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Lol @ Bob's team being simply named Bob. Good result for Dragooooo today. Played in a different way but almost got 3 points. The defence played very well. DVs are looking pretty swish all round.

This is the one WiiU game right now that I want the most. Really craving Zombie action. PROPER Zombie action.

In fairness, you do hate some pretty good games. MONSTER HUNTEEEER, for one. :p

This. This, everytime. Whenever I have been to the toilets at St. Pancras International, the queues for the women are huuuuge. It's ridiculous. Anyway, I imagine the toilets would be their own separate cubicles with their own sinks and probably a dryer. That way, it's safer, you wouldn't have more than one person in there at a time and it would possibly save the awkwardness of men and women in the toilets together. At least, that's what should happen.

Welcome back, dude. What was your name beforehand? I seem to recall somebody with the Zombie name, which I'm guessing was you.

I thought United played quite well, but Reading also put up a very good fight. Their keeper kept them in it for a long while and they looked dangerous from corners. Nani was excellent last night. Massive respect to him for still producing the goods even though he doesn't really get much of a look in. If there's one area we just haven't got right this season, it's the wings. Nani should be ahead of Valencia in the pecking order. As for Welbeck, his hold up play was good but he seemed to switch off as soon as he got into the box.

Wohoo, finished Goldeneye, too! Clearing my backlog...one game at a time. I'm not going to go back and try to clear it on uber-high-difficulty, because that would take me forever and I suck at shooters. Even with Wiimote controls. I love how you can stealth pretty much anywhere. It's fantastic.

Oh my God, yes. "There's no reason why women can't use a urinal - men have to." - not sure if srs. "I really don't see a problem here. Gender neutral toilets are common place in Sweden and no one seems too bothered about it there." Negative 150. "Do you moaners have a separate loo for you & the missus at home then? Seems like a good use of resources & space to me." Minus 138. Jeeesus. There's a lovely set of tea-rooms there, if I remember right. I quite liked the area. But yeah, it's got a lot of potential money-saving purposes, like you said.

A new development will include toilets that can be used by any adult or child Brighton and Hove council want to promote the term "gender neutral" Toilets won't use the words "male" or "female" but will instead use universal symbols Opponents claim its unnecessary bureaucracy For those of you that don't know, Brighton is a very liberal City, so in a sense it's not out of the ordinary that they're trying something different there. The development itself will take place on Rottingdean Seafront and will include a cafe with 4 gender-neutral toilets. It's funded by the Rottingdean Parish Council and City Council, and will cost £140,000. Source: Daily Mail (I know...:p) Interesting. There are pros and cons to this. I'll let others discuss first before I say my view.

Maybe you should be brave and ask for some sexy time with him? Or his number.

Details, man. Detaillss.

The difference is that you aren't paid to create art of your own, whereas Sidhe man is. It's his job to create games, therefore whatever the content turns out like is a direct result of his and his team's own doing. If he makes shit games, that's his own fault. Are Nintendo going to drop out? No, because they know what it takes to be successful, especially in this climate. They've adapted throughout the years and even when they were struggling (GameCube, N64), they still found a way to make money and survive and come out strong. They'll continue to do this unless they really lose the appeal of their fans or if the 3rd party games (shovelware and quality) dries up.

Yeah, I was assuming we'd get more info on how that worked in the video. It'll come later, no doubt. But, it would've been nice to have that info now. Or, at least, to have something substantial.

Make it happen, Nintendo!

Haters gonna hate, man. Haters gonna hate. :'(

The genre is, yes. But, you have to admit, there's nothing that shouts "new and original' from that trailer. Actually, I got nothing from it, at all. What is known exactly about this game?

Let's just entertain the fact that there could be truth to this rumour: What a horrible, horrible thing to do to those PS3/360 owners. I refuse to believe that the rumour has any truth to it, because Gearbox have a decent reputation (up until now) and to know that they've purposefully gimped 2 versions of their own game in this way is unthinkable. It's very disrespectful to the current gen. I don't believe it's true. What is more likely is that either: 1. The WiiU version is just as shit as the other versions. 2. The WiiU version is even shitter (yes, shitter) than the others and has terrible, terrible problems of its own. 3. The WiiU version gets canned due to negative criticism. Also, well done on you 360 and PS3 owners for buying this game in its droves and potentially funding more bullshit projects from Gearbox.

This is the Aliens: Colonial Marines thread. There's only so much bullshit we can take in here, without you adding to it. :p

Some of the music in No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle is so good. The first one I posted is lovely. I want this in a Zombie film.

