There are three large boxes lying obnoxiously around my house, constantly reminding me that I haven't yet gotten around to assembling that wardrobe I ordered two months ago.

What appears to be the Third Reich of wasp swarms completely control my back garden. Seriously, those b*stards do NOT want you sitting outside. This is all because they managed to build a wasps nest in a bush outside my house last summer. I burnt those bastards out the once with a can of deodorant and a lighter, but that's as far as I ever got to being allowed in my own garden again.

I currently have to shower whilst lying down in the bathtub because about a year ago the glass shower panel that was there to prevent the water from ending up on the bathroom floor smashed, and I still "haven't found the time" to buy a new one.

If there's one thing I'm good at, it's procrastination. It's just a shame that it prevents me from being good at anything else.

Originally Posted by boo boo (Post 746731) I could understand criticizing it's gameplay for being too simplistic, though IMO that's what is so brilliant about it. I certainly wouldn't say it's boring, when you're really into it, trying to get all those notes in time makes for some pretty suspenseful gameplay, especially when playing a really fast song, it can get really intense.

Originally Posted by boo boo (Post 746565) It's anything but boring. I'm not really good at it, I can play it on easy but even normal is too much for me because it requires 4 buttons which is hard either when you're trying to do it with just 3 fingers or when you try to use your pinky. And pinkys are stubborn assh*les.

Originally Posted by mojopinuk (Post 746822) Quote: Originally Posted by boo boo (Post 746731) I could understand criticizing it's gameplay for being too simplistic, though IMO that's what is so brilliant about it. I certainly wouldn't say it's boring, when you're really into it, trying to get all those notes in time makes for some pretty suspenseful gameplay, especially when playing a really fast song, it can get really intense. Simplistic in what sense? I'm not saying you're wrong but i'm not sure what you mean by this? On easier settings then yeah, its simplistic in the sense that even the fastest songs have 80% of notes missed out to make it easy to pass. However one of the things that pisses a few of my mates off about Guitar Hero/Rock Band is on the harder settings there is always a few songs that they can play on a guitar that they cant get past on GH. They claim they make some notes up to make it harder which may be true i guess but i think they only say that because they cant do it.

Originally Posted by boo boo (Post 747092) I don't mean it's simplistic as in easy. I'm just talking about the core gameplay elements, it's a pretty basic rhythm game, like dance dance revolution but with fingers.

Originally Posted by AwwSugar (Post 747141) I agree with you on a lot of stuff you said, but at least DDR has the physical element, you know?

Originally Posted by boo boo (Post 747442) I haven't played a DDR game to be fair, but I gotta give props to Konami, watching some people try to beat that thing is hilarious.

To smoke is to be outcasted. Prevented (rightfully) from fuelling your addiction indoors and sent outside like a naughty dog, nobody tolerates a smoker. After the aforementioned smoking ban was introduced to the UK, the 'second hand smoke' argument SHOULD have faded into the distance. The tobacco free portion of our nation should have finally accepted those of us that enjoy relaxing with a cigarette. We were doing no harm, were we?

Well apparently, yes, we were. Along with the smoking ban, another law was introduced. A law that required all cigarette packets to be adorned with lovely pictures of tumours, blackened lungs, rotting teeth and a dead-eyed corpse lying in a morgue. To prevent me from harming others with my addiction is an entirely valid move by the government. But therein lies my point - this is MY addiction. If I want to smoke, and if cigarettes are available to legally purchase in shops, then there should be no reason behind those vulgar photographs that cover my otherwise beautiful B&H Gold carton. As a smoker I know the perils of such a habit. I know about the tumours, the blackened lungs, the rotting teeth. It's not a nice habit, but I enjoy it. This should be my decision, and I should not have to look at the picture of the dead-eyed corpse everytime I want to smoke, the same way that a McDonald's enthusiast should not have to be greeted by a picture of Michael Moore everytime they purchase a Big Mac.

Although smoking is easily the biggest attraction for the self-righteous health and safety types, alcohol also finds itself under attack sometimes. You may have caught a glimpse of the recent string of adverts involving children explaining the problems they will later have in life due to alcohol. One adorable little sweetheart claims that when she is older she will get drunk at a party and find herself pressurised into sex. The advert is aimed at parents, who are apparently so absent-minded and useless that an uncomfortably patronising advert on the telly will inspire them to see the error in their ways. You can imagine the armchair dialogue between mother and father.

"Jane, the telly's just said that in four years Billy is going to start drinking and taking drugs. Maybe we should start parenting him now?"

"Yes Gavin, we should start parenting our son now that the telly has told us to do so."

If you had forgotten to speak to your sons and daughters about the perils of drinking before viewing these adverts then you probably shouldn't have had children in the first place.