My impressions of the US from the UK.

osietra

You make excellent comedy/drama TV.

Race is still a huge issue.

Bigger equals better.

Lots of obese people.

Quite fundamentalist.

The UK scores one from the five above.

I'd like to know the US view on the UK.

sportzboytjw

Some stereotypes in here but:

Bad Teeth

Excellent sarcasm

A weird swing from brutalizing the language to speaking it wonderfully and making it sound beautiful

Abominable food.

Cool on the whole, since we seem to have each other's backs in most areas.

MrMister

Sexy accents.
Shit food (except the Indian stuff).
Heavy drinking.
Class conscious.
You have a Queen! But seriously, how retarded is that.

Quid

It is my life goal to one day sleep with the Queen of England, present or future.

Zimmydoom

Quid wrote: »

It is my life goal to one day sleep with the Queen of England, present or future.

It is my life goal to one day sleep with the Queen of England, past.

Queen Victoria, lemme tap dat ass...

KalTorak

Pubs close before midnight, what the bloody hell?

Cantido

Zimmydoom wrote: »

Quid wrote: »

It is my life goal to one day sleep with the Queen of England, present or future.

It is my life goal to one day sleep with the Queen of England, past.

Queen Victoria, lemme tap dat ass...

The Queen is the Head of State. They represent all the people.

The idea is to have someone with the role of representing all people without picking a side on any political party or group in particular.

The POTUS is the American Head of State, one of the only countries in it's time to do this, because, as you can see, they are not separated from politics and oh, every now and then, not represent everybody.

Dis'

Zimmydoom wrote: »

Quid wrote: »

It is my life goal to one day sleep with the Queen of England, present or future.

It is my life goal to one day sleep with the Queen of England, past.

Queen Victoria, lemme tap dat ass...

"Oh my...we did not observe your entry. One wishes to inquire if you are here to...gild the royal pipework?"

Flippy_D

Food is better since '98.

We have one of the best restaurants in the world now(*) and plenty of top 50 entries.

Teeth really aren't that bad. Then again, Americans I've seen tend to have freakishly good teeth.

Quid

Flippy_D wrote: »

Teeth really aren't that bad. Then again, Americans I've seen tend to have freakishly good teeth.

Hear that people? Their teeth aren't bad ours are too good.

Robos A Go Go

British slang is adorable.

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Duki

British slang is fucking horrible and I hate it.

Hey mate let's go get some choppin'.

Quid

Their was a Scottish born immigrant in my old battalion and the fucker was nigh incomprehensible when drunk.

Dalboz

For some reason, the British seem to find a man wearing a dress to be the apex of comedy.

Flippy_D

Yeah, back in the late 60's.

Come on, we're way past this by now.

Also: The War At Home.

What the fuck, America.

Hakkekage

poncy poncy poncy
pish posh
wot wot
tea and crumpets
fish and chips

ponce ponce ponce around the estate guvna

wot

*bow* I'll be here all week

Pirate Viper

You gave me Dr. Who. Enough said.

Zandracon

I found British food to be delicious when I visited there. Though that might have been due to me having a diet consisting of cup noodles back then. But I think it's tasty.

Robos A Go Go

Does the UK ever remake American tv?

Ebz123

Our (British) comedy rocks, go pretty much anywhere in the world and it will come up when you talk to people about Britain.

But the drinking, yeah, We are not classy drinkers, for the most part. That said, a proper British, pub, serving good beer rather than just chucking crap lager and alcopops down people's throats is a wondrous and beautiful thing.

Hakkekage

Brits, move over for the Scots

Look at this sexy guy



You can't make 'em better than that

EDIT: and another thing, closing all your shops while you have daylight until 11 PM in summer is uncool.

Flippy_D

I don't think I've ever heard of an example of that, no. American shows that we show, off the top of my head:

House, The West Wing, 24, CSI stuff, Simpsons, Family Guy, Friends, Dexter... Diagnosis Murder... Will & Grace for a bit, Desperate Housewives... Lost.

There are more. They come and go, mostly on channel 4 and 5.

Also: The Sorceror's Stone? The Golden Compass?

Quid

Robos A Go Go wrote: »

Does the UK ever remake American tv?

I believe Coupling was meant to essentially be a British version of Friends. Which made the American version of Coupling ironic and disappointing. That's all I'm aware of.

Flippy_D

I.. don't think Coupling was that much like friends. In as far as I can recall. Similar format but different characters and flavour for sure.

Ebz123

Robos A Go Go wrote: »

Does the UK ever remake American tv?

Yes, but it tends to be game shows and now reality shows (The Apprentice for example), I can't think of any British remakes or American comedy though, whereas there are lots of American remakes of British comedies. That said American comedy is big here, you can't turn on a TV without seeing Friends. The Daily Show, Colbert Report, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Arrested Development have quite a cool cachet at the moment.

Quid

Yeah. Not an exact remake or anything, but meant to be the British equivalent of the American show. Mind, this is all just half remembered stuff from years back.

