Gaming room (It's a geeks paradise)

[mockney piers]

Yes I spotetd that in your other post. Pretty neat stuff.

Interfaces are the lost art of programming sadly.

Too many people think they know what they're doing, and in my experience almost none actually do.

In fact interface design should generally be kept away from programmers altogether and left to the psychologists and artists to work out, and let the coders implement them.

[lozzyloz]

This cracked me up. Halo Future. You've probably already seen it MP. Should I be trading in my PS3?

[mockney piers]

That's hilarious! "circle-strafe hopping proved an insufficient defence, the world population was decimated overnight"

The future's bright, the future's green.

[mockney piers]

Brilliant article

http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/commentary/games/2007/11/gamesfrontiers_1105

[SeanMacGabhann]

Mockney

ooooh my - I have NOOOO idea what he is talking about !

[Horsebox]

Gah, my X-box hard drive died last week. Instead of paying Microsoft to repair it I'm toying with the idea of forking out for a 360.

What puts me off though, is the limited number of games from the original xbox that can be played on the 360. I thought that this would be a given for all games. Not that I need a massive amount of encouragement.

Edit: Rolo Tomasi, I've sent you a PM about the event you have mentioned.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Horsebox

The list of compatible Xbox games has improved a lot - and it was a concern of mine but in truth when you are playing quality 360 titles AND the live Arcade titles you will miss next to nothing on the old Xbox

Come on - join us!

[mockney piers]

Yeah, it's pretty comprehensive these days. Go on horsebox, you know it makes sense..join the clan!!

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm

I've just noticed Ninja Gaiden is on there. Right, I'm finally going to finish that!!!

[Keef]

Finally got round to finishing Zelda Twilight Princess the other day. Really good final battle, and nice ending sequence... Always makes me a bit sad though, like finishing a really good book.

[mockney piers]

I must get back to that at some point. First want to finish Bioshock, then Zelda.

Aagh, and got zookeeper back of spence which is keeping me up at night.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Zookeeper has paled next to the tile-swapping magic that is Puzzle Quest (Ds and 360 versions)

[mockney piers]

I've downloaded the full 360 version, but haven't really given it a go yet.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Is this romantic or not? I can't decide...

Awww...........

[Floating Onion]

I like my games, but that's a bit much!

[mockney piers]

I once "met" this couple on WoW who played together (quiet at the back) and teamed up with them a couple of times.

They'd met on WoW, but both lived in manchester and were seeing each other in RL.

The frightening thing was both were divorced and both had met their previous spouses on other online games. The girl on Counterstrike and the lad on Diablo.

I didn't hold out much hope for them.

[SeanMacGabhann]

found this on the THIRD page - shocking...

Anyway, SMG seems to be getting the love that was anticipated - however without a Wii (and unlikely to get one this year) I'll not get the chance to play it - anyone else had a go yet?

I've reached the final level on Halo3 (on Heroic) and am waiting for the right moment to finish the whole thing - I'm firmly in the Halo 1 was fantastic, Halo 2 was bobbins camp and was expecting only marginal improvements in Halo 3 but if anything it has surpassed 1 for me....

[mockney piers]

Agreed. Single player campaign has been a lot of fun and am about to approach legendary; well I already have and got my arse whupped. Am getting my mate Rich (you met him at Rhythms of the world) involved in some co-op if you fancy it.

Mind you, I can never get past puzzle quest these days ... grrrrrr.

[SeanMacGabhann]

I keep forgetting you can do 4 player co-op... another feather in it's cap

Definitely up for that but will need to book the time...

I will try on Legendary as well but I'm not sure I have the patience to deal with that many snipers - will be good to play against the covenant again after so much of The Flood

[mockney piers]

Yeah, those last levels can get very claustrophobic and a bit repetitive. Enjoy the final level; it's very easy but it's a blast!!

[mockney piers]

From Gamespot interview with developers

"GS: How are you balancing the four-player gameplay? Will the difficulty scale increase with the number of players in a co-op game?

FO: We've actually included a whole layer of ways to make co-op more challenging. But the first and most important step for players is to forget that easy and normal even exist. If you have any chutzpa at all, you might as well forget heroic while you're at it. Real men (and ladies) play co-op on legendary."

[SeanMacGabhann]

It has to be really doesn't it? Ok I'm in... can we get a 4th (sounds like we'll need 'em)

[Floating Onion]

Well I'd be up for it if I get an xbox for Christmas...

>:D<

[SeanMacGabhann]

So not only is Rock Band released (not just guitars - oh no. Now you and some friends can play drums, guitar and sing all at the same time) but they have released a Bowie pack

Only thing is, classic track Queen Bitch is now called Queen *****

I mean I ask you...... if you are worried about it, pick another song but... sheesh

[mockney piers]

Assuming anything posted here is geeky, then comparatively speaking, this is very cool.

[Brendan]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> Only thing is, classic track Queen Bitch is now

> called Queen *****

How does one pronounce *****?