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It's gotta be Schwarznegger. The man's just too damn charismatic to ignore. I was also very surprised at his governership of California. He actually appears to have done a really great job. I would actually think that he would be a pretty decent choice for the Oval Office. Him, or Codeliza Rice. Definitly better him then Hillary Clinton. "To all the people who say our economy is doing badly, I say: Stop being economic girly men!" Classic - and it wasn't even on one of his films.

Sounds good. I like games with simple interfaces - I feel like I'm free just to enjoy the enviroment then. Maybe I'll have a little of both.

How does City of Heroes/Villains play? Are their lots of stats or is it quite simplified (official site not bery helpful). I'm planning on diving into a good MMORPG soon, and it's either this or EVE Online cause I love spaceships. Big, lazer spitting bad-ass hulks of doom especially. Complicated game system, but I'll live.

The Sly Racoon series is great. I don't have a PS2, but I've played at a mates house, and I juts love all of them. It's a nice colourful platformer with loads of personality. Fantastic fun and great to unwind with.

When I put Norton Internet Security 06 on my computer, it crashed the damn thing. Apparently this can happen if your PC has any spyware on it (one the reasons I wanted the damn thing in the first place). I was quite surprised as 05 had worked on my mums computer just fine. However, once I rebooted my computer and got it working, it's got my computer done up like Fort Knox. It does use a fair chunk of your system but nothing too detrimental to performance, and your computer will be fairly safe against almost anything out there. I'll leave you to decide.

I would also recommend Homeworld 2. With the 1.1 patch it's still looks pretty sweet even after it's release so long ago. It's rock hard, but a seminal 3D strategy game. The amounf of support it has from the Modding community is simply phenominal.

Jesus, this really puts my time at college into perspective. The most exciting thing I've done all year is play RISK for gods sake. Although alcoholic Risk has it's charms, I must say.

And the way he reloads the goddamn thing! I swear, I still splurge my pants whenever I see that sequence. The T-1000 is pretty badass too. Chrome. Very stylish.

Both the first two are sheer genius. The first one is great because Arnie is an unstoppable death machine that get's to say "Fuck you, asshole." The "I'll be back" moment when he drives a truck into the cop station remains a classic cinema moment and the difinitive I'll Be Back moment. The scene where he rises from the flames is spine tingiling. The second one is fantastic because Arnie gets to ride a bike. A BIKE!

Oh lord, this programme is the reason my college network is so slow. Loads of people use it to download music, programmes ect. and they hog all the bandwidth. Bastards.

Get a couple of small 5lb weights, and just keep lifting them. Do as many push and sit ups as you can everyday. Start small and work your way up. Do this for about 10mins - 20mins everyday regulary, and it will boost your strength and stamina and tone your body. Regular walks can actually be incredibly helpful for toning your body, shedding pounds and improving your stamina. Eat eggs. Drink water. It's done me no end of good.

Rome: Total war. I bought it recently and I'm totally hooked. It is rediculous fun reducing vast Gaulian hordes to a massive field of squishy bodies and the same happening to your own Roman Legions at the hands of those dastardly Carthiginians. Massive city sieges, political maneuvering and populous management galore. There's something to enjoy for everyone.

I still don't get what so wonderful about their la-dee-da new "Aero-display". Just give me some fucking decent 32/64 fuctionality and piss off.

Sweet lord in heaven! :shock: Are you sure this isn't some kind of sick joke?

I've had to get stiches in my head twice, both when I was quite young. Once when I cracked my head against a metal pipe, and then a few years later when fell off my bike. Not cool.

The police and government already monitor much of the nations online activity - heck, there's probably a SIS agent in an underground data centre in Yorkshire looking at this very thread. Father knows best and all that.

Mid-range GFX for me! Only with model detail = high HDR on and water = reflect all. Stutters ocassionally, and FPS hogs would probably rather kill themselves, but that's the way I like it.

Those secret torture flights and kidnappings throughout Europe for a start. Stick "CIA kidnap" in the BBC search engine. Scary.

I'm not nescerrly saying that as soon as these ID cards come into force we're all suddenly going to find ourselves wearing grey overalls and sipping Victory gin, but I still do worry. The big scare of George Orwells 1984, as I'm sure many who have read it will testify, is not simply that one day the world could be like that, but that elements of Orwells horrifiying vision already exsist in society across the world. It's a vision which I would like to stay as far away from as possible. It's true, the government probably won't try anything wildly insidious with it, but that doesn't mean I should trust them with the capability to do so. I will admit that I have varying opinions on the methods deployed by the government to monitor us, but I feel it is a fundemental human right for people to live their lives with a significant degree of anonymity and privacy. I feel that ID cards encroach unnescerrly on that, and I would seriously consider to refuse to carry an ID card if ordered to do so.

I don't like these. I just fail to see what they will achieve. It almost just sounds like another new form of identity theft waiting to happen and it will undoubtedly be hugely expensive to implement. I daren't even hazard a guess of what the government will do with the information that could be potentially avaliable to them. Potentially the government could track your every movement, everything you buy or sell, everyone you meet, every phone call you make or message you write (although they do some of that now). I know it's all just Orwell-esque conspiracy theories, but for me, the whole thing still doesn't fit. The whole point of ID cards seems to me to be to collect in one place a raft of information of any one indvidual, and that kind of knowledge could award someone immense power and control. I simply don't trust anyone with that kind of power. I'm not willing to take that risk.

Me and my fellow asmatic whisky enjoying socialites will be positively frolicking in celebration. Although the ban will already soon be comming into force in Scotland anyway (where I currently stay) it's great to know that soon I'll be able to go into any pub in any part of the country and enjoy a large Famous Grouse without the fear of quite literally choking to death. I like pubs, and would have enjoyed them more in the past if it weren't for the smoke. I've got nothing against people who do smoke, but it's generally not a pleasant habit to have to be around, especially in a public place. Besides, there's nothing to stop anyone from enjoying a ciggie in the comfort of their own home or in the open air.

Urgh, it isn't the "Emo culture" that's to blame. Some guys just become an asshole. It just seems to happen to some people. For example, a couple of people I know has been on the "Emo" side of things for a while, but they are still perfectly nice, pretty cool, decent people. I another guy who I used to be very good friends with however (who is a massive anime' fan/obsessor - a veritible otaku) has been just a total ass to all around him, ever since he went to university. He's just an arogant, drunken, self centered prick now.

I intend to get into an MMORPG soonish, but I fancy something just a little different. Wadda ya' think - Eve Online or City of Heroes/Villains?

I'd love to see some kind of shape-shifting Pikmin character. The Pikmin would all join together to create some kind of big bad-ass giant killer Pikmin of doom. Olimar needs to be in their too, maybe in tandem with Louie a la' Ice Climbers. Also Reggie, stomping and spitting fire 'zilla style. That would be cool.

Being a werewolf, I think I'll just settle for tearing around Paris at midnight in my canine form, praying on young couples with amarous inttentions in cars. Then again, I do that most nights.