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CD Project Red for the most part has a good track record, that was until their highly awaited games, Cyberpunk 2077 a broken and sometimes, unplayable mess was released. It has since gotten better over the year it has been out, but it is still not 100% all there. That being said, CD Projekt Red faced a lot of backlash for rushing this game to release, and rightfully so, they deserved the backlash. But, do you think they will learn from this and will not repeat this same mistake with their future games? Or, could they end up failing us again down the road?

Been on the lookout for a new gaming chair for a while now. I'm currently using this old office chair I got from a thrift store a while ago, and it gets uncomfortable after sitting for too long. I tried looking through Amazon, but I am questioning the quality of chairs they offer, as a lot of the chairs they list for sale is unknown brands for the most part. So I've decided to go to the manufacturers site from now on and find chairs that way. I was thinking about getting a cheap recliner instead, but idk if that would work out so well for me.

Are there any good pro wrestling games on mobile? I downloaded some pro wrestling management game recently, but couldn't get into it. I am looking for one that has all in one, a wrestling game, with a management game. One where I can run multiple shows and hire/fire wrestlers. I think that wrestling revolution 3d is on mobile, but I want something that's a bit more "quality". Any suggestions?

That's the thing, there needs to be a change now rather than later. EA doesn't seem to feel bad about their many mistakes, and they keep making them. The good news is, that sales have been lacking for a while, especially with battlefield. I hope after this, they rethink their strategy. I hope 2042 doesn't sell well, because maybe then they will listen. But I honestly doubt anything will change until they get caught doing something really bad.

Are there any good games like The Sims that you'd recommend checking out? Not the sim city style, but more of the actual Sims where you control a person, build a home, go to work, etc. I was thinking of picking up Sims 4 finally, but also wanted to look into other games like it. What would you say the best alternative would be to The Sims?

I recently found out that there are esports teams that are starting to come out of high schools and colleges near me. I guess some schools are starting to make their own esports teams, and also have courses set up for esports. And of course I'm late to the party because I never had such things when I was in high school. I had computer maintenance and repair, not esports. 😞 But I'm pretty psyched that this is happening though, because this means that future generations will be into video games, and we may see esports grow even more. And hey, being able to play games while in school, well damn, I wish I was a kid again lol. Anyway, if I didn't deal with social anxiety, I think I would have started my own esports course in one of my local schools. I think it'd be cool to be a teacher in that field, but I doubt I'd make it considering I'm no pro gamer lol.

Jump scares may have been effective in the past, but these days it's just lazy, just like hearing violin played in horror movies or massive scenes. I remember Layers of Fear being great when I first played it, but after playing it multiple times over (had to due to glitches in first two playthroughs), the jump scares lost their power. And once I realized the game was mostly about jump scares, I lost a bit of interest in the game. Don't get me wrong, I liked the story and the atmosphere, but that game was all about the jump scare and it turned me off to it. I like when a horror game is creative, has a spooky atmosphere and tries different things. idk, I guess I just feel that horror games are becoming tamer. But what do you guys think? Are jump scares a lazy scare tactic these days?

For those wondering about the problems the remastered trilogy had, watch this video from whatculture about all the things that were removed from the game. I am not going to be buying this trilogy set until it's fixed. The good news though, is that Rockstar did re-release the original PC versions of these games on Steam, so I might just get those ones instead and use mods to improve them. Feels like that is probably the route Rockstar should have taken instead of remastering mobile ports.

Well, mostly having to collect a ton of items that gets you nothing. I can't stand collecting things that aren't really needed. Like in the Assassin Creed games, having to collect feathers and other items. It just gets really tedious to have to do that. And when they tie it into an achievement, I usually don't bother unless it's easy and I can traverse through the map really fast. Otherwise I just don't have the patience.

I don't get into all genres, but I would say I fall in line with select genres, like; action, adventure, rpg (some), racing (some), puzzle, horror, open world, etc. I would give any genre a try if I don't normally play it. I'm open to trying new genres as well. The ones I mentioned above are the ones I tend to focus on the most. But, I wouldn't say it's important to me.

