Myk JL

I just think The Plus Edition is really for the people who didn't want to buy the game to begin with. Its not like the people who would really want a game would or should wait for it to be free on PS Plus. If I did that I wouldn't have any Elder Scrolls Games.
 
DLC is doomed to happen to any game whether or not its a Plus Edition. In those cases you might as well wait for the version that has all the DLC included or just not buy the DLC. In the case of Elder Scrolls I didn't buy the DLC. And in the case of Skyrim I did buy the one without DLC before I traded it in for the one with all DLC included.
 
In the case of GTA I'd happily settle for a Plus Edition as long as the Plus Edition excluded GTA Online. Because I rather have a game that passes for Decent as a single player experience. Rather than the urge to play the multi player experience just because its holding Character Creation hostage.
 
Or in the case of Watch Dogs if the Plus Edition didn't have any online functions I would want that way more than the regular Edition. Because Watch Dogs sounds like its going to be Troll Infested once other gamers can invade your single player experience.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/8855-Strider?utm_source=latest&utm_medium=index_carousel&utm_campaign=all

I know I already have one of these for Zero Punctuation, but this one is more for, well, everything else. Especially when various hosts will talk about any form of entertainment.
 
Not to mention its a lot easier to watch these when I'm not watching them on their Ad Filled Website. Which is why I post this Video before any others.
 
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/8854-The-Adblock-Episode?utm_source=latest&utm_medium=index_carousel&utm_campaign=all

Its about the intro but I didn't post the actual intro.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Vs. Daily Show on Earth's Spin
First Complaint
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-february-27-2012/neil-degrasse-tyson
Jon's Reaction
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-february-27-2012/moment-of-zen---vodka-soaked-tampons
BS or No BS
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-april-25-2012/space-innovators
Pre New Temp
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-march-5-2013/moment-of-zen---wall-street-rebounds
New Temp
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-march-6-2013/a-brand-new-open
Reaction On New Temp
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-march-6-2013/neil-degrasse-tyson

*Mike Jail feels guilty now for what he did to Pchan.... Only to add insult to injury.... By saving Pchan ala that scene from Indiana Jones 4....*
 
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/reel-physics/6780-Indiana-Jones-4-Crystal-Skull-Nuking-the-Fridge
 
*Mike Jail runs toward the blast yelling....*
 
ULTIMATE POWER!
 
*Which was probably a really bad idea....*

I still find it distasteful that the villain Electro is now a black man in a hoodie.... Who ever made that design choice ought to be fired for even going anywhere near the Trayvon Martin Shooting.... Then again maybe I'm breathing too much into it.... Like how I could tie Barakapool to Barack Obama & how Dead Pool has the same initials as Democratic Party.
 
And now for some worse news.
Sony Expanding Spider Man Universe, To Produce One Movie A Year
If it gets any worse maybe Sony will try to make a live action Spider-Man show at this rate.

Crafting located outside of towns seems a bit weird.

And they still don't show how Godzilla walks....

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And they still don't show how Godzilla walks....

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I think I realize now why I'm not much of a gamer these days and it's probably a personal preference among other things going on in my life as far as having not enough time for it. But, when there's a passion towards something, I'd make the time for it much like I make it a point to go swimming after work or if there's a social meetup I'd work around that and make sure I swim regardless. So, modern gaming falls in the category where I'm just not that interested getting into and there may be a lot of reasons for it but here's a few at the top of my head - 
 
1. never-ending games ... I know how some love the fact that games just don't end but there's some closure and excitement getting to the finality of the boss stage of Contra or Metroid or Duke Nukem 3D or Doom or Castle Of Wolfenstein or King Of Fighters for instance. I can't get into multi-player games that had no real end or direction or it's endless with multiple possibilities like war-themed games of today (compared to war-themed games of old)
 
2. I'm here in NY and when I go to an arcade I get to play older games, which's AWESOME but it makes me think - popular games that I see you guys playing aren't in arcades, because the focus and design of the games have changed. Today's market deals with sitting at home and playing endless multiplayer games (like above point) but there's no arcade experience like an old school street fighter or king of fighters or metal slug or pac man. The fun of seeing high scores and making your mark at an arcade is just a different experience. 
 
