Shortie

With Christmas been and gone, next comes the Christmas/Holiday sales. I know over here in the UK we get the Boxing Day sales which start the day after Christmas Day but I am not sure about other places in the world and when their sales start. With sales comes the possibility to buy video games, consoles or even new controllers and headsets that you may have wanted but wanted to wait for a sale. Maybe you got some money for Christmas and you would like to buy something you have been wanting for a while for your gaming set up. What are you hoping to pick up or what have you already picked up in the Holiday sales?

I remember back when I used to play on Xbox 360, there was a game called 1 vs 100 and I used to play that so much when it was popular and it just seemed to phase out. You go up against 100 other players answering questions and try to be the last one standing at the end. It was a lot of fun and very popular at the time but now I never heard anything about it. I did hear that Phil Spencer himself would love to see 1 vs 100 back on Xbox and he is hoping to make it happen but we haven't heard anything yet. Do you remember 1 vs 100 on the Xbox and did you ever play it? Would you like to see it back on the newer generation of consoles?

When it comes to gaming, no matter what game it is you will always want to better your gaming skills to do better every time you play. Everyone is different when it comes to finding methods and ways that their gaming skills could be bettered and something that works for one person might not work for another. What have you found is your best method for bettering your gaming skills in say a specific game or several games? Is this a method you always turn to? I myself find that if I look at what I did when I failed in say an online game and then analyze how I could have done better and work towards that, I find that my gaming becomes better. Also the more I play using that strategy to better myself, the more I find I get better at the game in hand. For example, Fortnite, there have been so many times I have failed and lost even when being in the final 2. I looked at what I did when I failed to win and changed what I did, the more I played the more I got used to other methods to get a win.

Before I start, this isn't about splitting gaming communities but it's to find out who YOU would say is the best gaming community based on your experiences. Everyone has different gaming experiences when it comes to different communities. In some cases you can have a really great experience through all gaming communities and in other cases you may have a bad experience but that does not always condone the behavior of everyone within that community. In your opinion, which gaming community would you say is the best you have been part of? What made you feel that way?

Now that Nintendo has many games out for their Switch, this seems like a perfect topic to discuss on what your top 5 Nintendo Switch games are. I myself have had my Nintendo Switch now since 2018 and throughout the years I have been able to snag quite a few games that I really enjoy and still play a lot of at the moment. When it comes to my top 5 Nintendo Switch games I would have to say they are 1. Animal Crossing New Horizons 2. Mario Kart 8 3. NIntendo Switch Sports 4. Let's Sing 2023 5. Cooking Simulator What are your top 5 Nintendo Switch games?

Every year EA would release a new FIFA and many would still go out and buy it despite the fact that nothing much really changed at all from the last game and it would be more of an update than a brand new game but yet you were charged the price for a new game release. Were you someone who bough the FIFA games every year when they were released or did you not bother and just stick with one for a while before upgrading to another a few years later?

I was talking about something more physical that you could buy from a store that you open yourself for a code, I understand that Epic do this as I use this myself and have done in the past. Sometimes people prefer something physical though so they can gift one as well as maybe have one themselves.

I am not sure about everywhere in the world but in the UK we get advent calendars to count up the days to Christmas and throughout the years they have gone from just being chocolate to now you get things like candles, chili and so much more in them. It got me to thinking, what if there was a video game calendar, for every door you opened there was a code for a video game behind it? Would this be something you would be interested in buying? Would it depend on anything?

With it being Rockstar I would more than likely think they would want a whole new twist to GTA VI but it is also possible for them to bring previous games they have released in the GTA series into the Twist of GTA VI. With how long it's taken them to get the game almost ready I would imagine it is a whole new game with a whole new twist. Going to be exciting when they are ready to announce more though.

This is a tough one as there are so many games that I would love to see as a mashup but it's whether or not it would work even if I would love it to work. Something like Fall Guys but with popular gaming characters such as Sonic, Mario, Luigi and such would be amazing to see. Not sure how well that would work though or even if they would allow it if I am honest.

Yeah, it's one of those games where you either enjoy it or you don't. Those kind of games I do enjoy myself, it's something to sit and chill out to and relax so perfect for unwinding after a busy day. I don't see as many now mentioning it at all but it could be because it went to a mobile game, I am not sure if it is still on Facebook so I will have to check that one. In some cases with mobile games they can be connected to Facebook and linked that way so you can send things to your friends but I haven't checked that in Farmville 2 on mobile yet.

