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If you managed to get a next gen console, what was your exact strategy? What method ultimately worked out?

Has anyone here had any extra frustrating experiences with next gen console online queues? A friend told me the other day about waiting 4 hours in Sony Direct queue just to get a sold out message.

Wow, this announcement is ... bizarre to me, lol. I'm not sure what to say. This seems superfluous and pointless to me, but as someone who hasn't yet touched a PS4, much less a PS5, I don't really know if I can comment on it. The story, the dialogue, the exposition, the acting ... all are pristine to me. But could gameplay, graphics, and environments be improved? I guess I could potentially see the use for something that is more than a remaster and less than a remake, if that makes sense.

In high school, I was addicted to a MUD for about a year, and played it constantly outside class. It made me wonder, with kids having smartphones in school, do they sit around gaming all day and claiming they are “taking notes?” Or is there a way schools prevent this?

When you have the option to switch off friendly fire in a game, do you ever do it? Why?

For how many years after its release do you think a company should support a console?

When a gamer does something “IC” in an MMO—especially something ethically dodgy--do you feel it reflects on them OOC or no? In other words, do you feel they are using the game as a “safe” context in which to act out OOC urges?

If you were going to die in a year, what games would you try to play or replay before it happened? My top priorities would be all the Bioshock games and TLOU I and II.

I like dressing up my followers in aesthetically pleasing ways, but I also find it kind of weird, as I’d rather treat them like people than dolls. Do you like having full control over what your followers wear? Why or why not?

By what process do you choose the next quest you will do in an open world game?

What do you suck at in gaming you wish you could suddenly be good at? For me, it is using bows and arrows.

What are some moments you can recall while gaming that felt truly magical, and why?

If you could invite any two video game characters over for dinner (at the same time), who would you invite and why? I’d invite Martin Walker from Spec Ops: The Line and Booker DeWitt from Bioshock Infinite. I think they’d find a lot in common.

Do you know any gamers who consistently underestimate their abilities? Like, I know someone who is far better at aiming and sneaking in multiple games than me, but consistently thinks he is worse.

I’ve heard many complaints about ME: Andromeda (reasons not to play it). But I also haven’t really heard a lot of reasons to play it. If anyone here likes it, what are some reasons to consider playing it?

Is there a game you badly wish you could play right now, but can’t? For me, it is TLOU II.

Are there things that give you vertigo when gaming? For me, a few things that often do are: -Third person perspective, especially when carrying a drawn weapon. -Angled floors/ceilings (i.e. while exploring a wrecked building or ship).

Sometimes I am startled by major errors in players’ recollections of events or dialogue in games, and their subsequent jumps to inaccurate conclusions. Does anyone else find this surprising or annoying? I can remember things incorrectly too, but I’d be embarrassed if I were basing a strong judgment on an inaccurate recollection.

Did you also save Walker? I couldn't bring myself to kill him 😕 Er, well, I think he has been dead since the helicopter crash, so I guess I couldn't bring myself to bring him oblivion. I feel like existing with what he did will be incredibly hard, but maybe he can help others work through trauma or something. Such hard-won self-awareness--I had to have hope he could use it for good somehow.

If you had to be a specific video game character, who would you choose and why? I’d probably pick Joel or Ellie as their moral compasses seem solid (I haven’t played TLOU II yet, so this is going by the first game).

If your follower gets lost in Skyrim, how do you find them? If fast traveling or going through a door doesn’t work, I usually get myself arrested and they appear.

I wish there were more to do with the kids in Skyrim, like teach them to fight and stuff and gradually train them into companions. If they were slightly older, this could work in a future ES game. Thoughts?

Which home additions do you like best in Hearthfire? My favorites are the garden and the kitchen (so far, I haven’t built all of them yet).

I guess I just didn't feel my actions in Infinite were futile. Booker achieved his preferred outcome, and that was what I wanted, so I was good with it. I see your point about Jack. I guess I gave it a pass because the poor confused fellow has only existed a short time, and I too did not really question why I was doing all these strange things (I figured I was doing them because for whatever reason, Jack thought he should), so perhaps he didn't either =D But you are right--now I stop to think about it, it is odd.

Who are your favorite Skyrim companions? Mine are Mjoll, Serana, and Aranea.