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Also, "street" isn't really a code-word for black in the UK the way it is in the US (UKers agree?).

He said "I didn't mean to imply you have nothing of substance to say, I was simply warning you not to start a new thread with the expectation of changing my mind on the matter; I have already heard and considered all the arguments against my position, and not changed my position. Also I don't think going a little off-topic is a problem in such a broad thread as the Feminism one."

There's a VR thread that's been going for a while in the Gaming board: https://www.idlethumbs.net/forums/topic/9954-4-3-2-1-we-are-we-are-vr/

Yeah, the family really was the big problem of the show.

What about the last three eps was particularly garbagey?

Didn't they But yeah, the family's characterisations and actions tended to feel pretty arbitrary. The guy from Utopia playing the cop and his domestic storyline was much better.

Gahhh, no save function at all - only autosaves and limited lives. Very annoying when you've just spent 5 minutes pressing switches then you die and you have no idea whether the presses have been saved. Also, the levels are getting ever more huge and multi-tiered, so now the map isn't helping me much. I've got it on easy mode so I think I need to be less frugal with my ammo and make sure to take out enemies as quickly as possible.

There are plenty of local neighbourhood cats I can gather hair from, thanks.

Great, thank you both! You know, it's only just occurred to me that a CD isn't going to hold all of these. I wonder if I could fit it all on a DVD and whether that would play in a normal stereo. Otherwise perhaps I'll have to get him a small USB stick/mp3 player...

Can I have the dust?

Anyone watch Humans? Channel 4 series remaking a Norwegian (iirc) one, about robot house-slaves. It's pretty cool; although it doesn't really broach any new ground it's well-made and good treatment for Utopia withdrawal.

And can I have the old graphics card?

Also, I've been thinking about jealous, and I now realise that I've read in Tolkien or Shakespeare or whatevs something like "jealously guarding" and I've subconsciously understood the usage from context without ever consciously wondering whether the word used to only have that meaning and had now changed.

A pyrrhic victory is one that takes a heavy toll on the victor (to the point where it almost may not be worth it) so I think it's misused here.

That would explain why most adverts for the past 20 years have been rip-offs of ten-year-old films, other adverts or YouTube videos.

The feeling I get from the player and journo communities is "it looks like it won't be as bad as we feared., but it probably won't be more than adequate".

Thanks Patrick. I checked through the options and that was off already. I decided to keep this on Easy however, which turned out to be a good idea because there'a a lot of trekking around and I think I'd get a bit too pissed off if I was dying constantly. eot: I'm not using mouse, although it only seems to work horizontally anyway which isn't that much help. The one tech issue I'm having at the moment is Windows keeps tabbing me out to ask if I want to turn sticky keys on. Grrr. (Also, I had to go directly through dosbox and mount some folders to change my keys.) Are you playing through any of these after all? So far I am really enjoying this. I expected it to simply be DooMTM with a Star Wars graphics and sound pack, which it is in a lot of ways but the amount of detail and accuracy to the franchise (OT of course) really gives it a different feel, extending to level design and enemy placement. Opening a little room, shooting wildly at a couple of Imperial officers then the door wooshing shut again and your lasers fizzing up against it really makes you feel like Han Solo. It also has very impressive production values, with loads of great cutscenes, character animations, 3D ships landing in-level, etc. This is especially notable after the end boss of Doom 2 being a stationary wall texture that launches standard enemies at you until you shoot a few rockets at it. (I found this out by watching a video - my plan to skip ahead to the final episode was scuppered by the fact that Doom 2 doesn't have episodes.) I'm finding the levels a little harder to keep my bearings within, and there are more puzzley aspects which generally revolve around switches and are a bit confusing without adding much, but it still has the map function so I'm coping. I like the fact that it keeps the grit of the first films - you're a mercenary who used to work for the Empire, everything has that scruffy sci-fi aesthetic, and you occasionally see charred skeletons and burn-marks where the Dark Troopers have obviously been gunning down citizens.

Excellent, thanks! No problem about Marathon - I'm not expecting to enjoy all of these games, and it was definitely interesting!

Ah, these are all great, thanks! Keep 'em coming if anyone can think of any more, please! I've also added Private Eye...

Cool, thank you! Oh, I forgot to mention, I'd like to try and get a fair amount of British stuff on there...

I've added a STALKER game and gained some likelier-to-work versions of a couple of the games thanks to Laco's generosity. I played DooMTM II for a bit, but got pissed off by a pit I kept falling into and decided to try out some of the later levels using the Ultimate launcher menu. It's cool to see new enemies (even though they're recycled, I especially like the mini-spiderdemons) and the apocalyptic city setting (with imps in office windows and stuff), but I'm pretty DooMTMed out now. So it's onto: Dark Forces I've never played this and am looking forward to it. I need to remember to look into whether there are options to play a game more accurately to the way it was on release though - I'm aware that games can lose their soundtracks/scores, get updated graphics etc without it being obvious and it'd be nice to avoid those changes if possible. I'm also still at the point where I need to decide whether to use mouselook. I'm pretty confident that all pre-Quake FPSes should be played without it, at least.

I'm going to make a 'cast sampler CD as a present for my dad, as he likes listening to radio but isn't very tech savvy. Could people recommend me some stuff? He's very smart and likes comedy (though not sitcoms or sketch shows), history, science. Basically anything that isn't fiction. He likes Douglas Adams, Ben Goldacre, Charlie Brooker, Just A Minute, QI, Have I Got News For You, that sort of thing. So far, I'm planning on including the QI There's No Such Thing As A Fish 'cast and maybe a Dead Authors episode...

I assume Anita has taken those from real comments, so maybe Portal was considered too mainstream and popular by some internet hosebrain? The Lemmings pull is beyond me though.

Ditto!

Stealth (Bastard) Inc 2 is free on Humble right now: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/stealthinc2_agameofclones_freegame