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  1. Posted

    I have a Humble Bundle #3 Steam code going spare if anyone wants it?

    I also discovered a few physical cd copies of games like Rex Nebular, Discworld Noir, & Half Life (inc Blue Shift & Opposing Force) if anyone's interested in them?

    I'll have a gander when I get home as I've been meaning to have a physical clearout for a while.

  3. Posted

    JESUS CHRIST MONKEY BALLS

    My $15 is in, I checked about 2 hours ago and it was at $224,000 ish and now it has jumped to $388,802, I'd say this project will be funded by the end of the day let alone the month, they'll probably be able to finance a sequel too.

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    It's a great sitcom. Not very deep, but a great sitcom. Highly recommended. Watch the pilot, if you don't like it, move along (it hits the ground running, unlike Arrested Development, etc.).

    Weirdly enough I caught the odd episode on Sky and didn't enjoy it however they recently put the first series on Virgin on Demand and was hooked right from the pilot.

    I've finally finished Friday Night Lights and there's now a football shaped hole in my life :(

    Time to finish the League and move on...

    Given the introduction of Netflix to the Uk, I can seriously see myself cancelling both Lovefilm and Virgin TV soon.

  5. Posted

    Do you not own Skyrim yet?

    1. What is wrong with you, you monster?

    2. It's 33% off on Steam right now, along with a newly released (free) Hi-Res texture pack.

    Get.

    I admit I am yet to buy it but to be honest I fear for the life of our television.

    I recently bought the Fallout 3 GOTY edition for my wife which as it turns out was the biggest mistake of my life. I've barely been allowed near the TV outside of her leaving the house and she immediately bought New Vegas as soon as she finished it. Her dad has also been playing through Skyrim so I fear he may have already told her about it signalling the end of me ever playing a console again.

    Back to pc gaming it is!

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    This is just going to be a running thing now, hey?

    Well here's another - Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is one real beast of creative and cool game design. A bit like the Riddick game, it kind of slides between adventure gaming, stealth, and shooting on a whim, in addition to have some incredibly tense chase sequences where you are fumbling with door bolts and various environmental tasks while being hunted. (There's also a remarkably elaborate health system, with you patching and treating different kinds of wounds while abusing painkillers to help you muscle through the negative effects.)

    ^ There are unfortunate issues and glitches with each version of the game though, and it can also be brutally difficult.

    You know, and the turn survival horror has taken for tighter, better designed combat mechanics probably helps make it count too.

    Resident Evil 4 and onward, or Dead Space 1 & 2, for example.

    I got my Cthulthu disc back from my brother at the weekend so I intend on finishing it this time. Scared the crap out of me last time I played it, I seem to vividly remember a scene with a mother & father arguing and a door flying open with a heinous creature running past? Also doesn't help that I have a rather large phobia of fish.

    I had an evening to myself (for the first time in ages) a couple of weeks ago so I managed to finish Singularity in one sitting. Most fun I've had in yonks.

    Just finished Assassins Creed 2, what a great game. So much to do, so many ways to do it, top notch animations and graphics and designs, I enjoyed climbing throughout the entire game, upgrading the villa seems to release some endorphins and when you get good at all the things Ezio does you just feel like a king in the cities being all bad ass.

    I think I'll take a break from the Animus though before continuing on to Brotherhood. Just put in Enslaved, about an hour in and so far so good. Looks nice.

    I too finished the 2nd one late last year and really enjoyed it (other than the unnecessary 'sexual' elements, totally unneeded), my wife got me Brotherhood for Christmas but again I don't think I can quite face another trip to the Animus again quite so soon.

    I also beat Metroid Fusion yesterday, thoroughly enjoyed it (made the perfect lunch time game) but I was disappointed by the lack of urgency by the SA X, I was expecting to encounter it much more often.

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    Not sure if anyone is bothered but it looks like the Portal Soundtrack might get an official release on physical media soon.

    I got a press release regarding Ipecac records and it mentions "Portal Soundtrack" under April's release schedule. Given that Mike Patton had a minor part in Portal 2, I wouldn't put it past him to release it.

  9. Posted

    Don't bother with the PS3 version of the Abe games. I can only speak for the PAL version, but the upscaling is abysmal. Go with Steam; they're cheap as.

    I'll steer clear then being a fellow PAL'er, cheers ears.

    I've been warned that Stranger (and possibly Munch too) don't work well on all ATI graphics cards. Caveat emptor.

    Good job I still have my trusty 9800GT then!

  12. Posted

    So even though Oddysee is the first game (I'm presuming) I should just skip it entirely?

    Might have to pick this up now that the PS3's up and running again, I had the original Xbox version back in the day but I don't think I had the patience for it. It's under a tenner I think isn't it?

  13. Posted

    Yep, it's been localised.

    I finished the DS version a few months ago and fell in love with it, I enjoyed it far more than any of the Phoenix Wright games (it barely has any resemblance to the ones I've played though) due to it's heavy adventure game feel. Damn funny too.

  15. Posted

    How about some of the Starbreeze games? Namely, The Darkness and The Chronicles of Riddick. (With Riddick, just play Assault on Dark Athena, it contains a fully remade version of the first game in addition to a new campaign.)

    I picked up both fairly cheap a while back, I'm yet to properly play the darkness but I have been enjoying Riddick (although I am finding it very repetitive and frustrating in places!).

  16. Posted

    I wish I'd been able to go seen Jurassic Park at the cinema back in the day. I was OBSESSED with dinosaurs as a child/teen but I had to make do with the book (which looking back is a good thing!).

    In fact I had to buy the books of every film I wanted to see as my parents wouldn't take me to the cinema, I remember getting the 'novelization' of Home Alone 2 for my birthday rather than cinema tickets!

