Nachimir

Watchmen: :tup::tup: I enjoyed it a lot, though structurally it's more like a compressed miniseries than a film. As a result, it was tiring but very, very well executed. The acting is top notch, visuals are great, most of the plot intact. I also liked and

Joey Comeau has been writing a series of letters called "Overqualified", and some of them are pretty funny:

Hooray for Tuesdays.

"This game will make you oh my god why am I writing these shitty reviews for $50 a pop?" - IGN.com "This game will inspire you to go on a cold, lethal rampage at the office" - IGN.com

Yeah, I know what you mean. I think it's more a case by case thing than a general one though. That (old, Saxon) words for excrement and vagina are seen as bad does seem ridiculous because it's reasonable and adult to me to occasionally mention or talk about such things. I don't necessarily think they should have emotional weight because of any moral repugnance, though I kind of relish being able to shout "Cunt" when something is going wrong. I think that weight is about scarcity of use rather than morality though. Casual use of "Rape" might be different, but I'm not sure. "How did the football go?" "We got absolutely murdered" seems fine for most people. I once asked a Jehovah's Witness why swearing was wrong, and his reply was "Satan has taken things that were given words by God and twisted them, applying inappropriate terms to them". It's obvious nonsense, yet noone who is against swearing has ever had a better argument for me. I have trouble with this around children, often forgetting to check myself. The most respect I have for anyone over this were parents who told their kid that "Swear words are just words, but some people find them offensive so watch when and where you use them". Signor, I think you're right in that this is about emotional associations with words. I'd feel awful about triggering a flashback of any kind for a rape victim, but anyone offended by me saying shit, damn, fuck, jesus or cunt can suck it.

I'd say that weight means that it's able to provoke those kind of reactions. Thinking/talking about that weight is not the same thing. Very true, and if I ever saw someone being that sick I'd happily punch them. I'm a huge fan of sick jokes but generally careful about context. Up to a point I worry about unintentional associations my words might have for others, but you can't do that kind of monitoring in great detail without becoming absurdly opinionated in a way that is different from me and/or insane.

Nothing knee-jerk about my response, it genuinely disconcerts me and has done for a long time. I value the potency of words like "cunt" but at the same time find the moral stipulations that have reinforced certain words being defined as "swear words" ridiculous. Rape has a certain potency and I'm not sure I'm comfortable with that being fucked with. All that said, my favorite joke for over a year now has been "Did you know, 9 out of 10 people enjoy gang rape?"

When I was younger "rape" was a very potent term, and the idea of anyone doing it still makes me very angry. It bother's me a bit that it's become such a commonplace and casual part of gaming slang.

Mecha goose FTW, but it was a difficult choice between that and toblix' monowheel thing.

The most impressive thing about TLAD is that you need a save game before you can join multiplayer, and it doesn't tell you that, just a cryptic "Failed to connect", and playing through dull tutorial missions while your friends are elswhere blowing the shit out of each other is amazing fun. It only took 80 minutes to find out what was going wrong and finally join a game tonight :tup::tup: ---- Ok, but club business is pretty good. Like the good bits of GTA single player missions, but coop, and without the tedious driving between locations to pick up missions.

This is a complete fucking pile of shit. I've been trying to connect to multiplayer for an hour now, and it seems TLAD is going to make me play through all the preamble missions before I can.

Summoning can block achievements (until you reload without any cheats, I think), not sure about other unlocks though.

I bought it this lunchtime, started it downloading, and intend to get back home before 21:00

Because he used to be Norfolk'n clue? Nachimir

Yeah, I can't get at the bottom quarter either, which I think is what made it so confusing the first time I read it. Maybe the jump drives (or even just the cylon jump drives) have relativistic effects? Hence, the fleet will go back in time to find an unspoiled earth. That would be quite cheesy.

Well done and congratulations Toblix "This game is better than footage of crashes at air shows" - IGN.com

Teenage Bad Girl are making my legs twitch under my desk today. It's fine French electro if you like the likes of Justice. Aiee, that sucks ysbreker :/

Should definitely use the marquee and blink tags too.

"This game will make you feel like sexual assault is trivial" - IGN.com

HOORAY FOR YOU

There are billboards for this up all over Nottingham Like how that video shows the advanced teammate AI standing in an open door, blocking the player's firing line for a whole minute then getting killed.

Me too, it wasn't certain but one of our clients decided they want me to represent them and do research. Which other thumbs will be there?

"This game will rape you through the kidneys" - IGN.com

If it was a bit less crisp and not so well lit, it would look like the expensive resin stuff Forgeworld do.

Duncan has been writing about games being as hip as music, and it's brilliant