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Oh for those with an interest, Bioware have decided to give away the ME3 Citadel sountrack for free. Just have to log into the social network for it.

Gambit. A remake of the old 1966 film - with a fair few changes to the story. Colin Firth as an Art Curator who gets fed up with his abusive boss (Alan Rickman) and decides to pull a fake Monet heist. Which requires the assistance of a rodeo queen (played by Cameron Diaz). Throw in Tom Courtenay as the forger friend, and Stanley Tucci as a rival art specialist... Amusing in that low key way, nothing overly special but some solid performances.

Saw Syndicate going for a couple of quid, so I picked it up. Spent a few hours this evening playing it. I'll say it has some interesting ideas.. but I'm damn glad I didn't spend any more money on getting it.

The party is pretty much the whole point to this dlc. The "story" and combat areas are pretty much a short element, and then the majority is that catch up with the team and deal with the party. It's pretty much pure fanwankery. But it's awesomely cheesy good.

Heh, yup, it is a lot of campy space opera. But it's all that poking fun at themselves and banter that just made it all worthwhile. The little things like overhearing the conversation of the Infiltrator and Vorcha on the citadel... "And that bloody Vanguard kept charging around all over the place. Then he picks up the backpack..and what does he do? He Charges! Eeeverybody knows if you charge you drop the backpack. And he kept doing it!!" Shepard's realisation of how he sounds and his attempts to emphasise different words.. Then some of those conversations during the party. Tali's description and act of the differences between SR1 and SR2.. Garrus And Zaeed trying to turn the apartment into a death trap, Grunt telling neighbours they can't come in, and finally ending up drunk in the shower... They're all silly things. But they just somehow work in an amusing way and feel right for all the characters.

For those Princess Bride lovers out there..

Been one of those days that's seemed to have been full of little bits and pieces , general feel of time warp, and left with the feeling of little of actual worth having been sorted and dealt with... Having a fuzzy, tired, pointlessness hit. So going to sit down to a good cup of tea and push past that.

Okay, I just ran through Citadel tonight. The gameplay isn't anything special, the story has a nice..quirky element to it. But god dammit, it's worth it for the dialogue and atmosphere between all the companions and general call outs. "You guys are Team Mako" "What's a Mako?" "You, you're Team Hammerhead" "Hah, Mako is better then Hammerhead" The play on Shepard picking companions "I've only got room for Shepard and two others.." <squad pick - then panning shot of every other companion stood there looking pouty> background mutters of Garus "Damn it, I wanted to go." Cortez "Why do I never get picked??"

I have to say, the quest that has you finding the lost messages of that tribe from the undercity that Revan helped on Taris has got to turn into one of the most depressing and soulful moments. The music chimes in in the perfect way to underscore as each message you find details the slow end that happened to them after the destruction....

They're already working on the sequel to Ralph. Also under discussion is the whole "getting a cameo from Tron" involved. Especially as they're pushing a new sequel for Tron as well. Apparently they had planned to have a Tron cameo in the first one, but for various reasons (possibly got too 'meta') they decided to cut that idea.

Yeah, The "Level Booster" is on Fleet (both Imp and Rep) on the public test server. Apparently people are running new characters up to 10th level, getting to fleet then hitting that to be 55th level. They put it in to allow people to quickly test out all the new End-game content that's been developed for 2.0 and the Rise of the Hutt Cartel release. Although they aren't testing Markab since that's specifically RotHC related rather then general 2.0 update.

Well here's to the change in job and lifestyle (of sorts) bringing much more enjoyment into your life Nep.

For those with that interest... (and 50 minutes to spare) http://

"Lincoln does well in the theatres. Historically, this hasn't always been the case."

Heh, I just had a poke on the public test server since I've got a sith warrior lurking around 30th level on there. I wandered to fleet after finishing chapter 1, and encountered a strange glowy thing called "Level Machine" which I clicked on with no idea what it was. Now I've suddenly found myself bumped up to 55th level and given a slew of commendations for picking up Arkanian gear. But I still have yet to play through Chapter 2 and 3 at some point.. That's what happens when you're not paying attention.

I think I know a few girls who might disagree with that statement...

Heh. It's a wedding in Mexico where a rather large, catholic brides side of the family will be partially adopting some of the traditions of the mostly agnostic/athiest British groom and his small number of family... So I have absolutely no clue how it'll turn out.

Okay, now I'm going to throw myself wide open here. I've been trying to develop this best-man's speech this afternoon and so far I've got a rough draft. I've been told I've got about 5 minutes to give the speech and the translation of it..(mexican spanish). As I've got about 26 days left to polish this up, get it translated and learn said translation... I'm going to put it up here for commentary on how people think it works and hangs together at the moment. Any advice, appreciated.

Watched Limitless last night. It's generally entertaining, although there does seem to be an undercurrent cross of "drugs are bad, m'kay?" with "drugs can solve your problems and create other problems!" messages running through it. But it's fairly slick and enjoyable, although a few people might not like some of the visual sequences used to represent some of the drug enhanced aspects. Actually read the book it's based on over the weekend.

A fighter at 20th level actually gets 4 seperate attacks. Also, if you have two weapon fighting (and the various improvements on that), you get added further attacks as well. It's pretty much covered in the Pathfinder Core Rulebook. Base Attack Bonus under common terms on p11. Then in further detail in Chapter 8: Combat. It should also be easy to find on the Pathfinder SRD http://www.d20pfsrd.com/

Congratulations. You have survived another year, regardless of the choices you made during the last 12 months... That's always worth a celebration..

Hm, had a whole run of nights in a row where I haven't been able to get to sleep till some time gone 4am and wandering close to 5am. Now my body seems adjusted tot hat. I get hit by a slight woozy tiredness around 9pm, that clears up..and now i'm not tired until some point past 2ish..which is not making it any easier to get to sleep at sensible times. Think I'm going to try spending the afternoon working on this best man's speech. That and work up the to-do list of what has to be done in the next 3-4 weeks before I fly out.

On related matters.. BBC News - Are We Really Facing Cyberwar?

The dlc for Sleeping Dogs was .. interesting. I mean, they encapsulated the feel of two completely different styles of Hong Kong movie., but they weren't exactly extensive or overlong. The Zodiac Tournament in particular was, what, 3 missions and 1 short "Finale Battle - Chase - Battle"? Good atmosphere, but not all that fulfilling. But I can't really complain since I picked them up cheaply on Steam sale....

Hm, anyone remember that rather amusing trailer of "Knights of Badassdom"? Well it's making the news round again..due to some evil happenings. 　 Buyers Beware - That's a Butchered Version of Knights of Badassdom You're Being Offered And the open letter that was sent to the Board of Directors of IndieVest... http://www.badassdom.com/