EA needs to get their shit together. They have failed countless times over the years with many of their games struggling on release. It's mainly because they push their developers to make unreasonable release dates, and idk why EA can't do more delays. I wonder if these studios have to get EA to approve on a delay, because I bet a lot of their games could have been saved by a couple or few delays. Anthem, Madden, and now Battlefield. It seems every game that releases these days comes with a ton of problems. I think a lot of them fall into the safety net of "Oh we'll fix it up in the next few months to a year, no biggie", so they release it in an unfinished state and make updates/changes later. Things need to change fast, because games can't keep coming out in this quality.

I would say yeah. I consider them on a shelf as display. Just the same as having books on a shelf. I'd say that counts. That is a possibility. I could see digital games bringing some prices up for physical games. Especially if they are rare games physically.

We don't see a lot of peripheral based games anymore, stuff like Guitar Hero, Rock band, and DJ Hero. There are no new games releasing for these devices, but I think it'd be cool if a community of gamers came together to make new games to utilize these devices. There's already a game you can get online to called Clone Hero that you can use the guitar from Guitar Hero and Rock Band on, but I would love to play around more with the DJ Hero controller and the drum set for Rock Band in PC games. It's likely that we won't be seeing anymore games in this genre for the foreseeable future.

I don't really bother all that much with reviews anymore to be honest. I think I've started to rely more on social media reaction if anything. If a game is good, I'll see something on twitter or facebook, or see praise for weeks. Reviews are great, don't get me wrong. I just don't usually bother with them anymore. I just never see the point to. But that's just me, I've gotten used to public reactions showing me the way, reviewers are just a part of it.

I don't use wishlist features a whole lot with gaming for some reason. I think I have two games on my wishlist in Steam, those being Mafia Definitive Edition..., I'll just take a screenshot of the ones in there, it's easier. I'm tempted to get Mafia, but idk if I want to pay even that much for it. I'm cheap lately lol.

Of course the game is dealing with hackers now. It seems to be coming more from the PC side of it, and fans are asking for the option to turn crossplay off. I played the game with my nephew last night, and wasn't getting into it. I also have no clue if I encountered any hackers, but I assume there was some. Or I just suck at Halo, idk lol. But seriously, I guess we can't have good things. Do you hope they release an option to turn off crossplay? I won't be able to as I'm on PC, so I guess I'll just have to deal with the hackers as best I can. With this also being free to play, hackers will have a much easier time with it too. You can read the full story below. https://knowtechie.com/cheaters-in-halo-infinite-are-becoming-a-massive-problem-heres-what-theyre-up-to/

Do you guys like to display any of your games? Maybe it be in a collection, on a shelf, or maybe it be more unique, like a shadow box, or maybe a picture frame you made for the purpose. Think like how some people put their music albums on their wall to display, think like that with video games. Do you have any video games on display? Also, I think I'd count it if people were to make art out of their games. Also, maybe you display your favorite game(s) on a stand or something. I doubt most people display games like that, especially due to how bulky some games and their cases are, but I can see some people display their favorite games at least.

Do you or anyone you know get anxiety playing games? I will be honest, and say that I have been anxious when it comes to some games. One game that comes to mind, is Metal Gear Solid 3. Back when it came out, I stopped myself from playing it from time to time, because I couldn't get into the controls. I loved the game, but I would literally get anxiety if I thought about playing it. I don't know why. Maybe it was the challenge, or the controls, or something else. Anyway, do you know anyone who is like this? Or maybe you are too? I'm not like this anymore, but usually for me, it was with horror games, but even games that weren't horror, I would get anxiety while playing. Is that weird? Maybe. I think it's just that my skills are lacking, and I hate to suck at video games lol.

