Gaming room (It's a geeks paradise)

[Otta]

david_carnell Wrote:

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> No not yet.....it is on my "to-do" list. Behind

> numerous household chores!

Ah, the true cost of being allowed to own a console.

[StraferJack]

pretty darn huge

For anyone who spent (waaaay too much) time with Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, the sequel finally arrives later this year and apart from looking awesome in and of itself, this advert doesn't look too shabby either

[Otta]

Oh dear, my life is going to be over!

[StraferJack]

But your new life will be so much fun!

[Marcus]

Is anyone here on ps3 or are you all xbox?

[mockney piers]

There are one or two Ps3 ers out there.

[StraferJack]

My PS3 gets used for dvd/blurays mostly - gameswise I haven't found much to prefer it to xbox. FFXIII was one of the few games I plumped for PS3 version as it was demonstrably better suited, but must multi platformers come out better on xbox it seems

plus the network infrastructure for online gaming seems much more robust on xbox (and that includes pre-sony network broohaha of last 2 months)

[Floating Onion]

I keep pitching the PS3 as a bluray player, but Mrs. Onion isn't falling for it.

[ratty]

Noticed this morning (very early thanks to 3 year old getting up at 5:30) that Sainsburys are taking pre-orders for MW3!

[Marcus]

MW2 was SO disappointing. Having been blown away by the first MW, and having had the second on order for months pre release, I was pretty shocked at the lack of progress. Rubbish, living on the brand. Battlefield Bad Company 2 utterly sh*ts on it.

While the MW series staggers on with it's old graphics engine, Battlefield 3 is totally fresh.

I defy anyone to watch this trailer and not gasp with unbridled awe.

[StraferJack]

Long Time since we had a Zero Punctuation review - so here is LA Noire(e)

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3347-L-A-Noire

Worth it for the Tony Blair animation alone - but as usual it's much better than that anyway

[Floating Onion]

A bit of gaming XKCD.

[Otta]

Borrowed the Ghostbusters video game for xbox. Gameplay a bit annoying, and seems to take for ever to reload a checkpoint when you die. If, like me, you were a fan of the film though, it's quite fun.

[StraferJack]

Finished Portal 2 at the weekend (not a long game I know, but I don't get as much gaming time these days)

When I started the game I loved it, and by the end I loved it even more

Proper laugh out loud funny all the way through, some disturbing areas which hint at a bigger world, IMMENSLEY satisfying puzzles - this game had them all

It's not perfection, but of all the things I buy in small plastic boxes (cds, dvds, games) it stands as the best I've bought in years.

[Otta]

I've picked it up a few times in the shop and been tempted. Having read that rave, I think I'll go for it on pay day.

[StraferJack]

Have youplayed portal 1? You can download it for 800 points on xbox live. You don't NEED to but you can at least try the demo and see if the mechanic works for you. (NB: it didn't click with me for months and it just sat there annoying me as everyone else in the world raved about it)

I think #2 is more newbie friendly tho... I would lend you mine but I'm looking to do the co-op puzzles with someone next

[mockney piers]

Yeah, must get my teeth into a proper game again at some point. I'm amazed you find the time SJ.

I'm enjoying Dishwasher:Dead Samurai as a good arcade button masher with great visual style and some nice touches.

[Otta]

I got dragon age origins second hand a couple of weeks ago. Not sure I can arsed with it though. Still have GTA4 to play, but it hasn't exactly grabbed me.

Really want LA Noir, but will probably wait til the price drops a bit.

[mockney piers]

I'll happily do Dragon Age borrowage, Bioware games are usually a pretty good bet.

I'm going to do the same with LA Noire.

Will be getting Eden, is it out yet as it goes, I notice there are already reviews out there?

Othert than that don't see anything coming I'm excited about which is sad. I might have to finish my old deus ex 2. (fiver from steam)

[mockney piers]

In a slight game related aside, I'm reading a history book about the struggle between the Medici and the Pazzi in Renaissance Florence. I wished I'd read it before playing Assassin's Creed II, seems a lot of the seemingly bonkers plot is grounded i quite a bit of historical truth (minus the templars and building leaping of course)

[Otta]

Have you finished AC2 yet? That's a game that I do quite like, but get bored of quite quickly, and have to come back to.

I used to be the type who would never move on to another game until I'd finished one, but have about 5 on the go now.

Piers, I'll give dragon age a go this week, as I've only had one quick session with it, but if I'm not getting on with it, you're welcome to see how you get on.

[mockney piers]

I need one last push on AC2. I've pretty much collected everything apart from all the feathers, and I'm moving to the denoument. It has got to that doing the same thing time after time stage which is why i needed a break from it. In all fairness it took a lot longer to get that than with other games.

Even the marvellous Bioshock I got bored with half way through.

[StraferJack]

And so you never got to That Bit

Which I'm still bothered by for some reason

[mockney piers]

I don't think I even have it any more, I think I lent it to keef, whatever happened to him!

[Otta]

You did, and he's never actually gotten round to so much as looking at it.