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Thrik

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  1. I'm excited. I think a shorter format — at least for now — could be good, as it'll force them to avoid the padding and figure out what makes the series work. To an extent I did like the longer format of the previous seasons because by the end of it you were almost feeling as fatigued as Jack Bauer and it felt like you'd been truly involved with the crazy shit going on due to following it minute by minute, but some seasons did feel like they didn't really know what to do with all that time.

     

    Fuck though, when 24 was good it was good. The only thing that's come close for me in recent years is Homeland, although I've still not watched past the first season of that. Highly recommended for 24 fans, though.

     

    I actually loved season seven, and felt like that was exciting all the way through. It really felt great getting out of Los Angeles and mixing up the formula, and it looks like they'll be continuing that by setting this one in the UK(!!). It'll be really interesting to see how Bauer's unique approach fits in with our different approach to many things over here. ;)

  2. The worst thing is I suspect the people actually doing the production are capable at what they do. This looks more like there are people in charge who either don't know what they're doing or just don't care and are pushing for things to be done at stupid speeds so the production team stops caring.

     

    I mean I'm not out to make people feel bad, but let's be honest... this doesn't exactly look good, does it? Yet you can see the technical skill is probably there, it's just a lack of time/care being put into it like that god damn helicopter in the first trailer lol.

  3. You all know that everyone will play this game

     

    Yeah I think that's the funniest part, this game will probably sell like hell. It's almost like some ingenious satire of the CoD generation and their willingness to buy anything as long as it has the right IP.

  4. Very cool shit:

    http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-sony-creates-custom-ps3-for-playstation-now

    I was always wondering how it could be possible to run a service like Gaikai (or whatever it's being called now) without running into crazy cost issues due to you effectively needing one PS3 per active player.

    Looks like the solution was quite obvious really: build fuckloads of server racks that each hold eight PS3s. They could literally fit about 100 PS3s into the space of an average wardrobe — pretty crazy shit! And I bet they can make them really cheaply too because there's no need for them to look nice, be quiet, etc.

    Interesting article if you're into this kind of stuff!

  5. i'm curious about which system and digital vs. boxed editions people are interested in most.  I definitely want for PS4.

     

    I think it'll come down to which has the technical edge for me. It's likely to be the PS4 for numerous reasons, but we'll see.

  6. Yeah man, MGS has a story that you either love or hate. It's unashamedly ridiculous, but then it's heavily inspired by anime and Japanese weirdness so it's no surprise really. The characters have a lot of depth, which is what really does it for people I think. I didn't cry at the MGS4 ending, but it was pretty amazing seeing a story I'd been into since I was like 12 being wrapped up. I was as sad to see the old villains die as much as anyone else!

     

    I am hoping that Ground Zeroes will be longer than the tanker incident, considering the price. I'll be genuinely surprised if it isn't.

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