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Controversial opinion, idk if I really have one. Or one that I can't think of. I'm literally drawing a blank. It's kind of like saying there should be no religious movies. I say let the religious people out there have their movies and games. I don't think it's going to hurt anyone. Religion and games have been co-existing forever now though. Assassin's Creed for example is heavily inspired by religion, and has a lot of themes regarding it. I'm no fan of religion being forced onto us in games or in movies, but I just ignore that type of media. 😄

I've seen many vids online of parents destroying their children's consoles because of bad behavior. That sort of thing has never happened to me. I haven't had so much of a console taken away from me either. But, has anyone here had a parent that took their consoles away or even destroyed them if you didn't behave? I want to hear your stories and why your parents did it.

Here are the top 10 video games, that are impossible to 100% after you get to the credits. What are some games you remember wanting to finish 100%, but once you beat it, it stopped you from playing again?

According to a report from MP1st, Respawn Entertainment, creators of Apex Legends, stole the design of another games character. The game in question is Bulletville, a multiplayer shooter. Apex Legends released a new character called "Fuse" which is close in style as Bulletville's Hunter character. You can view the image below. Does it look like they took inspiration? Is it too similar? \ Bulletfille's character is on the left, and was in production before Fuse. In fact, the article points out that they did a play test with EA at some point, so they likely saw the character and took inspiration from it. To me, it looks too similar. From the arms, the look, the hair, to even the belt buckle. What do you guys think?

This game is going to be something else. Capcom released a live stream yesterday showcasing the new Resident Evil 8: Village. It's an hour long stream with a demo of the game, and the trailer. Check it out below and let us know what you think. As well, I hear the demo for the game is out now on the PS5, so get at it while it's available for download. 🙂

Well well well, looks like Xbox Live is going up in price. Not quite sure why, but I suspect it could be in relation to Game Pass. Though they don't really say that's why. Anyway, according to Xbox themselves, 1 month of XBL will be increasing by $1, 3 months by an extra $5 and 6 months would put you back $60, which is what it was for 12 months in the past. Anyway, what do you think of this? I have been mostly getting game pass, and since that isn't changing in price. And the good news, is that you can use all of your months and convert it to Game Pass Ultimate instead. And I think that's what their intention is, XBL gold will probably just merge with ultimate at some point. Because, I suspect that XBL gold will gradually just go away. And the pricing you see, is probably going to reflect the Ultimate pricing now. You can read this news here - https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/01/22/update-on-xbox-live-gold-pricing/

I used to report people all the time back in the 360 days. I even had a clan where I would snitch on people who hacked and cheated. I would even report people who said horribly offensive things and had offensive names. I would never report anyone because they were a noob or bad at the game though. If you did, you could get banned for filing false reports. I only reported people I know where hacking and cheating (mostly Call of Duty, as it was easy to see lol) and who were extremely offensive. (racism, homophobia, etc) But yeah, these days I don't play much online games. If I do, it's with friends and we stick to private parties anyway. I haven't reported anyone in a long time.

Yeah, not many people play Pinball these days. I think the only places that still might have them, are hotels, theaters, bars, and other places. With this thing, they are adding a bunch of pinball games in there. 🙂 I kind of want to get one of these for my dad, as he used to play pinball a lot as a kid and teen.

Does Max Payne count? He always has this inner turmoil he goes over. He is also the narrator of his own story, so it's essentially him speaking about himself.

I agree, the demo isn't the big issue here. But, it's going to be used against them because they've already been known to lie about the product. And you know this how? They didn't need much time to see the problems last gen had though. And lets face it, the PC version isn't free of the same errors either. I've seen a lot of the same exact bugs in the PC version that I've seen in the last gen version. They knew this game wasn't finished, and they willingly shipped it out because they wanted that holiday money. As well, the whole "they did it because of death threats" is bs. This game clearly needed another delay, and a long one at that, and it would have been the best thing for them, considering they probably wouldn't be facing down 4 different lawsuits. They're getting way more hate now than they ever did after their last delay. It doesn't prove he's wrong though. Sure he has to hide his sources, because the game industry is a fickle one, and it's easy to lose ones job in this industry. But I believe him considering CDPR management has gotten hate from even their dev team because of their lies. Switching themes can sometimes put a major halt on production though, especially if it's during mid-development and it's already established an idea. So you may think a change in theme is no big deal, but it can literally cause a project to restart from the beginning. So many games have went through this process, people develop the game, have a clear vision, and then someone comes in and decides to change it up a bit, or bring it back to the drawing board. So yeah, it can really cause problems with games, it has for a lot of games. Anyway, CDPR knowingly lied and released a product that wasn't completed. They knew what they were releasing, and did it anyway. There's no excuse on their part. They made their bed, and they have to sleep in it now.

There's actually been a few Punisher games. I remember one being released for the NES, and the most famous one came out for the PS2/Xbox back in like 04 or 05. That's the one with the cult following, as it allowed you to do some pretty gruesome kills. That was 16 years or so ago, the last game I see we got, was in 2009, and it looks to just be a pinball game. So we're for sure due for another Punisher game.

