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I've got plenty of space for some warns... mwuhahahaha!

Or you can do neither and let Dean do all the work.

I lurk the forums waiting for an excuse.

I have indeed. A few months ago. Huge maps. Huuuuuuuge. It's gonna be awesome.

Does anybody have a game that's like EVE but not as incredibly overwhelming? Something, shall I say, more casual? I've never played a game like that before but after looking a while it looks like there are several games of its kind. I'm wondering if there's a free one that doesn't require you quit your job to play it. You should try Battlestar Galactica Online out. As mentioned previously, it's like EVE, but without the inter-player economy. Skills level up over time, you can mine for resources or fight the opposing faction. It's not "like EVE" really, but it's a spacey MMO, so it may help if you're after some "dipping your toes" action.

So... Vic Mackie is a detective iirc. I'm gonna say him or Columbo is my favourite detective, but they are too different to choose one over the other.

I've got a hell of a lot of time for Columbo.

I take it you enjoyed Snake Eater? Sounds like he wants a Trauma Centre mini-game in his BF3. While it might be "cool" to patch up your team mates once or twice, they're going to be constantly shot at, which means you'll spend more time dragging and patching up than you would actually playing the game proper. Either that or you would only do the Trauma Centre stuff at scripted points which would make the game feel "staged" and "linear" and all that jazz. The single player is going to feel CoDish. No getting away from that really. There will be way-points, you will have to do everything, occasionally you'll possess the pilot of some vehicles (though you'll probably get to actually use the vehicle yourself, rather than doing a rail shooter thing) and it will all be very "Cinematic". This game is being built around the Multiplayer experience, which, when I saw it a few months back, was already incredible.

I think the UK tends not to do midnight launches so much is that games have normally been out a week or so (or at least a weekend) before they get here.

We split up.

No it does not, stop making things up. It's the same as saying video games are aimed at children. It kind of does though. Say cartoon to any regular joe and they'll probably think "Children's show" before they think "Oh! Like Archer and South Park!". If you say "South Park" or "Family Guy" to the same Joe, they will probably think "cartoon" as opposed to "Western animation series". Put another way... Just because when you say "Metal" to me I think of "80's hair metal" first it doesn't make Rammstein any less metal. Cartoon, Animation and Anime are all analogous to the layperson though as a Japanese translation "Anime" may imply origin (depending on who says it). Some enthusiasts may find the alleged misuse offensive, but most people don't mean anything disparaging by it.

The internet. You should believe everything you read there. Except this.

You could link your main Steam account (SA) to your main PSN (PA). Then create a new PSN (PB), link it to another Steam account (SB) and redeem the free copy code then PA can play against SB. I don't have any codes (only got a promo copy at the mo) and my PSN and Steam account are linked up. Also, not sure if you need to be logged into Steam on PSN to play online (fairly sure you don't) so maybe you could not log in on PSN and play with the Steam account that way... though... to see the Steam friend you would need to be connected... Sneaky Valve. If (haha! "If") anyone gets hold of a copy on Steam when it releases, we can have a mess about with this.

Like I said, two mirrors, 45 degree angle = one very dead laser. ---->----\ ----<----/

Do you spend that much time on boats?

It's just not the same without a red beam of light lopping off limbs and such. Lasers have let me down.

This ones been doing the rounds with my lot lately. Cracks me up.

Ah, that's fair enough then. If it's ~$40 of content plus a video feed, then have at it. Not that anyone needs my blessing. Cheers for the info.

You having a laugh? $40 to watch a jumped up infommercial online?

Why am I not allowed to see it? (I clicked it anyway) Ohhh "Acquired". Gotcha!

I shall give you a blow by blow account of coop tonight via steam chat from my PS3. Welcome to the woooorrrrrrrld of tomorrowwwwwwwww!

Portal 2- Exceeds the original in pretty much every way imaginable. Get it.

And his tea will get cold. Mwuhahahaha!

So advice for people who ask for several thousand dollars make sure you're going to keep your end of the bargain. Also don't Or go on holiday to south america permanently. Unless the only people you have upset are a bunch of whiny Linux fanboys, I mean, this isn't the ndrangheta we're talking about.

I agree that to people who are part of that culture the different words mean different things. Like "jus" and "coulis" to a lay person are just "sauces" while to a chef or foody there is a world of difference. There's no point raging at people (which I acknowledge you don't) who say "are you reading a comic/watching a cartoon?" You can either take a breath and explain the differences (subjective though they may be) or say "yup" shrug your shoulders and carry on.