I haven't been keeping up with the new episodes this season since the premiere was so underwhelming. I feel like catching up though.

I think the Telltale game far eclipses the show a million miles in terms of story and characters. The show doesn't even get good until halfway in season 2, and even then its still not as good as the game's slower moments.

It shouldn't take a season and a half before things get interesting. Even Breaking Bad only took a few episodes before it got good.

See i thought it was well paced right from the start.

Season 3 has suffered by insisting on doing 2/3 Andrea heavy episodes which have just sucked. Hell they even had an episode without Rick and the main survivors.

Everyone loves Breaking Bad here. It's the most talked about show next to WD and MM.

WD is huge cause of the zombies, let's face it. It's the only way to consistently watch quality zombie on human violence without having to pay for it on the big screen. Everyone loves zombies. Fuck me, i'm trying to get a part as a zombie in this horror flick here.

I liked the show all the way up until the middle of Season 3. Then, nothing happened for the next 5 episodes and I haven't even watched the latest episode yet.

This is just how I feel. Season 3 started off so strongly and off the end of Season 2 where it seemed like so little happened, things just happened so fast that was engaging, shocking and emotional. The first half of S3 has one of the best episodes I've seen on any TV show ever. And then it comes to the town and the Govenor and it's just fizzled out.

I like the show, it's still enjoyable to watch but it's fairly inconsistent. At times it shows moments of brilliance while other times it just frustrates and annoys me with the writers having characters make stupid decisions in order to create some fake dramatic tension Looking at you pregnant Lori rushing out by herself to get Rick.

Of course having said that, it doesn't help that the show keeps going through different showrunners, with ones taking on other people's story arcs and having to work around that. The last few episodes have been taken on by a new showrunner, one who will lead the show next season, and I gotta say it looks promising. The past few episodes have been really good, the Rick/Carl/Michonne centered one in particular. Here's hoping he stays. And that he kills off Andrea soon because fuck Andrea.

I think the game tells a better story than the show though. Not because the show is really bad, but because the game is really good, that when you see it all you can't compare the two.

Also, The Walking Dead and Toy Story are one and the same.

So the manager of GDC tweeted that Suzuki and Cerny were talking Shenmue III.

Ohhhhh kay? But it will result in nothing

This news made me return to the forums!

I've missed your hypnotising avatar that, following a good five minute stare, repeatedly makes me question my sexuality. Then again, it's Jack Sparrow, who wouldn't?

And Yu doesn't work for SEGA, but he's still got ties and classed as an advisor. Whilst it's pretty much just a token gesture, it also means that he's free to do whatever he wants... with a dev studio that seemingly has about as much ambition as a 60 year old who collects trollies in the Tesco carpark for a living...

Old friends talk at games convention - news at 11.

He heard there'd be lunch.

Yet to play the game or read the comics,

The first episode is free right now on Xbox Live so give it a go. I think it's free up until Tuesday. It's my least favorite of the episodes but the whole thing is one of my favorite games ever. All the other episodes are half off right now as well so you can get the whole thing for 800 points.

As for favorite character it's probably Daryl. His the only guy who is never annoying and the most relate able of them all. If he goes out it'll be like Charlie in Lost.

Charlies death was fucking HARD man, damn what a show. But yeah Daryl is great, brilliant actor too, I'll give the game a go, cheers.

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Been given a link but as it stands season 3 has been a disappointment for me so the waits not so bad.

They seem to be going out their way to butcher characters this season. And not in a good way.

I forced myself to finish the pilot. None of the characters were likable, which is fine since they're a bunch of pretentious douchebags, but I didn't find them interesting either.

I didn't go into the show blind myself, so I'm not actually sure how the first few episodes play out to the completely uninitiated, but I'll share the detail that made me initially really interested to see what happens in the show. It's not revealed until late in the first season, I believe, but knowing it from the get-go was enough to make me want to see it all the way through. And, in seeing it all the way through, I became hooked by all of its other facets as well.
The spoiler:
Don Draper actually isn't Don Draper.
He served in the Korean War with a man named Don Draper, but when that guy was killed in an explosion, he switched his dog tags with him so that it would appear that he had died. Apparently he wasn't a fan of his old life.
So basically he's been living a lie, using the real Don Draper's accomplishments (like having gone to college, for example) to further his own life.
I just found that totally interesting when I heard it, and it made me want to watch the show from the start.
Make no mistake, it's not some kind of slam-bang, thrill-a-minute, twist-in-every-episode kind of show. Its characters are realistic , and they deal with problems that people actually would have back then. They aren't quite as sensationalized as most other shows would handle it all.
But at the same time, that means that it certainly has some of the most rounded characters ever to appear on television. Seriously, no one is one-dimensional. Everyone has their good points, everyone has their faults. And the writing is actually kind of incredible for juggling so many characters and making them all so deep. There's a lot (and I mean a lot ) of great, subtle humor throughout as well. And John Hamm has easily some of the greatest screen presence of any actor working in tv today (trust me, he'll grown on you in a huge way).

