Recent content by YicklePigeon

Objective: A mid-range PC from scratch build capable of expansion. Prices are provided in both GBP and USD as a guide. CPU: AMD FX-6300 (£80/$110). Overclocking capability, 8MB level 3 cache, more than capable of playing past and modern games and those to come. Recommend Corsair Hydro H55...

Agreed. That whole "I'm a girl and I'm a boss/powerful/blah blah" bit was so forced and ham-fisted. It also screams to me as DC trying to appeal to the supposed female demographic (the one that marketing came up with, not necessarily representative of any honest-to-goodness human beings), where...

The lad's honest at least, and transparent about his motivations. I can objectively disagree with his views on Twitter, but that didn't stop me from pledging a dollar (not rich) a month. So yes, he does have a mouth on him and can be a bit of an idiot. But he's not a bad person and does make...

As others have said, it isn't too late and if I can add: don't let the difficulty get to you. :) As it is, I'm 30 and recently bought a sewing machine to learn how to use! Something completely out of my comfort zone, but damn I want to learn how to make my own Monster Maroon...but baby steps...

This would probably interest me in the Spider-Man franchise again. Like many of you, I find the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon to be...wayward at best. When the stories don't focus on Drake Bell's Spider-Man? Great! The Wolverine episode from the first season is wonderfully done, as is the...

Speaking of the Joker, I especially appreciated the callback to...[/spoiler] And yes, I put that all in spoiler within a spoiler just in case someone somehow managed to dodge watching that momentous crossover. :)

I too learned BBC BASIC and followed programming listings from old copies of The Micro User that my father had lent me. Heck, even my Mum sat in front of the ol' Model B copying listings over...ah happy days! :) -- Moving on though, if there's one thing I learned back when I was 16 (14...

Agreed. I remember working retail and how awful that was, so ten years on I still remember those times and keep in mind what others who are still in retail are dealing with. Of course, working standard shop retail meant I would not get a tip (not here in the UK and more than likely a person at...

Perhaps this should have been declared a dead heat and/or put out for voting again because a statistically insignificant difference - although a difference - isn't enough to call it a decisive victory. Then again, when it does come to accessibility? Papers, Please does have the ability to...

Let me just start with: you're doing the right thing by avoiding pubs/clubs/bars as they're not exactly packed to the gills with intellectuals who want to discuss high-brow politics through to the merits of the X-Men 1990s animated series. But where do you go? Conventions of the "nerd"/"geek"...

This. I can't help but think of ST:TNG whenever the technobabble is spoken, additionally it always felt that the entire crew (even Wesley!) knew what they were talking about and could translate it into an understandable form. Without having to be asked! Except perhaps for Data during the...

Well I agree with you. And here are two more characters - in addition to those that others have listed (especially Broken Sword's Nico!) - that happen to be female but are strong (or rather: well-written) characters that are either the or one of the actual protagonists are Carla Valenti from...

Pvt. Manning had contacted The New York Times (incidentally the same paper that ran the Pentagon Papers), Politico and The Washington Post before going to Wikileaks (source The Huffington Post, 28th February 2013...

Too many have either turned a blind eye to or done heinous crimes throughout the history of humankind, citing "we were only following orders", however, those of good conscience simply cannot do that all the time. Pvt. Manning had two options: be a mindless drone who sleeps with the US flag or...

Yeah except that's just the first 10 seconds or so of the entire intro, then about 15 seconds or so for the fast cutting teaser and then a rather sedate remainder until the explosions at the end. Brilliant when I was a kiddy-wink watching it on BBC 2 back in the 90s, however IndianaJonny is...