Kane99

Same, but I think it's our inevitable future. If they can promise an ecosystem that doesn't go away anytime soon, it could work, but I do hope they keep physical media around. I just don't know how long we have left with physical media when so many more devices are coming out trying to push for digital and streaming. I hope I'm wrong though and they keep physical media releases for years to come.

I wouldn't be opposed to it, than again I think more games coming out on mobile would be pretty dope. Especially if you can get these big games to work on a mobile phone, than we can expect to see a lot more AAA games make it on mobile. And with streaming becoming more and more accessible, it may even be easier to play these big games on a mobile phone.

After playing with my first VR headset over the holidays, I will say that it is far from a gimmick. Honestly I thought it was a blast. I didn't get dizzy or sick or anything. It was a sweaty experience, but that's my life in general lol. VR like I said before, has staying power and I don't see it going away anytime soon. Now that they're getting even better with each new release, I think VR will be a big part of gaming's future.

Last game I played was Resident Evil 4 VR. I played the first main mission and called it quits. I was sweating up a storm so bad, that beads of sweat got onto my nephews VR headset, which he wasn't too happy with lol. Also, even though there wasn't ton of movement, I still sweated like a pig out there haha. Still though, I had a blast playing it and can't wait to get a VR headset of my own one of these days.

Never used a stationary mouse myself, but I wouldn't mind giving it a try. Looks like it wouldn't be that bad. But yeah, I mostly use a traditional laser mouse, usually wireless as I can't stand using wired mice anymore. I still use a wired keyboard, but that's less of an issue for me. I wouldn't mind trying a stationary mouse though.

Last time I took all the keys off, vacuumed it and cleaned it with some rubbing alcohol and that was it. I'm getting a electronic air duster, so I'll be using that to clean my keyboard and PC going forward. Which is due for a good cleaning as we speak.

It would be cool, but Nintendo would never allow for it haha. The idea of them seeing Mario on Xbox or PlayStation would probably be too much for them to handle. Kratos is a purchasable skin and you can probably get him on the Xbox version of Fortnite. I know they added Street Fighter Characters before, so more of that, and maybe some Tekken characters would be cool too.

I have not, but I have tried to speed through some games in the past as fast as I could, but it was never to the point of how some of these speed runners do their thing. They utilize glitches and exploits to break through the game at a faster rate. Which is cool in some ways I guess. But I like the idea of beating a game legit from start to finish without any exploits. I'm sure many gamers do that too though. But yeah, it's not really my thing. I don't have the patience to do what big time speed runners do.

I hope not, with the way people are scamming the crypto market these days, I don't want it touching video games period. Same with NFTs at this point, because it's just going to result in more scamming and problems. Crypto is volatile, we don't know if your earnings right now, will be worth anything tomorrow. So having that in video games, would spell a disaster to me, because what if a gamer buys, lets say $20 in some crypto that a game uses. But, he waits for a new item to drop into the store, but wait, his crypto's worth has gone down by $15 and they now have $5 in crypto, while the item they originally wanted was $20. I just don't see it working, especially with how risky crypto is. I think it'd be fine to allow gamers the option to buy things with crypto, but I don't want to see a crypto introduced for a game or something.

Playing Zero Build first is a good tip, but you're going to eventually want to learn to build, because it comes in handy when you want to provide yourself with some cover and possible an escape from opposing players. Another recommendation is to keep playing to get good. It takes time, but once you get things going, you can soon become a pro at the game. Practice helps a ton!

I played on PC, but not on console. I remember some 360's came with Uno for free when you purchased a console. But I didn't get the same when I got my 360. Still though, Uno is a lot of fun when you can get friends together. As for it being easier to learn than the actual card game. I think it is a lot easier. With the video game, it pretty much walks you through it all. While the card game itself can take a bit of getting used to. For example, it took me a while to get used to saying "Uno" when you have one card left. I heard if you don't hit Uno in the game, it gives you a bunch of cards for failing to do so. At least on PC it did.

There isn't a whole lot I'm psyched for, aside from the Silent Hill 2 Remake and the other Silent Hill projects Konami and company has in store for us. The upcoming AEW wrestling game, maybe the next WWE 2K game, but I'm hoping it's not 2K who produces it. Aside from all of that, nothing has really hit my radar all that much. Though I'm sure I'm probably forgetting some games.

PC for sure. It's what I was on the majority of the time, and to be honest, I don't think I played any Xbox One games this year. I mostly played them on my PC through Gamepass ultimate instead. PC for sure, and then Xbox One second, but it's a far second I'd say.

I have done it and would do it again. I had a Raspberry Pi PC that I had installed Emulation Station and other things to make a little emulation box, but it died on me a couple months back. I think there was a short somewhere and poof, it died. But yeah, it's a popular thing to do these days. You can buy even handheld consoles where you can add emulators. Or ones that already come pre-installed with them. And there are people selling kits with pre-made emulation boxes. Of course there's some legality there with how some sell the roms with the devices, which is a no-no for the most part, but it's usually a product from China, so Nintendo or other companies probably won't be able to do much against them to stop it.

Oh god no. I think on my Xbox 360 my gamertag was something like devast8in Dave or something along those lines. But the original Xbox I never really played online through Xbox live. I only ever played an Xbox via ethernet with others friends at a LAN party. But yeah, what I mentioned above was my first actual gamertag. But other than that, I don't remember what I chose as my name for other online games. Wish I could remember what my name was on games like Runescape when I actually played the game. But I was like 13 when I last played it, so I couldn't tell you the name.

