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CP3S said:

I like how the little sister's hands are the perfect size to grip his roll bar.

 

I like how your mom's hands are the perfect size to grip my roll bar.

TV's Frink said:

CP3S said:

I like how the little sister's hands are the perfect size to grip his roll bar.

 

I like how your mom's hands are the perfect size to grip my roll bar.

Oooh wow, that sucks, Fink. My mom has freakishly small midget hands.

The new Wolfenstein had one of those demos that severely underwhelmed me. It just came out when I bought my 360 and I was really interested in it until I played the demo. It felt too much like the various Medal of Honor titles I had been playing on the PS2 for a couple of years before I got the 360. The supernatural powers didn't seem that cool, especially to a guy who had just got his first taste of Bioshock. 

I've never really played any of the newer Spider-Man games, I did beat Ultimate Spider-Man on the GC, and found it an enjoyable but ultimately forgettable experience all in all. I really loved the one on the PSOne/PC the first of the 3D Spider-Man games, and it was amazing. Tried playing it again a couple of years ago and it was painfully dated and I couldn't get used to the controls; but my first half a million times beating it were great. I was hooked on that game since I first got my hands on a disc with the demo for the PSOne, which made me seek out a copy of it for the PC.

I've actually been meaning to check out wolfenstein, I might see if i can find a cheap copy.

I think some of the stores nearby are still stocking the collector's edition of Bioshock 2 so I might look into trading in Duke nukem forever and getting a copy of that, hopefully tomorrow.

I'm kinda surprised I never played B2 but since I'm really just 'waiting for November' right now [halo, elder scrolls, et al] it's probably a good time to jump in.

re: Duke Nukem, i was always going to look into it but it's a pretty sad state of a game, firstly - it's an incomplete mess bolted together into a rough narrative, secondly - it borrows and steals ideas from better games - and insults those same games [verbally] at the same time and thirdly they've made Duke Nukem into an absolute cunt of a character - you kinda want him to get his ass kicked.

Went round to a mates place during the week and we ended up firing up conflict: desert storm. Anyone remember this guy?

I always loved the 2nd one but for some reason it's not supported on 360. Took us back to playing through those games as a team. 

I'd played them all except the newest one - Conflict Denied ops.

Fired it up and discovered in horror that it was a completely different style of game - a crappy shooter for two players with basic goals and a fairly non existant inventory to manage - also no weapon pickups - you keep what you have with unlimited ammo.

I was hardly surprised to learn the company [Pivotal] shut down after releasing that turd of a game.

What posessed them to throw away a great formula in favour or something so lackluster?

Johnny Ringo said:

I think some of the stores nearby are still stocking the collector's edition of Bioshock 2 so I might look into trading in Duke nukem forever and getting a copy of that, hopefully tomorrow.

I am not sure if the collector's edition is the same in Oz, but the American collector's edition is only cool if you are in it for the original Bioshock soundtrack on vinyl (which is pretty fantastic, listen to it all the time). Other goodies are the art book, which is cool if you are into art books (to me it is a one time thumb through curiosity that just kind of takes up space), the BS2 soundtrack on CD (never opened mine) and the massively bulky LP sized box it all comes in (which really isn't that pretty). All in all, if you aren't in it for the vinyl and the art book, it isn't worth the extra money. Right now a used copy of BS2 in the states costs less than a used copy of BS1, I think it was $8.99 at gamestop last time I looked, but I know things run quite differently there (any chance you could buy it offline from the states, seems like I heard our discs and yours are the same region? But I could be very wrong on that).

Anyway, yeah, BS2 would be an extremely worthy time killer while waiting for the fall releases.

@Xhonzi, you better be playing/planning on playing Fallout 3.

yeah, i forgot to mention - Bioshock 2 Collector's edition CHEAP. not at Collector's edition prices.

In any case i'll look into it. always meant to check it out just never did. Same with Alan Wake - but then when i finally did play that I didn't like it.

xhonzi said:

C3PX!  I just bought that Omega + Lil Sis + Bunny Mask from TRU for $22.50.  Their clearnance stuff is 25% off this weekend.

Cool! That is tempting! Wish the mask was still intact enough to cover your entire face, I love the whole wrecked look, obviously it wouldn't really be a splicer mask without it, but it is a little too wrecked. I also really like the red little sister with the baseball head Alpha that it comes with, and you can always use another little sister, but I am not a big fan of the look of the Alpha/Omega series Big Daddies (if it came with a splicer instead of the Omenga, I'd probably run down to my local TRU and grab it right now). For now I think my BS toy collection is pretty sizable with the Bouncer, little sis, and big sis. Hard to justify having more clutter, and there are so many cool ones if I keep going I might not stop. If they ever make a Rumbler Big Daddy though, I really won't have any choice but to add him to my collection. I've always loved the look of the Rumblers. I'd almost consider getting a Rosie too, being such big Big Daddy fanatic, but from the detailed youtube videos I have seen of it, I just can't help but not that impressed.

I gotta say it feels good to be back on Rapture, rescuing little sisters and taking down those 'bloody sploicers' [sic]

Those big sisters are challenge though - they always knock me on my ass.