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Smegball · 25-05-2011 2:50pm

Anyone try out LA Noire, looks quite epic. Considering buying it.

That_Guy · 25-05-2011 3:15pm

Smegball wrote: »

Anyone try out LA Noire, looks quite epic. Considering buying it.

It's excellent. It's not like GTA at all even though it is made by the same developers.

It's quite a slow and methodical storyline/gameplay but it is excellent.

The facial recognition that is used in the game is just mind blowing. A definite must have.

Smegball · 25-05-2011 3:17pm

That_Guy wrote: »

It's excellent. It's not like GTA at all even though it is made by the same developers.

It's quite a slow and methodical storyline/gameplay but it is excellent.

The facial recognition that is used in the game is just mind blowing. A definite must have.

Possibly sounds like a rental, looks spectacular alright.

I never got round to playing Red Dead Redemption either, I'm sure it would be highly recommended aswell.

That_Guy · 25-05-2011 3:19pm

Smegball wrote: »

Possibly sounds like a rental, looks spectacular alright.

I never got round to playing Red Dead Redemption either, I'm sure it would be highly recommended aswell.

I was a very late comer to Red Dead Redemption. So late in fact that I bought it and it's still sitting on my shelf unopened. Just had way too much stuff to review and got sidetracked.

And then LA Noire came out and Duke Nukem is set to come out soon. I long for the lull in games coming out so I can finally finish get started on my back catalogue . :pac:

Frisbee · 25-05-2011 3:23pm

Red Dead Redemption is quality. Absolutely brilliant.

Enjoying LA Noire so far but haven't been able to sink enough time into it. Zero plans for tonight though so hoping to get past the Homicide desk at least.

That_Guy · 25-05-2011 3:27pm

I'll do a case of LA Noire tonight but I reckon I'll give Crysis 2 my full attention tonight.

everdead.ie · 25-05-2011 6:09pm

That_Guy wrote: »

I'll do a case of LA Noire tonight but I reckon I'll give Crysis 2 my full attention tonight.

Looking for new game for PS3 any recommendations?

Also anyone watching NBA playoffs? The Heat are just one match away from the final now Bulls have faded so badly, Great to see both Celtics and Lakers out though.

IvySlayer · 25-05-2011 7:15pm

I really wanna go out and buy LA Noire now

That_Guy · 25-05-2011 10:53pm

everdead.ie wrote: »

Looking for new game for PS3 any recommendations?

Also anyone watching NBA playoffs? The Heat are just one match away from the final now Bulls have faded so badly, Great to see both Celtics and Lakers out though.

What kind of games are you into mate?

Nemanja91 · 25-05-2011 11:16pm

everdead.ie wrote: »

Looking for new game for PS3 any recommendations?

Also anyone watching NBA playoffs? The Heat are just one match away from the final now Bulls have faded so badly, Great to see both Celtics and Lakers out though.

Id recommend NBA2K11, my player mode is unbelievable.

Frisbee · 25-05-2011 11:24pm

Eduardo's remembered a thing or two van Persie showed him...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkbGIBZOVKQ

TheTownie · 25-05-2011 11:50pm

everdead.ie wrote: »

Looking for new game for PS3 any recommendations?

Also anyone watching NBA playoffs? The Heat are just one match away from the final now Bulls have faded so badly, Great to see both Celtics and Lakers out though.

Would have preferred the Lakers to get to the Finals but not to be this year. As has been said, they need pace in that team.

Dallas will lose to either Heat or Bulls. Looking very likely to be the Heat at this stage.

Not writing off the Bulls yet. Would love to see them in the Finals. Hopefully home advantage in the next game will spur them on.

Nalz · 26-05-2011 12:30am

Frisbee wrote: »

Red Dead Redemption is quality. Absolutely brilliant.

Found it to repetitive, open spaces etc...

Le King · 26-05-2011 1:46am

Anybody know good security extensions for Firefox. Got a keylogger today and plus a really good anti-virus.

everdead.ie · 26-05-2011 2:05am

That_Guy wrote: »

What kind of games are you into mate?

Metal Gear solid was one of my favourites,Games with a bit of a story to them but I'll play anything really

IvySlayer · 26-05-2011 3:07am

Space Jam is on ITV :pac:

Oat23 · 26-05-2011 3:10am

IvySlayer wrote: »

Space Jam is on ITV :pac:

I love you.

F**k Santos v Cerro. Space Jam FTFW!

DOC09UNAM · 26-05-2011 3:19am

Space jam

Cheers Ivy

D'Agger · 26-05-2011 9:21am

Le King wrote: »

Anybody know good security extensions for Firefox. Got a keylogger today and plus a really good anti-virus.

