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In a now removed video interview with Akira Yamaoka (past composer for the Silent Hill series), he mentioned he was working on something that will be announced in the summer, and that it's something people are looking forward to. Many speculate that it could be a new Silent Hill from Konami. What do you think they'll have planned for the new game if that's so? You can also read about this here - VG247

Reproductions are a big thing in the gaming community. You've probably seen Ebay listings and other sites that sell reproduction carts, labels, manuals and boxes. There are some who label "reproduction" on what they reproduce, but there are some who don't include that distinction and they try to pass it off as real. Do you worry that with more and more reproductions being on the market, that it will cause confusion among collectors? I know most pro collectors know the difference, but there are people who may be just getting into retro collecting and they may end up spending too much on a fake game. I'm all for reproduction boxes, manuals, labels, etc, but as long as it clearly states as such. Because maybe you have a cart where the label is non-existant, and a repro label in that case would be fine, but only if it states as such. Because what would stop someone from slapping a label on any cart and saying it's Little Samson or something. That sort of thing happens often I imagine. But yeah, what are your thoughts on this?

It really depends. Some games I want to hear peoples opinions before I decide to buy it, but if it's a game I know I will enjoy, I don't particularly care to read the reviews. These days, reviews just shill to the big triple A studios anyway so It's kind of hard to listen to some reviews.

I'm sure there are other options out there like Zwift that are cheaper. I'd do a google search just in case. Yeah I can see it being very pricey, especially having to get a bike to utilize it. And yeah, workout bikes are pretty cheap these days. Really good ones can get high in price though. I can see fitness being a big one too, but yeah, cyclists would probably be first to purchase a device/service like this.

Yeah, for $1000, you could probably buy a decent laptop to run games. This thing is going to boil in your hands if you play intensive games. Only people I see buying it, are people who want something like this for gaming. Hell, I bet you could buy one of those cheap custom handhelds to get your fix of retro games, as I can see this thing being great for retro games.

Nice! I dig me some Starbomb! 🙂 I grew up with the second game myself. I can see it being kind of forgotten, as it wasn't the greatest series by any means. I just have nostalgia for it.

On my 360, there are a few games I would never delete. Not really a game, but the Hitman Sniper Challenge demo was pretty cool, and I never removed that. My 360 I think has a 250 gb hdd. So I have a lot saved on there. As for my Xbox One, I don't really save a whole lot on there. If I need room, I will remove something. You can always re-download a game you previously purchased so it's no biggie to me.

I have some really old floppy disks that I would like to check. I think some of them have photos of family from back in the early 2000s. My sister had one of those video cameras that took floppies and she had floppies for days in a box. We kids used it a lot back then. Could you buy USB floppy drives? I would like to be able to port these images over to a new PC, as my old PC no longer works and I don't have any other ways at the moment to recover it. I have no intentions of installing a floppy drive in my PC, I don't even know if I can lol. But I'm sure there are USB drives for floppies. But, what about the really old floppy disks? the ones for like a commodore or something. Is there any USB devices that would let me view the files on them? I imagine with those it'll be a bit tougher.

Ah Paperboy. I remember loving Paperboy 2 as a kid. I remember getting frustrated with the game back then, and never beat it. I still don't think I ever beat it. Then again I don't think I played it in the last 20 years. Remember the Paperboy 64 game? I remember renting it with an N64 back in the 90s and I remember playing it a bit. I don't remember if it was any good though.

In other news I didn't see coming. I guess cyclists are playing a popular game called Zwift, which allows gamers to use an actual exercise bike to play the game. Essentially you control the speed based on how fast you're going on your bike. It's pretty cool. I would totally get it if it's not too expensive. Anyway, that's beside the point. There are cyclists who are finding ways of cheating in game, and it sounds like they're playing other players too. One person edited data in the game to increase her speed, which made it faster than her pedaling did. Another player was caught doing a similar thing, but at a 9 % boost or so. So far these are the only two people who were banned, but there could be other cheaters. You can read about this news here - Kotaku

I can't believe no one has posted about this news yet. I guess the scrapped GoledenEye 007 remaster for the Xbox 360 was leaked online recently. I saw some gameplay of it and it looks in line with the remastered version of Perfect Dark on the 360. Rare was the ones developing the game though. The game didn't see the light of day due to licencing and other rights. But, it's now online, so go searching at your own risk. You can read about this news here - NME Wouldn't mind getting my friends to download this and we all play some MP, but it looks like there is on online MP, which is fair considering it wasn't completed. But it has local multiplayer.

This is a maybe. According to Twinfinite, during an conference call with investors, Activision announced they are working on some remasters. So far it's not know what games were discussed or if any where, but they've remastered a lot recently. What past Activision games do you want to see get remastered? It could very well be another COD to coincide with the newer COD coming, kind of what they did with some of the past COD games. I would like to see Black Ops 1 remastered, but I don't think that'll be happening anytime soon. I wouldn't mind Tony Hawk's Pro skater 3 & 4 remastered and maybe even the Underground games. That would be awesome! What are some that I'm sure I'm missing that you'd want remastered? I know Activision gets some hate, but they are doing good imo when it comes to their remasters and I hope they keep that trend up.

