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D2D · 20-05-2012 11:29PM

R.I.P Robin Gibb

jaykhunter · 21-05-2012 12:14AM

Sad news, Robin Gibb (of the Bee Gees) died during surgery at 62. He had colon cancer that spread to his liver.

Robin Gibb, one of the three singing brothers of the Bee Gees, the long-running Anglo-Australian pop group whose chirping falsettos and hook-laden disco hits like “Jive Talkin’ ” and “You Should Be Dancing” shot them to worldwide fame in the 1970s, died on Sunday in London. He was 62 and lived in Thame, Oxfordshire, England.

The cause was complications of cancer and intestinal surgery, his family said in a statement.

Mr. Gibb had been hospitalized for intestinal problems several times in the last two years. Cancer had spread from his colon to his liver, and in the weeks before his death he contracted pneumonia and for a while was in a coma.

Full article here

gnfnrhead · 23-05-2012 01:42AM

Was looking through my PS3 games earlier and found two still in their packaging. Never opened, didn't even even know I had them!

Guess I'll give one of them a shot after LA Noire

GTR63 · 23-05-2012 01:51AM

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Was looking through my PS3 games earlier and found two still in their packaging. Never opened, didn't even even know I had them!

Guess I'll give one of them a shot after LA Noire

What games are they?
Barely played anything the last fortnite, have the Witcher 2 unwrapped but everytime I go to play it my rickety old 20GB 360 heats up and revs like ****. Played the tutorial and i'm not really into it tbh.
What are you making of LA Noire btw?

Cherry_Cola · 23-05-2012 02:15AM

I've gotten pretty sucked in to PC gaming over the last few weeks having been glued to BF3 on the Xbox for the past year. Really enjoying it and there's always really cheap deals for games on so it doesn't take long to build up quite a library of games.

Currently playing a mod called DayZ for Arma 2 which is basically an online map of between 50-70 players struggling for survival. It's unbelievable and unlike anything I've ever played before, highly recommend it!

I have such a backlog of games to go through though, have to stop buying new ones and just play what I have!

gnfnrhead · 23-05-2012 02:19AM

Army of Two: 40 days and Assassins Creed.

LA Noire is quality, but I keep getting the questions wrong in the interrogations. Probably get about half of them wrong every time

The first interrogation you have to get right, you can't go on until you do. You have three options, it took me three go's to get it right :pac:

The auto aim took a while to get used to. Thought it would be like GTA and follow the target, but it doesn't. It auto locks but once they move you have to move the aim with them to hit them.

I'm on my third partner now, I'm convinced the second one did something that I'll find out later in the story. Just seems like a dodgy fcuker with the way he was acting.

If you've never played it, you should. I got it in smyths for €15.

Also, 20GB? Join us in the present day some time soon!

GTR63 · 23-05-2012 02:32PM

Finished LA Noire when it was released last year I enjoyed it, reminded me of a far more serious Phoenix Wright. As far as my 20GB Xbox goes I won't buy a new one until there is another price cut, can't justify buying a replacement for something that already works.

Rjd2 · 23-05-2012 06:32PM

First one in ages, sensational in summer:)
What's everyone's favorite ice cream anyways?:o
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CMpunked · 23-05-2012 07:04PM

GTR63 wrote: »

Finished LA Noire when it was released last year I enjoyed it, reminded me of a far more serious Phoenix Wright. As far as my 20GB Xbox goes I won't buy a new one until there is another price cut, can't justify buying a replacement for something that already works.

Youd be better trading it in now and getting a few quid for it against a new one instead of waiting until it packs in and if its heating up like mad and revving and not letting up then its only a matter of time.

Cherry_Cola · 23-05-2012 07:31PM

CMpunked wrote: »

Youd be better trading it in now and getting a few quid for it against a new one instead of waiting until it packs in and if its heating up like mad and revving and not letting up then its only a matter of time.

Can't say I agree. I'm rocking the 20GB one too but have since gotten a 120GB HDD for it. You'll be lucky to get even €50 for a 20GB one at this stage.

Might as well just use it until it goes. Mine's almost 6 years old at this stage and despite 1 RROD is going strong so I've gotten the value out of it despite the fact I paid around €600 for it in a bundle at the time. The newest ones are less than €200!

jaykhunter · 23-05-2012 07:35PM

lol i've still got the 20GB one as well. Can't fit anything else on it after DLC etc. One RRoD but it's still going. Hopefully it'll keep chugging until the 720 comes out

D.Q · 23-05-2012 07:40PM

The weirdest thing happened to me playing Skyrim just after christmas. I was in between quests, loving the game, when suddenly, I just thought, whats the point? Im going to go and do this, and then I'll do something else etc etc just repeating the same formula in a fictional world.

Sold my xbox later that week and haven't felt in any way inclined to play any sort of game since. Even stuff I used to love like football manager etc.

jaykhunter · 23-05-2012 07:49PM

Woah, maybe gaming doesn't do it for you any more, but I'd purport that maybe Skyrim wasn't doing it for you, massive game, do this, go here, get loot, sell loot etc. I quickly got bored of it myself (and just watched Game of Thrones instead

). Far too much game time when you're just left to it, not enough plot, and certainly not enough to keep me involved/interested. That's me though. You're supposed to be immersed in the world (much like a movie, only it's much better since it's interactive!) but if it doesn't do the trick, yep, stop.

A break from gaming sounds like a good plan. If u feel the itch I'd recommend playing a completely different kind of game. Or at least something with a challenging plot, fresh setting & less-standard gaming tropes.

