Comments on: Plan B Is Live

By: MadJax

MadJax — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:25:25 +0000

The book was made of pure star-fucking awesome man! Keep up the good work! :D

By: Zig13

Zig13 — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:33:03 +0000

Does you lovely book have a lovely ISBN number? I want it to so I can put it on aNobii

By: CloakRaider

CloakRaider — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:43:41 +0000

I've tried to enjoy Gal Civ 2 so many times, trying to replicate the almost breathtaking events that you seem to come across, but alas every time I have failed.

And now I'm going to install it again.
Bloody good read, bloody good read...

By: Ludo

Ludo — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:29:58 +0000

Plan B is fantastic, Tom! Good to see PCG taking advantage of your ability to write THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS of words on one topic and still have it be massively entertaining all the way through.

Also to all of you who have the book, don't miss the little disclaimer on page 4.

By: Schtee

Schtee — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:55:54 +0000

...also, p.47, inset quote text reads "Get your filthy money face off my screen". I found it funny.

By: Schtee

Schtee — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:41:47 +0000

Yay! Grabbed GalCivII from HMV the other day for a fiver, read the blog diary and was thus forced to buy the expansions online. Read that you were following it up with this book and was forced to buy Gamer for the first time in a while.

Really wasn't a turn-based fan until now. Never 'got' Civ but reading someone putting a lot more soul into a game compelled me to spend monies. Good work, Mr. F.

By: Jason L

Jason L — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:07:56 +0000

We'll see - despite my backhanded acid tongue above, it was half my screwup and I've emailed MFM asking whether they've shipped it/can change my order. It's possible things could still turn out lovely, and if it doesn't I'll probably just save up and get the new issue or live without. I believe in paying for my own mistakes. Congrats on landing the Spore review!

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:25:36 +0000

Oh no! If you mail me your address, I can post you out a copy of the right issue - I have a couple put aside.

Pod: yep, it's me. I believe I mention the fish headed monster, but he is not pictured.

By: Jason L

Jason L — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:27:37 +0000

Actually I now find that that earlier comment was a lie. Well, not a lie I guess - you still sold an extra copy and that copy's still coming here - but I just blew twenty bucks on the previous issue which doesn't contain the stuff I want. Thanks, myfavouritemagazines.co.uk! You're competent and timely! It's been so long I'd forgotten that gaming magazines go two months ahead...dammit.

By: Pod

Pod — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:26:59 +0000

I'm buying PCG on thursday for the Spore Ree-view. Did you write it? Did Flubblewick get into the snapshots? I hope the mutli-headed fish beast did. I'd be famous then, me.

By: Liam C.

Liam C. — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:04:58 +0000

Wow my pc can run this game. I may attempt to buy it.

By: Drug Crazed Dropkick

Drug Crazed Dropkick — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:39:39 +0000

Tom, any chance of an unedited version? Just because I like to fill my hard drive with loads of your ramblings :D

Nice read, and I loved the fact that you kept to your initial plan, and didn't stray from it at all. The last move you played was a great move though, I have to say.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:20:44 +0000

Just finished my first EVER game of GalCiv2, technology victory =D
I gave all my stuff to the Snathi just before I won in tribute certain other bunny races.

By: Jason L

Jason L — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:36:26 +0000

Well, you sold one more copy of the mag. I'd been wanting to check out PCGUK for a while, and this tipped the balance. A copy is even now setting out for the New World in my name.

By: Liam C.

Liam C. — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:30:32 +0000

spore? i'll look into seeing if my pc can run that, looked pretty sweet but i just didn't think it would. I'll be buying a new graphics card soon anyway so i'll start buying pc gamer reqularly after that. Looking forward to reading the book.

By: Devenger

Devenger — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:53:13 +0000

Read the whole thing, then read the whole thing again right afterwards. The writing was enticing - you utter failure to complete primary objectives hilarious - but the second reading was more out of interest as to how GalCiv works - I've never played anything from the series before. So, thanks for the nice short reading, but thanks even more for the exposure to what I'm going to call the 'whoa, strategy sounds fun for once' effect. Hell, I might even buy the game if I can't find someone to borrow it off first (I'm one of those wary gamers who doesn't buy something unless they've completed it, or I trust the developers with my life). Keep up the good game-narrating!

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:43:32 +0000

Mr Brit: Okay, that mistake was mine - I had a feeling it might be when I had to read your quote three times before I could see what was wrong with it.

Sam: Yes! Thanks! It is my secret hope that someone out there will know what "Peary! Noooooo!" is a callback to.

Liam: Yay. If you can run Guild Wars okay, I'd be surprised if you couldn't run Spore.

By: Liam C.

Liam C. — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:17:23 +0000

I'm think i will get this thursdays PC gamer just for this. My pc itsn't to good to play all the games within' the mag but lets just hope they mention a game i can play (diablo 2....unreal tournament...guild wars?) so that's readable to me aswell XD

By: The_B

The_B — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:29:22 +0000

YOU MAKE GOOD BOOK.

Sorry, am I making it too obvious I'm still suffering from TF2 withdrawl?

By: Mr. Brit

Mr. Brit — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:23:00 +0000

and...er... Sci-fi?