Knight Plug

Sports. I like tennis and pool.

I have been on X to look up information on local sex workers, but I think their attitude sucks. In fact, social media, like YouTube, Facebook, FetLife, etc, is all just toxic as a whole.

Usually daily.

I haven't a clue. Capcom seems to enjoy jumping all over the place. Even I have difficulty making sense of where it's all heading. RE7 just revealed Umbrella had returned, seemingly benevolent this time, with a blue logo. During RE8, Chris finds out the BSAA was using bioweapons. So he's supposed to go to Europe to investigate that, but so far, nothing has become of that cutscene. Then they jump ahead in time, showing Rosemary as a teenager. So none of it adds up. If you ask me, they're 'carrot dangling' to get people to keep buying the games. If they aren't going to fill in these holes, it's kind of pointless to have so many angles in the franchise that goes nowhere.

I started watching The Embalmer.

The second game was better than any of the recent RE games. Yet not one person supported it. I thought it had more to it than RE7, for sure. The game also has loads of Silent Hill vibes. You basically explore a town in a world called STEM, and the gameplay is just like RE4, really, but it definitely feels like you're in Silent Hill. I didn't notice any difference in how this plays and any other big budget horror game. So why nobody cared for it, I have no idea.

I think she has potential to be the main villain. But then they get silly and go with the likes of Alcina Dimitrescu. A vampire mistress. LOL. Apparently, RE9 will feature a villain known as Mr. Simon. He's probably the guy who was talking to Lucas Baker in RE7, who is working for the Connections. This is seen in the Not a Hero DLC. I honestly think they are working on bringing back Umbrella as the primary threat, but how they go about doing it is a bit too slow for my liking. It could even be that the BSAA is not as good as they seem. But this is all rather confusing, giving how they introduce these story aspects in a vague manner. Because Chris working for Umbrella doesn't feel in any way right.

This is something I only just found out about this morning. This is after initially hearing about Tango Gameworks being closed down. Microsoft still has the rights to The Evil Within IP. I'm relieved to learn about Krafton buying the company. The Evil Within will (hopefully) return, because I love the series! 😋

I hope everyone on VGR has a nice Christmas, followed by a great start to 2025. 👍

Police Story with Jackie Chan has the best stunts of his whole career. His Hong Kong movies were always better than the pre-Rumble in the Bronx crap he did in the US. 🤓 I also recommend Project A, as he does some awesome things in that film. And in one scene, he literally falls from a clock tower while he is handcuffed. 🥶

This is pretty LOL. An evil elevator that causes the deaths of people in it or close to it. Really? 🤣 It's by a Dutch director, known for directing Golden Earring music videos.

Last night, I downloaded this YouTube app that halts those irritating ads. I then watched 1981's Ghostkeeper. It's a very obscure Canadian film about three people who meet an old lady after being out in the snow, but she's a strange one. Then one of the group is soon killed. It's a bit slow moving, but watchable.

Since RE9 is likely far away from coming out, what are you hoping becomes of the series in general? I recall some new game with Rebecca Chambers set in a med school was supposed to be the third Revelations game. However, it was likely just gossip. Nothing has been officially confirmed, so maybe it was completely axed. I definitely want the storyline with Alex Wesker to return somehow. Barry Burton adopted Natalia, and you could see the girl was reading a book, with a sinister grin. This suggests Alex is controlling her mind. So despite her death on that island, her body swapping experiment seems to have been a success. But as it is, Capcom often introduces new story aspects, then chooses to ignore much of it. Thus constantly creating a big mess in the canon.

That's becoming normal with games in this era, unfortunately. They show a trailer and then no news arrives for a year or more, making you think it was quietly cancelled. Like for example, Abandoned. I don't think we can expect that will ever be completed, let alone even released.

Tonight, I watched The House of the Dead. It's an obscure 70's film about a guy who meets a mortician. He explains how people died, but all of the stories are rather unusual. But I doubt many people know of this movie.