Thursday Next

I got some knives. You've not experienced cooking properly until you've cut things with a bastard sharp knife. I want to cut things all the time now. Cut cut cut. I also got the Dark Knight trilogy, a kettle, some kitchen scales, and the usual choccy's and what not. Oh and a solar powered trickle-charger for my car, which is great because now I hardly ever use it the battery gets a bit low.

After being stuck with basic Alliance / Engi ship for ages I just unlocked Rock and Stealth ships in one play through. Still can't make past the Boss. Not even with a Glaive beam...

I'm so gods damned hooked on this game. I keep telling myself I'll have one more go and that's it, but then I have to have just one more go after that. I'd love to have this on my phone or Vita so I could play on the move.

You can add Portal 2 to PS3, especially given that it has that whole snazzy PS3/PC cross play stuff going on.

If they're doing the time thing again, and time is constantly flowing, then I hope there is a Majora's Mask / Groundhog Day element. I thought XIII-2 was great so I have high hopes for this.

Mr Goh got me FTL, Fly'n and The Walking Dead. Really bowled over by the generosity of this community. Hope you guys all have a fantastic xmas!

Oh god, don't start on embedding again!

Who the hell did the audio levels in that video? All I got was "With only 13 days left till the end of the world I OVERLY LOUD INSTRUMENTAL."

Apparently The War Z has been pulled from Steam. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-12-19-the-war-z-pulled-from-steam

If you read the link I lunk http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Rings_of_Power it explains that the Elves can tell when Sauron wields the One and removed their rings to avoid being controlled. Also, they were made independently so are less influenced or some other plot device like that.

Checking for references to "Ring" on my kindle (obvious big spoilers related to the book and general LotR / Hobbit lore:

Ummm. That's the joke?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p012q4yl So, turns out she was woken up during London Underground excavations.

Can do. Bookish:

I think Aftermath has some of the best maps I've ever played. I like the way they evolve over time as well, with people blowing open doors to allow new routes through to objectives. I like scavenger as it is as level a playing field as you could hope for. Everyone starts out with just a pistol, after that you need a little luck and a lot of skill. As you say, it's a nice switch up from Conquest / Rush.

I use it the same way I use "faffing". If someone is dawdling and it annoys me I will tell them to "stop poncing about." If they are not annoying me I will replace poncing with faffing. I never use it as a derisory term for homosexuals, though I suppose the etymological roots are there.

Book related:

Book spoiler:

I associate twee with quaint. It's pretty archaic, you wouldn't hear it used in conversation much.

That is appalling. Though not in the least bit shocking.

The bottom line is that this whole concept does not appeal to me and I don't think that there is enough information for me to understand who they are trying to appeal to. I'll follow it with interest, but only as a curio, not a potential purchase.

Yeah, I'd order tickets but book the event.

Sorry, £300, $400. In any event, I'm sure people here have said the Wii U is too expensive, and it is less than $500.