Kane99

Yeah that's just bad parenting. I think I remember watching this episode of Dr Phil when it aired. They pretty much just let him game all the time, and when they try to make him take a break or stop, he throws a fit and then they of course allow him to continue playing. If that was my kid, I would literally take the console away from him. I'm not going to let my kid talk to me that way and then still play. Let the kid cry about it. He'll soon learn with good behaviour he can have time to play again. Also, I find it funny that they show this fake gameplay to highlight he likes to kill stuff in games lol. Of course, leave it to Dr. Phil and his crew to make gaming look bad. Oh and his mother saying she's worried he will become a school shooter, wow.

I have to disagree on most of what you said. Just because both sides may practice/train for thousands of hours, doesn't mean they would be able to play sports as good. The unhealthiest person could practice for thousands of hours in esports, but it wouldn't come close to someone who does so in a sport like football. Lets see what happens when that person is put into a sport he/she has no training in, they'd likely be destroyed. Also racing is not as cut and dry as you'd think. It's not like they just sit in a comfy chair and drive for 50-100 laps. NASCAR drivers are professionals who go at speeds most of us couldn't handle. As well, those cars get extremely hot, are uncomfortable and take years of training to get to a point where they can handle the speed. I highly doubt an esports player who's done no racing in his/her life could hop in a professional race car and do as good as a professional. Plus you have to consider how scary it is to go at such high speeds. Same with football and other sports. Have you seen a football player in the NFL? Those dudes are huge. It takes years of training and practice to get good in most sports. I'd like to see most esports players try their hand playing a professional sports team. There are tons of injuries in the sports of football, basketball and even baseball to this day. To say there is practically no risk is naive. Especially with football, because there are still players who get a severe injuries and end up having to call it quits because of it. Concussions are still an issue, ACL tears, etc. I don't think any esports players have had to deal with possible life threatening injuries before. Not certainly broken necks, legs, arms, etc. And those 350 pounders in football aren't just fat, if anything they're mostly muscle, they aren't the same as a 350 pound person who lives an unhealthy lifestyle. I take it you haven't watched much sports. Yes they aren't taking as much of a risk these days, but it's still a risk, and that's why rules have been changed so that less injuries occur, but they still do. Football is still one of the worst sports when it comes to injuries, even though they have made advancements in protection, severe injuries happen often. Pro wrestling is another thing that esports players wouldn't be able to do without years of training. Just like any other sport, it takes years of practice and training. It's why wrestling companies always say "Don't try this at home". Those newer guys in pro wrestling that get manhandled are usually called "Jobbers" as in they are only there so the star wrestler can get an easy win. It helps make that wrestler look stronger than what he is. It's not just the ball carrier or the QB who are prone to injury. All players are at risk.

I think he meant more so that he would take money to reset his stats in COD, but I could be wrong. I know it's against Activision's rules & terms and conditions sell your account for any reason. I know people have sold their accounts, but it's something that could result in that account getting banned. I disagree about the stories in COD games. If anything the single player modes are often where the stories shine. The last Modern Warfare game for example had a fairly decent campaign. It was still COD all the way through, but it was interesting and at times depressing. They know how to create campaigns with interesting stories, it's just that they haven't done much of anything new in a long time. And yeah, with AC, it's helped a lot to release a new game every 2 years or so. I think it helped the franchise recover somewhat, but I still think there's a lot of fatigue when it comes to AC games, even with them taking it slower to release new games.

Last hunting game I ever played was on the 360, but I don't recall what it was. I couldn't get into it, then again it wasn't a good game compared to the other hunting games I played. Cabela is often known for making decent hunting games. At with the ones they did for the PS2 back in the day. I haven't played much of any hunting games since, as I never really got too into the genre.

I mostly stick to one game at a time for the most part. There are times where I will play another game side by side, usually a multiplayer game. I don't usually play more than one single player game at a time, because I don't like to mix two stories at once. I can handle one multiplayer game and one single player game at a time.

I completely forgot they did an HD remaster of AC2. Wasn't it like the first three games remastered? I forget. But yeah, now that I remember, I may have to pick up the HD remasters to revisit 2 and Brotherhood at least. Wouldn't mind revisiting them.

The youtuber probably has sources, he just never checked them. The sources are probably just quick studies, or studies that don't necessarily prove anything. Either way, a lot of what was said in this video could be argued that they're wrong or not 100% correct. I don't think the guy in the thumbnail of the video is actually the person who produces the video. I think it's a still from the video itself, it was during the #2 spot I believe. And even so, I don't think weight has anything to do with someone's views and opinions.

I have not yet played it, but I hear it's become a solid game since it came out. I remember when it originally came out and people weren't into it, but the fact that they constantly add to it and update it, gives me more reason to check it out soon. Just wish I could get some of my friends to play it.

Was it the Nokia NGage 😄 I never owned a smartphone or mobile phone growing up, so never got to really experience mobile gaming back then. Now days most smartphones can handle tons of games. My current smartphone is a budget one, but it works for most of what I like to do. I don't game on it much these days though. Just productivity apps for work and tik/tok & instagram, stuff like that.

Ah ok, I know what speedrunning is, just didn't expect there to be tournaments or competitive events for it. But I guess it makes sense considering they do try to break records. And yeah, trash talking won't ever stop, but with most new games it seems to have slowed down a bit. Probably due to people sticking to their own private lobbies, or some games just turning that feature off.

