Phil Cook wrote:

>> OK... so why the demands? :-P
> 
> 'I liked the Antlion tunnels, the lift took me two hours to get through, 
> I hate hunters..." So how about Ravenholm, what about the water/driving 
> segments, which weapon did/do you favour etc.

I played HL2 once, and didn't enjoy it very much. The scenary is far too 
drab and boring. The enemies are all humanoids of some kind. There's 
little or no variation in the game. They took out all of the most 
interesting weapons. Yawn.

Obviously, all the vehicles are almost completely uncontrolable. Digital 
steering is like that.

Obviously the best weapon is the magnum. Unfortunately it fires slower 
than milk float, has only 6 shots and an insane reload time. But it has 
an extremely long range, and if you actually hit something with it, it 
WILL die. I can't stress how important that last part is. What's the 
point of shooting something if it doesn't die when you hit it?

The best weapon in HL1 was the neato orange cannon - but unfortunately 
they removed that because it was too useful and interesting.

Ravenholm gave me nightmares for weeks. And weeks is how long it took to 
complete because there's...just...no...ammo...anywhere. Killing those 
fast zombies with a crowbar isn't even funny. And there's no healthpacks 
anywhere either. So I just had to replay every tiny segment endlessly 
again and again until I got lucky enough to stumble out with 2% health 
left instead of 0%. It was like something out of a low-budget horror 
film, and it wasn't very nice.

Ditto for Low Life in HL2:EP1. Mercifully, HL2:EP2 doesn't really 
contain anything comparable. I really hate zombies...

>> There are some funny lines in there. Those aren't the ones I'd pick, 
>> but sure.
> 
> Not to mention the fighting, the lengthy storylines, the character 
> development ...

I haven't watched nearly enough of it to notice that. But part way 
through, it seems the writers noticed that the more unhappy Buffy is, 
the better the ratings are. That's when I really, really stopped 
watching. I don't *want* Buffy to be unhappy...

>> it's quite comic. Not something you can take too seriously, I feel.
> 
> Except as I say you don't get the feeling that the actors are having 
> fun, they're taking it seriously.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

>> Much like Xena...
> 
> You're comparing Charmed to Xena... you are so dead :-P

I'm just trying to freak you out now. ;-)

Is it working? :-D

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And lo on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:57:54 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

> Phil Cook wrote:
>
>>> OK... so why the demands? :-P
>>  'I liked the Antlion tunnels, the lift took me two hours to get  
>> through, I hate hunters..." So how about Ravenholm, what about the  
>> water/driving segments, which weapon did/do you favour etc.
>
> I played HL2 once, and didn't enjoy it very much. The scenary is far too  
> drab and boring. The enemies are all humanoids of some kind.

Except the headcrabs, and the antlions, and the stalkers, and the  
heliships; but yeah I know what you mean

> There's little or no variation in the game. They took out all of the  
> most interesting weapons. Yawn.
>
> Obviously, all the vehicles are almost completely uncontrolable. Digital  
> steering is like that.

Pffh I'm using an analogue controller on the console and it's terrible.  
Anyway I'm in the middle of tidying up my review so I won't go into details

> Obviously the best weapon is the magnum. Unfortunately it fires slower  
> than milk float, has only 6 shots and an insane reload time. But it has  
> an extremely long range, and if you actually hit something with it, it  
> WILL die. I can't stress how important that last part is. What's the  
> point of shooting something if it doesn't die when you hit it?

I like the crossbow for the long range stuff, magnum for those headcrab  
carriers

> The best weapon in HL1 was the neato orange cannon - but unfortunately  
> they removed that because it was too useful and interesting.

Orange cannon? Hold on....the Tau cannon, meh I never really used it that  
much.

> Ravenholm gave me nightmares for weeks. And weeks is how long it took to  
> complete because there's...just...no...ammo...anywhere. Killing those  
> fast zombies with a crowbar isn't even funny.

Shotgun to the head for them, grav-gun for the headcrabs, and grav-gun  
buzzsaw blade for slow zombies. If you're talking about that village  
square then the slow zombies respawn, the fast ones are script triggered,  
and there are two headcrab carriers around which I always try to take out  
first. Allow for one death just to work out what you're supposed to be  
doing.

> And there's no healthpacks anywhere either.

