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I'd play a game set on the Trans-Siberian Railway :-)
Go for it, man.

I really want to make a mystery game that takes place on a train, ...

Then check this out...
http://www.agathachristiegame.com/motoe/

Talking of biblical games, this doesn't look too shabby...
http://www.heaventhegame.com/

And here's a nice interview with the game's creator...
http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/547/
apparently God told him to make it.

When I watched Trainspotting in English I only understood approximately 2/3 of what has been said in the movie.

Try reading the book then!  I did, and gave up...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/reader/0099465892/ref=sib_fs_top?ie=UTF8&p=S00H&checkSum=7aPv4be2hcnfV4PHrGw8x7%2BQmqwohFoLjZaVCmv3AjY%3D#reader-link

Broken Sword is another example of internal monologue being rendered well. If I remember correctly, George wasn't animated while thinking, the text was displayed in a different colour and the recording had different equalisation. This is the approach I'd favour for a serious game.

If I'm not mistaken, doesn't George Stobbart talk in the past tense when narrating, as though recalling the story.  So when he's talking to Nico he'd say 'Nico, I can't open the door', but when he's narrating he'd say 'I couldn't open the door...'

I might be remembering it wrong, but either way, that's a good trick to use to separate the main character's speech from his narration.

The Brummie accent does get a lot of stick, but unfortunately it's not without reason... it is pretty unpleasant to the ears...

As for Geordies, I quite like the Newcastle accent in general, but why to Geordie women have to SQWARRRK like that when they talk?  It hurts!

It's an international pun

I quite like a well-spoken American accent... Frasier Crane, to me, has the perfect American accent... although, he has a great voice to go with it, so maybe I'm just judging his voice...

I generally don't really like the southern accent... but it can be damn sexy when coming out of a hot chick... but then again... I might just be judging the hotness of the chick (and even though she's getting on a bit, I could listen to Dolly Parton's voice all day).

I can't really tell the different between, say, Florida and California, although I'm sure there is a massive difference.

And the New York accent is fascinating... I love how such a small area in such a large country has such a very unique accent when the rest of the country is pretty much the same (to my untrained ear).

I hate to admit, I can't tell the difference between a Canadian and an American accent either (except when the Canadian's start speaking French... that's always a clue).

I like how the dialect spoken by French-Canadian's is called Canadian-French...

It is still in need of severe teething though... Although you're probably right about it being a bit of a marketing ploy, they wouldn't dream of leaving it wide open for everyone at this moment in time.  Still way too buggy, laggy and unfinished.

I like this discussion  ... to think if we weren't having it we would be having a cussion... how boring would that be.

I have 12 invites (out of 16)... I started with 8 and have no idea where the other 8 came from... anyone get how that works?

My friend told me yesterday about a program he uses called Blender.
It's freeware and he says he prefers it to Maya, which is used in Hollywood and costs thousands of Dollars.

Yep. Definitely one of the most satisfying games to complete.

Here's a bit of a plan of how I'm going to go about this.  I'd appreciate any feedback :-)

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ARi4Vvjmz7BqZGM4ajIzY2ZfMGNkeGYzaGNz&hl=en

Cheers!

Talking of biblical games, this doesn't look too shabby...
http://www.heaventhegame.com/

Not sure why a game about god is bollocks and a game about the devil is awesome since they're both biblical figures, but whatever.

Have you seen the two trailers?

Ahh, well Word gave me the red scrigglies when I typed 'sensical' so I assumed it was not acceptable...

But to be honest I find this whole topic rather portant.

Just found out that 'sensical' isn't a word...
What the hell is the opposite of Nonsensical then?

I'd only been in one Gregg's before I came to Newcastle.

They're fooken everywhere uphere!

The only people I know who read Ullyses cover to cover are English teachers.

Holy cow! My English teacher also read it!

Talking of Joyce, I bought 'Dubliners' in Oxfam yesterday.  Should be a bit more manageable 

As of Twitter... I've all but stopped logging on... I've taken to following random RSS feeds now, instead.