ThunderPeel2001

It's definitely not a publicity stunt -- there are a lot of members who don't want their details made public. The policemen on the list, for example, are probably going to be suspended and I've seen some comments calling for the head-honcho to step-down. I've seen people speculating that it was a bloke called John Walker (oddly enough) who was their treasurer until September 08, when he was sacked. As for the hugeness of the list, there are approx 13,000 names on the list. And of course there's the head arse-wipe's official statement which laughably adds "Presumably in an attempt to cause further mischief, it appears that a number of individuals who were not at the time, or who are not and never have been members of the party, have been added." Would those be the police who will lose their jobs, I wonder?

Interesting! Not yet, though.

Well, it seems that some good might come out of it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7736794.stm

You'd punch three blind old men? Shame, shame on you. PS - I'm with Wrestle: I prefer their version to Tom Waits's.

This can't be real... Lol! I wish it was. It's hilarious, though.

Hmmm. To be sure, I hate and despise the BNP (they used to come knocking where I used to live -- horrible ignorant twats*), but they're still just people. They may have fallen off the "decent human being" wagon, but is anyone going to "change their ways" just because their address has been leaked? I worry that something bad might come out of this If they're victimised they might get sympathy for one * Funny story: The BNP actually won my area. It was a horrible revelation. My next door neighbour had two inter-racial kids, and they'd be knocking from door to door canvassing for votes. But amazingly they won by a tiny margin. Hilariously though, they were forced to give up their seat when their candidate couldn't actually be bothered to go to any meetings. Brilliant!

Have I mentioned how much I LOVE the music in this podcast?

Ooh! Boing Boing have some hilarious articles... Interesting!

Yup. Has Mirrors Edge sold significantly more on the PS3 versus the 360? It would be interesting to know.

Errr... I think it's fair to say that the people who are losing out on lost revenue count as many potential purchases as possible. In fact, it's the big myth that nobody talks about, isn't it? For instance, just how does Nintendo claim they've lost $975 million unless they're saying that every copy pirated was one less copy sold. It's Bruce Everiss vs Stuart Campbell, I guess. While Everiss's writing makes terrifying reading, I simply don't buy it (pun intended), and many of the comments make excellent counter-arguments. For example:

I take it all back! Fuck you all!!! (That better?)

Also, I'm extremely tired today. Sorry if my post seemed overly confrontational.

Well I suppose we can't all like the same music

This makes no sense. "Only 2% would have bought the game because there is piracy (and thus) the possibility of playing games for free." What? Yup, that makes sense to me. Huh? Sorry, no. "The number of lost sales in the number of people who, not only would have bought the game, but also those who would NOT have bought the game." (That's what you just said.) That doesn't make any sense, either. Emotionally you might irritated and angry about it, and it's pretty damn disgusting for such a cheap/excellent game as WoG, but emotion doesn't equal lost revenue. As an aside: Piracy has been "killing the industry" for nearly two decades, but the industry is still here. I remember reading an interview with someone at EA about the price of Amiga games. He said the reason they were so expensive (and let's make no bones about it, big games are OVERPRICED*) was solely because of piracy. This was their official statement as supported by the "big whigs" in the industry. The Amiga would die because of this piracy, we were told. When CD games start appearing on the Amiga/CD32, he promised, prices would come down because it was impossible to pirate CDs (which it was, back then) and the manufacturing costs were the same as floppy disk. Brilliant! Except, oddly enough, when CD games appeared, they were MORE expensive than their floppy counterparts, even though they were exactly the same It's worth mentioning, although I don't know to what end, that: 1/ I think 99% of hardcore pirates are kids who can't afford £50/$60 a game. 2/ Oblivion on PC has ZERO anti-piracy protection. (Pretty interesting for this day and age - what were the sales like, anyone know?) 3/ According to Microsoft, the games industry is bigger than movies and music (and so is actually rather healthy, right now). * Games are overpriced: Even the most expensive games cost no more than a Hollywood movie -- but I can see a movie at the cinema AND buy the Blu-Ray TWICE over for the cost of a new 360 game ** WoG, however, is NOT overpriced (PS - For the record, I do not pirate games -- but I sure as hell used to when I was a kid!)

Lol! There's some great moves in there.

It's inspired because it's brilliant and captures the mood of the series perfectly. I am baffled that you can describe it as a boring an insipid "R&B" (???) track. (Blues, certainly, but not R&B.)

Love it! (What a weird site, though! Are these things actually real?)

Also, how much for the unused/broken cymbals ION kit?

True!

Thanks for the review of the ION Drum Rocker drum kit. Sounds like they might be worth a purchase (I just can't get past the "clack, clack" of the normal Rock Band kit). Also, thanks for not just laughing constantly at your own jokes and actually fully explaining what you're talking about (I'm sure a lot of us listeners don't follow all the industry/Video game news). Best episode yet

Hmmm. I usually hate this kind of music, but I'm listening to it right now and I'm really enjoying it! Thanks for the link!

Well apparently it's only choosing "Deal" or "Revenge" that makes the difference.

Metallus is called Dave Eggers, but he's not responsible for that script, Gerbil...

The weekend is my best bet at the moment... Also, there's no motorbike in the "deal" ending.

Metallus is a professional screenwriter McSweeny's Dave Eggers?!?!? Edit: I'm so confused. Please explain yourself! Edit edit: No, Metallus is a completely different Dave Eggers.