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Double-featured it at the cinema yesterday with Kubo and the Two Strings and Don't Breathe. Wish I'd watched the former second to cleanse my mind of the rubbish of the latter. No idea why it's been so well rated as it was just not scary or exciting at all. Kubo on the other hand was wonderful, masterfully created and ultimately very charming.

If it was anyone else I'd be convincing you to get one but... :p Did you try out any of those XBLA games?

I definitely found it very clunky too. A mix of the 30fps, a closer field of view, generally slower movement. But I think another part of it is probably that the weapons we picked and got used to have probably been changed/nerfed or we don't remember the setups we felt comfortable with. I'm also finding my Hunter feels really weak, not sure if some missions are actually more difficult but I'm definitely struggling to solo a few normal missions.... That said I'll play all night tonight and tomorrow, plus Saturday morning, I do want to raid.

Just got back in the country last night and I won't be able to play properly til Thurs. However I will be on and grinding my face off on Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun :-) would love to join the raid.

Weird thing to be annoyed by, that doesn't bother me in the slightest and I haven't even played Shovel Knight. It's not like the kind of game where you're left thinking "the immersion of this believable universe has been shattered"

Yeah it's available now, came out on the 16th!

If there's a raid spot going for next week, put me down.

A nice positive outlook welcome back.

So invite her out to lunch in a few days and hug her at the start, fixed!

Thanks for updating the list HoT that and Tomb Raider will be my must-haves coming up. Depending on the reception I'll probably pick up FFXV too. Persona 5 early next year is probably my most anticipated game of all time though. I hope some of you pick up Xcom 2, it's a brilliant turn based strategy game that I loved on PC earlier this year.

Dishonored 2!

My help to buy bonus was deducted off my solicitors fees. I don't think you can use it as part of your deposit since that determines the terms and rate of your mortgage and that has to be a more concrete source of funds. Definitely check with the conveyancer as it is them that apply on your behalf and they have to have it all sorted in good time before completion. This site is the one they use to apply and has the most straightforward info IMO https://www.helptobuyisaadmin.org.uk/conveyancers/the-scheme

Don't do us any favours by telling us what it's called like :p

Start at 9 then we might be able to continue tomorrow night? I didn't want to hijack your setup but wanted to make sure it actually happened (don't think the last few attempts have) That possible for you @Zell? Anyone else? @Sheikah @Deathjam @MilaGi @DriftKaiser @Daft

People associate pi with learning programming because it's something that can be provided to students at a budget, and expanded to be used in an actual physical capacity (like a smart mirror or a robot or something). But if you just want to learn code from scratch I would just start on whatever you're comfortable using.

@Map @Eddage @Zell around tonight for the HM raid? Say 7.30? Anyone else?

On the plus side, you can buy the P5 console bundle when you eventually have the disposable cash? I'd take your time, get it when it's the best option at a comfortable price. You're still going to be playing it way before any of us

By the sounds of things, some people's notifications look very different to others... might be why there are complaints. Mine are just dark grey/black text on a white/very light background but @Zell is saying that he has white text on a grey background, almost unreadable, despite never making any changes to his system theme? What do everyone else's look like? Edit: scratch that Zell's just bad at describing things.

There's never an opening quite as good as that, but there is something to look forward to in that regard later on

For programming, what is your aim? Unless you're looking to use the pi to program a device with a specific, pi-related function, I would just use your computer since it'll probably be much faster.

The next episode, starting the Arlong Park arc, is where I think it hits it stride and basically never stops (well, with the exception of filler arcs, but some of those are actually good, in fact there were some I didn't realise were filler). I remember once catching a random episode on TV (with the old, awful dubbing and censorship) and thinking it was really dumb. That was such a mistake as it lead to me putting it off for years. So glad I gave it another try. Yeah it's wacky but I wouldn't say childish, not really. It's silly and you feel like the mangaka is embracing crazy ideas he had as a kid and turning them into something deep and still fun. The story builds and builds and folds in on itself but it never feels stupidly out-there like Naruto and Bleach did towards their respective ends. It also really, really messes with your emotions at times. You're in for a hell of a ride (But yeah expect the pacing to *really* stretch things out in some arcs, as well as super long intros, OPs and "previously on"s :p) PS episode 272 best episode.

That's a mild understatement given I watched episode 723 and even I feel very behind :p Are you new to the series, or rewatching?

Personally I don't think the change in aspect ratio and the jump to higher definition was that great for One Piece. Seemed to me that scaling up eventually cost them a lot and the actual drawing quality suffered for a long time as a result. It's better these days but there were some really, really weak patches. Speaking of the One Piece anime, I'm back to watching it reiterating like I do every 6 months that there's no way I could watch this show week by week, the pacing is just atrocious. I find myself fast-forwarding through. There's only so much I can put up with "I'm keep telling you x! And I told you y!" (cut away and return to this three episodes later). Still awesome beneath this though.

OK, perspective is important here. PS4 Pro launches November 10. Assuming you mean calendar months, you're giving a period of roughly 1.6 months to judge it on but we'll categorise it as the last two for comparison, especially since sales will accelerate towards Christmas. So November to December window 2015: PS4 sold 8 million units (record sales for the period) Wii U sold 1.5 million units (best since launch year) Xbox One sold 4.6 million units (roughly even with 2014) 3DS 2.7 million (way down from 2014) I'm using vgchartz year-on-year charts The PS4 Pro being a bit of a luxury purchase even for gamers, you think 3-4 million would be a below-average result? I would've thought 1-2 million and that would be a good result for them at the launch price since PS4 Pro sales are only supplementary to their market share without fracturing a userbase the way PS3/PS4, Xbox 360/Xbox One or Wii/Wii U did. If you can't agree on what will be "good" there certainly won't be any way to accept whether or not it's a success when the time rolls around. Although I struggle to see why it matters that much anyway. As long as they're not selling at a loss, (factoring in all R&D) why does it have to fit a definite measure of success to make sense? It should still be a worthwhile measure for the industry just to take this leap and try it.

It works both ways. If you think it will sell well, state a figure or a comparison that you expect it to achieve.