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Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 13:55 ]
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Shin wrote:
Chill and take yourself out from the forum a bit-this doesn't sound like a bad idea actually :)


Buh? Surely not?
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 13:56 ]
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Bobbyaro wrote:
davpaz wrote:
so, is Comical Gnomes gone for good then? He seemed to just disappear after the avatar 'incident'


avatar 'incident'? Or should I not ask?


I'm sure someone would pm you if you really wanted to know, or read the BNP thread in it's terrifying entirety.
Author:  Bobbyaro [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 13:59 ]
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Jeez, I ain't that fussed! Have you seen that thread?
Author:  Plissken [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 13:59 ]
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DBSnappa wrote:
Just spotted this on the Grauniad site! Blimey, they do recycling on the international space stationtoolbox floats away


Mate of mine posted this link with the title "Woman loses handbag while doing housework"
Author:  Shin [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 13:59 ]
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Carnage and people talking in circles and trying to out-do each other with the fancy talk basically.

Ooooh, yes please a biccy!
Author:  myp [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:01 ]
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MaliA wrote:
Can we have a definitive top 10 XBox "must haves" as a sticky please, as I'm getting hassled over xmas presents?


Here's mine, in no particular order:

CoD 4
GTA IV
Crackdown
Bully: Scholarship Edition
CoD 2
Halo 3
The Orange Box
Guitar Hero III
Forza 2
Top Spin 2

That's just retail games.
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:02 ]
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Shin wrote:
Ooooh, yes please a biccy!


Voices in your head doing snacks as well now? :P
Author:  The Rev Owen [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:07 ]
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Top Fifteen Xbox 360 Games (from bestest to worstest, very roughly) -

1. Hitman Blood Money
2. Crackdown
3. Grand Theft Auto IV
4. Earth Defence Force 2017
5. The Orange Box
6. Fallout 3
7. Oblivion
8. Sega Rally
9. Halo 3
10. Test Drive Unlimited
11. Far Cry 2
12. Viva Pinata
13. Call of Duty 4
14. Civilization Revolution
15. Rock Band

EDIT: Fuck, also Bioshock, which needs to be number ten, or something.
Author:  Shin [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:13 ]
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davpaz wrote:
Shin wrote:
Ooooh, yes please a biccy!


Voices in your head doing snacks as well now? :P


Sorry! I was typing on MSN aswell :s bloomin' 'eck
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:18 ]
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Oh yeah Crackdown. Get Crackdown.

And I missed Halo 3. Get Halo 3 too.
Author:  Rodafowa [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:24 ]
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Top 10 FunSquare+++ Games:

Crackdown
Test Drive Unlimited
Dead Rising
Ace Combat 6
Rock Band
FIFA 09
Guitar Hero II
Oblivion
GTA IV
Virtua Tennis 3
Author:  Dudley [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:27 ]
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Well I'm not sure I can list an order but here's 10 you must plan. This is not the 10 "best" as such, this is me. Moto GP really requires at least some fandom for instance.

Bioshock - FPS, here for atmosphere, game mechanic slightly flawed but generally beautiful and engaging.
Civilisation Revolution - Turn based strategy with a very well thought out style, probably the best single game in the series. Slightly simpler than later PC incarnations.
Earth Defence Force 2017 - Lunacy. Serious Sam meets Doom back when you had more than 1 (hundred) enemies of screen. Rough as all fuck but absolutely glorious, especially in co-op.
Fifa 09 - Fifa comes of age again, not going to convert non-football fans but PES players need to try this. Be a Pro mode is, as Myop says "RPG but football".
Flatout - Ultimate Carnage - Like a Burnout (pre-paradise) but with more racing and less "TAKEDOWN!". Excellent deformable courses and career mode.
Forza 2 - The daddy of near sim racing games. Kicks any GT you care to name into the ground then stomps on its face for several hours. Not perfect, small fields and some poorly thought out game mechanics and fictional tracks don't help.
Moto GP 08 - Finally THQ are ordered to stop fucking up MotoGP. The 125 and 250 classes are back, there's a career mode that works, physics that are usable but challenging and AI that's (largely) fair. 35 bike fields in the 125cc class are heart stopping.
Race Driver : Grid - Flawed but there's little this varied in a career mode anywhere. A very wide racing game let down by some slightly bizarre physics.
Test Drive Unlimited - Everytime you play it you'll find a new flaw but who cares. The most open, engaging and at times downright beautiful driving game ever. If the concept of driving round 1000 miles of real Hawaiian roads, entering races, buying cars from real dealers, houses to keep them in from real estate agents and just generally being freer than in any game ever even slightly appeals, grab it. Defines "open world" in racing games.
Tomb Raider Legend - A massive return to form for the series with decent controls, decent variety and a story and characters that don't make you rip your face off or leave you alone in the level for hours like in previous games.
Author:  The Rev Owen [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:39 ]
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Everybody loves Crackdown!
Author:  DBSnappa [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:41 ]
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Yay, my 14 year old daughter just passed with merit her Grade 5 violin. Me = proud dad (with no musical ability to speak of)
Author:  Kern [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:42 ]
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DBSnappa wrote:
Yay, my 14 year old daughter just passed with merit her Grade 5 violin.


