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I'm surprised no one has mentioned this point, so I'll do it.

Some games might not necessarily 'demo' well, with 'Deus Ex' being a prime example. Big Open World RPG's require a lot of investment in terms of time, you often need to play these games for a while before they 'hook you'. It took me a while to get into 'Fallout 3', 'Mass Effect' and 'Deus Ex' because those games are about being a 'character in a world'. Once I got past the mediocre gameplay of these games and discovered the cool world's that the games offered, I understood what made these games tick and begun to enjoy myself.

You can only really sell people in terms of 'gameplay' for a demo, because they are short by nature. You can't develop a connection to the story or characters in the short time span of a demo. The player will only judge these games based on gameplay, which is sadly the most weak element of these RPG games.

If Square Enix released a demo of 'Deus Ex', they'd be shooting themselves in the foot. 'Deus Ex' isn't fun to play without the context of the world and universe.

I recall during a 'Bombcast' that the crew got a 'demo build' of Deus Ex in the office, however when they played it they never enjoyed it, calling it out on it's average gameplay. But when Jeff got the 'final build' in the office and played that, he enjoyed it a lot more. Probably because he had the context of the story driving him through the experience.

They seem to do it every episode, maybe it's a sign of good friendship or they're comfortable around each other.

I've held hands and hugged male friends before, granted I was drunk. There's nothing wrong with it.

So is there anything fundamentally new about this games MP?

Hate to the one to whip out this gem of a insult, but it looks like MW2 DLC... I mean, even the HUD looks the exact same.

I think the whole 'Notch' fever has passed.

Personally, I'm not really interested to hearing about Notch's next game. To see Notch go from a really unique concept like 'Minecraft' to a 'card battling RPG' game, it's hard to get excited. I didn't even know he was making a third game called 'Cobalt'.

But Giant Bomb has never really shown any love to 'Mojang', so it's not exactly surprising that they're continuing to not show love to him. I doubt it's anything personal, besides Mojang has already gotten a shit load of praise from Press and Consumers alike. It's not like Giant Bomb don't care about Indie developers, just look at the PAX10 videos and their video series on 'Bastion'.

This.

Speaking of all this archiving stuff.

Where's the most recent 'Happy Hour?' I can't seem to find it on any of the Whiskey Sites.

(I'm going to look real stupid if I've not noticed it, but I have checked quite a few times)

No White Hair = No Sale.

/sarcasm.

@Scrumdidlyumptious said:

I don't own a 360. Is this game coming out on PC, PS3 or DS?

Sorry man, 360 and PSP only...

To answer a few questions I've seen is this thread but cannot be bothered to quote.

• Anya is indeed infertile, which is why she originally enlisted into the COG.

The answers to the other questions are kinda spoilerly but...

The PC version has it's own exclusive unlocks that you can't get anywhere else. (Chrome Weapons I think, but I'm not sure)

I love the personality that Valve has injected into the classes. The 'Meet the...' trailers are as good, if not better than many of todays modern animations, I could happily watch a TF2 TV show involving the classes.

But all this is backstory stuff with the 'Announcer' and 'Saxton Hale' etc. is kind of daunting. It seems unnecessary and from what I've seen (I've never read any of the comics so I may be wrong) but it seems to take itself too seriously. Trying to create a compelling story based on scenario with character archetypes killing each other over and over is destined to fail, even if Valve are the story tellers.

The phrase 'Less is More' seems to be appropriate when it comes to the story of TF2.