I do recall a dearth of such in Ravenholm

> So I just had to replay every tiny segment endlessly again and again  
> until I got lucky enough to stumble out with 2% health left instead of  
> 0%. It was like something out of a low-budget horror film, and it wasn't  
> very nice.
>
> Ditto for Low Life in HL2:EP1. Mercifully, HL2:EP2 doesn't really  
> contain anything comparable. I really hate zombies...

As I've said it's the Mr Benn approach that irks me.

>>> There are some funny lines in there. Those aren't the ones I'd pick,  
>>> but sure.
>>  Not to mention the fighting, the lengthy storylines, the character  
>> development ...
>
> I haven't watched nearly enough of it to notice that. But part way  
> through, it seems the writers noticed that the more unhappy Buffy is,  
> the better the ratings are. That's when I really, really stopped  
> watching. I don't *want* Buffy to be unhappy...

It goes up and down, you know a bit like real life. How far did you get,  
can you recall?

>>> it's quite comic. Not something you can take too seriously, I feel.
>>  Except as I say you don't get the feeling that the actors are having  
>> fun, they're taking it seriously.
>
> Yeah, I know what you mean.

'This is art goddamnit and you will appreciate it'

>>> Much like Xena...
>>  You're comparing Charmed to Xena... you are so dead :-P
>
> I'm just trying to freak you out now. ;-)
>
> Is it working? :-D

So how many shows of Xena have you caught?

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>> I played HL2 once, and didn't enjoy it very much. The scenary is far 
>> too drab and boring. The enemies are all humanoids of some kind.
> 
> Except the headcrabs, and the antlions, and the stalkers, and the 
> heliships; but yeah I know what you mean

Stalkers are humanoid. I presume you mean Striders? :-P

>> Obviously, all the vehicles are almost completely uncontrolable. 
>> Digital steering is like that.
> 
> Pffh I'm using an analogue controller on the console and it's terrible. 

Really? That's odd.

Still, I guess you still have digital accelerator control. Not that that 
stopped me in my Perguet 205 says. >:-D

> I like the crossbow for the long range stuff, magnum for those headcrab 
> carriers

I like the magnum for... everything, really. Except that you fire a 
couple of shots and you are now *out* of ammo. Completely. I mean, you 
get 2-dozen bullets before you can't carry any more?

The SMG *was* a damn good weapon in HL1. But in HL2 it doesn't seem to 
cause much damage any more...

>> The best weapon in HL1 was the neato orange cannon - but unfortunately 
>> they removed that because it was too useful and interesting.
> 
> Orange cannon? Hold on....the Tau cannon, meh I never really used it 
> that much.

I used it for absolutely everything. It shoots round corners, it has 
amazing range, it takes down helicopters faster than a rocket launcher 
(!!), and it also glows. Oh yeah - and there's no ammo around...

> Shotgun to the head for them

This requires you to actually *have* some shotgun shells. Or even 
bullets for the pistol. I mean *damn*... After playing Ravenholm for 
about 4 minutes, I was *out* of ammo. Of any kind. Even grenades (which, 
obviously, I never use). Good thing there's so many leathal traps around...

> grav-gun for the headcrabs, and grav-gun 
> buzzsaw blade for slow zombies.

You can't *kill* things with a gravity gun! (At least, except under lab 
conditions anyway...)

>> And there's no healthpacks anywhere either.
> 
> I do recall a dearth of such in Ravenholm

Slightly...

> As I've said it's the Mr Benn approach that irks me.

The what?

>> I haven't watched nearly enough of it to notice that. But part way 
>> through, it seems the writers noticed that the more unhappy Buffy is, 
>> the better the ratings are. That's when I really, really stopped 
>> watching. I don't *want* Buffy to be unhappy...
> 
> It goes up and down, you know a bit like real life. How far did you get, 
> can you recall?

Well, ya know, first Spike was evil, then Spike couldn't actually be 
evil any more but wanted to help out other evil guys, the Spike was 
good, then Spike became bad again... [Said Buffy fanatic was *obsessed* 
with Spike... wanted to marry him and stuff. Yes, she was a teenager.]

I do recall Spike had a rebot made that looks exactly like Buffy. And 
one time Buffy was invisible and decided to start... uh... having fun 
with Spike. ("No, this is a bad idea. Hey!... What are you doing down 
there?... That's not fair...")

> So how many shows of Xena have you caught?

Not many. (Not even enough to work out the various characters' names.)

I do recall an episode where Xena's nemesis stole her unborn child's 
soul and wanted Xena's to bring her back to the living world before she 
would relinquish it. So Xena had a bunch of people hold hands and 
meditate to create a non-real world to "rescue" her to... or... 
something. I do remember there was lots of fighting...

