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@Mike_Fabricant Shut up baldy.

Miliband’s facile refusal to exploit North Sea oil when we need it the most.

@piersmorgan Bad couple of weeks for Mills. First the one in Leek, then Middleton on Sunday and now Scott.

I don’t understand this Scott Mills scandal. He was investigated by police 10yrs ago over alleged offences 25+ years ago, but no action was taken and case was closed. Now he gets instantly fired over same thing? The BBC needs to explain why, surely?

@MENnewsdesk Hope this had a happy ending! 😉

Police issue update on Radcliffe suspect after six-hour massage parlour stand-off manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

@PaulTassi Paul do you think some people are holding off buying it for fear that the game might get shut down? I’m usually multi platform with games like this but currently just invested on PS as don’t want to waste my money if that happens.

NEW VIDEO: Video version of all the stuff we discussed with week about the new Marathon numbers coming in, much of which I can confirm. If you don't care, that's fine! youtube.com/watch?v=TwlNQ2…

@PaulTassi Don’t worry, I’ve been at work all day. Just heading home now then and will sort this out when I get home.

I know it'll get a little faster later tonight but this is nnnnot exactly moving quickly, not gonna lie

@FootyHumour It’s the starting line up for the weekend.

How are you handing Garnacho a note in the 85th minute at 2–8 😭 what a guy

@JamesCleverly Lebdev. What happened with him date rapey James?

The Labour MPs defending Starmer on the media and online should be asked (and should ask themselves) what they would say if this was a Conservative PM.

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@tomwarren Shouldn’t that be Master Chief in the screen there?

"We're sending alpha versions of Project Helix to developers starting in 2027," says next-gen VP Jason Ronald

@Solstradamus @Matavatar B or circle or maybe start. It’s one of those.

Yeah no doubt! I've noticed PC and consoles have different things that should be across the board For example - PC can press esc on the main menu to see what's being tracked and remove certain items but I couldn't figure out for the life of me on Xbox. I agree on QoL is needed. I'd also like to see a way to compare guns, shells, ect stats Bec not many people realize each shell has different starting stats to compliment it's playset.

My thoughts on Marathon : (Before that, bit of context on my extraction shooter player profile) I really miss The Cycle Frontier. It was my most favorite Extraction Shooter as it had some of the most innovative mechanics for the genre at the time. The game had lots of "QoL features", yet it was quite hard in terms of survivability. And the pace was really good. I liked Arc Raiders, but had enough of the game after 1 alpha + 2 beta (prob around 60h total). Third person view + lack of interesting progression (except gear wise) + friendly oriented gameplay didn't hook me mid/long term. After playing Marathon the whole weekend, I can definitely say it's much more than I thought. First open beta was a shit show, I definitely didn't believe the hype before the server slam considering how bad some meta game decisions were. But this time I'm hooked. Knowing Arc Raiders opened the genre to SO many players and SO many "casual / chill / coop" players, I'm not shocked lots of people are refunding Marathon. It's a very different game, much more difficult both in terms of survivability but also in terms of how un-intuitive things can be. So here are my lists of cons and pros... 🔻 Cons : - UI not intuitive (tho you get used to it after ~2h tbh). Some icons are hard to understand at first - Weapon mods management is horrible (let me drag out mods + inspect weapons mods without having to equip them) - We need a damage on runners counter in the raid summary - I'd like to be able to batch sell (can we?) - I genuinely think we get too much free stuff (especially agents chests) - First map can feel boring at first. Especially compared to the other two. - Let me zoom-in on the mini map! - Vegetation / rocks props definitely aren't as good as interiors - I'd like to see more UESC non-biped bots types - Too much turrets on map 3 :') 💚 Pros: - For the vast majority, PvP feels fair - PvE is challenging which is good! (C'mon guys, it's really not that hard) - The game feels very much like a Sandbox. There's a lot of mechanics combo to do - Raids pacing is on point - Weapons feel varied in types / gunplay - I love how attachements make weapons rarer - At around lvl 30, I've almost exclusively played triage. It's still fun and I still have a lot of fun time ahead discovering other shells gameplay. - Factions skill trees are well designed and progression is quite deep. - Meta progression is quite different from other extraction shooters. Which makes the whole thing more interesting to me. Arc Raiders cache progression and loot felt like a chore compared to this one, somehow. - The more you progress, the more theory crafting you can do with ur shell. - Rook (scav) cross progression with regular progression is super smart! I really like how the game makes us find quests objectives! It's not too hard, but also don't put a marker across the map. - Cool to have a little bit (1/3) of friend's quests xp - Maps have events! (Most people might not know) - Map 3 is insane in terms of level design, puzzles and dynamism - Factions designs are all really cool. Loved their trailers - Lore is quite deep and I'm enjoying listening to agents between quests - Codex missions add extra progression and there's free cosmetics to unlock - Art Direction is insane to me - In-game atmosphere is really good - Gameplay sound feels on point for me. Easy to hear enemies and pint point their position. Can't wait to see what's next!

