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New SPECIAL video: Charisma Also panel from E3: I like how they're promoting the game, but not really having much new footage. I guess it could mean it's wank, but tbh Bethesda are pretty damn consistent.

https://www.deusex.com/news/aypo-cancelled They've canned the "Augment Your Pre-order" thing and now if you pre-order you get everything. What's funny is they say they originally did this cos the regionally different pre-orders caused frustration.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34403005 Consumer Rights Act 2015 seems to be pretty big. Gives a statutory 30 day return window for faulty goods and services. This includes not only expected stuff like hoovers and white goods, but digital goods (big for us gamers), and things like catering and phone contracts. Going to be interesting to see how everyone complies. There's some examples on the CAB page: https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/how-citizens-advice-works/citizens-advice-consumer-work/the-consumer-rights-act-2015/ Covers digital goods, and F2P stuff too (though only games covered in the F2P example). And the law for any legal people wanting to take a look: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/15/contents/enacted

Yeah I'm using franchised where I should have used chain. I'd say M&S are closer to department stores I guess, just smaller and all over the place, and with a food bit tacked on. Which I'd guess the tacked on nature of the food is why they have the Simply Food stores. I think M&S are primarily clothing for their money iirc. I remember watching a documentary on them a while back where they'd bet on grey being the fashion and fucked right up. But then got in Twiggy n that lot and turned it around again. I mean, this isn't just any food... (Huh, apparently Newcastle is home to the smallest M&S in the world. I know where it should be but can't say I've ever seen it, so it must be tiny (or not M&S branded which might be likely as it's in a listed building, I'll have to have a look out). Edit: Huh. Edit 2: Oh yeah for Americans (and a fair few brits here actually I guess, I'm not sure how big the brand is now): This is Grainger Market, south of the Earl Grey Monument (big pillar with the inventor of tea on top). Grainger Market is home to original store of a small video game chain called Grainger Games, which might fire some synapses and folks go "why have I heard that" and it's cos they made video game news a few years back as being sponsors of the GMAs where they had booth babes, a midget, branded condoms and were doing coke in the bathroom.

A "general goods store" and "large grocery store" are largely one and the same over here, apart from M&S Simply Food (middle class shop) I don't think there's any large shops that do just food (and the large M&S Foods I've maybe only seen one or two off, most are not that huge). And yeah, it was a Walmart with bullet aisle, and even an entire McDonalds inside of it too.

So errm this seems like a English vs everyone that I'd not been aware of at all, but apparently most places don't have supermarkets selling booze. I not long ago picked up some sandwich making stuff, and a bottle of Echo Falls from the same shop and apparently in most of the world that's a bit off (I also bought a wine glass while there too cos for some reason we don't have any, last time we had wine we drank it from turkish tea cups) I thought it odd you guys had like a bullet aisle, but hey seems you guys think we're odd for a booze aisle. Oh another thing: How many varieties of stuff do you guys have on tap? Cos multiple ciders is seemingly considered weird and I know we have even more if you include bottles too. Normally over here at a larger pub (Say a 'spoons*) you'd have a few ales, a few lagers (normally the big brands there like carling, fosters, carslberg etc), and usually two spots with a bunch of say 3-4 local ales/ciders, alongside spirits on the back and fridges below...okay I googled and I can't find any images of american bars with taps in them. *I imagine franchised pubs aren't much of a thing? Wetherspoons (aka 'Spoons) is almost as ubiquitous as McDonalds/MaccieD's over here). I know back home a fair few pubs were Black Sheep pubs, though I think that's not quite a franchise, it's like a sponsored ale or something, there's a few Theakston ones around (I should really know this...okay looked it up it's called a Pub Tie, they're usually obligated to purchase and stock beers from certain breweries). Picture of a nice small Black Sheep pub: I guess you guys did ban alcohol at a constitutional level a while back which would probably explain the wide disconnect in drinks culture between the two nations. A lot of bar/pub scenes in American film and TV always seems to have a sort of artificial sheen on it, but given it's so prevalent throughout majority of films I'd guess that's kind of how they are. Given I was underage (even by UK count) when I went to America I've no personal first hand experience. Oh these musings come from reading: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3my4h7/non_brits_that_visited_the_uk_what_was_the_most/ (Where we apparently have a lot of crisp flavours which is odd considering you'll all recognise the logo of our main crisp company I'm gonna link: https://www.walkers.co.uk/ And for the brits that aren't aware here's the big American "chip" company)

https://soundcloud.com/eamirrorsedge/mirrors-edge-catalyst-solar-fields-soundtrack-sample Same guy as did soundtrack on last game is doing it for the new one, sample up on Soundcloud.

