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Steam is having their Spring cleaning event.  Some people are off work for the day.  Many cookouts will be had.

Does anyone want to plan on some gaming at some point during the day?

If you put an apple sticker in the back window of your car, I will disavow you.

They're doin' it!
https://store.steampowered.com/springcleaning?snr=1_41_4__42

Be sure to have the Mac in proper configuration for serious gaming!

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Gamers hate lag and latency.  Server processing is always present on online games, which has improved over time, but the option to play a simple single-player game on a local machine will certainly still have appeal to old school gamers.

I have already resigned to the fact that I will skip this entire generation (Xbone, Switch, PS4), while sticking with PS3, 360, 3DS, and PC.

Hopefully after the initial rush of systems and high prices, I will be able to step into the current generation of gaming once I some work and finance stuff handled.

Be sure to have the Mac in proper configuration for serious gaming!

I have the Thor movies whenever you want to borrow!

No, he did not.

Odin's father had hidden the Ether (Reality Stone) long ago as referenced in Thor: The Dark World.  The video even mentions this, but incorrectly states that Odin knew where it was located--he did not.  This undoes the entire theory of the video.  There is no evidence seen in the MCU movies that Odin had other stones with exception of the Tesseract.

Wow, I feel dorky replying to this thread.

It was more classic death match style, but with pairs.  It works.

Sennheiser Game One, Sennheier Game Zero, or Logitech G933 Artemis Spectrum would be my recommendations!

Last year it was the last week of May.  If they do it this year, I would think it would be similar timing.

I totally spaced it last night (pun intended).

I might be able to do a bit of campaigning tonight.

I am down to play more at some point.

There is not enough time in one weekend to watch all of them (and still sleep).  Is there?

I am stuck working this weekend, so do not know when I will get to see the end.

Last weekend I played a bit of Air Royale with my nephew.  It is plane based PVP without the building aspect in normal Fortnite play.  We actually did pretty well and got up to second place in one game.

Mine is not really "full" retro since my NES is in storage.

My Trinitron WEGA 27" has my PS2, PS3, and SNES hooked up to it.

My Sanyo HDTV has the Xbox, 360, NES Classic, and SNES Classic. 

There is a little bit of retro in both gaming TVs.  Of course, not quite High Score Girl levels of 90s arcade game goodness.  I am sure that BV can out retro me in that regard.

Bloodlines was a Genesis exclusive.

Yeah, this! ^

I know what a certain Castlevania fan is getting for her birthday!

http://genesismini.sega.com/

This is going to be done right, by Sega.  Forty games to start, including Ecco the Dolphin, Sonic, Castlevania: Bloodlines, Altered Beast, and Toejam & Earl!

I have seen that the other Genesis retro systems have not done so well, nor did the Sony Playstation classic.  Since this one features games that have not been released elsewhere (Castlevania: Bloodlines) I think that it may do far better!

Acacia Strain - Wormwood

I have not been listening to it.. just humming it.. in my head.. when I have had a rotten day.

[Marvel]

It was Marvelous!

Not sure what my total time in this game is.  I have gotten all of the Celestial weapons except for winning Wakka's championship weapon from blitzball and completed all of the main story except the final boss.  I have about 39 save files from this run through of the game.

Grunge, Blockbuster, and Street Fighter 2 references were all so appreciated!

@BLUEVOODU 

So, what's up?

Certs make breath not bad.

What games we play?

FFX was not only one of my favorite Final Fantasy games, but also one of the most amazing PS2 experiences.  I picked up the remaster years ago, but had stopped part way through the game due to obligations at the time.  I picked it back up recently and am hooked.

The HD remaster gets rid of any blocky, pixilated graphics and adds some international version features that are not apparent until mid to late game.  The expanded sphere grid and addition of dark aeons to defeat change the end game strategy quite a bit.

Years ago, I had written off the celestial weapons for each character after frustration with the chocobo racing, butterfly chasing, and lightning dodging, thinking all three were ridiculous in difficulty and not necessary to defeat Sin.  With the changes in end game enemies, I went back and defeated all three this week.  I got the 0.0.0 time on the racing, completed both butterfly catcher trials, and dodged 215 consecutive lightning bolts to get the Onion Knight weapon!  Now I just need to play about a month's worth of Blitzball to get Wakka's weapon and overdrive abilities!

Looks like there is an official release date for the Switch and it is listed on Steam as well!

Congrats on passing the cert!

Yay, I got play of the game with D.Va twice last night!