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For some reason I think of the whales in Dishonored as being the kind of monsters that were drawn on old maps. Obviously it's not the stuff from Moby Dick, because that stuff didn't glow or explode. EDIT: And in Moby Dick they don't drag the whales to a harbour and start cutting them up while they are alive. That's only mentioned in a book, though. Also, the shortage is a new thing that only came about after pretty much the collapse of society. All their equipment is rigged to use whale oil and there's no-one around to replace that infrastructure with something else. Obviously there's still enough whale oil for the administration, those canisters are everywhere. So for all we know, the other countries mentioned briefly in the game have other sources of electricity, but Dunwall is a producer of whale oil, so it's been the cheapest form.

To make it clear, the -qatsi films all have the same director, but only the first has Ron Fricke doing the photography. Fricke has also directed some unrelated movies. Imo only Koyaanisqatsi and Fricke's stuff is worth seeing.

The Outsider is just rubbish. Speak quicker.

They're not that weird to me. Playing video games and looking at movies just makes you expect everybody to look like dolls. I've seen people who looked weirder than many of the characters in this game.

That's problematic, though. You want to be careful with some people. I've had people spill the beans drunk, for example. So you don't want just any idiot in on it.

Jedi Knight is pretty fucking cool. Playing that game always made me wish it was a bit less Doom. I wanted to talk to people. I felt like I was in Star Wars, even if the architecture was unlikely.

Man, how do you not like that art style and setting? The story isn't much, and the world isn't really credible, but damn it looks and feels terrific. I love the faces. My Shephard could be in this game:

Now there's a slim chance of an actually good Star Wars movie at some point. And god I hope the original cuts of the films surface on Blu-ray.

I'm reading Ian Bogost's Persuasive Games and the damn fool writes video games in one word.

I can't wait to see that movie. I actually hadn't seen that picture, but how could it be anything else? I looked, and there was a new trailer I hadn't seen, so thanks!

Makes no difference.

Don't forget money.

That looks pretty sweet

I bet Forbin could do that Office Space heist without fucking up.

If someone liked The Darjeeling Limited they should definitely check out The Life Aquatic. Darjeeling didn't feel quite as successful, but I should see it again.

30€ + tax is pretty damn cheap. I'm definitely buying it. I ordered an SSD a few days ago, when that arrives next week I'll install this and see how I like it.

That's Robert Florence of Consolevania in case someone didn't make the connection. EDIT: And Videogaiden, Cardboard Children, Downtime Town and a bunch of TV comedy you would probably not believe a video game journalist was involved with.

I visited Far Cry 2 once, but the screenshot I got from that session wasn't all that great. XCOM simply takes all the time I feel like giving to gaming. XCOM is a challenge and a responsibility, Far Cry 2 is an escape I can't afford while the god damn Chrysalids prowl the Earth. Regarding your advice about gamma & such, I don't recognize your Far Cry 2 as my Far Cry 2 :X To me, it looks excellent, and the low contrast seems to be an artistic decision and not a technical one. Looks more real and fitting to me without any special settings. If the designer wanted to have the game flooded with colors & contrast he would have just set it on some tropical Middle American island or something.

I really love that film.

I bet my bike's lock is going to be frozen in the morning.

It's snowing. I don't like it.

So confused.

I would never play anything else if there was a Far Cry 2 co-op. But it's not happening. Far Cry 3 is a far more conventional game and it does have co-op, but it's I don't think it has any free roaming component.

Tried to make up for or actually done that?

I thought he was a robot or something.