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the setting was to change from controlling his relative direction to his absolute direction. I couldn't tell you why they chose the rubbish version as default. Maybe not everyone keeps there finger on the pad the whole time? Thing is particularly in that game it was all static screens and would only take you a second or two get cross each and you frequently had to run clear across the village so in your mind you are thinking, "I'm headed due West", but you're pressing up, down and right as much as left when you really just want to keep your finger on left until you get where you're going.

If you have that many emails, what the heck are they? If they're work related don't you get caught out for not even having read them never mind replying if something was important. Surely you at least have to read the "from" and "subject" to decide if it's ignorable or not and if you've done that it's barely any extra work to delete stuff that's not. I can't imagine friends and family sending that many. Maybe that's just me Apart from that Isn't there only really newsletters and retailer offer emails and you could just unsubscribe from those as you obviously not taking advantage of the offers and the news will be well out of date.

I don't get it? Plus combined with your recent post in internet pet peeves I can't even tell if you're joking or not...

When the direction you leave one area of a game is the same direction that heads you straight back out of the new area and into the old one again. So many loading screens! For example, I'm playing Ni No Kuni at the moment and you run out of Ding Dong Dell by pressing up but that dumps you out onto the world map under the city so I always run straight back in. The Worst game I remember for it recently was Attack of the Friday Monsters, that even had a setting in the menu to stop you doing it but I didn't notice it until halfway through the game. Super annoying.

I know this isn't exactly the same but I think frozen would have been much better as a 2D traditional animation. The dresses moved so jankily that it distracted me from what was actually happening and while I think the snowman came out ok the moose lost a lot of his charm that I know he'd have had in 2D.

surely that's less about the grammar and more about "laughing" at an inappropriate time. edit: maybe if that is something particular you've seen, it was meant in the old fashioned sense of 'lots if love'

It's 3'37". That's not a commercial, that's a film with product placement.

Dean, I think the link you meant to post was this:

sugar free means sweeteners, which are much worse for you than sugar. Best to have the real, natural product, just in moderation. I've never seen sugar free desserts at a restaurant, only things I've seen marked as a healthy option at a restaurant are starters and mains - I guess they expect to have some restraint and skip the dessert if you are watching your weight/diabetic. I guess that's not the American way, though? Not much in supermarkets either, only things like yoghurt and drinks but it's a bit of a push to call a yoghurt a dessert. Even then healthy yoghurts are usually marketed as low fat, not low sugar and in fact usually have a truck load of sugar in, which kind of annoys me because they're far from healthy.

Traditional income for Dukes would be from peasants farming their land and taxes from trade and merchants. Now along with lower peers (dukes are the highest) income will be from the fact they still own a lot of land and a historic house. rural land which they farm themselves, rent out some land for other people to farm. Moorland can be farmed and used for shoots - foreign business men pay big money to come over and act like a lord for the weekend. Any villages on their land they will own most of the buildings, so rent from houses and businesses. A lot of these families are barely holding on to their land. Debauched ancestors selling off land to pay for their lifestyles seems to be a common problem. Also, every time the owner dies and it passes to the heir they have to pay inheritance tax on the high capital value of the land and house, but do not have a high revenue to pay it. (Size of land left does not generate enough income) This has meant the land has been parceled off over the years exacerbating the problem. It costs tens of thousands of pounds to run a house and its upkeep and they are often in significant state of disrepair. This lead to the setting up of the National Trust at the end of the 19th century to take over ownership and upkeep of houses and land the aristocracy could no longer afford to run. The 1920s was pretty much the last hoorah for country estates and aristocracy living in their traditional manner. Family's that still own their estates now often rely more on money coming from the house itself not land, so paying to tour the house, tea rooms, gift shops, hiring parts of the house out for events (corporate retreats and wedding etc.). A lot of the problems are down to hereditary ownership, so people who were not necessarily best suited to running what is essentially a fairly large business are left holding centuries of history in their hands.

