Topic: Off-Topic Chat Thread

@Jaz007: Nice, enjoy pal. Family are the best. Blood is thicker than water, in my case its true. My family are all Thick.

I wanted to wait to say this.
I have aspergers disorder. Also depression and anxiety.

Ok???

@andrew20: Tough draw Andrew, my sons on the Autistic spectrum too so I have an understanding of your situation. As for your anxiety and depression I unfortunately suffered massively due to a multitude of terrible situations hitting me all at once (dads death, losing career, losing home) and I needed to get medical help and move my life forward, which thankfully I did. There's light at the end if the tunnel and anxiety and depression are linked go and see your gp and ask for advice.

@themcnoisy: I already go for that.

Just got back from the Kansas City Zoo a few hours ago!

My favorites were all the cats (Tigers, Lions, a Cheetah, a Sand Cat, and something I think was called a Spotted Cat). The Tigers especially though, as they just got two new Sumatran Tigers, and they were very curious.

My only disappointment was that they didn't have a Panda, but it was a great time regardless.

@RR529: Cool! I think the best zoo I've ever been to is Chester Zoo in the UK. I haven't travelled super far and I haven't been to many zoos, but Chester Zoo had some fantastic animals. I love elephants and they had several, including a couple of babies The big cats were also a favourite.

Most recently I went to Durrell Wildlife Park in Jersey (the neighbouring island to Guernsey, where I live) but we went there on a weekday, when it was raining, and about an hour away from closing, so we were the only two people in there aside from the staff! It's a modestly sized zoo focusing mainly on birds and apes, their gorilla and orangutan enclosures being a highlight. One perk of it being rainy and cold outside was that they were indoors so we got a great look at them, and a perk of us being there so late in the day meant we got to watch the orangutans get fed a snack Very intelligent creatures.

@RR529: Glad you had a good time!!!

I haven't been to a zoo in years, of course where I live there aren't too many. The nearest good one is about a two hour drive from me.

Of course I might be biased to zoos since when I was a kid I frequent Brookfield Zoo and Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago which are two of the best in the nation.

Yeah, it was really cool. Reading up on it beforehand, it said that they have one of the best African exhibits in the country. They set up a very large mock savannah, and while each animal still has it's enclosed area, they were actually very large, and the best way to get a look is to take a ride on a ski-lift they have set up that crosses the entire savannah (you can still see the animals by walking around, but it's a LOT of walking, and you're not guaranteed to get a really good look (since they have so much space to wander off to).

All their other sections were more conventional, though. Although in the Australian section, they actually had free roaming Red Kangaroos (meaning there wasn't any barriers seperating their area from the walk path). I'm actually kind of curious how they manage to keep the Kangaroos in the area. They also, had a few more exhibits where you could go into the enclosure (the Tree Kangaroo exhibit, the Lorikeet exhibit, and another bird exhibit in the African section).

Oh, they didn't have much of an aquatic area, but the penguin exhibit was very cool. There was a ramp that curled down around the enclosure, with at least 5 different viewing areas along the way (it started out on top at ground level, then as you went down you had an underwater eye view). They had a good 20 penguins, at least, and they were all very active, and not afraid to swim up to the glass to get a closer look at the people.

I do love a good penguin.

@iDangerMouse_: You've reminded me, a friend got me a gift bag full of popping candy Freddos for my birthday - there's dozens of the things! I need to start working my way through those!

That's lunch sorted

@Kyroki: Ya played about an hour of it, it's looking pretty good. Basically game is split into day and night cycles, during the day you make your survivors do jobs such as cooking, building, scavenging, then at night you assign them jobs such as being on guard, going out to scavenge other areas (where you'll get all your resources soon after the start), or sleeping. The games all about sending people out to loot resources from other areas, hoping your own house doesn't get raided or that it's well defended, then during the day you prepare food, build equipment to make life easier and also manage the health of your survivors, both mental and physical. Game is depressing as hell but it creates a great atmosphere, it seems to be really spot on with how survivors living during a war would actually think and feel, feels more real than gamey if you know what I mean. Definitely worth the €20 it's on sale for atm. It's got some lovely touches which make it feel really genuine and realistic

@Kyroki: Actually that is the whole reason for the signature. What is frown down on is making a thread to advertise. Hope that clears it up.

@Kyroki: Yeah the signature is your own private place to post what you want. As long as it doesn't contain any profanity, insults, political or something along those lines and the site you link to is not a porn site or something.

Thanks for joining!

Hello I am new to this site and I am simply looking for a good chat on video games.... from e3 just around the corner to retro games and the future of gaming.

I am a pretty level headed gamer.... meaning I like games, not much for console wars garbage... not that don;t have an opinion on the pros and cons on each system out there but... I am never going to try and convince someone else that their opinion should be like mine...

That said I prefer just playing games instead of talking about the hardware the game is playing it on... with out the software hardware is nothing really... can not play the hardware.... can we....

Bit about myself... I am old but not grey, have a wonderful family that also likes to game. I am pretty easy going.
I also have an infinity for the period button ... sorry about that old habit and hard to break.

Look forward to chatting in the forums from time to time...
Cheers and have a happy E3 2016...

@Kidfried:

Thanks for the welcome, and it is good to hear about the others here.

As for systems... I have all three, PSVita, PS3 and the PS4. Right now the PS4 is used the most and the Vita is used the least...

my favourite games is a long list... but on the PS4 right now I am playing Overwatch, Fallout 4 and Dirt Rally jumping from game to game which I normally don;t like to do... but that is the situation I find myself in... would rather play one game at a time get it out of the way and move on to the next.

My 3 games I am looking forward to the most. For the PS4 is Xcom 2, Horizon, Don't Starve Together and one more would have to be a seeing a Red Dead sequel there.... that would be awesome as well.

I am an easy going gamer... I like a lot of Genres but sadly I am not excellent in one of them... I am an average gamer when it comes to skill. My favourite Genres would be RPG, FPS, Strategy games (TBS and RTS), and Racing... my least played would be Sports and Fighting, but that does not mean I don't play them... just don't play them all too often...

How about you, what genres are your favourite and what games have spun lately in your Playstation.

@Kyroki: You should of stuck with iDangeMouse_ that was a great tag name.

@FATMANGOBOOM: Nice avatar, have you played pacman championship edition?

@themcnoisy: Don't quote me but I THINK iDangerMouse and Kyroki are different people, but both with Sly avatars? I'm always getting them mixed up! haha

Edit: Oh no think I'm wrong actually! There is another guy on here with a Sly avatar though I think?

Sadly I have never platinum a game... Horrible yes. I have got close a few times but never have gone after everything in a game....

I beat most stories to the games and play the online to most but not all... but I find it hard to go after every little thing....
I know I should be doing this more... even a mate of mine has just platinum Battlefield 4 last night... but I either don't'' have the patients or the skill... Like I said I am an average gamer... (sadly)

I sure hope we see a new Red Dead at E3, can't wait... things will start off very shortly.... only another day or so...