Bluebird Hewitt

Not sure how many of us work for the NHS here (maybe @DeadLinesman), but NHS staff can get a free game via a link in the below article. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-04-29-uk-devs-to-give-thousands-of-games-to-nhs-staff

Apparently in Newcastle as a trial to start and more to follow afterwards. Something you want to tell us @Harvsky?

For those interested, Alien Isolation is available on Steam for £1.50. I admittedly never got round to finishing this but at that price, it's a no brainer. Apparently can have a VR mode if you fancy a heart attack at some point. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-04-27-the-brilliant-alien-isolation-is-just-gbp1-50-for-alien-day Also, I think @Danny and possibly @nudge were most interested, but Sega are giving Total War: Shogun 2 away for free. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-04-26-sega-wants-to-give-you-total-war-shogun-2-for-free-as-a-thankyou-for-staying-at-home Have a look if interested. Also forgot to mention that I think Pac-Man: Championship Edition 2 is available for free across all platforms.

Meh. I guess.

Without being a bit of a selfish twat, considering the circumstances and the fear of a second spike, surely these should be free.

It's shit like this which highlights the failures of society again. Why spread horseshit when there's no proof or sources of this? On a lighter note, here's an article showing some of the excuses the police in Wales have heard, as well as having a few unwanted English visitors at this time. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-52386123

Interesting, though I can't see anything local regarding this for Cardiff and Newport (though both areas have been badly hit, with mine not too far behind). Not too surprising mind as cities will get the brunt of this regardless.

Where have you heard this to, out of curiosity?

We can blame our governments all we want in the UK. But when you get this sort of behaviour, it really does show the shit stains of society.

I know it's horrible to mourn at this time, but this is completely unacceptable. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-52396748 Cunts.

Actually, after just seeing a headline from the Guardian, another part of this is that we have seen (to an extent) which businesses and business owners have any sort of morals and ethics and which don't. While I don't want to go into anything huge right now, Mike Ashley (not hard admittedly) and Richard Branson (which triggered this) have come out as right cunts in this.

This is what frustrates me as well. We can continue to rip into the governments in the UK all we want, but when people choose to ignore basic advice (because some are too thick to realise that local is not 20 miles away to have a picnic), it's difficult to continue blaming government's constantly. At the same time mind, we have seen the other side of this, such as people pulling together to help others, things like Captain Tom Moore raising a ridiculous amount of money and the appreciation to NHS staff during this time.

Our Health Minister in Wales has said that we have a few days full PPE left. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-52370677

Ffs.

Well this may be the best excuse coming from the Welsh Government explaining why they have missed their target of 5,000 tests a day by mid April and then outright ditching a target. According to our Health Minister Vaughan Gething, he said that 'the coronavirus has spread less than expected when the target was announced, saying that the viruses circulation in Wales was expected to be much higher', as well as 'external factors' like the delay of equipment contributing to the decision to ditching test targets. Finally, in what can only be the best excuse made from all this. Let's remind ourselves that despite the social distancing measures in place, which in itself should be positive seeing as that's what we're following in Wales, the UK government are being heavily criticised for not testing enough and not hitting their own targets. If we get hit with a second wave, we will be well and truly fucked by the Welsh Labour Government.

Same here. Think I topped up shortly before lockdown began and still have a good three quarters in the car. Just as well as the car isn't the best for short distances.

@nudge, I was flicking through articles on Eurogamer and came across this on PC. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-04-20-industries-of-titan-has-the-potential-to-be-one-of-the-great-management-games Haven't read the article fully so not sure if this is your cup of tea.

First Minister Mark Drakeford has now said that the 5,000 tests a day target by mid April was 'not achievable in practice', partially due to things out of their control, such as equipment and reagent chemicals coming from overseas (which I'm pretty sure the UK government have been criticised for). Now he has abandoned the target that was 'given to him in good faith' as 'he had confidence from those developing testing' and has not given any indication as to how much testing they hope to achieve. So that's 1,300 a day tops for the foreseeable future and we aren't even close to hitting that already. I know I've said plenty of times that this isn't the time to politicise and criticise, but this just proves the sheer incompetence of Welsh Labour once more.

Sorry, I meant from the Twitter guy, not you.

Not sure if that's a fishing attempt or not really.

Hope he pulls through.

Welsh Labour saying that Wales could stay in lockdown, even if restrictions are lifted elsewhere in the UK. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-52324070

Probably because I did. But it does help others that might not have played the remake yet, even if they played the original.

Wouldn't mind something like that but don't really have a PC for most of them.

Forgot to mention @Mel81x that I played it a bit more last weekend and have now........