Sounds like you've got........DIARRHOEA!

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2015/09/29/everything-you-need-to-know-about-ps4-system-software-3-00-out-tomorrow/ Major Firmware update out. Adds Communities which is nifty and I'll look into. Also PNG screenshots which is a nice option.

Our web developer is from India and yesterday we had a lad ring up to enquire about a job as a web developer who has the exact same name apart from a minor vowel change (which I know means a fair bit cos I mispronounced web dev's name and had it pointed out it means a fair bit sorta like Windsor and Smith kind of difference). Was rather surreal for all involved (boss thinks it was an orchestrated prank. I'd say the odds are probably one a billion but...

I've just wrapped up on AC Unity, I guess I'll see what's on PS+ but I'm currently "between games" so up for some of this. Just poke me in some fashion and I can hop on.

I don't know, it's just what Royal Mail is calling the sets that come with a medal/coin. I've a feeling it probably has the set of stamps, with a cover, with the medal inset or something.

To get around paying their fine VW could just buy Fiat and then they would have most of the worlds money.

So I assume Ben Carson is pretty right wing?

https://shop.royalmail.com/issue-by-issue/star-wars/icat/starwars Been looking over this throughout the day trying to figure which I'd like to pick up. Plenty of good ones in the £15-£16 range. Figure one of the Medal Cover ones would be nice, stamps and a limited edition Royal Mint coin/medal. Not sure if they ship out to the US mind (I imagine customs automatically throw anything from royal mail or royal mint in the sea).

Weird, yours works but they're both the same link. Ah wait, I found it, there's a space on the end somehow. Super weird as a space in a URL is %20.

Dead link?

What they could do to get around this is buy out Fiat, and then they'd have nearly everyone's money and the fine wouldn't matter.

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Gravity It was on my list, and hey Martian this week. On second thoughts let's not go into space. I would have done a few Director's Cuts myself. edit: So It's an hour later and I'm still feeling the same effects of post-panic attack. This could be cos the film was way tenser than I'm used to or cos I cycled on my bike a fair bit and it says I burnt 500kcal which is probably more than I should have done in one go after been off it a week.

Gonna go watch that tomorrow me thinks. Finally watched Skyfall last night after having started and stopping a few times. The ending is kind of neat with the sort of siege prep n what not, but there's a lot of "people are really stupid" parts such as: Plugging the bad guys computer into your network Building the bad guys prison above London underground access. Not telling the civilians around you of a security threat. It would seem that this is maybe the first of the nu-Bonds to go back to the older ones a bit, introducing a male M in the old M office (Judi Dench has been great though), with Moneypenny back in and of course the classic DB5. Next film brings in Spectre, and while it was just random skull insignias throughout the "hacked video" n what not in Skyfall I'm well aware that it's sort of Spectres logo (especially given the same logo is plastered on the cover of my Empire). I quite liked this part: Quite glad I wasn't given a proper scottish welcome.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/sep/27/david-cameron-denies-lord-ashcroft-allegations-call-me-dave-dead-pig You know he could have stayed quiet on the whole thing and we'd likely have all forgotten by next week, apart from the once in a while chuckle. But actively disputing it just keeps it in the public eye for longer. Also an issue that that's the only thing he's disputing and not accusation of knowingly accepting multi-million pound donations from a non-dom.

http://i.imgur.com/7Q2eZes.gifv I remember this scene playing out differently. Vader: Jesus, how many pistols does this guy have? The black thing I believe is an updated version of the imperial shuttle. No class name that I know of.