Recent content by George_Harvey_Bone

As someone who thinks the early series were brilliant, and also hates most attempts at sitcoms and comedy shows in general, I'd be interested to know what good television I've missed out on. I'm not setting up an attack - just genuinely interested in what you think people like me should catch...

Enjoying it so far for the most part. The BulletTime and ShootDodge mechanics still work well and they combine brilliantly with the cover system. When you get good enough to fling yourself around and dispatch a whole roomful of mooks without taking a shot, it does feel fantastically cinematic...

The first few series of Big Bang Theory were genuinely excellent. Lots of really well-crafted, well-delivered gags and, though there are plenty of science and geek culture references, I never thought they were the heart of the show. It was all about the way the differing libidos of four guys...

Unsurprising to anyone who has read the book my username refers to - Netta Longden from Hangover Square. Easily the most horrific ***** I've ever come across in any form of fiction - I haven't read the book in years, but I'm still struck by urges to plunge a knife into her ovaries.

Masters of Orion. I've never looked forward to any game as much as I did MoO3... and the only thing in gaming that has come close to disappointing me as much, was the nonsense at the end of Mass Effect 3. Perhaps I should just skip the third installment of all computer game franchises.

I imagine it's very common. If I were an NPC in a sandbox game, then I'd run for the hills if I saw the Player Character wandering around looking a bit jaded...

Always heartening to see people take angry, partisan stances on issues with this much emotional and moral complexity... despite not knowing all the details (and in some cases, not even the details in the OP's article). It seems likely that one set of parents are going to get emotionally...

If some Eastern European game developer ever makes "The Cellar: Fun with the Fritzls", I imagine that would tick a few of your boxes...

:) People should never underestimate slapstick - it's an extremely powerful force. Not only can it utterly defeat attempts to look cool and urbane, but as your friend proves, it can be more powerful than death. The only thing you can do when things turn slapstick is laugh and let it...

Absolutely everything in life can be funny, including its end. One of my best friends' last words (after falling two stories onto his head, but before collapsing into a coma) were "Crikey, that smarted a bit". A classic Onion article: Loved Ones Recall Local Man's Cowardly Battle With...

The post you quoted already gave you possible explanations. One things is for sure: the homeopathic "treatment" itself did absolutely nothing for your Mother.

It's beyond bollocks - it's dangerous, because the poor fools who've been duped by it sometimes rely on it instead of going to see an actual medical practitioner. The fact that my tax money gets spent on this shit makes me feel violently angry. Anyone who suggests that there is ANY benefit...

I think DoPo pretty much nailed the answer in the first reply. But there are also occasions where the movie is actually better than the source. Blade Runner, The Shining and Ben Hur spring to mind. And, whilst I know many won't agree, Harry Potter is probably the exemplar for me - I find...

:) Not far off - one girl I was chasing around recently asked me if I'd heard of Just For Men...

I actually went the other way - ZX Spectrum > Amiga > PC > Xbox 360. The last game I played on something with a keyboard was Oblivion. The main reason was that was around the time I went from being a systems admin to a developer. I spend all day buried in code and interoperability problems...