Bob_Loblaw

Stunned. My favourite ever artist. Never be anyone quite like him again. Thought Bowie was a shame but this actually hurts. R.I.P.

@duncotron if you want some mildly disturbing miifoto's of my Mii reclining next to a roast chicken.

There was a sign up here a couple of weeks ago, think it's still accepting registrations. Got an email this morning.

Just got my email for access to this today.

First impressions

Solid initial selection of titles 50+ including Dead space 3, Dirt 3, Beyond, Arkham City, NBA2k14 and a host of Psn titles.

Video quality is good a tiny bit of artifacting around some text but really not much difference to native ps3 output although since the upgrade to ps4 this is solely based on how I remember titles looking.

No appreciable lag playing Dirt 3 going to try Dead or Alive 5 to give a proper test.

MY setup is somewhat idealised as it's ps4 connected via ethernet and I have 100mb/s down so YMMV.

Really overall I'm quite impressed with how smooth it all is but this is obviously all for free currently and I'm hesitant of how affordable the UK service will be given how much of a premium we normally get charged compared to the US.

Thanks for all you brought the site Scoops, from dumb hotdog costumes to some legit old fashioned serious journalism. Good luck with you future endeavours.

Man... Jeff really is really a helluva a writer when he wants to be.

One of the most level headed distillations of this awkwardly horrible topic I've read and props for putting this front and centre of the website.

Now lets hope this really is the death rattle of gamergate. there are enough horrible things in the world without making our favourite hobby associated with this shitty behaviour.

I love playing games for the escapism and fun that it brings and I love this dumb website covering them in a hilarious shambolic manner.

Looks great especially after all the false starts this movie has had.

Tom Hardy is a great pick for the role.

I saw the first Mad Max when I was way too young, that movie is pretty messed up, remember being a bit traumatised by the part with his girlfriend and son. Awesomely gritty Aussie grindhouse movie though and Mel Gibson was a fucking revelation in it.

Put about 4hrs into the Alpha and I have to say I'm really impressed.

Was a bit hesitant as I'm definitely more of a single player gamer but you can absolutely just wander off and do your own thing especially in the exploration mode. In saying that having other players populate the world makes it feel more alive and ties in with the team of guardians narrative they are going with. Found myself dropping in an out of joining up with other groups and think i'll actually seek out players to team up with to take down some of the higher level enemies.

The character customisation is really varied and design wise looks really sharp, lots of variety as well in the loot and questing that makes it fun to play for a while and hop back to the hub to cash in rewards and check out new gear.

Shooting feels excellent really enjoy the mix up of weapons and struggling to pick a favourite. Tried semi and full auto rifles and the hand cannon style pistols for primary weapons and they all felt good, for secondary weapons it's shotguns or sniper rifles and charge style plasma guns. Not a big fan of sniping but the large open areas make it fun to take pot-shots from a distance and then charge in.

I'm playing a hunter so far and you get a nice knife for melee which upgrades to be able to be thrown on a recharge which is really satisfying when it hits. Good mix up of combat ducking in and out using grenades and knife and found myself switching up tactics and weapons constantly. Double jump is really cool and looks like it upgrades to a triple jump with higher reach so there is a good sense of verticality when traversing the maps. Also having the speeder bike on call at all times is really nice to help you zip around.

Not played a strike mission yet and only tried 2 rounds of multiplayer which was quite close quarters capturing and holding control points seemed alright but didn't wow me straight away the multiplayer component seems like it going to be deeply fleshed out as the hub is full pvp specific gear will definitely put some time in but maybe wait for the beta rather than the alpha.

In short the few hours i have spent playing this put me from wondering whether to get the game to being pretty sure it will be one of my most played games of the year if the quality holds up.

Obviously really sorry to hear about everyone at Mythic but Carrie Gouskos is seriously head and shoulders above everyone else on the list of folks I'd like to see get the job.

Glasgow, Scotland.