Kane99

It's a really relaxing game. There's really not much to it. You unpack stuff and put it away in your house/room/bathroom etc. It's essentially moving the game without the moving part. But it's just so relaxing. Also the music is quite nice too.

I don't think they'll have to wait much longer. I think things will start to wind down this year and we'll see more people able to get their consoles. Considering the ps5 has only been out a little over a year now, year 2 should be a lot better.

I can see people lucid dreaming a lot more because of VR. I've had lucid dreams a lot in my life, but haven't mastered how to control them. I know I'm doing things in the dreams, because it feels more real, but I often lose control of it. I could see VR helping that alot. Idk about hypnosis, but I know lucid dreaming is real, it's just very hard to control your own dreams. Usually you'd be dreaming or a deep sleep, so it's tough to take control while asleep. But it can be done. I've had very lucid dreams, but could never master controlling them 100%. With hypnosis, I think you need to be accepting of it, otherwise it doesn't work. It's just a trick of the brain to change habits. It's not like the stuff you see on TV. It's more like a therapy session. My guess on how it works, is that it puts the idea of change in your mind, so you strive for it. Something like that.

I imagine our brains work in vr similarly to how our brains act during general gaming. I remember hearing that gaming slowed down the brain, or the receptors weren't flaring as much while gaming. Don't quote me on that, as idk if that's true. But I swear I heard that gaming rests your brain somewhat. But yeah, if you're not moving around while in VR, I imagine it's different than when you are moving around. I think some people's brains don't realize what they see is fake, so it confuses them. That's why I think people fall for real if they in game.

You have to admit though, the 360 made a comeback after the rrod fiasco they had early on in its run. I don't know how any company could survive with issues like that. It costed them a ton on repairs, but they were able to stay in the fight.

There's a lot of possibilities with VR. It can't give you the realities of it all, but im sure it can help people cope more with the disabilities. VR can also allow you to live in your own world, experience all kinda of things. I imagine VR like having a TV strapped to your head that you can sometimes control and be a part of.

The big factor for me is price. VR isn't cheap right now, and it's not necessarily something everyone can go out and get. Same with new consoles and all that jazz. It will take time for the market to adapt and for people to take more interest. As well, most people need to realize that not everyone wants to mess with VR. Some people get headaches. Oh and most vr headsets require a good enough PC to run. So that's another issue. It's a costly hobby to get into.

Actually, after some more thought, I think I'd say the wii. Originally I wanted one instead of a 360 or ps3, but decided to get a 360 instead. The wii at the time was huge, but I wanted to game with my friends. And I started to see it being a novelty instead of something I'd be happy with. Eventually I played some of the wii, and honestly I didn't see it as bad as I originally did. I never ended up buying one, but I played enough to know if was a decent console with a fun gimmick for the time.

Rockstar is owned by Take-Two who also owns 2K games and some other studios I believe. Rockstar North I think does Rdr, GTA and a few others. There are other Rockstar dev teams out there too. I am not sure about Take-Two though. They've been known as a greedy publisher in recent years. Rockstar has their share of issues, like making their online portions of their games a chore to get through. And I'm pretty sure they've been known to push their devs work longer. I just wish they made games like they used to, where the online mechanics aren't all about making them money. Also, I feel Rockstar has gotten lazy with a lot of there games, especially gta and rdr, because it's become a chore to go from point a to b, and repeat that process the whole game. Just kinda becomes too repetitive, and when I played most, if not, all of their open world games, that makes it even worse. What I'm saying is, they haven't changed the open world formula in a long time, and I think they need to change it up in the future.

I get that. I got rid of my ps1 years ago but got one from a cousin recently. I never plan to get rid of my ps2. But I wouldn't kind getting a ps3 just so I can have one.

Same. I think there's a chance we play against real pros. Maybe we've eveb beaten a few at their own games. But yeah, I wouldn't know either. But with how much we game, I'm sure we encountered pro players we did somewhat good against.

