Recent content by MrHelios

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    The Raid actors joining Star Wars 7

    It's what I do ;) I'll go on record to say I hated Into Darkness. Benedict Cumberbatch (or any of the actors, for that matter) are not convincing fighters, something 'dramatic' happened every five minutes and the overall plot made no god damn sense. Provoke a war by...framing the Enterprise...
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    The Raid actors joining Star Wars 7

    I think I saw a 'making of' video somewhere where one of the chaps who had a hand in the prequels reasoned that "we've seen old men, cyborgs and green farmboys fight, we wanted to show a Jedi at the height of his power." While I take your point that the older battles had more gravitas to them...
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    The Raid actors joining Star Wars 7

    You're probably right. Although if we see some lightsaber claw-hammers in there we'll know who had a hand in that. Fun fact; Darth Maul, Toad from X-Men and Snakes Eyes are all the same chap.
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    The Raid actors joining Star Wars 7

    Well, colour me interested. http://m.uk.ign.com/articles/2015/01/05/the-raid-actors-join-star-wars-the-force-awakens Mad Dog & Co. are getting lightsabers. I don't know what more you can add to his formula that would make it more awesome.
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    Piranha Resistant Fish Scales Lead to New Armor Research

    For those of you with scientific interest/curiosity, here's a paper describing some work on armadillo, crocodile and arapima skin as armour. Onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.201202713/pdf It's free, people! My gift to you is knowledge.
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    PC Game Recommendations

    Hallo, Having just got my hands on a new laptop and obtained Steam, I'm eager to be able to actually play PC games properly for the first time in years. Can you suggest a good place to get started? The kind of games I'm looking for are strategies - I'm hoping Civ5 will come down in price...