binster • Comments

• Acclaimed Half-Life 2 mod Minerva polished up and released on Steam

• binster 30/04/2013

  @CargoCult Top work CargoCult on this awesome mod! ...don't suppose you feel like announcing Half Life 3 or anything do you? Reply +4

• Parents refused refund by Apple after son spends £1700 on free iPad game

• binster 28/02/2013

  @arcam "It's a sad situation when instead of condemning companies who take advantage, instead we condemn the victims for being duped. Stupid or otherwise, no one deserves a £1700 bill from Apple."
  
  Yup. Seems lots of people in here have never ever ever made any mistake ever. Reply +11

• binster 28/02/2013

  I dunno, I'm on the parents' side in this one I reckon. For a start, there's this line :
  
  "In the US, Apple is now required by law to offer refunds in such cases involving children, following the lawsuit by another angry parent there."
  
  ...which makes sense to me. I mean, if you buy, say, a CD and then decide you don't want it your rights allow a refund, so why not something like this which is in error? Reply +12

• Crytek: TimeSplitters 4 fan interest "not high enough yet"

• binster 07/08/2012

  This is like at the end of the Ghostbusters song.
  
  "I can't hear you!"
  "TIMESPLITTERS!"
  "Louder!"
  "TIMESPLITTERS!" Reply +8

• Final Fantasy real-time tech demo offers glimpse at next-gen

• binster 06/06/2012

  @riz23 I reckon they should drop the 'i' rather than add the 'e'... Reply +3

• PlayStation 3D Monitor launched in UK

• binster 19/04/2012

  @ToAks @arcam Fair enough.
  
  Although considering that 3d is two different interwoven images that are 'sorted' by either coinciding with the left or right shutter on the glasses being open, there's no technical reason why any 3D TV can't support it.
  
  I am prepared to be proven wrong on this, by the way :) Reply +7

• binster 19/04/2012

  @arcam Odd. I thought that was a feature available on all 3D tvs. Reply +3

• Floating Cloud God Saves the Pilgrims Review

• binster 19/04/2012

  Just because it's awesome, and any chance I get I rave about it, I'd heartily recommend OMG-Z as a brilliant Mini. EG gave it 9/10 - here's the review http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-05-download-games-roundup-review Reply +1

• Assassin's Creed 3 Wii U details revealed

• binster 26/03/2012

  Can we have this on PS3 with PSVita, please? Reply +11

• Ratchet & Clank HD Collection release date leaked

• binster 15/03/2012

  I also vote for a Vita release. That'd be ace. Reply +7

• Binary Domain Review

• binster 24/02/2012

  @Rangerwave Yup, that link looks like the best of both worlds - new game, approaching bargain bucket price - everybody wins! Reply +2

• binster 24/02/2012

  @Rangerwave This would be a good price to get it at right now, yes? http://www.zavvi.com/games/platforms/ps3/binary-domain-pre-order-exclusive/10293158.html?awc=2549_1330101007_24837958d55fd54e820a7f2bba27eeb5&affil=awin £25 Reply +3

• Fill out a Valve survey to get a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive beta key

• binster 23/02/2012

  @persus-9 Can't argue with any of that.
  
  And although the concept of filling something out is weird, it's hardly the weirdest aspect of either language :) Reply +1

• binster 23/02/2012

  My pedanticnosity implores me to say this : Shouldn't it be 'fill in' as opposed to 'fill out'? I might be wrong, of course... Reply +1

• Batman: Arkham World spotted at VGAs

• binster 13/12/2011

  Oh by the way : http://www.vg247.com/2011/12/13/batman-arkham-world-mention-reference-good-fun-only-says-warner/#.TudZHME4cIQ.twitter Reply 0

• binster 12/12/2011

  Or, it was a joke? Reply +24

• Where Is My Heart? Review

• binster 04/11/2011

  Been playing this, it's ace. Get on it, plussers! Reply +6

• InFamous: Festival of Blood Review

• binster 27/10/2011

  Welp, I've played a fair chunk of this now and I really can't see how this favourable review boils down to a six. It's brills :)
  
  Go get it everyone! Reply +1

• Resistance 3 sales well down on R2

• binster 14/10/2011

  You see the quality of the game in the sales of its sequel. Resistance 2 wasn't good, so people are steering clear of R3.
  Reply -1

• EU PlayStation Store update 12th October

• binster 12/10/2011

  Yeah, good work on ignoring the launch of a new game with Sideway there. Reply +5

• Why I Love... Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days

• binster 03/05/2011

  Wish someone would do a survival horror game with this youtube aesthetic. Reply +10

• Slapped Down

• binster 26/03/2011

  If you're doing something that may give offense, you should be able to give a good reason why you're doing it.
  
  Case in point is Tim Minchin's Pope song - highly offensive but with a watertight reason for existing.
  
  If Gearbox can provide a decent argument for including a bottom slap, then it's fine.
  
  Caveat : I've not seen footage of, or played this bottom slapping thing, but if the argument for it is decent enough that shouldn't matter. Reply +4

• Batman, Joker to team up in Arkham City?

• binster 26/01/2011

  I'm guessing an animator on the team put it together for fun. The dialogue all sounds like it's off cuts from the first game. Reply 0

• Rockstar shows amazing LA Noire tech

• binster 16/12/2010

  Just to clarify, this isn't motion capture so much as surface capture - so the process is seemingly capturing, for every character, for every line of dialogue, for every frame of animation a complete face texture map and mesh object which are then streamed in game.
  
  I'm actually surprised this is on Xbox 360 as well, purely due to disk space issues. I'm guessing the texture streaming is doing some clever jpeg style compression and difference key-framing from one frame of face texture to the next. Reply 0

• Sony has Two Worlds pub "hopping mad"

• binster 11/11/2010

  Those comments read like Alan Patridge.
  
  "Now you've got Norfolk's maddest man!" Reply +4