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Thunderf00t - Science channel mostly focusing on debunking pseudo science. used to be focused on debunking christianity but that would be kicking a dead horse nowadays. The Proper People - Urbex channel where the hosts don't act like absolute imbeciles like most other urbexers. Plus great videography. Cleetus McFarland - Drag racing and car tuning enthusiast and resident florida man shenanigans. Really grown from medium sized channel since I've started watching into a multi million dollar business now where they have their own private race track and host their own events. blancolirio - air incident analysis from an actual pilot KiraTV - Exposing fraud, lies, bad faith actors from the NFT/Crypto sphere and video gaming. Midnight's Edge - Pop culture insider gossip channel, often hosts live chats with former / current industry insiders. The ArchCast - Random rants about war and gaming Adam Something - Politically focused channel with some good analysis, and occasionally a few misses, but everyone can make mistakes. Critical Drinker - Amusing short form Movie critique channel Fascinating Horror - Documentaries of old accidents and catastrophes Plainly difficult - Documentaries of old accidents with focus on chemical and radiological accidents. Exploring the Unbeaten path - Another urbex channel, but this guy often visits more interesting abandoned places, that few others do. shiey - Illegal freedom, freight train hopping and going and camping in places where one is not supposed to GIFGAS - train hopping, often does collabs with shiey Arthur Tussik - car body repair, I find watching these videos oddly satisfying. That's about it for the channels I watch regularly.

Because it had basically no single player content at release, and it was specifically made with esports in mind, nothing else. So fans of the classic series were hung out to dry.

