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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	5 Apr 2020 11:23
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Played this a bit more yesterday, one of the regular campaigns, not the 'quick play' which was on a cruise ship as it happens. This one was in NYC, fighting through an upscale shoping mall, onto the street and into the subways. Surprisingly substandard for a 2019 release (wtf?) ... guns suck, zombies really suck (even the boss zombies aren't scary in the least), characters are meh. But I have to say the levels are gorgeous. Epic fail then. “a man gets struck by lightning and goes “zzzt”, Jason gets shot and dies and the submarine blows up.”

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From:	Manthorp	6 Apr 2020 07:53
To:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	3 of 23

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Is the film any good, do you know? I was considering asking Jim for a copy yesterday. "We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked." James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951 www.mynameislegion.org

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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	6 Apr 2020 12:40
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I feel like I've seen it but watching the trailer, not so sure I have. “a man gets struck by lightning and goes “zzzt”, Jason gets shot and dies and the submarine blows up.”

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From:	Manthorp	6 Apr 2020 13:06
To:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	5 of 23

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Ta Smiffy Anyone else? "We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked." James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951 www.mynameislegion.org

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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	6 Apr 2020 15:25
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Whelp, one good thing came out of this: I spinned up Dead Island Riptide for the first time in ~18-months, and it is a foookin' great zombie shooter (/stabber/blower-upper), 1000x better than this POS. DI zombies are dangerous AF and scary AF. “a man gets struck by lightning and goes “zzzt”, Jason gets shot and dies and the submarine blows up.”

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From:	Drew (X3N0PH0N)	7 Apr 2020 02:25
To:	Manthorp	7 of 23

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Bit wank. A couple of cool set piece bits but overall a bit wank. Underexplains and ends up not making much sense. I'm told the book is much better. , , , , , , , , , , `' (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) \ \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) ''`>-,--”-”---”-”---”-”---”-”---”-”---- ,'.*''`

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From:	Manthorp	7 Apr 2020 08:31
To:	Drew (X3N0PH0N)	8 of 23

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Ta Xen. I'll probably give it a miss then. I have realised over solitary confinement that my favourite niche genre for mindless watching is action horror. Time for a thread "We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked." James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951 www.mynameislegion.org

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From:	milko	7 Apr 2020 12:49
To:	Drew (X3N0PH0N)	9 of 23

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The book is meh, fyi imo. Not terrible, not great, it just exists and plays out the premise from start to end. Perhaps if I was a bit more excited by the idea I'd enjoy it more?

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From:	Drew (X3N0PH0N)	7 Apr 2020 23:09
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Yeah, my understanding is that it's presented as a report or series of reports? Documentary style, like. So yeah, I think you've got to be into the premise to get much from it. , , , , , , , , , , `' (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) \ \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) ''`>-,--”-”---”-”---”-”---”-”---”-”---- ,'.*''`

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From:	milko	8 Apr 2020 10:12
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Yeah, exactly. It’s like reading a bunch of collected columns/diaries/logs. I found it quite forgettable.

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From:	Manthorp	8 Apr 2020 14:23
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One of the golden age SF writers - maybe Olaf Stapleton - wrote a book that wholly comprised reviews of imagined books. That, by contrast, was a great read as I remember. "We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked." James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951 www.mynameislegion.org

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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	8 Apr 2020 15:22
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Ditched WWZ the game, played smore DIR and even launched L4D2 just to be sure. Yep, WWZ is irredeemably bad. “a man gets struck by lightning and goes “zzzt”, Jason gets shot and dies and the submarine blows up.”

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From:	Linn (INDYLS)	8 Apr 2020 19:18
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I picked it up free on Epic a week or so ago. Glad you saved me the effort of trying it out :) I noticed I have a dead island beta in my steam library. Anyone tried that?

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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	8 Apr 2020 19:52
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Beta? Like for a DI3? “a man gets struck by lightning and goes “zzzt”, Jason gets shot and dies and the submarine blows up.”

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From:	koswix	14 Apr 2020 07:16
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Was very interesting how they turned Glasgow city centre in to New York via the magic of swapping some street signs and dotting a few yellow cabs about the place.


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From:	Manthorp	15 Apr 2020 08:25
To:	koswix	17 of 23

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I feel like I must see it now. Watch out for the Zombie army massing at the corner of Tenth and Sauchiehall. "We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked." James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951 www.mynameislegion.org

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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	15 Apr 2020 12:18
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I remember suckyhall! (lived in Glasgow for several months winter of '76-77 while I commuted to Edinburgh College of Art) “a man gets struck by lightning and goes “zzzt”, Jason gets shot and dies and the submarine blows up.”

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From:	Linn (INDYLS)	15 Apr 2020 16:23
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I think its called Dead Island Epidemic. I should install it and see what it is I guess.

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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	15 Apr 2020 18:55
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It's a top-down isometric game :-S “a man gets struck by lightning and goes “zzzt”, Jason gets shot and dies and the submarine blows up.”

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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	16 Apr 2020 15:36
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(Fortnite is the coronavirus of gaming) “a man gets struck by lightning and goes “zzzt”, Jason gets shot and dies and the submarine blows up.”

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