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I was thinking on an old episode of Family Fortunes earlier today. One of the questions was "Name something you do in the shower other than wash." The top answer was 'sing', but one of the lads said 'Have a wee'. Cue a look of disgust from host Vernon Kay and a mix of groans and laughs from the...

Sometimes you play a game and you like it, then tell your friends to try it out. But sometimes you tell them to not bother. Even though you liked it, you wouldn't recommend it. I think of The Witness. I enjoyed The Witness. I had fun with it and liked my time solving puzzles and exploring the...

Hypothetically. Money is no object. There are no medical risks. The result will be exactly what you imagine. What would you have done? I would have a full set of dental implants put in. My teeth aren't too bad, but I feel like I should have been given a brace for a few months when I was a kid...

We've all had an idea for a video game that we thought would be pretty cool, and even if those ideas never get developed we can share them with each other and dream of what might have been. . . Recently, I got the idea of how much I'd like a Dragonball game that wasn't about fighting, but had...

There are certain things that I encounter in video games that always creep me out. They make me feel uneasy every time, without fail, and I'm wondering if there's anything that creeps the rest of you out every time you see it. For example, any time I have to get in a lift and there are doors on...

I swear this isn't advertising, please don't ban me. Do you ever go to gaming websites like itch.io and try out some short games made by indie developers? Every few months I go on, have a browse, download a few free games and demos that catch my eye for whatever reason, and spend the day...

Let me explain. In Resident Evil 3, you can do a quick turn, which makes movement more fluid. After playing it, Resident Evil 2 feels dated because it doesn't have the quick turn, making movement feel slower and more cumbersome. Likewise, Resident Evil 1 and 2 made you press a button to walk...

My mate Neil has a fancy map of the world that lets him scratch off the countries he's visited so that the map becomes more colourful over time. He's travelled a fair bit so his map is looking nice. Mine would be a lot less colourful. Which countries have you been to? A lot? A few? Never left...

Just saw a poster for this and remembered it exists, lol As someone who has never played Monster Hunter, but who has had a franchise he adores be abused by Paul W. S. Anderson, I wonder if any Monster Hunter fans are excited for this. So... Are you?

I recently took my Kindle out of the drawer, charged it up, and wondered why I hadn't used it in so long. Since I bought it a few years ago I've gone through several phases of using it then not using it, etc. Now that my pile of physical books has been exhausted I'm going to be in another Kindle...

I've seen animated avatars on the forum in the past. Some users have them right now, in fact. But when I upload a .gif image as my avatar it isn't animated. I did some light reading online and checked if the issue was the filesize, the image size, or both. It wasn't, as far as I can tell. It's...

I don't like being mean, but sometimes it happens. Games give us a lot of opportunity to indulge our darker impulses, and sometimes we give in. Other times we seek those opportunities out. Sometimes we create them ourselves... But for some of us being mean lingers in our hearts. Sometimes we do...

A new year is dawning and with it comes a wave of resolutions. What are yours? What do you hope to achieve/develop/do/learn/resolve/improve in 2020?

Plenty of games have mini-games lurking within them, like a little tapeworm. Some mini-games are really fun or robustly designed and able to stand on their own. Which mini-games have you ended up spending a lot of time on, maybe even more time than the main game? One for me would be pazaak from...

Books! But how do you read them? Books come in a few different formats and different people like different ones. But which one do you like the most? And which do you hate, if any? And why? Typically books are available in three main formats: hardback, paperback, and eBook. Do you like the...

In 1967, some French dude wrote an essay called "The Death of the Author" (he wrote it in French but I don't speak foreign so let's pretend he did everything in English). Death of the Author has become a part of critical literary theory and the basic gist is this: The specific intentions or...

This thread came about because of a conversation between myself and @Spiritual Mask Salesman earlier. In Ready Player One (now a major motion picture) they have The Oasis, which is like a virtual reality Internet. [MINOR SPOILERS] In the end, the new owner of the Oasis (you'll never guess who)...