    I've gone a bit mad on TV series since using the Netflix DNS trick.

    Me and the wife have become engrossed in Friday Night Lights despite having no interest in American Football (it's even making me feel like picking up a Madden game), along with Louie (I love Louis C K) and The League (Watched it purely for Paul Scheer and it turns out it;s actually great!).

  17. Posted

    At this point, i'm just going to assume you've played BioShock and the Deus Ex games. (And if those are ace, look into their precursor franchises, Thief and System Shock.)

    Yep! Finished all those buggers! I have particularly fond memories of belting through the latter two on our old P133 machine! (not so fond memories of having to create the boot disks though!)

    If you like the Fear games, you should check out the Condemned games if you haven't already. They're first-person brawlers as opposed to shooters, but are awesome. (The first game is better, the second kinda loses the plot, but still has some real standout moments.)

    ^ In fact, most of Monolith's backlog could be considered awesome and in the vein of what you're looking for. (No One Lives Forever, Tron 2.0, etc.)

    I keep meaning to pick up the condemned games, I played through a fair chunk of the first on my house mates old xbox but I moved out before finishing it.

    I'm a fairly large fan of Monolith's games, I think it was Shogo (I must try and get that working again) that got me started.

    Timeshift? Super janky game, but i always really loved it.

    My brother recently finished this (has very similar tastes to me) and has said pretty much the same things as yourself so I might pick this up (I've seen it for £2-3 used recently).

    Wolfenstein (2009)? Another Raven Software game very much like Singularity that Activision just unceremoniously dumped into the market with no fanfare.

    Metro 2033? Super atmospheric, super hardcore, very much worth playing. (And if you dig it, it's time to go even further down that rabbit hole and play the Stalker games.)

    I think I let critics get in the way of Wolfenstein, it got panned didn't it? I've learnt over the last few years though that I seem to have opposite taste to most critics so I'll give that a shot too!

    I simply adored Metro 2033, again it was the atmosphere that did it for me, guess it can't hurt to play through that again!

    I picked up Stalker (Shadow of Chernobyl & Call of Pripyat) off of Steam a couple of years back but have unfortunately neglected them as I've spent very little time at my pc recently, I need to rectify this and dig in as I hear they'd be perfectly suited to me.

    It sounds like we a appreciate a lot of the same things in shooters, i'm not going to feel good until i can leave one good solid recommendation. Heh. :mock:

    I couldn't agree more, you can rest easy knowing I'm going to give Timeshift & Wolfenstein a stab!

  19. Posted

    Have you played the Fear games? (Specifically, the games Monolith developed, so the first and second games. Fear 2 is good on all platforms, the first game is ideally played on the PC.)

    Or, instead staying with Remedy, the Max Payne games.

    Yep! Finished all 3 Fear games too!

    I finished Max Payne back in the day but I never finished the second one, might have to pick it up as an xbox original or from Steam.

  20. Posted

    You'll probably really like Singularity, that game has a very distinct Half-Life vibe, kind of Half-Life x BioShock. Really cool game, sadly overlooked by most people.

    What specifically about Half-Life do you find appealing? (To help narrow down some suggestions.)

    Though right now, I'm just going to go ahead and say that you'd probably also really like Alan Wake. It's currently 360 only, but coming to the PC soon.

    It sounds like really lame reasoning but I think it's EVERYTHING I enjoy about the Half Life games. I guess the main thing that gets me is the atmosphere it creates, that and it's narrative without the need for cutscenes. Oh and the puzzles.

    Good call on Alan Wake, I managed to finish it last year (although I'm thinking of picking it up again seeing as you can get it for £5 now, plus I'd like to play through the DLC) and thoroughly enjoyed it.

  21. Posted

    I need to sit down (or stand!) and give this game some attention then!

    I only got it as it was free with the Kinect and had a code for Fruit Ninja included with it.

    I've enjoyed all other Twisted Pixel games so I'll give it a go.

  22. Posted

    Blew the dust off of the PS3 and played through Resistance 3 over the last couple of weeks.

    Favourite game of 2011? I think so!

    There's something about it that just screams Half Life to me and given that the Half Life series is one of my favourite series of all time, it felt right at home to me.

    Any other recommendations for recent games similar to Half Life? I heard Singularity was pretty nifty so I picked that up cheap.

  23. Posted

    I finally took the plunge and bought a 3DS at Christmas.

    Picked up Ocarina of Time & Pilot Wings with the device and have since picked up Pushmo, Mighty Switch Force & Links' Awakening from the eshop. I initially enjoyed Mighty Switch Force until I realised it was created with speed runs solely in mind.

    It also reminded me that I don't find Ocarina of Time as boring as I thought I did, however I did forget what a pair of bastards those 2 skeletons are in the forest temple, I've had to take a break otherwise I'll go completely bald.

    2012 is going to be a cracking year for the device, just wished I could get those ambassador games somehow, I'd kill for a copy of Minish Cap and Metroid.

  24. Posted · Edited by oubliette
    Addition!

    Off, you're right. Not as bad as London 2012 (Lisa Simpson fellating a dwarf).

    Good god, I wish it was possible to unsee this. I guess it's a good job I have no inclination to watch the damn thing!

    Oh and as for the Revelations demo, I really enjoyed it despite a spot of minor RSI trying to use the shoulder buttons at the same time as supporting the weight of the 3DS.

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    I actually made it to the Saturday part!

    I was kind of hoping that they'd literally turned the Market Place into Hyrule as opposed to it being a tent with a load of screens displaying old zelda games on, but it was still interesting to see!

    For some unknown reason, most of the day was spent queuing for the Battlefield 3 event thing, despite the fact that I'm not a fan of the series.

    At least I got to have a pint in a pub built into the side of a cave/castle though!