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Heh yes, that realisation kicked in for me at the point where Brady is looking for some Gopher-be-Gone and making hamburgers for Jerome's dog

I am so stealing that.

(Hope that's ok Proudhuff-won't post until permission granted).

Steal away I think Prodigal, that's from the artist Stephen Byrne.

Mr Mercedes by Mr S. King. Great little read  - potboiler at its best, though not really in the sense of that word as I think Mr King is catering purely to his own tastes by writing this sort of pulpy thriller.

[The Witcher 2]

Ahead of my long, long awaited upgrade to the PC's innards, I decided to install The Witcher 2 and see how the old beast handled it. Really well it turns out! Only just got through the prologue (it's a long old thing) but I see why people like this Witcher thing now - first game proved impenetrable with cack fighting and droning exposition, this one is beautiful. Small details like the assassin spitting out snot and water after swimming onboard the ship had me feeling good from the opening cutscene, by the time the dragon attacked I was in.

So. Might have to put off this upgrade a wee bit longer... but think how cheap Deus Ex and Xcom2 will be when I finally get around to it.

With rare exception if you've changed your handle since I joined I just don't know who you even are anymore

I've tried to keep my HMs to a minimum as otherwise I'd list the whole lot... but now I trim down my list I see I've still named about 7 different pieces, all of which could have been in the top any other month. Drokk!

1. James Newell - the Full Weight of the Law
2. Mike d2 - Ambushed by Death
3. Nic Freeman - He Aint Heavy
4. Steven Denton - The Old Judge
5. Iamthesystem - Anderson Mourns

HM
Uwe de Witt1 - Death of Dredd
Andy Lambert - The Night the Law died
Baef - Stubborn heart
Mark Higgins - Judge Dead
MikeD1 - The Black Knight
Awesomeheroblue - the death of dredd
David Timoney - Down among the Dead men (little too Helter Skelter)

Enjoy Hawks, it gets bloody messy around Canal Street around then. Watch out for t'buses

Well I am only bothered because of Comics Should be Good, and more relevantly, The Line It is Drawn which is my favourite art thing outside of the forum comp.

That'd be a real shame. Boom's output (and Fantagraphics) have been things of beauty in the past.

Still, wouldn't be something I liked if it didn't utterly undermine itself with stupid decisions.

Finally falling in line with the rest of the press then.

Good god. Who thought that was a good idea? The Daily Show wouldn't dare do that.

What's the legal situation?  Is it the same raft of laws which affects selling glue, knives, tobacco and alcohol to whatever age each of those is set at, or is it more informal?

"It is illegal to supply a VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD, video game or film tickets with an 18 certificate to anyone under that age"

And so on for the various age ratings. And in 2009 the Tories did the same for PEGI, the Videogame/software rating. Glad I got my hands on things long before these dark days of Mary Whitehouse Eternal.

[Love & Friendship]

Love & Friendship Can't remember if I recommended this after the cinema visit but watched it with the parents over the weekend. Just as funny the second time around - even if, like me, you can't stand period pieces and doubly so period romances, this is a great watch.

Give it another couple of days and at this rate there will be something even better!

[Betrayal at the House on the Hill]

Played Betrayal at the House on the Hill last night and lo, it was good. A bit hard to explain to my players who always, always struggle with various concepts. If they aren't insisting on rolling dice to move around a board a la Monopoly, they are bemoaning the double-edged sword of most item pickups in this kind of game (e.g. the double-edged sword). I can't be the only one who starts to get worn thin after the 100th "Just read what it says and do it, there is no why, why is because it says to do it" but must admit that this seemingly complex game was actually so simple I started to get v. frustrated.

But anyway - the game, not my players If you pay attention and have a memory of longer than 5 seconds, this is a game that can wrap up in well short of an hour. You need a big table space as the house on the hill is of strange and terrible dimensions; for as long as there are open doors, the house may grow larger. It's like schrodingers studio apartment. The gimmick of one of you being turned traitor adds a lot of tension as the 'haunt' draws ever likelier, and your resources may suddenly be turned against you. The flavour text is amazing throughout too.

In short - recommended.