Dragon Age: Inquisition
As a small concession to Fathers Day teenage mutant #2 has crawled out of his festering pit and is ritually humiliating me -
think Iāll go and take in a round of wii golf or something instead ā¦
Oops, my lurking skills missed this when the Lumo chat popped up. Thanks for picking it up, even if youāre not playing it 
Originally posted by @KRG
For now, whilst still learning my trade as a designer Iām happy where I am. Thereās a lot of talented folk around me, in lots of disciplines whose skills I can leech off for the time being.
Where are you working KRG?
Originally posted by @Goatboy
I feel I should explain this face palm penis.
Goatboy came up for the Liverpool game. After getting in from a night on the tiles, the PS4 was fired up and many of the boys indulged in a game of PES. Not the Goatboy. He launched into a ten minute tirade about how none of it was real.
Iād expect tales of Football Manager glory to fall on very deaf ears, the sort you might find on an anthropomorphised penis head with no visible means of hearing.
Originally posted by @pap
anthropomorphised penis head with no visible means of hearing.
Apparently despite extensive internet pollution, my mind isnāt dirty enough to have figured this out on its own.
Is it a chode or a john wayne bobbit?
Originally posted by @Korruptor
Oops, my lurking skills missed this when the Lumo chat popped up. Thanks for picking it up, even if youāre not playing it
Originally posted by @KRG
For now, whilst still learning my trade as a designer Iām happy where I am. Thereās a lot of talented folk around me, in lots of disciplines whose skills I can leech off for the time being.
Where are you working KRG?
Iām at King. Been here a few years now (pre Candy Crush going massive).
Bounced around the business side for a while, got a job as a Level Designer last year.
Still early days for now, but as I said, itās a good place to learn and thereās good, talented folk around me.
Congrats on your release. Havenāt had a chance to play (launch on the game Iām on is fast approaching) but will be doing soon.
Sweet. Lot of mobile around here (Helsinki). Probably a nicer way to learn the ropes as well, live games give you a bit more freedom than AAA.
I am currently immersed in Prem Manager 96/97 and Road Rash 3 on my megadrive emulator. The Southampton hotseat has so far eluded me, although I did manage to sign Le Tiss for Mansfield at the tender age of 33, only for him to fuck off after 3 games to run a pub or some shit. Loyalty my arse. Road Rash 3 is only worthwhile for me if I can get hold of the crowbar, āclankingā other riders round the back of the helmet as I cruise past is as satisfying as it was back in the 90ās.
You should take a look at Road Redemption on the PC if you can. Spiritual successor to Road Rash. Crazy as well. There are modes where vehicles rain from the sky.
Cool, Iāll look it up 
Hi folks,
Not sure if anyone noticed or not, but I have been on a bit of a hiatus lately. Donāt know if pap mentioned or not, but I havenāt been very well, so been looking after myself a bit. Still going to be a bit absent for a little while yet, but just wanted to gush about something Iāve been loving the past week or so.
PokƩmon Go.
Sure many people will have seen about this game. It is basically a map based AR (augmented reality) game, that allows you to explore your local surroundings, catch PokĆ©mon, go to āhotspotsā where events happen. For example āPokĆ©Stopsā allow you to collect PokĆ©balls or Eggs. There are also Gyms, where you can battle and āownā a gym.
Itās really great fun, if only for the nostalgia factor. But it takes that further, and allows you to immerse yourself in the game and act as if you are an actual trainer yourself. For someone that grew up playing and loving the early PokĆ©mon games, itās a huge treat. Also really interesting that a video game actively encourages you to get out and walk about through itās mechanics.
It has a bit of an MvP feel about it at the minute, Iād be very surprised if the current version is āfinalā. It lacks anything resembling tutorials, thereās no real social features, servers seem to be under real strain, thereās plenty of bugs and it feels lacking in depth at the minute.
But even still, there is something glorious about roaming around and encountering PokĆ©mon in the world. I mean look at this, itās a flipping Charmander on my desk! Whatās not to love about that?
Itās been helping me feel a bit better of late , so thatās good. It also helps get me out and about walking, which is good for my knee rehab too. Everyoneās a winner.
Probs going to be AWOL again for a while. Be good to each other folks 
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I suspect PokƩmon Go will soon be worthy of its own thread, if not already.
Iāve heard stories of a guyās house being surrounded because itās a fucking PokĆ©gym! 
donāt really understand wtf krg is going on about really, but I threw him a sympathy upvote cos heās poorly.
Me too! I donāt even play stupid fucking computer games! I do see things like that on my desk though but thatās all the acid I did in the 90ās.
āPokemon Goā shouldnāt be any good; it actually is pretty shoddily made. Yet Iām utterly addicted - and currently walking 10km a day as a resultā¦
Donāt think it would be any exaggeration to say that on my lunch break Iām seeing >50% of people in the vicinity of the Guildhall playing it. And itās not even officially released yet!
Oh, and guess who owns the Pokemon gym at the olā St. Maryās stadium?
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Iād forgotten about Road Rash until I listened to an interview with Sean Murray a few weeks back (the guy responsible for upcoming No Manās Sky). He said that while he was at Criterion Games, they were looking into doing a Road Rash reboot, using their experience from producing the Burnout games. Could have been a good 'un, loved those Burnout games.
It must be pretty serious if it makes you too ill to type quips and banter?!
The ever brilliant Scousepirational:-
PokƩmon Go? Shite, that. Just go outside and try to throw a washing basket over a cat.
This Poke and Go business is going well
- Four people were arrested after they used the game to lure players to remote places and then rob them at gunpoint. In response, the makers of Pokemon Go have said people should āplay with friends when going to new or unfamiliar placesā and āremember to be safe and alert at all timesā.
- The anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church in the US is the location of a āgymā in the game, and players planted a pink āClefairyā Pokemon called Love is Love there. The church has responded with a series of social media posts calling the Pokemon a sodomite.
- There have also been plenty of reports of people falling over and grazing or cutting themselves because theyāre not paying attention to whatās in front of them while they play.
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