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pimlicosound commented on: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex Edition (Wii): Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex
	@crumbdunky: As far as I can tell, there is no assisted aiming in COD multiplayer. If there is, and everyone else is using it while I've missed it, I must consider myself to be doing really well with my handicap.
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September 04, 2009

10:43 AM

pimlicosound commented on: QOTW: What peripheral let you down the most?
	Anything for the NES. The crappy infra-red joypads, the joypads with the octagonal trackpad thing in place of the D-pad and - God forgive me - that damn robot.
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June 19, 2009

6:34 PM

pimlicosound commented on: 95 game names turned into porno titles
	"Sphincter Cell"!! That's superb!
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4:36 PM

pimlicosound commented on: QOTW: What's the most you've geeked out over a game?
	I transformed into a magical super-geek with Star Wars: KOTOR on PC. I played through it about 8 or 9 times, each time learning the best possible equipment and stats upgrades. Now, under D&D3 rules, changes to character stats only count on even numbers. So, on my final playthrough, having memorized everything I needed, I was able set my starting stats - right at the beginning of the game - such that, with all the upgrades from equipment, leveling-up and Force alignment bonuses, with all the many combinations of even and odd numbers, all my stats ended up on even numbers by the end of the game! It was a feat of statistical perfection! Sadly, the Statistical Perfection feat was not one of the available options upon levelling-up in the game.
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June 08, 2009

8:36 PM

pimlicosound commented on: E3 09: Mario Galaxy 2 sums up Nintendo's wrongs
	I don't understand the comparison to the iPod. Most people who buy iPods go on to buy other iPods and other Apple hardware. Apple fans are notoriously brand-loyal. Furthermore, the iPod is synonymous with portable MP3 players, whereas the Wii is not synonymous with gaming.
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8:36 PM

pimlicosound commented on: E3 09: 8 great uses for Microsoft's Project Natal system
	The RTS control is something I hadn't thought of! That could be bloody brilliant! Finally, we could play RTS games on our consoles. No longer will I feel sneaky longings to return to my unloved PC in the office.
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8:32 PM

pimlicosound commented on: E3 09: Top 10 things you need to know about today - Thursday edition
	@Samael: I presume it refers only to player dialogue chosen in classic Bioware-style dialogue options, rather than to the illiterate junk written by Red Bull fuelled grind-whores.
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May 28, 2009

6:59 PM

pimlicosound commented on: Red Dead Redemption (Xbox 360): 12 things you need to know about Red Dead Redemption
	A truly great Western game is my dream. I hope this lives up to it.
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May 27, 2009

3:37 PM

pimlicosound commented on: Nintendo's worst-case scenario for E3 2009
	Here's the link to the story about Art Academy: http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/27/nintendo-trademarks-wii-fit-plus-and-art-academy/
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3:35 PM

pimlicosound commented on: Nintendo's worst-case scenario for E3 2009
	Nintendo has just trademarked the name "Art Academy". You were right! Our worst fears will be realised.
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May 21, 2009

10:09 PM

pimlicosound commented on: QOTW: What game are you most ashamed you never beat?
	Tyler, I had the same thing with Link To The Past. I got it when I was 11, and I got to the final boss, Ganendorf in his true form. I was able to hit him with three silver arrows. I thought that would be enough (three is usually the magic number). I never found out how many hits it took to kill him. I also picked it up years later on an emulator, and even with the advantage of save states I never finished it. More recently, my most damning failure-to-finish is probably Lego Star Wars. I tried to play it through with my girlfriend, but we both got so tired of the annoying snowspeeder section in the Empire Strikes Back that we never persisted with it. How lame is that?
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May 20, 2009

1:36 PM

pimlicosound commented on: Terminator Salvation - The Videogame (Xbox 360): Terminator Salvation - The Videogame
	This would have been more interesting if they'd given you a cyborg protector, like in the movies, for you to use as dynamic cover and remote offence. It would have been a new sort of relationship in gaming, sort of like a reverse-escort mission, and it would have more accurately represented the movies and the fact that one human generally can't destroy countless machines.
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1:27 PM

pimlicosound commented on: Terminator through time
	I had Terminator: Rampage on PC. It came on six 3.5" floppy disks. It wasn't worth it.
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May 15, 2009

4:25 PM

pimlicosound commented on: LucasArts versus Sierra: Part One
	Nice John Lee Hooker reference.
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May 14, 2009

12:29 PM

pimlicosound commented on: Soundtracks you didn't know were stolen
	What about artists who rip off game music? Janet Jackson's "Together Again" takes its main tune from Sonic on the Master System. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Together_Again_(Janet_Jackson_song)
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May 13, 2009

4:17 PM

pimlicosound commented on: BioShock 2: GamesRadar reader response
	Thanks, George. That's perhaps even more worrying. The one ray of hope: 2K could only have responded by revealing all the tricks up their sleeves, and they aren't ready to reveal it all yet. But if that is the case, they could at least say so.
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12:04 PM

pimlicosound commented on: BioShock 2: GamesRadar reader response
	David, any chance you can get someone from 2K Marin to respond to the fears generally shared by us gamers? I'd like to know if they have secrets up their sleeves that will help BS2 rise above our preconceptions.
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May 11, 2009

