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Plus I'm hearing that Take Two has been removing any videos with the leak footage, and I guess there's a ton of clips out there now. I was able to find this video, but my guess is Take Two will remove it as well. Not 100% sure if it's legit, but it looks like they have the robbery mechanic that RDR2 has where you can stick up people while doing a robbery (similar to train robberies).

I had a feeling there was something more to it. I also don't see Ubisoft promoting gambling, but if they have lootboxes as a feature in game, then I'd consider that gambling. That's how I would see it anyway. But if there is in fact no gambling (lootboxes and other such things), than yeah they should get an M rating. These days I feel like AO rating isn't as much of a death sentence. Yeah maybe in stores where you buy the game physically, but I imagine many will also purchase the game through a shop/marketplace. I imagine most people wouldn't care much about the Adult rating. It's not like kids will be able to buy it anyway. I feel like with the AO rating, it's more in line with excessive sexual content. Because if games like Call of Duty World At War can get an M rating and depict soldiers blowing up, losing limbs and such, I'm sure sniper elite would have gotten away with more gore if they so desired. If I remember correctly, the only games to get AO ratings were games with excessive violence and gore and excessive nudity or sexual acts. Man Hunt was rated M for mature. San Andreas didn't get an adult rating until the hot coffee mod was discovered. So I think it really comes down to excessive amounts of it. Or more sexual content, as that seems to be the one getting the AO rating the most.

I agree to some extent. I think Goldeneye has aged fairly poorly in terms of graphics though. I think for this remaster, they just updated the visuals/locations and character models. But I think that was it. They may have changed the shooting mechanics, but I don't know, as the Perfect Dark HD remaster didn't change the shooting mechanics. So maybe it won't be the same. Graphics for PS1/N64 haven't aged well. A lot of the early 3D games look horrible today. It sometimes bothers me to play retro games on these consoles, because a lot of them have aged so poorly that I honestly get eye strain for playing too long. I'm surprised I was able to survive these games back when I was a kid lol.

I'd have to say GTA. With each iteration the series has gradually gotten better. From GTA III on to GTA V. You can also count the top down games as well. I'd also say the Super Mario Bros series. For the most part the series stays kinda the same, but they do innovate and change the formula up a bit.

Probably. I know there was a few videos on it when it happened, resulting in the guy who did the reviews to be fired by IGN. He also ran his own gaming channel, which failed miserably. I wish I had some rare games still in the box in my collection. I have In the Hunt on the PS1 which I heard last goes for like $400 used. I don't think I have anything else that's too rare. But as video game collecting becomes more popular, I think some of my current collection will go up in price.

Kojima teased this: https://novicegamerguides.com/news/hideo-kojimas-next-game-teased-by-kojima-productions/ Doesn't tell us much of anything, but I'm guessing it'll have a custom character creator. That's my guess anyway. Or it could be someone with amnesia, and you have to figure out who they are and where they came from. But according to the article it could be the main character of his upcoming horror game starring actress Margaret Qualley. I'm excited to find out more. Oh, and can't not include this: RE Village Gold Edition and Resident Evil 4 trailers.

For sure, if I had the money to get one of them, I probably would. But right now I'm using a previously $80 controller from PowerA that I use on PC, their pro controller. It's a great controller that I think has gone down in price in recent memory. I'm surprised it hasn't started to go bad on me, most of my Xbox controllers break down on me within a year or two. I have two of these pro controllers, one I use on my Xbone and another for my PC. It's called the PowerA Fusion. They also sell other controllers now for Xbox, Playstation and the Switch as well.

Quick update, looks like Xbox is joining in on the show. A live stream is happening in 9 hours. You can check it out below. I wonder if Kojima is going to reveal what he has in store for Xbox with the game he's making them.

YES!!!! WWE Smackdown Here Comes the Pain is one of the best WWE/Wrestling games out there. Hands down one of the best. I really need to replay that game, maybe I'll get emulate it and stream it somehow. I miss the days of playing it. The current WWE games don't even come close to it.

Canon endings that bother me, that's a tough one, I honestly can't think of anything that I hated in regards to canon. At least when it comes to video games, I can't think of anything. Maybe movies and tv shows, but video games I'm having a hard time answering for. I'm sure there was something, but can't name anything.

Mafia is great. I played the original game on the PS2. Sadly the PS2 version wasn't as good as the PC version. Which Steam recently had available for free. I picked it up. 🙂 Anyway, Mafia II was pretty decent. I still have yet to play Mafia III though.

Yeah Ebay is pretty good about buyer protection. If you're scammed or someone isn't honoring the sale, you should be covered by ebay. If you can, I would buy from Sony themselves or from in store. Be safe with Walmart online as well, they allow people to sell products, just like Amazon & ebay, and there are some scammers on there as well. If you do buy from Walmart, make sure it's sold by Walmart, and isn't from another seller.

