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In a surprising twist, Federer decided to play in Serbia this week-end for the davis cup tie! Since the dates seem to also fall nicely during the season (2nd round in Europe at the start of the european clay season, semi probably against the US after the US Open), there is a good chance Federer...

I thought for sure it would mess with the Four Kings. I am disappointed

Well done! That's without a doubt what I was thinking of. I owe you one! EDIT: Fun fact, Procol Harum borrowed from Bach to make that song. Bach and 'When a Man Loves a Woman' that was one of the songs I checked in my quest earlier today!

Isn't there a risk that the additional pressure and playtime will be paid by a lack of freshness and additional wear and tear comes the playoffs?

There is a song at the end of the last Miyazaki movie. That song is a cover of a 1973 song. The thing is that I am 99% sure that the 1973 song is a japanese version of a very famous american song... except I can't identify which and it's slowly driving me nuts. Maybe it's just a case a...

Two things: - How can Thief use the exact same tag line as Monaco? - About that XBO GPU thing, am I wrong to understand it as only a change in regulations? As in devs had to keep some GPU power for audio and video chat/snap but now only have to keep some for audio, meaning devs have now...

I don't care who or what it is designed to stop, being collateral damage is no consolation! Also, "the West" is split in two zones.

On a side note, Federer better play some Davis Cup this year. The draw is wide open: Serbia without Djokovic in the first round to then play Belgium or Kazakhstan. In semi it's GB (single player team), Argentina (single player team), Italy (Fognini ranked 14 and Seppi ranked 25) or the USA that...

Every time I think about buying a 3DS I remember that this thing is region-locked which, generally speaking, is the most retarded thing ever done for a console designed to be used while traveling and, at a personal level, is a big no-no for someone like me who deciphers some japanese and collect...

Nadal did not play the AO last year and Djokovic won it, so, as far as ranking is concerned, Nadal is even more firmly at the top of the pile. By winning, Wawrinka shoots up to world N?3 which will make for some unusual seeding in the upcoming tournaments. Some stats: Wawrinka is the first...

That must be the toughest mental challenge: play your first grand slam final against the world N?1, play great tennis with amazing focus, lead convincingly and suddenly the opponent gets injured and is forced to play high risk tennis so all the focus, all the game plans go down the drain and the...

After a very tight first set with a lot more errors than winners on both sides, Li Na surfed the momentum she acquired by winning the breaker to raise her level to 'unplayable', moving Cibulkova around with her supposedly weaker forehand and turning almost every single backhand into a winner...

Interesting chunk of Nadal's press conference after the semi:

I gave a slight edge to an injured Nadal, but all the problems that plagued him against Nishikori and Dimitrov were magically gone today, maybe because when he plays Federer he has a very clear and methodical game plan that gives him a confidence he might not have against younger opponents that...

A single break in 45 service games: Wawrinka won 6-3 6-7 7-6 7-6. Berdych will have nightmares about that one, because he gift-wrapped the third and fourth set breakers with 3 double faults. If Federer also reaches the final, it will be tough for me to watch... let's just hope that, if that...

Fun fact: with similar qualifications, attractive women are less likely to get hired. Ugly privilege is being taken seriously!

Brothers: A Tale of 2 Sons is a very neat little game. Original, not too long, often gorgeous, packed with many ideas and the whole game is built for the resolution which should remain in video game history as one of the strongest example of the narrative potency of gameplay.

Nadal managed to escape another match that he could have lost in straight sets. The blisters he has in the palm of his left hand also turned into a bloody crater, which is probably not too pleasant, but he soldiered through it. Federer made a stunning display of attacking tennis, but just as...

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This movie has a lot of problems... the script is not so good, the comedy is rarely funny... but somehow the whole ends up being a lot better than the sum of its parts. No masterpiece, but a very pleasant surprise.

@Araxen: The Nadal that played Nishikori cannot beat Wawrinka nor Berdych: Their game is too big if he can't defend properly. I guess we'll see in a couple hours what kind of Nadal we get: the regular one who is the favorite for the title, or the semi-injured one who might very well lose against...

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The big difference with last year's match is that Wawrinka served first in the fifth. In the end, a slice of luck (Wawrinka returning a body serve with a very awkward short ball) and two terrible shots by Djokovic sealed the deal in favor of the swiss. It's a good thing he did not lose this one...

I got to see big chunks of the match as they aired it again. Federer just smothered Tsonga by serving very well, taking the ball early and being very aggressive. He went like 45 times to the net in 3 sets and won the huge majority of those points. Mouratoglou said something interesting about the...

Seven of the top 8 seeds in quarter with only Dimitrov replacing Del Potro... that AO is not one for surprises at the top of the hierarchy! That said, Dimitrov upset Raonic and Nadal is very very lucky that Nishikori could not keep his nerves every time he was ahead because the japanese could...

I am pretty sure no player left in the draw like Serena when she is still in the draw. Whenever she loses, that seriously boosts the chances of everyone else. As I write this though, Stephens is learning the hard way that the biggest beneficiary of a Williams loss is Azarenka.

Mrs Hudson is played by a good friend of Sherlock's mother who knows Sherlock since he was a child.

So far, I just saw bits and pieces of matches here and there. I don't expect next week to be much better (film festival!). Anyway, Haas is injured so the event instantly becomes a lot less interesting! The two big upsets up until now are the defeats of Del Potro in five against journeyman...

I am curious to see which will win best Cinematography. The Grandmaster is very impressive (but possibly suffers from not having enough voters that saw it), Gravity is groundbreaking and that car sequence by night in Prisoners just blew my mind. It's not exactly like it's the first movie with...

How is Before Midnight an adaptation? Oh and Chiwetel Ejiofor for best actor was in 12 years a slave, not Capitain Philips (so is Tom Hanks also nominated?)

Did you know that to detect brain tumors doctors ask their patients if they watch the 'coming next week' previews after TV shows?

Let's refocus on something we can all agree on: talking about the 'next week' preview should be forbidden before the next episode aired!

New and Upcoming Playstation 4 Games at Metacritic - Metacritic and New and Upcoming Xbox One Games at Metacritic - Metacritic I notice now there are some issues though as some multiplatform games don't have enough XB1 reviews to register (Battlefield 4, Lego Marvel, Skylander)...

That's highly debatable. Going by a metacritic score strictly above 75 (what is considered 'good' by their standard), PS4 has 17 good titles and the XB1 8. On top of that, 5 of those 8 games are available on PS4, leaving Forza 5, Dead Rising 3 and Peggle 2. On the other hand, 9 of the PS4...

The Xbox vs PS2 numbers are pretty tough to compare to the following two generations considering the Xbox lasted 8 years and the PS2 13... but it was 23% vs 77% in NA and 11% vs 89% in Europe in the end. If anyone has 2005 numbers to give a better idea...

Just an update on the Sway vs Bone race with context. In the US: X360vsPS3is 62% vs 38% (68.5 million units) XB1vsPS4is 48% vs 52% (4 million units) In Europe: X360vsPS3is 43% vs 57% (58 million units) XB1vsPS4is 33% vs 67% (2.5 million units) Global: X360vsPS3is 50%...

I must say there was some good parts in the episode and some very funny lines (even if some did not fit the characters so well), but ultimately there was almost no investigation and a lot of shark jumping.

Technically, chinese chess isXiangqi(with chariots and canons!). Go is just go.

I think the runners liked the game. Anyway... for posterity: