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Comment on Skyrim and the novice gamer by Alex

Alex — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:32:22 +0000

Heights are bad for me – I can never watch those eagle-eye bits on top of the towers!!

Comment on Skyrim and the novice gamer by Sean the Bookonaut

Sean the Bookonaut — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:01:06 +0000

Its a cinematic scene so I don’t now if you can stop it playing, but yes I shakes my head in shame, otherwise its good. Had to stop playing it after I watched vertical limits, then did roofing (am slightly phobic about heights). The game was triggering heart palpitations.

Comment on Skyrim and the novice gamer by Alex

Alex — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:56:09 +0000

I don’t think J ever got to that, because I know he would have laughed himself silly over it and insisted that I see it! He’s about midway through AC Revelation, which seems a bit different but good.

Comment on Skyrim and the novice gamer by Sean the Bookonaut

Sean the Bookonaut — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:35:35 +0000

Have nearly finished AC Brotherhood, definite improvement on the previous game. There was a sex scene that made me laugh though – they went to such lengths to get the costuming and scenery right but Ezio’s love interest appears dressed like a Victoria secret model – had Alisa’s voice in my head condemning that one.

Comment on Skyrim and the novice gamer by Alex

Alex — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:15:09 +0000

I don’t know the TV show, but I grew up somewhere with ABC and one commercial channel that cherry picked from 7, 9 and 10. Sounds like I didn’t miss much!

Comment on Skyrim and the novice gamer by Alex

Alex — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:14:28 +0000

J played Fallout, and Fallout New Vegas, and really enjoyed them; I quite liked watching. He’s also into the third Assassin’s Creed game, which I also usually enjoying watching with half an eye.

Comment on Skyrim and the novice gamer by candlelightwriter

candlelightwriter — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:14:37 +0000

Ah yes, Kickstart. Clearly we’re of similar age, because I remember both the game and the television show on which it was based, the latter involving annoying children on irritatingly buzzy motorbikes tackling pre-Total Wipeout obstacle courses, and cheers on the sofa every time one of them took a tumble and their I’m-on-TV-showing-off smug smiles were erased. At least videogames save on the cost of Dettol.

Comment on Skyrim and the novice gamer by Sean the Bookonaut

Sean the Bookonaut — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:10:06 +0000

Am hoping that I might get Skyrim for my birthday, but I still have Fallout 3 to finish which is similar enough in game play.

Comment on The Steel Remains, and my attention is captured by The Cold Commands « Randomly Yours, Alex

The Cold Commands « Randomly Yours, Alex — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:46:31 +0000

[...] You could probably read this without having read the first book, but personally I wouldn’t recommend it; partly because things make more sense in context, and partly because The Steel Remains is excellent. [...]

Comment on Grey, by Jon Armstrong by Galactic Suburbia 51 « Randomly Yours, Alex

Galactic Suburbia 51 « Randomly Yours, Alex — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:55:34 +0000

[...] Ashes season 2; Dr Who season 1; Rocannon’s World, Ursula le Guin; The Declaration, Gemma Malley; Grey, Jon Armstrong; The Collected Works of TS Spivet, Reif Larsen. BBC 4 “Cat Women of the Moon” [...]