The PS2 is great, but I always felt the bulky, sharp box look, didn't work so well for it. If anything I think the slim model looks better. But I still have fond memories of the PS2 so it will still be on my top 5/top 10 etc.

My nephew has always tried to get me to play Portal 2. I played a bit of Portal through the orange box, but never got far into it. My nephew is in love with the series and said he played 1 and 2 over a few times. I suck at games like Portal, because I hate having to make precise movements to get through a level. But he seems to be a pro now days haha. But yeah, I wanted to finish both games, but I just couldn't get into them for long. Same with the Half Life games. They're great and all, but I just could never really stick with them for long.

Yeah that's one thing I worry about with account sharing. If I do ever share my Steam or Origin for example, I will make sure my credit card details are removed first. Honestly it's probably best not to store your cc info on any sites. Even the most secure sites can be prone to hackers, so the chance of your card info being stolen is a real possibility. So yeah, if I share any accounts I'm going to have to remove my cc info. Don't want to take that chance.

I hope multiplayer lives up to the hype. I may not be a huge Harry Potter fan by any means, but I do want to see a game like this succeed, because it looks like it could be a great MMO that will stretch on for years to come. If they do things right, it could be huge.

Of course not. They'd be dumb to lose out on all of those sales. But, I think what will happen, is that after this next game drops, they will finally take a much needed break from releasing another. And in turn, maybe they will improve on the series for the better. Likely rumors as MS recently said they have no plans to make it exclusive. You also may be thinking of Bethesda, as they are more likely to stay exclusive, but I could see some games coming out multiplatform.

Pretty much this. With GTA IV to GTA V, they probably didn't have time to add every detail that was in GTA IV. As well, some of the coding probably didn't translate well and it made it harder to replicate some of the things the previous games had. There is a lot that GTA V does better than GTA IV as well. After I re-watched that video, I realized how more realistic feeling the driving felt compared to GTA V. GTA IV just had better driving it seems.

Does anyone here still utilize strategy guides? Like the big books you could buy at the store for pretty much every game to come out. They still make them these days, but they're becoming less and less due to the internet and the ease of putting out a walkthrough. I wouldn't mind building up a strategy guide collection one day. I see no issues with using them when you're in a pinch.

I wouldn't mind getting my dad into video games. He's going to be 69 or 70 this September. He has played some video games, like Gran Turismo on a demo disc back in the day, but that's pretty much it. I think he'd enjoy playing racing games, especially if it's one with a racing wheel. With that being said, I don't think there's an age that's best to start. Anyone can play video games if they tried. Including my dad if he actually tried. I think he'd have fun, but he's stubborn and hates trying new tech. He thinks he'll get addicted to it lol.

Do you know why they aren't supported on the Switch? Is it a Netflix thing where they don't want to be bothered making an app that works? Or is it Nintendo not wanting to make it work? Probably some contract dispute or something. Netflix should easily be able to work as an app. Most older devices and older roku players still work with Netflix, so it must be some contract issue between both sides. Especially if Hulu works fine.

On top of this all, it looks like no one is really playing the current games Netflix does have. Wired has an article that came out last week, that mentions that most people don't even know Netflix has games. It is said that 99% of subscribers might not even know about their games. Which says one thing, it's not good. If they were to jump into the triple A market, I don't think they would be able to succeed. You can read about that bit of news here - https://www.wired.com/story/netflix-mobile-games-no-one-playing/

Has anyone here signed up to the playtest they have going on for Skate? I'm tempted to check it out, but I think they require that you test a bunch of things in game in order to stay in the playtest. You can sign up to the playtest below. If anyone has signed up, is it worth it? https://www.ea.com/games/skate/insider-playtest-registration

I have done so in the past. I usually use manual saves before I do something serious in game. Like in RDR2, there is a moment in the game where you can kill a "vampire", and killing him gets you a knife. I decided to save it, because instead of killing him, I was going to capture him and bring him to sheriff. But noticed when I hogtied him, he didn't drop the knife, so I had to reload. Of course, it's like a security blanket just in case the auto save features saves in a horrible section. Thankfully with games like RDR2, the autosave feature is pretty good. I haven't had any issues with corrupt files or saving in a bad spot.

He's come a long way indeed. I could never get into his content when he started out, but these days I at least find his content bearable haha. He doesn't get obnoxiously loud anymore, at least from what I've seen lately. I still don't tune into his content, as it's just not for me, but I respect him a hell of a lot more since he calmed things down a bit in his content.

Honestly would be down to see this game getting some online options. Would really help the games replayability I think. Sadly I don't think they will ever do that, or if they did, it may be in a sequel instead. I would welcome DLC coming out, but I have a feeling they won't do that. But, I could be wrong.

I can't stand YouTubers or streamers that do that. It's why I never cared for pewdiepie and other content creators like him. My nephew was watching a YouTuber recently who was obnoxiously loud, and I don't get how anyone can get into that. The dude wasn't even funny in any way. When it comes to YouTube, they don't always notify you of new videos. I just check out the recently uploaded list though, so I usually catch everything I'm subscribed to. But there are times where I do miss content on YouTube at least.