Recent content by Iridul

"Everyone is good at something" is rubbish, we're all pretty good at MANY things and you probably won't work out what most of them are until you are somewhere around 30-40 years old, or older frankly. If plan A fails go to plan B, if plan B fails go to plan C, if plan C fails go to plan D, if...

I have to say this is looking better every time I see it. UFO: Enemy Unknown (as XCOM was known in the UK) was one of the first PC games I ever owned. It really frustrates me that people seem to just want a remake of that with modern technology. The biggest problem with the gaming industry is...

This is an excellent article that really captures the essence of what made SWG so amazing. The social side and dynamic economy. Armor that had to be replaced every week which meant building relationships with Crafters to get the best gear at the best price so you could go out into the world...

It's quite disturbing how many misconceptions and misunderstandings there are here. Let's try and set the record straight. 1. A nuclear power reactor cannot explode like a nuclear weapon. The material in use is too full of impurities, not densely packed enough and not enriched with enough...

It's called negotiation. If you sue for $7million you might get $1million, so they sue for $100million and hope that Beyonce will settle for $7million because the risk of fighting the case and losing is so much higher...

The casing he has built looks nice, but really all he has done is taken a commercially available laser and fitted a shiny case and battery pack. I wouldn't get too stoked about "lazor gunz pew pew" quite yet, there are a LOT of issues with taking something like this, which is effective over a...

I'm hoping this is going to be one of those "surprise hits" of 2011, this news certainly does it no harm at all.

Right now I'd love a money cheat for Gran Turismo 5. I work a 56 hour week and have a career to worry about. I really don't have enough time to spend hours and hours grinding credits on GT5 just to be able to unlock the final 2 or 3 cars that I want to have a test drive of for...

"Video game publisher markets its way to controversy!" Does that even qualify as news anymore? Not trying to have a go at The Escapist there btw, just it seems that this is Ubisoft using the same cheap ass marketing that EA have employed to get their products noticed time and time again...

It seems that, in the USA, FREE speech and FREEdom of expression are only FREE is you already OWN a 24 hrs news network :P

For all those asking about if they have to pay for overseas access, give me one good reason why I,as a UK TV license payer (i.e. BBC funder), should pay for you to play for free?

My understanding is that the smurfberries in question can cost around $60 a barrow. How in any way is that justifiable? Even if marketed to adults I would argue that it was a scam, or at the very least profiteering. When you add children into the mix it's simply reprehensible. Usually I'd...

The game is clearly broken for quite a large number of people, regardless of whether the majority (this could be 51%, which would leave thousands and thousands broken) are OK. (even a significant majority could be 75% working 25% broken, which would still be thousands broken) The "attitude"...

Your statement assumes that the market is already saturated, I've seen nothing to suggest this is the case. Even within the pay to play subscription marketplace what has been lacking is enough quality to retain customers, not customers themselves. This is the more pertinent point. Even if...

This does look pretty awesome. Also, Rockstar can do story. Whilst RDR was a bit hit and miss in full, the first chapter based on the ranch was very well done, and could have been a movie in itself with only minor modifications. The main problem with RDR was that once this particular...