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Ah, fair enough. No ice cream trucks? Madness. And folly.

I hope not. (In other words, it's not been an issue so far, I think it's a vanilla affair) ... I should be there!

[snip. I'm 100% slower than Erkki] I do have something to offer, though...! Some more, interesting, info on the GPL, and how they got violated by Atari/Majesco/Mistic Software here.

I downloaded Ben There, Dan That the other day. Really, really impressed so far. Very good stuff. Will no doubt download TGP before the week is out, if I finish BTDT or not. Or maybe I'm just saying that, to cover up that I'm only checking it out because Toblix said so. Mystery.

I'd rather have GOG versions because of the bells and whistles. And, well, scans of the manuals. The booklet for the Last Crusade is a beauty: When I got the game, I must have been 4 or 5. I carried that thing around wherever I went. Who needs a fedora or leather jacket when you have *the goddamn grail diary*. Post brought to you by stupid nostalgia. (Oh, and one plus point of this is I might finally get to play Grim Fandango).

Sweet. I'm glad they're going for that, I hope it pays off! Is there any bonus or benefit in getting these on Steam? I've got a few of the adventure games that I play through SCUMMVM (most of them, actually, not The Dig, though). GOG throw in extra material like scanned manuals, soundtracks, etc - do Steam do anything like that? I know, I'm coming off like an idiot. I've not logged into Steam since installing Half Life 2 on Christmas Day 2004. Apparently it's changed since then (understatement). Not sure I'm jumping for anything just yet. Always wanted to try out Battlefront. Once X-Wing or TIE Fighter are up there, though..! Couldn't get them to work with DosBox.

That's already been sort-of done, though, with the Rogue Leaders book. Yeah, maybe it's just a new re-release of the Lucasarts back catalogue on digital distribution platforms. Or Lucasarts' own download store. Would be great to see those games on GOG.

Star Wars: Rebellion/Supremacy HD Remix. Fingers crossed! I'd hope for a great, big, new Indy game, but I'd like to think that it would be something a bit more leftfield than yet another game from a Lucasfilm property. Edit: Boy, was I slow with that reply. So it's not a 'specific' IP, or a 'new' IP?

Yeah, likewise. Good gamezz, though!

Currently doing some transcribing, but I'll try to get it done and get on it. So, probably will be showing myself at about 9pm UHT.

Ah, I didn't scope this - I was out working anyway. Should probably add some Twitterfolk.

Not really much to add to the discussion, so I'll chime in with the mid-to-late-80s births, and say I was 8-15 during the releases of Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, and the first bunch of GTAs. Hopefully the kids of mature/inquisitive mind will be able to make a good case for playing these 18-rated games to their parents. 'But, I'm learning about WW2! And there are zombies! Pleeeease?' Or, conversely, parents wishing to expose their kids to good mature games such as Mass Effect, will be able to do so too. [Or even more disturbing games like Call of Duty 4 - which can be presented with context and explanation] Wow, you hit an age gate when searching the classifications database on the PEGI website - you have to be over 18 to even be informed, it seems. (Of course, it's easily flummoxed, but it's the message it puts out).

Hi guys, really enjoyed playing GTA last night. Not sure the idea to turn blips off completely was a good idea, though - didn't spot any of you!

Any chance of a video? Would like to see your handywork.

Looking forward to this too. I don't think it's fair that us UK types have to wait an extra month to see it. Hmph.

Man, university. I was always badly affected by that moment of silence at the end of term. Most of my friends were the go-home-at-first-chance type, so after exams were over, it would be so quiet. Can't argue with Anthrax, though! Hadn't heard of the 2000 Trees, but good to see Rolo Tomassi on the bill! In selfish news, this week I had an article published on Gamasutra. Yes, because the positive aspects of my life are governed by words, editors and websites (I'd put readers in there, but that would be presumptuous).

That is such a cheeky drum solo! Amazing, too, but his demeanour is so uplifting. And check that posture!

Max Roach is great. Can't argue with Buddy Rich either, because when he plays a theatre... J3zNANjJNio ...he *plays* the theatre!

Well, I don't have Steam and my laptop groans when I open Firefox, so doubt I'll be able to participate in that. But I say go for it if Live's down and the Thumbs are a-hollerin'.

Nice vid, Vimes, but just when you thought L'Académie française would iron out all linguistic quirks and irregularities, even Yves Guillemot pronounces it yoobie. Yeah, Jake, you're right (even though 'ubiquitous' is another word that cooks up Latin flashbacks for me). That said, I'd like to think that one wouldn't get kicked in the balls for oobying your Ubisoft.

Yeah, that's one example. I say oobie because of the Latin connection (years of hardcore dead-language study don't disappear easily). It was only once I started listening to podcasts/paying attention to gaming promo stuff that I heard anyone stick a 'y' sound on the front. Another one - I think it was a few podcasts ago that the word 'solder' came up, where one of the dudes hadn't heard it spoken before, and didn't realise the 'l' was silent. Linguistics can be fascinating.

Damn those trees! I also like how Toblix's 'plan B' can mean anything from swapping cars, or splitting up into separate cars, to jumping off an overpass. Playing with you guys has revealed just how conservative a GTA-er I am.

The L4D2 one? I think it's here. Not entirely sure, as I didn't watch all the way through and listen out for the conversation. I still read Natal as with the first syllable stressed, meaning of or relating to birth. [insert kid/baby sex joke]. I think it's going to be one of those terms I mostly read, and mostly read along with my instinct, and then be slightly confused every time someone mentions it, albeit for a second.

Sorry to keep the BNP train going, but I saw this and thought it was an interesting idea. Trust crazy, genius, misanthropic Warren Ellis fans to come up with this, in a thread called 'How to fuck with the BNP': Not sure how successful it would be, even if it got the support necessary to even make it possible, but a nice angle to come at it. A bit more gleefully crackpot-aggressive than pelting Griffin with eggs, or posting pictures of your liberal face on the internet (not to criticise either of those plans of action).

Very fun session indeed, apart from my 360 freezing as the boss on a round of Cops 'n Crooks. It sounded fun, though, the last I heard before the freeze was Miffy (?) saying 'Wrestle, that's not a road...'. Some hectic moments, indeed. Twice! It's so deflating when that happens - maybe at some point my character will catch the bullet in between his teeth...