Nate Dogg III

Have you done the one where you meet the Queen after putting the offering in? Assume not, if you've only done it for the last two weeks. Pretty sure that's the only one that gives you the seed (and should be back again after reset tomorrow).

It was ten fucking years ago Jonathan

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Of course, it's fine. Most of the things people argue about were before my time anyway (and I'm also part of the Double Dash club). I don't think five hours of Destiny is anywhere near enough, sadly. You need fully unlocked subclasses and big-boy weapons before you start to see it for what it is.

That's rough. I suspect it's primarily about converting as many PS Plus players as possible, as there's too much of a financial barrier there as it stands. But that should have been pretty obvious six weeks ago, I'd have thought. Still, Masterwork Cores! You can't put a price on them.

Okay we've had the scores argument, done the Destiny thing and someone's said they prefer GamesTM. If one of you could just bring up LittleBigPlanet quickly I'll have completed my card and can contractually take the rest of the day off.

Yeah I had that last night, assumed it was an HDR thing but dunno. Had one game of solo Blackout that didn't go well at all, and thought that would be it. But squadded up with a couple of IRL pals for a few rounds last night and it really is a different game. I've barely played any PUBG or Fortnite, but what little I have played was solo. Much more fun in a gang, isn't it, though I suppose that's to be expected. Not sure how long I'll stick with it (I am one of the 12 people in the world that likes COD for its campaigns, so there's not much here for me this year) but that's already the most fun I've had with a Call Of Duty multiplayer in half a decade or more.

If only you gave a toss what Edge thinks! We’ve mentioned it a couple of times at least.

I totally get this, to be honest. But I think we've set ourselves up as something of an authority on Destiny now, and for every person our coverage annoys there's another who really appreciates it (we got quite a few people emailing and tweeting etc asking where/when our Forsaken cover was). While most of the mag is anonymous, it is still made by people, and ultimately the mag is a reflection of what those people are interested in or excited about. When I am dead and gone there will be far less Destiny in the pages of Edge, I'm sure. The broader point about how we cover service games is an issue, and not just for us, though I do think we have it worse because we can't parp out news posts about new Fortnite skins or whatever and call it coverage. Long Game was intended to help us fill that gap, but it's actually proving to be a tough slot to fill because there just isn't the expertise out there. Turns out that people who review games for money don't tend to stick around once the cheque has cleared.

Have you read the Tomb Raider thread? It's all over the place, just like the review scores have been. I don't accept it's that much of a departure from the consensus at all because I don't believe there is one. And I certainly don't appreciate the implication that we do this for the sake of it. Believe it or not we do not give a score like this lightly.

Everything's brilliant! Nothing can be improved, nothing deserves questioning, and anyone who expresses anything negative has no soul! Everything gets a 10!

You're hired!

Assassin's came in on deadline day and Astro Bot a few days after.

Yeah I did the first one solo at around 520 and while it was absolutely terrifying I got it done. Did last week's too on my Titan, and it was probably the most soloable (word) one so far – the difficulty is in getting to the fight, not the fight itself.

We done a raid last night! Well, we finally got a team together for one. Breezed the first encounter and made decent headway in the second one. It's a banger alright. Really enjoyed it. Then did all the Dreaming City stuff inside an hour and got some bad, demoralising drops. Guess you can't have everything. I really, really love the Ascendant Challenges. I think they've been the best bit of the game so far (though I haven't seen enough of the dungeon I can't remember the name of). Just very different, and challenging, gently puzzle-y, and alternately scary and hilarious. They're essentially the raid experience distilled down to a 15-minute thing you can do solo. Cracking stuff.