Personally I don't have any security extensions installed with Firefox as I only just upgraded to version 4 and haven't even looked.

I'd recommend Avast antivirus and Malwarebytes - both of which are free from CNET just give a quick search

That_Guy · 26-05-2011 10:45am

everdead.ie wrote: »

Metal Gear solid was one of my favourites,Games with a bit of a story to them but I'll play anything really

When the PSN comes back up an absolute MUST buy game is this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcc949DAWPI

I got it to review but I think it's about a tenner and it is amazing.

And if you've not played it yet, Batman: Arkham Asylum is essential gaming.

CharlesHaughey · 26-05-2011 8:12pm

What does everybody else think about the new chick on SSN? She's on ATM, revealing pink top on and blonde hair :P

3hn2givr7mx1sc · 26-05-2011 8:16pm

Charlotte Jackson's her name.
She's a babe and a half.

Nalz · 27-05-2011 12:34am

whats with this crap that is doin the rounds "the awkward moment when <insert anything here>" ?

Chnandler Bong · 27-05-2011 12:38am

^^^^ The awkward moment when a fat girl says she's fat?

Whats to get about it?

CharlesHaughey · 27-05-2011 7:51am

I was on google maps there, and decided to completely randomly drop the street marker on Sao Paulo, way above it. Now Sao Paulo is huge, but when I got down to street view I decided to just head towards the city center.

Look at what I saw after I literally went 4 direction away from where the street marker landed

(direct link http://maps.google.ie/maps?hl=en&q=chapel+bell+road,+lafayette&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bell+Chapel+Rd,+La+Fayette,+Chambers,+Alabama+36862,+United+States&ll=-23.609189,-46.510344&spn=1.945342,5.059204&t=h&z=9&layer=c&cbll=-23.609189,-46.510344&panoid=kPIR5xT5hAqzoQ88OUGTQg&cbp=12,20.36,,0,5.47)

redout · 27-05-2011 1:36pm

This is pretty cool - The evolution of the World Cup Ball

Mars Bar · 27-05-2011 2:04pm

The Mexican one is the real deal!

3hn2givr7mx1sc · 27-05-2011 10:31pm

Getting LA Noire in half an hour. Something to keep me occupied 'til the matches start tomorrow!:D

Cypher_sounds · 28-05-2011 12:59am

Ads for Tom Tom, that one with O Gara in it is hilarious, he has a career in singing when he retires:pac:

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dfx- · 28-05-2011 2:07am

mars bar wrote: »

The Mexican one is the real deal!

2002
1998
1970

in descending order..:P

D'Agger · 28-05-2011 10:50am

Everything about that 2002 world cup was special! Loved the ball used

Frisbee · 28-05-2011 12:12pm

Korea/Japan was a great ball. Indestructible, I think I still have it too.

Peyton Manning · 28-05-2011 2:02pm

Anybody know how one could track down the owner and address of a vehicle just from it's license plate?

Cantona's Collars · 28-05-2011 2:32pm

Tom_Brady wrote: »

Anybody know how one could track down the owner and address of a vehicle just from it's license plate?

Do you know any guards? They should be able to track it down.

Paul Tergat · 29-05-2011 1:02pm

Tom_Brady wrote: »

Anybody know how one could track down the owner and address of a vehicle just from it's license plate?

just on this, was in London yesterday and after the match saw some taxi hit a parked car on the side of the road and just drive off without flinching. Caught the reg plate myself - leaving a note on windscreen is enough here right?

Dolph Starbeam · 29-05-2011 10:50pm

baz2009 wrote: »

Getting LA Noire in half an hour. Something to keep me occupied 'til the matches start tomorrow!:D

Is it any good? Heard some good things, i don't play many games any more but might rent it to keep me entertained for the week.

3hn2givr7mx1sc · 29-05-2011 11:01pm

Mark! wrote: »

Is it any good? Heard some good things, i don't play many games any more but might rent it to keep me entertained for the week.

It's good. I thought it would be much better, tbh. It's shocking easy so far. I've only died on kamikaze runs for the craic. It's a bit tedious too, every different case follows the same pattern. Hoping it gets better as I'd say I've only scratched the surface so far!

redout · 30-05-2011 12:40am

baz2009 wrote: »

Getting LA Noire in half an hour. Something to keep me occupied 'til the matches start tomorrow!:D

Mark! wrote: »

Is it any good? Heard some good things, i don't play many games any more but might rent it to keep me entertained for the week.

baz2009 wrote: »

It's good. I thought it would be much better, tbh. It's shocking easy so far. I've only died on kamikaze runs for the craic. It's a bit tedious too, every different case follows the same pattern. Hoping it gets better as I'd say I've only scratched the surface so far!

