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Hmm. PS:T Fallout BG2: SOA / TOB Anachronox Grim Fandango Deus Ex Thief: The Dark Project Half Life 2 / Episode 1 + 2 Freelancer Shenmue 2 Jagged Alliance 2* *Thanks to P Diddy for the reminder.

I've got the dissertation blues, big time. I swear, this thing is killing me. No foolin'.

You seen it yet, Mus? It's fully subbed now. What I don't get, , what gives?

Not very well regarded by anybody? DX:IW was just as "generally applauded" as Deadly Shadows.

I reckon The Dark Project best for plot, it's like steampunk noir or something. I'm wondering if, given Deadly Shadows ending, we'll have a shiny new protagonist for this one.

Speaking of earnest, I once thought The Importance of Being Earnest was a prequel to Ernest Saves Christmas and Ernest Goes to Jail. That's pretty stupid.

No problem, Mus. Sounds great so far. Radiohead - Airbag (!!!)

Yeah, dude. I'm listening to it straight off the beeb website.

Thom and Ed are being interviewed on BBC Radio 2. It's followed by a fifty minute or so Radiohead gig at nine.

Mass Effect's piss poor planetary side quests.

Radiohead - The Amazing Sounds of Orgy Best b-side ever, man.

Daggerfall was quite impressive for its time and a step in the right direction, even if it had too many flaws to be considered a great game. It was also ugly as sin, and catastrophically buggy. Morrowind on the other hand is game that "fixed" what was good about Daggerfall, and kept the crap as a central gameplay feature. Oblivion, I'd say it's a slightly better Morrowind. I dunno, Pidy. I kinda regard Oblivion as a simplified Morrowind. Morrowind places greater importance on class. The choice and level of major and minor skills determines the guilds you can join and the position you can progress to, whereas Oblivion doesn't give two hoots who you are, you can join any guild willy-nilly, irrespective of class (Knights of the Nine rectified this, I think, taking into account player infamy). In art design terms too, Oblivion aside, Cyrodiil's a generic fantasy land in comparison to Morrowind.

Check out those cans! What... anime is this, incidentally?

I know. What gives with that? Revy obviously had fuzzy feelings for Rock. But when Yukio showed up I figured her the romance interest instead but no, nothing came of that either... . What gives? Slug, was it you who recommended Gankutsuou? That too is great and, bizarrely enough, it's by far the most accurate (and fruity) take on Monte Cristo I've seen.

I thought nub was like... a superfluous third nip.

Initially, I figured Black Lagoon a plumb duff of the highest caliber. Gee whiz, was I wrong. It won me other big time and I'm ashamed to say it was the mild fan service what did it, err... amongst other things. I'm a man, damn it! Can anyone recommend me something similar?

The Ruby Suns - Tane Mahuta Cool beans.

Xard? What the hell? David Bowie - Rock 'n' Roll Suicide

Leave him alone, you jerk! Man, Carth gets such a bad rap. He's like the Oswald of computer gaming... if Oliver Stone is to be believed.

Radiohead - Down is the New Up Easy to see why this almost made it on to In Rainbows.

What, Trans-Atlantic Drawl? It's an Amnesiac b-side, bro. Amnesiac has perhaps the best Radiohead b-sides. Check out Cuttooth if you haven't already, it was culled from the album at last minute. Great song though. Battles - Atlas (live on Jools Holland)

Radiohead - Trans-Atlantic Drawl

MATT DAMON! Hmm. That's... that's not as funny when typed.

Battles - Tonto