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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> I played HL2 once, and didn't enjoy it very much. The scenary is far too 
> drab and boring.

  You must have played a different HL2 than I did.

  Compare the scenery of HL2 to, for example, the scenery of Doom3 or
Quake4. There just isn't comparison. We are talking about this:

http://www.gamershell.com/static/screenshots/54/150018_full.jpg
http://www.gamershell.com/static/screenshots/54/149822_full.jpg
http://www.gamershell.com/static/screenshots/54/150429_full.jpg

  vs. this:

http://www.gamershell.com/static/screenshots/36/1264_full.jpg
http://www.gamershell.com/static/screenshots/36/1249_full.jpg

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Warp wrote:
> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> I played HL2 once, and didn't enjoy it very much. The scenary is far too 
>> drab and boring.
> 
>   You must have played a different HL2 than I did.
> 
>   Compare the scenery of HL2 to, for example, the scenery of Doom3 or
> Quake4. There just isn't comparison. We are talking about this:


<Derelict trackway overlooked by deserted block of flats>
<Deserted waterway>
<Derelict dockyard overlooking deserted waterway>

>   vs. this:
> 
> http://www.gamershell.com/static/screenshots/36/1264_full.jpg
> http://www.gamershell.com/static/screenshots/36/1249_full.jpg

I'm sorry. On my lame monitor at work, both of these come out jet black.

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And lo on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:43:42 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

>>> I played HL2 once, and didn't enjoy it very much. The scenary is far  
>>> too drab and boring. The enemies are all humanoids of some kind.
>>  Except the headcrabs, and the antlions, and the stalkers, and the  
>> heliships; but yeah I know what you mean
>
> Stalkers are humanoid. I presume you mean Striders? :-P

Yeah the tripod knock-offs

>>> Obviously, all the vehicles are almost completely uncontrolable.  
>>> Digital steering is like that.
>>  Pffh I'm using an analogue controller on the console and it's terrible.
>
> Really? That's odd.

Accelerate, brake and steer controlled by the movement of one stick.

> Still, I guess you still have digital accelerator control. Not that that  
> stopped me in my Perguet 205 says. >:-D
>
>> I like the crossbow for the long range stuff, magnum for those headcrab  
>> carriers
>
> I like the magnum for... everything, really. Except that you fire a  
> couple of shots and you are now *out* of ammo. Completely. I mean, you  
> get 2-dozen bullets before you can't carry any more?

That's because it's a one-shot kill, if there was a ton af ammo about  
you'd use it for everything and it would get boring.

> The SMG *was* a damn good weapon in HL1. But in HL2 it doesn't seem to  
> cause much damage any more...

No I didn't use it a lot in HL2, too inaccurate.

>>> The best weapon in HL1 was the neato orange cannon - but unfortunately  
>>> they removed that because it was too useful and interesting.
>>  Orange cannon? Hold on....the Tau cannon, meh I never really used it  
>> that much.
>
> I used it for absolutely everything. It shoots round corners, it has  
> amazing range, it takes down helicopters faster than a rocket launcher  
> (!!), and it also glows. Oh yeah - and there's no ammo around...
>
>> Shotgun to the head for them
>
> This requires you to actually *have* some shotgun shells.

Well yeah, but it only needs one clear shot to the head. I think I've  
needed three max to take ones of them down.

> Or even bullets for the pistol. I mean *damn*... After playing Ravenholm  
> for about 4 minutes, I was *out* of ammo. Of any kind. Even grenades  
> (which, obviously, I never use). Good thing there's so many leathal  
> traps around...

Hmm odd I wasn't

>> grav-gun for the headcrabs, and grav-gun buzzsaw blade for slow zombies.
>
> You can't *kill* things with a gravity gun! (At least, except under lab  
> conditions anyway...)

On the PS3 at least both types of headcrabs can be knocked about and  
eventually killed by the grav-gun alone, otherwise gotta love the saw  
blades.

>>> And there's no healthpacks anywhere either.
>>  I do recall a dearth of such in Ravenholm
>
> Slightly...
>
>> As I've said it's the Mr Benn approach that irks me.
>
> The what?

"As if by magic the shopkeeper appeared" substitute shopkeeper with  
zombies, or any other enemy you care to mention.