I'll make this my last post, because there's not really a lot more I think I can say on the subject, and I fear we're making it into a conversation with only a few people. Best to open it out. You've said it right there, they are both established, and for good reasons. These are good games that we are talking about here. If we were talking about proper shovelware, then I'd agree with you. But, these are good games and consistently good games, so I can't agree. Why just get rid of a series when the games are good, it doesn't make a lot of sense. For the sake of it not being Mario? That's not being innovative at all, that's forcing change for the sake of being different, rather than actually trying to make something better. If they made a Smash Bros Kart or something, it would be interesting, but then it's cannibalising its own market. If they're going to do a racer, it needs to be different. F Zero, ExciteTruck, Wave Racer, 1080, Mario Kart are all different. That's the beauty of gaming, you can have one genre but so drastically different games. You're probably speaking to the wrong person about Diddy Kong Racing, as I hated it. But, I appreciate that it did try to do something similar but different. In this case, this is where Nintendo need to be talking to the likes of Monster and Retro and asking them to create racers, like Rare did with DKRacing. See, I don't agree with any of those ideas at all. Gamers don't want a Starfox Racer, just like they didn't really want a Starfox Adventures type game. Lylat Wars and Staring were incredible for a reason, and we've not real sequels to that. The last thing I'd want to see if Starfox's name getting dragged through the mud (again) and getting put into a game that isn't suited to it. Not really a fan of that Pokemon idea either. But, speaking of Pokemon, why not do that Pokemon MMORPG that has been talked about for years? That would be worth looking into because its keeping the franchise true to its roots whilst also evolving it naturally and expanding it in a fun and creative way. I've not played it yet, neither has @Eenuh. It seems interesting, but I wouldn't rule out another one in the future that does something much differently to this one. Also, the problem with your idea with Street Pass is that you're then making it fundamental to the gameplay, which would make certain areas of the game unachievable for a lot of people. (ie, if they can't street pass, they can't progress). It's quite a dangerous tactic to do that. I don't mind the Mario brand being used for it as long as the games are good and it "fits". Honestly, that's what we all want. The only problems in recent years have been the New Super Mario Bros. games, which I think everyone agrees on. Mario isn't really the problem in Mario Kart, he's not the reason the games are getting stick, they're getting bad press because they lack certain features, are not evolving enough, have un-interesting track designs, etc. So, as far as I'm concerned, Nintendo have other problems. Like Zelda, Link isn't the problem in that series, the story-telling and exploration need looking at. That's where I disagree. I would consider Mario a brand, and a very powerful one. The Nintendo name will help to sell new IPs, but to get to Mario's level of sales and recognition takes years and years of hard work, it's not something you can easily replicate. Plus, that has been going on for decades now. The consumers know with a PlayStation console that they are getting a certain level of quality. They know it's not some other new competitor, they associate it with their experiences which they had with the previous PlayStation consoles. They know that with the PlayStation you are getting more than a console, you're getting a media system (with features such as the Blu-ray player, like PS2 had DVD). There are still plenty of people out there who will see the name Kid Icarus and go ballistic. But, it doesn't really have a mass-market appeal. None of those games you mentioned have it. By mass-market, we're thinking stuff like Fifa, which just sells and sells. F Zero will never do that unless something drastic happens. Back in the NES/SNES days, gaming didn't have the huge appeal that it does now. Nowadays anyone can game, it's different, and Nintendo has adapted to that. They've used certain franchises in accordance with that (Animal Crossing being a massive, massive one) If that were true, the Wii would have sold millions less. It's not true, with the Nintendo name, you still have that idea of a quality gaming company. But, what we have to understand is that not every person out there who plays games will be interested in a game like Metroid. Can you imagine the first casual gamer you find on the street picking up something like Metroid Prime and loving it? Or playing Kid Icarus: Uprising and playing that on their Friday night? Certain games have mass appeal, certain don't.

I don't think I've typed this much in years. :p Just for the record, this is a really interesting discussion. I'm enjoying it. They have 2 because they set out to do 2 completely separate and different things, for different audiences. Nintendo make F Zero and Mario Kart, 2 racers which are almost complete opposites. Also, I'm not sure how the fans of Mario & Luigi would feel if they knew that their series was being "lumped" with another. It's unfair when both are very good at what they do. There is more than enough room for both. Funny enough, these started off as GameCube games. Not sure why they were kept and released for the Wii, maybe too late in the GCs lifetime? I agree with you here, if you're going to make a DK racing game, do it properly. You make it sound so simple. Make a racing series that can come and rival Mario Kart. It's...really not that easy. It takes years to build up brand recognition, to develop, to market, to create, to release. It takes a very, very long time and even then you're never guaranteed a success. What I would like are more Nintendo racers, but more variety. We had ExciteTruck and ExciteBots (looked amazing) but even more would be great. Maybe that serious Nintendo racing game that some have craved for so long? Not sure what you're trying to say here. Nintendo took big gambles with Zelda and, for some, it paid off. For others, it didn't. A lot of people seem to assume that Zelda didn't try to be different when I would argue that at times they seemed to change a little too much without improving the whole package.

The controls for NMH2 threw me off for a while, but I got back into it and loved it again. I don't know why I stopped, I think life just got in the way, or something. Looking at my collection, I've got more than enough to see me through the year. No WiiU for 2014, I expect.

Hmm, I understand Borini is young, but he's not exactly the type of signing that fans want to see. It's been a few years since Liverpool were up there and competing for the league and you can tell that the fans want to see signings such as Suarez, Van Persie, Cazorla, big players who can come in straight away and make an impact. Kinda like Sturridge has. It's unlucky for him to get injured, but I'm not even sure he should be playing in the first team this year anyway.

I watched a bit of the wrestling, along with bits and bobs of the weightlifting. There's so much stuff to watch, and it's hard to watch absolutely everything. Still, certain things should be kept as part of tradition. Is it possible at all to have another new sport alongside Wrestling, or does it have to be a set number of sports?