Morning Discussion

I've been playing more Beat Hazard. While Audiosurf is quite firmly a rhythm game and sets out to create very literal interpretations of the songs you feed in, Beat Hazard is more about the broad strokes. It's an arena shooter first and foremost with the bonus of action following the soundtrack you choose. 's a nice way to experience songs.

$7.49 on Steam. I still wish there were per-song leaderboards.

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    April 21, 2010 5:09 AM

    Been looking at the games coming out over the next month and GOD DAMN i'm going to have some tough decisions!

    Skate3 and RedDead are definitely being purchased on launch day.

    The next tier would be Alan Wake and Split\Second, dependant on opinions and reviews.

    And then Prince of Persia and Lost Planet 2 if reviews are good and i can afford them!

    May is gonna be sweeeet!!

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      April 21, 2010 5:13 AM

      Are red dead and skate coming out for xbox?

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      April 21, 2010 5:17 AM

      3D Dot Heroes

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        April 21, 2010 5:22 AM

        Ive got a 360 so wont be able to get this. Looks good tho. It would be on my list if it was available to me.

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        April 21, 2010 6:21 AM

        ^^^ So excited. :D

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      April 21, 2010 5:17 AM

      I'm so jaded, I think it's going to save me money.

      I got a feeling I won't be buying any games until I return from London in about 15 weeks from now and I am yet to finish Uncharted 2 :/ - I also only really want Heavy Rain, GoW3, Bayonetta, Dante's inferno and the GTA 4 episodes (all for PS3) and of course SC2 - the rest of the year doesn't have anything for me.

      I supose I should get ME2 eventually too.

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        April 21, 2010 5:23 AM

        a lot can happen before your trip over here, abrasion!

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          April 21, 2010 5:23 AM

          Will you be attending shackmeets? - Did you know I'm making my own cider with a brew kit in my kitchen right now?

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            April 21, 2010 5:26 AM

            is that just apples that have been sitting in your fruit bowl from December?

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              April 21, 2010 5:28 AM

              Google for "oztops" dude! Fucking awesome. We had some of her gear the other night and it was the bomb diggity yo! (just bottled juice and yeast with special lids)

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                April 21, 2010 5:29 AM

                Interesting... let me know how you go

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                  April 21, 2010 5:31 AM

                  Sampling my batch is on Friday, tonight I take it out of the hot water cupboard. It's been a full week.

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            April 21, 2010 5:27 AM

            if you still come up to the north for a visit to manchester, iw ould be up for a shackmeet at the weekend.
            London is a bit too far and week is filled with worktime.

            What kind of cider? Apples or something else?

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              April 21, 2010 5:30 AM

              I reckon I should head to the north, I would like to see toraz leave his house, I am curious if he is agraphorbic living in the middle of nowhere.

              I sure hope the websites I've read are correct about pre paid sims with unlimited data for like 3 quid a week (WTF!)

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                April 21, 2010 5:41 AM

                not sure about that. i have a sim card with O2 and the deal is aslong as i top up £15/month, i can get unlimited texts and unlimited internet. If i only top up £10/month i just get the unlimited texts. I also get to use the credit i top up with for phone calls or whatever.

                i can't verify the £3/week deal tho.

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                  April 21, 2010 5:54 AM

                  I found one on some UK Sim web site - I'd gladly pay 15 quid for a phone and unlimited internet for amonth

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                    April 21, 2010 6:06 AM

                    i dont think these sim cards can be bought. i think an existing customer has to ask for them from O2 and they send you like 5 or 6.

                    and i'm also unclear about whether they offer the deal i'm on to new customers or not. check www.o2.co.uk and see what you can find out about.

                    if you need me to, i cud send off for some sim cards and give you one. or i may be able to get one off friends who have them lying around. (as i said, they send you quite a few whwn you ask for one.)

