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BritGAF |OT5| Superb Birds, Absurd Turds and Disturbed Nerds
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I wish I could make games. I would love to create a spiritual successor to Creatures 2. If anyone wants to bung some money my way via Kickstarter I will have a go at learning...
LET'S DO IT!!!!!!
I can't make games either.
Just saw this on FB, made me smile:
Daww!
No idea who the bambina in the front is.
Stuff like this makes me want to get wise in the head a bit quicker. HItting thirty soon. But I guess I have time..
Prince Charles Cinema usually have it on this of time of year. You could stop and just go watch it on the big screen today if you're in London.
NinjaBoiX
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Yeah, they didn't mess about! They formed the band after meeting Jack and Will Bottomley at school and released their first EP when they were 13. Fuck's sake...13 and they were recording and releasing EP's, mental.Stuff like this makes me want to get wise in the head a bit quicker. HItting thirty soon. But I guess I have time..
I assume the Macintyre siblings had been playing together for a while before that though.
GF's favourite movie, she cries like a baby every time.
I fell asleep the first time [ it was on telly at like 3 in the morning, and I'd just come in]. Second time, I had to watch for film analysis. So effectively, writing about 'how the feels' work.
Third time [or one of the subsequent times], I put it on for the family, to test out the projector.
I really like how it comes together in the end. Something very genuine about this film.
A three-hour train ride just isn't worth it, aha. I'd love to see it in the cinema, mind. I'll keep my eyes open for local cinema screenings.
I've heard from many people it's a tear-jerker. I'm not sure whether I'll cry or not. I blubber like a fool during some movies. Click, Marley & Me, Lion King, Toy Story 3, Up...they all reduced me to a wreck.
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archies for lunch? oh go on then.
It goes up huge amounts every year. But to be fair, I read reports of it being the lowest rise it's been in years.
show me your skeleton
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what gets my goat is how awful the service is. arriva trains are always late and at least one carriage short. so crap.
Our trains are sooo bad. The only journey I don't mind so much is Manchester to London, but that's because I get to sit in first class. /Hilary swank 😄
Also...reknoc or anyone still playing destiny...is there any appetite to set up a ps4 raid group? Provided you don't mind me being flaky of course.
Also...reknoc or anyone still playing destiny...is there any appetite to set up a ps4 raid group? Provided you don't mind me being flaky of course.
First Great Western trains down in Devon are crap as well. Two carriage trains during busy periods and four to six carriage trains during the quieter times. Not to mention the constant delays and the fact that the carriages themselves are shit. Luckily I don't have to worry about them much now, only when I visit the family.
Exeter to London via First Class is nice though I will say that (thank you railcard).
Little Old Man
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Trains in the north west are basically cattle trucks on wheels. Absolutely rank, service unreliable, and it's a rare day when there are enough carriages.
A work colleague was talking about train lateness with me. He has a Japanese partner. Late for Japan is 1 minute!
A train to Cardiff from Birmingham would cost me £45. A coach would cost me £5. It's a longer journey (3 hours longer, lawlz) but I'll sacrifice time to save money.
Musha_Soturi
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Fuck getting a coach, I'd rather pay the money and get a train.
Return to Blackpool last night cost me £85
Return to Blackpool last night cost me £85
There is that. I'm getting a coach down to Devon when I go visit the family. Costing me £7 from London Victoria to Exeter. Getting a train back though and that's £14.50 first class from Exeter to Waterloo (thank you railcard and advance booking).
moka
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I am too, not on that coach hype.
5.5 hours to Bradford. Naaaaaaaah.
roundabout
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Nice! That sounds a bargain LOL
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hah yeah, i remember reading about how the entire train network in japan racked up a total of ten minutes delay in an entire year*. when i visited there efficiency was definitely an obvious part of their culture. as was leering at women.
*figures may be incorrect, can't be arsed to reference.
PS FLAT FOUND IN MANCHESTER. HENSHIN A GO GO BABY.
zomgbbqftw
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Fuck any kind of bus. Train and tube all the way.
NinjaBoiX
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Good work on the flat skeleton!
Manchester to Sunderland and vice versa is about 2 and a half hours on the train but costs anywhere from £50-100.
It's only an extra half an hour on the coach and costs like a tenner. Plus, I find it more comfortable; the seats are softer, it's darker and it's quieter.
It's a no brainer.
See you have to balance out cost and journey time.
Manchester to Sunderland and vice versa is about 2 and a half hours on the train but costs anywhere from £50-100.
It's only an extra half an hour on the coach and costs like a tenner. Plus, I find it more comfortable; the seats are softer, it's darker and it's quieter.
It's a no brainer.
Trains from Brum to London are usually cheap at off peak times. It's great when you manage to book a cheap Virgin train ticket with its swift journey time. Coaches are usually slightly cheaper (National Express Brum to London) if you book about 3 days in advance but they are subject to delays and quite uncomfortable.
