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    Zero Punctuation: Dishonored

    With the comments about "Bleep bloop" NPC voicing and "Hiring Patrick Stewart to read your homework" I have to wonder if Yahtzee is aware of the voice talent [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2322244/] in this game.
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    Zero Punctuation: Driver: San Francisco

    "$1.65 = 1sj" Australian XBL users see what you did there.
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    Part you hate of a game you love.

    Amen. Part of the problem was the poor design involved - it was hard to feel OK about dying yet again because the platform is another half step longer than it should be, and you weren't sure if you were at the end and should jump now, or should run another step THEN jump. Exodus fixed so many of...
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    Poll: Whats your favourite GTA game and why? Also how could it be improved on?

    San Andreas. Vice City had great atmosphere but horrible missions, GTA IV had the controls and looks (especially with the HD mod) but not the atmosphere or likeability. Improving the controls, updating the graphics, bringing the islands closer and killing off those damn planes would make it damn...
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    Part you hate of a game you love.

    Half Life 2 - tunnel zombie sections. No, I don't want to waste yet another half hour throwing objects ahead in the radioactive waste, picking up the one behind, throwing it in front, oooh zombie popped up from the water, kill, repeat...I tend to skip episode one now and jump straight to two...
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    Half-Life is probably the deepest game out there.

    Revolutionary for it's time...and you list other games from the same time or earlier as better examples.
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    Half-Life is probably the deepest game out there.

    "Deep" clearly means emotional depth here: Attachment to characters, thought-provoking, response creating, emotional engagement. Deus Ex is not deep, it's a complicated playing experience. Halo and COD do not give the same emotional depth. There is no attachment to any of the characters, no...
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    Ideal partner: Smarter, dumber, or about on your level?

    Wow, talk about a hot topic, gone from 2 pages to 6 overnight. Intelligence is not measured necessarily by IQ, or any academic specifics. It's a general measure of their ability to comprehend and reason. No-one (well, I hope no-one) is suggesting issuing a test to each potential partner...
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    Ideal partner: Smarter, dumber, or about on your level?

    Your attitude is a bomb that is going to explode and derail this thread. The usage is correct. You're either a poor troll or truly believe you're correct and either way, you should really bring down your confidence levels, they're aren't deserved. And here we have two individuals who have...
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    Common Idioms/Expressions That Never Made Sense To You

    Funnily enough, it was a stand-up comedian who made me understand that one. Can't remember who, but he explained that it means you're so happy that you could still have that grin while eating shit. He said "If I'm ever that happy, shoot me." It means a stitch in time (before the tear) saves...
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    Common Idioms/Expressions That Never Made Sense To You

    I would have thought it was rather obvious - History is only the "important" events, to "make history" is to create something, do something etc that would be worthy of passing on to future generations rather than just acting normal and being nobody. Since your actions lead to the recording of...
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    Poll: What piracy is actually doing

    Electronic tags are removed once you leave the store. DRM complaints are about ongoing limitations to your playing experience, not the one-time activation codes that are in the box. My example is C&C 4's DRM, which apparently requires you to be checking in to their servers constantly (requiring...
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    Poll: What piracy is actually doing

    I'll fix this example too: Painters are selling their new paintings for a crazy amount, but no-one can see it before they buy it (it's covered in a black cloth); or they can only see an inch of the top left corner, or an entirely different painting that's smaller, but made using the same...
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    Poll: What piracy is actually doing

    Prepare for giant reply:
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    Poll: What piracy is actually doing

    Quick answer: Potential gain versus potential loss. Longer Answer: There's a big difference in cost to the consumer between $110 for a brand new game, and the time required to do one quick search on a torrent site, wait a day for it to download, and then unzip the files. And yes, it is a...