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  1. Szlia

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    That really has a "have fun with my mess bitches!" ring to it. That said, Zinga is in trouble so it's leaving a mess to face another.
  2. Szlia

    PSN Summer Blast Sale: July 2nd-9th / 9th-16th

    Different strokes I guess because Prince of Persia: Sands of Time is a game I never finished because at some point near the end there is a fight on an elevator with waves upon waves of enemies with limited space and the girl who can and will get killed (a general problem with Sands of Times: at...
  3. Szlia

    Quantum of Solace

    I re-read what I wrote at the time of QoS's release the gist was: as much as I found the villain's plot original and interesting and as much as I like Amalric as an actor, this is not a very cinegenic master plan and it makes the antagonist into... basically a boring accountant. I think it's...
  4. Szlia

    PSN Summer Blast Sale: July 2nd-9th / 9th-16th

    What concept? The escort quest, the climbing around or the puzzle/exploration? Because 99% of games who tried to make escort quests turned it into controller destroying abominations (no one seemingly noticing that grabbing Yorda's hand is critical forbothgame play and fiction), the climbing is...
  5. Szlia

    Tennis

    By reaching the fourth round she is guaranteed to be inside the top 30, a feat no british lady managed to do since 1987, so rejoicing is not totally out of place.
  6. Szlia

    Tennis

    I did not see enough of her to form an educated opinion, but nothing stroke me as exceptional in her game in the little I have seen. An unexceptional game well executed can yield great results though. The british media are pumped because she won junior Wimbledon several years ago and voil...
  7. Szlia

    Board Games

    I have been lobbying for Space Alert in the different iterations of this thread for years. Glad to see someone else mention it! It should really be up the alley of MMORPG players too since it's the board game equivalent of a tricky and exciting single group encounter that requires teamwork, task...
  8. Szlia

    Quantum of Solace

    James Bond villain got moves.
  9. Szlia

    Tennis

    Day 5: Giant Killers die as much as giants - Tomic beat Gasquet [9] in an extraordinarily close match as both displayed an uncanny ability to save break points (a total of two breaks out of 15 opportunities). Tomic who possibly played with a little less pressure managed to do just enough to...
  10. Szlia

    Tennis

    Yeah I saw a little bit of Riske play in Birmingham where she reached the final as a qualifier. She certainly arrived at the All England Club with a lot of confidence because that's a lot of match wins on grass.
  11. Szlia

    Tennis

    It's a bit dumb, but the players left in the draw are not exactly pushovers. Troicki, Verdasco, Gulbis and Melzer are unseeded, but at their best they have been ranked respectively 12, 7, 21 and 8. These guys can play. Kubot and Mannarino are currently outside the top 100 and made the most of...
  12. Szlia

    Tennis

    Day 4: It's tough being a Kingslayer. Stakhovsky beats Federer? Veteran Melzer does not care and wins in four. Brown ousts Hewitt? Mannarino reads his serve well, makes him play tough volley after tough volley and wins comprehensively. Bouchard beats Ivanovic? Suarez-Navarro is unimpressed...
  13. Szlia

    The Trayvon Trial

    If A initiate a confrontation but B responds with disproportion, can A still claim the stand your ground thing? Or: when does a confrontation become unlawful?
  14. Szlia

    Hotline Miami

    I bought it for PS3 to encourage both Sony and Cactus... I'll see if I'll dare to play it :P
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    Noah (2014)

    This is just asking for troubles. The whitewash is particularly fun considering the three sons of Noah are in the legend supposed to be the forefathers of the three ethnicities / continents known at the time. Their Ham does not look very black to me! The fun part is that if they stay close to...
  16. Szlia

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    A lot of red numbers in the financial forecast.
  17. Szlia

    Mad Men

    Damn... I am probably the goy version of Michael Ginsberg.
  18. Szlia

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    My assumption is that publishers want Sony to go on because they get a slice of the subscription cake and it's obviously a good investment to keep publishers happy. Also a good investment to keep users happy and to help them get over the fact that they now need to pay for something that used to...
  19. Szlia

    Tennis

    Remember Karsten Braasch: Truth be told, Serena Williams is 10 times better now than in 1998, but Murray is also 10 times better than Braasch!
  20. Szlia

    Tennis

    Day 3: The drizzle. Rain in the late afternoon prevented the completion and even the start of some of the second round matches. On the head-chopping watch, Raonic [17] went down to dutch guy Sijsling in straight sets (I only saw the very end of it and Raonic was unable to return serve eight...
  21. Szlia