I thought he was on about coffee :pac:

Frisbee · 30-05-2011 8:19am

Finished LA Noire on Friday. Towards then end I was just sick of it. Got really repetitive and I was just going through the motions as I wanted to finish it so I could trade it in at a decent price.

Good idea with a reasonable implementation but they really needed to have just a bit more variety.

IvySlayer · 31-05-2011 8:47pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jitg-3xbmKU

Still scares the ****e out of me

Mars Bar · 31-05-2011 9:00pm

Anybody following the gaacliches trending topic on Twitter?

Some of it is gas.

missingtime · 31-05-2011 11:24pm

IvySlayer wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jitg-3xbmKU

Still scares the ****e out of me

Was banned in our house cos my sisters got nightmares.

I remember some episode about some ghost girl who kept saying "I'm cold"...was actually terrifying!

Dub13 · 01-06-2011 1:07pm

Saw this over on Irishkop.com and it made me smile:

Yesterday I went along to the Snooker Legends exhibition in my home town.
Some great names;

Jimmy White, Dennis Taylor, Kirk Stevens, Cliff Thorburn, Ken Doherty, John Parrott - and the delectable Michela Tabb.

The event was actually great fun and there was some nice snooker played. John Virgo was Emcee and Comedian.

Anyway...

At HT in the proceedings there is a raffle, the winner gets to play a frame against his choice of player.
Number pulled out - chap wins.

He only has is own cue with him too

Virgo says; 'Whats your name mate?' (the guy wasd about 40)
The guy; 'Terry - BUt the lads call me Tornado Terry.' (Dead Serious I must add)
Little Chuckle from the crowd.
Virgo; 'So. Who do you wanna play. Tornado?'
Tornado; 'Its been my dream to play Jimmy White. Since I was a boy.' (Lad is emotional at this stage).
Virgo; 'Well Lets go then, Tornado.'

Shakes hands with Jimmy. Jimmy Breaks.................

He pots a red from the break - and makes a Maximum 147!!!!

Terry never left his seat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vCYf_ZCWZM

That_Guy · 01-06-2011 1:19pm

Just saw this on Facebook.

Your momma's so fat she looks up the cheats for Wii Fit

:pac:

Johner · 02-06-2011 11:27am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIq89Fftrd4

The weird Salad Fingers is back! Used to watch this about 5 years ago and thinking wtf is going on. It has somehow got even weirder.

Oat23 · 03-06-2011 8:34am

I was watching 101 East on Al Jazeera News last night. Wonderful episode about mental healthcare in India and how little the people there know about it.
It can probably be viewed here later on today, they usually upload it to their site and to youtube in full. Well worth a watch.

Krishnan Narayanan is a true hero for the work he does.

Headshot · 03-06-2011 4:32pm

Just finished watching "The Fighter"

Brilliant movie, Christian Bale was just epic in it

flahavaj · 03-06-2011 4:36pm

Dub13 wrote: »

Saw this over on Irishkop.com and it made me smile:

Yesterday I went along to the Snooker Legends exhibition in my home town.
Some great names;

Jimmy White, Dennis Taylor, Kirk Stevens, Cliff Thorburn, Ken Doherty, John Parrott - and the delectable Michela Tabb.

The event was actually great fun and there was some nice snooker played. John Virgo was Emcee and Comedian.

Anyway...

At HT in the proceedings there is a raffle, the winner gets to play a frame against his choice of player.
Number pulled out - chap wins.

He only has is own cue with him too

Virgo says; 'Whats your name mate?' (the guy wasd about 40)
The guy; 'Terry - BUt the lads call me Tornado Terry.' (Dead Serious I must add)
Little Chuckle from the crowd.
Virgo; 'So. Who do you wanna play. Tornado?'
Tornado; 'Its been my dream to play Jimmy White. Since I was a boy.' (Lad is emotional at this stage).
Virgo; 'Well Lets go then, Tornado.'

Shakes hands with Jimmy. Jimmy Breaks.................

He pots a red from the break - and makes a Maximum 147!!!!

Terry never left his seat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vCYf_ZCWZM

Tornado is going to be living off that story in his local for the rest of his life. Brilliant.:pac:

3hn2givr7mx1sc · 03-06-2011 5:08pm

Headshot wrote: »

Just finished watching "The Fighter"

Brilliant movie, Christian Bale was just epic in it

One of my favourite films. Absolutely class!

everdead.ie · 03-06-2011 11:13pm

I love this :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs8QKXtCN9w

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