Tubes are great, buses are OK. I love trains.
Tubes are great, buses are OK. I love trains.
Over here (Switzerland), if a train isn't pulling up to the platform exactly at the time specified people start harrumphing and tapping on their watch faces pointedly.
Isn't that the done thing in the UK, too?
Yeh, trains usually (mostly national ones and even local services) are never late and have to be on time. People are usually anxious and annoyed when it arrives even on minute late. I'm not saying lateness does not occur, I've had my share of experiencing late issues with trains.
JonathanEx
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I think you have the difference in meaning behind the tutting - here, it's if it's late, you're fully expecting it to be CONSIDERABLY late based on previous form, not just that it actively is a minute late.
The worst I've seen is at Euston. Because there's nowhere to sit (unless you're in the 1st lounge) and because they don't announce the departure platforms until 10 mins before, there's always this huge panic whenever a train is announced. You sort of absorb the panic from all of the anxious people around you nervously fast-walking to the platform to make sure they get a seat. It's horrible.
I don't mind coaches. I mean, the Megabus from Manchester to London is about a tenner. If you don't mind it being a bit dull, it's way way cheaper than the train.
Euston's wank. I spent the night sleeping there after the Christmas meet last year. It was freezing and uncomfortable. And the toilets were a mess!
Oh yes, I agree with Euston. Strange how they're only restructuring the tube part of the station but not the main concourse or lobby. At least after Watford Junction (Euston to New Street) a good proportion of passangers leave.
Little Old Man
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You got Euston Spot on. Horrible station.
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no refunds.
Don't get me wrong, it was a brilliant film. 10/10, would watch again. It just wasn't as happy and wonderful as the title suggested.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
Oh, yea, if there is one way I think of Ocelot in MGS3 it's as a badass.
Hehe (that was to Jackben) - I hate Final Fantasy so I get good schadenfreude from these things.
What did everyone think of all of these announcements??
My brain dump is that
Uncharted looks like Uncharted, so not really bothered.
No Man's Sky looks more fascinating every time I see it. I just love the concept of this whole galaxy being generated within a console from an equation. And I like Proteus so I don't mind if it's a walking sim (as long as it has great sound).
The Order looks good to me. I don't get the fuss. It's just a third person shooting game with pretty graphics.
Until Dawn is not my kind of thing, I don't like that modern horror aesthetic.
Drawn to Death looks like a nice Sunset Overdrive substitute.
Quite a few interesting Vita games - especially Super Time Force Ultra (and the news that Shovel Knight is coming too!)...looks like my Vita moaning was premature (especially since it's become my retro game buddy).
What did you think?
(Also, the Xbox 360 is like my dream console. Ikaruga is the best game ever made. And Dark Souls doesn't seem that hard...yet? Am I doing it wrong? I've just killed the Taurus Demon and now I'm fighting this bull / dog type thing. I absolutely love the art design though. Last night I was walking around these ghostly ruins with the lights out and it was genuinely creepy when ghostly hands became spider-leggy-claws.)
What did everyone think of all of these announcements??
My brain dump is that
Uncharted looks like Uncharted, so not really bothered.
No Man's Sky looks more fascinating every time I see it. I just love the concept of this whole galaxy being generated within a console from an equation. And I like Proteus so I don't mind if it's a walking sim (as long as it has great sound).
The Order looks good to me. I don't get the fuss. It's just a third person shooting game with pretty graphics.
Until Dawn is not my kind of thing, I don't like that modern horror aesthetic.
Drawn to Death looks like a nice Sunset Overdrive substitute.
Quite a few interesting Vita games - especially Super Time Force Ultra (and the news that Shovel Knight is coming too!)...looks like my Vita moaning was premature (especially since it's become my retro game buddy).
What did you think?
(Also, the Xbox 360 is like my dream console. Ikaruga is the best game ever made. And Dark Souls doesn't seem that hard...yet? Am I doing it wrong? I've just killed the Taurus Demon and now I'm fighting this bull / dog type thing. I absolutely love the art design though. Last night I was walking around these ghostly ruins with the lights out and it was genuinely creepy when ghostly hands became spider-leggy-claws.)
Really liked what I saw for Uncharted 4 and Street Fighter V, it's nice to be excited for actual PS4-ass PS4 games instead of upressed PS3 games.
But I'm more excited for a PS3 game YAKUZA 5 COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
nothing I'm especially excited for on the Vita though, but I guess Phantasy Star Nova wasn't going to be announced the same time as Yakuza 5, there's only room for one Christmas miracle.
But I'm more excited for a PS3 game YAKUZA 5 COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
nothing I'm especially excited for on the Vita though, but I guess Phantasy Star Nova wasn't going to be announced the same time as Yakuza 5, there's only room for one Christmas miracle.
Woah, this looks insane.
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