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@Kidfunkadelic83 @lazarus11 I lived in the town for quite a few years. Not many things would push me towards Xbox, but making anyone from Blackpool Sony's ambassador would probably do it.

As long as he doesn't try and broadcast any preview footage while he's up there. Because in space no-one can hear you stream.

I wouldn't like to be his dog when he finds out

Read that as "Blackpool's Lisa" for a moment. Somehow I'm even more clueless having read it properly.

@Northern_munkey Don't use it for the games you want. Use it for the games you're maybe kind of curious about. Then, in a year's time when you would have forgotten about them, they go on sale for a couple of quid and you go "oh yeah, I'll give that a go"

As others have said, I find the wishlist good for keeping an eye on games that I want to play but I'm not in a rush to get to. The notifications for when they go on sale are handy.

But I'm not into developers telling us to "wishlist" games like it's a verb all of a sudden. Can't get behind that.

@playstation1995 @Northern_munkey Have you listened to Chuck D's new album? He's still doing his own thing, bloke's off his rocker in the best possible way

@Tdx I read it!

Don't sleep on Nioh 2, I enjoyed the first game but the second one was another level for me. Some people are the other way round so it'd be interesting to see how it lands for you.

I'm still not quite sure what I thought of the Nioh 3 demo but I'm looking forward to it nonetheless.

"The pelvis is basically like a bowl to hold the intestine"

I mean he's not exactly Barry White

@TheKurgan Maybe that was the next boss...?

Conscious I've been playing lots of Elden Ring and Sniper Elite recently, so I'm making an effort to play some things I've never played before.

Starting with Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. It's ace so far.

"You'll encounter some very creepy scenes, monsters, and set pieces. Oh, and a penis"

Erm, what?

"But we realized that it wasn't what fans wanted to see or play"

Finally a developer gets it

I've not played it, I put it on the back burner after seeing spoilers and didn't get around to it. I've only seen the show.

I get what they were going for and I like that they had the balls to do it. But my big problem with the show is that when you have a core duo that relies on each other so much for character development and you kill one of them off, you also kill off half of the other character and they don't have the same growth any more.

The show has made me interested to play the game and see if I've got the same issues with it.

@Blaze215 Yeah I'm certain from what I've read. Like I say, I'm not just talking about since 1901. There's a whole host of verified and accredited scientific papers here:

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/95JD03410

Some of them are heavy going, I'm not going to lie, and I don't pretend to be an expert. But I've worked in and around this stuff from time to time, as part of the work my company does. There's an orgy of evidence here and it's the most depressing orgy I've ever seen

EDIT: I should say, open the 'references' tab in that link. Those are what I'm referring to, alongside the primary study

@Blaze215 Right, but the Little Ice Age (which is a misnomer because there wasn't any new ice knocking about) wasn't caused by man, and it was only relatively localised, affecting just the northern hemisphere. And it only lasted for the blink of an eye in comparison to the proper, genuine ice ages the earth has seen.

What the boffins are saying is that the change in temperature we've seen in the last 200 years or so is comparable with actual global changes occuring over massive spans of time, like tens of thousands of years. And there's more co2 in the atmosphere that at any point in the last million years. That's some bad s***

@DaveTheRave Okay yeah, but I guess the counter is what if Yellowstone doesn't throw a wobbly? Cos that's not something we can control, whereas man's impact on the climate is.

I agree with you in that we shouldn't worry about what we can't control, but we can still have a crack at the things we can.

@DaveTheRave Sorry no I meant the accelerated warming in the last 100 years or so. It's always happened in the past, but it's been quicker recently.

You could be onto something with the farting cows lol

@DaveTheRave What else would you put it down to?

@thefourfoldroot1 I get what you're saying. I'm not saying it's the end of the earth as a functioning planet.

I just think whenever I see someone say "the planet has always gone through cycles of heating up and cooling down", I think there's a responsibility to point out that it's happening quicker and that's why so many people talk about climate change. A lot of younger people probably visit this site, and the more impressionable among them might be fooled by that comment into thinking it's business as usual for the planet.

@thefourfoldroot1 Geology is the study of the planet Earth, so I'd argue it's a geological issue. Those other factors do come into it though, certainly. Although that's probably diverting the conversation down a different route.

The planet is going through its warming/cooling cycle quicker than usual and it's always worth pointing that out, because there's always people saying "oh well the planet always changes". Well yeah, but not this quick. Hence all the research, hand wringing etc.

@Unsilenceable Yes but recent cycles of warming and cooling have been massively quicker, that's what's causing the worry

There's a fifth entry in the series? And it's available on a Playstation console? Why haven't I heard about this?

Tell you what, £150 if you can guarantee no Tiny Tina

It's clearly part of a conspiracy to undermine the game. Gamers are being paid to buy the game and then demand refunds. Wake up people

Long overdue patches masquerading as new full-priced releases? Not a healthy way for gaming to go, in my personal opinion.

I finished Eiyuden with only a few trophies left for platinum, and then traded in my disc, so there's always that option if I feel like it. That and Katamari are about as far as it goes.

I need to get this Nioh 3 demo wrapped up before it disappears. I'm finding it tricky, feels much harder than Nioh 2.

@Slideaway1983 Don't worry, they're already adding value by increasing the price

I love it when companies adapt their pricing strategy in a dynamic way. It's so much better than when they adapt it in a non-dynamic way.

Cairn
Mafia
The Outer Worlds 2
Shinobi
Sword of the Sea

I didn't pick Ghost of Yotei because I figured that will be getting enough love here, but that's going to be brilliant as well. I'm not sure how many I'll buy day one, but I plan to play all of those at some point.

EDIT: I forgot about Silent Hill F

@jFug Haha, beat me to it

"We won't make the same mistake again. We're going to make a slightly different one."

I'll wait for the remaster

Played Hundred Heroes, it's worth checking out if you want an RPG to get stuck into.

Katamari is the big draw for me.

You're asking me if I fancy another play through of one of my favourite games of all time?

Go on then.

It's a Christmas miracle!

(if it happens)

Looking forward to this, possibly not day one but won't be far off

@SamMR Think we need the Eternal Sunshine treatment at this point

My mate is coming round later on so we can give the Nioh 3 demo a go. Looking forward to that.

In the meantime, Elden Ring, Suikoden and watching endless rounds of Splitgate, which my son has taken to playing

Would a little Silksong really be too much to ask..?

I'm still coming to terms with the fact that Nioh 3 is real.

I'm downloading the demo as we speak

It's not the worst month ever. Nice to have Alone in the Dark in the locker when halloween rolls around

I bought the Suikoden remasters on Amazon and accidentally ordered them to go to my folks' house. Oops.

So I guess it's Elden Ring and Bloodborne until I can be bothered to make the drive to pick it up. Could be worse.

Fond memories of giving this a go in beta but I don't think I played it for more than an hour. Guess that says it all

If only the makers of online shooters had such commitment to quality

I enjoyed the beta but I don't know if I'm ready to rush out and throw down full price for this one yet.

Cheers for the review @AaronBayne just one question, in your playtime, what was the ratio of Dark Souls to Elden Ring bosses you encountered (or brand new enemy designs for that matter)?

Yeah there's no way I won't be playing this at some point. It looks brilliantly ridiculous

I'd be interested to learn more about these "subtle narrative' elements we missed out on. The bones of a great game were there and the weapons had some real kick.