TheFlyingGerbil

PoTC is a franchise I have never been able to get into. I guess that won't be changing with the new one. Give me cutthroat island any day.

HH, I actually agree with you. I have to be in a certain mood to listen to her. That's why I usually only listen to her in the car. Mr W, I actually find that if I dislike an album on the first listen-through I often end up having a stronger attachment to it than one that 'hits me instantly'.

Revenue not gained =/= revenue "lost". It's a problem I'm seeing with publishers. People whine a lot about entitlement issues with gamers, yet I'm starting to see some blatant signs of entitlement issues with publishers as. They love to think anyone who plays their game automatically owes them money, which isn't at all the case in this or any industry. Used game sales, borrowing/lending games, trading, etc., is neither illegal nor morally reprehensible, and I highly doubt it's nearly as much of a problem as publishers like to make it out to be. No one is saying it is wrong, but it is still perfectly reasonable for a company to want to maximise profits, an easy way to do that is to encourage a person who would buy it second hand to buy it new instead eg with the play pass or in-box dlc coupons. What is wrong with wanting to sell as many of your product as possible. Anyway, there are differences to this business than other ones, as there are ongoing costs eg hosting servers, patches (yes I know they should be released faulty in the first place, but they are) and some provision of free dlc etc. once a book is printed that's it cost wise to the publisher. For cars the manufacturers can continue generating income from second users from manufacturer dealership servicing and selling parts etc. Yes, before you say I know this isn't exhaustive but it's late and I can't be bothered thinking it through any more, but hopefully you get my gist.

I was listening to this in the car, watched the performance on Later... when it first aired, but forgot she has the WEIRDEST DRESS EVER.

yeah, I think I will. I don't know why but I never think to get demos.

I think he means problem from a lost revenue point of view, and it is a lot of lost revenue.

ZOMG

yikes, thanks. I was actually thinking of getting this when they reduced it on the marketplace one of the few times my indecisiveness has paid off.

hmmm... would either of you elaborate, please.

I'm not buying their latest one as it's still £8 and I'm a cheapskate.

that actually seems better than a sliding door, but maybe a bit complicated especially if there is an alectrical problem you are pretty stuffed.

I only like a few bits of raw onion before it starts burning my mouth and ruining the taste of other stuff. Also, "Not had one for years and since I may soon be gone thought I'd have one for a final time." sounds like you're dying! I'm guessing you're referring to finishing uni...

decent amount of onion? That is a LOT of raw onion!

got to be kellogs. I just had chips, cheese and gravy.nom nom nom

problem is that's not much better. I had rather a lot of money in Icesave. Literally it was fine, I went on holiday, and when I got back all their (read: my) assets were frozen and I couldn't access my money.

Do you know that it is per account, and not per console? Either way I don't think I'd push my luck and try using my US account but I do have a spare UK one...

well, you just missed it on tv this week! I may have to try the Virgin Suicides again. Maybe I'll get the book first, but usually having read the book just makes me like a film less not more

It sounds more like some kind of internet based reward program. I certainly wouldn't want any value tied up in it when it crashes and burns.

I've been meaning to pop this one in for a while, mysteriously, I am spurred in to action. people who compare business/gaming practices to ass rape. Surprisingly, I would rather buy CoD 7 than be raped via any orifice.

I hate daily deals. By the time I read about them they are always finished

Well, Fable III finally arrived 9 weeks after I qualified for it. By letting my Gold lapse I got it for 20% off (£32 instead of £40) and got a free copy of Fable III. Pretty cool except when I took the offer I could trade Fable III for £25 now it's only worth £5 :/ Still, I actually want to play it so it's still cool, and free! It's the proper retail boxed version as well, so fine to trade in. Anyway, what's up with MS taking so long to fulfil their offers. I'm still waiting for my halo avatar thing I qualified for and that was all done in the marketplace so I don't see why that couldn't be instantaneous. edit: I forgot I got this too - only £7 new at ASDA. Bargain!

I need to find my PSP and try and work out which of my mountain of adaptors it goes with quite excited about LBP PSP.

I remember being slightly disappointed by The Virgin Suicides, I think because of all the fuss surrounding it and when I saw it, it was just an average film to me, maybe a bit slow. Just watched An Education and really enjoyed it. I thought the acting was great by all the actors and it kept up its pace which can be a problem for that sort of film.