Excellent stuff.

(I never even made Grade 1 on the pianoforte so am horribly jealous of anyone with any musical talent)
Author:  markg [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:42 ]
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The Rev Owen wrote:
Everybody loves Crackdown!

Apart from Dudley apparently, this voids his opinions on anything.
Author:  Kern [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:43 ]
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The Rev Owen wrote:
Everybody loves Crackdown!


For some reason I read that and thought of the late Richard Whiteley. ?:|
Author:  myp [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:44 ]
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I can't believe I forgot Fifa. Take CoD2 out as it's similar to 4.
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:46 ]
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I played the crackdown demo and found it very tedious and annoying. Just like the full orchestra tuning up in the next room. Sounds like Jazz Club ("Nice!") in here.
Author:  The Rev Owen [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:46 ]
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My mum's on the train to Wales because my grandpa is dying. He may have a couple of days, he may have three weeks. But he's going, and it sounds like he'd rather it was sooner than later and this point, when he can think clearly at all.

And... oh, fuck it, there's lots of ands.

Anyway, things are tough right now in all sorts of ways, so apologies if I'm not my usual jolly, good-natured self for the next few weeks. Or months. Or years.

I shall go get some chocolate, I think.

Although I think I'd prefer a new puppy.
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:47 ]
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Get the fuck out.
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:48 ]
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chocolate puppy then.

Chin up Rev, we're here for you, vent if you need to!
Author:  The Rev Owen [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:48 ]
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Yes! A chocolate puppy!

I think I'd go for the eyes first.
Author:  DBSnappa [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:49 ]
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Kern wrote:
DBSnappa wrote:
Yay, my 14 year old daughter just passed with merit her Grade 5 violin.


Excellent stuff.

(I never even made Grade 1 on the pianoforte so am horribly jealous of anyone with any musical talent)

Fanks. Yes, I have no perception of pitch but would love to be more musical - I think this ability skipped a generation in me as both my parents were quite good musos. However, I can paint, so I make do with that!
Author:  myp [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:49 ]
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davpaz wrote:
I played the crackdown demo and found it very tedious and annoying. Just like the full orchestra tuning up in the next room. Sounds like Jazz Club ("Nice!") in here.


Crackdown is fucking brilliant. Easily in my top fifteen games EVAR.
Author:  DBSnappa [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:50 ]
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davpaz wrote:
I played the crackdown demo and found it very tedious and annoying. Just like the full orchestra tuning up in the next room. Sounds like Jazz Club ("Nice!") in here.

Ah, now see, the demo REALLY doesn't do the game justice.
Author:  The Rev Owen [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:51 ]
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I got thrown out of my recorder lessons at school.

And thrown out of the choir, despite it being a time that they were begging people to join.

I also got thrown off my cycling proficiency course, but that's another matter.
Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:52 ]
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The Rev Owen wrote:
Yes! A chocolate puppy! I think I'd go for the eyes first.
Do what I do with jelly babies -- start with the skin.
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:53 ]
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DBSnappa wrote:
davpaz wrote:
I played the crackdown demo and found it very tedious and annoying. Just like the full orchestra tuning up in the next room. Sounds like Jazz Club ("Nice!") in here.

Ah, now see, the demo REALLY doesn't do the game justice.


