jayseven

I made three character suggestions. Always fun trying to think of one that's cool but won't give you away! Looking forward to this 'un

So my xbox is sat precariously, and at an angle, over the edge of the tv stand thing. Residing directly in front of the telly is the sofabed which, when it is opened, pretty much always misses knocking the 'box off by about an inch -- thanks to careful positioning by yours truly. As I lowered the sofabed last night, a clanky, soft thud jolted my memory to earlier in the day, when my mum 'tidied' the TV area. I managed to catch my memory unit, just jutting out of the console. By some shadow of a miracle that was presumably just passing me by, on its way to rescue someone more needy, like a drowning fish; the console did not tumble! Hurrah! ... Just the MU has been nearly snapped in half. I did a small prayer to the xbox god, accepting that I had been blessed thus far with no RROD but, if it was at all possible, could I possibly get my bioshock 2, l4d2, limbo and MW2 save files please? So I bent the MU back into shape with what felt like too much force... and so far it's working! My profile's on there... but I still do a lot of portable gaming, so I'm just going to have to get it a small box and some polystyrene peanuts for when we go on our travels.

Google "x-factor autotuned?" and you'll get loads of links. They've confessed to post-production sound editing, claiming the auditorium sound didn't convey very well -- but yeah, they shouldn't be doing it, for it is misleading. So long as it's not done when people pay to call in and vote, though, then it's not a massive deal. Also the Mail online is stating that the 80's blonde chick may be booted out as she's already had a record deal (!).

And you wonder why you're single?

I'm middle league (LOL!!) and Gaggle's the lower one. I gave up after two updates. Too hard. Gaggle still does 'em, I think he's just a few behind?

^Ditto! Not having any luck with my strikers so far! Glad I picked up Scholes after booting Joe Cole out but I'm considering faffing about with my team majorly as 29 pts is sooo weak

It was quite popular at the start, with noobs who'd not played the original so they were shite, but in all honesty it's aged severely and just ain't too great anymore...

What games you got already? The Left 4 Dead games are great fun with mates, and currently I do believe Red Dead Redemption is quite popular online. Borderlands is good fun, too -- but I pretty much exclusively play MW2... Matchmaking on XBL is usually alright. You don't have to faff about, though it depends on most games, as there's usually a quickmatch option. Check your friend's list and if they're online you can see what they're playing and sometimes join their game - otherwise you can invite them to join yours, or your party where you can chat to 'em and that. I can't remember how much I paid for a year's subscription, I'm afraid! Parp.

is eggs benedict the crumpets thing? If it is, that stuff is awesome. My old housemate used to make some legendary ones with bacon, chillis and cheese.... MMMM! Flink; I skip breakfast because I have nothing to do with myself for the whole day anyway.

Scoop wins. Strawberry country crisp, whatever the brand, is awesome. But mostly I skip on breakfast...

Reading on the loo isn't insane... it's efficient use of your time! I think I text on the loo, mostly.

Oh, you young 'uns :P Brand New's Sic Transit Gloria was played a lot a few years ago in your alt-clubs. I've heard Degausser and Not The Sun at Corp in Sheffield -- when you hear mewithoutYou it's time to feast on caps - Heard January 1979 in The Pit (Geurilla Rocks, Brighton) just as I was making my way to request Wolf Am I! - epic moment. Also heard HORSE the band's Cutsman played at Camel club in huddersfield. Seminal moments that made my life.

But you wouldn't be able to see sonic because he'd be loads smaller than the F-Zero crafts!

inny minny!

Aaaah got thrashed! Should've used that opportunity to play my noob keeper, really. Final game of the season on tuesday against Happenstance that I simply cannot lose...

