KILLER WOLF'S PROFILE

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I prefer keeping firearms available as much as possible. Guns are, generally, loud. If someone starts firing one in a public place, chances are it will not be very long before other men with guns (and uniforms) show up to start firing back.

The deaths from this shooting are tragic and inexcusable, but imagine what could have happened if the sick person in question had taken another avenue. What if it had been poison, or even anthrax? He could have killed many more, and silently.

I am also a proponent of having armed security in place in schools. It may seem like a bombastic comparison, but a good model for what I'm talking about can be found in El Al. After repeated acts of terrorism against the airline, they got serious about security. There are armed security on every international flight. Immediately after September 11th, an acquaintance told me about a trip she took on an El Al plane. She said that she felt comforted by the presence of an armed and uniformed member of the Israeli army standing there watching over the flight.

It might sound like the typical American joke: There is a terrible shooting, and people think that having MORE guns could have stopped it. The problem is, that is something I believe. After Columbine, I would have liked to have seen a program in every school where, with (possibly)some hazard pay incentive, a select number of teachers would be enrolled in firearms training and tactics. I know, we can't afford music or art programs in schools, but we should find money for teachers to play weekend warrior just in case they have the chance to save even a single student's life in the future? No easy answer.

I'm pro-gun. Years ago, I was even a card carrying member of the National Rifle Association. I'm also a registered Democrat, which, I guess, makes me something of a contradiction. Just don't call me Starburst, and we'll be okay.

Laws are never the answer, because the people that they most need to apply to are the ones who could not care less about them in the first place. Disarming me does not disarm criminals. Also, taking away a right and a freedom is never a good place to start. First guns, because they are a popular target. Maybe next time somebody goes on a rampage with their smart, green thinking, Prius. If it happens once, it will inspire others (as they say with school shootings). If it happens enough, lets take away the right to drive.

Firearm ownership is already restricted. You have to be a certain age, you have to pass a background check, and so forth. (Unless you're lucky at a gun show.) Making it harder to legally obtain a firearm doesn't stop people from doing so illegally. Look at how well the prohibition on alcohol worked out.

Also, guns do not kill people. Believe, me, I have plenty of evidence. I've set a gun on a shelf and left it there for months. It never went out and murdered someone. A weapon does not have intent. A tool is not responsible for the will of the one who uses it.

If I stick with this view, I have a couple ideas to address the issues you brought up. I'm planning for an old-school face creation option in character creation. Eyes, noses, mouths, hair and beards. Customizing the pop up graphic for conversations might help connect players to their avatar. I'm also planning to allow the player to but different clothes and hats to customize their appearance, not that it will make much difference from the birds-eye perspective.

I had an idea for a "look bar", a section of the hud that would display a description of whatever the cursor hovers over. It would show the names of characters the player has already met. Maybe having the names of things hover in a box above the cursor would be a better fit.

I'm considering yet another graphic style for my western project.

I couldn't get into the original, and never saw its appeal. I'd be more inclined to support a kickstarter to pay them NOT to do this, in the hope of preventing "Oh wow, Barkley 2!" from taking attention away from other projects that might deserve it more.

This again, really? You don't even need to make a poll for this anymore, just look at some site history and the answer becomes clear.

A terrible looking ms-paint game with repetitive, generic game play, can become a "true classic" just because people appreciate the "story"/"world building"/"writing."

A very polished looking project, albeit one with a few bugs, gets eviscerated for not having a great story.