s already been running through my mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And knowing the last thing I might see is that smirk is torturous indeed.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6542773327630613295/6336236650449578728/comments/default/6973239756141474252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6542773327630613295/6336236650449578728/comments/default/6973239756141474252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.above49.ca/2009/06/far-cry-2-on-permanent-death-bandwagon.html?showComment=1245933861711#c6973239756141474252' title=''/><author><name>Nels Anderson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06484436433023780229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_aAGTgvkdCV0/R4b8zyvtUZI/AAAAAAAAAss/V2KcLjqejKs/S220/IMG_2406.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.above49.ca/2009/06/far-cry-2-on-permanent-death-bandwagon.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542773327630613295.post-6336236650449578728' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6542773327630613295/posts/default/6336236650449578728' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1807391331'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542773327630613295.post-5442921569039639072</id><published>2009-06-25T00:38:24.717-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T00:38:24.717-07:00</updated><title type='text'>HAHAH! I love Paul.

But just think... if you &amp;quo...</title><content type='html'>HAHAH! I love Paul.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But just think... if you &amp;quot;take him out of the picture&amp;quot; then you lose your rescue buddy, your get-out-of-death-free card. ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The things permanent death does to a person...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6542773327630613295/6336236650449578728/comments/default/5442921569039639072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6542773327630613295/6336236650449578728/comments/default/5442921569039639072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.above49.ca/2009/06/far-cry-2-on-permanent-death-bandwagon.html?showComment=1245915504717#c5442921569039639072' title=''/><author><name>Ben Abraham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146790136740709664</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='15' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7dA39GpaDMg/SQe2yKzGO6I/AAAAAAAAAEM/zZb5MYd6c74/S220/Ben1.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.above49.ca/2009/06/far-cry-2-on-permanent-death-bandwagon.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542773327630613295.post-6336236650449578728' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6542773327630613295/posts/default/6336236650449578728' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1956151772'/></entry></feed>
