Be Excellent To Each Other

I'm gonna go hoover.... :/

Which one of you lot said you spent yesterday in a Faraday cage?



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Well I did as you suggested and did the presentations naked wearing a monocle and playing the xylophone, it didn't help at all and I'm sacked now.

Thanks a lot, cunt.

On the bright side, you should be able to now carve out a successful career as a childrens' entertainer.

Not really, just means he can present The Sky At Night now.

Racist.

I pointed this out in the pub last night, I think I was considered over excited.

I must have missed that bit!

In more superglue related hilarity, I've managed to glue some of my eyelashes together, making blinking "interesting"..

I just wrote this to my girlfriend on MSN...



I must be in a really odd frame of mind today.

More animal related nintendo naming nonsence-with the often quite sily, ridiculed and 'offensive' name of the wii, nintendo were planning on renaming it the nintendo cash-cow.

It's taking a while but I've been letting my PC 'preview' the season overnight. Another day should do it - torrents seem to bring Xbox Live to a standstill so I've been doing one or the other.

Now that I've finished Fallout 3 (well, being a good guy, anyway) I thought I'd start Story mode on Warriors Orochi 2. To sum up -

- Same graphics (not too fussed - there was nothing wrong with them)
- Lots of re-used sound, particularly speech from the less-important character which got repetitive in the first game, never mind this one.
- Horrific slowdown from the start. The first game had one or two bits towards the end, but this has it all the way through. Unless, they actually intended it to be a mini-game of 'rotate the camera around so as few enemies as possible are on screen'
- Seems easier than the first game - got to the end level pretty easily. However...
- The end level on the Shu story mode was ridiculous. Orochi was easy enough to get to but uses some cheap attacks while my allies decided to glitch all over the place like epileptic breakdancers. Took about 30 minutes longer than it should've done.

Worse bit - when you complete a level, you're asked if you want to save. I always choose no, as I tinker with the newly-found weapons, then save. Unfortunately, if you do this after completing story mode, it prompts you to re-load your last saved game, meaning I've got to the last bloody level again.

Didnt it also get the name starcube or starbox or something considered too?

I think dolphin was the codename because of the ATI flipper video chip.

I do remember the rumours in mid 2000 of the Starcube name too. I kinda like that name better. I suspect they changed it to sound more 'grown up'.


Good point, hadn't thought of that.

Here's irony for you. I'm sitting in the corner of the room working on something that needs to be finished tonight. Shin is sitting in the corner playing on Bomberman with Joans, Sheepeh and some others.

All I can hear is "Oh fucking bollocks" and assorted other Shinisms, so I turn my music on.

"Would you mind if you turned that down a bit please?", she says.

Another irony being that many other forum members are playing Bomberman, but on the Spectrum. Including me when I should be working!

Damn that level 4.

It was great! I love bombermans

And it was:

Me, Joans, Mr Dave, Sheepeh (who was a bastard and kept bloody following me!) and Dimrill

whens the high score deadline? mind you I cant get anywhere near that score, its surely a one off.

6.00pm tomorrow night

My best at the moment is just over 8k , but i can get to that 2nd autobomb level virtually every time , if i can clear it then i'll be on a very similar score.

Hah, I joined just long enough to hear that. Are you enjoying your stay at Shin's house?

Either I just saw Ashens on Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe or there are two Noseybonks on the loose. Brrrr.

Is that why you invited me to a party?

I have to apologise for ignoring you, though. I was round at my girlfriend's hammering away on the drums on Rock Band 2, while she sang and her brother desperately attempted to keep up on the guitar, then completely forgot you'd messaged me. Those rhythm games are an arse to pause!

I really should get Bomberman. Is it worth however many points it costs?

I got it a few weeks ago and its fun but when i logged into the system tonight one of the 'adverts' on the front of the myxbox screen said 25% off Bomberman

I went to the store part to check but it wouldn't give me a cost since i already had it but if its on special now its really a no-brainer

*EDIT* ah according to Major Nelson its now 600 points

http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/12/ ... -live.aspx

It's much better in multiplayer, I get quite bored playing it by myself.

One to hold you down, one to STAB YOU! STAB YOU! STAB YOU! STAB YOU!

You'd better start to think what game we're playing next week. I can't see anyone touching that!

Any CPC, Spectrum or C64 game as long as you haven't played it properly for 10 years. Needs to be a game with a score.