>>> I haven't watched nearly enough of it to notice that. But part way  
>>> through, it seems the writers noticed that the more unhappy Buffy is,  
>>> the better the ratings are. That's when I really, really stopped  
>>> watching. I don't *want* Buffy to be unhappy...
>>  It goes up and down, you know a bit like real life. How far did you  
>> get, can you recall?
>
> Well, ya know, first Spike was evil, then Spike couldn't actually be  
> evil any more but wanted to help out other evil guys, the Spike was  
> good, then Spike became bad again... [Said Buffy fanatic was *obsessed*  
> with Spike... wanted to marry him and stuff. Yes, she was a teenager.]

Yeah, but James Marsters *is* good as Spike.

> I do recall Spike had a rebot made that looks exactly like Buffy. And  
> one time Buffy was invisible and decided to start... uh... having fun  
> with Spike. ("No, this is a bad idea. Hey!... What are you doing down  
> there?... That's not fair...")
>
>> So how many shows of Xena have you caught?
>
> Not many. (Not even enough to work out the various characters' names.)

Always liked Callisto, Hudson Leick got the character perfectly.

> I do recall an episode where Xena's nemesis stole her unborn child's  
> soul and wanted Xena's to bring her back to the living world before she  
> would relinquish it. So Xena had a bunch of people hold hands and  
> meditate to create a non-real world to "rescue" her to... or...  
> something. I do remember there was lots of fighting...

Yeah that wasn't one of the best ones, IIRC it was the one with the bad  
CGI skeletons in it.

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>> Stalkers are humanoid. I presume you mean Striders? :-P
> 
> Yeah the tripod knock-offs

Those are Strider, dear. Stalkers are the little humanoid guys with 
their intensines missing who walk around pointing lazers at things. You 
meet a whole bunch of 'em in EP1...

>>>> Obviously, all the vehicles are almost completely uncontrolable. 
>>>> Digital steering is like that.
>>>  Pffh I'm using an analogue controller on the console and it's terrible.
>>
>> Really? That's odd.
> 
> Accelerate, brake and steer controlled by the movement of one stick.

Ah. That's Not Good(tm).

>> The SMG *was* a damn good weapon in HL1. But in HL2 it doesn't seem to 
>> cause much damage any more...
> 
> No I didn't use it a lot in HL2, too inaccurate.

In HL1, it was accurate, rapid-firing and very leathal. Only trouble is 
you run out of ammo so fast. In HL2, it's worthless.

>>> Shotgun to the head for them
>>
>> This requires you to actually *have* some shotgun shells.
> 
> Well yeah, but it only needs one clear shot to the head.

Unless you miss for some reason. Perhaps because one of the buggers has 
swiped you and sent you half way across the map. Let's not go into the 
whole reloading part...

>>> grav-gun for the headcrabs, and grav-gun buzzsaw blade for slow zombies.
>>
>> You can't *kill* things with a gravity gun! (At least, except under 
>> lab conditions anyway...)
> 
> On the PS3 at least both types of headcrabs can be knocked about and 
> eventually killed by the grav-gun alone, otherwise gotta love the saw 
> blades.

Sure. Not that you can find any saw blades when you actually need 'em. 
And if you happen to miss... oh dear. You are now dead.

>> Well, ya know, first Spike was evil, then Spike couldn't actually be 
>> evil any more but wanted to help out other evil guys, the Spike was 
>> good, then Spike became bad again... [Said Buffy fanatic was 
>> *obsessed* with Spike... wanted to marry him and stuff. Yes, she was a 
>> teenager.]
> 
> Yeah, but James Marsters *is* good as Spike.

...is name is James Marsters?

[insert whitty remark here]

>>> So how many shows of Xena have you caught?
>>
>> Not many. (Not even enough to work out the various characters' names.)
> 
> Always liked Callisto, Hudson Leick got the character perfectly.

Damn, why are these people's real names always *more* improbable than 
the characters they're playing??

>> I do recall an episode where Xena's nemesis stole her unborn child's 
>> soul and wanted Xena's to bring her back to the living world before 
>> she would relinquish it. So Xena had a bunch of people hold hands and 
>> meditate to create a non-real world to "rescue" her to... or... 
>> something. I do remember there was lots of fighting...
> 
> Yeah that wasn't one of the best ones, IIRC it was the one with the bad 
> CGI skeletons in it.

Ah, you remember it then...

Also liked the one where the little girl suddenly sticks out her arm and 
grabs a flying arrow out of the air, just before it hits Xena. And she's 
all like "OMG, I actually *caught* that!"