Ebz123

Hakkekage wrote: »

Brits, move over for the Scots

Look at this sexy guy



You can't make 'em better than that

EDIT: and another thing, closing all your shops while you have daylight until 11 PM in summer is uncool.

Britain includes Scotland (for the time being). Which brings me neatly back around to British perceptions of America - We often feel we know a lot more about your country than you know about ours. Any gags based on Americans not knowing much about the world carry a lot of mileage here, especially since W. has been president.

nightmarenny

That 70's show was one

Ebz123

Good find, never heard of it myself. (EDIT - the remake that is, not the original)

Back on the topic of American comedy, I consider The Simpsons at its prime to be one of the finest things ever created.

Basically the UK has contradictory views towards the US, we tend to take the piss but we lap up your culture, then complain about it.

Hakkekage

Ebz123 wrote: »

Hakkekage wrote: »

Brits, move over for the Scots

Look at this sexy guy



You can't make 'em better than that

EDIT: and another thing, closing all your shops while you have daylight until 11 PM in summer is uncool.

Britain includes Scotland (for the time being). Which brings me neatly back around to British perceptions of America - We often feel we know a lot more about your country than you know about ours. Any gags based on Americans not knowing much about the world carry a lot of mileage here, especially since W. has been president.

I know that, but if I'm going to separate the lot of you, I'll call them Scots and call you Brits. Like how we separate northerners and southerners.

Ebz123

Ok, just seems like a weird way to do it, like making a division between Alaskans and Americans.

Actually that makes a lot of sense.

Elki

Nobody told me the British were coming!

Tycho wrote:

Seeing the new McFarlane "Twisted Land of Oz" toys got us thinking about American McGee's Oz, about which fairly little is known. We do, however, have some insights on his next project.

As I mentioned on Friday, we did indeed go check out Brute Force - and came away with a pretty good feeling about it. The feeling wasn't good the whole time, as you'll see below.

The PR Manager initially tried to cloak the game conceptually in a "Tactical Shooter" motif, but since your tactical options often amount to shooting your gun or not shooting it, we needn't spend much time meditating on that moniker. There is nothing wrong with a game where all you do is shoot things, provided it is fun and rewarding to do so. And it is. The ragdoll physics, as seen in games like UT2k3 or Raven Shield, are satisfying and well executed. The areas we saw were visually diverse, but you may not have much time to appreciate them as mutants will be shooting you almost the whole time.

Brute Force is the name of a special forces unit that is built, soldier by soldier, into the skill-balanced entourage you might have seen in glossy promotional materials. You have the Tank, the Assassin, the Sniper, and a Primal Reptile Man, which means they could also make a decent rock band. Each has special abilities which correlate to their function, like the ability to dual-wield firearms, engage a cloaking device, and so forth that are powered by an ability bar below your health. Each character also has varying levels of health and ability, so trying to act out of a given soldier's role is inadvisable. You can give orders and assign waypoints via an easy-to-use command system you control with the D-pad and face buttons.

We were told that other editors have come away from the game wowed by the graphics, but that was most certainly not our initial assessment. It looked alright, but it wasn't until we got it off the High Definition TV and onto a regular television that it really started to shine. On the first television, the aliasing was fairly intense and robbed otherwise scenic vistas of their power. Honestly, I think it might have just been this build, because the graphics are indeed very good, I'd even say great, on a regular television.

I think that the Lizard Man looks stupid. All the characters are extremely generic in appearance, take a gander at some art if you think I'm just being jaded - but the Lizard Man is inexcusable in my opinion. Our offer to look at concept art and initial screenshots still stands, developers. If you are thinking, "I wonder if my ridiculous Lizard Man looks too stupid," that is a question you can get answered the same day. Our addresses are on the site.

Brute Force sports two sorts of multiplayer, Deathmatch and Squad Deathmatch, which may require some explanation. In deathmatch, up to eight can play as any of the main characters or the enemies, provided you have collected their "DNA" which is sometimes hidden in level. Since each of these enemies also has a special ability, collecting them can be an excellent way to keep things fresh in that mode. Clever rolling bombs that seek out your foes also keep things fresh by destroying human beings. Squad Deathmatch gives each player a team of four, and - using the sensible and ergonomic interface for controlling squadmates in single player - humans may do battle with an AI entourage.

It might sound like I didn't like it very much, and it's true that I like some things better than others. But, let's remember - this is a shooter we're talking about, and a fun one, so a Lizard Man being dumb or a Jagged Edge on Some Polygons in High Definition Mode isn't something that is going to keep me awake at night. I have every intention of purchasing the game, but let's be clear - I am getting it for the four player co-operative campaign, and that's about it. I appreciate that new missions will be made available over Live, but without actual Live play I doubt I am going to see much DM. If a Deathmatch game comes up when we have Xboxes hooked together, it's not going to be Brute Force. I'll give you a hint which game is going to get played: It's Round, And Angels Wear it.

Before we left, apparently press copies of Phantasy Star Online for the Xbox had just arrived, and we were treated to them. They are likely to regret that come Wednesday.

(CW)TB out.

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