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They should be back in next week, there's a big shipment going into stores so it should be fine for at least a few weeks. Damn annoying though, it would easily have been Christmas No. 1 if it weren't for Nintendo's manufacturing problems.

It was the 25th, we haven't been told anything about the change though so I've no idea how accurate that is. I certainly hope its out next week, been waiting ages to get my hands on this game.

I'm not really sure what mine would be. Probably moving down to Bournemouth a few years ago to start uni. Moved from up in Birmingham and I reckon getting down south was the best thing I ever did. Moved to London and started working a few months ago but as I'd already worked and been away from home in the past it wasn't such a big deal. Big changes are definitely good though, I reckon I'll get itchy feet sooner or later and need another big change of some sort.

Well its really up to you, I'm not going to personally. These type of things wont fetch anywhere near what you paid for them and its not like they're suddenly going to stop working.

Its been suggested by a few other executives within Microsoft also. Its not really up to Toshiba at all, they can carry on making players for the next hundred years, if no-ones releasing anything to play on them then the format is as good as dead. With the recent happenings can you really say HD-DVD is alive even now? I don't keep up with the battle too much but will anything of note now be coming to the format exclusively? If blu-ray wins the battle, which it almost certainly has given the recent events, and it seems people are buying a PS3 soley for blu-ray support I'd say its a pretty safe bet that MS won't be too far away from releasing an add-on for the 360.

Thats true, obviously the major factor is MS don't want to support one of their most public rivals formats. They've never denied that they would support blu-ray should it become the dominant format though.

I really wouldn't worry about that, the Nintendo games are all that really matter on the Wii. I'm pretty sure MS have said before that that was one of the reasons HD-DVD wasn't included in the box. They can move over to Blu-Ray if (when) HD-DVD fails. As for those wondering how many non-gamers are buying the PS3 as a Blu-Ray player I'd say its a hell of a lot less than the amount of non-gamers buying the Wii as a toy.

Currently I'm an Analyst for a games publisher. Lots of fun, get to see new games before they're out, have access to actual sales figures so can follow arguments about which machine is better and then just state quite blatantly the actual situation. Get to do a few cool promotional things and best of all free games! Dream job would be an F1 driver, haha! Not very likely and I'm sure I wouldn't be too good at it but I'd take a pay cut for a chance. Realistic aim is to move into game production. Hopefully work a little while longer in my current role and then see what comes up. Trying to learn a bit of Japanese at the moment which would help with working on Japanese titles rather than UK or US ones.

Personally I hope Blu-Ray wins. The only reason being that my HD-DVD player (360) is far too noisy to watch a film on and my Blu-Ray player (PS3) is completely silent and most suitable for films. I'm not going to buy another player so for me that will work out best. The big problem with the whole thing is that they didn't come to an arrangement before release and get one format out there. People didn't just upgrade to DVD because it was better quality - they upgraded because they had to due to everything being on DVD and not much being on video. With Blu-Ray/HD-DVD everyone still has to release everything on DVD while the two HD formats battle it out for a winner. Once this happens I'd say the transition to HD players and movies will start moving along much faster.

I never understand how people manage to get trapped in the tube barriers. They stay open long enough for anyone capable of walking to get through easily. Theres always the larger gates they can open for you if its a problem I suppose.

Well here's mine, latest job was added today so this isn't exactly what I'd send off if actually applying for something new. The image quality isn't great due to having to convert it a couple of times. I did have a better PDF but the forum won't allow it due to the size. I think the best tips I have are: 1. Don't write CV / Curriculem Vitae on it - its obvious what it is. 2. Print it in high quality on nice thick paper. Then don't bend it, so as others have said, send it in a nice A4 envelope.

Good idea, will post mine up soon. Just a quick thought though - I'd take your address/phone details off for internet posting.

Your really not missing out on much if you don't get them. Unless your a total mong they're the biggest waste of time ever.

Bought myself a 4GB Asus EEE PC today. Really liking it so far - a nice early Christmas present.

My next games will probably be Ghost Squad and NiGHTS when I get my copies off work. Might pick up a few things in the sales if theres some interesting deals though.

McMad's method of showing the best games is a sound one. Its certainly the way we do it to analyse quality of games and the relationship to sales. The key point is that on the Wii quality really doesn't matter, theres very little correlation between review score and sales of a title. For the 360 it's very important, better games have much better sales and the correlation is quite distinct. All of this shows that there are very different overall consumer bases for the two machines. One with the hardcore gamers who want to play the best a machine has to offer, and one with a casual userbase who aren't really that interested in critical success, they just want to have fun.

1 Do you play videogames? [Y/N] Yes 2 In your own words, please describe your definition of a 'gamer' Someone who plays video games. 3 Would you consider yourself any of the following: [multi] - Hardcore gamer - Casual gamer - Console gamer [only playing games consoles as opposed to using a PC] - Retro gamer [only playing games/consoles deemed 'retro'] - Import gamer [importing games from Japan/America] 4 Describe your use of videogames? [multi] - Recreational - Relaxation - Escapism 5 How much time do you spend playing video games? - 1-2 hours 6 What is/are your preferred genre/s? [multi] - Adventure - FPS - Platformers - Multiplayer games - Sports - Racing - Simulation - Fighting - Fantasy - Sci-fi - Party games 7 Where do you mainly play videogames? In my lounge. 8 What consoles do you own? - Microsoft Xbox - Microsoft Xbox 360 - Nintendo Wii - Nintendo DS - Sony Playstation 3 - PC - Other Saturn, Mega Drive, N64, Dreamcast, Gameboy, Master System, NES, Mega CD, Jaguar. 9 Do you engage in other forms of media, if so what are they? [multi] - TV - Film - Books 10 What is/are your preferred genre/s? [multi] - Action adventure - Sci-fi - Fantasy - Classical - Documentary - Reality - Crime / Detective - Mystery 11 Are you male or female? [M/F] Male 12 How old are you? 22-30 13 What is your ethnic background? - CaucasiAn

Yep Wii is ahead of the 360 now in the UK, not actually sure when it happened. Those figures from MCV are from two weeks ago, no idea why they're reporting it as being last week.

Mario and Sonic number 1 again this week, amazing scenes! Really really pleased about that, just one more week and my £10 bet will give me a very welcome Christmas bonus!

My day was pretty good. Did an 8-6 at work so I can work short days for the rest of the week. Had some interesting bits to work on today as well which was nice. Then I came home and tidied the flat for a while. A very productive day, I've even been eating well. I did have to wait ages for the tube though, I didn't enjoy that. Still, bodes well for the last week of work I think.

Both of the Ray races I found incredibly easy and did first time with a lot of time to spare. I really don't see why people have been having so much difficulty with them.

Different methods of stealing, but stealing none-the-less. Well most pre-owned games have come from trade-ins that allowed someone to buy a different game that they otherwise wouldn't have. Which is money in the pockets of publishers for a legal product. Its still contributing to the industry, unlike piracy.

Completely different in peoples modern warped sense of ownership. Taking a car and downloading a copy of a game are still both theft. Just because one is easier for people to live with doesn't make it any different.

Different product, different production methods, same crime.

Its not really a valid excuse for it though. I can't steal a nice car and get away with it under the argument "Well sorry but I wasn't going to buy it legally so its not really theft". At the end of the day publishers would make more money if the only way to obtain a game was through legal channels, piracy does effect the industry and you can't argue that certain parts of it are ok.