IIRC wire s03 was my favourite. I'd say watch wire and then keep watching it because you can easily watch the rest of the series then watch BB before BB s04 airs

What I was concerned about, before starting s03, was that they'd never be able to top that climax from the second season. However, they, thankfully, didn't decide to even try and face it, but instead s03 just... phenomenally continues the excellent art direction and flawless character direction. I don't think I really spotted those things that you did, ReZ -- if I did, I certainly didn't remember it for the final episode. So glad you love the show too

Lol corp :P Yeah they're in embrace, soyo, and all those new 'upmarket' clubs/bars (players has opened since you left, and - lol - walkabout has one sometimes, as does yate's -- which has moved from one corner of a block on dev street to the other, now middling between a wetherspoons and a lloyds (which ar enow the same, I think)). I think that often the deal with these guys is that they actually pay the club/bar a fee in order to have a licence to spend all night in the loos propositioning people, and thus the lynx/chupa chups/bounty is all paid for from their own pocket and it is their genius idea of making money. I'm sure there are actual companies that 'provide' such gentlemen... I'm not really surprised that women don't have such a service in theirs. Essentially these guys are a communal handbag for blokes, who also act as a sort of overseer, ensuring that more men will wash their hands lest they be judged! I tend to over-tip them, while at the same time declining any actual interaction with them.

I've been playing Limbo, cussing at my internet connection and putting off tomorrow. Meant to meet a really, really boring mate in london tomorrow for a few hours because I'm too fucking nice to say no. It's been Bioshock 2 the last few nights, and will probably be Mass Effect 2 the next few. Or books!

... I managed to watch approximately 7 seconds before I stopped spasming and put the video on infinite pause. Just another reason why I'm hate-raining on Kinect.

Just finished the game after my longest session, nearing an hour. Found a few of the achievements, too! I can understand the criticism people have regarding the second half of the game; it seems to abandon the 'story' completely up until the final, final 'scene' -- which was quite powerful, I must say. I was annoyed that tha plot synopsis is so readily available as I think that harms the ending, but overall I was quite satisfied with the experience. I think Braid was overall the more successful at creating an artistic, meaningful game because of these flaws, but there's no taking away from the novel approach that this game provides to the platform genre; this game proves the power of art and sound over game mechanics, and is certainly the way XBLA games should go. I'm not sure I'll be able to do the game with 5-or-less deaths in one sitting. The HOTEL sign jump-timing bits really got me far too much, so I can't even see myself attempting it anytime soon... though I may look up where the hidden achievements are and try and figure them out from there.

If venting = feeling better, then a pattern can emerge where one vents about anything just to feel better rather than addressing the issue which causes the vent..? I think venting is important most when you have ears for it to fall on -- and not just nodding, agreeing ears but devil's-advocate ears that offer fresh perspective so that you can learn to cope with an issue that is causing frustration by actively looking at the situation in a different light as it happens rather than needing to vent in order to process.

I was about to write some sort of epic reply but truthfully I don't know what I'm talking about. Good luck!

Just finished this on medium today, and thought I'd read back over this thread. I think the main difference between this game and the previous game was the lack of backtracking - personally I was very much content with the change, but it did mean that there was less focus on plasmids being used to solve 'puzzles' or access previously inaccessible areas, thus many of the hidden elements to the game, such as power to the people stations, radio logs and even plasmids were fairly routine to find. I've started my second playthrough to scoop up some missed achievements - a 9 iron to model-Ryan's face, complete without using a vita-chamber, complete an ADAM harvest with a little sister without either of you getting hurt and, most infuriatingly, getting all of the basic plasmids. I was 15 ADAM short at the end of the game because I'd bought a bunch of useless shit that I never used. I'm already noticing that the areas are that much more foreign to me than the first game's because of the lack of backtracking, but conversely I think the level designs were less confusing and less annoying than the first game's were, again without the backtracking the areas were more compact and useful this time around. The game felt shorter than the first one because of it, and because the game's environment seemed more compact, but it took me three sessions to finish, each ranging from 5 hours up to about 8 hours. The finalé was much better this time, but the cliffhanger ending wasn't very satisfying, really. I've not been able to try the multiplayer yet as my internet's very sketchy. Has anyone given it a go? Yes, I know I'm 6 months behind everyone else. But that 6-month wait meant I only had to pay £8 for the game. So nyer.

Fish; I think Chairdriver's coincident-filled tale is far more interesting than if he had said three unrelated events had occured.