Sadly most movies made nowadays are barely worth one viewing to me. So here is my definitive timeless movies list, in no particular order: Blue Thunder 1983 A Police helicopter pilot suffering from PTSD and a failing marriage is selected to test a brand new prototype helicopter, and accidentally records proof of a city wide conspiracy. So he and his rookie co-pilot must find a way to get the evidence into the right hands without getting killed. At first glance this sounds like a typical action movie, but this is not a traditional macho man goes on rampage flick. There is not even a single hand to hand fight in it. It's a thriller with epic performances by Roy Scheider, and one of my favorite character actors: Malcolm McDowel. Also when I first saw the movie as a kid the helicopter in it seemed like the most awesome thing ever. Also elevating the value of the movie that it was made before the time when everything was CGI, so what you see in the movie are real helicopters (or at least scale models) doing real flying. Doomsday 2008 I honestly don't even remember the plot of this movie, so I won't try my hand at a synopsis. It's a post apocalyptic action flick featuring Rhona Mitra as the hero character. Current Hollywood elites try to gaslight you that there were no strong female characters before they took power, well here is one proof to the contrary. Also Rhona Mitra is actually believeble in the role and is a total badass. Trivia: She originally gained fame by being a Lara Croft model in the 1990s. I was so disappointed that she didn't get the role in the actual movies. This movie also features Malcolm McDowel, but that is not why i like it, it's just a happy coincidence. Street People 1976 One of the many italian mob movies, except this was actually produced by italy and as such lesser known. Still it is made in the US featuring Roger Moore and Stacy Keach as its main characters. They form a buddy duo, and have pretty good chemistry through the film. Their often funny banter is in contrast to to the otherwise serious tone of the story. Some would say the movie suffers from cognitive dissonance, but I like it this way. The buddy aspect is what hooked me on the movie. It also features an iconic and realistic car chase, which imo should be as famous as Bullit. Von Ryan's Express 1965 Possibly my favorite WWII movies. It follows a group of POWs trying to get back to Allied territory after their captors in an italian POW camp disappear. They capture a German prisoner train and pretend to be high ranking officials hauling prisoners. To get to neutral territory they need to pass multiple checkpoints and take on fuel along the way. It's just an all round great adventure movie with a great cast of actors. Atomic Blonde 2017 Action movie done right, instead of the hero being invincible they are shown as human and vulnerable while kicking ass nonetheless. Every action scene is a work of art, precisely coreographed and well executed. It never gets old. Convoy 1977 A film about a group of truckers who are forced to flee after an altrecation with a policeman who hates truckers. And they end up in a cross state police chase with dozens of cops and a 10 mile long convoy that is tried to be coopted by a ruthless politician as a platform to run for presidency. This might sound like the cheesy plot of a Smokie and the Bandit flick, but I assure you this movie couldn't be more different. It's entirely serious, but not depressive and it makes you think instead of trying to tell you what to think. It is down to earth and the characters aren't pure evil or pure hero, they are all three dimensional people trying to survive. Crank 2 High Voltage 2009 The quintessential no nonsense brainless action movie. I'm happy to suspend my disbelief to be entertained by it. And it delivers. Most sequels of iconic movies fail to live up to expectation, this just switches gears and delivers even more brainless fun. The godzilla scene is one of the most hilarious spoofs I've ever seen. This was where hollywood peaked as the entertainment industry, it was in downhill roll since. Duel 1971 A traveling salesman is terrorized by a murderous trucker on the highway. I'm not a Spielberg fan, but his debut movie is a true work of art, but it wouldn't work without Dennis Weaver carrying it on his back. Full Metal Jacket 1987 It's hard to describe this movie in a way that does it justice. In some ways it is absurd, but in other ways deadly serious. It presents the horrors of war and the ruthlessness of the training. You are introduced to the characters as they are heading into basic training, and then you catch up with them again deployed in Vietnam. This movie is not about whether the war was just or no, it is about the human element. Vincent D'Onforio should've won an Oscar for this movie as best supporting actor. Adam Baldwin also puts in an epic performance, one of his best roles. Also kudos to R. Lee Ermey, who portrayed the drill instructor, he originally was only hired as consultant but was promoted on set. They say Kubrick was a tyrant and perfectionist, but it pays off. Battle of the Bulge 1965 One of the few WWII movies that does not portray the common German soldier as inherently evil. WWII nuts have lots of gripes with this movie due to its inaccuracies as using US post WW tanks as German tigers, but that's besides the point. You watch this movie for the performances not for its historical accuracy. Kelly's Heroes 1970 A fun movie of a group of soldiers turned bank robbers, it has some comical characters but the movie itself is not a comedy, it is still a WWII movie at its heart. The performances make this watchable over and over again. The Return of Monte Cristo 1968 A modern take on the Monte Cristo story, set after WWII, this could be even considered a take on the so called "heist" genre. Shaker Run 1985 A little known New Zealand movie of a car stuntsman who is hired by a lab worker to smuggle a deadly virus out of the country. i just like to watch this for the driving vistas and chases. Runaway Train 1985 Two prison escapees end up on a train without a driver, while the ruthless prison chief chases them. In this movie the train itself becomes a character, it eminates dread from the first moment it is shown on screen. And the performances by Jon Voight and Eric Roberts are phenomenal, Roberts outperformed his abilities in this one, and Jon Voight is just great as always. Silver Streak 1976 The traditional pair of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor star in this movie, but this is not one of their comedy flicks, it is a much more serious action thriller. There is a murder on an overnight train, and Wilder's character gets framed for it, so he has to try and clear his name while preventing the bad guys from getting away. There are still some comedic elements like the running gag of Wilder's character always being forced off the train. Sucker Punch 2011 This is a very divisive movie, you either hate it or love it, I fall into the latter category. I see this movie as an audiovisual feast, and the events in it as allegory. The Great Race 1965 One of the grandest adventure movie epics ever made. Every character is lovable in their own way even the villains. It's a grand journey over multiple sets in a wacky car race from New York to Paris. The Beast of War 1988 A movie about a Russian tank crew in the Afganistan war. Where their ruthless commander refuses to abandon his tank when they are cut off from their main army and lost in a valley. When of the crew opposes the commander they leave him to die in the desert. But instead he joins the enemy to take down "the beast". Where Eagles Dare 1968 Another WWII movie, this one is a WWII heist movie where there are multiple bait and switches, traitors and thrilling action. Ghost in the Shell 1995 I don't know if anime counts or not. But this is the definitive anime movie and the logical entry point into the genre. Mad Mission (aka. Aces go Places) 1982 My favorite Hong Kong action flick. Jackie Chan eat your heart out. Oh Shucks! Here Comes UNTAG 1990 Leon Schuster's first comedy and the best imo, the theme song would alone sell this. Kung Fu Hustle 2004 Another Hong Kong action comedy, the wild west of kungfu. Crazy, mad and marvellous. Manta Manta 1991 Manta Manta perfectly portrays that early 90s European youth culture. It was all about cars. I'm pretty sure the original Taxi by Luc Besson took a lot of cues from this film. UHF 1989 Weird Al's feature length series of spoofs. Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinkin badgers! Grand Prix 1966 The definitive movie about Formula 1 racing. Forget the modern attempts. The Final Countdown 1980 An aircraft carrier is transported back in time in time to stop the attack on Pearl Harbor, will they change history? Event Horizon 1997 The only horror movie I ever liked Dune 1984 Frank Herbert's epic comes to life, I don't think Denis Villeneuve's modern remake has anything on the old one. It almost scene by scene follows the old without adding anything of value, and manages to drag the first third of the old movie into a feature length film. Equilibrium 2002 A picture of the future we are heading to, if we keep trying to neuter and make art progressively less offensive. Flash Gordon 1980 Gordon's Alive? This is how comic books should be adapted. With the painted backgrounds this movie is arguably closer to a comic book than a movie. But it has much more heart than all the modern MCU movies put together. Mad Max 1979 Mad Max is traditionally heralded as a post apocalyptic film, but the first movie is not post apocalyptic, it only went postal with the second one. This is an origin story, which would be made as the nth film in a franchise nowadays. Screamers 1995 A B Scifi with creepy robot monsters. What would happen if you unleashed a murderous AI capable of self replicating. Based on a Phillip K Dick novel. Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country 1991 Quintessential star trek, politics, intrigue, conspiracy, tactical engagements Star Trek II The Wrath Of Khan 1982 The movie that depicts a single ship to ship engagement, where the protagonist and the villain never even meet face to face. A movie like this would never be greenlit by modern hollywoo. Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back 1980 The first Star Wars movie was only saved in the editing room from being a total disaster, which enabled the making of the second that is a true epic. The movie that has the least to do with George Lucas is the best of the trilogy. A true hero's struggle - An idea that is completely forgotten by modern day moviemakers. Whose heroes are infallible and can do no wrong, and succeed not due to sheer will and sweat, but are granted victories without having to earn anything. They are just better and stronger than anyone else without training or learning. It is no wonder that very few recent movies could get on this list.

