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From: Jim on 7 Jun 2010 10:25
On 2010-06-07, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm still slogging through 'Oblivion'.
>>
>> And I _do_ mean slogging.
>>
>> Jim
>
> I can imagine. From the little i've read about it, the term slow burner
> has new meaning. Michelle's buying this Naughty Bear game when that
> hits, think of it as Stephen King meets crack and you're 5 per cent
> there.

Eeek.

I'm sort of tempted by 'Red Dead Redemption' but it's another open world
environment - one in which you get to herd cows.

Greeeeeeeeat.


Jim
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"If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you."
Terry Pratchett
From: James Jolley on 7 Jun 2010 10:32
On 2010-06-07 15:25:02 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said:

> On 2010-06-07, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm still slogging through 'Oblivion'.
>>>
>>> And I _do_ mean slogging.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>
>> I can imagine. From the little i've read about it, the term slow burner
>> has new meaning. Michelle's buying this Naughty Bear game when that
>> hits, think of it as Stephen King meets crack and you're 5 per cent
>> there.
>
> Eeek.
>
> I'm sort of tempted by 'Red Dead Redemption' but it's another open world
> environment - one in which you get to herd cows.
>
> Greeeeeeeeat.
>
>
> Jim

Apparently that's worth it. I'd try it myself but she hates shooting
games, women tend to have different tastes. I love my sports, import
the baseball ones from the states and allsorts. Anything with decent
commentary and free sport is fine by me.

From: Duncan Kennedy on 7 Jun 2010 10:39
Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:

> Duncan Kennedy <nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk> wrote:
> > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> <http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/apples-magic-trackpad-revealed/>
> >>
> >> If true, it sounds smashing. I'd love one for my iMac. Although I
> > > might
> >> squeak a bit when I see the price.
> >
> >
> > Wonder how it compares to the latest small Waacom Bamboo which also
> > acts
> > as a largeq trackpad with soem gestures.
>
> I assume a lot better. I was all for getting one of those, but the first
> reviews weren't promising, and the buttons were in entirely the wrong
> place, so I thougt I would wait until I could try one. When I did I
> found it really wasn't that good.
>
> If the apple one is good, then I will probably get one. I am not a fan
> of their mice but the trackpads on the laptops are great.

Useful to know, thanks. I have the Bamboo immediately before the one
with the trackpad function - used it as main input for the Mini for
several months. It was surprisiningly good considering but I gave it
up for my standard big Kensington Trackball. (I've lived with
trackballs for 15 years.)



--
duncank
From: Jim on 7 Jun 2010 10:42
On 2010-06-07, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote:
>
> Apparently that's worth it. I'd try it myself but she hates shooting
> games, women tend to have different tastes. I love my sports, import
> the baseball ones from the states and allsorts. Anything with decent
> commentary and free sport is fine by me.

My wife's qute enjoying Oblivion. It's actually quite scary to watch.

She's basically categorised every moving thing in the game into one of two
camps: things to kill, or things to run away from, and the balance is slowly
shifting from the second to the first as she gets better.

The world in her game will be a desolate wasteland by the time she's levelled
up a few more times.

Jim
--
Twitter:@GreyAreaUK

"If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you."
Terry Pratchett
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 7 Jun 2010 10:42
On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 15:42:43 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

>On 2010-06-07, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote:
>>
>> Apparently that's worth it. I'd try it myself but she hates shooting
>> games, women tend to have different tastes. I love my sports, import
>> the baseball ones from the states and allsorts. Anything with decent
>> commentary and free sport is fine by me.
>
>My wife's qute enjoying Oblivion. It's actually quite scary to watch.
>
>She's basically categorised every moving thing in the game into one of two
>camps: things to kill, or things to run away from, and the balance is slowly
>shifting from the second to the first as she gets better.
>
>The world in her game will be a desolate wasteland by the time she's levelled
>up a few more times.

Don't tell her the world levels up with her!

Cheers - Jaimie
--
"January 1, 2000 might well be the first day in over six years that
is _not_ in September 1993..." - M Grant in afp

But unfortunately, he was later found to be wrong.
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