It may start a little slow, but I think that as a writer yourself, it'd probably be worth it to you to give it an extended chance sometime.
I'm almost never a fan of "drama" in general, without some sort of qualifying factor added in ("crime drama" for example). But Mad Men is just so good that I make an exception. A huge exception, since it's easily a favorite of mine right now.

That show was awesome. Loved both versions but liked the UK version better as it didn't have Drew Carrey on it.

In Nolan We Trust.

Hmmm. I'm not one to say he's a terrible director, far from it, but am I the only one that finds the universal geekdom circle jerk over his work a little galling? Granted, some of his work is very good but a lot of it is massively flawed too. Let's have a look at his films...

Memento: There's not much I can really say against this film as it is a fantastic body of work that put Nolan on the map, and deservedly so. The only thing I would say is it's probably too good a start and has thus made it hard for him to follow it up to the level that many would have hoped.

Insomnia: I found this film to be pretty poor in all honesty. It felt like a made for TV film, and with actors of the calibre of Al Pacino and Robin Williams you would expect a movie that leaves you with a real sense of belief and bit more of a lasting effect than this. I haven't seen the original Norwegian version but I would guess that it is a more tangible end product, as is usually the case with foreign films that are remade by Hollywood.

Batman Begins: I like this film, I really do, but I still wouldn't say that it is the definitive way to make a Batman film, even though it is the best of the trilogy imo. Yes, Nolan made it believable and managed to draw together a stellar cast, barring Katie Holmes (which is an obvious downside) but he still didn't nail the essence of Batman for me. A film halfway between this and Burton's original Batman with some additional actual detective work would be on point for me. Oh, and the Sarecrow was criminally under used, and I don't feel Cillian Murphy was a good choice for the role, but that's just... like... my opinion, yeah? I would have loved to have seen Aronofsky's take on Year One.

The Prestige: I would say this is up there with Memento as one of Nolan's best works. Many people complain about the clone aspect of the film but when it's an integral part of the original book then I can't see how he could have avoided it. Yep. There's nothing I can say against this film. David Bowie as Tesla is an inspired piece of casting too.

The Dark Knight: Ok here's where I think things start to go a tad awry. Of course Heath Ledger's performance goes down as one of the greats of the silver screen, but on repeated viewing I think the whole film loses it's magic having viewed it a few times. I seriously believe that Ledger's performance carries the whole film and without it we'd be looking at quite a drab and uninspiring movie which undoubtedly drags on far too long than it should. The showdown with the Joker pales in comparison to Burton's Batman too. I won't lie and say I wasn't in awe when I first saw it, but upon reflection I really don't believe it deserves the mantle of "Best Superhero Movie Evar" that many entitle it with as it doesn't have the endless watchability that a film with that title would have.

Inception: This is a film to make thick people feel clever. It's really not hard to understand. For a mega-budget blockbuster based on dreams it also doesn't have the aesthetic wonderment one would imagine. I watched it at the cinema, thought "it's ok", watched it at home - fell asleep. See my sig for a more definitive review of this film.

The Dark Knight Rises: I won't go into all the plotholes because they've been done to death but Bane's downfall was criminal and I really disliked the way he was made to be Talia's lapdog. The one true great scene in this film is the Batman vs Bane fight midway through, but other than that it's not really that memorable and like the Batman film that preceded it, suffers from repeated viewings. Oh and Talia's death scene made me do a lol.

Anyway, I'd love to go into further detail with each but I'm using my phone to type this (laptop has carked it) and it's a pain in the arse, so apologies for any misspellings or fucked up word replacements. Anyone agree or disagree?

I agree with everything you said. His movies always have a flat feel to them. It's the same with guys like Ang Lee and Joss Whedon. They have great material but it always comes out visually bland.

I always thought Nolan was a better writer than a director but even then sometimes he fails at that too. Mostly cause he insists on either over-explaining a plot point or puts a fanciful idea in there and tries to justify it in a real world scenario. Joker's amazing but when you insist on grounding it too far into reality, I start distracting myself with questions like "where the hell is the army" rather than just sit back and enjoy what's on screen.

I'm not the go-to guy for Batman or anything superhero related, but I still think we have yet to come across the definitive superhero movie. Let alone Batman movie. To me the perfect Batman film is to take the amazing score of Danny Eflman/Shirley Walker, the visual gothic aesthetic of Tim Burton, and the witty quotable dialogue and mob gangster storyline of Chris Nolan. I don't think we're there yet, but we might be close.

