TheFlyingGerbil

I finally finished ghost trick. I enjoyed it a fair bit - the story moved along in a decent fashion, but then in the last chapter it just went completely mental. it wasn't so much the reveal of your identity, though I have to say I never saw it coming, just that they shoved 95% of the plot in to the last 5% of the game.

Status updates have disappeared for me too on the desktop site, so it's not just you/tapatalk.

I ordered a CD from Sainsbury's Entertainment (they're the online media site of a big supermarket chain in the UK) on 5 Dec. They sent me a few emails saying the order was delayed and with a couple of them they sent codes for £5 to apologise for the inconvenience in case it was a Christmas present. They ended up cancelling the order on the 20th and said they were posting me out a £20 gift card to use in store to replace the codes they'd emailed. Obviously they never charged me for the CD they cancelled, so if the codes work out I've made £30 from nothing, at the very minimum I've got the £20 I've already spent. Oh, and just to be clear it's the game, not the pad I just ordered.

Pretty sure it cost me £25 since I only got an email asking me not to use my voucher code - they don't seem to have actually invalidated it. Fingers crossed! If it goes through I have another code they sent me and asked me not to use. I've already spent the £20 physical voucher they sent me so I'm making out like a bandit just for them cancelling an order I made. Still, even without the code it's £30 and the game's £45 in most places, so it won't be the end of the world if it doesn't go through.

Apple's no longer the most valuable company in the world, despite record profits. I wonder if it will continue down hill? People are still buying obviously, but it does seem to have lost its lustre somewhat. .

I hate toothpicks in my burgers. If it's so tall it needs holding together it's not going to be easy to eat.

Anyone in the UK watching utopia? I'm just watching the second episode now, but am still not sure what to make of it.

yikes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVaoYIYHyk0

What gets me is they must have known for many years that the wii u would be coming out with the gamepad so I don't know why they couldn't have completed a lot of the development of these games and just had the tweaking/optimising for when the specs were finalised. Nintendo is supposed to be famous for the way its hardware and software work together so why weren't they developed in tandem? It just seems like the hardware department was locked in a room and when they were finished they dropped one on the software department's desk. Even the OS isn't optimised properly :/

There were some good announcements in the Nintendo Direct, it's just that none of the games look like they'll be making an appearance this year. Even then Windwaker remake isn't until Autumn. Some people are getting excited that it will add in the extra area/dungeon that was cut out of the original but I don't think that is very likely. Surely it was cut out as it wasn't fully developed, and I don't think they'd spend time doing that now. Maybe the refinements are to trim the collectathons they added to the end of the game to replace the chunk they took out. I don't think that either though - it's probably just changes like adding the menu to the gamepad, which is technically a refinement. The other stuff looks good, but it's hard to get excited about things that are so far away. and I'm kind of annoyed that they are recharging for wii games on the wii u, when they should be just adding them in to the wii u menu. Being able to play them on the gamepad is not a feature they should be charging again for it should be part of the standard emulation. It kind of takes the mickey a bit I think someone mentioned about this before: I'm downloading the Cave and Sega racing downloads and turned on the turn off after downloading option, and that option installs the games automatically, so it's weird that normal downloading doesn't.

I'd be happy with that. If they added in everybody votes channel I would be over the moon.

at work for tomorrows Nintendo Direct. Anyone have any clue what its about? Their last pokemon one was certainly a bolt out of the blue (at least to me) so I hope it's something good.

I think mine would be Max from Happy Endings. He's cute, cuddly and funny with the dial turned down from sitcom zany to a more real world level he would be perfect.

you could just nosh them off and save your butthole for that someone special/your pimp.

We don't want him.

Does anyone know what's replacing Merlin now it's finished? Doctor Who needs it's companion programme.

You can apparently make a tasty beer from sugar puffs. "The result is a light but full-flavoured bitter, with a clean hoppy tang and yes, I fancy I can taste the Sugar Puffs. A perfect breakfast beer."

The guards seemed quite slow to react.

I do like Nokia. They seem to try hard to innovate. I hope they manage to survive not too changed.

is all I'm saying.

I enjoyed it and will enjoy it again. I've never actually seen this but I want to and I don' think it's the sort of thing that's going to be on TV.