Ashley

Surely if there's more than 4 people wanting to play then you all roll a die to choose? But I'm not sure why anyone would want to sign up given you've dibsed the best character

This is what you look like when you do too many mushrooms.

I did it the other way round; did the second one first. But yeah the second was definitely more mentally taxing, the first was more just about annoying camera movement. Plan to finally move onto the third world tomorrow.

@Ronnie not sure if you've tried them yet but the secret door levels are very Captain Toad.

Glad to hear. Hope you and your wife are able to rest a bit more peacefully tonight now that he's out of surgery.

I've watched the first three episodes and I'm very much watching just because it's there. It's meh. Which is a shame because I like Randall Park and Melissa Fumero but they don't really have anything to work with here. And the rest of the characters are very one dimensional.

You were alive in the 90s and don't know 5ive? What were you doing? Anyway, will be interesting to see how much of the leaks will be in the new trailer. Seeing some pop up including...

In fairness (Gen) 5 will make you get down, so its no wonder it didn't do well.

Still plodding along in the second world, in part because I'm just dabbling and also because everything is white it's difficult to decipher landmarks. Anyway, the DLC details were released the other day: https://www.polygon.com/23438664/mario-rabbids-sparks-hope-dlc-rayman-tower-doom-release-date

Just watched a video discussing the change of perception in this game, with those IGN videos being the main turning point (towards the negative). Do we know if those were made by IGN or just given to them? Looking back they were weird.

Well as always price is subjective depending on your situation. Obviously the wider context (inflation, cost of living etc) may well make the price "feel" higher compared to the original even if an argument could be made that it's not much different.

Personally I'm not that fussed. I tend to not hear the whole thing anyway as I read the text and skip it when done. I guess it's a nice accessibility thing but maybe they'll patch in the ability to switch it off at a later date as it seems generally unpopular. I've gotten used to the new movement mechanic. It's essentially been replaced with other tactics such as what sparks and items to use (can't even recall if items were a thing in the first?)

You can turn voice over (for all characters, not individuals) off in the settings if its that irritating. I am around the same area as you though. Just been playing about 10-15 minutes most days.

Premiere date (in America) has been announced: Jan 15th. Will be 9 episodes https://tvline.com/2022/11/02/the-last-of-us-release-date-season-1-premiere-hbo/

at the low low price of £530

I'm sorry to hear that Iun. I can't imagine what that's like; to have lived with someone for so long and for them to not be the anymore.

The print industry is obviously past its prime but I still occasionally pick up Wireframe and/or Edge depending on the contents and if I have a journey coming up and want something to read. I do know there's quite a few kickstarters for very specific topics. I have got both issues of A Profound Waste of Time and the production quality is amazing, but never really bothered with any others.

Presuming you'd have a moderate bill of health (not incapacitated and/or in great pain) do you reckon you'd like to live to 100? Was randomly thinking about it recently but from a slightly different angle; I'd like to try and be healthy enough that I could get there. Obviously you never know and all sorts of things could be the end of you, but as a kind of loose goal I think it's worth a shot personally. I guess the opposite of "live fast die young".

I think that's because we're the only ones playing it. Only played two hours but enjoying it so far. The lack of grid movement does change things up a bit but I'm getting used to approaching things in a different way. Voice acting I'm fine with, although the loading gets a bit irksome sometimes. Plus the actual mechanism of using the skill tree is a bit clunky but it's nothing huge.

Well I was planning to give it a quick bash and give my impressions but it seems I'll have to wait. I was uncertain about the change in structure (I kind of like the grid system and how it forced you to think) but based on impressions/reviews the new approach is good too, so I guess its just a different approach and requires you to strategise in a different way. But it seems the team in Milano are celebrating the release: (oh interesting, the twitter embed doesn't show multiple videos so you'll have to head to Twitter to see the second video he uploaded)

12 to 24 hours!? Mamma mia!