    Tennis

    As much as I would like a Blake or Haas vs Gulbis or Stakhovsky final, it's still 80% chance of a Murray vs Djokovic final though.
  22. Szlia

    Man of Steel

    I think Lyrical's reason for not liking the movie is about as retarded as Dumar's trekkie-tantrum, but I still think the movie is horribly written. I mean... Goyer, the man who brought you Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Jumper, Blade: Trinity and The Unborn (also director of these two). Also...
  23. Szlia

    Hotline Miami

    There was a thread for it.... or was that on FoH or Morenetz? Anyway, the consensus is that it's great but I must admit these "fast action - fast death - try again" type of games tend to end with me smashing mouse/keyboard/controller/whatever so I have not dared to try it yet. I grabbed the...
  24. Szlia

    Tennis

    Just wanted to add that Kudla actually reach the quarter final at Queen's and beat Paire in his run, so... who knows.
  25. Szlia

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Doubtful... I always assumed part of the Halo success was the good game design of their multiplayer, not only the volume of people owning Halo and I don't think Killzone's multiplayer is considered to be very good.
  26. Szlia

    Mad Men

    I only remember the mention of it in the beginning of the season after the miscarriage. Now that was a plot point that lead nowhere (it just helped at creating contrast with the mistress I guess).
  27. Szlia

    Mad Men

    Am I wrong or was the decision by Megan and Don to not have children together happened off screen (possibly between season 5 and 6)?
  28. Szlia

    Tennis

    It's a funeral for their ratings possiblyI am pretty sure swiss televison is not overjoyed to have paid huge TV rights only to see all the swiss players ousted after three days along with some crowd favorites such as Nadal and Tsonga. I don't know about you, but there are not that many Murray...
  29. Szlia

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    About Buckley's video: I disagree with one of his point: waging the console war is not (only) about feeling defined by the console you own and feeling attacked when someone attacks the console of your choosing, it's (also) about caring about the video games as a medium and since the different...
  30. Szlia

    Tennis

    Day 3: Seed-ageddon or how the bottom half of the draw does not look so tough anymore. Sadly I only get to see some of the afternoon matches and the last set of the Federer match but: - Darcis could not play because of his shoulder: Kubot goes through. - Hewitt faced an on fire Brown...
  31. Szlia

    Mad Men

    The thing is where you see deception and facades and manipulation, I see someone who went to New York from Canada to become an actress, found an entry level job to survive while doing castings and classes, did not make it as an actress, fell in love with her boss, grew interested in copy...
  32. Szlia

    What's the story behind your Rerolled name?

    EQ name for an Iksar female. It was meant to be Sylia, but at the time there was no support for non-Qwerty keyboard so it accidentally became Szlia (z and y are switched on swiss keyboards along with punctuation being in different places). When I noticed the mistake after a couple of hours, I...
  33. Szlia

    Mad Men

    Let's conveniently forget that Megan never misrepresented herself and that she is, in fact, good at everything she does. What an abominable flaw! Oh and Iannis said "But Don can do better for himself even if that is just himself." I'll concede it's not the same as saying he deserved better.
  34. Szlia

    Routine (fps horror/stealth/scifi)

    There is a bit of an Echo Night Beyond vibe. Sounds good.
  35. Szlia

    Mad Men

    I like the fact Megan made one dubious, yet understandable, decision over the span of three seasons and suddenly she is a terrible terrible person. Surely, Don who makes five of those decisions per episode deserves better!
  36. Szlia

    Mad Men

    Let's conveniently forget the second half of her line: "At first I pitied them,but now I love them to death"
  37. Szlia

    Tennis

    Day 2 seedicide watch: - Simon [19] lost in straight sets to Lopez, like he did Saturday in Eastbourne's final. - Querrey [21] victim of shitydrawitis lost in five to Tomic in a duel of grass lovers. The young australian will face Blake next. That should be fun! - Kohlschreiber [16] had...
  38. Szlia

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Isn't that Xbox controller the compact japanese version, not the giganormous original version? EDIT: never mind, it's the Xbox One controller.
  39. Szlia

    Tennis

    I am watching Blake against De Bakker and the dutchman is blowing a gasket: Blake is pummeling him. Winners from everywhere, all the time, hardly any unforced error. 6-1 6-3 for Blake at the moment.
  40. Szlia

    Trailer for what could be the best martial arts movie of all time

    From Jackie Chan I also recommend Twin Dragons for some kung-fu comedy with crazy use of sets and props. From 5:45.