In case people are wondering about the raft of events suddenly spamming this group, a few of us are trying to make a bit more regular time for playing, so we're making Thursday evenings our gaming nights.

Nothing binding, nothing definite. If you're interested, simply hop online on Thursdays and see who's about for a bash. There'll probably be the usual cast of shooters, co-ops and free-to-play titles on the menu, but if there's anything specific you want to play, just add a post and maybe someone will bite.

And to think, it's only been four years since the last announcement...

Tl;dr - looking for two players to help unlock some of the tougher Alien Swarm achievements! Talk to Comrade Fox or myself if interested.

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Us: two crazy, bored gamers with empty slots in their team. Violent natured with an inclination for drilling cranial ventilation holes. Almost masochistic approach to difficult problems. Little spare time but used intensively. Distinct hatred of facehuggers.

You: 18-59 with own teeth. Killing willing and able to handle yourself in firefight. Knowledge of WADS and M1. GSOH and alien hater. Non-smokers preferred. Must have own microphone!

It's been a while since we took advantage of a free weekend deal on Steam. I've no idea what this game is like or even about, but I've set it downloading if anyone fancies having a bash this evening or tomorrow. The claimed 3.3 GB download is now pumping 4100 MB onto my HDD...

After around four years and probably four hundred updates, TF2 has moved over to a free-to-play model! Seems like a perfectly reasonable time to jump on the bandwagon and use and abuse the sudden glut in new and returning players... or proffer ourselves up as new and returning players to be used and abused!

Following the massive (!) success of our series of Civ III PBEM (Play-by-email) games, and the more recent weekly L4D2 campaigning, there's been rather a lack of any involving activities on the Red Army front for a while.

So here's a suggestion that we start a game of Neptune's Pride, something that is essentially free to play, doesn't take too much time, and runs quietly in the background of a period of weeks or months.

I've pasted the default website blurb below so you can get an idea. If you like the idea, or even if you think it's ♥♥♥♥ and have something better to suggest, please register your interest or lack thereof over on the forums:
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"Neptune's Pride is multiplayer game of Strategy, Intrigue and Galactic Conquest!

The game is a real-time game played over several weeks. You can log in at any time of the day to check the progress of your fleets, view the results of battles and issue new orders.

Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate!"