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  1. Joel007

    What Game Are You Currently Playing?

    The Warspace Extension for X-COM makes the game much more enjoyable :) There goes my life again.
  2. Joel007

    Bibliography - China Mieville

    The City & the City (2009) Kraken (2010) Embassytown (2011) Railsea (2012) I loved Railsea, an entire maritime novel without a body of water is no mean feat!
  3. Joel007

    What Game Are You Currently Playing?

    I got it for free after buying Dragon Age 2. I'd probably spend more time on it if it had cost me money, as it is a great game, and I've followed that series (and style) of games ever since Baldur's Gate. Still, at present I have Dawn of War 2: Retribution, Skyrim, MW3, Human Revolution, and...
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    Firefly

    Don't forget they advertised it as a comedy rather than as a character study! The comedic value is just good writing, not the purpose of the show as the initial adverts seemed to imply. I didn't hear about it until years later. Hopefully a similar show will use the best parts someday and carry...
  5. Joel007

    Firefly

    Welcome to the club :D You'll find that the rage lowers to a gentle simmering after some time :p
  6. Joel007

    Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett Novel - GOOD OMENS

    Neverwhere is indeed an excellent way to get into Neil Gaiman's unusual style. Although I suspect the most important thing to have in your head when reading Good Omens would be "The Omen" :)
  7. Joel007

    What Game Are You Currently Playing?

    My PC managed to handle Crysis 2 on "Very High" without a stutter. When I gather the courage maybe I'll try "Ultra", and maybe even "Extreme", at the risk of inhumane treatment of my CPU.
  8. Joel007

    What Game Are You Currently Playing?

    Aye, Human Revolution be awesome. Whether you're bowling soldiers over with heavy machinegun turrets or dropping frag mines onto puzzled guard's heads from above, it's great fun.
  9. Joel007

    What Game Are You Currently Playing?

    I found Deux Ex Human Revolution at "Cool Shop" for under £20 :D And only just after it's release! I'm looking forward to playing that, the ratings are very good.
  10. Joel007

    So i need some suggestions..

    I second the Drizzt books suggestion. The main thing that comes to mind for me would be books in first person: they pretty much have to follow a single character. "I, Jedi" was the first example to jump into my head.
  11. Joel007

    What was the last movie you saw?

    Finally watched The Book of Eli. Cracking good show :)
  12. Joel007

    What Game Are You Currently Playing?

    Thanks, I still drop by from time to time :) By the way, Dawn of War retribution is a shiny game.
  13. Joel007

    What Game Are You Currently Playing?

    Battlefield 3 alpha. It's a bit high-spec for my graphics card, and occasionally goes blue... but it's a fast-paced absorbing beautiful game.
  14. Joel007

    Web Comics

    You're welcome :D
  15. Joel007

    Web Comics

    The only 2 I'm still following after all this time are: http://xkcd.com/ and http://www.goblinscomic.com/
  16. Joel007

    What Game Are You Currently Playing?

    Ever since Team Fortress 2 became free I've been trying to make up for lost time with that beauty of a game. I used to play the Quake2 and 3 mods of Weapons Factory too, very well designed.
  17. Joel007

    What Game Are You Currently Playing?

    Yes, and the versus mode is a whole different beast. Knowing that intelligence and teamwork is out to get you adds a new fear to it, but on the other hand you get to take your turn at savaging the survivors in creative ways :)
  18. Joel007

    What Game Are You Currently Playing?

    Tried a playing a Starcraft 2 copy of questionable legality, and was so impressed that I immediately bought the game. 60 euros is a bit steep! I found it for £29 in the end.
  19. Joel007

    Show us your... desktops.

    Windows 7 64-bit is made of awesome! Goodbye 32 bit software, enjoy being half the speed I'm running at now!
  20. Joel007

    What Game Are You Currently Playing?

    Currently playing with Visual Basic. Amazing what you can make with that thing :D
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