We might be getting closer to this than I thought. From an article titled: Elon Musk says Neuralink implanted a chip in a monkey's brain, and now he 'can play video games using his mind' - From Insider If true, this is pretty cool. But even so, I think seeing a monkey playing video games in itself is cool. I'd love to see one play with a controller and see how well they can do. But this is a step up, to be able to play with your mind, that would be cool. Not sure I'd want to instal a chip in my brain to play games. I guess it would have to be 99% successful in order for me to get a chip in my brain. What would you guys do? Would you instal a chip in your brain to control games with your brain? There's also an interview below if that is of interest to you.

Hmm🤔, looks like it provided some discussion. Even if it's seasonal, we don't normally see games featuring Santa as a main character. We see movies, tv, and all that. So I figured why not, start a topic about it. Plus it was during the holiday season when I started this topic anyway. Better question is, why would anyone respond to a topic about Santa in February? 😄

Hell yeah, I love listening to gaming soundtracks. Especially the first RDR game's soundtrack, maybe RDR2 as well. But I mainly love Akira Yamaoka's music from Silent Hill. He did the music for The Medium recently and I've listened to that soundtrack already and haven't even played Medium yet. 😄 I'd also add in Metal Gear Solid 3's music. Especially the Snake Eater Theme Song. It's clearly inspired by 007 movies.

I think that's their gimmick though, to make interactive movies. I think David Cage probably wanted to be a film maker originally, and couldn't do it, so got into video games somehow. I really wonder if he's even capable of making movies lol. Anyway, I don't think they know how to make anything different. Then again, I think Cage's first game was an adventure game. But I forget.

Emulators themselves are totally legal, it's the downloading of ROMs that are iffy. You can legally copy a ROM of a game you own for your own private use, but when you upload the ROM to a site, that's piracy and illegal. Same would be to download ROMs from sites that have them available for download, which is illegal. That's why I tell people if they go that route, it's at their own risk.

Not necessarily. If they can offer the same games as other platforms, but at a cheaper price, they have a chance. But it has hurt them a lot for closing their first party studio down. What could help them, is getting studios to produce games that work great on the platform. I say let them go at it, make games and see what comes of it. Maybe Google can find new studios to invest in doing it this way.

Who here is going to get the New Pokemon Snap when it releases in April? I am not a big fan of Pokemon by any means, but I did play the original Pokemon Snap and actually remember having fun with it. Not sure I'll be picking this one up, but for those Pokemon fans out there, this is for you. Check the trailer out below if you missed it. Is this game a day one buy for you?

Well that's a change of pace for Amazon. Didn't they recently close a studio or something? Maybe I'm thinking of another company. Anyway, Amazon's new CEO, Andy Jassy said they plan to continue with their attempt to produce video games, as they feel they can make it happen if they just hang in there. I don't know if Amazon will succeed in the gaming market, but I'm interested to see if they prove me wrong. You can read about this here - The Verge

I had no idea that Apex Legends also got the mobile treatment like Fortnite and PubG got. How is it compared to the console version? Does it play as well? Better? or maybe as good? I doubt it plays as good, but I could be wrong. Is it worth checking out at this point? I feel like Apex Legends has kind of died out as it is, and I can't imagine the mobile version would be any better.

Oooh, I want one! 😄 These bad boys were first created in 2012, to help with playing Guild Wars 2. I never played it, but I imagine it's got a lot going on? The original prototype was a wood model, that had buttons. It actually looks fancy. The final design, posted above the wood one, has 26 programmable keys, 5-way directional switch and an analog stick. You can also have profiles on this bad boy. Has anyone here used a device like this? I wouldn't mind picking one up myself. You can learn more about this device here - PC Gamer

So Ichi Io is a site that has a lot of free games, but some paid for games. It's to my knowledge, mostly indie/small time games. I played a horror game on there a while back, but can't locate it on there anymore. They have games for Windows, Linux, Mobile, and even Mac. Has anyone here downloaded/purchased any games from here? If so, do you guys have any suggestions for hidden gems on there? I'm tempted to download some of these games and maybe stream them soon. Would be fun I think! 🙂

For me, it was probably gaming in the late 90s. That's when I started to take gaming really seriously. I had my NES and Genesis in the 90s, but once I got my hand on the PS1, is when I started to game a lot more. I think the 90s overall had the best time in gaming. But the PS2/Xbox era is also up there. I would say NES, but I started playing it later in its life cycle. But I still have fond memories there too. But I'd include it all in the 90s for me.

Right now they're banking on 3rd party support to help them recover. They're trying to get more people to make games for their platform, but that's easier said than done. It would be nice if more studios ported their games over, but also priced them a bit more fairly. I don't want to pay full price for a 2-3 year old games. Once they start to figure pricing, they have a chance. But even so, internet providers need to get better before it is fully supported. Because I don't think we're full on ready for game streaming anyway.