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                      April 21, 2010 6:42 AM

                      I have a heap of mates in the UK so I'm hoping one of them hooks me up asap, even if it has to be under their name - I just want a reasonable fee - say I'm there for 5 weeks and it's my sole internet device - if I can keep it under 40 quid for the 5 weeks I'll be happy.

                      - France, will a SIM work there without hassles?

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                April 21, 2010 5:54 AM

                I leave the house on quite a regular basis. although I do live in the middle of fucking nowhere... so it's a bit of an expedition to get anywhere.

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                  April 21, 2010 6:06 AM

                  where abouts you located?

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                    April 21, 2010 6:26 AM

                    In the wilderness on the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire border

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                      April 21, 2010 6:29 AM

                      im not sure how close that is so it must be between 1-2hours drive from me.

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                        April 21, 2010 11:05 AM

                        google maps claims 2 hours 4 minutes by car from here to Blackburn

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                  April 21, 2010 6:11 AM

                  I was worried cause you might slack out. Northern meet it is - you pricks choose the best city - happy to go to any (if the fucking trains go there!) - Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool - they all look quite large. (according to google maps) Whichever one I'm statistically less likely to be knifed in for my iphone.

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                    April 21, 2010 6:15 AM

                    i vote manchester. although i have friends in sheffield i could stay with for a weekend.

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                      April 21, 2010 6:21 AM

                      Manchester was my #1 preference - I know nothing of the place except they have a good football club (or did?)

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                    April 21, 2010 6:27 AM

                    Well, there's a shopping center around Sheffield that contains a totally awesome burger joint :p

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                      April 21, 2010 6:30 AM

                      there is a sweet burger place in manchester that does THE MOST AWESOME OREA MILKSHAKES EVER!

                      and yes, the caps were done intentionally.

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                    April 21, 2010 6:44 AM

                    I went t'up t'north once, it was t'bloody soaking wet and their idea of t'Underground is almost comical. Don't bother unless you're going t' Lake District.

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                      April 21, 2010 6:48 AM

                      I want to try to absorb a fair bit of the place, everyone takes the piss out of the north and perhaps I will be a snob too once I see it but I just have to.

                      It's not like I'm some classy cat, Australian english is bad and my parents do hail from Watford, which my mate tells me is a shithole.

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                        April 21, 2010 6:48 AM

                        It's rubbish! Don't bother! You won't understand a word anyone says either.

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                          April 21, 2010 6:50 AM

                          This is considered posh English t'up t'North: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc27qmMQpBQ

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                            April 21, 2010 7:00 AM

                            haha, alan partridge is awesome. although some people from the north do talk exactly like this. the manchester north is slightly different.

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                              April 21, 2010 7:03 AM

                              The fellow behind the bar sounds Irish to me (I spose that will also get me stabbed) - but well, I guess we don't get much exposure to the different dialects.
                              Much like all aussies sound the same apparently.

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                          April 21, 2010 6:53 AM

                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7wkHZDkcfA <- :(
                          (I can't listen to it myself - I close it before I hear it, I can't stand to hear my own voice)

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                            April 21, 2010 6:55 AM

                            I hope you know sign language or we won't have the slightest clue what you're crying out for when we take you round the back of Peckham bus station.

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                              April 21, 2010 6:58 AM

                              Is this something like the blue oyster bar? :(

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                            April 21, 2010 6:56 AM

                            You really sound nothing like I'd expected!

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                              April 21, 2010 6:57 AM

                              We should play L4D sometime, I played with dognose and cords and spaeckeekkekckow and it's fun.

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                                April 21, 2010 6:58 AM

                                Imagine all the bitching about lag we could do!

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                                  April 21, 2010 7:03 AM

                                  It's honestly not that bad, it's still playable with a 400, you kinda get used to it, oh yeah and blackcat9 has the worst headset ever :(

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                      April 21, 2010 6:50 AM

                      it's wet everywhere in the UK. By t' way alice, 2/5 correct uses of t'"t'" phrase isn't bad at all.

                      i'm gona get back t' t'internet.

