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For me, MGS4 is more MGS-ey than 5 - supper long cutscenes, awkward dialogue, tight (bordering on stiff) gameplay. Whether or not you see these things as bad is up to you - I happen to love the franchise as a whole - but the story of 4 felt like it strayed too far into self-parody for me. Sure...

Another Brit here. I was 11, got home from school, couldn't understand what my mum was saying - something about a building in new York that was on fire. Apparently this world trade center was a big deal but I'd never heard of it. Then the reporter said that it was probably someone who had...

Someone's a fan of Film Theory... I've got to say, I'm enjoying the love for The Martian - after what's been a pretty dour few years of Ridley Scott films, this one really hit the target. It was nice to see Damon in an uncharacteristically lively role too. Gravity was good, but doesn't...

Brit here. I'd compare it to "mocking". I don't think it's like "are you shitting me" because to me, that usually means "are you kidding me?" Also, taking the piss isn't necessarily a derogatory act, instead it can be used to degrade someone else - a satirist could take the piss out of a...

Did anyone else get completely distracted and a little worried when the article mentioned the scientist'a name? I'm not saying he's unfit for the job or anything but I'd be worried if I ever saw that man... with a hat-on.

I'm on the train doing it right now - don't tell, but apparently Deborah's a bit of a ***** and may or may not have got back together with Rick, who's supposed to be seeing Charmayn, and if his mum doesn't get her act together, he's going to get slapped. Who said Bradford was a fun place to live?

I'm sure I've read a New Scientist article about a study into this, and I do like the idea. For me it's a mixture of the two: pre-existing ideas and behaviors of other people let me know that the McDonalds round the corner is open, but it's temporal variables in my brain that lead me to think...

For a start, fuck you ea. I will pay what I think a game is worth, and when games cost as much as films, sell as many as film, and are some how inexplicably priced at well over twice the price of a film, I'm pretty sure that this is already one of my more decadent purchasing habits. But hang...

I work in theatre and academia, I write poetry, and I listen to mostly classical music, oh, and I'm fairly quiet, spend a lot of my spare time tinkering with computers, and preordered a PS4 last Friday. Honestly, the more people I meet in 'the real world', the more I'm happily convinced that...

Wow, I read the title and just thought "well that seems another stupid idea from Microsoft, not exactly in short supply of those this week." But after reading the actual article, I've got to say that's the most fucking heinous, manipulative and downright reprehensible idea I've heard - a nice...

Actually, I'd say I generally prefer playing a female role - this doesn't apply to every game, but female leads in most story-telling media are so rare that I quite like the novelty of viewing the narrative from a different gender.

It's funny - I actually saw him about two months ago in McDonalds. He didn't serve me but I think he noticed me - the poor chap lucked miserable. I can completely understand why others might want an apology, but for me, I consider that particular chapter as resolved and closed.

I know power is the only real measure of a console when we have so few details (not to mention the 'wow' moments that companies strive for) but I can't think of a generation of consoles in which the most powerful sold the most. Sega Genesis, Neo Geo, 3DO, N64, Xbox, PS3(arguably) - If anything...

Sound's like Bethesda are gambling quite a lot on their existing fanbase making the jump to an MMO; correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Todd Howard - director of all the Elder Scrolls that matter - say something like ?if the install base really mattered, we'd all be making table-top games...