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I'd say there's definitely an argument. I can see why some may have found him a tad abrasive for the role, but I personally very much enjoyed his northern charm.

I'm pretty sure it's because the FA doesn't allow mixed teams after the age of eleven. As such women's football and other sports has only taken off over the last decade or so along with the woman's rights movements, and there is still very little grass roots support for female talent. And, yes, ideally you really shouldn't go around hitting women. It doesn't give off a good image to other people.

I don't know what your definition of "cheap RAM" is but anyway, get it from Crucial. Only place to go. http://www.crucial.com/uk/

That is wonderfully sweet. Is it a boy? girl? Given it a name yet?

That's the whole bleedin point though surely? Doctor Who isn't Battlestar Galactica or SG1 or Firefly, with planets that all look suspiciously like the LA foothills, futuristic martial arts and fleets of Americans and their make up crews. It's prime time family entertainment, not your average zero-gee wankfest.

This the very nature of the PC market though surely? No matter how much you spend souping up your rig you're only going to be leader of the pack for a couple of months at the very most. C'mon we've all heard the song.

You really should get Excitetruck and SSX. If not, Eledees is out soon, might wan to give that a go. Heatseeker is great too.

Ahhh, that's good idea. Nice call.

I would certainly rate Halo as a masterpiece, quite simply because it does the two things that a masterpiece should do: It shows everyone else not only what to do next, it also shows them how it bloody well should be done. Very, very few works in any medium can claim to achieve this, but I believe Halo can. When Halo came into the world it didn't just make it's presence felt, it blasted whomping great holes in the FPS genre and then belted it over the head. As for Half Life I'm actually quite disappointed given how little it appears to have influenced other games. In fact I'm fucking livid as I think the foundations that were laid first by Half Life, and then by it's sequel could and should form the basis for story telling in games across almost all genres. It's a work of perfect genius, finally devising a methodology of guiding the player down a linear path that doesn't feel at all linear, while incorporating complex story elements that are still now largely alien to video games ("Character" and "plot" and "not shooting everything the face", amongst others). Finally, a true "interactive movie". I think Half Life's problem could very well be that it is still years ahead of it's time. I suspect, hope and prey that in future years gamers and game makers will look back on Half Life as a precious beacon, a holy oracle that foretold of the wonders to come but was was ultimately forced to wait until the slow passage of time finally proved it in the right.

Why, what happened? Was vomit involved? "Ha ha ha ha ha! You think this is the real Quaid? It is!"

Wait... you mean you're not gay? Doh, I'm disappointed now. Anyway, I really hope so. DS seems to becoming a bit of an RPG fest, might be hard to choose between this, FF:RW and DQ. I don't have time for them all!

Of course, what if Bungie had carried their original conception through to the end and made Halo the RTS it was originally designed to be? Now there's a scary thought.

You make it sound like the game is being developed by their press department. The actual dev team went to Disney land.

I think I might still have couple of scars on my head from those times I had stitches when I was kid. Hold on until the hereditary baldness starts kicking in and I'll get back to you.

Hmmm, according to this thread so far, I'm the most balanced person on the forum and my best friend's with the most unbalanced person on the forum. Me & martinist must be like Ying & Yang, two opposites co-existing as one beautiful whole, maintaining the life balance across the universe. According to this dodgy on line questionnaire anyway.

Morderate for "Schizoid" and "Schizotypal", low on everything else. Apparently. Not entirely convinced.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind "Daddy, after this can we throw dirt in my window?" 9/10

I have a problem with the idea of "playing" CoD games. Don't get me wrong they're great games, but when they are at their best you almost may as well staple the "W" key down and enjoy the ride.

I know you're fed up with it, but you've just planned my next holiday for me with that picture. Anyway, around here it's really quite pleasant. Not to crowded, lake district within reach, nice shops. Could do without the racism and homophobia though. It's not overly blatant, but there are some people wandering around simmering with it. BNP like to set up a stall every now and again. God I hate those bastards. Otherwise, nice.

Fantastic. Hurrah for Aimless! Nicest bloke and best avatar on the whole damn forum!

I'll knock out my own front teeth if they didn't specifically do this to garner negative press.

Good to see Captain Fisher's son has successfully inherited his father's fine moustache. Precisely when is it set though? It seems to suggest levels ranging from Korea to modern day Iraq and Afghanistan. In style at least.

They really should make Mushroom Kingdom Hearts one day though. I know I don't have to say this, but I'm going to anyway: it would sell shitloads.

Well, that wasn't great but it was OK. I don't mind them bringing the daleks back all the time, but do they always have to escape? Next episode looks corking though. I now await Rokheds enraged banter.

Just martinist. We've been best mates since about 2nd or 3rd year I think ( though we've known each other even longer), so about six years or so now. Time in his company is always time well spent.