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Today's Steam special is Rising Storm for 75% off (less than £4) and free to play for the next few hours, which includes both Rising Storm (Pacific theatre) and also the Red Orchestra 2 multipalyer. I would urge all everyone to try it at least once, it's a brutal experience for up to 64 players with a ridiculous amount of content they keep adding to but never charge for plus a dedicated community which will still be there until the next Ostfront/Red Orchestra gets released. It's the anti-Battlefield.

I want to believe but I just can't let myself be hurt the same again. Audio

Next time I'm round we'll have ourselves a Bacchanalia and see where the night takes us.

Your body is a temple only to Bacchus.

This seems like the sort of issue that begs a simple question with a tough answer: Which relationship do you want?

Man, remember what a relaxing place to be the GC system menu was?

I took a handful of game si want to play so I'll get a card and keep my Wii out for that: F-Zero GX for my need for speed, another run through Eternal Darkness and maybe finally finish both Viewtiful Joe & Chibi Robo. Man, the GC really had some stone-cold classics in it's day.

I'm up to the final episode of The Walking Dead Season 1. I don't know if I can handle this.

It depends how much you're willing to spend and how badly you want the latest BF experience. Me? I'm happy to lag at least a couple of years behind until they go back to a less exorbitant pricing model (fingers crossed for Bad Company 3).

Heads up: There's a half-price sale on everything Battlefield except BF4 premium content on Origin for PC download. BF3 premium for £12.49? Yes please.

First, enjoy this video riffing on clingy passive-aggressive guys who won't just sack up and ask someone out: Now enjoy the comment highlights beneath it:

I'm struggling to answer this because video games at large have, in my opinion, never been as good as they are right now.

I had a Logic-3 brand rumble pack that could shake so hard it made the official product feel like a mild tickle in the palm. It was like going black.

So sorry to hear about the breakup. There's a special place in hell for the guy who originally abused him.

Oh noooo. I'm so sorry to hear that raining.

Oh carp, my grandad's in hospital with chest pains and he might have to undergo and incredibly dangerous bypass op. I really hope he pulls through, my dad only just lost his mum last month.

So sorry to hear that such a spanner's been thrown into the works @Raining_again, hope the situation gets better soon. *huggles*

On a serious note I definitely think there's a lot of people who misuse communication technology. I've lost count of the number of couples walking along with one (usually the dude) or both tapping away on their phones like the other person isn't even there. Not to mention the endless number of people who won't look me in the face while I'm serving them because they're playing Candy Crush or drivers (and cyclists) who still think it's appropriate to talk or text while using the road. However I think a lot of that is bad human nature and overall and the benefits more than outweigh the costs. This past week, on my insistence, me & my mum pitched in to buy my gran a new laptop. Among other features it has a decent hi-def webcam in it. I made sure to show her how to use Skype before I left - there's a newly arrived great-grandchild in the US she hasn't been able to see yet but with this tech she'll be able meet her, easily and for no additional cost, for the first time. It's something we take for granted as a pleasant novelty now but that's a specific instance when these tools become invaluable. If dealing with a bunch of grumpy Facebook-obsessed idiots is the trade-off for that, it's a pretty good deal.

It's the next Civ game. It's going to be amazing. Civ V left me feeling so itchy ending right at the dawn of space travel. They knew exactly what they were doing, the bastards.

Don't worry, we'll be missing it all when the zombie apocalypse comes and the best technology we have constitutes a barricaded door, a machine rifle and a Molotov cocktail.

Just bought Worms Revolution Gold on Steam for less than a fiver on impulse. Hoping I can find a few human opponents to play with online.

Looks like something got into the water cooler again.

:( *hugs for Raining*

Wow, that's really heavy Raining but, like Animal said, it seems positive that he's told you. I really hope you two can work through the problem and you can both get back to ejoying each other.