I wouldn't say that gamers in general are lonely. I mean, who's to say they are or aren't. I think if anything if you game online a lot, I don't think that constitutes loneliness. When I think of lonely people, I think of those who aren't gaming online much, or those who are at home all the time, not conversing with others often. But I could be wrong on that as people are different. Someone can be lonely and still game online often. Anyway, I think it depends on the person, because I can see many people being happy with the interactions i have with them online. But, people also like to mask their feelings.

I've considered painting some of my consoles, but have never done it. The closest I ever got to something like this, was doing some graphics on the front cover of the original 360s that came out. You could remove the front face. I remember taking a permanent market and drawing a design, it wasn't particularly any good though lol. Anyway, I think it'd be cool to modify some classic consoles with a nice paint job. Has anyone here done paint jobs on their consoles? Did it work fine? I've seen some great paint jobs and mods. Some people would add in LED lighting to the consoles as an added bonus. Would you paint any of your consoles? Or would you rather they be as they were out of the factory?

I watched a video recently about how it's time for Nintendo to make a new Switch, and not a new one with a fancier screen, but one with updated hardware so that it can better compete against the Sony and Microsoft. The interesting thing I heard from the video, is that Nintendo doesn't have to create a brand new console with brand new gimmicks and ideas. They already have something perfect with the Switch, in that they can make a new one with better hardware and fans would still buy it up. I think it was ReviewTechUSA, video below. He mentions that they could just make a new Switch with better hardware. No need to make something fresh and innovative when you already have something that works. As well, if they are worried about a name, he mentioned naming it Super Switch to coincide with Super Nintendo. Or they could name it Switch 2 or something like that. What do you guys think? Time for a Switch 2/ Super Switch? :)

I'm seeing it more and more these days. From the likes of digital consoles and online platforms. I really think we're nearing a console generation that won't used discs or physical media at all. I think it's inevitable that games will outright stop releasing on physical media, and in turn only be accessible digitally or via special releases like Limited Run Games. With the way physical media is starting to dissipate, with more games dropping digitally and skipping physical releases, I think maybe after the coming generation, the one after probably won't use physical media at all. But, I hope that doesn't happen. It's just a direction I see gaming and even movies/tv/music going. I don't think people buy physical albums/movies, etc as much as they used to. Now days you can stream everything online. With that ease of use, I think things will start to move into an all digital future. What do you think though? Do you think we'll see a future where there's no longer physical media.

My nephew just got a Meta Quest 2 VR headset for Christmas, and I am one jealous dude. I got to play it a bit over the holiday weekend and I gotta say, it was a blast. Playing RE4 VR was a ton of fun. I also played some of the Meta Rec Room games, like paintball. Even tried boxing, but I didn't enjoy that. I'd rather play a real game made for boxing than some game made for rec room. For those wondering, Rec Room is an option with the Meta Quest 2 where you can play all kinds of games, some of which I think are made by gamers. I want to say it's similar to what Roblox does with the many fan creations. Anyway, now I want to get myself a VR headset. I'm leaning on getting the Meta Quest 2, as it doesn't require a PC (unless you want to play steam and other games on PC), and it's fairly cheap at around $400 for like the 128GB model and $500 for the 200 some GB model. But, I was eyeing the Valve Index or whatever it was, and that was well over $1500. Should I save to get a suped up headset or should I get the Meta Quest 2? Honestly I'm leaning towards Meta, as it'd be a lot easier to save for. But Better headsets will probably cost me a hell of a lot more. What would you do? Get the Meta Quest 2 or something else?

Honestly I'd say VGR. That should count right? I view VGR as a gaming community for the most part. Aside from VGR, like with certain games, I don't know. I feel like each game has its share of good and bad with the community. But yeah, I'm sticking with VGR as my answer. :)

Hitman is one of the games I want to try in VR, just because it looks like it'd be so much more fun to play in. Standard Hitman is fun stuff too, but in VR it's gotta be a blast. Hitman is the type of game you'd expect VR to one day be supported too, so I'm glad it happened. More Hitman VR please. :)

I think it was Resident Evil 4 VR. My nephew was lucky and ended up getting a Meta Quest 2 VR headset. I had a blast playing RE4 VR. Took some getting used to, but once done I felt like I could go pretty far. But, I could only play for so long until I got tired. But yeah, that was the first game of 2023 I'd say.

Remember when they tried to make a similar looking game called WWE 2K Battlegrounds? I was interested in getting it when it was first announced, but after reviews came out showing how bad it was, I decided not to pick it up. The fact that the wrestles pretty much have the same moves, didn't help either.

The problem with the yearly releases is that they don't innovate on anything, often releasing the same exact game with minimal changes. And sure you're right, the sport rarely changes. But for games like Madden, that have gotten worse because of the yearly releases, it's tiring to see the same things over and over. The problem with the story modes is because they're tacked on modes where the devs half ass it. For Madden for example, their focus is more on their ultimate team mode, while franchise and other modes often get neglected. And I disagree with the "realism" side. Madden for example may look pretty graphically, but there's not much realism to it. From the glitches that result in fumbles being unrecoverable by either team, or the ball magically appearing elsewhere on the field. I wouldn't call Madden realistic in any way. Hell they removed refs from the field. When games back on the PS1 had refs. The problem is the yearly releases. They aught to drop that and make one single game, and update it constantly. That way they can focus more on fixing problems, improving presentation, gameplay, and so on. And it wouldn't end up being the same exact game every year, because it'll be constantly updated and changed. That's a future I want for sports games.