Video Games

Also played Driver San Francisco last night. Now that game is a lot of fun.

Driver was fun, never finished it though

Picked up Driver in the Steam sale the other day. Will give it a go this weekend.

All this Diablo talk has made me play a bit of Torchlight. It's mindless fun but not sure how long the endless grinding and selling loot will hold my interest.

http://t-a-t-t-00.tumblr.com/post/24391895187

what's the view on Day Z?

Look fantastic.

http://dayzmod.com/

I haven't got the patients to stick with ARMA though

I have a load of friends that play DayZ, I had a go it was pretty good. I plan on getting it soon, the survival is awesome and you can stalk other players very well.

That mod looks awesome Ed.

Is it multiplayer though?

Played the demo of ARMA and thought even though it has a very steep leaning curve It's a great game.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18532670

Just over a month after the release of Diablo III, a pro player has managed to complete the game on its hardest setting.

Is it multiplayer though?

It is, and from what I've played/seen finding another person is rare due to map size and people hiding because they are scared.

Really? I thought you'd be much better teaming up with people?

It is but how long can you trust them. If it's friends it's okay but I'm not at all trusting in zombie apocalypses (I'm one of the people who would kill another player for more food without thinking about it).

Also it's persistent so if you get a load of stuff you can keep it with your character and people will want your fancy shit.

DayZ - Zombie Apartment "Viking Commentary" - YouTube

that's a good example.. some people are cool, others are dicks

It does look fun - but at the same time maybe a little too in depth.

I've now been playing for ages and have yet to get a weapon, every build up area be it town or city has too many zombies in to risk my life.

I've encountered one other player we saw each other from opposite hills and each ran in the other direction. It's rather fun in an odd way.

How tough are the zombies? 28 days later or original dawn of the dead?

I want to play but don't fancy buying Arma II on the off chance I'll enjoy it.

Still slogging away at D3, just want to finish inferno and then I think I'll sack it off

Depends on the difficulty but most will go down in one and then loads will be after you.
I've only got the free arma2 and just bought the expansion for 9 quid to get dayz up and running

Hmmmm arma2 for nothing? How? I'll spend the £9 just to play Day Z.

Although ARMA does look like fun in itself.

How tough are the zombies? 28 days later or original dawn of the dead?

I want to play but don't fancy buying Arma II on the off chance I'll enjoy it.

Still slogging away at D3, just want to finish inferno and then I think I'll sack it off

I'm over a friends tonight and will be playing - let me know if you want to join us.

On steam there is Arma2 free, then buy and download Operation:Arrowhead (£10 actually).
Then install DayZ.

Better instructions here.

Absolutely loving playing Halo CE Anniversary! It is incredible to be able to flick back to the old graphics, which in some ways (outdoors scenes mainly) I prefer! - still a great great game

https://alliances.commandandconquer.com/en/game/launch

Been playing this for the past seven days after getting c&c cravings I can't satisfy on OSX. I've been logging in several times, it's free to play, but I thought I'd give myself a better chance by buying 10 quids worth of in-game tokens.
What a fucking mistake.
For the first seven days, as with most browser based time wasting tripe like this, your base is under protection.
Precisely 1'21" after my protection ran out - I got fucking destroyed by some fuckpot with an empire the size of Tattoine. Absolutely fuming - A. that it happened, B. that I allowed myself to waste so much time.
The only thing that's making it slightly easier to swallow is that he's wasted even more of his life doing it. I miss Windows :(

Anyone got passage to Whimsyshire in D3? Just completed it with my L32 Monk, so looking to get there as my next target.

I can open it up to hell. Need to get to diablo on inferno now!

I really need to get on with inferno but damn It's hard, my damage is ace but being a kite isn't as i'm used to taking everything head on.

Almost 100k damage now.

Wouldn't mind doing some of those whimsyshire levels if you guys fancy it?