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Doesn't spoof any game particularly, but the references speak for themselves.

Happy birthday y'all! Tell thos ker-raazeh shepherds I said hi!

I must say I'm feeling positive about the general direction the sport is heading in. Not sure about this year's moveable rear-wings (all the stipulations make it all seem weirdly Mario Kart-esque to me) but the 2013-onwards philosphy being introduced sounds tremendously daring yet sensible -

I'm on the organ donor register, however I would also be fine with the following - - scientific research - cannibalism in a desperate situation - the construction of a cyborg - being turned into a comfortable fireside throw-rug - being used as a barricade/sandbag in the event of invasion or natural disaster - imbuing a prototype military aircraft with my brain's organically produced, sentient conciousness - having my corpse dropped onto Mel Gibson from tremendous height, killing him instantaneously

It does seem for all the advances made by feminism women are still looked down on by some if they don't have a child, either as "selfish" (not sure what the logic is there) or it's assumed they're unable to have kids and therefore are entitled to everyone's pity but not much else. Exhibit A-F - about 80% of the content of any given issue of the Daily Mail, as well as various other women-oriented and celebrity-focused publications. Hysterical and vitriolic internet comments on blogs or online opinion articles about women not having kids and choosing a career or an otherwise active lifestyle also seem to be a common occurrence.

I trust they'll be enough folks left on the "regular" flavour BBC2 - Vietnam sounds great but I'm hoping to avoid spending an extra tenner unless I really have to.

In order to show off their flight guidance systems, General Electric filmed the take-offs and landings over the course of a day and combined them into a single short movie. I've heard if you watch it repeatedly enough you'll eventually suffer a psychotic fit where you think you're a character on Lost.* *I may have made this up.

Mass Effect 2 (360), Okami(Wii), Elite Beat Agents(DS), RISK:Factions(XBLA) F1 2010 (360), FIFA 08 (360). In that order. I have absolutely no idea how some of you find either the time, the money or the time to make the money required for all of your purchases. I think time & numerics must work differently where I live. Which would actually explain a few other things around here.

Coincidentally I was just playing Mordin's loyalty mission. Apparently he once killed a man with farm equipment. He rules. Hear's something I just learned - apparently the PS3 version of ME2 is using the ME3 version of the engine. This bodes well given how sharp the PS3 version looks when compared.

Unconditional offer to Portsmouth U, my first choice as well. Thank you very much.

Look, if a "Falcon Kick"ing Obama gets it's own thread, this sure as hell does. Personally, I think it's a doomed relationship, but I could be just a bitter person.

It's understood that Valencia is actually trying to pay Bernie & co to go away, so that's a little more wiggle room there if we assume a 20-race calender is the maximum. Turkey is likely to go in the near future too. China could conceivably slip away any given year but Bernie's so desperate to get in the market there he's paying out of pocket to keep the GP there. Hungary's safe until 2016, while Spa is under constant pressure, irritatingly. Apparently a 25-race calender after 2012 might be on the table, but that would frankly be goddamn insane.

Do remixes count? I've become rather fond of this American Science remix of Bob Dylan's Masters of War - I always felt the original sounded a little weak for it's subject matter, the added beats and a stronger guitar sound brings it all to the fore. Audio http://soundcloud.com/scientificamerican/bob-dylan-masters-of-war-scntfc-remix

I love Mass Effect. I very much enjoyed the first game in spite of it's many flaws, including needlessly drawn out skill system and ridiculous item management. ME2 was an improvement in every single way. The character customisation is superb and the available powers are varied, useful and sometimes fun to play with. The combat was also greatly improved in ME2, creating a much smoother and greatly satisfying game play experience. It's diverse cast of characters are by turns funny, interesting and sympathetic and actually lend to the re-playability of the game as you see how their stories might have unfolded. Mordin springs to mind -

Also, multiple references in ME2 to

I'm very much getting the impression we won't actually be spending that much time on Earth, even if it's planetary ass is on the line. I wouldn't be surprised if it was possible to complete the game without successfully saving Earth itself.

Oh yes, my laptop just killed itself again even deader with a good ol' fashioned BSOD within minutes of me finally, after two long days, getting it all back up to date. Dear god somebody please kill me too.

Damn, a whole year away? I could not possibly be more excited for this game already. Youtube embed for your convenience - Where's the Doctor when you need him? It does sound an awful lot like him I must say.

It depends what kind of MP it is - any kind of competitive "deathmatch" mode, no-no, some kind of co-op, maybe a drop-in-and-play mechanic, yes-yes.

It's the game that fans of blue alien side-boob the world over have been waiting for, now accidentally unveiled by the EA website with an announcement expected out of the Spike VGA's tomorrow after Bioware spent the last month or so teasing something science-fictiony. The word down on the Wards? Multiplayer is suspected.

Modern Warfare 2, death match, 16 kills - 0 deaths, thankyouverymuch.

Vista on my laptop has decided it's just not going to take this shit anymore and is simply refusing to startup. Feel like I want to take the broken memory shards of my hard drive and cram it right up Microsoft's data tunnel.

'Gratulations you two! Best of luck heading out to the future as a family! (Is it wrong I initially misread "Baby Born" as "Baby Porn"? Yes. Yes it is.)

Are there still plenty of folks playing the 360 version of this? I've been considering upgrading my Battlefield experience but I'll be damned if I throw down £20-odd I really should be saving only to find half dozen college students and some American gun-nut named Fred to battle with.

Happy Birthday to t'bunch of ya!