I picked up Ghost Trick : Phantom Detective for the DS there the other day. You're a ghost (a guy who's just been killed) and he can see other people who just died, and rewind time 4 minutes before their death; with the ability to manipulate some objects around him and change people's fate. So it's a twist on a puzzle game. Very different than the usual 3rd person action/adventure i'm used to playing. If u can get a hold of a DS (or sail the high seas on a pc) u should check it out

D.Q · 23-05-2012 08:08PM

Yeah it was the weirdest thing, because I'd always loved games. Then suddenly, something clicked and I just didn't enjoy them at all. I just couldnt suspend disbelief and immerse myself in it, and I'd always particularly liked the big RPGs and up until that moment, was loving Skyrim!

I wish I could reverse it tbh, I often find myself at a loss to do something other than play guitar or head out at the weekends!

CMpunked · 23-05-2012 08:14PM

That happened me with COD. Only thing thats different is i'm pretty crap at fps games. So the want not to play it anymore was a pretty easy one to come to.

Good idea in taking some time out from gaming, its always good and makes enjoying games which do grab your attention much more rewarding.
And now is doubly good, get your thumbs ready for GTA5.

Lord TSC · 23-05-2012 08:17PM

20 years on and nothing has changed. Ever have one of those days where you get told something which just upsets you so absolutely, you just wonder why you even bother with people and the whole "trying to be part of a group" malarky...

CMpunked · 23-05-2012 08:18PM

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

20 years on and nothing has changed. Ever have one of those days where you get told something which just upsets you so absolutely, you just wonder why you even bother with people and the whole "trying to be part of a group" malarky...

Y'alright, brother?

DEFTLEFTHAND · 23-05-2012 08:19PM

D.Q wrote: »

Yeah it was the weirdest thing, because I'd always loved games. Then suddenly, something clicked and I just didn't enjoy them at all. I just couldnt suspend disbelief and immerse myself in it, and I'd always particularly liked the big RPGs and up until that moment, was loving Skyrim!

I wish I could reverse it tbh, I often find myself at a loss to do something other than play guitar or head out at the weekends!

Maybe it will come back to you. I didn't touch my ps3 for months about two years ago. At the time I felt like I'd just grown out of video games and had no interest in anything. Then Red Dead Redemption came out and a friend convinced me I'd love it, so I gave it go and found it epic and have been back gaming regularly since.

Lord TSC · 23-05-2012 08:45PM

CMpunked wrote: »

Y'alright, brother?

Long story short, I was asked to participate in a work thing last week. Since I've felt like an outsider since I started, I was thrilled. Been looking forward to it all week. Then today I was told that they had to cut the numbers (by one), and so I need not "worry" about participating.

So once again, I'm left out in the cold...

GTR63 · 23-05-2012 08:48PM

CMpunked wrote: »

Youd be better trading it in now and getting a few quid for it against a new one instead of waiting until it packs in and if its heating up like mad and revving and not letting up then its only a matter of time.

Nah i'm going to run it into the ground, as others have said a 20gb 360 with no Hdmi port isn't worth scrap to trade. As far as getting bored with games, I just felt playing Arkham City, Uncharted 3, Gears 3 that I was just playing their prequels again with barely any improvement. Barely played FIFA 12 but i'm putting that down to not liking how the season went.
Anyone play Max Payne 3 yet?

Angron · 23-05-2012 08:48PM

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

20 years on and nothing has changed. Ever have one of those days where you get told something which just upsets you so absolutely, you just wonder why you even bother with people and the whole "trying to be part of a group" malarky...

Far, far more often than I'd like.

Lord TSC · 23-05-2012 08:59PM

I'll be honest. If it wasn't for the fact I'm very close to my Mom and Bro and could never abandon them, I'd have been out of this country the day I finished Uni. Just so sick of it.

jaykhunter · 23-05-2012 09:21PM

Wow, shocked at that. Selfish pricks. You should let someone know shítty that was, i bet they think nothing of it.

Or you could spike their food somehow with marijuana before a drug test lol

jaykhunter · 23-05-2012 11:57PM

The Xbox 360 vs. Motorola patent case is shaking up the future of the Xbox 360. Damon from IGN noted that 360 consoles are already banned from being sold in Germany.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOuZLlM24ao

Angron · 23-05-2012 11:58PM

I saw that on the Escapist, what the sh*t?

GTR63 · 24-05-2012 01:08AM

G'wan microsoft now at least show the next box at E3 now pleez. If its just Halo 4 and Kinect family crap I may die of disinterest.

Ridley · 24-05-2012 10:01AM

GTR63 wrote: »

... Kinect family crap ...

"Move your hand up and down to wipe baby's bum!"

GTR63 · 24-05-2012 10:49AM

Ridley wrote: »

"Move your hand up and down to wipe baby's bum!"

Nowhere near as unsettling as the no.1 selling game in Japan at the moment, My Little Sister Can't Possibly Be This Cute Portable.....Shudders

JP Liz V1 · 24-05-2012 12:57PM

G.I. Joe: Retaliation starring Dwayne The Rock Johnson not out now until 29th of March 2013 so it can be converted to 3D - WWE should be happy more promotion around Wrestlemania time

MitchKoobski · 24-05-2012 06:16PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

G.I. Joe: Retaliation starring Dwayne The Rock Johnson not out now until 29th of March 2013 so it can be converted to 3D - WWE should be happy more promotion around Wrestlemania time

They delay the film 9 months for 3D conversion. 3D conversion does not take that long. 6 months maybe, but not 9. I'd bet money that they pushed it a bit further to try get some extra publicity off wrestlemania.

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