bugsonglass said:

This sucks.  I'm so bored.  There's a heatwave in London which means I've been unable to leave the flat for the last couple of days (basically since I got back from Scotland).  Don't really have the money to go on any more trips.  

Heatwave? You live in Greece!

You can go out.

aspro said:

I did the impossible today. Broke the blade on my ripper.  This is a piece of equipment that attaches to a tractor to rip 12 inch rows into the ground to oxygenate it.  It hit a massive boulder.  This is not supposed to happen.

Sigh. See that green thing? That's a dead ripper. It weighs about 300 pounds. I have to retrieve it tomorrow and see what I can do with it.

You are like the general of farming. Good shit.

VIDEO: Rayman Legends played with the stylus

Check this out, it's a bit like playing Lost Winds or NyxQuest on Wii.

Not sure how movement and jumping is controlled? Is it auto movement or are you using the left stick and shoulder buttons to move and jump?

EDIT: I think that is two player mode shown

The touch screen use is much more responsive and intricate than what was shown at E3. You can chop vines, hit enemies, catapult rayman, raise platforms, pop bubbles, etc etc. It's all fast moving and flowing. On the subject of touch screen games, I would like to see some touch screen ONLY games on Wii U like Soul Bubbles, World of Goo or Trauma Center with full on shaders and current get visuals.

aspro said:

Time to explore some PC gaming and buy online?

Alas, I am only carrying my shitty little netbook with me.  I don't even have a mouse for it.  Weak computer, tiny screen and touchpad ... for gaming? ... Erm Doesn't sound like much fun

Was tempted to go buy a Vita, but I'm kinda strapped for cash, and I don't really want a Vita so I don't think I'll do that either.

Gotta be patient I guess, and just read more books and revise my music theory.

bugsonglass said:

Alas, I am only carrying my shitty little netbook with me.  I don't even have a mouse for it.  Weak computer, tiny screen and touchpad ... for gaming? ... Erm Doesn't sound like much fun

Was tempted to go buy a Vita, but I'm kinda strapped for cash, and I don't really want a Vita so I don't think I'll do that either.

Gotta be patient I guess, and just read more books and revise my music theory.

Get a PSP! It haves tons of awesome RPG's and it's pretty cheap.

The retail scene for games is totally fucked up here in the US (and I assume everywhere). I was at Best Buy where they have a clearance going on so they had a bunch of games for $10. Some of these games have been out for only a little over a year. BB also has used games and this particular BB had plenty of used games. They had Ass Creed Revelations used for $35, I turn around and on the next shelf there are a TON of ACR brand new for $10. What are people supposed to think when they see stupid shit like this.

Most of the used games dont go under $20 but most of BB big sales are down to $15 to $10, does this make any sense at all? With the way the retail market has such quick turn around with sales why should people buy over priced used games. The used games have to be like $10 to be worth , but who is going to sell their game for almost nothing. Its a total mess. Why should anyone pay full price for a game anymore if in 6 months you know it will be cut be 50% at least, usually sooner.

I would love to know how the retail scene works with games. I know stores buy in bulk to get a better deal but do they pay a price that should give them money if they sell at full price or does it account for the left over stock that gets on clearance. Do the publishers have to pay back money or something if stores have boat loads of unsold copies of games?

aspro said:

I've asked about this before. The best understandung I got was that at a certain point publishers have the option to buy back games and go through the whole shipping or just generate goodwill with the retailers and say "keep them, do what you can" and then write off the loss.

So basically this whole "shipped to retailers" number we get a week after launch may get adjusted down if the game is unsuccessful.

This BB had at least 30 copies of ACR on sale for $10. I cannot imagine they ordered another batch of ACR, that has to be from the first shipment I would assume. I cant even imagine a second shipment from almost any game. WIth all the used game sales and how fast so many of these games go on sale I dont think any store ever needs more than the initial shipment. Unless it is CoD of course.