UK/Europe: Dukes used to rule the land they owned a bit like a monarch-lite. Grand duchies (such as Luxembourg) are their own sovereign state. There used to be a lot of these before they were unified into the modern european countries. UK only: Current Dukes (of which there are many) don't have any powers, they would be Duke of [place], but do not have a Duchy but often own ancestral land, which generates income from farming/shoots and tourism on their estate (paying to tour the house, tea rooms, gift shop etc.) and rent from property in villages on their land. There are two Duchies in the UK, being the Royal Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster. They have only ceremonial powers (much like our Monarchy) but it is more than a ceremonial title. The Duchy of Cornwall provides income for the heir to the throne. The Duchy of Lancaster provides most of the Privy Purse which is what the Monarch uses to pay for the other Royals official expenses. They also generate most of their money from land ownership. They are held in trust (so only revenue, not capital is accessible by the Royals). The Duchy of Lancaster is not part of the Crown so is privately inherited by the monarch and subject to tax. The Duchy of Cornwall is part of the Crown estate and as such is not subject to tax, an issue that has caused a certain amount of controversy in recent years.

There are WAY more than 300 people on those freaking Assassin Creed credits.

Sade... I watched it for the video, which you guys should too - but I actually quite like the song.

I don't remember a timer? Does it only give you so long before the fire dies out? Haven't played t in ages, since it came out on the wii u, in fact. I enjoyed the atmosphere though I remember being disappointed with the gameplay and story. Particularly for the price, though guess that's less of an issue now at least. Something to do with the neighbour annoyed me,though I cant remember what it was and obviously wouldn't spoil it for you anyway. may have to have a little google and annoy myself again.

It's fine to bring up old threads here and if you're going to necro a thread it makes sense to do it to talk about zombies! Personally I don't play anything that exciting. My favourite at the moment is Nemo Picross. It's a pretty addictive puzzle game.

While there's plenty of games I've put down and not got back to there are only a few I'm officially done with. The desire to finish Uncharted on Crushing (being the only thing standing between me and a platinum trophy) waned in comparison to the frustration I felt trying to complete it. The only problem here is it completely killed any desire to play the other two games, which pretty much everyone says are actually better.

The companion thread for Games You Beat. If you're done with a game before the credits roll post here. To get us started you can post games from the past you gave up on and why. Let the catharsis/shaming begin.

Amazon Local is giving away a free £2 voucher for the Amazon app store. Plenty of games you could get for £2, though you can spend it on any app. Not sure if any of you from outside the UK will be taken to an equivalent deal in your local currency, but it's worth a try.

I think I overstated it with the word "tied". It's more just what they're hooking it to, to make the update sound more enticing/like an event, I think Nintendo still feels the need to "sell" an update to their customers. I got the quote from the Nintendo UK website, which makes it sound like the update introduces the ability to download DLC and the first bit of DLC will be the Mercedes cars.

The Mercedes DLC is tied to an update that provides the following improvements:- Drivers will now have the option to display the course map on the TV screen during races Users will be able to check out statistics such as their total number of coins accumulated, win-loss record from online play, and their most frequently selected character overall Users will be able to change options of others’ Mario Kart TV downloaded highlight reels, such as changing the focus to a new character or event The order of the menu after each race will be changed to “Next Race”, followed by “Watch Highlight Reel” The game will remember the most recent customised kart settings that were selected, even if the Wii U system is powered down Improvements to stability of connection in online play to enhance the user experience Glad they're changing the order of "next race" and "show highlight" as I did click on the wrong one a few times and having the map on the race screen will be great. There's also a Mercedes Cup tournament between 27th August and 23rd September that you can only enter with one of the new cars. Anyone still playing this, will this get you to pick it back up (and enter the tournament)?

I'm playing Ni No Kuni at the moment. I've just left Castaway Cove which I believe is about a quarter of the way through. Really enjoying it so far. It's gorgeous to look at and the story and characters are all likeable so far. It;s ace to have a Welsh character too. Just hope the difficulty doesn't ramp up too dramatically. Not entirely sure I've figured the whole familiar thing out. i've been reading guides so i think i'vw got most of the best ones that are available for my charscters so far but not sure why you can keep 400 of them, what the heck are you meant to do with them all?

Seems like American English has changed a lot less than British English though. Nearly every time I check on differences AmE has kept the original meaning/pronunciation from when they left Britain and it's us that's evolved the meaning. Having said that I agree language does and should evolve. Doesn't mean every instance is agreeable.

it was definitely designed with the bigger battery in mind. there are two separate indents that the different batteries fit in perfectly. It's got the same back panel on and is completely flush with the new battery in. kind of annoying that they didn't just put it in in the first place. I wonder how much the bigger battery would have added to the cost for Nintendo? I'm guessing it wouldn't be the £25 it cost me.

I'm watching the first season now, I'm enjoying it quite a bit. Surprised it's still going to a third series. Must be a lot of naughty people in his Dad's book.