Recent content by Ris

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    The New Shiny Escapist

    I don't understand the information design on the home page at all, and a lot of that is due to there being no proper grouping, labelling or consistency: - What's the difference between the articles placed at the top, middle and bottom sections of the page? They aren't ordered by date. Content...
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    Poll: No children: a turn-off?

    You need to bold "We're not talking marriage plans here though" OP, because I totally didn't see it before I voted. No, it would not bother me if he didn't want kids and I didn't feel like he was my "one". Please bear in mind though that at my current age, if I knew with all certainty...
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    So I've Never Had Physical Contact Before...?

    Basically self-confidence boils down to this: 1. Find a strength/skill. 2. Acknowledge to yourself that you have that strength/skill. 3. Show that strength/skill where others can see and appreciate it. 4. Repeat until you realise that you're a worthwhile individual. I know you...
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    Do you still watch Zero Punctuation every week?

    Not regularly. Nowadays I just check to see if he's reviewed anything I've played/want to play; if he has then I'll watch that review, then maybe watch back a few episodes if there's nothing better to do. I think I got a bit bored of him being sarcastic about every game. There's only so many...
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    Which games do you think have limitless playability?

    A thousand times yes. I don't really bother with L4D now that the campaigns have been ported over to L4D2, but I play L4D2 almost every night. Together with all the mods and community maps available, you've got pretty much infinite playability. The only other game I've felt that way about is...
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    Left 4 Dead Fan Film Gets A Surprisingly Solid Trailer

    It's very well made and they look like their characters, but the characterisation seems to only be skin deep. Especially with Zoey - even after Bill's death I don't think she'd be this angst-ridden. What was going on with the pathetic little head-tilt at 1:36? That's not Zoey at all.
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    Ever send food back in a restaurant?

    I'll send it back if there's something incorrect about the order, if it's cold or if it's burnt... stuff where it would be hard to argue that something wasn't wrong. The odd hair doesn't really bother me, nor does shoddy presentation or anything like that. I think once or twice I've asked for a...
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    Where did you think babies came from before you were given "The Talk"?

    I got given a book about it when I was 5 because my aunt was about to have a baby. My mum was pretty awesome when it came to approaching stuff like that. We even talked about how twins are made, and what makes one person darker or lighter than another. The only "talk" type thing I don't...
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    Rumor: Dragon Age Getting Multiplayer

    BioWare, I don't understand. I just want to play a good narrative-driven RPG. Why wont you let me do that? What did I do wrong?
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    "Get back to your own countries!" Says illiterate woman on tram O_o

    This might have been pointed out, but I can't see it anywhere: "As a result, we need anyone who witnessed this incident, or with any information that could assist our investigation - including the identity of the woman - to contact us. From the BBC article...
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    Does this make me a "bad" gamer

    Yeah, because you've probably also ruined it for a couple of people who didn't whine and ***** about the original spoiler. If you really have to an ass (you don't), you should have just PMed it instead.
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    If a company doesn't provide a demo for a game is it ok to pirate it?

    No, it's still wrong. You can't justify stealing by saying "oh, I just wanted to try it out." To my mind, the only valid reason for piracy would be if someone was blocking access to something that you should otherwise have rights to; if you didn't buy the game then you don't have any rights to...
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    Poll: Toronto School Bans Hard Balls - Do You Agree?

    For the young kiddies, I totally agree with it. At my school we weren't allowed to play with hard balls until we were out of juniors (about 9 years old), and even then size 5 balls weren't allowed until we hit high school (age 12). Getting hit in the face with a hard ball fracking hurts...
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    Why don't YOU have Skyrim?

    I really didn't enjoy Elder Scrolls and struggled to find much of an actual story. Judging by the Escapist review this is basically Elder Scrolls rebooted: endless side quests and world exploring without much of a defined goal. Also I was surprised at how ugly and muddy the game looks. Also...
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    A question for the Brits and Aussies.

    It doesn't happen anywhere near as often - but please remember that we're a tiny, tiny island, and you're freaking huge. You're bound to have more crazies than the UK. If we worked out a kray-kray percentage of each nation, I'm not totally convinced we'd be so different Admittedly you guys...