DanJW

I know what you mean Toblix. It has bothered me a little, but not a huge amount. It would be nice if we got use our own brain to solve puzzles a bit more. Silent Hill 2 was good for this kind of thing... too good in fact. I couldn't be bothered to work out some of the puzzles when set to hard. I guess that's what the game designers are afraid of. But yes it is nice when you work something out and get rewarded for it, rather than just triggering a cut-scene that tells you what the character has discovered.

Hmmm, it is a tough fight. I guess just try and grab some breaths while fighting it. Remember that using using sprint will also decrease your oxygen.

Velociraptor Safari.

Yeah, there is a way to get in that cage before going in the water, and the crossbow is the best weapon you have against the alien shark (damn that thing is scary!)

That's true Toblix, probably my complaint as well. Too often trying to do somethignt hat ought to be cool stops you dead in your tracks. Also, I'm just going to reiterate:

Yes but he's not playing on console, he's playing on a PC using a joypad.

COMING SOON FROM THE MAKERS OF VELOCIRAPTOR SAFARI!

Flying and driving games are probably a good match. Bob recently talked me into trying out Freespace 2 - it sems to be abandonware so you can get it at Underdogs, albeit without all the movie reels.

Britney Spears?

Heh. Props to those guys though, for being brave enough to stay put with so few of them.

I'd have extra arms grafted onto my shoulders.

Yeah, way to ruin a living room.

Me too, I love Vice City and played it lots, but I've only dabbled briefly in the others.

Thunderpeel, Yeah Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was good, reminded me a lot of comedy-suspense classics like Gross Point Blank. LOPcagney, you don't know ANYTHING about BSG? Holy crap. OK, well I'm going to assume that you know of the original 70's series. The new show is very naturalistic in it's treatment of space (similar to Firefly in that regards). The Battlestar itself is treated much like a modern Aircraft Carrier, from uniforms and military doctrine to the kinds of people found aboard. The whole series is quite political, and made to feel contemporary with our world. SO although it is a space drama it is incredibly accessible. Throw in some crazy mysticism and constant mysteries to solve and you have something that WHY ARE YOU STILL READING THIS AND NOT WATCHING IT ALREADY FFS?

http://kotaku.com/353149/english-of-the-dead-so-cool

Happy Birthday Wrestle! Since you gave us Velociraptor Safari, I will give you this image of a wise old raptor: Dammit I forgot the feathers!

Cool, I really want to see Cloverfield. I just need someone to go with now

Yeah, Gears is far from the first game to have a cover mechanic. It may be the first to do it as well, and possibly the first to make it the core mechanic. The cover mechanic works well for a console shooter, since it slows the pace down and you can take a bit more time wrestling crosshairs on-target without fear of being shot. Running, dodging and shooting at the same time, easy on the PC, has always been trickier on joypads. Besides that I think it's success is just down to lots of polish (you can see the polish, it makes everything shiny!).

Thing is, Scientologists love to be persecuted. It makes them feel like a real religion. They''ll probably use this opportunity to get all martyr-y and stuff.

CoD4 It had me laughing out loud a couple of times. Another satisfying watch.

Or a parsnip?

Thumbs isn't a bus. Unless it is a red London bus that transforms into a giant robot. It's autobot name would be, uh, Wayfare, or something. Half-fare if you are under 16.

I think it's like a pairing. Or maybe a parsing.

That was just one indication of her rising conservatism. I now think of her as a Republican sleeper agent.