Yeah that's stupid. I get why some would like it, because it gives them time to play with their cars, but some of us just want to do the races and don't care about the other side of it. Wreckfest doesn't require me to drive to a location to start a race. I think it's just another way to keep the gamers playing longer.

It'll just mean more studios popping up, releasing similar content. The problem here is that China makes the rules, literally they pick what games can come out and can't. They're the ones mainly causing these studios to close down. Can't really do much when the country you live in won't release your games. That's what I'm seeing with the article. It's because they put a freeze on games they'd accept.

My nephew is fast becoming a better gamer than myself. He's been playing a lot of Half Life and the Portal games. He seems to be into the development side as well, so I've been kinda letting him know he should try to make video games one day. I think he'd be into that.

Right now, I can't get my mind off of Cards against humanity. I played with some friends recently and we had a blast from start to finish. I'm hoping to host another game this weekend and see where it goes. Other than that, I'm going to jump back into RDR2 soon here, and I know I'm going to get hooked on it again. 😄

Honestly, I think it would have been cool if Nintendo's Virtual Boy worked and was a success. Imagine if VR officially broke out back then? Could you imagine how advanced VR could be today if that was the case? It does make you wonder.

What sucks about friends dropping off the internet, is that there was some good times. I met some awesome people playing COD and other games over the years. People who I even tried to get to come visit. I wish I could go back and reconnect with some of them, but sadly I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon. I'm kinda tempted to go through my friends list, just to see if I can reconnect with people I haven't gamed with in probably 5-10 years now.

Also, some of the Colossus in Shadow of the Colossus were a lot easier than I thought. I remember coming back to my save a many years ago, and had to fight a colossus and it turned out to be pretty easy to get back into. The controls are still messy on the PS2, but it still plays well. I still have like 5 or 6 colossus to defeat yet, and I think I still have the save file from way back then. lol

Another thing that bugs me in video games, is when games don't have a manual save option. Or a save option that you can only get in certain areas. Give me a manual save for all of my games, so that I can save anywhere I want. I've had too many problems in the past with auto saves not working, so I've gotten into the habit of manually saving each time I think it's needed. Because you can never 100% trust the auto save features these days.

I hate when games force you to go a long distance to get to your mission. I get open world games did it because back in the day they were new and cool. But these days, it's just tedious to have to drive from point A to point B, to point C and then back to point A. It's why I found RDR2 to be quite repetitive, because of how long it took to get from mission to mission. Yeah you could use fast travel sometimes, but usually not during actual missions where you're meant to ride to that destination on horseback. The same can be said for GTA V and past GTA titles. Back in the day I'd be psyched to see these open world games, now I find them to be a chore to get done, because it's usually the same "Drive here, shoot bad guys, drive back, end mission" rinse and repeat.

I'd say by now, 2002 is retro. Considering it's now 20 years ago. I think a lot of people are classifying that generation as retro by now. So I'd say it counts. Especially if you grew up then, and have that nostalgic feeling towards it. Retro is just another name for old, and I'd say 20 years is pretty old in terms of video games.

There are a lot of jobs that require you to stand for long hours. I think our bodies could do good with standing for a little while longer. I mean, it's got to be better than sitting down most of the day. But I know some have mentioned working out would give the same effect. And I guess so.

The sad truth is that this is in regards to studios in China. China is notorious for poor treatment of their citizens and are very strict when it comes to video games. I wouldn't doubt it's partly due to China's rules that have caused issues for many of these studios. A lot of them may be legit studios trying to make good games, but doing so in China is kinda a lose lose situation.

True, but you gotta be constant with the skills. I wish I was able to be a pro gamer and make money each time, but so many people do these tournaments that it'd be tough to win them all.

Do you guys get into those gamer foods or beverages? I've never been a fan of them myself. Mainly because I think it's garbage upon garbage. I remember mountain dew did a lot of those gamer drinks. Never was a fan of them. Do you guys drink any of that stuff?