Fighting for sure. Sneaking is more fun and I feel more relaxed doing it. Going in and fighting though, could result in more people coming after you. With some stealth games even, you can go through the mission without killing someone. Games like Deus Ex and Dishonored allowed you to go through the game without killing, utilizing stealth to get to the end game. Sometimes it's cool playing the ninja who just sneaks around. But with fighting or going the loud approach, it may be fun for some, but it's also easier if that makes sense? idk, I just like sneaking around in games and doing the objectives without the enemy knowing.

Depends on the game and enemy. I think for the most part, if an enemy takes too long to kill, it could also be a scripted segment, like you're meant to lose. There are a lot of boss battles in games, where you aren't meant to win the battle, instead you're supposed to lose to further the story. There have been times where I would fight a boss like that, and then when I lose I realize it was scripted. But, there are also scripted fights you can beat. I think some in Dark Souls are like that, especially with the first boss. Because when you face him right away, it's nearly impossible to kill him, but games have, or so I've heard. Oh, same with that Sekiro game, because I think you can face off with the main boss, and win. Of course he has like three stages, so it's tough, but I heard that you could beat him the first time, it just takes skill.

Worst game breaking glitch, that's a good one. I think for me, it probably was in Cyberpunk 2077. Considering that game has autosave, I accidentally fell under the map during one segment, and I had feared it would autosave while I was down there, and in turn I'd be stuck and would lose the progress I just achieved. Thankfully I was able to climb out of the glitch somehow and it didn't save there. But I had various encounters with glitches in that game where I'd thought I'd be stuck and would have to reload an older save. Other than that. WWE 2K20 is full of game breaking glitches, mostly ones that just close out the game, but there are moments in Universe mode where if you use a created character, they sometimes won't show up in cutscenes. Fun times!

Battlefield 2042 came out a broken mess recently and fans are not happy. It's another case of a game being rushed to release. I mean hell, the game doesn't have a voice chat, and instead of adding more stuff in, they have taken out modes, have less maps, guns and drivable vehicles. It's clear this game was not ready for release. Maybe instead, they should have tried the free to play method for this game. It's clear EA can't be bothered to let their devs work on games until they are complete. They must love the news every year about how awful their games turn out on release. It's like a trend for them at this point. I doubt EA will change, they will still push for early release dates, and will let the developers deal with the backlash. Anyway, this game will be fixed eventually, but gamers shouldn't be subjected to a $60 or $70 game that is a downgrade from previous entries and is a broken mess. I really believe they will end up making this game free to play eventually due to all these issues at launch. Just something about it feels like that is going to be the outcome. But, what do you think? Can Battlefield 2042 recover? Or is this game just destined to continue to fail?

It pretty much already has. Activision and Blizzard are getting a ton of hate from fans and even their own employees. I think it's safe to say, that this whole thing is hurting the company, and rightfully so. They are trying to keep someone in charge who knew about sexual assault allegations and did nothing about them, they deserve to lose money until it's resolved imo. If they don't want to get rid of Bobby boy, then the next thing that will happen is more investors will start to pull out. I'm pretty sure their investors have wanted Kotick out as well, so I wonder if any will pull their funding until he's kicked out. But seriously, I don't get how this guy is still CEO of this company. I guess he just doesn't care that he's an awful person at this point.

Oh for sure. There's just too much risk with it, and I don't think Steam is interested in keeping an eye on these types of games, considering how much could actually go wrong. I think it's smart on their part, because they probably don't have anything to keep track of that anyway. So maybe down the road once they have rules set in place, but right now NFTs are so new, that there's still a lot that needs work on I think. Yeah true, if they aren't making money from it, they shouldn't allow it. Especially if the game makes a lot of money through NFT. Maybe Steam will release their own NFT marketplace or something. You never know with how the digital world is these days.

The drama is that Bobby Kotick knew about sexual abuse allegations in his company and attempted to ignore them, after previously stating he did not even know. He even allowed some of the alleged abusers stay on the job. Check the video that Shagger posted above from ReviewTechUSA, he talks about what happened and why everyone is having a fuss over this guy.