There's the thing you see. I wasn't impressed enough by the demo to want to give it another go. I have the xbox hooked up Dolby Digital stylee and the ambient noise in traffic was seriously annoying. Perhaps if someone lent me a copy I might give it a bash...
Author:  Dudley [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 15:09 ]
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davpaz wrote:
so, is Comical Gnomes gone for good then? He seemed to just disappear after the avatar 'incident'


Further to this, I have this in a communication with him

Quote:
So in the event anyone asks where Gnomes has gone, you can reply on my behalf to say I'm too fed up with the damn thing to log in and post. It'll give me a chance to concentrate on work instead of venting my spleen to no great avail.


That is all.
Author:  MrChris [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 15:12 ]
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Because of a disagreement over something? That's a bit of a shame.
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 15:13 ]
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davpaz wrote:
Perhaps if someone lent me a copy I might give it a bash...


It would cost more to post it than buy it these days. You must get it.
Author:  myp [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 16:24 ]
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DBSnappa wrote:
davpaz wrote:
I played the crackdown demo and found it very tedious and annoying. Just like the full orchestra tuning up in the next room. Sounds like Jazz Club ("Nice!") in here.

Ah, now see, the demo REALLY doesn't do the game justice.


I can't remember if the Grumpy Old Man likes Crackdown or not.
Author:  myp [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 16:25 ]
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Mr Chris wrote:
Because of a disagreement over something? That's a bit of a shame.


To be fair it's not your fault. I get the impression (as I haven't spoken to him directly about it) that things had been building up for a while.
Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 16:25 ]
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myoptika wrote:
I can't remember if the Grumpy Old Man likes Crackdown or not.
Perkies? Yeah, he does, although I think he compensated by being grumpy about the DLC. Plus it came out a few years ago, when he still had a tiny little bit of hope left in his soul. Nowadays, not so much.
Author:  myp [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 16:26 ]
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He keeps bumming Oblivion 2, though.
Author:  Shin [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 16:29 ]
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DBSnappa wrote:
Yay, my 14 year old daughter just passed with merit her Grade 5 violin. Me = proud dad (with no musical ability to speak of)


Congrats! I can play '3 blind mice' on the recorder and that's about it :D well, and the drums-kinda

Rae (my sister) has a violin and is a whiz on it too, it's a lovely instrument
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 16:48 ]
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frickin college network has been up and down like a whore panties all bastard day. Irate students with deadlines are not polite. New levels of passive aggressiveness have been reached!
Author:  Bobbyaro [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 17:13 ]
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I got bored with crackdown when all the women I killed and put in a dumpster kept disappearing so I could never fill the dumpster. I felt like Sisyphus.
Author:  MrChris [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 17:14 ]
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Man, I really want to party.

:(

EDIT - this is entirely unrelated to the female corpse-dumping escapades mentioned above.
Author:  Mimi [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 17:25 ]
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Yes Sir! I can boogie
But I need a certain song.
I can boogie, boogie woogie
All night long.
Yes Sir, I can boogie,
If you stay, you can’t go wrong.
I can boogie, boogie woogie, all night long
Author:  Bobbyaro [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 17:41 ]
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@ Mr Chris, I was wondering, you weirdo.

In other news,
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=665847

Sorry if old news, but I like the drawing.
Author:  Kern [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 17:42 ]
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Heh.

[Types joke about recent collapse of the pound. Realises it is not funny. Deletes it]
Author:  Dimrill [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 17:44 ]
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Yeah, I linked that last week from the b3ta newsletter.
Author:  Bobbyaro [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 17:47 ]
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I am so slow! :(
Author:  MrChris [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 17:48 ]
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It's funnier this time.
Author:  chinnyhill10 [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 17:51 ]
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Francis Rossi from The Quo has put his house up for sale:

http://www.teamprop.co.uk/properties/SHP0850/10+Bedroom+House+For+Sale+in+PURLEY+Surrey.aspx

Lets buy it and then re-enact the pool scenes from this classic Quo video;
Author:  The Rev Owen [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 17:53 ]
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The Rev Owen wrote:
My mum's on the train to Wales because my grandpa is dying. He may have a couple of days, he may have three weeks. But he's going, and it sounds like he'd rather it was sooner than later and this point, when he can think clearly at all.


Turns out he only had a few hours.

My mum got there a few minutes too late.
Author:  Cras [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 17:56 ]
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Sorry to hear that. Best wishes to you and your family.
Author:  Mimi [ Thu Nov 20, 2008 17:57 ]
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I'm so sorry Rev.

xxx
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