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LOL... Hey @CreepinDeth ... 

I was more of a digital copy versus physical copy for the PlayStation Vita... UNTIL... I ran into a time where my system was offline for a bit and I didn't open a few digital games for awhile.   I couldn't play them until I connected.  There's something in the games that don't allow you to play them if you haven't been online in a certain number of days AND tried to connect to the game.  I get why they do it... but it sucks too.  I shouldn't have to ensure I'm trying to play a game every x days so it stays active on my system.

Fear factory demanufactered is still one of my favorite cds. That and Megadeth Rust in Peace... hanger 18 and tornado of souls keeps getting better and better

Speaking of metal thread , allow me to break the ice!  (Crazy song but love the last 40 seconds)

Happy Thanksgiving!  -  I hope you all have a nice day to relax, Game, and/or take a nap 

Drop by and say hi... especially if you haven't been here in awhile.  We would like to hear from you.

BLUEVOODU

Actually... what's worse.... is when you find an awesome collectors edition SteelBook... you get it... and it's dented / damaged but there are no copies left to buy and returning the game has challenges.  First World Problem... but that's my biggest peeve.

Double Post.. I know.

@Jack  - Maybe @Grindspine has checked this out.  He and his Lady like to watch certain Anime / animated films.  I have not seen or heard anything on this.  Maybe post a trailer from Youtube?  I know he likes Ghost in the Shell too.

I definitely like the Studio Ghibli series... as well as others.  I haven't had a lot of time to look into new Anime series.    This one might be a cool one to look into.

I've seen @Strubes play this game as well... it would be cool to see if we could get him to play as well.

... THAT... AND get @SpartanEvolved to buy it LOL.  I texted him your GameStop Deals Thread with Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 for $38.  SO... maybe he'll pick It up.

LOL... I have to keep saying this.. @Jack add me to PS4... and steam.  I cannot find your user name.  VRBADA.. I know... but I cannot find yours.  There's only 1 BLUEVOODU!

@targetrasp Black Out is a great way to see what all the weapons do... so is Team Death Match or free for all.  Both of those are exactly like the classic modes with the same load outs / classes.

You and @Jack both were!  I was on Black Ops 4 for like 3+ hours lol.

ALSO... @mastermario could've played Phantasy STar Online.

OK... until next time -  this weekend it out for me... maybe Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.

As @targetrasp and @Aya-Kun mentioned... Steel Books are where it's at.  There have been quite a few cool Steel Books made, but one of my favorite still is the Shadow of the Tomb Raider - PlayStation 4 and Xbox One - STEELBOOK.  Follow that link to see it.  I Will post up my images at some point of the steel book... cool stuff though. 

I have to agree with @Mai Valentine and everyone else... I prefer physical copies for everything.  However, after recently downsizing some stuff... I do see the appeal @Grindspine and @SpartanEvolved mentioned of having digital copies.  Less Storage .... is a good good thing.

Yeah... @Jack I ran into issues with their support last night as well... feel free to check out the Axiom Verge topic.  Sad face...

I get what you mean... Local stores seem really cool, but upper management comes down very hard.   One of the local employees helped me out big time... but they were like "I cannot hold this game beyond 5pm though or I will get in big trouble."  They did a big favor for me at launch.  I would've paid them over the phone but they couldn't do that either.  SOOOOO.... they saved it for me until after I got off work.  I get why there are rules and what-not... but it's not cool working in an environment like that.

@SpartanEvolved Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 - $38.00.. do it.  @Jack (if he finally adds me to PS4, I was on BLOPS 4 all Saturday  ), @targetrasp , and need to get in a few games.

I know a lot of gamers these days will welcome it.  from 2000-2012, there was a major change in distributions to a more digitally distributed format, DRMs, etc.   Personally, I like physical media... but others have stated it's cumbersome... especially when you move or have to take care of everything.  It doesn't surprise me they are looking into this... especially so they don't have to pay Sony rights  on the Blu-ray Players.  Laptops, ipads, and many other devices have gone to loading the OS via USB, network, and other methods.  Loading from disk is becoming more and more rare.

