Recent content by Yarrow

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    Positech Games Boss Calls For An End To Deep-Discount Sales

    In my experience deep discounts on some games has in the past resulted in me paying full price for game released later in the same series/by the same developer. It also encouraged me to try games that I wouldn't otherwise consider. For example I bought Saints Row 3 for a huge discount despite it...
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    When are you allowed to consider people just plain stupid

    My housemate didn't know what the holocaust was. If I'm arrogant to look down on such a person then so be it.
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    Man "too fat" to be allowed to live in New Zealand

    Fair enough. For the majority of fat people it's a lifestyle choice and so they should lose out on state health care. If they can't be fucked to look after themselves why should the tax payer? You ever seen a fatty in the kitchen? All that sweat dripping into the food.
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    Former Dev: WoW Has Killed the MMO Genre

    I think a mmo that focuses on the 'journey' and not the endgame would suffer at the hands of those WoW trained players who somehow manage to rapidly burn through the all the contend in a week then ***** of forums about it. I seriously don't understand how people are able to get though content so...
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    Poll: Where Should I Go to Study Abroad

    I voted 'other' for the U.K. - since that includes but is not limited to England. Having lived in both England and Wales I'd recommend Edinburgh. I've only visited Edinburgh once for the Beltane fire festival but it left an impression.
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    The Secret World Ditches Subscriptions

    I think what really shows the shift from subs to f2p/b2p is the comments on articles about TSW going b2p - people are showing an interest in trying the game now there's no sub whereas in the past it would be declared the game was a failure. My concern would be paying for more powerful gear or...
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    Have you ever bought a game multiple times?

    I bought multiple copies of the Baldur's Gate series over the years - this seems to be fairly common.
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    Extraordinary Gentlemen Battle Familiar Boy Wizard in New Comic

    IIRC the money Moore would otherwise get from a film adaptation is given to the comic book artists instead. I'v not read his comics (yet), my interest in Moore stems from him being an Anarchist ceremonial magician and worshipper of the snake puppet god Glycon.
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    Doctor Who: Let?s Kill Craig

    I did not like "Closing Time" at all. It just seemed like a waste of an episode, I would have been much more interested in watching a Doctor free episode following whatever it was River Song was up to
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    5 Tiny Things I Hope Get Changed in Skyrim

    I wonder if perhaps the reason for having psychic hive-mind guards was to increase the risk involved in breaking the law. If it was just a matter of equipping then removing a helmet or staying away from a specific area for some time then there would be no need for stealth or subtlety...
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    5 Tiny Things I Hope Get Changed in Skyrim

    I agree with all five points in the article and would echo numerous points posted in the thread such as resetting items/having NPCs rearrange their homes, guards not possessing psychic powers and a hive-mind, and not have everything scale with your level to name a few. As a fan of using stealth...
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    #6

    I never really thought of gaming as a gender specific activity, as it was my mother who got me into gaming. My earliest memories of gaming waere playing Altered Beast on the Saga with my mother, watching her play Sonic, and watching her develope an enduring hatred for Pitfall. When we got a...
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    City of Heroes

    I?m pretty sure they do a free trial for CoH. Yes the game is getting dated and yes the missions can be repetitive, but I have had more fun playing this MMORPG than any other. The game seems to favour team play over solo, if that?s some thing that matters to you.