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Battle Rifle - Halo 2. If I had to pick just one FPS weapon to see me through all FPS's it'd be Halo 2's battle rifle. Handy over mid to long range and still capable in a close fire fight, that bad boy has it all. With a decent rate of fire for those who know how to use it, and able to drop someone very quickly every home should own one. Sawn-off Shotgun - Doom 2 For exploding monster/zombie heads surely the sawn-off is an undisbuted classic. There's a real feeling of weight to it, and that's impressive in a game that's getting on a bit now. Knowing you'll get maximum pay off by letting the monster get right up close before you blast him helps the atmosphere too. Remote Mine - Goldeneye I tend to be a bit of a sneak when playing my FPS's multiplayer, so anything that can help me take people out while not having to look them in the eye is a plus. Watching another player run right over a mine you'd left in some dark little corner before you blew the crap out of them was excellent. Flak Cannon - UT's Another weapon with an excellent "weight" to it. Catching someone full in the face with a frag grenade is a thing of beauty. Sniper Rifle - Pretty much any game they appear in. Again, the sneak in me loves being able to take folks out with limited risk to my own well being. Be it Halo 2 from the cliffs on Coag or UT and sitting cosy in one of the towers. Plasma Grenade - Halo 2 It's difficult to match the satisfaction of sticking an opponent full on the face with a glowing ball of death. There's the lovely second of gloating as you watch them run along helpess to stop the impending explosion. Then there's the rendition of "I stuck you mother f*cker! Oh stick stick God damn, God damn!" CVD knows what I'm talking about. Just the other day, on Lockout, I see some guy running into one of the buildings, from half-way across the map I guess which way he might run out, lobbing the grenade the arc is complete as it lands right on his shoulder. He dropped out of the game right after that kill. There's loads more, but the above are some of my faves.

Wasn't Friends filmed infront of a live audience? Or at least screened infront of one. I always got that impression anyhow.

To an extent you're right, but I'd say about half the levels are good, and half average to annoying. Besides, to me, and I'd wager most players with Xbox Live or a bunch of friends that like playing it's all about the multiplayer. If there'd been no single player (which is far better in co-op) I'd still count it my fave game of the last few years. What was cut? Zanzibar and Lockout are two of my fave maps from any FPS I've played. Granted, there is some filler in there, but there's only two or three maps I really dislike. Most can be put to very good use in objective games. At the moment it seems pretty much free of cheats. There were a couple of rough spots, but surely that's to be expected with any hugely popular game. Plus isn't that more the fault of the hackers than the game/game developers? It's to Bungie's credit that they've worked hard to iron it all out and still seem to give the game a lot of their attention. There's a very easy to use mute system, very often you can spot a fool before the game has even started and mute their voice. If their idiocy only makes itself apparent mid-game I just wait until I'm killed (which granted, isn't very often) and then mute them. It's a console game. Personally I prefer it, but if I loved keyboard and mouse I'd simply invest in a keyboard and mouse adaptor for my Xbox. I don't think that's a fair comment at all. There are certain situations where one weapon is going to be of more use than another. But surely that's true of any game. If not, what's the point of having different weapons? I've played UT2004 quite a bit and would say it's just the same. I reckon it's a bit silly of folks to wonder if they're the "only one" to think a certain game is over-rated. Of course you're not. Of millions and millions of gamers out there, do you really think you're that special? Halo 2 as a game has made Xbox Live, whatever problems people have with the game's intricacies there's surely no denying that.

Mine's fine as far as I can tell. I'd guess it's about three months old. If yours is only 6 months old and you're having problems why not just send it back to be repaired/replaced though Tom? Aren't they under warranty for a year?

Tonight's Hot Tub Rankings was a load of blokes!! I promptly fired off this email to Channel 5... Howdy, I'm wondering what on Earth went on with tonight's (21st Oct) Hot Tub Rankings show. My friends and I all meet up via the medium of Xbox Live to chat with each other while watching the show. (We tend to have quiet Friday nights). Imagine our horror when instead of the usual collection of alright looking women mixed with a couple of 5 out of 10's there was a load of half naked blokes! Anyhow, will things be back to normal next week? Thanks in advance, Dan Gadd. P.S Was the hostess formerly a man?

Nah, if you read the story it describes how we're still "disease free" and stuff. ... And there's a first time for everything!

That sure was one crazy night! (Sorry about the text message the next morning).

A parrot that died in quarantine in the UK has tested positive for avian flu, the government has said. Time to crack each other's skulls and feast on the goo inside. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4365956.stm

You're a big kid now!

It often happens to me, I'll happily be bumming some man, then shock horror I'll wake up the next morning and have to send him a text telling him I'm straight but it'd slipped my mind pre-bumming.

Nah, he was too busy showing his nipples off on webcam to the male friends of his little sister.

Nah, gay would be all the bum sex that happened afterwards. But you weren't invited for that either!

Playing: X-Men Legends 2, Halo 2, Tiger Woods 06 Listening: Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant's XFM show, DJ Format Watching: Lost season 2.

Available at that site is Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's show, worth a listen if only for the Monkey News. Link-me-do Thanks to Poshy for pointing me in it's direction originally.

Well, it is explained further. But in the episode you watched she does say that it belonged to the man she loved, the man she killed. I would imagine some people living with such guilt would be prepared to go to some pretty extreme lengths to recover an item that belonged to them, even if it is just a toy.

Where'd you get five from? (PM me please)

Yes. And I'm not certain, but am pretty sure that it was explained in the episode you saw why she couldn't just open the deposit box without the bank raid, and that was she had no I.D or authorisation to open it. Turning up with just a key and saying "I want to open that box" isn't really enough as what's to stop you stealing the key? Edit: Yep, just re-watched that part of the episode and her reason is "I'm not on the signatory card".

Yeah, I'd played 1600 BTB's.

What he said. It's just better left alone, just better left alone man.

If the evidence was "overwhelming" surely everyone would have been overwhelmed by it and it'd be a conspiracy fact, not theory.

Halo 3, Mario Kart Rev, Mario Kart DS for me.

That's a lot of boards to share between 12 users. Almost 4 boards per user.

For you to even say such a thing you're clearly a racist yourself.

Halo 2 facts and figures Well worth a look, no end of numbers on which game types get played most, which levels etc. And facts like the following... "If everyone had worked a $6/hr job instead of playing Matchmade games, they would have earned $1.1B." "The Halo player who has played the most games to date (his identity will remain secret in order to protect his job) has played a staggering, mind-boggling 14,919 games, spending an average of six hours per day, and playing around 71 games. Per day."

*Clinks glasses with Athriller*