With that said... it's only a matter of time.  IF THEY ACTUALLY accomplish this take, they will have to increase drive space and increase it well.  We could still rely on external hard drives like we have to now, but I think the would need to make the systems 3-4TB at minimum.  This would definitely increase the cost, though a 3-4 TB PATA drive is relatively inexpensive dollar to GB.

It would also take the focus of the Game Console and move it away from the "center of entertainment system" status a little bit.  OR you would have to plan on where to play your Blu-Rays, DVDs, etc.   This could be accomplished without much pain in an external player hooked up to your TV.  The negative is this adds one more device to your overall setup - which is less efficient.  More and more, your movies are moving to digital format.  THOUGH... services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc... don't have EVERYTHING ready to go at a moments notice.  You then have online rental services to fill in the gap.  Who wants to do that when you already pay a monthly fee for your other services?  Not me... but I guess that's another first world problem.    

Great topic... very interesting.  What are your thoughts @retro junkie ?    I guess my price point would have to be $200-ish...but it better have good storage built in.  Laptops and other devices no longer give a discount for no drive.  I'm can't say they ever did... but those devices have a much smaller device foot print now.  This has some value to it.  It's interesting to see some of the things playing out now that we talked about in the 2006 time frame, if I am correct.

I actually have not picked up Titanfall 2. Is it any decent? I played the first one a little bit on 360.

@Jack IT's a blast on the PlayStation 4.  There is still decent activity as well.  It's definitely worth the $9 you can score it for on Amazon.com.  If you liked the 1st one, the 2nd one will not disappoint.  It was such a good game... just released at a bad time between Call of Duty and BattleField 1 back in 2016.  Such a good game... but you have to like the Titanfall style of play.   IMO for someone new, it's worth the $9 to try it out.  There's a pretty good single player Campaign as well.

Let me know if you get it... we can join up!  We also Need to join up on Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 on the PlayStation 4.  I tried this weekend.  I was on it for a long time.  @targetrasp  has it as well. We could all join up.

Another one for First World Problems

I called Gamestop... was on the phone for 55 min.  The lady setup my return for Texas.  She corrected that... stated, take the game to the local Gamestop (I had to nail down which 1 of five).  she said take my id and delivery confirmation and they will hook me up.  The confirmation I received was to print out a return label... so I actually am not sure what I'm supposed to do right now.  I Called back because my call disconnected and there was a 60 min wait.  The local Gamestop store didn't know what to do... so... I'm going to call their manager tomorrow and try to figure this out.   

Haha woo


So axiom verge just arrived. Beat up bad.....  I'm a bit pissed. Punch myself in the face. Lol... calling to return and get another row.

PS4 and XBox One are not compatible with PC , right?

Post Up Overwatch in a new thread @targetrasp  - we need this posted.  Where did you get it?  I want to partake.

@targetrasp  - I don't know... it's good, but we know when we have several years of good... bad will be on the way at some point. My guess is with the split of Government powers, we will see headwinds on the business side... and the tail winds will stop.  Not saying that's 100% certain, but I THINK we will see that.    Plus ... we've been heated for awhile now.

I hope that's not the case either... but then again... I don't need to spend money this year.  It needs to go to other stuff.

@retro junkie I hear you... @mastermario , @Grindspine , @SpartanEvolved , and I would go deal shopping here and there.  We used to have a Thanksgiving LAN... but haven't done that in about 4 years (I think).  On the last year we did that... everything was different.  There were NO DEALS at midnight. All of them were done.  SUCKED.  The odd thing too... EVERYTHING was open.  Just 1 year before that (and all previous years)... EVERYTHING was closed until Midnight.  Restaurants and everything.    We used to go to this 1 Pizza shop that was open ... it had to had been from 2008-2014 because nothing else was open LOL.    Times have definitely changed rapidly.  That also came back to bite stores as they didn't sell stuff as well with their new schedules and the frenzy was gone.