3. if you died in an old game, you had limited lives and it's game over. Continues allowed but still game over. I'm not talking about cheat codes. Today I see Lara Croft or the game I saw recently at a friend's home where you can die many many times and it doesn't affect you, maybe take a weapon away or level of ability or whatever but there's no end-game. It's funny cos as I type this it kinda reminds me of the education system here where schools make it a point to pass a student versus failing them for bad grades. It makes me want to see those lazy chaps in Wall-E. Maybe it's why I like Demon and Dark Souls cos it's genuinely hard like the old days and there's no cop-out like new games. 
 
4. up, down, left, right, 4 buttons and that's it. Now you've got 10 different things to press which is really really useless to me and for me, takes away from MY gaming experience because now I'm focused on pressing the right buttons versus enjoying the game. I can't get into L1, L2 and R1, R2 and silly joysticks on both sides or either side of a controller, it's not working for me. PC gaming was fun in that regard, I'll give them that. Mouse and keyboard combo ruled. 
 
5. Most war-games look the same, bleh. Most zombie games look the same too. All jungles or waterfalls or cities are very similar. Don't get me wrong, they're all realistic looking as hell but I feel like there's no originality in just that. Blade Runner looks different than the world we see in Total Recall or Minority Report, if that makes any sense. 
 
6. games back then were more affordable and less intimidating from a price point. If I spend 60 bucks on a new game and don't play it, it would hurt my wallet. 
 
7. no real music talk anymore and I think it's something I'd like to explore in the sense, I feel like there are good soundtracks out there for fantasy games but the people I've seen gaming only play war games or survival games, so there's no real opportunity for something like Zelda or FF to be heard, so no novelty because it's supposed to be all serious and gun shots etc. Funny cos we don't like violence when afflicted on ourselves but we're more than open to being super violent in a game to a point where it's celebrated (head shots, etc) ... sorry I digressed a bit in this point. 
 
I'm sure there is more but I have to run to the post office and get on with my day. 

I'm going to reply to each point so I don't have one gigantic reply thats all over the place because I have alot of text I'm typing.
 

I love games that have an ending, modern games call them "Campaigns". I'll buy a game and play the campaign and enjoy the game's story, computer controlled enemies and boss battles. Multiplayer is the second part of games. Many people over the years have complained that campaigns are too short and are not worth the $60 price tag for a game. Because of this, many games now come with a multiplayer game mode that allows you to compete against other human players, either against everyone in a free for all, or in a team environment. Multiplayer games are generally broken down into rounds with a set point structure and objectives. Some people will play a couple rounds of a multiplayer game and be done with it, or others play it endlessly to get new weapons or abilities unlocked based upon their score and achievement criteria. Some games with multiplayer appeal to me, like Battlefield, but others like the Last of Us or Tomb Raider multiplayers never held my interest. Battlefield had a campaign that took me about 9 hours to beat. The overall plot line and story was better than BF3 and the tank mission was extremely difficult, but the ending was a bit of a let down. I think of multiplayer games nowadays as the modern equivilant of playing a game of cards with my friends back in high school. We'd play spades every day at lunch, if we got bored with it, we'd play chess or Magic the Gathering the card game. People could say it was the same thing over and over, but each game had its own unique challenge and a different outcome based on the play style.
 

In modern games the high scores are called leaderboards. The multiplayer games of todays times are the equivalent of arcade games. However, instead of competing for high score of just the people in your local community that play that one specific arcade machine, everyone can now compete on a global scale. And in that global point competition you can compete in a variety of criteria. We can also change the leaderboards from global to friends only or regional or local.
Against my friends my brother has a dominating score with handguns.

On a global scale, I'm not even close to the people in the Division 1 leaderboard.

I've also noticed over the years that arcades are more focused on specific games that are only available to those specific chains or are available only as an arcade machine. One of most interesting arcade games I ever played was a Star Wars game that was a first person lightsaber fighter. It was crazy. I have never seen that game available outside of a Dave and Busters or Gameworks. Same with 3 puck air hockey, both players had two paddles, it was intense and awesome.
 

