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Rayman - currently in limbo (no pun intended) after the Ubisoft-induced debacle around Legends, I have loved every single main-line Rayman game, all the way back to the original. Radically changing style every other game is discombobulating but I don't care, it's still been a super-fun franchise...

I learned that Auger electron spectroscopy uses electrons for excitation and that the previously-unidentified oxygen 1s peak in my XPS data is probably nickel nitrate. Also, I am desperately underlevelled in Xenoblade Chronicles X

Another viola player! Praise be, we're rare these days. If you want my advice, don't learn violin if you want to play it in an orchestra - as soon as they find out you can play viola, you'll be asked to play that instead and probably pestered until you do. Instrument recommendation: what kind...

Two thoughts I feel like sharing: 1. Why is the game so popular? Because it scratched a huge collective itch for a good old-school JRPG. It helps that, repetition aside, it's a pretty darn good old-school JRPG 2. Loads of bosses have cheap attacks and strategies. The player is given even...

In principle, you can shoot a bow without aiming as long as the target's at a very short distance and you don't need any accuracy. There are, however, two thorny issues. One: the further you pull the bow back, the more powerful the shot. On an olympic-style recurve, a quarter of an inch of...

Trick shots. Bloody good trick shots and by no means is he a bad archer but this is stage archery. I'm going to try to break it down but one thing to bear in mind is that we haven't seen any failed takes here. For reference, I've been shooting for 4.5 years at Warwick Uni and in that time...

1. Yes 1. a. Vicious cycle. When games were first invented, it was due to the vision of men. Men made games for men, often without realising it, attracting more men to the hobby who then went into game development, starting the whole cycle again while women got short-changed. The general men =...

I was under the impression that most rare earth metals come from China. Because they're "rare" (read: only found as trace amounts in other minerals) extracting them produces large amounts of radioactive waste - quite a messy business and not something western cultures want to do while they can...

There's really only one thing I want to add to this discussion. In answer to your question: Not yet

I can play violin, viola, tuba and bass trombone well (i.e. been examined in or currently playing in an ensemble), as well as euphonium and tenor (normal) trombone not as well and sort-of trumpet. I can also sing pretty well and conduct.

I got to the end of Bravely Default. 'Nuff said

As an electronic engineering PhD student who has worked on comms, space and device technology, this article speaks to me in a profound way

Well. Me and my friend organised a game music concert for our university's arts festival last summer. We recruited a 26-piece orchestra, arranged all the music, ran about a dozen rehearsals and I conducted about 40 minutes of music. My friend has stated quite vehemently that he's not doing it...

Platformer. Give me a good Megaman, Mario or classic Metroid any day and I will be a happy man. The poll options are a bit limited. What about non-shooting, non-adventure action games like Assassin's Creed? What about hack and slash? Puzzle games? Turn-based strategy? Third-person shooters? I...

Nintendo. You ask why? Well, you know Nintendo very much has its own style? That's what I like. A lighthearted, fun experience apart from the times where it gets intense but rarely dark. Mario and Zelda, yes, but also Megaman, Donkey Kong and Metroid. Occasionally I try other stuff like...