MindFreak

I don't know. I generally liked Ep 5 but that was mainly due to the puns with the dog. I like puns. I hated Marshall in the episode, though. Ep 6 was very meh-ish. I concur, this series should end with this season.

You don't gain 3 pounds overnight. Your body weight just varies during the day. Stop weighing yourself every day and do it only once a week. There is nothing to gain by weighing yourself every day and weight loss doesn't happen overnight. I think someone on some pages back explained it nicely but I can't seem to find it right now.

Sounds like a good routine. However, I would strongly suggest that you take 12 or even 16 kg Kettlebells for the swings. There is absolutely no problem in doing that as it doesn't require much strength in the arms to do one. If I'm doing less than 50 KB swings in a workout, I use 24 kg as minimum. I would do it with 28 kg but they aren't available where I train and I think the jump from 24 to 32 is a big too heigh. Besides, don't feel bad about gaining weight over small periods. Throughout a month your weight varies by a quite a few pounds and as you have been exercising more regularly, your body also gains muscle so you will be losing fat even though you see your weight rising. My low-carb diet really works wonders for me and my girlfriend. I seldom eat bread now, and rice and pasta are never on the menu. Eggs, nuts, cheese, and meat have all gone up a bit, though, but so have all vegetables. Furthermore, I have without even trying at all gone from 67-68 kg to 65 kg in a couple of months. Actually, I would rather have gained weight but I might not gain weight because I do too many cardio-ish workouts instead of heavy-loaded workouts.

Damnit. I have had this lying around since Wednesday but as I wanted to complete Catherine for the 8th time to get the "All Endings"-achievement I haven't had time afterwards to play this. It's driving me nuts! I installed it tonight, though, so hopefully I can get some time with it on Saturday. (Problem is, I'm watching Fringe right now with my girl friend and she'd rather watch Fringe than watch me playing AC.)

How long did it take you?

I'm with Rummy and Coolness Bear. Although enjoyable, it wasn't great at all. JGL and BW did a great job but when telekinesis just turned up to be a central point of the film, I felt it got out of hand. Also, as with all time traveling movies, there were some paradoxes that I couldn't really look beyond. It's just very forgetable but I was nonetheless rather entertained. Loved the humour in it - the scene with ... her... on the bed was quite funny. (I have no idea what she was called, Emily Blunt's role.)

I have heard that the "no upgrades"-run is the least fun and drains the game of some value.

No, it should work on any tablet and phone. I am, however, worried that it will only be (fully) available to Gold members. I can't, however, find any English source for it at this point.

Neither have I. It's rolled out during the week and not just on one day. Probably to take off some of the heavy load on the servers.

It looks a bit cartoonish in some places, based on the videos I've seen. Isn't it just that people complain about? That the textures aren't crispy and sharp. I don't care, though. Xenoblade wasn't exactly pretty to look at when compared to other games this generation (it was incredibly beautiful taking the Wii's power into consideration, though) but it played like a dream so you forgot about it pretty quickly. I bet this will be the same. When I get around to playing it I will most definitely go the stealth-route. I suck at quick gunfire duels and such. It's also meant to be more rewarding to do it that way, as with Deus Ex. Might go the violent path on a second playthrough as there are achievements for killing people also. And I do want those.

I know what you mean. This was also a surprise for me to learn. I just read a review giving it 9/10. It sounds good and I forgot that I actually enjoyed Deus Ex: HR, so I might actually enjoy this game. I have put it on my wish list on Amazon.co.uk (I couldn't find it by searching for it, though, which was quite weird). http://www.gamereactor.eu/reviews/48821/Dishonored/ This is the review I read.

I think it'll probably get harder for you now that you begin exercising regularly again as that will up your amount of calories needed throughout the week. Hopefully, you will just eat more on the non-fasting days and thus not feel too hungry the rest of the time. My 'diet' with low carb food is going really well. I don't miss bread at all, I just sometimes miss the easiness of just taking some bread sandwiches with me to uni and work but it just comes down to preparing your meals a bit better. For instance, I almost always make too much supper so that I have some left-overs (especially of the meat) for the next day and everything is fine and dandy. It's a bit more expensive but not as much as I thought it would be. And even though I was slim before I started the diet, I have actually got slimmer and noticably more slender, even though I do eat some cake or candy a bit too often for my own liking, so I guess it's worth it. My girl-friend (who's also on the diet) has also noticed a difference with herself (and I have too). When it comes down to exercising, I have this routine: Mondag: outdoor crossfit (it goes on all year but when it gets too cold, I might drop it), 1 hour. Tuesday: either crossfit at the gym or just some 'relaxed' weight lifting, usually deadlift, squat, or bench press along with pull-ups and dips, 1 hour Wednesday: Either nothing, some walking, or a 2 mile run (in about 12 minutes and 30 seconds) Thursday: Indoor crossfit (with weights), 1 hour Friday: Nothing but always some walking. If I feel like it, I do some crossfit at the gym Saturday: 1.5 hours of random exercise, mostly cardio but also with some good old games like dodgeball. Sunday: Once again, either nothing or crossfit / weightlifting. It depends on my activity level during the week. So I do my fair share of exercising but I do listen to my body and relax when my body tells me to. Also, I almost miss one of the activities during the week.