If I thought that I'd have stopped playing videogames long ago.

I'm not a series loyalist. I don't care what series or brand a racing game belongs in as long as it's great. My favorite racing game is Test Drive Unlimited, but I didn't like the sequel as much, its physics was a bit dumbed down, and hasn't improved on the original in any way. Need For Speed used to be my favorite series, but that ended after the fifth game, Porsche Unleashed. I also enjoyed Gran Turismo up to the 6th game, but I think Sport was an insult to traditional GT fans, and GT7 is a terrible game with an identity crisis. A wannabe sim that fails at being both a sim and an arcade game. So I can't say I unconditionally like any series.

For some reason it redirects to the wrong link, it works if you copy the link and paste it into a new tab. But that article is way outdated now. There is a newer one: http://madblog.shacknet.us/gt7-update/

I usually do it balanced, do one main quest mission then do a few sidequests. I usually tie up everything else before finishing the main quest, I don't really get people who focus on just one or the other, doing every side mission before even starting the main quest. Or only doing the main quest line while ignoring everything else.

You mean like Oblivion NPCs? 😄 Strangely it never really bothered me in Bethesda games, it is just comical, rather than detrimental. I mean their whole games has a certain clunkiness to them, if the vocie acting was any better it would feel out of place 🙂 I'd rather say that good voice acting adds to games, but if everything else is fine with the game, the voice acting won't dissuade me from playing it. Where I do have a problem with it is when the main character's male and female voices are wildly different quality. For me this was in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, I first played the game as Kassandra, and the voice actor really nailed the character. I tried starting a new game with Alexiios and it just wasn't working. The contrast was just too big. In Cyberpunk 2077 I did not have this problem. While the female voice acting of V was absolutely brilliant, the male was also very good, so there wasn't such a big contrast.

I quit playing the game until a solution presents itself.

