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Sega Rally Revo was a great game; Colin McRae DIRT was a legendary game, one of my favourite racers of all time, and one of the most immersing games I've ever played. This might be a move to simply start making Sega Rally games, instead of using the Colin McRae name. After all, poor Colin...

For the Cradle level in Thief 3, I took one look at the old insane asylum / child nursery... and immediately quit the game. The next day, when it was light enough out, I turned the game back on, and armed with a walkthrough and the highest possible brightness settings on my monitor, I went...

How much stock is owned by shareholders? Could this lead to buying out of half of the company?

I've only ever met 1 female in my entire life who plays video-games as a regular hobby. Most girls/women in my experience tend to only play/enjoy Guitar Hero, Wii Sports, Sims, Mario 3, etc. But to be fair, I don't know a whole lot of guys who play games as a regular hobby, like I do...

I agree that Too Human can't be judged until we've got our chubby hands on it. From the two trailers I just watched, the game looks like a whole lot of frantic cyborg sword-fighting with little else of interest. Sadly (and oddly) enough, I kept thinking about Rise of the Robots the entire time...

I agree that Portal was too simple. On my first go I completed it without ever having to stop to really think. But other people will have different experiences. I also found it very witty, but never actually laughed out loud at it. Not that simple games can't still be brilliant. I actually...

Yeeeaaaahhrrr more portal yeaahrrr (wanks into portal on the ground which shoots out of ceiling portal onto my face). Just kidding, I love portal, but portal fanboys are quickly becoming a nuisance... as all fanboys are.

Best gaming community I've been a part of was Natural Selection for Half-life. Probably my favourite multiplayer game of all time too, so ahead of its time, even today. I think communities tend to be better when people have to make an effort to delve into them.

I for one beat crackdown and got about half of the orbs then found myself rather bored. Adventures online mostly involved idiots trying to do speed runs of the boss fights, while I tried to hit them with a car. Sure, it doesn't pretend to have any substance... but I kinda like substance. And...

I think you're too easily bored. I have the same problem, which can easily lead to game-buying addiction: constantly after your next 'fix' without ever getting satisfaction from your last one. Seriously, put some time into Morrowind and Oblivion. Soon enough, you'll be hooked and eager to beat...

Well, my character Sheep Shepard had plenty of graphic sex, but only in my head.

I share the same confession as PurpleRain. I have played (majority owned, minority rented) 67 games to, or near to, completion, and have only 14299 out of a possible 52070 gamerscore.

Damn! Avary was our only shot at having a decent talent making/writing video game movies, what with Wolfenstein and Driver on the way. Guess he'd been playing too much Grand Theft Auto. ... (too soon?)

Absolutely. What I'm saying is that the graphics - or visuals - or of extreme importance in ANY game. They contribute so much to the experience of playing the game. Play through any old game and you'll notice how much the graphics, no matter how bad they are in comparison to modern games, are...

Let's be careful not to mix graphics with polygons/bump mapping/'sexiness'. Older, or less 'sexy' games, can still be very immersive games graphically. Super Mario World is still a joy to look at, still bright, colourful and possesses a fine artistic style. Defcon and Darwinia are very...