Video Games

jesus why would you want to race for that amount of time?

I remember an oval track on GT (for the PS2) if you timed it right you could actually watch TV which steering around the track.

Because I was a teenager and the Playstation was my oyster.

^ this.

I set a side table balanced on my x button, went out and left my car skidding around the oval for fuck knows how long. I think I got the F1 car for it.

Ha ha ha!

I'm a little bored of the games I've got at the moment, thinking of taking up some more PC gaming before long, still playing BF3 but not enjoying it as much as I once was.

Hoping to buy ME3 before long, probably not on release date unless there's a very good deal around for it.

May play some Diablo 2 or finally finish LA Noir.

Oh dear, sims 3 and the expansion packs are for sale on steam, mrs. spenceey wants me to buy some! She's hooked!

new sim city!

Can't view trailer because I'm at work, but the promise of more mental micromanaging makes me happy. I was worried they were going to go the other way and completely dumb it down, which would not be a Good Thing.

thinking of taking a punt on I Am Alive,
reviewed in the guardian here... http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2012/mar/06/i-am-alive-game-review

launch trailers here
http://iamalive-game.ubi.com/iamalive/en-gb/index.aspx

anyone else have any thoughts, heard anything, about it? Interesting take on the whole post apocalyptic meltdown scenario

^ this.

I set a side table balanced on my x button, went out and left my car skidding around the oval for fuck knows how long. I think I got the F1 car for it.

Awesome, I used to do the same. 300 laps of the oval. Suzuki escudo would win even grinding along the barriers with red tyres

Need a new HDD I'm thinking. My C drive is almost full (steam is on there too)

Is it quite straight forward to move steam on to another drive? Thinking of buying another media drive (for pictures/ videos and music) and having 1 drive just for steam.

Also HDD prices, jesus christ they've gone up, think I may try and sit tight for a while, till the prices come down again. I swear you could get 1tb for under £70 at one point, that's hard now.

thinking of taking a punt on I Am Alive,
reviewed in the guardian here... http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2012/mar/06/i-am-alive-game-review

launch trailers here
http://iamalive-game.ubi.com/iamalive/en-gb/index.aspx

anyone else have any thoughts, heard anything, about it? Interesting take on the whole post apocalyptic meltdown scenario

I downloaded the free trial today and it wasn't all that interesting, but then it was mainly tutorial from the start of the game. IGN gave it a 4.5 as well.

Awesome, I used to do the same. 300 laps of the oval. Suzuki escudo would win even grinding along the barriers with red tyres

This... to the letter. :D

Shame GT5 is boring as fuck.

Forza all the way these days.

This... to the letter. :D

Shame GT5 is boring as fuck.

Forza all the way these days.

You ever do the cheat where you could modify all the car settings and get it up to ~1000mph? It would wheelie along on the really long test track.

Loved that game, never had as much fun since with a racing game

Remember these?

I brought one and decided to race on it, mainly because of the idea of a people carrier beating the like of RUF, Toyota, made me chuckle sometime rotten.

thinking of taking a punt on I Am Alive,
reviewed in the guardian here... http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2012/mar/06/i-am-alive-game-review

launch trailers here
http://iamalive-game.ubi.com/iamalive/en-gb/index.aspx

anyone else have any thoughts, heard anything, about it? Interesting take on the whole post apocalyptic meltdown scenario

it looks good but has been in the pipe line for bloody ages now. I doubt it will ever actually come out.

so the Vita turned up.
so far so good.
bought MotorStorm RC for £4.79, can go wrong, im sure.

was hoping for a decent remote play, but its shit, thoguht i might get LoveFilm and the iplayer, but no dice.

total annihilation was boss!

Damn right!! Just re-purchased and re-installed recently. Incredible ambient sound-track and gameplay.

company of heroes? done by relic, who did homeworld. rather good. was just thinking about it, actually.
QUALITY game. Not sure if 2 was an upgrade or downgrade though.

C&C red alert was ww2 ish

Think they were aiming for Cold-war but yeah, it's pretty vague - 1940-1980's maybe..

^^Counter Action?

Counter-Strike II - Similar and awesome but a PUNISHING level of difficulty

Generals is nowhere near as good as I remember...

Can I borrow at some point? Got 2 copies and neither "disc 1" seem to work / old and scratched etc.

Who plays ipad games?

I've tried a few. Some better than others. Currently enjoying:
Batman Arkham
Dead Space
Mirror Edge
Geometry wars -touch
Which are all approximations of the console versions though as a veteran console controller user using the touch screen isn't yet instinctive'

Also enjoying:
Scrabble and Osmos HD

Any other recommendations?

Try out onlive on the iPad?

^Good call, Cheers

More info on the re-do of X-Com Enemy Unknown (by Firaxis). Looks like they may just pull it off...

Try out onlive on the iPad?

Done this now. It isn't easy to find ipad games on it using the search function.
So my question still stands. Any ipad game recommendations?

Wahoo. Confirmation email from Amazon ME3 is on it's way

Also HDD prices, jesus christ they've gone up, think I may try and sit tight for a while, till the prices come down again. I swear you could get 1tb for under £70 at one point, that's hard now.

That big flood last year in the East wiped out a lot of hard drive manufacturers for a while, a lot of companies like Xyratech lost a lot of hard drives. Limited supply, lots of demand = Prices soaring.