gaggle64

Better late than never, Happy Birthday flameo-hotman!

God I love robots so damn much.

With most of the dust settled I'm feeling more enthused a Nintendo fan then I have in years. That isn't to say there wasn't some to look forward to elsewhere but about 90% of that is No Man's Sky for me.

Basically it's 2014 and women exist. That's what this is about.

Well there's really no way out for them since this guy (Animation director for Assassin's Creed III and lead on ME 1&2, amongst many others) took to twitter: We can only hope that this whole furore will encourage them (and others) to take better note of the diversity of their own fan base for future projects.

I was just about to come here and say the same thing about the fanart. It's all over tumblr, really seems to have struck a chord. Also:

Really looking forward to this - I'm not generally a big JRPG man but boy I am a sucker for anything with big robots.

This looks like so much fun. Doesn't really need a single player really, just as long as the multiplayer is as good as it's promise.

An hour long look at the Alpha version here. Really helps wrap your head around it. I've been really struggling to get my head around what Destiny even is but I'm actually feeling much more excited about it now that I'm starting to understand it.

Oh dear. When asked Ubisoft's creative director said there aren't any female assassins in Unity because it would be too much work to put in. Which is a ridiculously poor excuse in this day and age, frankly.

Have to say of all the E3 offerings Nintendo's is the one that has genuinely enthused me overall. Feeling pretty positive about the future, even if most of it isn't until 2015.

This is still the big thing I'm legitimately excited for and it just keeps looking better.

Nothing out of the Microsoft or EA conference that really excited me - reconfirmations of stuff I am looking forward to (Mirror's Edge 2, New Mass Effect, Tomb Raider) but not really enough solid content to light my fire yet.

Godammit, I gotta go work now, I don't have time for this!

That's really no excuse in my book. Good entertainment is recognisable no matter what age group it's directed at. It's like when people defend something by saying it's "just a dumb action" but there's absolutely such a thing as a good dumb action movie and a bad one. I watched the 2 minute clip of the show and and wanted to brain myself I was that bored but I could happily go watch multiple episodes of the old Sonic The Hedgehog cartoon because it's actually a decently written, well paced show. Today's generation is the one growing up on smart sharp shows like Adventure Time, Gravity Falls and MLP:FiM, I'm struggling to imagine which kid is going to retain a show like Sonic Boom with any of those shows being broadcast anywhere near it. Also the constant quips in the game clip made we want to go put my fist through something innocent and undeserving. I have no particular affinity for Sonic but this whole project looks like a wretched disappointment after Colours & Generations actually turned out to be decent games.

Those last 20 laps were insane. Utterly gutted for both Hamilton and Massa but well deserved by Ricciardo. The Mercs aren't bullet proof after all.

And now, the whores!

Checked with my (frankly slightly useless) letting agents, six month agreement has expired so I'm now on operation "Find Somewhere With Access To An Effing Washing Machine", in which I will attempt to find a room to rent with access to a fucking washing machine (proper broadband would be a plus too).

Could be a lot of stuff at his age, whatever it is I hope it's not serious.

US software & hardware figures for the week ending 31/5 just popped up over here. The top five was the four versions of Watch Dogs with Mario Kart splitting them in 3rd. Visible boost on hardware sales, as expected.

I'd be prepared to build a pretty solid case for it if required.

Sorry to hear you two are feeling down, hope the world seems a little sunnier and little easier soon.

After re-organizing my old consoles a few months ago I have to say, to my own surprise, that the SNES controller wins out. The N64 is a beautiful piece of out-the-box design and the Wavebird is an old reliable but it's the SNES that wins out. There's something elegant about it, easily recognisable and intimately comfortable to hold and use despite (or perhaps because of) it's small dimensions.