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Not sure yet what to make of the last episode. It provided a few unexpected answers. I enjoyed it in a grim way.

Voice Attack is also useful for a game like this where there are so many keys, especially if you have a cheaper joystick.

It's not quite the same thing but the wall of text at: Elite: Dangerous - Background Simulation ... has something along those lines, where "entities" create missions (or goods) depending upon the state of the entity and the surroundings. Now assuming something like this is in the game...

When they first got time travel the Time Lords interfered everywhere, and not in a good way. They've also wiped out, or tried to wipe out entire races (Great Vampires, Racnoss). Then they became more altruistic but that didn't work out either (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld_(Doctor_Who)...

I've just started reading it. The physical format is reminiscent of a Pathfinder RPG book which isn't what I expected, with some nice pictures. It's basically a history of the world as written by a Maester, and because of that don't expect many revelations. Giants and the Children of the Forest...

A bit of new information came out with the latest newsletter Elite: Dangerous Newsletter #47 - After November 22nd the opportunity to join the Beta will no longer be available for new players, but the Beta backers can continue to test the game, with new builds (three so far in the last...

Beta 3 is incoming today

I think at the last count there's between 100 and 200 years worth of Uranium left to extract before it gets really difficult to do so. Thorium should be an alternative, but these days who wants to be the guinea pig for a new type of commercial (not research) fission reactor? With regards to...

My biggest concern is the network code. As they work through the stages of beta 2 I seem to go from a stable game but rarely seeing another player, to an unstable game I can only play in solo (online) mode, and I have a pretty good internet connection. I think - I hope - that each of these betas...

Just re-read The Businessman: A Tale of Terror. Despite the title there's little terror in it, it's hard to categorise but I'd place it as a darkly humorous ghost story. The Businessman: A Tale of Terror: Thomas M. Disch: 9780425137468: Amazon.com: Books

Inside Star Citizen's grey market Eurogamer.net

I remember watching the last episode (one of the few Lynch took a hand in) and thinking it can't end like that. With just 9 episodes and hopefully no James Hurley the story should be more focused this time.

It got a 6/10. Waiting to see more reviews on this one. DriveClub review Eurogamer.net

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...and she was right. The best bit is Lynch is going to direct all 9 episodes.

Filming has begun on the second series of the Hollow Crown (the plays Henry VI Parts I, II and III and Richard III), I doubt it will be out before next year though. BBC News - Benedict Cumberbatch and Andrew Scott reunite for BBC Shakespeare The cast includes Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrew...

Beta 2 is out Full (?) notes (about 7 pages worth) over onBeta 2 Now Available - Frontier Forums

U.S. Healthcare Ranked Dead Last Compared To 10 Other Countries - Forbes

Cameron doesn't want an English parliament as such, he'd rather go for excluding Scottish MPs from voting on legislation that no longer affects Scotland because of it's parliament. This allows the UK government to fudge what it considers to be "English" legislation and therefore who gets to vote...

It's a definite No as of 6 am UK time. No 2,001,926 Yes 1,617,989 Now the trouble really starts. Cameron panicked and promised to devolve lots of power from the UK parliament to the Scottish parliament but forgot to ask his own MPs what they thought of it first, and they are pissed with...

From one of the comments on the episode in the Guardian: Doctor Who recap: series 34, episode four - Listen | Television radio | theguardian.com

My guess is that will be Minecraft 2.0, on Xbox Live and Windows Phone, "powered by the cloud" or some such nonsense, and with DLC in place of mods.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/0...0HA1CY20140915 [GAAP = Generally Accepted Accounting Practice ]

Deal confirmed, for $2.5 billion Microsoft buys Mojang and Minecraft for $2.5bn Eurogamer.net

I enjoyed that episode a lot. I'm not sure what happened was consistent with the current state of affairs with regards to lore but it was very watchable.

The weekly newsletter has a nice bonus for beta testers and those who have pre-ordered There's also an image which appears to show 15 ship types available in beta 2 (too large to link directly :P) and a few hints that the next update will come in time for the 30th anniversary. Elite...

It's been building up since the Thatcher governments of the 1980's where pretty much everything north of Watford was written off, and Scotland especially suffered. I think however its a case of heart versus head. Their hearts might want independence but TBH they'll be much better off as part...

Microsoft Near $2 Billion Deal for Minecraft Maker - Bloomberg If this has been on the cards for months it could put Notch's comments on Facebook and the Rift in a new light... and maybe his decision to stop developing Rift support.

That's actually not far off what they are trying to do in Elite, although in E: D they don't have instances, they just limit who you can see. What I will say is that based on how similar design concepts are playing out in practice in Elite beta, there's a *LOT* of work involved in getting that...

It does seem that the people involved are actually dying, with one body left behind and another vaporised, so there's a bit more going on than snatching them away just before they snuff it, perhaps some kind of alternate timeline. Someone's assembling a collection of people that the Doctor's...

And on the Elite forums people are freaking out because it's beenfour weekssince they last patched the beta I don't think anyone is seriously worried about SC yet but the huge funding and missed deadlines makes Roberts an easy target for media scare stories.

Rooney will be moved to midfield. That transition has been overdue for months. Mata will be the odd man out, unless Rooney struggles.

Yeah there will be a solo offline in release, but not in beta which only has an option for "solo online" at the moment.

They are experimenting server side with the network / islanding code. One of the devs made a post about how the "islanding" works: Note that islands are not instances, although the distinction is a little fuzzy. Technically everyone is on the same server farm; your island is like the beam of a...

People having fun learning the controls

The first time I tried it I had much the same reactionI bought a HOTAS X and it's been a pleasure to use, although you can always do with more buttons in this game. I have an old USB numeric keypad that I put next to the throttle. Control tips: 1) by design the yaw (left-right) controls are...

Brighton Rock, A Matter of Life and Death, The Great Escape, I'm Alright Jack, Whistle down the Wind, Oh What a Lovely War, A Bridge Too Far, Gandhi, Jurassic Park... he acted / directed over 70 films.

According to the Guardian "Heaven" was filmed in the same location as the place Amy got old in a few series ago. Not sure if it's meant to be the same place in the narrative. My initial reaction was that it was a TARDIS as well.

The soft-locking is a known issue, I get it occasionally. Sometimes if you wait it does come back, like a minute or so (one very patient tester had the game start responding again after waiting 15 minutes). When you come out of supercruise it will try to find other players to drop into your...

As someone asked in the other (closed) thread about piracy I thought I would copy what someone has posted about it in the Elite beta forums. Bear in mind that hanging around stations probably isn't going to be the best place for piracy in release, but at the moment there's no other easy way of...