So if you don't know, Hitman 3 came out yesterday and it comes with literally every game before it included. They did the same thing with the 2nd game, and I'm glad they did it with the 3rd, as it adds so much more to those missions in previous releases. I would love to see more games doing this for their yearly releases. Just imagine if Call of Duty did something like this, they could essentially have every map, gun, mode, etc, all in one game, each year. Of course it kind of makes those past releases pointless, but I think they would be forgotten anyway, and this way the games will be there for anyone who wants to try them out. Anyway, I think this could benefit many franchises that do the yearly releases. Lets go back to COD for example. Lets face it, most people drop the last game and move on to the new ones eventually, so instead of leaving those games behind, combine them into the newer titles, so that they can take advantage of the maps and everything else. I think it could be very helpful. But, with COD, that would balloon the game in size no doubt.

What are some games that were removed from marketplaces and are no longer purchasable? I am reminded of the Scott Pilgrim game that just re-released. Originally that game came out for the 360, ps3 and pc I believe, and each one was removed from their marketplaces. This made me wonder, what are some of the games that you wish were still available for purchase digitally? There seems to be so many games out there that get released digitally, and then disappear from the marketplace. What are some of the games you wish were available for sale again? Scott Pilgrim is back, what other game removed do you want to see added back?

So this is a bit of sad news, pro gamer ZooMaa had to retire from the pro gaming scene due to a thumb and wrist injury that returned. He felt that he couldn't go on and compete at the highest level due to the pain. Read this article and thought he'd be out of gaming for life, but I think he's only stopping in terms of pro playing. I think he still intends to game, just has to heal up more before he can take on the task of being a pro gamer again. The game he was a pro at was Call of Duty. No idea if and when he would be returning, maybe this injury could heal up and he could be back in no time. You can read more about his story here - NBC News Anyway, the main reason I started this topic, was to discuss the whole idea of possibly not being able to play video games again. What would you do if you were no longer able to play video games because of an injury like that? I would probably buy one of those adaptive controllers that Xbox makes. I would find a way to continue playing I think. What about you?

I had no idea Control was coming out for the Switch, and low and behold, I see a review about it online. Thing is, the game isn't being run on Switch hardware, it's being streamed. Remedy entertainment decided to go the route of having the game be streamed in order to play on the Switch, and I guess it's not as bad as I first envisioned. At least if the review is correct. And I guess some other games are mostly run through the cloud, those being the new Assassin's Creed and Resident Evil 7. So this could also mean more resource heavy games, can run better on switch, of course you still need to rely on the internet to provide a stable connection. Anyway, check out the review that Gaming Respawn did here.

Das a lot of players. According to MP1st there are rumors going around, stating that the new Battlefield 6 will allow up to 128 players, and include battle royale. On top of that, it will be releasing for last gen consoles as well, but with downgraded graphics and 64 players max. If the rumors are right of course. Read the article above if you want to get more of an idea. I figure they would add Battle Royal to the mix. The genre has been added to just about everything these days as its own game mode. Wonder if they can get 128 players in the battle royale mode, that'd rock.

After my save was erased, I decided to replay it with cheats lol. I don't think I did it for long, as I eventually just got back to playing it normally. So I guess I can say I replayed it pretty fast lol.

I like with the GTA games that you could play golf, and do other things. I played a fair amount of the B-ball game in San Andreas. And I did golf and tennis in V a lot with friends. Darts as well and a few other things. That's where GTA online shines, the activities you can do with friends adds a lot of fun.

For me it's; GTA IV's story DLC, from The Ballad of Gay Tony, to The Lost and Damned. As well as The Undead Nightmare DLC for Red Dead Redemption. I can't think of any others that provided enough for the price. I always felt the GTA story DLCs where how DLCs should be. Fairly long, and adds more to the game. One DLC I was disappointed by, was the Harley Quinn DLC back in Arkham City. It was just a single mission that felt like it could have been a small section in the game. I rarely buy DLC due to this, as I feel the added stuff is never really worth it.

Eh, not a big deal for me. I've never used an LG phone, and probably never would have anyway. I would get a TV from them or something, but I was never too into their products otherwise.

This isn't anything new really. There are many developers and small studios out there releasing their own games on retro consoles. It's really popular. I just don't see it as often for the Game Boy though.

I've never bet anything when playing games, and honestly, I'm too cheap to even try it lol. I know I'd end up losing, and then lose my bet, so no thanks lol.

AtGames is known for usually making some crappy retro style consoles that don't really work so well. They made the first sega genesis classic, and it didn't do well, so Sega had to do it all themselves with a new one. But, it looks like AtGames are now working on arcades and pinball machines. One of them is the Legends Pinball machine, which will come with a bunch of pinball games. Is this something you'd ever get?

Hitman 3 releases today and with the PS4 version, it comes with an option to play the game in VR. Now, this is a timed exclusive, so the PS4 is the only way to play Hitman 3 via virtual reality. But, they will probably, eventually release it for PC to utilize all those fancy VR headsets. Anyway, it doesn't sound like VR is that good. Though, from what I've seen, it still looks like it'd be a ton of fun to play, and get some good laughs. Watch this hitman VR review to get an idea of what to expect.

Niel Druckman was recently asked on Twitter about what established IP he would like to make into a video game. He mentioned a few good ones, check the image below to see what he said. I would love to see him do a Punisher game, especially with how gruesome the deaths in TLOU2 are. Same with Ghost Rider. I think anyone would be happy to see Half Life back, but I can see fans throwing a fit if he was involved. Just the way the gaming community is these days. Hotline Miami is an interesting one. Maybe he could to a more realistic one? What do you guys think?