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Stellar Blade and Death Stranding 2 look like they are going to be great games!
I am currently playing FF7 Rebirth. It's AMAZING!

My neighbor had a PS1 back in the 90's. I tinkered with it once and don't remember what the game was. Possibly the first Tomb Raider. I was a Nintendo fanboy back then so I was disinterested in PlayStation. Street Fighter was popular, and so was Mortal Kombat, and if I recall the boys next door were into Tekken and I may have gave that a try also. 
I took a break from games for a long time (adulting) and when I returned to the scene I did my research and bought a PS4 and I've been in love since. My first ever "modern" game I played was The Last of Us. Today's games are a much different experience from those of the 90's, lol. 

Would you believe I am taking my wife and daughter and we are going to see Labyrinth (1986, David Bowie) in the Cinemark theatre this evening?
I have it on Blue-Ray and streaming, but there is something about the big screen 😄

Okay, the slap fighting thing is truly ridiculous, lol. It's even funnier that they have a crowd and "sports announcers" lol. You would think this is a gag, but it's legit.

This is a tough question. I like the concept of the new PS Portal, delivering the PS5 experience on a handheld device, albeit streaming from the main unit. I would not be interested in a handheld that delivered a subpar experience. It has to be at least on par with the Switch, now that Nintendo raised the bar.

I see - If you want another recommendation, there's Mario Kart also.

Mine is the original Switch, and although I have the option of docking it, I just keep it handheld. The games I mostly play are FF8, Link's Awakening, Layers Of Fear, and AVGN I & II. I have 130 DDL's an 20-something carts, so I have no shortage on that system. But either way, It's an awesome setup.
You could mention games like Link's Awakening to them if they're into fantasy games like that. I think they would really enjoy it. But be warned, it's a hell of a lot harder to steal from the town shop in the Switch version than it is on the Game Boy.

Why would you make such an effort to maintain the cleanliness of something you think looks so bad in first place?

I haven’t looked that closely. I put a towel over it to keep the dust off when I’m done. 😆

I mean, Nintendo has been pushing this back for the past two or three years. I'll take this with a grain of salt and we haven't heard anything about a new Metroid game either so that's just wishful thinking.

Honestly - no. Don't get me wrong, I do like Mario but I hardly even celebrate my own birthday so I don't really care about Mario Day.

For me, a videogame is rated a masterpiece if it meets the following criteria:
Fantastic and unique gameplay and mechanics Above average Graphical detail and sound Amazing Storytelling and Lore Memorable characters

I finished FF16. Amazing game. Amazing story. I wasn't satisfied with the ending though. I was a completionist with this one so there is literally nothing left for me to do except start it over with New Game+ which I guess is harder the 2nd time around.
But I have shelved it for now in favor of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (part 2) which is absolutely fantastic!
 

Other interests. I grew up, started a business, got married, and had kids. These take priority over games. I'm overbooked for the next several months, which means I will probably start working extra hours and Saturdays. That will make Sundays the only day I can play... maybe.
I also am involved in online communities, and dabble in YouTube. I really need to pick ONE hobby and stick with that, lol

I would hope so. PS4 was my first time dipping my toes into the world of PlayStation and I played Infamous: New Light first, and THEN it was that I played Infamous: Second Son. Both of these games were fantastic and I would absolutely love another.

That's awesome! Why don't you get them Smash Ultimate although Mario Party is a good multiplayer game as well? Mine's also an OLED and I do play quite a bit of Tears Of The Kingdom.

I was looking forward to voting for Hogwarts Legacy but it never made the voting poll, I had to vote for Spiderman but Baldur's Gate 3 ended up winning the best game of the year. 

This is really interesting. I have never heard of this Atari system just like @The Blackangel. When did this come out?

Seriously, it has never made any sense to me whenever I see any gamer go at a game in this manner. I'm always like how do they enjoy the cut off in between and jump right to almost the end. It can never work for me playing that way. 

Totally agree, games these days are exactly like playing through a very long movie, as was said above, so it makes no sense to take the immersion out of the equation.  It's like watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy from the start of The Fellowship and then Skipping to the last 40 minutes of Return of the King.  You miss the whole point.

Exactly! Without the game's story, there's absolutely nothing for me to play for. It's the bigger picture for me in any kind of game. It's what lures me into playing any game to begin with. 

I always play for the story, even games I've played multiple times through, the story is a big part of the experience, so I never skip :)

The storyline of any game that I'm playing is very important for me. It's not something that I would be interested in doing by skipping the game's cutscenes and not bother to following the story. If I do that, I would be feeling left out in a way when playing the game. 

Not yet. For the most part, AI is just a gimmick and mainly hype - It's not going to suddenly take over ever aspect of our life. Most of the AI models aren't even refined enough to do the basics without supervision.

Kingdom Hearts II, apparently.  I was never a big KH fan, so I don't know if it truly was the best game of 2005, but it got rave reviews, I do remember that.