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Can’t really comment on it if I don't know what your website will be about exactly. All I can say for now is that it looks a bit too minimal (I’m usually all in favour of minimal), but I can’t really tell what’s placeholder and what’s design.

Strange thing is (well, not that strange) ME3’s ending really got me in the mood for Deus Ex. I still need to buy Human Revolution.

Some chestbursters need a little help.

@Deathjam: I’m Somnophore on origin, although I don’t think I’ll be playing multiplayer for long. About the DLC, yeah, but that was also the case with the Kasumi DLC in ME2, albeit to lesser extent. It’s just weird doing dlc that better fits mid-game after you’ve already finished the game. This game’s ending, leaving no room for post-game content, just reinforces that feeling even more. I was lucky I got ME2 when Kasumi was already out. Ther’s also no room for pre-game content, I don’t think the actual trial will make for an exciting mission. So mid-game missions are the most likely. Anyway, I’ll bet there will be multiplayer-only dlc, in which case I won’t be interested.

Meh, that’s a moot point.

Challenge rewards should unlock tuesday.

My brother’s ok, he’ll live. His condition is not even really bad, like I said, for now, his grey hairs are the most visible symptom, but I certainly hope he doesn’t turn into Michael Jackson. For now, his grey hairs.. “add a distinctive flair” (though I’m sure glad my hair’s still black). We’re half Asian by the way, so we have a nice permanent tan as I like to call it. It’s my friend I’m worried about though.

Bit late, but first of all: Thanks for being nice and understanding. Anyway, I caved in, and started ME3 last week anyway. Finished it yesterday, and well.. After watching the ending, the face import issue seems like a minor complaint. Let me say that the game in general, has been great, only a few minor issues, but, like many others, I found the ending pretty dissatisfying. I’ll continue in spoilers.

Thanks for the offer, though it's always weird to replace someone. Plus I don't get to choose my character (would have been awesome ).

I’ll just start posting in the current ones then, hopefully nobody will notice .

Hmm.. So a friend (and I don’t have many) got the results from a test on her liver. I haven’t been able to reach her yet, but I found out the results through her mother. She has not one, but 2 types of tumors in her liver, so that’s great. Apparently they’re benign, but one of them could turn malignent. Doctors are working on it, she’s waiting for further advice. Less troubling but also not great, apparently my brother also went to the hospital for a test, apparently he has the same skin disease Micheal Jackson had. He has some white spots on his skin, but the most visible symptom is his grey hair. He didn’t have any a year ago, and he’s 26. <sigh>

Unfortunately, I didn’t sign up for Peeps’ DIY because I was engaged in a war to save the universe (or so I thought, but this isn’t the place), but I’ve been itching to play one again since the sign-ups of the last Pokemafia (but I had other stuff on my mind, so I didn’t sign up for that one as well). @Tales, what’s the status of yours?

You’re highly insinuating that I whine too much about little details about the face, and when I suggest the other extreme, no details at all, then suddenly you do care about visuals. You can replace all the sprites in Super Mario Bros with coloured squares without affecting the gameplay. But that’s going too far? My point was, you think you’re level of immersion is the right one, whereas I crossed some line somewhere apparently. And that annoyed me. Don’t attack me because I’m more immersed in the trilogy than you are. Anyway, got my package, it’s installed, downloading the dlc right now.. Then I’ll play multiplayer for a few hours. I’ll put my origin account (<sigh>) here later for the other PC players (or just the one ) out there, we can do some co-op in the weekend perhaps (I’ll start with an engineer).

Anything can happen in 40 30 minutes! Anyway, there have been rumours for months that a new Ipad would be released in March, but apart from that there was no news. Today I see various tech spec rumours popping up on Engadget, and now apparently there’s some release event. So ehm, fingers crossed for retina display!

Supposedly the Ipad 3 is going to be unveiled in 40 minutes: http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/07/apple-ipad-3-liveblog/

I wouldn’t know, I haven’t seen the guy in action.

Also, there seems to be an ME anime coming out, but I don’t know how official this is. There’s no official announcement as of yet I believe.. But here’s the teaser page: http://www.masseffectparagonlost.com/ If it’s real then Production IG is behind it, which would be cool. Don't think I need to spoiler it, but just in case, it’s supposedly about:

Please, give me a break. You may not be concerned with details, but I am. I’m sure you wouldn’t care if they shipped ME3 without actual cutscenes and just simple text descriptions between missions telling the story. To me, not being able to play my character, is the exact same thing as suddenly replacing a character’s actor in a TV show. But I’m obviously in the minority here. Anyway, we can drop the subject. They said they’re working on it, and I can rest easy (sort of.. I haven’t received any confirmation on shipping yet, so I wonder if I’ll get it tomorrow). On a different note: People on PC (and playing the game through VPN’s perhaps) can pick up a free sniper rifle by registering on the Alienware site: http://www.alienwarearena.com/giveaway/mass-effect-3-giveaway/ (PC only for now)

Not me, I’ve spent a lot of time 2 years ago to get the face perfect. Yeah sure, I can get a good approximate of the face by taking a screenshot (from different angles and good lighting..) of ME1 or 2, but an approximate will not do. It will always feel off, if I’m not sure it isn’t exactly my Shepard. I’ll need the exact slider positions, and that’ll take more than 10 minutes, and basically is a chore. Stuff like hair colour is easy obviously, but the exact brow height? Or the other subtle stuff? Why put gamers like me through that, if this is something that should’ve have worked in the first place? It worked fine in ME2. Also to clear up: faces created in ME2 work fine.

I intended to play multiplayer anyway, at least enough for it to have a big enough impact in singleplayer. Didn’t expect it to play a week (?) of multiplayer without even starting singleplayer though. If they’re not going to fix it, I’ll use one of those work-arounds.

Hmm, due to my excitement I’ve been visiting BSN the last couple of days, picked up a few minor gamepley spoilers but nothing I can’t handle. There’s one non-spoiler issue though, that concerns me greatly, and which now has been confirmed thanks to the US release of the game. Hardcore fans who have been there since the beginning, and played through both games with a Shepard they’ve carefully created in ME1’s character creator, and have imported it unchanged in ME2, will not be able to import that Shepard into ME3. All your choices will import, but not the face. Personally, that’s enough reason for me not to start singleplayer right away, at least not untill they fix it. If they’ll fix it. The issue has been known for a week, but only now there has been a official comment on the matter, with no hint of a fix in the works for now. There are various work-arounds, but they are a lot of hassle, all using unofficial 3rd party tools, and with various degrees of success. This is a great disappointment for me, nonetheless I’m hopeful they’ll fix it, and hopefully quickly. In the meantime I’ll be playing multiplayer.

1] take the money. A pound is still a pound. 2] provide evidence. I find the situation highly illogical / bizar. You both deserve to be in prison, and why would you have evidence on him? But anyway, to provide evidence is the more rewarding option in this case. If the other guy would be my partner / friend, I would do the 50 / 50 thing. The links Eddie posted are interesting too.

But the only me2 dlc that costed 800 points was the shadow broker, so it better live up to those expectations. I really wonder how it?ll fit in story-wise.. If it?ll be appropriate for both in the middle of the game and after beating the normal content. Also decided playing the multiplayer part of the demo wasn?t going to spoil the single player, so I?ve been playing that, as I was curious what the gameplay was like, and to not be the total n00b when the game finally ships. Finally beat silver tonight. I don?t think my regular character (human male lvl 20 engineer) is appropriate for dealing with the likes of phantoms. Anyway. Few more weeks!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Symphonia-Dawn-New-World/dp/B002FL4R60/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1329486780&sr=8-2