The lives you have depend on the game or style of game that you play. Many games have an in depth campaign with an amazing story. I don't know that many people that would pay $60 for a game just to get to the 3rd level or area, die and never get to see the completion of the story. Sure you can die, but you basically have unlimited continues. Some people prefer a challenge and set these games to maximum difficulty. On these harder settings, some consumable items are extremely restricted. You could get half way through a game and it could become impossible to progress farther because of the difficulty. Regardless of infinite continues, that game is over and you have to start it over and play better. You could also check out some games like Super Meat Boy or Binding of Isaac. Both games are incredibly fun and difficult. You have one life in both games. In Super Meat Boy if you die, you have to restart the level and you will never progress unless you beat it in one life. In Binding of Isaac you have one life period. If you die, you have to restart the game. No saves, no continues.
 

Games like Street fighter is what evolved the controller game pads. Instead of just having one button for kick, you'd have 3 for kicking.. high, middle and low. Same with punching. And all the Down, Down-Right, Right, Punch combos is what progressed controllers into having analog sticks to simulate an arcade joystick. Now we have 2 analog sticks, numerous buttons, shoulder buttons, etc. All the buttons have specific functions in a game. Its a standard progression in controller input. Like how computer mice used to have a single button. I love PC gaming. Half-Life was a great keyboard / mouse game. But the most complicated games I've seen are on PC. Games like World of Warcraft or other MMORPGs and MMOBA have incredibly complicated multifunction keyboard layouts. The most complicated game I've probably played is Starcraft 2. Sure, the entire game could be played with just a mouse on very easy, but on normal difficulty, you really have to work the numerous keyboard buttons to win.
 

Many war games and zombie games do look similar. The major differences in these games is in the gameplay itself. Its like all vodka in the liqour store looks like water, but each one has its own quality and price.
 

When I was a kid almost every NES game I bought cost around $30-$50. Now games are $60 or more depending on if you buy the DLC. If anything, games are much more affordable now. A Steam or Origin sale can get you almost any game you're interested in for 50%-75% off or more.
 

There are some great game soundtracks out there. When I bought Last of Us digitally on PS3, it came with the soundtrack. It has great music. Also, many game bundles from humble bundle, groupees, etc have game soundtracks as part of the bundles. There are also quite a few fans of 8-Bit music among indie gamers. But because its all indie music, its alot of new people. It all goes under the radar. People don't know about it until they play the game and experience it.

Based on Pchan's List
 
1. Never Ending Games: I was happy when I reached the end of God Of War 3. After that I could then focus on playing its previous installments once they became available. But then the prequel God Of War Ascension happened during what became my annoyance with Preorder Season. With my sense of completion gone came the 2nd implosion to my PS3 Gaming Library where I sold off a ton of M rated games.
1.01 Multi-Player: I avoid most unless I'm hanging out with online friends. That would eventually be backed up by how much I hate GTA Online. GTA Online I could best some up as the evil version of PS Home.
 
2. Arcades: There was a decent Arcade here but it got replaced by Applebee's. There are still some Arcade Machines in the South Side Mall Movie Theater which are from the late 90s. There is or was also an Arcade area underneath a China Buffet. Very 80s looking. Arcades died out anyway due to how easy console gaming could finally keep up with graphics & eventually surpass them.
 
3. Limited Lives: I'm glad they're gone. I play video games to escape how much reality sucks. The only game I own with limited lives is The Original Steel Battalion on The Original Xbox. I'd end up with a list of how many times I died or was fired. Which would then lead to me erasing my save file so I wouldn't have to stare at it when I started over.
 
4. Console Controllers: I like all the buttons except for the Left & Right Clickers underneath the control sticks. There I would be in an intense moment where I'd have a strong grip on the controller.... Then *click* I'd press the hidden button I forgot about & probably die in the process. If only Emotiv & NeuroSky were the future right now. Things like Wii U's Touch Screen & Xbone's mandatory Kinect only make me glad I don't want those Consoles so far.
 