Been listening to the soundtrack to Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (holy punctuation, Batman!) and trying not to collapse in on myself. If I found a magical wish fairy at the end of my garden and wasn't allowed to wish for unlimited gold or a dog that could do tricks I'd wish that I could...

Elves have ears. I believe they use them to listen, but who can tell. Their ears are different shapes and some of these shapes are nicer than other shapes. But which shapes are the nicest? Do you prefer long and high elf ear, that point up to the sky? Or do you like horizontal elf ears that...

Lozjam made a thread a few months ago about Hollywood's recent obsession with remakes, reboots, and films based on existing property. It's a trend that I, like many others, have grown weary of in the last couple of years. There's nothing wrong with any of those things per se, but so many of them...

**Before I begin I want to make it clear that I myself am not 100% convinced by the following theory. After having the initial thought last week, I have looked into it and drawn some connections that I find interesting. It is these I wish to share with you today. In an ideal world, after reading...

I searched for a like thread and couldn't find one. EA recently raised Dungeon Keeper from the grave in the form of a mobile game for iOS and Android. The franchise hadn't been seen since 1999's excellent Dungeon Keeper 2 and so the news that it was coming back was quite exciting to those who...

In the wake of heavy criticism of Dungeon Keeper's mobile revival, EA have allowed GOG.com to offer the original 1997 Dungeon Keeper for free this weekend. Dungeon Keeper is a brilliant strategy game, one of my all-time favourites, and along with it's sequel, Dungeon Keeper 2(which GOG.com is...

One of Twilight Princess's more interesting characters, Ashei is a formidable woman with a military background working to defeat the evil taking over in Hyrule. She's a standout character and a connection can be drawn between her and a standout dungeon, Snowpeak Ruins. The dungeon itself is a...

Yesterday there was an article on the main page which listed five things Zelda U should borrow from A Link Between Worlds. It's a decent read for those who haven't checked it out, but I want to draw attention to one specific point. The first element discussed in the article was the length of...

The weekend is usually a slow time on Eurogamer and they tend to post opinion pieces. Usually these are pretty dull but today's was quite interesting and I'd like to share it with you. This article discusses Shigeru Miyamoto's role at Nintendo and how it could actually be a hinderence to the...

Simple enough. What game, or games, are you most looking forward to that are set/expected to release in 2014? --- The one game I am looking forward to more than any other is Mario Kart 8 (which I usually call 'M-Zero'). I fudging love Mario Kart and number 8 looks absolutely incredible. I...

They are two terms we, as gamers, hear almost every day. During the last generation, with the rise of mobile gaming, motion control devices, and even your (yes, your) nan training her brain on a DS, the ever growing gaming community has, rather sloppily, been split into two poorly defined...

I was bouncing around on StumbleUpon last night when I came across this article which listed eleven 'girly' things that men wish they could do without being judged. I found it funny and interesting as well as agreeing with several of the activities listed. Enter this thread. What activities...

Let's share some of our Christmas memories. Whether they are funny, scary, sad, interesting, or just plain weird, it doesn't matter. --- When I was nine, my mum made some toast on Christmas morning and I swear to the Almighty that it was the nicest toast I have ever had in my entire life. I...

I don't think it'd be a stretch to say that all of us have had our musical tastes change over time. Maybe there was a band or singer you used to absolutely love, but now think are actually a bit rubbish. Perhaps there was a band or singer you used to absolutely hate, but now think they're...

The Great Fairies of the 2D games tend to be your bog standard fairy--female, slim, wings, some even have little wands to wave. They conform to a classic image that most people are familiar with. And then the 3D games came along. The design of the Great Fairies didn't so much as take an...

Lenzo... Just, Lenzo. Could this seemingly ordinary individual be hiding an exciting secret? Is it possible that this gentleman pictographer was, in fact, a secret agent?! Let's look at the facts, shall we? First off, let's consider Lenzo's fascination with pictographs. This is...

