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As it turns out, there's also a package deal up including both games and all the DLC for both for £9.99, so I don't have to pick between 'em at all :) Thanks for the info though chaps, I'll probably fire up NTW over the weekend and save ETW for later in the year when I'm procrastinating over my...

So, I'm bored, I have a tenner available, and both ETW and NTW are available on Steam for £5 and £7 respectively, but I don't have a scooby which to get. The fact that I'm a huge Napoleonic-era nut would suggest an obvious answer, but a friend of mine told me a while back that Empire is...

You know the whole "positive mental attitude" thing is a crock, yes? They did a study on hospital patients, and found that the people who forced themselves to adopt an externally positive manner as suggested actually did -worse- than when they were being miserable, complaining, grumpy fucks...

I know this is in vain, but I'm going to make the effort, because it might make your roommate's life a little easier if you had a proper understanding. Alas, I must rely on your ability to empathise and sympathise, qualities I have found to be deficient even in people who don't have a medical...

I'm surprised by your surprise, to be honest; what did you think the result of the constant droning deathnote that you and others who support more draconian copyright laws have been sounding for so long would be? Did you honestly think that, given an opportunity, the vastly self-interested and...

So yeah, IE is best for remtards who can't be arsed to learn how to use the internet, but insist on doing so anyway. Sorry, if you're the type of person who sees a "YOU R WINNAR OF IPODZ CLICK HEAR!!!1" popup and thinks it's a good idea to actually click there, you deserve what you get...

Yep, regarding Neverwinter; depending on the reading of that quote from Perfect World, it could be construed that PW are going to force Cryptic Studios to put some actual effort into the game, rather than just porting some fantasy assets into their existing engine and then expect the playerbase...

I can't understand why this is legal. As in, I actually can't see how they could get away with this without being sued. A game disc, and the game on that disc, is a PRODUCT, not a service. These companies can get away with locking multiplayer access because the multiplayer aspect of the game...

Not that I'm the biggest fan of it, but what is the real difference between men competing over how fast they can traverse a distance on foot, to men competing over how fast they can traverse a distance in a vehicle? In addition, your point makes little sense. It's isn't a sport, but it is a...

Having worked in games retail, every special edition of every game is supposedly released in "extremely limited quantities". Do you know what that means? It means fucking man-high STACKS of this thing will be sitting in stockrooms across the world, in shops who's staff must lie through their...

And we all know how well that worked out for them; mass server closures, near-total alienation of those most likely to support the game(Warhammer fans), and a game that now putters along largely because you can play the first ten levels for free, forever. I said it the moment they announced...

Ding ding ding, we have a winner. I still feel a little quibble every time I invest in a new MMO, because I know exactly how intangible the product I'm paying for is, the idea that people are willing to base their entire game collection in a similarly intangible system strikes me as moronic...

Nope, not according to the statements they've made in public surrounding their first DA2 DLC pack, which essentially say; if you think this DLC is going to make this into DA:O2, you might as well just sod off, because we'd rather cater to people who're scared of numbers, and that's our plan for...

I came up on the Infinity Engine games and the first couple of Fallout titles, and I quite like the "sandbox with a story" feel Bethesda titles have. I have an intense dislike for pointless hack'n'slash, and JRPGs. More than anything else, I like worlds; characters can be bland, stories can be...

I'm feeling kind of bummed out with PC gaming right now. I played Witcher 2, and it was pretty cool, but I don't have the same urge to replay it that all my favourite games induce. The new Deus Ex is coming, but it's still a month away and it looks to be the only highlight of the rest of the...