BeexWeex for 22nd May

Written by Craster on 22/05/2009  –  Filed under: Community

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I have no idea who they are. I awoke five hours ago in a darkened room, a lump the size of a grapefruit on the back of my head, and not the faintest idea where I was. I remembered being out walking in the light rain of evening, but the next thing I knew I was here. About where ‘here’ is, I know little. A small, windowless room with a solid door (locked – checking it was the first thing I did, of course), a pile of rumpled blankets that serves as the bed on which I woke, a desk, and a chair.

When I called out, a voice addressed me from the other side of the door, and informed me that I had a task to perform, a task of vital importance, and so long as I performed it to their satisfaction, I would be freed. I had no idea what they were talking about – why they wanted me, what I could possibly have to offer them. The door was drawn back. Immediately I rushed forwards, only to be clubbed to the ground by burly men with strange accents. Another man stepped inside, and placed onto the desk a grubby laptop. He pointed at it and grunted a single word at me

‘Summarise’.

They left me there, with the laptop, the desk, and a couple of guttering candles. I began to write.

Prison

Games Stuff

·         Folks appear to be delighted and apprehensive in equal measure by FUEL – particularly given the slippages in release date

·         Fallout 3 DLC arrives, and this time it’s the big one!

·         Everyone hates on Hideo Kojima in the light of an MGS5 teaser

·         The Sniper vs Spy update to Team Fortress 2 is ‘leaked’ – but no 360 version!

·         We talk about whether harder is better. Fnar.

·         Copy protection – does it prevent piracy, or is it a useless cost to the publisher?

Other Stuff

·         We discuss coffee, and flavoured types thereof

·         Lost reaches the end of the season, to mixed reviews

·         Chuck and Dollhouse both get signed up for a new season. Geek TV is go.

·         Eurovision happened – surprisingly not crap! (Except the UK entry, natch)

·         We talked about what casual gaming is, and why 2009 is rubbish for games

·         Cavey’s going to be a grampy!

As I finish typing I realise that after what I’ve seen here, the horrors that lie in these pages, there is no way they can let me live. These words will likely be the last from me that anyone will ever see. Farewell, world.