Thursday Next

Anyone from the UK playing this online? Not sure if it's worth me picking up.

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And I replied to him once saying how it's a bit of a waste of screenlines doing that each time since it was a comment section not a forum, so no need for a sig. And that unless he was writing a super long essay in the comment section and excepted us to forget his name by the end of it, there wasn't much reason to add it on. The reply chain between us went on for a bit but it's now So if you ever see that on kotaku, that's cos of me I pulled him up on the same thing. I'm pretty sure he just signs off "Peace" now. Because "I don't want people to think I'm being personal." Which could, of course be remedied by not being personal, but, ho hum. Signing off like that on anything where your name is displayed, comments, facebook, etc. I find quite annoying. It's excuseable on text cos you never know if someone has lost their numbers or what have you, so feasible they may not know who you are by just your number. I hate people who have studied debating or public speaking in some way and then believe themselves to be silver-tongued (silver-fingered?) wordsmiths. For example, people who quote "ad hominem" or "Godwin's Law" and then act like they "won" the argument. "You mentioned Nazi's so by Godwin's Law you lose." No. Wrong. Also... I can't stand the internet trend for having to have a "winner" and "loser" in a debate. So much boils down to opinion especially when discussing which game is better, if the PSP was a success or failure, whether piracy is wrong, etc. All you can really do is state your opinion and the reasons why you believe the opinion to be correct, you can't expect to change the mind of every person on a forum and changing even one person's mind is challenging. Conditions for "winning" should be that the other person knows what your position is and understands why you hold that position, and vice versa, you should know and understand their position. It should not be converting the non-believer to your way of thinking at all costs. One of my biggest (sort of) internet pet peeves is the general sense of entitlement that gamers on the internet have. The number of people who will wail and scream and beat at their chests and tear out their hair and gnash their teeth when the PSN store lowers the price of a game they bought last week is staggering. I wonder, do these same people who bought things from brick and mortar stores in December go in to shops during the January sales to complain? Also, I find the concept that "DLC made at the same time as the game it was made for should be free" odd. Why should it be free? Lord of the Rings was shot at the same time, and people didn't say "Oh my god! I can't believe New Line are holding back the second and third episode so they can nickel and dime us later!" They understood that it made sense to make all three movies at once, while everyone was in the same place at the same time, rather than doing them 3 - 6 years apart. It's the same with game development. If you have a guy working on character design, have him design the DLC characters while he's at it. If you are coding maps, then get them all coded at once. Do your QAing with the finished product plus DLC so you can fix any problems nice and early and then ship it according to your business model. *There now follows a brief analogy* When I stay at a hotel, there is invariably a mini bar. I know there will be a minibar and I know it will have some things in it that I want. I also know that although the mini bar is already in my room, along with the bed and everything else, I will have to pay extra for the mini bar. This is fine. I know the rules. I know that they fill the mini bar in advance so that if I want any of the extras they don't have to deliver them after they've spent ages getting the room ready for me and I don't have to go downstairs to get them. When I buy a video game, there is invariably DLC. I know there will be DLC and I know it will have some things in it that I want. I also know that although the DLC is already on the disc, along with the base single and multiplayer content, I will have to pay extra for the DLC. This is fine. I know the rules. I know that they include the DLC on the disc so that if I want the extras they don't have to code them after they've spent ages getting the game ready for me and I don't have to wait to download them.

Ok ok, I'll join in. What platform? I'm currently in Sweden playing another FPS...get back to the UK tomorrow afternoon and will be picking the game up on Monday.

Oh, right. I've seen that now. I don't think that was Kotaku's idea. She seems to like doing that sort of thing. Example: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/top-5-with-lisa-foiles Ugh, these videogame-chick videos are all the same. Stand to the left, hands on hips, turn body 30 degrees to the right, big smile, and read script. I may be a lonely gaming nerd, but when people try this crap with me it just annoys the hell out of me. It takes more than a soft voice, friendly smile and cute ass to get me to click on your site. *click*

Disagree. In my opinion, it's "not bad for a Will Smith vehicle / 2hour exercise in product placement", but that's about all I'd give it. The best I can say about this film is that it is inoffensive. I think that I am Legend is a far better old sci-fi story -> Will Smith film conversion, however, I really didn't like what they did with the story. Not saying Dean is wrong, just that I disagree with his opinion. How is it that Hollywood always misses the point of these stories?

