aspro said:

I had no idea that film was even made.

It was pretty huge. It had a lot of momentum right after Avatar because of the whole 3D thing. Also, Johnny Depp playing the Mad Hatter was also a big thing.

And I think Tim Burton's pretty popular in Japan because of Nightmare Before Christmas.

aspro said:

I had no idea that film was even made.

It was a typical Tim Burton train wreck. Great visuals at the expense of a good story.

It's a bummer that great games like Vanquish and Bayonetta are overlooked and didn't get the sales/recognition they deserved.

robio said:

It was a typical Tim Burton train wreck. Great visuals at the expense of a good story.

But from what I've seen of it the visuals are over saturated crap. So nothing redeemable about it at all? I'll stick to neco z allenky.

Because it's shit that looks different from everything else is my guess.  He's also been around so long I am guessing there are die-hard fans who have some emotional conneciton to his earlier works.

I can't really fault an artist for going back to the well, I mean if you listen to any popular band their songs all sound like their last songs etc... Artists too, I mean, I doubt anyone went up to Rothko and said, "this is the same old shit everytime man -- can't you paint some chicks with guns instead?"

I also played Mass Effect 2 demo, wow that game is gorgeous. Feels like a Bioware epic but plays like a quality shooter, I am very sold but I will wait till I get a 360 to buy the first,

You don't have to create stuff, you can just play what others create. Of course it takes dedication to make good shit no matter how simple the tools are so you'll wade through a ton of crap to find the gems but still, that's the gist of any such software. With RPG maker or anything non-PC previously you couldn't easily share creations so you were left with a tool, not a game, but with games like LBP bringing some of that accessibility to consoles users will hopefully be able to enjoy what others create, and hopefully what others create will be substantial worthwhile content, not gimmicky levels based on cool ideas that are never developed into something meaty. That's a lot to hope for so if you really aren't interested in the content included in the box you might as well wait for a price drop and in the meantime just check out the crazy creations on youtube, and hopefully see a lot of it develop into meaty content you want to play through yourself rather than silly tests that are cool to see but little more.

bugsonglass said:

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Remedy not making MP3?  Who is?  Rockstar?  I'm actually very disappointed to hear that.

Rockstar Vancouver which means no Bully sequel?

Agnates said:

Does anybody here use electric shavers? I bought this model as a gift but I'm now questioning my decision. it's one of the not-so-cheap models so it doesn't have an insane amount of reviews on amazon but very few are negative (3 stars or less) and a couple of them seem absurd or of a faulty unit.  I suppose the model is somewhat older, from 2007 or similar, which is why it's so much less than the original price, but even recent reviews of this same year are surprisingly positive, and most are by people who paid much more than I did. Hopefully those writing them know what they're talking about and those who rated it badly just did something wrong. This is higher than the budget I wanted to use at first, that's why I'm really hoping it's as good as it can be...

I recentely bought an electric razor, it's the best I have ever used. It doesn't pinch or bite, it glides over your face like you aren't even being shaved. It has a 3 cutting system so it cuts both long hair and short, so you can pretty much give up wet shaving unless you are some hairy brute. It's got tons and I mean TONS of 5 star reviews on amazon and it is fairly cheap at £26 with free postage.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wahl-Ultima-Shaver-Rechargeable-ZX648/dp/B0012CQBJ4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=drugstore&qid=1293012101&sr=8-1

Yodariquo said:

gamingeek said:

This is the second time I have heard this. Why do 360 discs hold only 6.8gb and  waste the rest of the space on a dual layer dvd, in an unwritable partition?

Don't have the specifics, but there are copy protection measures and system updates contained in the additional partition(s).  For example, there's a video that is periodically updated that plays if you put the disc in a DVD player.  Additionally, the system does a checksum to verify if it's the correct video to prevent the use of pirated games.



                    Short (partial) answer?  DRM.

Part of me is tempted to put a 360 disc in my dvd player now.

Wow that IW article you posted, those guys dug their own grave.

SteelAttack said:

How come Tim Burton releases shit after shit and gets a free pass from everyone because of his "style" or whatever?

Batman.

gamingeek said:

bugsonglass said:

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Remedy not making MP3?  Who is?  Rockstar?  I'm actually very disappointed to hear that.

Rockstar Vancouver which means no Bully sequel?

Remedy may be working on Alan Wake 2. It'll take another 5 years though!

But yeah, Max Payne 3 won't be the same without Remedy, but Rockstar wowed me with Red Dead, so it still may turn out well.