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Off Topic / Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?

« on: March 13, 2026, 07:39:37 pm »

I watched The Dukes of Hazzard, Man of the House (2005) and Melania since my last post.

The Dukes of Hazzard looked good, definitely a high budget and they seemed to utilize it well. I'm not sure what was missing but it felt slightly lacking but otherwise enjoyable.

Man of the House slightly reminds me of some of my favorite movies with the blend of action and comedy but falls short with both. It's okay.

Melania is not a documentary, and she herself has apparently stated this, it's a very carefully curated look at her preparing to be the First Lady again. It's shot well and looks nice and they spared no expense with music licensing but there's very little here.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Free to play games!

« on: March 09, 2026, 06:37:42 pm »

I didn't realize that The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin is a free to play game. It's releasing on the 16th and can be pre-ordered for $9.99 for bonuses, I think it will be free to play that day as well, if not it will be on March 23rd.

You can pre-register now for bonus stuff: https://7origin.netmarble.com/en/playstation

I also completely missed the new HoYoverse game Varsapura reveal which seems to be their take on Control: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NccLyRQQZY

More free to play games expected this year on PS5 and available for wishlisting:
Sea of Remnants (pirate game)
Once Human (already released on PC, survival game)
Fate Trigger (anime Fortnite)
Exoborne (exosuit extraction shooter)
Neverness to Everness (anime GTA, not to be confused with Ananta which is similar)
Time Takers (third person hero shooter)

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Modern Video Games / Re: Report: Sony single player games exclusive again

« on: March 07, 2026, 12:31:46 am »

And if you weren't aware, director of the three games you've mentioned Ueda is working on their own project after having left Sony. I suppose the game could still be published by Sony, though.

His next game is funded and published by Epic Games like Alan Wake II was and Playdead's next game.

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Off Topic / Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?

« on: March 04, 2026, 10:57:16 pm »

Daltry Calhoun, a movie from 2005 I'm only aware of because of Johnny Knoxville's Wikipedia article. The poster was enticing and the trailer less so but for some reason I was interested enough to watch it. Very misleading! Knoxville's character is hardly the lead but instead the daughter is. It was a fine slice of life movie set in small town Tennessee but had it been marketed more accurately I'd probably have never watched it.

Just watched School for Scoundrels (2006) for the first time in full. The ending seems very familiar to me but the rest didn't. Anyway, this movie is pretty great. Great pacing, amazing supporting cast who pretty much all went on to do bigger things after this. The "Blue Orchid" needle drop was a nice surprise, loved that song when it came out and bought the CD because of it. I watched this because it is one of few HD DVD releases that still doesn't have a Blu-ray, alongside 2005's The Dukes of Hazzard which I'll probably watch next. Dukes has a UMD release but no Blu-ray. School for Scoundrels is free on a bunch of different services including a random but seemingly legit YouTube upload. Fun comedy with a multitude of familiar faces, well worth a watch.

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Modern Video Games / Report: Sony single player games exclusive again

« on: March 04, 2026, 04:52:32 pm »

It's been rumored for a week or two now that Sony is going to make their single player games exclusive once again, Jason Schreier is now confirming this in Bloomberg.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-04/sony-pulls-back-from-playstation-games-on-pc

Ghost of Yotei will not receive a PC port nor will the upcoming Saros. This seems to be limited to first party games because Death Stranding 2 and Kena 2 are both coming to PC.

Online multiplayer games/live service games such as Marathon and Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls will still be released for PC.

Apparently they are concerned this will hurt console sales if they continue to release on PC, uhhh duh?

Clearly the real reason for this sudden change is that they are mad they don't have a valid reason to shut down Nixxes so they are creating a reason to.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Free to play games!

« on: March 03, 2026, 03:32:11 pm »

Highguard shuts down March 12th.

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Classic Video Games / Re: So what are our thoughts on Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen coming bacc?

« on: February 28, 2026, 08:30:47 am »

The mostly positive reaction to Winds and Waves make no sense to me. It still looks like garbage despite being a Switch 2 exclusive. The waves in the trailer look fine but the ground textures still look like garbage. Those starters though.. wow. They are really out of ideas. I'd say starters started falling off around gen 5 with gen 9 being particularly bad but now they aren't even trying.

Weird choice to show very little gameplay of Pokémon Champions which is finally releasing for free on the original Switch in April.

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General / Re: What are you playing?

« on: February 27, 2026, 09:51:51 am »

Marathon was pretty awful. Long, nonsensical cutscenes were annoying. The menu system is probably the worst I've ever seen. Playing what is purposely labeled as the beginner mode and getting swarmed by bots that take more than a clip each to kill and reloading takes half an hour and the ammo is limited isn't fun. Shields are rare. No part of the game is streamlined for what is supposed to be a game played by millions, they failed at game design by making it so convoluted. If this were a single player FPS game it'd be more excusable but it's not. I kinda like the art style but it's not that special.

