ThunderPeel2001

Anyone checked out Soul Calibur 1 from XBLA? Isn't this the classic Dreamcast only game?

Do explain. I still occasionally have a quick play (it's still a great game!).

Woohoo! Picked this up again last night (finally found time) and it clicked! I watched all the training videos and it made such a huge difference. MGS3, while having similar controls to its predecessors, is different in that you actually need to use them. Once you get the hang of them, you realise that the game itself is played very differently to the others (and to be honest, the controls aren't even that complicated once you know what you're doing)... and I love it! Here's the things that helped me from the videos: There are three speeds you can move at: Run, Walk and Stalk. To Run you push the L analogue stick as far as it goes, to Walk, halfway. That was obvious, but what I didn't know was that to Stalk (and make hardly any noise), you need to use the D-Pad. When you're Stalking you can sneak up within inches to baddie and he won't notice. So much better! When you're crawling, there are two speeds: Crawl and Stalk: And the same goes for these two as well. You make a lot less noise when you Stalk using the D-Pad... which means you get detected a lot less. The second major thing is CQC. As Thrik pointed out, you need to use this, it's absolutely essential and fantastically useful. You can go around a base knocking people out as you need to without being detected. (And even use people as human shields... yikes!) Again, this makes a huge difference. The third thing I learned (although not from the videos) is that I had a useful weapons/equipment stash in my Backpack that I didn't realise I had access to... which makes those moments when you DO get spotted a lot easier to handle. Unlike the previous games, these moments are a lot easier to handle and not necessarily game over, just whip out your fave weapon and lay waste! If I'm stuck I use the Codec and the conversations are pretty damn useful, too (and shorter and to the point). I even like the new medicine system now, as I can see it means you can't just start munching rations in the middle of a gunfight... it forces you to be more tactical. SO glad this finally clicked! Thanks guys! Status update: I just defeated The Pain and am now wandering around some caves. Five hours in.

Since N0wak is now here in dank, miserable, overcrowded London, perhaps other Thumbs members in the local area might like to meet up for one evening? I've never (knowingly) met any of you, so it would be interesting to put faces to the names and say hello. I've no idea where any of you are (Miffy, I'm pretty sure you're in Canada... not sure about the rest of you), so please speak up if you think you'd be interested. What does anyone think?

I'd love to join in except 1. I'm utterly useless and would be burden to anyone's team and 2. I don't have TF2

It'd be funnier if they were the real programmers...

I look terrible in that photo...... sob! (Time to cut down on the sweets, methinks.) TWO people! I was beaten by a girl... tis true. But she didn't even say "good game" afterwards. Shocking.

That's a good argument. I just was kind of dissapointed that BioShock didn't win GotY, as Portal was really just an interesting and short puzzle game with stellar presentation and good storyline (at the end).

Yipe... A weird place to meet, but hopefully it won't be too difficult. I'll PM you my phone number, incase we totally miss each other. I'm a guy in desperate need of a haircut... wearing a brown stripey top and jeans. I may be a little late -- there's a comic sale going on in Tottenham Court Road that I want to check out -- but hopefully not! Welcome to London!

So stickys move around depending on their last reply now?

I suppose somewhere pretty central/touristy would be a good place to meet. I'm not a big drinker so I don't know loads of cool places to drink... but I'm sure I can think of somewhere. Any type in particular you'd like to see? Rocky/grungey? Old-man's pubs? Trendy places? Somewhere in-between?

Damn him!

This Sunday! (Sunday 10th)

Sunday = Funday?

Does the episode "expire" in 24 hours?

Anyone watched Berry and Fulcher's Snuff Box? I bought the DVD based on the things I heard and I came away loving this series. Sure it's weird, it takes a good few episodes to properly appreciate and some of the jokes are bad, but on the whole, I fell in love with it and hope they make a second series! Apparently it's only ever been aired once and even then they had to show it after 11pm because of the content. It's had a growing YouTube/bootleg since then and now the DVD has been finally released: http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/5302285/Snuff-Box/Product.html

Lol

Yep, Moore has always said that it was written in a way to incorporate the strengths of the medium, and it definitely is. In fact, the actual PLOT is pretty lame...

The review in PC Format was basically, "It works... yikes!".

Sam & Max's "Conroy Bumpus" musical number! Also, I think Portal was part game and part song. Would it have had such a love for it if it was just a series of puzzles? I don't think so.

Now that's what I call a spammer!

To be honest it took me three or four episodes before I fell in love. I guess it's like that with a lot of "new" comedies.

Is Friday any good? If not, Sunday should be good for me.