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Woot, Glad to see you @Polygon ! 

yeah...  the nagging part in the back of my mind is their track record of hardware.   The Steam Controller left a meh experience... and I'm hoping the controls for this unit are awesome.  Screen AND controls are my main Hangups.  However, Maybe they've learned from and improved upon the past.

Good suggestion @Grindspine  - I'm taking a look into this game.  I remember passing it up before due to so many  other games.  My Ps3 collection still has many unplayed games.  Which of my collections don't anymore though?  Maybe that's another one for the 1st world problems topic. 

LOL @targetrasp I blame Nintendo as well... but I think someone did it before Nintendo, but I cannot remember who it was right now...

While we have a master Linux topic here: The Linux Topic and a few other topics, I figure we need more Linux topics to keep the conversation rolling!

What is your favorite Linux Desktop, why do you use it, and what are your favorite apps to use with the desktop?

Maybe we can get @Polygon and @trkorecky to chime in on this one as well 

Post it up!

Alright... I'm in.  I pre-ordered my spot.   I want this to be awesome 

Happy Birthday @Grindspine !   I hope it's a good day and enjoy your digital cake!

We will have to get together soon to celebrate.   AND if you get the gift of gaming, don't forget to post up your loot! 

Lol... so far, I think my high score for skateboarding is 60757:

Alright... if you haven't done so, head over to www.google.com and check out the Doodle Champion Island Games.  It is a little fun way to waste a little bit of time.

https://g.co/doodle/8q2fg8b

If you check it out, post up your thoughts and comments!

@retro junkie  - that's definitely an interesting take... and a good one at that!

There's something interesting about the Loki series.  We can re-watch it several times.   Wandavision was not that way.  Falcon and Winter Soldier was good for at least another watch.   I found that to be interesting for a TV show.

@CreepinDeth yeah... I don't have netflix.  I cannot get myself to do multiple services... except.... Disney+ crept in there.

I saw that Disney deemed Agent Carter (and a couple other things I believe) as "not canon."  That's a little odd, but we don't really see Agent Carter deal with A TON of the material from other Marvel movies. Maybe it's the thought that "there's not much here, so no canon status for you?"

LOL... looks like she did for this game?!

It looks like they are considering Black Widow a flop at this time... and ticket buying has dropped 67%.  Theatre owners are complaining about streaming starting the same time as the movie release.  According to some of the numbers, streaming didn't perform super well.  We are in interesting times with the pandemic... plus the movie was delayed a year, so some of the hype cooled.  There are several other complaints and others trying to figure out what happened.

Here's an article from yahoo:
With 'Black Widow' ticket buying suddenly drying up, growing questions for Disney's Marvel about what did it in - yahoo.com

We personally liked the Black Widow movie.  I thought they did a great job.  The credits scene was also very well done.  If you haven't seen it, I suggest checking it out.  It is not one of Marvel's strongest movies, but it's definitely worth the price of admission.

If you have seen Black Widow, Go here for the Black Widow movie topic.

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We ended up doing the same thing.  We just rented it at home.  We tried to go to iMax, then iMax was down.  Then we tried to go to a regular showing, and it was 89% full    That's hard to find a seat at that level.  We ended up renting it from home and can watch it any time from now until October when it becomes released on Disney+.  That's not too bad of a deal.  I do miss seeing movies in theatre... but it worked out well.  Good idea @CreepinDeth

yeah... the processing is real on this one.  It's hard to sit back and think of all the possibilities... and then you start thinking is this even a real outcome and not another illusion of some sort. 

Spoiler: ShowHide

Or maybe they're still on the train and Man Loki is in the brain of Girl Loki... or vice versa

   

It seems like it's going to be awhile for Season 2 though.

@CreepinDeth - I used to be 100% against it.  I don't do it myself.  They seem to do it a bit better these days by many of the Virtual stores and abilities of these features across many platforms.  If a game is offered on a platform... and it's only a few dollars, it's not a big deal to buy it.  You're not going to have a million titles that are never played more than once, but you'll have titles you actually want to play.

However, prices (in many cases) are WAY higher than they used to be.  Some prices have come down, but look at the Neo Geo.   I get Metal Slug is offered on tons of platforms and is a bad example. But if it wasn't, I cannot blame someone for getting the rom and just playing it versus spending $2000+ on the title that's very hard to obtain. It simply doesn't make sense.

@targetrasp For Whatever reason, I am not familiar with either of those systems.  Game Television?  I felt like I once knew most of gaming.   I just googled it... looks like we need a Game Television topic at some point.

Thank you for posting this @CreepinDeth well done post!  What model did you guys pre-order?  @Snatcher_L  mentioned on Discord he pre-ordered as well!

I've been heads down on a few projects since you posted... and I totally missed this.  Pre-orders are into Q2 2022 now.  That's insane.

Looking at the design, I'm wondering about the buttons on the underside - R4/L4, R5/L5.  I wonder how hard those will be to engage during play.  Hopefully they're not used during Resident Evil 5 scenes lol.    I was an early adopter of the Steam controller, but was not overly fond of it.  It was good for what it was, but...

Now... I'm trying to decide if I want to buy and wait until 2022.  MAYBE they'll have a production run increase and it'll be faster?  I'm really curious on the display and how well it'll look / react to games.

lol... Almost.  Modern Warfare and COD* updates are fairly large.  It's crazy.

@mastermario - have you been playing?

Yeah... at some point, a Black Mesa topic is required.   I played it a long time ago... so I haven't put much time into the game in many years.

I don't think I finished the original Half-Life either.  I beat all the newer Half-Life 2 games and spin-offs (As far as I remember).  There were many of them.  Going back and playing Half-Life 2 isn't as fun as it used to be, but the games held up decently well.  I really like the interface and how they were put together.  There really hasn't been anything like it since.

When I originally started Burnout Paradise for the PlayStation 3, trophies didn't exist.  I made it a decent way through the game, I didn't want to restart my save.  Therefore, I was not abl e to Platinum Trophy the PlayStation 3 version.

<a href="https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/burnout-paradise-trophies-released">Burnout Paradise Trophies released - eurogamer.net/a>

I have finally platinum trophied Burnout Paradise.  It's been a long time coming!   

@retro junkie it did not. There were a couple others with the same name...  I'm working on a few things right now.  Trying to figure out a few directions.    More on that to come.

Well tonight it was confirmed!   2nd season... what an odd finish.  This series is great.  I'm pretty sure I could watch it all over again and still enjoy it a few more times.

I'm hoping with can watch it this weekend or early next week.  Right now, iMax is still rather packed.  I'd rather not be amongst that many people in a theatre yet.

I'm pumped to see this though... and I didn't look at the spoilers   

Black Widow in July - delayed a year by covid.  However, it's on board now.  Is anyone excited?  Are you going to see it?

@retro junkie at least that last episode was a bit longer, but I'd like longer episodes too. I'd take them any way I can get them though. 


Bummer there's only 2 episodes left.

@Grindspine it's Wednesday's for this one!  Not Fridays. 

Holy crap... this episode tonight.   What a great series!

Man... I want to jam this summer at least once.

I have not yet ... we definitely might be interested in checking this out.  Does it follow with any of the stories?   Good story? Etc..

Lol... the pc games... I really wanted to like them.  I wanted to like them a lot. I just couldn't get there. 

Btw.  Make sure to post up any steals!

@Grindspine so far, I have all the steam games I want - I think. I used to buy a massive amount of games from Steam, but I'm just not sure. I might be interested in Darius and other shooters on the PC. I have Darius now for the Vita... paid a pretty penny for that.  But I'd be ok with that and more shooters like it.