It's out this month - it's probably a bit late to pre-order, if anything. I have just seen this game and while it has me intrigued, I don't know if it'll be my kind of game. I'll wait for it to drop in price.

Haha! I thought he said '123 Alchemy' when he presented Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. Good to see that Paper Mario reaches Europe this year. It's a perfect Christmas wish then. And now that Pullblox is a bit cheaper I will finally get it, although I would have liked to see the price reduced by €2 instead of just €1 but at least it's better than no reduction.

Yeah, it's a step in the right direction but it's seriously useless.

Perhaps I'll buy the Nerve Wrecking Pack but the price is way too high, sadly.

It was indeed a good episode but sadly I fear that it was like any other season starter

I just finished reading the comic and it was very good, although I got confused at times so I really want to see this movie. Especially if it's good.

My faith has been restored and I'm tempted to buy the damn console at launch. However, I have promised myself that I can buy it when I have received my master's degree in a year (September next year) so that I won't be distracted by another console during the writing process. (Also, my girlffriend has decided to travel to India for half a year at that time so I have to have something to distract myself. :P ) I'm tired of hearing / seeing people say that this console isn't next-gen. I agree with Serebii, the leap from now to next-gen will be a lot less noticable and the Wii U will not fall far behind so it won't be a Wii-situation all over again in a year.

... A Danish/Swedish site (CDON.com) is listing the Wii U Premium for the equivalent of £483 (including taxes).... I don't think they'll get many buyers at first!

Yeah, that trailer is quite boring. They should show some of the super-fast precision jumping the game is bound to have.

I yeah, I forgot that this isn't out in the UK yet. It's been out a week here now and the title is still "The Avengers". I had thought of buying the movie in Dublin but seeing that boxart and name on it makes me want to pick it up here instead, even though it's more expensive.

I'm catching up. Finished Xenoblade a couple of weeks ago and have had little time to play games since then but got time to start Wario Land: Shake Dimension. Then I don't know what to play on Wii, although there are some games on Xbox that deserve my attention now. I do know that I'm actively looking for Zack & Wiki, Muramusa, The Last Story and Pandora's Tower, which are all games I mean to play sometime. I'm soon going to Dublin where I hope 2nd hand games are cheaper than here in Denmark so I might pick a few up there. I also have Monster Hunter Tri lying around but I'm seriously thinking about trading that in even before I start it as I can't really see myself having time to play it. As for games I've started but never finished, Kirby's Epic Yarn stands out the most. It just got a bit boring. Then we have Sonic Colours which I never really gave a chance.

Yeah, some parts are a bit harder than usual. I still haven't found a secret exit on a specific level even though I have been looking for it quite a few times. Other levels, though, are rather easy.

I do love achievements most of the time. I think getting a specific achievement is fun if it doesn't involve (too much) grinding. When starting on a new game, I instantly read the "roadmap" to the game on x360a.org to see if any achievements are missable as I usually don't play a game twice and thus want everything in one playthrough. I remember Darksiders had an achievement for riding 150 miles but that was enough riding for two or three playthroughs of the game so it just seems mindless. (I got it, however, by putting a rubber band on the controller so he would ride in a circle by himself for an hour or two while I did some homework - yeah, stupid.) I also just put in a lot of hours (20-25 hours) into Skyrim to get from level 59 to level 78 just for getting to kill a legendary dragon which had an achievement worth 20 points but I enjoyed most of that time I must say. I'm quite pissed that the new expansion, Hearthfire, comes with 50 points as I really enjoyed having 100 % on that game! And even though I haven't got 100 % on many games (three reatil and three arcades) I'm really proud of those 100 %s because it was a joy to get it. If there weren't achievements, I might not have bothered to play the game that much, which is the case of some Wii games. On the other hand, I have only completed one game for getting achievements and that wasn't for the achievements in the first place. I played Splosion Man from start to finish even though I didn't like the game much. I admit: that was stupid. When I look at live.xbox.com and compare my achievements to my friend's I just aim at getting more that 60 % or all achievements in all games. That is actually my main reason for getting them.