That's too bad, any chance this will work on PC? I figure if it at least works on PC, I would consider buying it. I know the Xbox pro controller works on PC, or it should at least. I can see a lot of people still using their PS4s, so if I was Sony I'd make it possible to play on both. Xbox controllers today work on last gen Xbox consoles.

I really hope he makes more of these. AI generators are a fun time, and now they're making somewhat competent reviews lol. I bet IGN would pay for it! 😄

I think I saw that exact glitch on tiktok a while back. I don't intend to do it myself. Once I'm playing as John, I'll continue the explorer stuff. I'm going to try and 100% it this time around. But I'm taking it really slow.

When I used to play Call of Duty a lot in the past, I would often yell at other players. I'd swear at them often and act like an asshole pretty much. I miss the randomness of public game lobbies, but I don't miss the arguments and whiney teens we used to play against all the time. Now days I don't play COD as much, and when I do, I don't have my mic in. And if I hear any loud and obnoxious people, I'll just mute them in game.

My last phone costed me around $150 I believe. I forget. I can't afford to get anything at the moment. I want to eventually upgrade, because sadly phones become obsolete fast it seems. I don't even have service on my phone, I just use it around the house. If you're looking for a good gaming phone, I hear the newest flagship Samsung and Apple phones will do you well, but there are specifically gaming phones on the market. I believe Razer has one and I think there's another brand that makes a gaming phone, that's kinda similar to Razer, but I am forgetting their name.

True, it's a fairly easy survival horror game. From what I have seen of the games, the choices seem to have impact, and sometimes you have to make them quickly on the fly. I imagine most gamers can figure out how to keep everyone alive in these games too. For me, I can see myself having an easier time playing these games, even though they may have jump scares and other cheap scares, I feel like it's more my pace and I can handle it more than say other, more popular and traditional survival horror games like Resident Evil. Yeah Evil Within is a game that counts. I think I tried the demo of the first game, but couldn't get into it. I watched a playthrough for both games, and I liked what I saw, but it's the type of game where your character kinda moves a bit too slow at times. At least that's what I felt from the time I did play it. I wonder if there are plans for third in the series. I feel it's been a long time coming.

Lets move on from EA, it's kinda taken a turn to talk about how bad EA is. And I get it, EA can be awful at times. But let's move the discussion back to Skate itself. My hope for skate is that it plays exactly like previous skate games. I'm used to the controls, and can probably pick up a controller today and play the game like I did back in the day. If it plays like a true skate game, I don't care if it has purchasable items like clothes, skins, skate boards, etc. I think I'd be fine with the base setup you get when you start. But if they offer us free unlockables, that would be nice. I wouldn't mind that if they added microtransactions. I just hope they don't add loot boxes, those need to be cut out of games. Unless they give you them for free and don't sell them, but if they add it, they'll make sure to get money out of it.

Yeah with free to play it makes more sense. And I especially accept it more when it's a smaller studio doing it themselves. Even though it's Epic Games, I feel like what I pay for it, gives me what I want. But with a paid for game, I don't like that there are items behind a paywall. Like single player should offer unlockables at least. Maybe online a mix of unlockable and paid for items. I'd be fine if we unlocked items still, and rare and unique items, not items everyone gets. I think that'd be cool.

That is true. Especially now that they're buying up studios. Microsoft was accused of trying to monopolize operating systems I believe. Or something like that, I forget what it was. But yeah, they're all giant corporations trying to create more profits. When in reality they probably don't need all of those profits. At least not to the CEO and higher ups. I think the wealth in these companies should be shared more fairly. Like the developers getting paid the most along with voice actors and artists, etc. The CEOs should make a fair deal sure, but not too much either. It's time these executives pay the developers better wages, so that maybe then they're also more motivated to create better games. And I always figure the people creating the art, should be paid for it, not some massive company that takes most of the profits. Sure some of it should go to the company too, but damn, give the developers equal pay or better. They are the stars after all.

A friend of mine uses an old door and a couple file cabinets for his desk. Not very stable I would imagine and probably takes up a lot of room.

Retro games run on new tech, it's just that it was never optimized for the TV's we have today. The consoles back then used the red, yellow, white connections or rca I think they called it. So that only puts off like 480p or probably less I'm not sure. But with emulation you can do a lot. Games look crisp on my RetroPie setup. Of course nothing beats playing these games on a crt tv, as it just looks right. Also nostalgia.

Mostly in Fortnite. I don't buy items a lot though. I usually get the battle pass per season. Sometimes I'll buy a skin or dance etc. If something cool pops up, I might get it.

There are people using VR for mental health reasons. I hear it can help those with autism and other neurodivergent conditions. I know someordinarygamers on YouTube has a video about how he slept in Minecraft for a month for his insomnia. And I guess it helped him sleep easier. But yeah, I can see VR helping with many things including mental health. It could serve as a safe space kind of thing, like your happy place.