What did you get for Christmas?

[Gandalf]

I didn't get anything and I feel like playing a computer game, so I'm going to bloody well drive downtown and buy myself one. Not sure what to get, but there are a few I want. Alien: Isolation if it's there. Will have to see. Bloody Christmas.

[Gandalf]

Can you believe this? I drove all the way downtown which took quite a bit longer than normal because it's Christmas, got into the department store, then found there weren't many games. So, I decided to buy GTA 5 again as my PS3 is dead and this is for the PS4. I drove all the way home with my game, opened it, and found I had gone home with a display model! No game CD! Aaargh! What on earth? I had to drive all the way back, get a proper game, drive home again and finally I have a game I already have. Over 2 and a half hours for what should have taken 40 minutes. Aaaaargh....aaarggghhhh....aaarghhh....let's go shoot some people!

Edit: All worth it in the end. The game is amazing in first person perspective! It gives the game a whole new breath of life as you can see everything in detail. I have spent time just driving around reading signs. There is a watch advertisement with the slogan "Strap on time". Just so wrong, but something I would never have picked up on on the PS3 and the lack of FPS. You would ignore walking down side streets before, but now you walk around just taking in the sights. I had no idea the PS4 controller speaks to you as well. It scared the cat to death when Franklin's friend started speaking through my controller. It scared me too. What on earth is that? I just finished Far Cry 4 and thought that looked good, but in terms of character animation that was still kind of basic. This is an even better experience with the increased traffic, characters, and new eyes.

[Beanz]

My Mrs bought me "The Boxing Companion"

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An absolute classic collection of boxing writing from Homer,Virgil,Byron,Hemmingway,etc and fight writers Leibling,Fleischer and others, along with stuff from fighters like London,Marciano,Corbett, and Tunney. Put together by Denzil Bachelor in the sixties, but about as timeless and great a collection there has ever been. I also got a copy of Damon Albarns "Everyday Robots" album and his opera about the English Scientist/Occultist "Dr Dee".

Got my Oldest grandson a pretty unbreakable toy digital camera so he can take Photo's like Grandad and Finally finished editing the blueray video for my daughters wedding, so she was chuffed.

[Dia bando]

My Mrs bought me "The Boxing Companion"

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An absolute classic collection of boxing writing from Homer,Virgil,Byron,Hemmingway,etc and fight writers Leibling,Fleischer and others, along with stuff from fighters like London,Marciano,Corbett, and Tunney. Put together by Denzil Bachelor in the sixties, but about as timeless and great a collection there has ever been. I also got a copy of Damon Albarns "Everyday Robots" album and his opera about the English Scientist/Occultist "Dr Dee".

Got my Oldest grandson a pretty unbreakable toy digital camera so he can take Photo's like Grandad and Finally finished editing the blueray video for my daughters wedding, so she was chuffed.

That camera sounds a good one, may I ask did you have your hair done for the wedding.

[Memphis]

My Mrs bought me "The Boxing Companion"

BC.jpg

An absolute classic collection of boxing writing from Homer,Virgil,Byron,Hemmingway,etc and fight writers Leibling,Fleischer and others, along with stuff from fighters like London,Marciano,Corbett, and Tunney. Put together by Denzil Bachelor in the sixties, but about as timeless and great a collection there has ever been. I also got a copy of Damon Albarns "Everyday Robots" album and his opera about the English Scientist/Occultist "Dr Dee".

Got my Oldest grandson a pretty unbreakable toy digital camera so he can take Photo's like Grandad and Finally finished editing the blueray video for my daughters wedding, so she was chuffed.

I have that book nestled in the seat tidy thingy attached to the back of my seat in the car, it's been there for yonks. My kids read it all the time when we're driving.

[palmerq]

. Alien: Isolation if it's there. Will have to see. Bloody Christmas.

Alien isolation is not bad at all but I would say not great either, i need to finish it, it can be amazingly frustrating which is why I haven't played it for a few weeks.. it depends what you like really, it is a rather cinematic game and the gameplay is mostly sneaking if you like that then you will love the game.. I am diabolical in sneaking games so for me i love and hate it :S...... it looks good and the it is a nice story but the gameplay annoys me.. Closest game i would say it is like is siren blood curse , which is a real survival horror game , you cant fight back in that one :S....

So i'd say if you're a fan of sneaking and like alien the original film over aliens you will like the game :S if not errrr I don't know.

[Spicoli]

Turns out a bonus showed up on my desk. In the form of taxed company income check. After 15 yrs straight cash would be doable in my opinion

@Andre you're a helluva lot smother than me. I lost her at "do you prefer silk or cotton to cover a kingsize" Simple enough question, I didn't get the whole over reaction. But the sheets are great

[palmerq]

Turns out a bonus showed up on my desk. In the form of taxed company income check. After 15 yrs straight cash would be doable in my opinion

the bloody canuck tax man caught up with me this year, I got a tax bill for 730 dollars a week before christmas, not that I mind it gave me an excuse for being the cheapskate who buys now presents that I actually am!

[Spicoli]

Turns out a bonus showed up on my desk. In the form of taxed company income check. After 15 yrs straight cash would be doable in my opinion

the bloody canuck tax man caught up with me this year, I got a tax bill for 730 dollars a week before christmas, not that I mind it gave me an excuse for being the cheapskate who buys now presents that I actually am!

Sucks when the tax man commeth! Had that happen a few years outta school when I was doing some contracting work It wasn't the amount that killed me..it was the years of accumulated penalties and interest I felt like some indentured servant to the U.S Government for a few years.

[Gandalf]

. Alien: Isolation if it's there. Will have to see. Bloody Christmas.

Alien isolation is not bad at all but I would say not great either, i need to finish it, it can be amazingly frustrating which is why I haven't played it for a few weeks.. it depends what you like really, it is a rather cinematic game and the gameplay is mostly sneaking if you like that then you will love the game.. I am diabolical in sneaking games so for me i love and hate it :S...... it looks good and the it is a nice story but the gameplay annoys me.. Closest game i would say it is like is siren blood curse , which is a real survival horror game , you cant fight back in that one :S....

So i'd say if you're a fan of sneaking and like alien the original film over aliens you will like the game :S if not errrr I don't know.

Ta for the comments. I like the first Alien film a lot and like the idea of a suspenseful, spooky, horror type game. I've done a lot of mass shooting stuff and I just want to do something a bit different. I guess if I wanted something different I could always have picked up Farming Simulator. Has anyone seen that game? It is one of the most bizarre things I have ever seen, an actual farming simulator. Not much shooting in that either. It was only for the PS3 though. Still, quite happy playing GTA 5 again. It looks really, really lovely on the PS4. Detail in every pixel.

[X]

Strong Boy, the biography of John L Sullivan. It's excellent so far

Plus tickets to see the Foo Fighters in Dublin in May!