geepersd • Comments

• Fox snaps back at Electronic Arts

• geepersd 25/01/2008

  All Fox wants is to have someone discuss it live so they can say they heard the other guy out whilst cutting them off, ignoring them and then switching to someone else to have the last word with a Star Wars meets Debbie does Dallas comment. Which is exactly what happened when that Greg (or whatever his name was) tried to speak sense in the original pesky report. Reply 0

• America's Army gamer a "true hero"

• geepersd 18/01/2008

  but I thought only scientologists had the werewithall to help people involved in car crashes!? Reply 0

• Hayter voicing Snake in Smash Bros.

• geepersd 01/10/2007

  my God!, that man's official site is a work of genius Reply 0

• Ninty won't meet Xmas demand

• geepersd 01/10/2007

  Featuring Troy McClure, reprising his famous blockbuster queue around the block inducing performance as Northern Rock panic inducer "Self-Fulfilling Prophecy" Reply 0

• Gay slur in Scrabble DS

• geepersd 28/09/2007

  @mcmothercruncher
  
  ""Lesbo" ; singular. Island off the coast of Greece." - in that context it's not a valid word as place names etc don't count in scrabble Reply 0

• geepersd 28/09/2007

  well if it's a valid word it's a valid word, but I imagine there's a difference in that it's in an electronic anagram creator or whatever it is.
  
  I mean, just 'cos you can type fuck (or not) and get a valid word doesn't mean it's a good idea for it to come up as a possible anagram solution when a kid types in an innocuous phrase into their scrabble junior. Reply 0

• Space Giraffe

• geepersd 17/09/2007

  @Veldaban +1 Reply 0

• New colours for 360 pad

• geepersd 13/09/2007

  dammit - those colours just look really dirty in those pics, but if they release a decent pink for boys to complement the current fasionista black and white then I might get one. Reply 0

• BBC shows on Xbox Live?

• geepersd 10/09/2007

  well I know the servers are MS (ish), but free BBC content would seem a winner for both parties. MS would still have their current system for paid stuff for BBC archive shows like Blue Planet etc. And if it's possible to get an iplayer style system for 7 day old content with either bbc hosting or the iplayer's torrent system then I imagine it's being vwery seriously considered. Reply 0

• geepersd 10/09/2007

  @woodnotes - if it uses the same terms as the iplayer then it could well happen - with content over 7 days old being microsofts standard video pricing.
  
  the beebs looking to make the iplayer available on more formats and xbox 360 seems and easier build then a mac at this point (at a guess of the top o' me head like) Reply 0

• Valve explains PS3 Orange Box delay

• geepersd 07/09/2007

  there was a Black Box version as far as I rmember, but it was scrapped a while back Reply 0

• LocoRoco PS3 not a game

• geepersd 31/08/2007

  it does sound like you need to lose a game to switch off a screensaver... which is obviously not the case - shame it's not going to free though as that'd be nice, or a vib ribbon screensaver maybe Reply 0

• Turok - Stealth Kills

• geepersd 30/08/2007

  precisely Reply 0

• geepersd 29/08/2007

  quite Escape From Butcher Bay by the look of things Reply 0

• BioShock tops UK Chart

• geepersd 29/08/2007

  don't good games normally top the chart in the launch week though due to pre-orders and the like and then slink depressingly down the charts as robots in disguise sit around for an age? Reply 0

• GC: PlayTV unveiled for PS3

• geepersd 22/08/2007

  @deepmenace - I thought it was a single tuner. mentions recording while watching something recorded, but I've missed anything saying record one channel, while watching another or record two at once.
  
  still If I love my PVR and I reckon this is a pretty decent addition Reply 0

• Hexic 2

• geepersd 21/08/2007

  sounds like I want the original Hexic then - curse my second hand 360 having an empty hard drive. Reply 0

• No Army of Two demo pre-release

• geepersd 02/08/2007

  if the appeal isn't instant or the control / feel alien then a demo can make a good game seem bad. Took me a while to truly click with the handling on Gears of War and The Darkness and if there had been pre-release demos I think it'd've put me off them both, despite them both being games I've greatly enjoyed.
  
  I can see how the co-op stuff and the team moves could take too long to appreciate for something as throwaway as a demo for this - that said I still want to play a demo and am slightly suspicious... ah well Reply 0

• Singstar '90s

• geepersd 02/08/2007

  "I've certainly never been to a party where the mindless plastic pop of Barbie Girl segues into the buzz-killing melancholy of Everybody Hurts."
  
  hmmm... that's pretty much the party at was at the other week.
  
  anyway, never really got the singstar thing due to sheer paranoia of public singing, but I'm digging on quite a few of these tunes (wet wet wet aside) - guess it helps that the tracks are soundtracks to school through to Uni I suppose Reply 0

• More Test Drive 360 content

• geepersd 27/07/2007

  the second demo had a motorbike - was quite balanced with the cars and fun Reply 0

• Inafune denies Dead Rising 2

• geepersd 27/07/2007

  it wasn't a real grind though - you just played, had fun, explored levelled up, tackled objectives and then took on the story as an weh you wanted - I played through without too much levelling and had a nice challenge then played again really enjoying my new power.
  
  I do wish you could save in the differant modes though. Being part way through trying to complete the ture ending without being knocked down was frustrating and I had a huge pause in playing which I wouldn't have had if I could've messed about in the main game in the mall. hmm.., but then that'd throw the levelling out a bit - grrr
  
  not a perfect save system, but probably about right - if only the human AI and pathfinding was improved
  
  edited to say +1 on the - sequal yes please now please - front with side order of online co-op request Reply 0

• Ubisoft making Heroes?

• geepersd 26/07/2007

  I don't see how it'd make a natural fit for a game, but if it takes inspiration from all the tie-in comic stuff with their offshoot stories / art style then it could work - maybe have a sub character or one only from the comic slowly gaining abilities Darkness style - though obviously not the same as The Darkness. Reply 0

• Driver Parallel Lines

• geepersd 25/07/2007

  for my sins this really clicked with me on the xbox - though not enough to buy again for the new controls Reply 0

• EA boss slates yearly updates

• geepersd 09/07/2007

  I think by difficult he means control schemes, number of buttons required, and move complexity - ie everything the wii's supposed to be the opposite of.
  
  and as for sequals... that's either a bit rich, comedy gold or a hopeful sign (obviously it won't be the latter) Reply 0

• Project Sylpheed demo on Live

• geepersd 15/06/2007

  @menage - I may be guilty of viewing Silpheed with some rose tinting as it made a change from sprite scaling, FMV and Laserdisc games that were the Mega CD's stock in trade.
  
  and I might give this demo another try as I want to like it Reply 0