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Stacking A relatively short game, I found the Zeppelin section to be stupid short and simple to solve. Most of the playtime is in getting extra solutions to the problems. But it's fun and quirky, worth whatever few quid I spent on it.

There's a "auto-saved content" option on the bottom of the post you're writing btw for quickly recovering from accidents.

It is not a screen. It's a touch pad, like on a laptop, Ouya, Magicmouse etc.

http://gamasutra.com/view/news/186741/At_57K_sold_Wii_Us_January_performance_is_historically_abysmal.php#.UR6pf50j-15 So apparently the Wii U is doing kinda like really bad sales wise.

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There's a 3.5mm jack on the bottom too. Woot! (or at least I'm hoping it's a standard 3.5mm, and knowing Sony it will be, and not a weird 2.5mm thing)

Wait you figured the pad in the middle, that's like an inch big, was going to be a screen like the Wii U? The Wii U gamepad is like 6", 1" is piddly size for a controller. What the touchpad does tell us is that PS Vita however is likely to fill in as a possible second controller like it can do for PS3 (since you'll have a touchpad on both).

http://www.indiegala.com/?Colossus Pretty good pack for strategy enthusiasts. Though 1/5 games in the "pay what you want" part aren't games but tech demos, meaning that to make it worthwhile you will be wanting to pay above the average. http://groupees.com/bma And there's this, not quite sure on most game. I guess Two Worlds is the main attraction. I think I know someone who worked on Party of Sin.

It seems slightly wider, but other than mostly the same except for the change in thumbstick design which is, as mentioned already, usually the main complaint. Maybe start and select is underneath? Also I guess one question is that grill a mic or a speaker. It's an obvious advancement given Vita, while not being as drastic a change as the Wii U. Though I've a feeling it may end up like Sixaxis tech. But given the prevalence of touchscreen devices and it also being the same style as Ouya controller, it might get a bit more use in the whole ease of porting thing. You could play Temple Run much easier on that controller than a play DS3. edit: Actually zooming in a little bit, the select at least is quite visible (though unlabeled making me think this is a tad more prototypey-devkitey than consumer version will be), I'd assume a Start is in same place but shitty quality image makes it hard to make out the detail. edit2: Well yeah the cable out back would imply prototype dean you silly fool.

The housemate got creative. Was going to do a red mage, but disliked the proportions of the chibi-style art.

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No. It's via housemate.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/id387428400?affId=1377147 Infinity Blade - Free

I'd guess it counts as streaming. I'd assume that rule is there to take out stuff like netflix, youtube, spotify, pandora, steam etc that'd encroach on other rules. Porn would be something on the TV I guess. Pictures would be fine I'd assume.

It's a bit of everything going over the updated lists. Doesn't seem to be a rhyme or reason to it. Valve tend to be pretty quite when it comes to random press releases, but this is something that could maybe be done with at least going "yeah we got rid of some staff" even if they don't explain the thinking behind it. They have stated before they've a regular churn with new staff due to the "flat workplace" stuff not working out for them, but there's been nothing like this with long-term staff and in a relatively large quantity. edit: Well what ya know. Issued a press statement of sorts, even acknowledging they normally don't: http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/13/valve-gabe-newell-layoffs-statement/

I'm still mulling it over. Internet uses more than half and that's a lot of other stuff gone.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/225260/ Brutal Legend is 25% off.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/186592/Several_out_of_work_as_Valve_makes_large_decisions_about_its_future.php#.URvg7J3wETQ Word is they've laid off 25 staff in a semi-major reshuffling/rethink of company direction.

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/13/tribes-ascend-goty-edition-takes-off-feb-15-includes-all-unlo/ You can get a GOTY edition which unlocks everything for $30. Seems a neat idea for F2P games to do that.

http://imgur.com/a/AmPHu Bit of a mix of wallpapers, media, and screenshots.

I like Monsters Inc, but this isn't really doing it for me.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21335872 So for those not in the UK (but it seems you've heard) there's a huge scandal that some supermarket foods have contained horsemeat. Like not just random traces but between 20-100% horsemeat. Now the issue isn't that it's horsemeat itself, there's nothing illegal about eating horse we just don't make a habit of it, and we've several specialist abattoirs for horse too that exports to france and italy n other equine loving countries. The problem is that the packaging says beef and clearly somewhere along the line it wasn't and clearly suppliers and purchasers weren't properly testing the food they were buying/making. I guess on one side it at least gets folks chatting about what goes into food, potentially a few here n there going for locally sourced meat, and also opens up the discussion on horse as a beef alternative(when properly labeled). The only major downside is if it wasn't for the Pope resigning and the LA manhunt they'd be banging on about the "horsemeat scandal" for fucking weeks on end and there's only so much to talk about in the whole "there's horsemeat in your beef burgers".

Yeah I know of the raid, just it's at an abattoir/slaughterhouse. "Plant" over here would be either the flowering thing or stuff like JCB diggers. Hence me questioning your use of the word. Also horsemeat scandal is maybe more of a UK Politics Thread kind of thing.