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    Jimquisition: It's Not A Video Game!

    I remember Jim mentioning he was going to do this topic a while ago. I was wondering whether he was ever actually going to get around to doing it. But whether he was or not, I knew that it would mean the first time I would sign in to these forums in a very long time. Usually I think Jim is...
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    Rumor: Nextbox may not need to be online to play games and won't block used games.

    I suppose this is better, but it's not getting me to change my mind yet or anything like that. For one thing, it's only one rumour compared to the many others that say the contrary, and they all but confirmed those with the whole "deal with it" thing. This also leads me to be very cynical...
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    Do you speak with an accent?

    Wow, the Isle of Wight. I live like 30 minutes away from Portsmouth. It's weird to see someone on these forums that lives so close to me. OT: Not in the slightest. I have a very much a middle class Southern English accent, because that's who I am.
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    Poll: Have the Game Grumps hit a slump?

    I got bored of them a very long time ago. When they first started I was reluctant to subscribe, since it didn't really seem that interesting to me. Then I did and watched for a while, then I just got bored with how stupid and aimless it was. Then I saw they were doing Sonic '06, so I resubbed...
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    Poll: Do you like Microsoft?

    I've never really "liked" them. Only ever been apathetic towards them. There have been some great games from their studios, but as an entity in and of themselves (in terms of gaming) they've never really had anything to make me excited. But in recent times they've done a lot to gain my ire...
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    Next Ridge Racer Drifts Toward Free To Play Model

    Meh. I really like Bugbear as a studio, the Flatout games were great, but Unbounded wasn't brilliant. It was okay, but I lost interest in it very fast, despite the pretty robust track creator. Incidentally, I found you could exploit that to get really easy credits in the game by creating very...
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    Poll: Why does everything always blame something else?

    It's pretty obvious isn't it? No one wants to see flaws in themselves. Everyone wants to think that they're better than everyone else. There's never a problem with themselves, it's always something else that's to blame. The world is unjust and they are the hero of their own story, fighting...
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    I didn't enjoy the first Bioshock, here is why and is there any chance I'll like Infinite?

    Colombia is certainly an interesting city. It's great simply to just look at, and has a lot of atmosphere. Maybe slightly less atmosphere than Rapture, but maybe that's just because the atmosphere in Rapture was quite oppressive. It's not something you could just forget about. In Colombia it's...
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    Favourite cover of a song?

    Jim Sterling is a musical prodigy when it comes to covers. "Mickey" [http://squalled.bandcamp.com/track/jimmy-mickey-tribute-w-jim-sterling] "Jonathan" [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/72150804/JonathanHolmesKai.mp3]
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    Poll: Miss me?

    I don't see it as something that's particularly shocking that even a prominent poster in these forums might not be recognised. There are a lot of posters here, in the hundreds or thousands even, and only a handful of them are really widely known by most of the community. I think it's also...
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    Sony Wants More Than Just Shooters on PlayStation 4

    I think there probably are quite a few gamers who would argue that shooters aren't awesome, and this website is one place where you're more likely to come across them than other places. I personally don't dislike them as a concept though. Not my favourite, but I've thoroughly enjoyed many a...
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    Poll: Will you buy the PS4 or Next Xbox at launch?

    Almost certainly not at launch. Maybe launch window, if one of them impresses me enough. So far the one that's closest to doing that is the PS4. The Durango just keeps looking worse and worse over time.
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    Writing Negative Reviews - An Exercise in Self-Loathing

    I guess it depends whether you wanted the game to be good or not. I'm not a professional games writer, nor have I ever been, but I've written a handful of reviews over the years. Some positive and some negative. To be honest, I've never felt bad about writing a negative one. I enjoyed tearing...
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    Poll: Do you hate the shooting in Spec Ops?

    I played the demo, and I found the shooting to be pretty... flaccid. It wasn't really bad, but probably below average. I didn't even make it through the entire demo before quitting due to boredom. I didn't hate it, but it really turned me off the idea of actually playing the game. I know...
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    Research that stopped you from getting a game.

    You're really missing out on a whole lot with MGR if a lot of cutscenes are putting you off. The gameplay is fantastic. The game isn't even as short as people say it is. For one thing, the game length counter doesn't include cutscenes, and you can get way more time out of the game if you explore...