I re-subscribed to Empire for £19.99 (for 6 months) and got the new AC for free. Nice.

Ferrell surely?

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is absolutely fantastic. Having said that I think I'm already half way through and I only got it yesterday.

I traded in some games for a pre-owned copy of Metro 2033 earlier in the week. I lasted 20 minutes on it. The atmosphere and premise are interesting but the first person viewpoint was jerky, cheap and nasty, the gunplay was about as interesting as watching paint dry. There was absolutely no excitement in rattling off a load of rounds at mutants. I returned it the next day and claimed it was present for someone who turned out to own it already. I've now got money on a Game trade-in card in anticipation of the new Medal of Honor next week.

'ONE. POINT. TWENEE-ONE GIGAWATTS!'

Not exactly a new game, but I just finished Alan Wake. It's a bit short for my liking but superb nonetheless.

It's awesome.

Surely it's a sequel?

Thought it was superb.

I picked up The Force Unleashed for 8 quid on eBay. It's nowhere near as ropey as some of the reviews made out. Really not bad at all.

I saw Salt last night. It's excellent, save for the ludicrous sequence in which Angelina poses as a bloke.

Indeed. Apologies, that was tasteless.

Glad someone has enjoyed it. Widely acknowledged as being about as funny as cancer.

I saw The Expendables earlier. I thought it was terrible and dreadfully old-fashioned (notwithstanding the fact that it is supposed to be an 80s throwback). Not recommended.

I just saw The A-Team. It's absolutely fantastic and I can't recommend it highly enough. How Empire scored it lower than that atrocious Twilight nonsense is beyond me.

That's supposed to be cracking though Flopsy.

I saw Inception last night and I'm still recovering from it. It's a hulking behemoth of film. It's exciting, mind-bending, unbelievably smart and incredible to look at. Nolan as a director is absolutely at the top of his game.

I'm loving Matisyahu's second studio album Light.

Empire's take on Inception.

His exclusion says it all. The World Cup's in his own country, the whole nation is behind the team, he's the main man and still he looks like a walrus. What an utter tosser.

I agree with that. 12A strikes again.

I saw Robin Hood last night. Hugely enjoyable stuff and fantastic looking as you would imagine from Ridley Scott.

I like Quantum of Solace a lot. It's not Casino Royale but it is far superior to every Brosnan film save GoldenEye

Saw Iron Man 2 last week. Very, very blah.

Chris Nolan hasn't made a bad film yet.