And then later she tries to do it again, but can't. But eventually she 
manages it. "Well, I did it eventually!" "You missed a few though." "Oh 
yeah - I can see how that would be a problem..." LOL!

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And lo on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:21:50 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

>>> Stalkers are humanoid. I presume you mean Striders? :-P
>>  Yeah the tripod knock-offs
>
> Those are Strider, dear. Stalkers are the little humanoid guys with  
> their intensines missing who walk around pointing lazers at things. You  
> meet a whole bunch of 'em in EP1...

Meh I don't need to know their names just how to kill them.

>>>>> Obviously, all the vehicles are almost completely uncontrolable.  
>>>>> Digital steering is like that.
>>>>  Pffh I'm using an analogue controller on the console and it's  
>>>> terrible.
>>>
>>> Really? That's odd.
>>  Accelerate, brake and steer controlled by the movement of one stick.
>
> Ah. That's Not Good(tm).

Not in a firefight no.

>>>> Shotgun to the head for them
>>>
>>> This requires you to actually *have* some shotgun shells.
>>  Well yeah, but it only needs one clear shot to the head.
>
> Unless you miss for some reason. Perhaps because one of the buggers has  
> swiped you and sent you half way across the map. Let's not go into the  
> whole reloading part...

It's advisable to shoot them prior to them getting that close.

>>>> grav-gun for the headcrabs, and grav-gun buzzsaw blade for slow  
>>>> zombies.
>>>
>>> You can't *kill* things with a gravity gun! (At least, except under  
>>> lab conditions anyway...)
>>  On the PS3 at least both types of headcrabs can be knocked about and  
>> eventually killed by the grav-gun alone, otherwise gotta love the saw  
>> blades.
>
> Sure. Not that you can find any saw blades when you actually need 'em.  
> And if you happen to miss... oh dear. You are now dead.

"It's advisable to shoot them prior to them getting that close."

>>> Well, ya know, first Spike was evil, then Spike couldn't actually be  
>>> evil any more but wanted to help out other evil guys, the Spike was  
>>> good, then Spike became bad again... [Said Buffy fanatic was  
>>> *obsessed* with Spike... wanted to marry him and stuff. Yes, she was a  
>>> teenager.]
>>  Yeah, but James Marsters *is* good as Spike.
>
> ...is name is James Marsters?
>
> [insert whitty remark here]

[insert witty reply here]

>>>> So how many shows of Xena have you caught?
>>>
>>> Not many. (Not even enough to work out the various characters' names.)
>>  Always liked Callisto, Hudson Leick got the character perfectly.
>
> Damn, why are these people's real names always *more* improbable than  
> the characters they're playing??

What you mean Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor, Hudson Leick, Kevin Sorbo, and  
Bruce Campbell? :-)

>>> I do recall an episode where Xena's nemesis stole her unborn child's  
>>> soul and wanted Xena's to bring her back to the living world before  
>>> she would relinquish it. So Xena had a bunch of people hold hands and  
>>> meditate to create a non-real world to "rescue" her to... or...  
>>> something. I do remember there was lots of fighting...
>>  Yeah that wasn't one of the best ones, IIRC it was the one with the  
>> bad CGI skeletons in it.
>
> Ah, you remember it then...

Kinda sticks in the memory due to vast suckage.

> Also liked the one where the little girl

Renee O'Connor playing Gabrielle

> suddenly sticks out her arm and grabs a flying arrow out of the air,  
> just before it hits Xena. And she's all like "OMG, I actually *caught*  
> that!"

Just to clarify it was her quarterstaff that intercepted the arrow in that  
particular episode.

> And then later she tries to do it again, but can't. But eventually she  
> manages it. "Well, I did it eventually!" "You missed a few though." "Oh  
> yeah - I can see how that would be a problem..." LOL!

See - funny stuff.

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Phil Cook wrote:

> Meh I don't need to know their names just how to kill them.

And people tell *me* my interests are too narrow. ;-)

>>>  Well yeah, but it only needs one clear shot to the head.
>>
>> Unless you miss for some reason. Perhaps because one of the buggers 
>> has swiped you and sent you half way across the map. Let's not go into 
>> the whole reloading part...
> 
> It's advisable to shoot them prior to them getting that close.

The shotgun only works from close range.

