Recent content by Vaynes

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    The movie that was "so bad" that you couldn't watch them through

    I would have walked out of AI but i thought my wife was enjoying it, turned out at the end that she was thinking exactly the same as me. Couple of hours wasted there on a re-vamped pinochio.
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    Its snowing!

    I ride a motorbike into work every day, wind, rain even snow. My first thought when i see snow is something along the lines of "oh shit, i'm gonna die today..."
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    Why does everyone hate the Sewer Levels?

    Or you could have just saved your game at the doorway out of the sewer, you know the bit, where you can change all of your stats, class, appearance etc. :p
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    How to spend two hours

    Morrowind on either system, a great way to waste many, many hours. If you get the PC version download the better bodies mod, you'll soon forget about your ex.
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    How to spend two hours

    Are you offering him a shoulder to cry on?
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    Poll: Which word processor do you use?

    I used to work at Curry's, part of the same group as PC World. You're basically told to make stuff up to get the add on sales of things like microsoft word and Norton. I'm fairly confident the staff knew they were talking bollocks but just wanted the sales to get thier possible bonus a little...
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    X-COM Comes To Steam

    I bought Terror from the deep on Steam ages ago and it doesn't need dosBox. It does suffer from the occasional crash to desktop though. I presume these all work through windows as well. Guess i'm going to have a 2 hour lunch today.
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    How to get into the game industry and why you shouldn't (I can't sleep, sorry).

    Play with the tools developers give you to mod their games. You can get experience of coding/art/level design. Interviewers will look at this stuff if you include it in a portfolio, if you can use one set of tools its easier to learn the in house stuff.
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    How to get into the game industry and why you shouldn't (I can't sleep, sorry).

    I work there. I went to university on a course which was touted as a way into the games industry but turned out to only offer any programming in the first year, the rest of the course was based around video production. Possibly bad research on my part and everyone else on the course. By...
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    Books you would like to see become games/moveis.

    Cussler's Oregon Files series would make a great basis for a game. A rusted heap of crap merchant steamer which is actually the most advanced ship on the high seas crewed by a group of ex elite army/CIA who hire themselves out to good governments (pretty much only the US, note the italics...)...
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    Where have all the Turn Based RPGs gone

    Have you had a look at atlantica online? http://atlantica.ndoorsgames.com/center/default.asp Its a free to play turn based MMORPG where you control a party of up to 9 mercs. Each turn allows you 30 seconds to select your attacks/magic/movement for up to 5 of your mercs. It's got a very...
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    Most pointless warning label

    Those signs are more for the emergency services than other motorists, a small child in a mangled car might be missed in an initial search. This lets them know to look in small places (i.e. footwells) for other crash victims.
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    Most pointless warning label

    Jimmy Carr fan?
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    Wii Workout For Only $110 Per Hour

    Yeah, but working out is not the only reason to go to the gym. I know my living room isn't filled with lycra wearing hotties toning their bods. sod this, I'm off to the gym ;)
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    Most pointless warning label

    Its the warning on DVD boxes that get me. warning: contains very mild slapstick WTF, its a 'u' rated kids movie for christ sake...