The Blackangel

I agree for the most part. It's not entirely about getting the virus, it's about spreading it. Someone can argue it by saying "I feel fine, so I can't have it." Well that person could be asymptomatic or a carrier. Both situations would cause them to spread the virus without feeling the symptoms. I wear a mask when I go out, and although I hate doing it, I suck it up and put one on. I feel fine, but that doesn't mean I'm not infected or a carrier. I don't touch fresh unpackaged produce unless I know for a fact that I'm going to buy it. But that's a bit of a moot point as I've always been that way. Masks won't cure it, but they will slow it down and give the medical world (the ones that care anyway) a chance to get the virus under control and hopefully kill it. The CDC is working their ass off, but due to the arrogance of a disproportionate number of the American population, their not making much progress. I mean how long did it take to get the black plague under control after it killed 1/3 of Europe?

For monumental things, like the gold spike at Promontory Point, I think it's perfectly fine to do something like this. But unless Sony planned the PS5 to be their last ever system, I think it's completely ridiculous to do something like this. Sure, everyone would like to have a gold system. It's human nature to want the most valuable items. But what purpose does it actually serve? All I see it doing is being a status symbol for someone to say "I have more money than you so I'm better than you." It's like this Hermès bag. I guarantee I can get some just as good at Walmart for $20. Why the hell would I spend $107,800 for a fucking purse? Status symbol. But a bag like that is just ASKING to be robbed. And would anyone even hook up a gold PlayStation? It seems to me that no one would. It would just sit in that wooden box, and collect dust. But maybe there are collectors of oddball gold items, so I could be talking nonsense. But these are just my views on a gold console.

Something I like to do is hunt certain items in Castlevanis SOTN. I always get myself 2 Ring Of Varda, a Gods Garb, a Crissaegrim, and a Mourne Blade. They're all drop items, and sometimes take FOR FUCKING EVER to get, but are more than worth it. There's a cheat code I use to get a base luck of 99, and I know a trick to keep every item at the beginning of the game, instead of being Death's bitch. But you have to use the 99 luck cheat code if I remember correctly.

If you want a good starting place with God Of War, you should start with Chains Of Olympus. It's available on PSP and PS3. It's actually the one that made me a fan of the series. It's an amazing game, and a great entry into the series.

Yawn

Going by that pic, it looks like they grew enough of a brain to come up with a new design for the Xbox X. Smart move on their part.

We have a couple. I bought a few NES and SNES games from them last year. I got Ducktales 2 and TMNT Tournament Fighters on NES at one of them. It was a hell of a good deal. Just over $300 for the both of them together. They also have some other rares like Mega Man 1&5. They check all the games that come in to make sure they're not bootlegs. So nothing fake is sold. And if someone asks them to, they're willing to take the cart apart and prove that it's the real deal right there in store. Well, one store is. The other is employed by a bunch of arrogant college kids.

I think it's not considered a sport because it doesn't require physical skill. Tiger woods could play golf on a PS4, but golf nuts would just see him as killing time doing so. Anyone good at NBA 2Kxx games aren't on the roster of the Lakers. We use our hands on a controller, or a mouse and keyboard primarily. You don't have to know how to skate to play NHL games, but you sure as hell do to actually play it IRL. So while gaming does take a hell of a lot of skill in certain areas, it's not considered a sport.

It wouldn't surprise me in the least. Mark Zuckerberg is always looking to make even more money. As $82 billion, he's already wiping his ass with $100 bills. So it's not like he needs it, but he's still greedy as hell. If he thinks he can make a nickel off of it, he's going to go for it.

I didn't see a damn thing on sale in the PlayStation store. Yeah, the article listed some great prices on some games, but not a god damn one of them actually matched the fucking sale price. 😡

With as old as the game was, yes that would be common. DLC codes all have a shelf life.

I would love to see them bring back SSX. I was a pro-am snowboarder when I was a kid, and still love snowboarding to this day, even thought I can't do it anymore. But the SSX and Coolboarders series were great also.

Collecting should be a fun side quest, not a grueling requirement. For example in FF8, there are tons of side quests, all of which are obviously optional. If you don't do some of them, you don't get every GF, but that's your choice. Others net you some awesome items like a Luck-J scroll. The biggest bitch in the game as far as side quests go is the Queen Of Cards side quest. I don't even bother with that one anymore because it's next to impossible to get rid of the damn random rule. But all of what I mentioned is optional and not pivotal to the main quest or story.

Did they scrap the original design? Or is the Xbox X still a concrete block, while this one is at the very least not going to make a persons eyes bleed?

I have preordered a couple games. But that was only because there was content that was exclusive to preorders. But typically, no I don't preorder anything. I just wait for it to hit the shelves, and then pick it up.

Streaming games will never happen. Online gaming is a lot cheaper than streaming would be, both for the gamer, and the ISP. Then throw in the technical issues already mentioned, and everyone involved would be pissed. People would ditch it quick. There's no logic behind streaming something like a game.

We've seen some crazy shit come and go. I anticipate that several PC companies will attempt at the very least to come out with a console of some sort. It's inevitable in my mind. But there are other multi-billion dollar corporations that would scare me if they tried a console, even though some have already released a game.

Worth it.

Same here. Bugs will have been addressed, more games will be available, and the price will have gone way down from the launch price. Even more so for a used system.

If you go to any store that sells Apple products, you should check out some of the other accessories. Since they removed the headphone jack you have to have Bluetooth capable earbuds or headphones. For their cheapest earbuds it's almost $200. For an Apple licensed product. And the things are pure shit from what I've heard. I bought a pair of Raycons, and they work absolutely perfectly. They can't be beat. And they weren't even half of what Apple wants for their junk earbuds.

If Nintendo does go with an updated Switch, then I see the PS5 being the front runner, with Xbox in third place. Xbox does have its die hard fans, but they're dragging. They have been since the 360. Sure the Xbox One is a great system, but it's more of a 360 without the RRoD. If any system was going to die anytime soon I would put my money on it being Xbox. And with the design of th Series X, it seems they're intentionally trying to do so. Microsoft is committing suicide in the gaming market.

While nostalgia is a big thing for me, that's not the reason I'm a classic gamer. The games on older systems were unique and just in all ways better than what is coming out now. There's no other way to say it.

Wow. Do you mean current gen games, or games since childhood? For me it would be the Zelda series up to N64, not counting Game Boy. FF8 is another one. As for current system games there's only one Red Dead Redemption II. I start having withdraws if I don't play it. Mostly because it's the first and only real family I have ever had.

To be honest I haven't really gotten far enough into any games where armor customization comes into play yet other than Goblin Sword. But the armor in it is purely cosmetic, and nothing else. In Goblin Sword, it's the relics and weapons that make the difference.

It was supposed to be only one game. People get off topic easily.