After about 90-100 mins of gameplay, I'm thoroughly enjoying this game
and have begun to formulate some thoughts on the pros and cons of the
game.
The good.

What Have You Been BUYING... In October?
No its not to antagonize Spalls cause I respect him as a fellow
PC Gamer and neither is to divert attentions.
I admire his now classic monthly poll but something is missing.

No surprise really, but Crytek's jaw-dropping PC FPS Crysis and Xbox 360 and
PS3 shooter Army of Two now form part of EA's fiscal 2008 year, which begins
April 1, 2007.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6160951.html?tag=latestnews;title;0

I play games like MOH (AA and PA), WWII Sniper, Mafia, Max Payne,
Battlefield 1942 and Vietnam.  I like playing the online versions of those
that do so.  I'd like to find something that is a little less shoot-em-up
though.  Something between say, Battlefield and ToonTown Online.. ...

Gameplay Features Interview
http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=14491&type=mov&pl=game
http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=14491&type=wmv&pl=game
Developer Commentary

is it a blast game like deus ex 1 ?

Here is an interesting article on Valve bringing multi core support to
Source. It is pretty techy, and is the best discussion of multicore
game support I have read, regardless of engine or platform.
http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2006/11/02/Multi_core_in_the_Source_Engin/1.html

NPD chart in the US for the week ending oct 24:
 1. World Of Warcraft - Blizzard
 2. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of War Dark Crusade - THQ
 3. The Sims 2 Glamour Life Stuff - Electronic Arts

Definitely one to watch for me. It's some way off yet, but having got
huge enjoyment out of "Undying" I'm eager to play this one.
Slightly disappointed that it's 3rd person, but never mind, the
write-up and screenshots have wetted my appetite.

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4072&Itemid=2
2K Games and Valve have announced an agreement to bring a collection of 2K
PC games to online distribution service Steam.
PC versions of Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Sid Meier's Civilization III,

I don't know if anyone in the group played any of the original "They
Hunger" episodic mods that Neil Manke released a few years ago.
Based on the Half-Life engine, those top quality mods offered some
first class Survival-Horror gaming played in 1st person perspective

Thanks to Rob we now know Dark Messiah Retail single-player
has NO STEAM and NO PRODUCT ACTIVATION. This is GREAT!
So obviously there is only one thing to do: BUY IT!
The developers did their job now its our turn, meaning BUYING!

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I was just window shopping.  I saw this was posted at a.b.cd.image
about 24 hours ago.

As per the title.
Ordered this on Thursday (along with BF2142).
For £1.99 delivered this is a no brainer.  Really enjoying it so far.
http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/webstore/productpage.asp?productcode=RM00322&title=xiii