Kenny wrote:he insists on either over-explaining a plot point

"That auto-pilot is like totally broke btw"

"Did I mention we still haven't fixt teh auto-pilot?"

"Auto-pilot"

"AUTO. PILOT."

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Okay, so everything else seems to have its own topic, why not Breaking Bad, too? A show where meth can lead people to kill, hate, lie, cheat, steal, drain people, backstab, argue a lot (really, the characters never stop arguing), cry (there's plenty of crying), go crazy, say "BITCH!", lie some more, hell, lie a whole lot. Meth makes people do some crazy shit, Mr. White. Love this show.

Season 5 Part 1 ended on quite the cliffhanger, what do people think is going to happen next? Spoiler tag everything, bitches!

Hank will accidentally reveal to Marie that Walter is Heisenberg, which will then force Hank to stop himself jumping the gun and try to arrest Walt. Or would Walt get so desperate to get away that he'd threaten Marie's life? Is he that far gone?

Great to finally have a war where nobody will be able to start religion-based arguments!

I did like Inception, but I just found it ridiculous that people find it confusing. I found it really easy to follow.

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You think some bored brainwashed extremists on the internet take up a high percentage of the people that dont like EA and are signing petitions to boycott them, and not only that but have the power/ability to actually get them to the top of the list of americas worst company? Give me a break.

This isn't some poll that was conducted nationwide by the government, reaching as many households and individuals as humanly possible.
This was some poll on "consumerist.com," which I can guarantee the grand majority of Americans have never heard of (I certainly hadn't), much less taken part in one of their polls.
So yes, I do believe that overly-passionate internet videogame dorks make up a high enough percentage of the ones taking part in the poll to put EA as the "winner" of it.

EDIT: Oh, and I don't even know what LBGTBLKSTD or whatever means. That wasn't a part of my point at all. I'm not saying EA are awesome, just that Peter Moore's comment on the subject of winning the poll made sense.

I havent playn the most recent Paper Mario or Mario and Luigi, but have played the ones prior. And imo still nothing stacks up to SMRPG on SNES. Since it was co-developed by Square back in the day, it was way more of a traditional RPG that Nintendo just doesnt want to return to with these newer titles.
But I could play SMRPG 1000 times over and it would still be amazing. That game holds up very well in all departments. I love it. Probably my favorite game ever just behind Shenmue 1&2.

Overrated. I'd rather go to

So it turns out all these conspiracy theories were derived from completely out of context, over analyzed "facts" that put the blame on innocent civilians while the "savage" people (who are of eastern-european descent) are on the run, shooting out the police, and wrecking havok.

Yeah. Sounds like a legit False flag. The government is totally behind all this 100%.

So it turns out all these conspiracy theories were derived from completely out of context, over analyzed "facts" that put the blame on innocent civilians while the "savage" people (who are of eastern-european descent) are on the run, shooting out the police, and wrecking havok.

Yeah. Sounds like a legit False flag. The government is totally behind all this 100%.

But don't you see man?! By making it so fucking obvious that it's not a government cover up, that's what they want you to think...

In other news, two people are reported to have used MySpace as recently as 2010.

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I dunno about that. I mean people make these generalizations that the formula is the same but they aren't really looking at the real reasons why these games aren't fun.

Skyward sword isn't really all that fun, neither is Phantom Hourglass or Spirit Tracks.

The Dark world is a gimmick, its a continued mechanic that gets forced down your throat the whole game. Traveling between it and the normal world is just something you have to do to beat the game, but its built in a way where you enjoy doing it. Instead of taking the player out of their normal gameplay completely it just changes the formula within the formula.

I'd say around Windwaker or ocarina of time they started to think of travel as gameplay but never really made that gameplay anywhere near as interesting or forgiving as normal gameplay. The problem with Zelda is not that fact that the design is all about dungeons and exploration but that the gameplay has become less and less about dungeons and exploration.

I'm actually happy that the wall thing exists because it looks more like a singular power then anything. That means its completely possible there will be parts of the game where you don't use it at all. What if it gets used less then the boomerang? The game looks like it uses alttp's map, meaning you won't be sitting there traveling, which means you won't spend 10-20 minutes holding forward. Actually getting places means playing the game, the idea of the world map as a dungeon unto itself was something that made alttp great.

just saying this might be total shit, or it might be great but I'm thinking it looks cool cause it looks to play like Alttp.

wtf that is is stupid. I would NEVER have got a rifle at 11. I had to make do with a handgun.