@Spyder2K1 Good luck. 🤞

Just got off Arc Raiders, TIME TO PLAY MARATHON BABY LOCK IN!!!!

@GamingWithNuke @PlayStation Not at the moment. Doesn’t look like the server got slammed enough.

@PlayStation Are you playing Marathon?

Marathon is out today! Prepare for dramatic extraction FPS showdowns with the "In Death We've Just Begun" launch cinematic, featuring Poppy and Son Lux: play.st/4rVYcJg

@MarathonTheGame 🤔 hmmmmm

@omid9 Warlord Hesketh literally shared a map of all the areas the US has bombed and the school sits in the centre of a pretty large cluster of bombs.

Nothing is proved yet Zack. The fact that you are spreading misinformation is appalling for someone in your position. To date no one has been allowed to see any evidence of casualties or even the site itself. The regime says it’s America or Israel. The Americans say they were nowhere near the area. Here’s what Iranians inside Iran say: IRGC blew it up themselves to fill it up with dead bodies of children they’ve kept on ice hidden away in cold storage from the January slaughters to put on display in order to blame their aggressors. The fact that we have not seen the evidence yet is a red flag as we know the regime would have gleefully paraded those images on television and all over the internet. Most probably they were caught on film transferring the bodies hence why there is now a media black out on this story, as well as a full internet blackout. As Iranians we know how this regime operates. We’re talking about new levels of evil. So any narrative like the one you are pushing Zack actually supports the regime in their “don’t care how many die as long as we stay in power” quest. For the love of God and humanity, please stop. #IranMassacre #IranIsraelWar

@elonmusk You’ll never be American then. Just always a lonely little Boer boy.

If ethnicity exists at all, which it obviously does, then English is an ethnicity. This is a simple statement of fact. It is possible to be culturally English or French or Japanese, etc, but ethnically be different. The first is “software”, the other is “hardware”. This should not be license to be cruel or unfair to people of a different ethnicity. I believe we should be fair to all ethnicities, but not pretend that one or another does not exist.

@IsabelOakeshott Hey Siri send her coordinates to the Iranian military specifically those in charge of drones.

UPDATE from Dubai where advice is still to “stay in place.” Unsettling night; calm but tense

@GoodwinMJ Cry some more jug ears. X

In the last 24 hours alone we’ve learned the deputy leader of the Greens joined a protest in support of a regime that’s planned 20 terror plots against Britain while their new spin doctor denied Jews were raped on October 7th. The Greens are a major threat to our country.

@RupertLowe10 We aren’t you dumb racist fuck.

Britain has enough problems - we should not be bombing Iran.

@SarahForRuncorn So you’re a descendent of a terrorist?

My family ancestor, Agnes Pochin, the founder of the suffragette movement in Manchester, did not dedicate her life to campaigning for equal rights for women to see that destroyed 100 years later by sectarian politics.

@deancoughlin_ He’s not black, he’s mixed racist.

He must be fuming that his son wants to be black