Plus, most of Ravenholm is of the form "you walk down a dark alleyway. 
Suddenly 12 zombies stagger towards you, coming from all directions." 
Plus, it takes time to kill the first one, time to kill the second one, 
more time to kill the third one... gee, the rest are getting quite close 
now...

>> Sure. Not that you can find any saw blades when you actually need 'em. 
>> And if you happen to miss... oh dear. You are now dead.
> 
> "It's advisable to shoot them prior to them getting that close."

Yeah, but if you miss, you now have no ammo. Good luck...

>> Damn, why are these people's real names always *more* improbable than 
>> the characters they're playing??
> 
> What you mean Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor, Hudson Leick, Kevin Sorbo, 
> and Bruce Campbell? :-)

Yes. Like that.

> Renee O'Connor playing Gabrielle

Heh. And I thought *I* was strange for having a signed picture in my 
room of Major Carter wearing only a USA flag...

> Just to clarify it was her quarterstaff that intercepted the arrow in 
> that particular episode.

Not that you've memorised every episode or anything like that...

> See - funny stuff.

Mildly amusing sometimes, yeah.

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And lo on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:53:29 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

> Phil Cook wrote:
>
>> Meh I don't need to know their names just how to kill them.
>
> And people tell *me* my interests are too narrow. ;-)

Except the level of interaction between us is limited to movement,  
trigger, sqwark; with only the occasional duck, reload, scramble for the  
bigger brutes. Now if I were in the possession of multiple enemy-specific  
weaponry then sure I'd bother to learn their names :-)

>>>>  Well yeah, but it only needs one clear shot to the head.
>>>
>>> Unless you miss for some reason. Perhaps because one of the buggers  
>>> has swiped you and sent you half way across the map. Let's not go into  
>>> the whole reloading part...
>>  It's advisable to shoot them prior to them getting that close.
>
> The shotgun only works from close range.

The fast ones have a simple AI - when they reach a certain distance from  
you they crouch jump, just step back/to the side and pow as they're in the  
air.

> Plus, most of Ravenholm is of the form "you walk down a dark alleyway.  
> Suddenly 12 zombies stagger towards you, coming from all directions."  
> Plus, it takes time to kill the first one, time to kill the second one,  
> more time to kill the third one... gee, the rest are getting quite close  
> now...

Don't kill them then, you don't get points or experience for doing so. If  
the objective is to get from point A to point B then that's what you do,  
don't go looking for trouble.

Take the Ravenholm Square for instance, I come in and take out the  
scuttling head crab before heading straight for the headcrab carrier  
hidden on the left, grav-gun+barrel and a magnum chaser.

Activate the trap in the middle to slow down the horde behind me and dart  
to the right. Up the stairs and pull the lever, down and back out. Head  
down to the right for another headcrab carrier, up onto the roof and relax  
for a moment.

Onward keeping my eyes open for the fast zombies, shotgun the ones in my  
way before heading over the gap and into the house and a section load.  
Directly I've taken out maybe five zombies and a headcrab tops out of the  
dozen or so now shuffling around below me.

>>> Sure. Not that you can find any saw blades when you actually need 'em.  
>>> And if you happen to miss... oh dear. You are now dead.
>>  "It's advisable to shoot them prior to them getting that close."
>
> Yeah, but if you miss, you now have no ammo. Good luck...

The grav-gun (when it works) can pull things from a reasonable distance  
and as I've mentioned it's a toggle on the console.

>>> Damn, why are these people's real names always *more* improbable than  
>>> the characters they're playing??
>>  What you mean Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor, Hudson Leick, Kevin Sorbo,  
>> and Bruce Campbell? :-)
>
> Yes. Like that.

Come on though - Bruce Campbell's in it!

>> Renee O'Connor playing Gabrielle
>
> Heh. And I thought *I* was strange for having a signed picture in my  
> room of Major Carter wearing only a USA flag...

Ah Stargate:Franchise never could get into that from day one "Greetings  
we've been cut off from Earth for thousands of years and yet can quite  
clearly speak American English" at least prior to the ret-con Star Trek  
had the excuse for being made 40 years ago and just not knowing better :-)  
Now the film on the other hand, that was good.

>> Just to clarify it was her quarterstaff that intercepted the arrow in  
>> that particular episode.
>
> Not that you've memorised every episode or anything like that...

I've got the box-set and that sort of memory.

>> See - funny stuff.
>
> Mildly amusing sometimes, yeah.

Better then Charmed, more scantily clad women too.

-- 
Phil Cook

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