Recent content by somersetsaxon

I'm replying here, because this post is quite a useful one to quote, but I'm trying to address what I think is the crux of the issue for both of the threads you posted here. Homo Sapiens is a rubbish animal. It's slow, the fastest specimens can maintain a burst of about 30 mph for a few...

If you're working for a relatively big company is it likely that there would be someone else already making the commute from your neck of the woods that would be happy to lift share until you can get a car? I'm astonished at how expensive that is for a second hand car, and as you say, it might...

Hi there, apologies if this winds up riddled with typoes but I'm typing on my phone. First off, hopefully you're unhurt? I can't speak as an expert on US traffic law, but in the UK (and the state of Maryland, from my brief googling) it's a requirement that you report an accident to the...

If you've read Grant's memoirs you're probably more widely read on the US Civil war than I am, but if you've not read either James Ford Rhodes' History of the Civil War or Battle Cry of Freedom by James McPherson then both of them are worth a read, McPherson's particularly so. As a Brit who...

From what I understand of the Xbox one's backwards compatibility anyone who either owns the disc version of a game or has previously bought the digital version can download a version of that game onto their Xbox one's hard drive that will work with the emulator. While it's a nice gesture for...

I know the bbc's copyrighting department will probably ensure that this will never happen, but the faintest glimmer of a traveller's tales LEGO: Dr Who ever seeing the light of day has brightened my mood. The sheer number of supporting cast members and obviously all the incarnations of the...

It's probably a bit dated looking now, but I really liked Boom Boom Rocket on XBLA when it came out. It's a fireworks display based rhythm game involving setting off fireworks in time to music. I remember it being quite addictive with constantly trying to better high scores or beat songs on...

Having open heart surgery at age five (so back in 1992) would probably be the biggest risk I've been exposed to. I'm not sure that it really counts as my parents are the one's who consented to the operation. However, in theory the condition would have been lethal by age 10 at the latest so I...

Ben, the organiser of the Horizon festival in Forza Horizon 2. I might be showing my age here as a 28 year old OAP apparently, but I find his enthusiasm for his stupid festival grating, granted he is permitted to be excited about his own creation and I'm permitted to find this annoying...

In no particular order.... 1. Timesplitters 2: I remember rushing home with a few friends after school to try and cram in as much 'Splitters as we could before they'd have to go back to get their buses home. Good times... 2. Call of Duty 4: Probably the quintessential blockbuster shooter...

I'm not really getting the infographic either. I thought it was based on the population it was being sold to, hence the fact that the xbox one is 4th on the list despite having the second highest number. But to my mind that would make the PS2 a run away winner. Selling 1.4M units in Japan alone...

Wellington, Somerset. The Duke of Wellington took his name from the town, so we have another nation's capital named after our town. The first steam locomotive to travel faster than 100 miles per hour did so going past Wellington, the engine "City of Truro" in 1904. Fox's bank (now owned by...

We get two boxes (which are technically meant to be for different things, but they sort both boxes themselves and it all goes in the same truck anyway) for paper and card, plastic bottles, glass and cans and foil. At one point they used to do shoes and clothing but they withdrew that because I...

Probably the best DLC I've played would be Minerva's den for Bioshock 2 which skywolfblue already mentioned. Aside from that Point Lookout for Fallout 3 would fill my top slot (purely because I preferred the additional content in PL to the content in Broken Steel and ignoring the fact that BS...

Where were you? Was there any chance you might have been on camera, or that the guy may have immediately come from, or gone into an area where he might have been picked up? I wouldn't say you were cowardly, there's no telling what he might have done. Would a tenner really have been worth what...