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        April 21, 2010 6:50 AM

        Are you going to get the CE Edition of Starcraft 2?? I know I am. :D

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      April 21, 2010 5:30 AM

      Red dead redemption is the only game I'm really looking forward to. can't wait to play that game.

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        April 21, 2010 6:25 AM

        Same here. I'm trying to play so many other games to fill the gap between here, but nothing's working. :(

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      April 21, 2010 5:45 AM

      I'm still waiting to see if RDR suffers from the same stuff GTAIV did. Blurry graphics on PS3 and the like. If they fixed the RAGE engine of this stuff for RDR then I'll go PS3. If not, I'll go 360 since I'm not worried about MP and it doesn't look like MS pulled any exclusivity bullshit this time.

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        April 21, 2010 5:53 AM

        the gameplay clips ive seen look good and crisp, tho i'm not sure what platoform they were from.

        I'm just hoping that you dont have other cowboys gettin all pissy when you dont take them for a ride on your horse or for a drink or sum shit.

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      April 21, 2010 6:24 AM

      RedDead doesn't interest me because I thought GTA4 was really not very entertaining, wild west stuff holds no appeal to me, and I hate trying to aim with a thumbstick.

      Fortunately Super SF4 will keep me busy through May and beyond.

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        April 21, 2010 6:42 AM

        i bought SFIV and just couldnt get good at it. some characters have like 3 moves, the only character i could consistently perform super/ultra combos with was akuma and it took me ages to beat the stupid final boss.

        releasing the same game, but with more characters that probably could have been released as dlc just makes me hate it even more.

        I will stick with tekken. and wait patiently for MvC3

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      April 21, 2010 6:32 AM

      Red Dead and Alan Wake both look really good. What I really want is Fallout NV though :/ just a few more months.... there are some pretty good looking XBLA games coming around soon as well. Sonic 4 and Tecmo Super Bowl look stellar.

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        April 21, 2010 6:43 AM

        yeh, they do look good. im only looking at a month ahead at this point tho. This year is going to be a good year for games. can't wait to see what comes out of E3 this year.

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      April 21, 2010 6:35 AM

      Mario Galaxy 2 and 3D Dot Game Heroes are my 2 launch-day purchases !

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      April 21, 2010 6:41 AM

      Amazon.ca isn't accepting pre-orders for Skate 3.. wtf?

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      April 21, 2010 6:48 AM

      I'm on the fence about Alan Wake and RedDead. The Alan Wake videos all show very boring gameplay. It almost seems like they had the light burning gimmick and felt like they were done. The fact that a Remedy game starts so corny and just swoops you into a tutorial that isn't effective, worries me. I was hoping for a little more of an adventure feel. I wish Alan Wake ended up being a hybrid of what it is and Deadly Premonition. Already have collector's edition paid off. Hope Remedy made something good.

      RedDead I'm cautious with because of GTA4. I was one of the many that just couldn't be motivated. The game tried to take itself too seriously. They crafted such a beautiful world, and wanted you to respect that too much. I ended up getting more fun out of Saints Row 2. I'm going to wait for jaded gamers to chime in on this one.

      Skate 3 is auto-purchased for me. I don't now if it adds enough to justify the sequel. Yet the hardcore mode added enough nuances to get me excited again. I've spent untold hours in Skate 2 and look forward to seeing the tricks the community pulls off.

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      April 21, 2010 6:52 AM

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      April 21, 2010 7:07 AM

      Crackdown 2 is the only game that is coming out soon that I am pretty sure I'm gonna buy, as it is I still have 1 game left from Christmas I didn't go through yet, and BC2 is keeping me plenty happy as well.

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      April 21, 2010 12:14 PM

      There's simply not a thing im looking forward too atm... =/

      It makes me sad.... 3D-Dot looks cool and SSFIV (mandatory really) but thats about it.

      Would be Alan Wake if i had a 360 i guess...

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