Saw True Grit (Jeff Bridges) last night. Great film, great performances. Funny, heart-warming and tear jerking. Classic Coens, one of their best imho.

Mirror's Edge is cancelled... or is it... http://www.computerandvideogames.com/289531/news/mirrors-edge-still-an-important-franchise-ea/ Was keeping quiet on this until something semi official came up. DICE won't let ME die. Everyone connected with the franchise, from the developers to the marketing teams were completely in love with the title. It'll get a sequel, eventually, for now DICE are laser focussed (along with most of the rest of EA) on making BF3 the most awesome FPS ever and from what little I've seen of the new engine... wow.

I do love how he just clams up the second he gets proved wrong. Why not just say "Oh yes, I see your point, however I respectfully disagree with you as I still believe the majority of what my source has said was not exaggerated."

Muse (especially live) > Your favourite band.

You're a fangirl. I was stoked for it, but it's way too expensive, the announced titles don't really excite me (I've already played LoZ:OoT) and the NGP looks like a much bigger step forward. The only downside is I love Phoenix Wright. I'm thoroughly annoyed that Wright v Layton is gonna be 3DS and not a DS swan song.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/2/11/ Not sure if that's been posted here yet, but it has now. Possibly twice..

Hehe. Just the first FarCry image that google threw my way... Don't get your hopes up. She lives 175 miles away and is definitely a lady girl.

She lives about 175 miles away. However, when we get together...

Investigative journalism! Aaaaaaaaahahahahahaha! They never investigate anything. The second they get a sniff of a story they post it under a "Rumour" TAG and then as other sites investigate it they post updates until it is confirmed, then they re-post it as a fact. I'm glad they redesigned it. I was too lazy to look for another site. I have now deleted all the bookmarks and cookies associated with it meaning that I will never again visit the site because it is too damned inconvenient. If they do ever print something worth reading and truly original I'm sure it'll get reposted somewhere good. Dean and others are right. I only went there because of the community. That's dwindled away now till there are no regular helpful interesting people. Occasional flashes of commenter brilliance are all that remains and I'm not going to trawl through a cumbersome site and lack lustre articles to find that when most of the people I actually listened to at Kotaku are members here.

I'd like to think that they made this statement because they saw some Frostbite 2 footage and realised that BF3 is going to burn the fucking world down! I've not owned a CoD since Modern Warfare and I'm mystified when I go round my mates and play it as to why people love the series so much, it feels so similar that I occasionally have to check which one I am playing. I think that the stylised shooters, Portal, Bulletstorm, Crysis 2, Mass Effect 3 (sort of). Will be a breath of fresh air. Then we can get back to real war with BF3.

That chart has me totally pumped for NGP. Go charts!

If Excel is allowed to link to the Daily Mail, I'm gonna link Fox! http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/08/bulletstorm-worst-game-kids/ "Carol Lieberman, a psychologist and book author, told FoxNews.com that sexual situations and acts in video games -- highlighted so well in Bulletstorm -- have led to real-world sexual violence." Apologies if this is elsewhere. I've been out of the loop recently.

For weapons, once you have done 2-2 (I think). The fire demon fella. Flamelurker? You can give his soul to the blacksmith in 2. This will allow you to forge weapons from the boss demon's souls. Now. Take the soul from the Phalanx boss. Like right now. And get it forged into a Scraping spear. If you ever get invaded, brandish the Scraping spear and look as mean as possible.

New design is arse. It was the final push I needed to stop visiting Kotaku altogether. I'm halfway tempted to tell them, but they won't care.

Chillingo publish Angry Birds on iOS. Rovio self publish Angry Birds on Android. EA bought Chillingo. In these situations there is a need to decide who gets what revenue and when from the PSN release. That's about all I can say on the matter. EDIT - P.S. Ham 'em high is on Android too. P.P.S. So is the "Valentines Edition" of seasons.

Oooh! Yeah! Megaphone!

Yante wins the thread.

ibid.

I find the swearing in the game purile and unnecessary, but then I thought the same about Duke Nukem. Didn't stop me enjoying the over the top action and what not. On the subject of dialogue I can't wait for the soundboard prank using Bulletstorm dialogue. Oh, btw. Ridiculously foul language within...