I love the fact how hard they shit on MS with this conference. Sony clearly won E3. The only redeeming factor for MS was Dead Rising 3. Besides that, you'd have to honestly be a fool to support DRM and all the other restrictions plus a higher system price and more expensive online multiplayer price.
Sony really killed it on all regards. Big games, indie games, features, pricing, policy, support. They nailed it.

Last of Us: They only showed a trailer but I can't wait for Friday.
Pikmin 3: I love me some Pikmin. Been waiting for this for years. A big HD world is perfect for this series.
Kingdom Hearts 1.5 Collection: We never got Chain of Memories here in Europe so I can't wait to finally play it.
Beyond: Two Souls: Trying to avoid seeing anything but I loved Heavy Rain so I'm in.
Batman Arkham Origins: They could do a Batman game like this every year and it would still be awesome.
Assassins Creed IV: Pirates enough said.
Lightning Returns: FFXIII: I haven't minded the series as much as most and anything FF related at least get's my interest.
Ace Attorney 5: Liked the Edgeworth game but I've wanted a new proper Ace Attorney for a long time.
Crimson Dragon: The fact it seems to be controller based now interests me.
D4: Loved Deadly Premonition so anything Swery65 makes will at least grab my interest. It looks like a Kinect game which makes me sad but hopefully there is a controller mode.
Dead Rising 3: I love Dead Rising and seeing all those zombies on screen blew me away.
The Division: Don't really care for MMO's but thought it looked really cool. Would love to convince a few friends to buy it.
Evil Within: Not a huge fan of horror but this looks like something interesting.
Final Fantasy X HD: One of my favorite games ever.
Final Fantasy XV: Loved the look of the trailer. Final Fantasy is my favorite series so it's a day one buy.
Infamous: Second Son: The first two games where ok but this looks to be what I wanted them to be.
Kingdom Hearts 3: I'm possibly the biggest Kingdom Hearts nerd here so it's a given. I've even beat all the handheld games.
Mario 3D World: Mario games are always a blast.
Mario Kart 8: Mario Kart games always end up being my most played game every generation. It's one of the only games I still get people to play in person rather then online.
Mirror’s Edge 2: Never thought the first game really needed a sequel but I'm willing to give the game ago. Hopefully the new tech can help them pull off some new things.
Murdered: Soul Suspect: I was disappointed with LA Noire so hopefully this can feel that hole.
Quantum Break: Remedy are one of my favorite studios so I'm willing to try anything they make.
Smash Bros: Just like Mario Kart nothing compares to having 4 people in the same room play Smash.
South Park: I love South Park.
Watch Dogs: Was blown away by the reveal trailer and strangely everything else they have shown also looks cool.
Zelda Wind Waker: Please.

Overall this E3 has announced loads of games I'll get.

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They are just toying with the idea right now. But this would do it for me. They did those DS 3D remakes. I would love to see a remake on 3DS or Vita. Also Terra's theme sends me in another world when I hear it. Might be the best game in the entire series.

The one Mario series Ive always loved.

It should be noted he's never made a DS game.

I always thought it was a shame that the only printed poster of this image released in the US had an ugly red dragon photoshopped over it in a Nintendo Power magazine. Wish I could get a full-size version of the original image.
Easily one of the most absorbing pieces of videogame art ever created. This picture was one of the only reasons I envied my SNES-owning friends in the early 90s. Made me want the game.

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Oh, and uh... the PM wasn't really necessary. I would have seen the topic anyway.

I've emulated Snatcher and Policenauts in the past. I don't have the funds or the patience to hunt old systems and copies of the games to play. Even if I did, the only benefit would be to the private sellers like you said. Emulating was more of a convenience if anything. And in Policenauts case, the only viable option to play the English patch..

Emulation itself is fine. Playing ROMs is the grey area, but I'm all for it. Besides, if there's ever a HD remake or port of a game you went through the trouble of hunting down to play on an emulator, then chances are you'd buy it, meaning more profits for the developer. After all, as has been made abundantly clear over the last few years (almost to the point of Captain Obvious-esque irritation), developers nor publishers receive any profit from used games, an chances are - if you're playing a game through an emulator - it's because it's for an obsolete system, meaning finding a brand new copy in a shop is about as likely as Cavani turning down Real Madrid to play for Scunthorpe.

I used to use emulators as a way of playing games I otherwise would never have the chance of playing. I see absolutely nothing wrong with playing a translated rom of a game that was never localized, or playing one of a game that had such a low print run that the physical copy goes for hundreds of dollars now. Otherwise, I would also use them to try out games that I potentially could buy, if I came across them and liked them enough.

With all of the awful shit that happens in the world, I think it's silly to question whether something like this is morally wrong. That's just taking gaming a little too seriously for my tastes.