@MegaDrive20XX told me about this one a few months back.  I have yet to try it... but he was pretty excited for it.   I like the sound of your initial play through.   Is it still holding up?

This game is on my radar and is definitely tempting.  I think I'm a bit more tempted to buy it on the Nintendo Switch right now due to portability.

LOL @targetrasp 

No... GRIS - Did you check this out?

I figured this would be something that @Grindspine would dig a lot as well.  It's should be up his alley art wise.

Thankfully all of ours still look like a regular Game Stop and Not Hot Topic yet.  Axiom Verge - PlayStation Vita became available online... so I ordered it through there.

But even the cart process was a bit cumbersome and shipping was a tad off putting.   With that said - we need a Gamestop topic  In case someone wants to start it


Getting this back on topic (LOL)... I can't wait for Axoim Verge to arrive.  And I noticed AXIOM was AXION in the title @targetrasp   

No one else has picked up and tried this pretty cool side scroll beat-em-up?

Alright... Finally made it to level 12 (I believe) in Black out for Call of Duty: Black Ops for the Playstation 4

I have made more progress in Rainbow Moon for the Playstation Vita.  A topic needs to be created on this game... It was left behind for awhile.  I picked it back up recently. 

@Jack Any chance you picked this title up as well?

Alright - I'm still loving Titanfall 2 AND Call of Duty Black Ops 4 for the Playstation 4.

However, I bought Blue Rider for the Playstation 4.  It's indeed SHMUP... and I'll post a topic on it soon.


Keep the thread going!

Happy Early Birthday, @Kinikko !!  Enjoy the digital cake on your real birthday LOL.

If you get video game gifts... post up what you got! 

@Grindspine Honestly... PC Gaming doesn't win in this realm either.  Now... you may find some user based servers running longer, but game servers shutdown as well.

Phantasy Star Online on the PC is only online because users made it so.  IF it was up to Sega, it would be dead.


It's cool that Nintendo kept the Wii services running for as long as they have.  Also Per @retro junkie 's comment... it really shouldn't be that hard to move Wii Store games to other platforms... OR make them available immediately on the Nintendo Switch for Download.  That's the part that's dumbfounding.  There's absolutely no reason to not be able to do that.  But instead, you have to move the Virtual Console games from the Wii to the Wii U.  I know this process didn't work for me when I bought my Wii U.  I had to start my Wii U from scratch.  Now, I'm let trying to figure it out and work on a contingency plan just in case it doesn't work out.  I guess that's another First World Problem for the Thread in General 

whats a woo service

Lol ugh. Stupid autocorrect.  Wii

Bumping this up!

This should be a bigger discussion. Current topic about PS3 game servers being shutdown here:
<a href="https://www.chickendinnergaming.com/forum/index.php?topic=498.0">PS3 Server Shutdown Extended - Sony Email</a>

This is also happening with Playstation Vita games and Wii services as well.

I received an email from Sony.. Did anyone else see this?

Hello bluevoodu,

We wanted to update you on a planned service shut down, which impacts online access for Warhawk, Twisted Metal, PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale, and Sound Shapes. This has now been extended to January 31, 2019 at 12:00 AM PT.

Following this shutdown, Warhawk will no longer be playable unless <a href=" https://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/settings/connectwireless.html?emcid=em-st-168299&TextLink">the PS3 system is set to LAN mode for local network play</a>.  For Twisted Metal and PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale, users can play the campaign offline as well as local (couch) multiplayer in split screen mode. For Sound Shapes, users will be able to play the campaign and all DLC purchases as well as create their own levels, however, users won't be able to share their levels with the community or download community created levels.

This brings up the discussion again about achievements you cannot obtain anymore:
Trophies, Gamerscores, and Achievements you can no longer Attain

Thoughts? Comments?  Post it up!

LOL  . Yeah.  But never the less ... it really does help toward hosting and upgrades.  Right now that's all out of pocket and will continue to be, it just helps out a lot.