I was thinking about Play Coins the other day and how handy they are. You can use them to buy weapon loadouts in Resident Evil: The Merceneries 3D and to buy hints from ghosts in A Link Between Worlds. They allow you to use new features in Letter Box, buy Idol Toss eggs in Kid Icarus: Uprising...

This section could do with a speculative tag for new threads so I could avoid this opening paragraph about how this theory is, well, largely speculative. I have evidence, of a sort, to support the theory. It would be more accurate to say I have things which I can show you that led me to this...

Not so long ago Nintendo released four brand new games for the 3DS' Streetpass feature: Streetpass Squad; Streetpass Garden; Streetpass Battle; Streetpass Mansion. The Streetpass feature was already one of the more interesting and fun things about the 3DS and these games just make it even...

I looked for a like thread, since I thought this had probably been done, but I didn't find one. I've recently started playing F-Zero GX once again because it's an amazing game, but, even though I've had and enjoyed the game for nearly ten years now, I've never unlocked everything. It's just...

Earlier today Bethesda revealed the game they've been working on and, no, it's not Fallout 4 (thank God :P). Developer and Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami are working together to make The Evil Within, a survival horror game set for release next year on PS3, Xbox 360, PC and 'next-gen...

Many of you will no doubt be familiar with Epic Rap Battles of History, a Youtube channel which produces, well, rap battles of famous figures and characters. They're pretty popular and understandably so due to how funny and genuinely good they are musically. This thread is intended for general...

Mario Kart Arcade Grand Prix DX was recently unvieled. It'll be the third arcade exclusive Mario Kart game and, like the others, is being developed by Namco. It also marks the first time Mario Kart will ever be seen in HD. A small number of screenshots have been released, you can have a gander...

I searched for a like thread and found nothing. If you hadn't already figured it out from the less than cryptic title, this thread is about which inventory systems in video games you like the most. Whether it be imaginative or creavite or spaceous or intuitive, almost all of us will have...

I'm sure all of us have a few games or even franchises that we love dearly but readily acknowledge have some pretty glaring flaws or faults. I call these Flawed Classics (and so should you) and I'd like to know what games you would attach that label to. --- To get the ball rolling here's...

Searched for a like thread, couldn't find one. It's a simple enough question but I'll say it again: what would you do if you won the lottery? You suddenly go from being you as you are now to being you but a multi-millionaire. What do you do and why do you do it? Also, in the UK, when...

This is gonna be a tough one to explain. We sometimes think of abstract things in association with specific colours. Like, if you close your eyes and think of the word "Monday", a colour, or emotion or something might come with the thought. Almost like you associate a mood or memory to the...

Mario Kart games have had 4 Retro GPs since Mario Kart DS and the smart money is on this continuing onto the Wii U. The question is, which tracks from the previous 7 games would you like to see return in the series' first HD installment? Would you put a bigger emphasis on the SNES and GBA's...

Twilight Princess introduced us to the Oocca, weird little chicken-men that, by my estimation, were not well received. The game establishes that the Oocca and the Hylian Royal Family were in contact but evidently that connection came to an end some time in the distant past, since knowledge of...

One of the features of the 3DS which I often forget about is Streetpass. When I first got my 3DS I was mad for Streetpass Quest and the basic idea of it is actually really great, that by simply walking past another 3DS owner you get a little bit of interaction with them in another game. In Mario...

Simple enough question I guess. Would you like Zelda3D to make use of the Circle Pad Pro? The CPP was met with groans as a stop-gap solution to what many saw as a major weakness of the 3DS's original design. However, it has proven its worth in the eyes of many by improving the control of...

If you've got a Wii U, chances are you are familiar with the Miiverse and how it works. If not, I shall offer a brief explanation. The Miiverse is, essentially, a forum with sections devoted to each and every single game on Wii U. You can access the Miiverse in-game by pressing the Home Button...

Skyward Sword tried out a few new things. One of these things I would like to see return in future is the item upgrade system. I thought it was a good idea, well implemented and had a noticeable effect on the game too, making Bug Catching easier, the Slingshot more powerful, the Beetle more...