Test Drive Solar Crown Starfield Max Payne 1,2 Remake

A cease and desist letter, is not suing, It is not even legal action, it's just a warning to let them know we know, and do not appreciate it.

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I used to follow them very closely, but not recently. They went downhill, in the past few years, so they are not very interesting. Especially with many publishers just doing their own online events where they show off their upcoming titles separately. The game awards has just became like the oscars which I haven't been following since the 90s.

I usually follow the narrative. If it makes sense to do something at that time, I'll do it, but if the narrative says I must hurry somewhere else I do that ignoring everything else. It's ironic that most RPGs actually punish you if you follow the narrative instead of doing every last sidequest at every location instantly.

Detroit Become Human - At least if you get the "good" ending. It can also have a very depressive ending. Mass Effect Andromeda - has a quite hopeful ending. I don't think the trilogy's end is very uplifting. At least not to me. The ending of the first one might be considered uplifting.

Just send a cease and desist letter, and watch them cut and run.

That's actually even worse, as instead of defrauding one entity, they are stealing from all the users. You have IP rights for your own posts.

No, just what first came to my mind, that hasn't been mentioned yet.

GT7 a masterpiece? It's an utter and complete tone deaf disaster.

I think for games to be considered masterpieces they have to excel on all fronts. I can adore the story and characters in a game, but if it lacks in other areas I would not call it a masterpiece. Also some games are very much limited by their creation date, so while they are masterpieces of their era, they might seem inadequate by modern standards. So here is a list of games that I consider masterpieces, I will not go into detail due to the sheer number, but feel free to ask me about any, I can gladly recommend any of these games. Dune II (1992) Raptor Call of the Shadows (1994) Doom II (1994) Tie Fighter (1994) Transport Tycoon Deluxe (1995) The Need For Speed (1995) Wing Commander IV (1996) Carmageddon II (1998) Half-Life (1998) X-Wing Alliance (1999) System Shock 2 (1999) Mobil 1 Rally Championship (1999) Screamer 4x4 (2000) Deus Ex (2000) Red Alert 2 (2000) Max Payne (2001) Mafia The City of Lost Heaven (2002) Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour (2003) Max Payne 2 The Fall of Max Payne (2003) Gran Turismo 4 (2004) Richard Burns Rally (2004) Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (2005) Test Drive Unlimited (2006) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006) Crysis Warhead (2008) Mass Effect 2 (2010) GTA IV: Episodes From Liberty City (2010) Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) Dragon Age II (2011) Portal 2 (2011) Alien Isolation (2014) Mad Max (2015) Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (2016) Ghost Recon Wildlands (2017) XCOM2: War of the Chosen (2017) The Last of Us II (2020) Maybe on a different day a few more games would make the cut, maybe a few wouldn't make it.

This can be both a negative and a positive. Some games simply don't tie loose ends as sequel bait, others do it deliberately, while still others just fail to present a coherent epilogue. For Example Alien Isolation has no closure, and arguably you end up in a worse situation than you started from, which seems to set up a sequel that sadly never came. Beyond Two Souls, is a weird game, with lots of spirituality and the ending is completely nuts, but in a good way. From all the Quantic Dream games, this is my favorite. Mass Effect 3's ending raises more questions because it is poorly written, based on contrivances and plot points that basically mean the end of known civilization if you take it at face value.

It will be a PC/PS5 port for TLOU1, and multiplayer for TLOU2, or maybe PC version for TLOU2. No way they are releasing brand new games, unless it's only an expansion like left behind.

I wouldn't be entirely surprised if attacking Ukraine wasn't a false flag operation to provoke a response from NATO / West. And as soon as they have their assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Winnie the Pooh will jump in on the side of russia against the "Western aggressors"

I'm all for letting people change their gender in society if that makes them feel better, but changing your gender from a societal point of view does not mean you can completely change your biological sex. And if your biological sex gives you an advantage in most physical sports over your peers, then it is not fair. And will cause women who are born female to be less inclined to enter various sports if someone else can beat them by putting in half the effort or less. I think it is very hypocritical that the same people who swear by science when discussing religion and the pandemic tries to deny science when it comes to transgenderism.