@TheBrandedSwordsman Nothing special over here. I need to do some chores and errands I’ve been putting off, like car maintenance and shopping. So boring in that regard. Likely will mix in some games of course and maybe movies. Not sure if I’m ready to brave a theater but there’s some shows in TV I’ll probably spend time with. I’ll catch up on sleep as well. And I might end up peeking in on the opening weekend for the NFL, but I’m not sure how excited I actually am for it but it’s part of the Zeitgeist in the US so I might as well play along.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution Hope you don’t mind but I moved it here, as we were going a ways off the whole trophy-thing.
I did try Heavy Rain at a mates house back when that released and I seem to recall that being a bit more involved than what I’ve experienced of the Telltale games so far. I quite like what I played of it too… I vaguely remember ‘hitting my kid with a plastic sword’ and thinking it was hilarious 🤣. I was obviously a bit younger back then 😅.
Yeah I will try D:BH at some point but I’ve got The Division 2 and Everybody’s Golf currently on the go (along with Batman: Telltale) and I’m ‘scheduled’ to finally get back to the Metal Gear Solid series this month with Metal Gear Solid 2. On top of all that, I just picked up the two South Park games and quite fancy starting the first one of those for some reason (I mean, I’m pretty sure that they’re turn-based, which I never connect with… but I do love South Park).
@colonelkilgore That’s a promising sign that you had a favorable first impression of Heavy Rain. It’s a great mystery game and although it’s aged a bit, I think you’ll find it still ahead of curve when compared to Telltale.
I’ve got MGS2 in my backlog too. I’ve been meaning to play it for a while as I’m not sure I gave it much attention in the past and I think it’s actually more culturally accurate in today’s world, amazingly. If I can get around to it we can compare notes.
From time to time I think about Everybody’s Golf. Maybe one day.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution I’ll definitely let you know how I find MGS2 when I start it in the coming weeks… I mean, I’m expecting to love it once I start it but not ‘feeling’ it right now.
Everybody’s Golf is fun… I personally prefer the old Tiger Woods system of using the analogue-stick to perform the golf-swing than EG’s hitting ‘x’ at the appropriate time on a slider-gauge… but I still quite enjoy it.
@colonelkilgore The South Park games are great fun. The second one is far superior for combat though and I preferred the Marvel spoof to the Lord of the Rings spoof of the first game. But the jokes from the first game are much more from the era of when I used to regularly watch it.
Platinums are slightly tricky from what I remember, especially the sequel as you’ll have to play it through twice as two trophies can’t be got with the same character (I’m keeping it purposefully vague).
@Thrillho What do you reckon about the fifth test in the series against India either being forfeited by India due to a positive covid test or rescheduled for next year? It's unclear which is going to happen at the moment.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@Thrillho sounds cool, I remember an episode or two where the gang role-played as LotR and Superheroes… I’ll probably play them in order but I too like the sound of the Marvel-spoof one more if I’m honest.
@nessisonett Outstanding match. I watched the whole run from the qualifying games and Emma just got better with each match. One of my favourite things about Amazon Prime is amount of tennis it has.
@BearsEatBeets Yeah, I’ve been watching tennis since I was young but it’s been a while since I’ve seen someone so impressive. Both players were hitting shots that players twice their age would struggle to hit consistently!
@nessisonett Think it's possible we have another Evert–Navratilova style rivalry that go on for a while. I certainly hope so because it's quality tennis. There has been quite a spread of winners in the women's game since Serena's decline so it will be interesting to see if they can maintain this level through their careers.
@nessisonett@BearsEatBeets Incredible match where Fernandez looked better for the most past but Raducanu stepped up at key moments. To go through qualifying and win the tournament without dropping a set is just ludicrous.
Thankfully it doesn’t seem that the medical time out at the end is being picked up on by the press or Fernandez’s camp as an excuse or anything.
One of the best matches I’ve seen in ages and I’m glad Channel 4 managed to get the rights to show it live too.
@TheBrandedSwordsman It’s all a mess, particularly seeing as it was seemingly all still on the night before.
It’s hard not to think too cynically about the IPL being a reason or whether India would have done the same if they weren’t leading the series. But then England left the series in South Africa last year because of Covid so it’s difficult to know really.
@Thrillho Yeah thankfully other than a few internet muppets everyone in the press and the sport know the medical timeout was required by the rules and probably had little baring on the outcome. I don't blame Fernandez for getting bothered by how long it took when she felt like she was gaining some momentum though but the pause could have easily worked against Emma as much help her.
I was quite surprised when Amazon did a deal for the final with Channel 4 to allow them to also show it and even more so when Amazon donated the fee to British Women's Tennis. Still it was probably extra publicity for their service which I greatly appreciate as they cover way more tennis events than the main sports channels. I'll be curious to see how many tuned in to the match.
@Thrillho Wow that's some pretty impressive figures, especially in this age of so many options and ways of watching things. Plus you can add all the people like me who watched it on Prime too. Thanks for sharing the info.
@Jimmer-jammer I checked mine and apparently I’m not ignoring anybody, despite having only ever utilised it once. Perhaps said person got banned, I dunno.
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