Comments on: The Sunday Papers

By: Dorian Cornelius Jasper

Dorian Cornelius Jasper — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:35:25 +0000

@Jamuel Scones:

Same here.

By: hydra9

hydra9 — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:37:14 +0000

I must agree. I spent a couple of hours reading lots of good stuff, this week.

By: Putter

Putter — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:34:34 +0000

Very satisfying Sunday Papers. Great song, read half of Parkin’s favorites (including the Planetside article that probably seemed too long when I originally saw it), read the whole great tribute to Ensemble and all of Leigh’s thing, plus I read the escapist thing earlier this week.

Just saying because I haven’t been reading as many articles lately as I used to, but these were all so very irresistable.

By: Paul B

Paul B — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:36:31 +0000

Finally, a song that KG linked to that I actually like, and one of my favourite Christmas songs ever.

If there was any justice, this would be number one this Christmas (and not the usual X-factor dreck).

By: Larington

Larington — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:41:07 +0000

Yikes. What I saw of that. Yikes.
I’m glad I didn’t put any effort into seeing it.

By: James G

James G — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:59:59 +0000

Not hugely aware of Spike TV, I don’t think we get it in the UK, at least not on freview. It sounds somewhat like Nuts or the like. What disapoints me most about something like that a) it tries to tie itself to my hobby in a way which is just embarassing as much as it is offensive, b) that Schaffer got involved.

By: BrokenSymmetry

BrokenSymmetry — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:47:41 +0000

That was a very nice list of this year’s games writing by Simon Parkin. I agree with him about the Time Extend feature in Edge: it makes the Edge subscription price worth it all by itself.

By: Post Maker

Post Maker — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:44:17 +0000

I’d really love to do a clever transition from this topic to what I’m actually posting about, but instead I think I’ll just flat out ask if anyone at RPS has heard anything new about Borderlands yet.

Anything?

By: Gap Gen

Gap Gen — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:12:23 +0000

Heh.

By: Man Raised By Puffins

Man Raised By Puffins — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:25:29 +0000

@ Gap Gen: I guess the tone for that particular bit is sort of fitting given that Brütal Legend riffs off Metal excess, it’s still a bit cringeworthy though. My main thoughts when watching that clip are towards the poor health and safety guys and the conniptions they must have had in the planning stages: “You want to give Jack Black a what?”

By: hydra9

hydra9 — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:10:21 +0000

Most of the audience was probably just confused by that. The thing I hate about these award shows (okay, one of many things) is the cuts to the audience where everyone’s laughing at the jokes and clapping because the camera’s pointing at them and they’d look like an asshole if they didn’t join in.

By: Gap Gen

Gap Gen — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:55:00 +0000

Man Raised By Puffins: I dunno, that clip was so obscene it came out the other side and ended up being quite good. It’s difficult to claim that Tim Schafer being pulled in a chariot by bikini-clad ladies while Jack Black fires off a flamethrower and screams his name could be taken at face value. Then again, perhaps American TV genuinely is that insane on a normal level.