1:46 PM

pimlicosound commented on: Beyond Good & Evil 2 (Xbox 360): Is this Beyond Good & Evil 2 footage?
	The character animations are probably the best I've seen, especially the interactions with the environment, like when she pushes herself off walls. The camera is impossibly cinematic. If this is genuine, it looks like the biggest leap forward in video gaming in years.
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1:37 PM

pimlicosound commented on: Crucified: Big games murdered by the critics
	reCaptcha: "Amsterdam purchase". Hm, I wonder what that could be...
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May 07, 2009

2:32 PM

pimlicosound commented on: Guns that dont shoot bullets
	How about the Persuadetron in Syndicate. Perfect when you need to shoot someone with mind-dominating future-rays. The Mesmetron in Fallout 3 was a poor imitator.
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April 30, 2009

8:48 PM

pimlicosound commented on: 6 ways to save Six Days in Fallujah
	ClusterShart and allthegoodnameswheretaken, why do you blame conservatives? Surely the content of this game is only offensive to liberals, who disagree with the war and sympathise with our opponents.
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3:57 PM

pimlicosound commented on: 6 ways to save Six Days in Fallujah
	And the moral of the story is: it's okay to kill anyone in a video game, so long as it's no-one we're currently killing in real life, or you are a celebrity.
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April 16, 2009

3:56 PM

pimlicosound commented on: 10 simple steps to being a better videogame bad guy
	Funny. And this is all true, but these improvements would have to be balanced out by more realistic human frailties, like fear, misdirection, boredom and inattention while on patrol, and the capacity to miss a target. ReCaptcha: "holy saddle", Batman!
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1:12 PM

pimlicosound commented on: 20 Most Rabidly Patriotic Games
	Good grief, once again the rabid anti-Americans show their true semi-racist colours! The USA is a great nation that's given the world an awful lot. So is Britain. And both countries have made huge mistakes in the last hundred years. So no-one here should be claiming any kind of national moral superiority. By the way, Obama is not a god. I think some of you should try repeating that a few times over. British people thought Blair was the messiah, and we know how that turned out.
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April 15, 2009

12:40 PM

pimlicosound commented on: 13 greatest enemies that are also round
	What about Halo? The titular object is both round and very big (bonus points, surely). What about the Milky Way in Mass Effect? Probably the biggest circle in gaming, and it's composed of billions of smaller circles.
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April 14, 2009

1:12 PM

pimlicosound commented on: Six Days in Fallujah (PC): Six Days in Fallujah first look
	@MilitaryRaiden That's a big accusation you're making there - comparing US forces in Fallujah to Nazi death squads. There is no basis for such a comparison. There are many people who support the coalition's role in Iraq, who do not associate our troops with the SS, and who would be grossly offended by your comments rather than by this videogame. You write as though your opinion about the war in Iraq is a simple fact, and so conclude that this game is irredeemably offensive. This is incorrect. If I were you, I would take a look at how Islamic countries treat their Jewish populations before you compare US forces to the Nazis.
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April 07, 2009

12:12 PM

pimlicosound commented on: 8 of the lamest game endings ever
	Nothing to say except for the reCaptcha: "spray-paint sniffin"! Sounds dangerous and potentially illegal.
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12:09 PM

pimlicosound commented on: 8 of the lamest game endings ever
	The new Prince of Persia had a pretty bad ending: "Congratulations! Oh, what? What's that? You're an idiot? Okay, do it all again."
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April 02, 2009

4:23 PM

pimlicosound commented on: 11 hot women that have played game characters in movies
	So which game characters have been genuinely sexy, in-game? And not just for having enormous breasts. The sort you'd date and bring home to meet your mother.
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March 30, 2009

12:24 PM

pimlicosound commented on: Wolfenstein (PC): Wolfenstein
	Sounds a bit like Prey, with the way you could spirit walk in that game.
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March 19, 2009

12:09 PM

pimlicosound commented on: Gaming's biggest price drops
	I got the new Prince of Persia for £17.99 from Play.com a week after is launched at £39.99. A WEEK!
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March 18, 2009

4:09 PM

pimlicosound commented on: The fugliest games ever made
	Oh, and nice Wayne's World reference in the intro, Justin! Most appreciated.
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1:36 PM

pimlicosound commented on: The fugliest games ever made
	Reminds me of Big Rig, a PC text adventure where you had to transport a choice of goods across the USA in time to meet your deadline and avoid having your goods perish, but while avoiding getting caught for speeding. It went something like this: You are in Tuscon. The weather is fair. How fast do you wish to go? "50mph" You are 50 miles past Tuscon. Your oranges have perished. Game over.
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March 17, 2009

