My view is simple: Its a free country and everyone has a right to vote. So as long as they have not commited a major crime, they should be allowed to vote. Yes even if they believe that the moon landing was a hoax and aliens are among us. Hell, half of the current voters are wacko's in my opinion so what would it hurt if the alien believers or the moon landing hoax believers are added to the list. At least some of the ho
There doesnt seem to be debates in the game? Maybe you can incorporate it by adding a debate skill. Then you can spend political capital points to increase this skill for a certain amount of time. (i.e. if you dont consistantly spend political capital points on debate practice, the skill will start to drop). Then when the debate comes up you can do something similar to the meet the press but have it influenced by the candidates c
I've never seen a hybrid car in person. I think California is the exception rather than the rule. I dont think California is the exception, The actual truth is that California law requires certain standards on the refinement of gas. That in turn drives up the cost of our gas. I know when I
I just wanted to say, this is a great game. I played thru 2 campaign missions last night and totally creamed both candidates (Condolezza Rice and Arnold Schwartanegger). I knew nothing about politics until just recently because I have been concerned about this election and the state of the nation. I was drawn to this game so that I could learn more about the political process. Now while I was waiting for this game I purchased
Thank you very much for keeping us updated these last few days on the status of The Political Machine. Another quick question: The current download thru Stardock Central automatically installs it on the machine you are on. Is it possible to burn the program onto a CD so I can migrate it to another computer? I want to play it at home but I dont have high speed access at home so I would prefer downloading it from my brother
Despite that, the trend to "offshoring" as many call it is actually a tiny fraction of jobs, far fewer than the cassandra's would like us to believe Well you obviously dont live in an area where thousands of people are looking for work because they lost their middle class jobs to "offshoring" and are ha
Indian food, I myself enjoy certain dishes, and I know a lot of people who are just crazy about the stuff. I dont agree with you on that one. We tried Indian food once at our house and BOY!!!!! - India definately has Iraq beat on the WMD!! Luckly we avoided invasion because we promise
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Al-Qaeda is reportedly planning a high-level assassination against a US or foreign leader to disrupt the US presidential election, that will be set in motion by a new tape from its leader Osama bin Laden (news - web sites). Quoting from unnamed US intelligence officials, The Washington Times said besides the United States, two possible places where the assassination would take place are Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The
I dont have a problem with the rich getting a tax cut provided they use the tax cut in the interest of helping America as a whole. For example by infusing that money back into their companies by creating more jobs and purchasing more goods. Not using a loophole to get their wives SUV as a tax write off even when they arent using for the business. Giving a company a tax cut to ship jobs to India does not help the American economy no matter ho
Muggaz - just what exactly would the "right amount of taxes" be? I dont think the issue is the "right amount of taxes" as everyone starts out by paying a percentage of their base salary depending on their tax bracket. The issue is what they are allowed to write off their taxes. Unfortu
I received email confirmation the game was shipped yesterday (8/9) and pickup by Fedex today (8/10 @ ~3:15pm). I ordered 2-day so it should be here by 8/12 Thursday. Did you preorder it thru a retailer (like Gamestop or EBGames), directly thru Ubisoft, or from the Stardock website (at the $29.99 Price)?
Mileage aside, its a classic "do as we say, not as we do" type of situation common from the elitists. Actually, im all FOR gas guzzlers, the sooner we exhaust the worlds oil supply the sooner we will be forced to find alternate energy sources. Theyre out there. Ive seen electric cars, busses running on natural gas, and eve
I agree that this is an excellent post. The tax laws really frustrate me because they are constantly changing and ever since 1992 when I first started filing my taxes, it seems that there is another law that gets on the books that is geared to the rich. I remember when I first filed, I was able to get a renters credit because I was renting a room. The next year that disappeared. You get nothing unless you own a house. The same c
Actually, I got the demo, but I can't play it. I get the error: "Failed to Initialize Display" even with drivers 61.77 (newest, released 7/27/04) for my GeForce FX 5950 Ultra. Where did you get the demo? I figure if I'm not getting the game for several days, I can at least play around with the
When the CD orders are charged, you'll be able to download the game via Stardock Central before you even get the retail CD in the mail. As you'll get your serial number electronically first. So the question is: When are the CD orders going to be charged?
As for the Gamestop and EBGames websites, this is actually normal practice. I am one of the hard core gamers that purchase games the day of release. They always show the shipping date up until the day it actually ships. Then at the last minute, the date changes to the next day (or the in store date). The game could possibly be shipping today (out of the distribution center) but the stores will not get the game until tomorrow at th
I preordered the game and paid the premium price of $29.99 and I still have not received an email yet stating that my copy shipped.
Well both EBGames and Gamestop are showing a release date of 8/10. However, from past experience, the release date is usually the date they ship out of the main distribution center. The actual stores usually dont get the item until the next day (which would be the 11th). But sometimes there is delays in shipping and depending on the demand and the distance from the distribution center, some of the stores dont get them until a few days later
So the game still on for shipping tomorrow. I have my preorder in and am hoping to get it before the stores do.
What kind of questionaire is this? #7 Better Commander and Chief is not an issue. This implys that a better commander and chief is better at solving all the issues a commander and chief is supposed to solve. So of course everyone is going to vote for #7 My vote is for MORE JOBS, less corporate corruption, and moving to eliminate dependance on foreign oil.
I for one have never really been involved or interested in politics. I recently registered to vote because I was very concerned at the state of the country. That interest pointed me to this site and in interest in the Political Machine game. Being totally uninvolved with politics put me behind in the understanding of the whole election process and I am hoping the Political Machine game will help me more understand it. However, I look a