Timmo

That was worth the wait (not really)

Look at Chip Remington while you're waiting http://www.chipremington.com/

The BBC took it down.

Good one (sarcasm)

Yeah, rubbish. With an amazing nightclub scene.

Yeah, I had it on Stalker difficulty and it wasn't too difficult... get close and go for headshots, generally. Use your radar.

No, don't. You're not powerful at the start, you're not meant to be. That comes later. Rambo simply won't work. To an earlier post: to cross the train tracks is just simple timing, wait for the electricity to disappear then go forward to the next bit, repeat.

What? But it's bound to in the future.

But... it's analogue. It's digital for Mario, because Mario originally used the digital c buttons. Geddit?

It's mentioned in the game quite heavily, chummmmmmmmmmmm. By the trader guy you start off speaking to.

Great album, but they were dull as hell at Reading.

Erm, did no one pay attention to what was said? You don't have to face the guards at all to get past. It's probably bad for your reputation, too.

I can't imagine how frustrating that must have been. I've played this for about 5 hours today, which must be good, right? It's not as good as I'd hoped generally, but the weapons balistics and magnetism toward headshots are both brilliant.

Are you wearing an artifact on your belt? Take it off.

The first bit in the second area has some horiffic slowdown. It's fine, but when you face one particularly detailed piece of lanscape it slows to a crawl. The game seems ace, if bugged. But I can cope with that. It's far, far better than Boiling Point. (As you'd expect.)

The new DS TMNT is absolutely SHOCKING. This looks ace.

http://www.blogotheque.net/article.php3?id_article=2838 New The National material. Absolutely my favourite band right now, while I'm off Radiohead. Alligator, Cherry Tree EP and Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers are all wonderful. Each reveals itself after a number of listens. These 2 new songs are very instant for me, I liked them both a lot on first listen. Which I hope isn't a bad sign... New album out May, I believe...

All moves are unlocked, but you have to buy them again. You get twice as much money as before, though. the new moves are stupidly expensive, however.

The point you mentioned about the early bug is wrong. You can destroy the platform, leave the room and re-enter. However, the game crashed when I entered one of the stone slab rooms (What's the point of these rooms by the way?) a couple of times. Sloppy.

will any of your greek relatives be making an appearance

What? I hated PES5. It was terrible and tight and you couldn't move.

Um, back and triangle for the uppercut, up and triangle for the kick, if I remmeber correctly. Playing the first level, and decimating the lot of them with your new skills is such a joy.

"There's only room for two hard men in this ring, and I'm one of them." Is there a repositry of links to Brooker's writing anywhere on the net? I could easily while away a dull afternoon reading his stuff.

Finished this today. 16 and a half hours and 150 odd continues. And that didn't include the times I switched it off in frustration. Still, brilliant. The very moment I finished I was desperate to start over on the early levels again. And playing through the early levels with my new skills is a delight. First stage finished with 2 continues and mostly done on Die level, I didn't realise how much I'd come on. Finished this today. 16 and a half hours and 150 odd continues. And that didn't include the times I switched it off in frustration. Still, brilliant. The very moment I finished I was desperate to start over on the early levels again. And playing through the early levels with my new skills is a delight. First stage finished with 2 continues and mostly done on Die level, I didn't realise how much I'd come on. Edit - I didn't finish it three times.

Finished this today. 16 and a half hours and 150 odd continues. And that didn't include the times I switched it off in frustration. Still, brilliant. The very moment I finished I was desperate to start over on the early levels again. And playing through the early levels with my new skills is a delight. First stage finished with 2 continues and mostly done on Die level, I didn't realise how much I'd come on.