What are you playing At the moment or reading?

[Robert Drapp]

I'm reading The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan and playing the demo for Duke Nukem 3d. I wanted to return to simplier gaming.

 

[Kalfira]

I'm playing the fast paced RTS called: Work
It's a great little game where to win you have to as little as possible over a long period of time. It's like civilisation but real time.

 

[Riddle78]

Supreme Commander 1 (no expansion). Cybran campaign,mission 5, Operation: UNLOCK. And I BLEW through the earlier missions with bomber spam and gunship spam. To those of you who understand the game... 100+ Renegades was my answer to a heavily defended base. Before I could get those,a constant stream of Flying Eyes to find their ACU,then about 60-80 Zeuses.

I'm reading The Legend of Drizzt:Streams of Silver,and I've come to a conclusion. The protagonists only live through 60% skill,40% luck. But,hey,books rock,anyway.

 

[Pegghead]

At the moment I'm not really playing anything new, just playing some multiplayer on Steam, the occasional round of zombies with friends on xbox live, flash-games etc...hopefully that'll all change if I decide to pick up LA Noire when it's cheaper because that game looks great.

But when it comes to books I seem to have seriously picked up on reading again, and after having seen a whole lot of films recently that were based off Steven (Stephen?) King novels (The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption etc) I decided to borrow one of his books from the library. At the time they didn't have much of a selection so I borrowed Duma Key and so far I'm loving it, I hit the 100 page mark last night! Thankfully I was browsing the other day and I noticed that some of his more beloved books were on the shelf like It and The Stand so I guess that's where I move onto next.

 

[Cazer]

Playing: Fable III (Tuesday), GTA IV: Episodes from Liberty City (The Ballad of Gay Tony), Battlefield: Bad Company 2

Reading: The entire New Jedi Order series.

 

[AnAngryMoose]

I'm playing Section 8: Prejudice, Resident Evil 5 and Hydrophobia. I'm also reading The Girl Who Played with Fire.

 

[antibonk]

Playing: The Witcher, giving another shot at trying to finish this before The Witcher 2 comes out. Never did play through it, so doing my best to finish it before the new one is out.

 

[godfist88]

I'm playing Pokemon heart gold. i just made it to blackthorn city.

 

[Mr Pantomime]

Just finished Mass Effect 2. Was going to go back to Mass Effect 1 and make Alien-hating Male Shepard, but I uninstalled it and lent my friend the disk. So ill have to shake him down for it tomorrow. Might finish Bioshock or play Persona 4.

Im reading The Republic by Plato right now. Cant say im impressed as far. Everyone but Socrates is either a yesman or someone who argues clumsily simply for Socrates to argue circles around him. Theyre only there to push Plato's idea of his Republic, rather than arguing the questionable morality of it. Hopefully it gets better.

Wow, you're obviously oblivious to the subtext inherent in what you just complained about.

Thats likely, care to explain it to me?

 

[Fidelias]

I'm currently playing KoTOR 2 and Battlefront 2, been on a bit of a Star Wars binge lately...

I'm reading Blackout, by Rob Thurman. I'm also about to start the third book of The Hunger Games.

 

[Chatato]

Currently playing, not much actually I've just been playing some flash games.
As for reading actually I'm reading Mogworld by Yahtzee.

 

[Leemaster777]

Currently on my second full playthrough of Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep.

Beat the whole thing on normal, now I'm replaying it on hard to get the secret ending.

Surprisingly, I'm actually finding the game EASIER, and more enjoyable, on my second playthrough. Probably because I FINALLY have a nice grasp on how the command system works, and I know now to meld commands as early and as often as possible, to get the ability upgrades.

Hell, I beat Terra's story not too long ago, and the last couple of bosses gave me some real headaches the first go around, but now I beat them all on my first try.

 

[Forlorn Guardian]

Currently playing Fallout: New Vegas and Rune Factory 3.

Reading The Magic Cottage by James Herbert.

 

[AnthonTheSkabot]

I'm playing Alan Wake and reading A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore.

 

[infohippie]

I'm reading Matter by Iain M Banks, and lately I've been playing Thief III while I'm counting down the days to The Witcher 2.

 

[Leole]

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

I'm a mage!

 

[Oktanas]

Few old games:
Borderlands, Dead space, Left 4 Dead, X-Com UFO defense

 

[monstersquad]

Just finished Mass Effect 2. Was going to go back to Mass Effect 1 and make Alien-hating Male Shepard, but I uninstalled it and lent my friend the disk. So ill have to shake him down for it tomorrow. Might finish Bioshock or play Persona 4.

Im reading The Republic by Plato right now. Cant say im impressed as far. Everyone but Socrates is either a yesman or someone who argues clumsily simply for Socrates to argue circles around him. Theyre only there to push Plato's idea of his Republic, rather than arguing the questionable morality of it. Hopefully it gets better.

Wow, you're obviously oblivious to the subtext inherent in what you just complained about.

Thats likely, care to explain it to me?

IT can't be explained. The things I've taken from it and the things you'll take from it will always be shaded by our perceptions and therefore different. Think about what's being said and the tone that it's presented in. Then think about what's not being said. Every part of the text is there to evoke a response and fire your perception of the situation in a different way the more you look at the way it makes you feel, and why.

 

[Scorekeeper]

Within the last 24 hours:

Games: Braid, Outland, Mass Effect 2.

Books: Dust of Dreams by Steven Erikson.

 

[Mr Pantomime]

Just finished Mass Effect 2. Was going to go back to Mass Effect 1 and make Alien-hating Male Shepard, but I uninstalled it and lent my friend the disk. So ill have to shake him down for it tomorrow. Might finish Bioshock or play Persona 4.

Im reading The Republic by Plato right now. Cant say im impressed as far. Everyone but Socrates is either a yesman or someone who argues clumsily simply for Socrates to argue circles around him. Theyre only there to push Plato's idea of his Republic, rather than arguing the questionable morality of it. Hopefully it gets better.

Wow, you're obviously oblivious to the subtext inherent in what you just complained about.

Thats likely, care to explain it to me?

IT can't be explained. The things I've taken from it and the things you'll take from it will always be shaded by our perceptions and therefore different. Think about what's being said and the tone that it's presented in. Then think about what's not being said. Every part of the text is there to evoke a response and fire your perception of the situation in a different way the more you look at the way it makes you feel, and why.

Ill consider that when I read it. The book has given me a lot to think about. But thats not what I was complaining about. I was getting annoyed that Socrates and Glaucon said they were going to have a debate, but Socrates just shapes an idea of a just society while Glaucon agrees with him. Theres not conflict, which is an essential part of a debate. Im only up to page 100.