Don Rosco

Four codes going here too if anyone’s looking. @Omizzay did you get sorted? I’m getting the easy track fail bug too, but I’m not too fussed as I rinsed all the tracks in the technical trial. At least I think so - I presume there’s no extra tracks in the beta?

Yeah, terrific series and the 4-1 scoreline very flattering for England. At least two of those wins were up for grabs for India. You'd have to wonder about the batting though. Gritty test match batting skills in short supply on both teams. Some flashes of excellence throughout, but you can’t help thinking a lot of batsmen on both sides will be relieved to face a white ball again.

If only there was something other than the film from 2012 to base this new TV series on.

I'm actually not sure if we can say! There was an NDA we had to click through. It feels a little easier, but that might be some slowdown due to pre-release jankiness. Still not easy enough for me to get past more than two extreme checkpoints though. Structure is more like any other extreme sports game - world map, specific goals on courses etc. There's lootboxes but it's all cosmetic stuff. Still a chore opening them. Mostly though, it's more trials. Feels a little more grounded than fusion in that there's less wacky shit happening.

Yes indeed.

Me too, playing right now. Add me for leaderboard action: donrosco

No one ever really leaves.

Never met him, but have a bunch of his records. Very sad. He played Dublin only this year, seemed to go down very well. Turnout wasn't great but he was clearly having a ball in all the pics I saw.

Great film and great to read a thread like this afterwards. I watched the google video, Garland is a great interviewee with lots of interesting things to say about the process of making the film. I just posted in the Dredd thread a similarly revealing thread on the 2000AD forum where he answers questions from the forumites there:

Was reading the Annihilation thread and remembered this Q&A thread from Alex Garland on the 2000AD forum just as Dredd was released. He’s an interesting chap, very open about the creative bit of the filmmaking process and the business side of things. May be a repost. https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=36741.0

Colossus, The Forbin Project (may not be an unearted gem, but it definitely was to me) The Westerner

I was thinking exactly the same right before I read this. A cascade of joy and confusion and delight. Pure magic.

Just finished this. Very enjoyable. A noir / crime / gangster caper just on the right side of realism for me, that is to say a million miles from it. A lot of excellent performances too. I read the comic prior to watching it, it’s basically Grant Morrison channeling Garth Ennis, which is no bad thing. Less multiverse, more multiviolence. I’d also be unsure of the wisdom of a second season but you never know.

Wow, great news.