Wowzers! It's every gamers dream to have a collection like this for sure! I would personally love to be able to have a collection like this but my pocket would unfortunately cry if I tried. Can only imagine how much it would be worth if and when the market changes. That is sure dedication!

Being that Microsoft have said that they would open up the games to all platforms and they would not be Xbox exclusives I see no reason why this deal with Activision should be a problem at all unless they go back on their word and make the games exclusive before or after the deal has gone through. People will make it a problem though as anyone does with anything which only leads to a waste of time for many.

Oh my that is a lot to get through. I thought I was bad with all what I have on my Switch that I haven't played yet. I have Nintendo Online at the moment which gets used a lot by my kids who play Just Dance online and also play things like Nintendo Switch Sports online so it does get used quite a lot. It's not a bad price at all for a year either and well worth it for how much they use. I always say though, are you even a gamer if you don't have a huge backlog? LOL

For me it would definitely have to be the Xbox 360 Blade Dashboard. It was so new at the time when they released it and it was so clean as well and basic. The way the dashboard is now on the Xbox One and the Xbox Series, as much as it is good I just feel there is way too much going on now with all the advertisements and such as I do miss the basic look of what the Xbox 360 blade dashboard gave. I have often said if we could ever have the option to go back to the bladed dashboard I would in a heartbeat. Obviously, I understand why the dashboard is the way it is now on Xbox but something clean would be so much better.

For me it really depends on what it looks like under the water on the game you are playing. If you can see the bottom when you are swimming in a game that doesn't tend to affect me at all and I can get on with that fine with no issue but when it comes to say swimming in water where the bottom just seems never ending, for me that kicks in a fear I never thought I had with video games. It is pretty much the same fear I have about water in real life to be honest, I am fine if you can see the bottom and you can even reach the bottom with your feet but if the bottom seems to go on and on and is pretty deep, I get frightened and tend to move away from the situation.

For me it really depends on the game and how you would find your way around the map for new quests. For example if it were a game where the character I was playing had special senses as a way to find things around the map without a marker or an area marked I would use that. In most games that I play though, I find that it's usually a marker that you can place or the area is highlighted where you need to be with a mark like directing you to the location. This is something I prefer if I am honest in video games and find helps me more when needing to find an area.

That is understandable. It can become quite repetitive with what the game is and how much there is on there to do and for some people, too much of the same thing can get too much and often results in burn out so I can see exactly where you are coming from 🙂

They do have a Battle Royale Pacman game which I believe is free if you have Nintendo Switch online. You play Pacman normally but go up against others on who lasts the longest. It's a lot of fun for sure and well worth it if you already own Nintendo Online and you get it as part of that. I haven't played it in a while but I have heard that it's still very popular.

So I just realized that this game is actually on Game Pass and I noticed it as it was advertised on my home when I turned my Xbox on. I honestly thought it would be a game I would have to purchase to be honest but I am glad that it is on game pass as it means I can now play it myself instead of just watching others play it. Actually excited to play it as from what I have seen from it so far, it looks like a lot of fun! Love that we get so many awesome games on Game Pass if I am honest.

That's about the same time my son started playing if I am honest, he did tire of it quite a few times but does keep coming back to the game when new things come out. He is enjoying this new Chapter and Season at the moment and has been playing quite a bit. Have you considered trying it again or is it just not something that takes your fancy at all now?

It's always a shame to see games like this go down and be completely unplayable because the servers have shut down, especially if you really enjoy the game and it was just the decision of the developer to shut it off. I feel though that the more dedicated players of these games will always find a way to make their own private servers and keep them going somehow. It may take some years but you may notice something pop up.

I have been playing a game called Fly Race on Roblox that has a Christmas even, it's actually quite chill and something I can periodically play whilst I am working as well which is nice. Been playing it with my kids since last night and it's been a lot of fun!

No matter how many times I have tried to use Sigma myself I always struggle with it, can't seem to get the hang of him. I know within time if I use him enough I will be able to grasp it but I usually give up and go back to who I am used to lol. My youngest son, he is 13 and he plays Sigma and I often sit and think to myself "how does he do that" and even though he tries to explain to me I still struggle.

Considering Smokey stated it was a game on GAME PASS and there is only one on game pass I'd say that's self explanatory. I haven't played the game myself or seen the movies but it's not the first time I've played a game and not seen the movies. Might check this out see what it's like over the Christmas period.