StraferJack

verrrry slow moving? Kings Quest maybe?

typing instructions sounds more early-mid 80s do you mean a lucasfilm game where you clicked on verbs/nouns to instruct the character? How "graphical" was it?

"I thought you had to play it via an X-Box?" you can play it with an xbox but to be honest it is released on most devices these days - pads/phones/consoles/pcs

Pickle What isn't obvious from the graphics is the astonishing creativity the game allows/encourages Have a look at some youtube minecraft creations - and then compare to the rudimentary tools the game starts you with. It's an amazing game/learning tool http://mashable.com/2013/02/13/amazing-minecraft-creations/

If they are schilling for votes, who are the voters? Blaming politicians is bogus. We vote, we decide. If you have a better system let us know what it is

Ditto about the loving it One of my favourite sporting events - added bonus this year is unusual kick off times Best moments usually involve being in a pub/club/restaurant/home of competing nations when a big match happens. The passion and camaraderie is unsurpassed fancy England to get further than expected and generate a good vibe across the country too

dont need an excuse - I just keep playing it I might join in to help... or.. I might just invade your game and take your hard won souls...

and if anyone needs help with bosses, let me know and I'll try and jump in

opening tutorial session isn't the greatest but it really opens up - when you get past first boss proper you should have a fair idea if you think it's skyrim because of setting, it couldnt be further from that game.

now go and look at zero punctuations review of it (dark souls 1) after he had dismissed it for years

gigging in London is such a strange beast - so many opportunities to see so many great bands and yet so many dull crowds. Of course one breeds the other I suppose - if you are used to going to gigs why get excited by Yet Another One Why do people spend so much cash going only to yak over the set as well?

"often has occassion to..."??

to prove otta's point: http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-decemberists/2007/shepherds-bush-empire-london-england-5bd0c32c.html but going to a gig for one song is a mugs game... smoking ban or no smoking ban

you are spending more time over here than there of late... still, must be nice to enjoy a proper pint ammiright?

When they posted about the sushi I recall plenty of scepticism - looks like that scepticism was well founded

is "in arrears" the same as "never paid"? this is just intolerant, green-ink, nothing better to do nonsense with corporations not paying bazillions in tax, you want to target some poor sod with no money and prevent them from using a library? Ugly thinking

"The people who rightly hate what he stands for would have been more productive highlighting their odious policies rather than attacking him. " I hear this a lot, but if you put the odious policies to people directly and they just wither ignore/deny/agree with them

On a more macro level - how does the UKIP candidate for croydon expect to perform if he calls the town a dump?

I agree with what Loz is saying, objectively But in the real world, most of the people I encounter aren't open to persuasion, or argument It's a very gut-level, emotional "flood, sheeple, swamped, EU, immigration" repetitive cycle of thought Many are saying it's Labour/Con/Lib fault for not getting a compelling message across to voters but I'm not sure that's 100% the reason I think this emotion has been dormant but untapped for eons - what is different now is 21st century media, speed of communication and because Farage is no Griffin, the colossal airtime (compared with comparable parties in terms of votes, such as Greens) afforded Farage has led to a level of credibility being bestowed upon him that wouldn't normally have happened So the people who have been cowed by "PC" discourse feel more confident in speaking up.

except the manifesto, in Farage's own words, is garbage expect a more horrific one when they have wind behind their sails

Green goose If you say "And some of you attack UKIP! Vote for UKIP and give these despicable career/establishment politicians a bloody nose!" Don't whine when people disagree with you and come over all "i don't support them, I just want to give the other parties a warning"

What business did churchill run btw? All this better in the past bobbins Silent majority? Majority don't want what you want. Silenced? Obscene to even suggest it Words like appeasement? And you have cheek to tell people they are emotional on other threads? By all means pick apart the problems with mainstream parties and the eu. But ukip as an answer? Incredible

Nope. Ukip has come to prominence because people like you can look at that party, talk about how poor the other parties are, not mention the odious stench of racism, homophobia and basic incompetence coming from ukip and decide you like them This is on you

And if anyone pipes up with "typical liberal telling people what to do" have a word. You have a million choices, including voting for these incompetetent yet dangerous clowns. But don't pretend you don't know they are more than they pretend and it's "unsurprising" people vote for them if the "big" parties are so shit Sometimes there are absolutes and relativism is downright scary

Is there a government in history that couldn't be tarred with a sound bite friendly phrase There seems to be an idea abroad that older, previous governments were somehow better Or worse, that the notion of government itself is abhorrent Both need to get a grip. We live in a democracy which means a shed load of compromise, grumbling, occasional violent protest But if there is a better system, what is it? Because voting for ukip is simply an unnaceptable alternative. Not as a protest, not as a warning, not as a joke