11:56 AM

pimlicosound commented on: The Top 7 games you either love or hate
	You should have added Mirror's Edge, Far Cry 2 and Prince of Persia (2008) to this list. I own them all and love them but the reviews were all over the place and the user reviews on Play.com seem to be either 1-star or 5-star.
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March 03, 2009

1:15 PM

pimlicosound commented on: The Top 7 'Whoops, you're evil!' moments
	Jade Empire has a good twist, where your kind and gentle kung-fu master turns out to have been manipulating you as part of his grand plan to overthrow the Emperor (his brother) and install himself as evil leader. Naturally, you get to kick his ass.
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February 26, 2009

9:38 PM

pimlicosound commented on: Videogames versus the real world second showdown!
	Yay! You used my Old Age one. That's cool. The whole article is hilarious, though - I especially like the Geometry one.
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February 24, 2009

1:22 PM

pimlicosound commented on: Kids review the darndest games!
	Why are so many of you being rude to these two children? They're done a great job analysing the games they played and expressing their thoughts coherently. More coherently, I might add, than most of the insults I've read here. Do you really think that they are objectively wrong because they disagree with you? Do you think all mankind should be united in on opinion - just so long as it's your opinion? Sheesh, I think Marcus and Spencer have shown a bit more maturity in this article. reCaptcha: "South Tax-Exempt" - yeah, not so long as we're subsidising Scotland! Hehe.
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February 23, 2009

1:53 PM

pimlicosound commented on: (Xbox 360)
	You can see that the Geth drone has "N7" printed on his armour, which was Shepherd's unit designation in the first game. Maybe Shepherd's consciousness gets implanted into a Geth, or maybe the Geth have a different role in Mass Effect 2, perhaps with one or more of them joining the galactic alliance. Whatever it turns out to be, it will be awesome because it's BioWare.
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February 20, 2009

10:13 PM

pimlicosound commented on: Why do licensed kiddy games suck?
	Kung Fu Panda on X360 was probably the best licensed game I've played lately. It captured the look and the humour of the film very well, and it wasn't horrible to play - certainly no worse than any other beat-em-up. What the hell is up with this reCaptcha!? It's just a black splotch! There might be some numbers in there, but they could just be oddly-shaped blobs.
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February 19, 2009

1:40 PM

pimlicosound commented on: Videogames versus the real world
	Work (Fable 2): - in reality, a life-long slog trapped in an office - in videogames, a short and optional rhythm-based gameplay sequence Drunkenness (GTA4): - in reality, cause of domestic violence, urban thuggery and other criminality - in videogames, a comical walk and humorous swearing Old Age (MGS4): - in reality, bitterness, incontinence and indignity - in videogames, a last-hurrah stealth-action extravaganza
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February 18, 2009

11:58 AM

pimlicosound commented on: Confusing game endings explained
	Good folk of GamesRadar, can you please try to explain what the hell Eternal Sonata was about in one of these articles? I think I have it mostly figured out, but it's so damn weird I'd love to read your analysis of it.
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February 16, 2009

2:02 PM

pimlicosound commented on: God of War III (PS3): Why God of War III could change everything
	I actually agree with Jorw. It looks good, and very cinematic, but it doesn't look like anything the X360 couldn't do.
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February 12, 2009

11:15 AM

pimlicosound commented on: Long lost movie games
	The kid on the balance board baring his teeth like Nicholson in The Shining was hilarious! Truly, you people have the best jobs in the world.
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February 04, 2009

11:46 AM

pimlicosound commented on: The sneaky history of stealth games
	In the Star Wars: KOTOR games, you can activate a stealth generator or Jedi stealth powers to turn invisible and sneak around. Stealth is broken by attacking an enemy or a successful detection roll. But how's this for an obscure stealth reference? In Nexus: The Jupiter Incident, there are a couple of missions where you have to manoeuvre your little fleet of space vessels around the dark sides of various planets and stuff, avoiding sensor stations and enemy patrols, to make it out of the enemy-occupied sector!
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January 23, 2009

4:56 PM

pimlicosound commented on: How to make Lara Croft more family friendly
	Hmm, Ubisoft...publishers of Tomb Raider, publishers of Prince of Persia. Prince of Persia was recently made rather family friendly with nice semi-cell-shaded graphics and a small number of simple tasks to complete with an illusion of freedom. So, the next Tomb Raider will have... I'm not going to spell it out, I think we can all see where this is going.
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December 17, 2008

8:42 PM

pimlicosound commented on: SAS: Secure Tomorrow (PC): SAS: Secure Tomorrow
	Yes, that intro remark seems way off. The British equivalent of the US Marine Corps is, well, the Royal Marine Corps! The US doesn't have anything directly comparable to the SAS. Delta Force and the Navy SEALS are in the same zone, though.
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8:41 PM

pimlicosound commented on: (PC): SAS: Secure Tomorrow
	Yes, that intro remark seems way off. The British equivalent of the US Marine Corps is, well, the Royal Marine Corps! The US doesn't have anything directly comparable to the SAS. Delta Squad and the Navy SEALS are in the same zone, though.
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