If I actually stuck with it and wasted hours learning everything it still wouldn't be fun. Not starting on an even playing field is flawed game design. Battle royale games are way better because everyone starts with nothing, bringing in your own super powered loot at the start of the game is just a lame idea for a game. Where's the fun part for a beginner? Die over and over and maybe one time get lucky? No thanks!

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Modern Video Games / Stage Tour revealed | Guitar Hero spiritual successor from original publisher

« on: February 26, 2026, 03:58:50 pm »

Reveal trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUrkAf3uTE4

RedOctane originally published the first two Guitar Hero games and manufactured the instrument controllers before being shutdown by Activision in 2010. This new version of RedOctane, backed by Embracer, is lead by the former studio head of Vicarious Visions who worked on the Wii ports of the Guitar Hero games. The original RedOctane founders are involved in an advisory role as they currently run CRKD which is a company also making guitar controllers for games like Fortnite Festival and Clone Hero.

Stage Tour is set to launch on consoles and PC this fall with support for guitar, drum and vocal gameplay.

Fortnite Festival is one of my most played games so I don't know if I necessarily need to check this out but I hope it's successful so Epic will commit further to Fortnite Festival! If you aren't aware, Fortnite includes Fortnite Festival which is made by Harmonix (original developers of both Guitar Hero and Rock Band) and it can be played with controller or most third-party instruments being made today. The game receives new songs every Thursday and are free to play at release. The game features a large, free rotation of songs and when playing with "Fill" on you can play songs owned by randoms. I play a lot and never felt it necessary to buy a song so it's completely free. I recommend trying it out if you're missing Guitar Hero!

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Classic Video Games / Re: So what are our thoughts on Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen coming bacc?

« on: February 24, 2026, 11:03:34 am »

but unless they're over $100 loose, I'd say you might as well just get the physical cart and skip the digital copy.

so unironicly they are over a 100$ each for loose carts and not even from retro stores that put a markup on em, actual market value

Pricing is pretty crazy and the Let's Go games already exist to experience the first gen on Switch. I'd like a way to experience the second gen again.

while you are right and while it's technically gen 1. that game got baby vibes it's not ideal for everyone. While 20$ is a scam for an old retro port I'd easily pay that over let's go at 20$. even if let's go was 5$ or free i'd take a port of the gba games at 20$ each over it. it's a godly deal in comparison. let's go is not a good gen 1 experience it's a terrible game. if let's go was released back in the day as the first games I really doubt pokemon would have been as popular as it was today. kids would drop it at really young ages, ain't anything cool about that game. it's really kiddy like 5yo kiddy. yes pokemon games are made for kids but let's go is too on the nose while older gens looked cool and made for all ages, let's go looks like a game for 5yo's. ost also murdered and disneyfied.

I played Let's Go, Eevee! with the Pokéball controller and enjoyed it quite a bit. My initial reaction to it was that it's just for non-gamers that played Pokémon Go to introduce them to the full series but it was a more memorable experience than I had playing X or Omega Ruby which I just breezed through. I'd say X/Y with a fairy type Pokémon is a more of a "kiddy" game than Let's Go is. Slurpuff one hit KO'd everything in that game. I also only paid about $30 new for the bundle with controller and traded it into eStarland for double what I paid lol.

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General / Re: What are you playing?

« on: February 23, 2026, 11:05:47 am »

I learned that Predator: Hunting Grounds is still active. It only takes about a minute to find a game and I was playing at like 4am. It's a decent game that for some reason reminds me of Unit 13.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase 2.5.2026 thoughts?

« on: February 23, 2026, 11:04:02 am »

There's a Nintendo Treehouse event happening tomorrow with Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup In Bellabel Park and Pokémon Pokopia.

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Classic Video Games / Re: So what are our thoughts on Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen coming bacc?

« on: February 23, 2026, 11:03:05 am »

Pricing is pretty crazy and the Let's Go games already exist to experience the first gen on Switch. I'd like a way to experience the second gen again.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Report: PS6 2029 | Switch 2 price increase soon?

« on: February 20, 2026, 11:36:52 pm »

Microsoft has their own set of issues...even more after today with Phil Spencer retiring and the head of Xbox stepping down. They were replaced by a young woman with no gaming industry experience, having ran Microsoft's AI division. So yeah... Xbox is cooked too.

Wow! Learning this just now from reading this. Crazy shakeup.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Sony shuts down Bluepoint

« on: February 20, 2026, 12:28:00 pm »

BluePoint did an incredible job bringing the Uncharted Trilogy from PS3 to PS4. Even improved the gameplay of the first by ridding us of motion control grenade throwing.

Yeah, modern Sony when it comes to how Playstation is being handled has been severely bad. PS5 is easily the worst Playstation generation. Each era has it's own issues with the exception of PS1 and to a point PS2, but PS5 is by far the worst non-handheld Playstation.

Whoever is calling the shots, be it a single person or a group, all need to be let go.

I didn't mention the remasters but I should have because their work bringing the original Titanfall to Xbox 360 was pretty remarkable too.