Odd day, odd evening, yes, very odd. Odd. Also have stomach bug of some description. I have, in the past, been a happier Zio. I'm sure I shall be so again soon.

About an hour ago, someone linked me to 'glassass.com'. Until then, I thought the internet's days of being genuinely distressing were long gone.

I hope any uninitiated Bezzies will take that as a polite warning...

unlucky it was in the beta newsletter and Im still scarred.

If I do win, you can pick the game as my knowledge of videogames is pretty much nought on anything before I was born, Im happy enough to play old games and try and get the high score.

Oh lordy, I don't want to do it again.

I suggest you perhaps throw it open to the floor should you win and nominate one from the suggestions?

Some suggestions then :

1) Chinny starts a thread somewhere with nominations and we get a list together for when this type of thing happens
2) You go to someplace like http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ystop100.html and pick one of those (top 100 speccy games - Stuart also has a list with screenies here : http://worldofstuart.excellentcontent.c ... top100.htm)
3) You go to someplace like http://www.lemon64.com/games/ and pick from their top list (however you'll have to look closer at those since a lot of the top are RPG's or adventure type games).
4) You ask Chinny for a similar site for the Amstrad :-)

*Runs off crying*

WHY DO PEOPLE DO THESE THINGS?!

Do I have to wait until Xmas?

Zio - that sounds a bit poo, I've been feeling sick for over 24 hours now, dunno what's going on, but I have to go out shortly and all I want to do is crawl back into bed (not that I ever wanted to crawl out of it in the first place). There must be a bug of sorts going around or something.

Well it's downloaded 5 from 12 so it's getting there. Plus I'm back at work (just about!) so my PC has all the bandwidth to itself now.

Apparently lots of people went home sick from here yesterday so I'm glad it's not just us!

Click on links they know will make them run off crying? I've no idea

BAN THIS SICK FILTH! WON'T ANYONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?


(Is it SFW? Probably not...)

Ask the sobbing pile of damp that used to be Shin.

I just read a matter-of-fact description of amputation. I'm now feeling slightly queasy (and glad there's not a hacksaw nearby)

"...family angry that supermarket won't personalize cake for their son"


Probably has 'urban myth' written all over it, but made me smile nonetheless

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/today/i ... angry.html

NOT SFW! On any scale-it's not even safe for hooooome gaaaaaaah >.<
I couldn't watch it until the very end because I had vomit arising

I used to have a list somewhere.

Try this:

http://www.freeanonymousproxy.net/

I fear you misunderstand, and that he was actually wishing for the IWF proxies that blocked the picture of that kid on the album cover to come to his defence and stop him ever seeing what's on that site.

<sets fire to pitchfork and brandishes broomstick>

GJ - thanks! Still feel a bit sicky, but at work now so never mind. I took Monday off and got told afterwards that practically the whole office failed to turn up due to illness.

Being at work, I cannot take a look at this 'glassass.com' thing - though I fear what may be contained. I finally saw the infamous '2 girls 1 cup' video for the first (and only) time a couple of weeks ago and it still makes me feel ill just thinking about it! I presume this must be something similar, if not the same thing.

Little bit of a blog time:
- Went to see NHS Clinical Psycologist for the first time today. Man is an arsehole. Told me that since I was already seeing a private counsellor (at the fucking suggestion of my GP) it would be 'unethical' for him to see me unless I ask my private counsellor to immediately remove me from her books. I told him 'no thanks then' and left.

- Former Lady Zio's letter arrived. Read it after the above appointment with a mutual friend of ours. The letter serves as final lasting proof that FLZ is an emotionally unstable, immature little girl and I am better off without her. I might get it framed.

- Have appointment to see GP tomorrow to review my anti-depressant prescription. I feel 1 more month may be all I need. Also have three weeks till next counselling session and not sure if I need to go anymore. I think I'm getting better.

In fairness, Zio, she probably spent an awful lot of emotional energy writing it, so, y'know. Stick it in a drawer and come back to it in 18 months time.

Sorry to ehar the consultant is a twat, though.

Well done Mr.Z!!!! *BIG 'UGS*

You are better off without her-you don't need someone in your life making you more upset/muddled/depressed that you already are! Fuck her-or as the case may be, don't!

Keep at the tablets until you feel okay-remember they can be addictive so just keep tabs on how you are feeling and have regular Dr appointments, but mainly-

JUST GO OUT AND HAVE FUN! Nothing is a better cure for you than that

Glad you seem better though
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