5. Spunkgargleweewee & Zombies: I hate real war FPSs. They take what should be Surreal & turn them into a poor re enactment of history or current events. Although I'm Okay with alternate history, as in it does something that is in fact surreal.
The only good Zombie Games I ever played was Resident Evil 2 & 3 before Resident Evil 4. Since RE4 this franchise has become a generic 3rd person shooter with no sense of atmosphere that was made by camera angles.
Dead Island's commercial looked promising but the actual game is intended for Online Multi-Player. You don't even die you just pass out & respawn somewhere nearby.
Zombies in Saints Row The Third didn't make up the majority of the game play & as a result made them more bearable to be around. Then again its always funny to shoot a Zombie with the Genki Gun & watch the other Zombies attack the shot Zombies.
Zombies can make a good video game. But without the emphasis on tragedy & the emphasis being on instead fast pace action there no point in them even being Zombies. It might as well be called Offline Multi-Player because you're only mowing down a bunch of people you don't care about.
Creatures similar to Zombies are more fun to kill anyway when dealing with fantasy settings at least. When fighting Draugr in Skyrim or Hollow Men in Fable 3 I at least know I'm fighting a form of undead that was trained to kill. Where as a Zombie just tends to be just a civilian who is hungry & literally brain dead.
 
7. No Real Music Talk Anymore: I have nothing to really say about this other then it has become much more easier for games to license music into games instead of make their own.
 
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My only rant after that is I've come to hate the use of Hard Drives in disc based console games. It use to be I could by lots of games on discs without having to worry about whether the console needed room for them all. This problem might have been caused by High Definition as the Wii didn't need a Hard Drive in order to play games. Now in most cases I just settle for Free Games through online subscription or Humble Bundle.
Maybe if High Definition died we wouldn't need Hard Drives for disc based console games. Then the cost for AAA Games could go down to where they could be profitable again. And there be more room to then go back to making games that could fail financially instead of relying on franchises that need to pump out sequels.
Until then it is plausible that the Indie Games could end up being more interesting in the long run. And the AAA Gaming Industry could die when that happens.

And now I want to rent it....
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escape-to-the-movies/8771-The-Lego-Movie

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/8777-Why-Robocop-Still-Rules?utm_source=latest&utm_medium=index_carousel&utm_campaign=all

Some SOAD Music Videos



A music video of Serj on his own

Looks like it stars Cyborg from Teen Titans, Some guy from Duck Dynasty, The Villain from Jumanji, & Jill Valentine from Resident Evil 1.
 
And no zombies....
 
Hmm....
 
I'd be willing to try it.

Does this sum it up for you?
 

 

PC / Console Video Games
I can only say I'm thankful for video games because it kept me away from backyard wrestling. I know if I had grown up in any different kind of environment anything could've kept me from backyard wrestling. But for me there was no right crowd or even a different crowd. I grew up mostly in a small trailer park on a mountain / hill, miles away from a small village. The only 2 male teens my age wanted to backyard wrestle & get into other kinds of trouble where I live. One of them is now in jail for the unintended murder of some guy at a party. I have no reason to be thankful for people. Because the kind of people I could've been thankful for I didn't grow up with. Or I had no way to fit in with them at all. In either case I feel thankful for Video Games instead of people.
 
Handheld / Mobile
The only one I ever owned that I enjoyed was my Kevin Nash C Watch. I still own it but last time I gave it a new battery it was showing its age by the animation & sound not syncing up. I also owned a Game Boy Advance, but I couldn't help but feel it was half assed when compared to consoles. In fact I still find a lot of Handheld & now Mobile Gaming to be half assed. Especially when those games require touch screens.
 
Phone
Up until I moved I constantly hated phones. It seemed like a technology for people you know that were too lazy to meet you in person. That & since I had Internet over phone wires it would take away from Internet time. But it changed once I lived on my own & could get phone over Cable Wires. I enjoyed it for calling for delivery pizza. Though I now only use it for reminding my landlord(s) to pick up the rent or other boring things. In any case I refuse to own a Cell / Smart Phone.
 
Social Sites
Outside of Internet Forums I hate social sites. Technology for people who could care less about technology if it weren't a phone or some other form of keep track of "real people". Face Book had caused me a lot of heartache. I consider it the first step where my aunt's could exclude me from their real life. It also became a place for me to feel virtually awkward around a crush I had in my High School / GED Years who would eventually hate me. There was also dating websites but those never worked out for me. I was too afraid to talk to anyone I might be interested in. And it didn't help I had problems with my financial situation & apartment. Those 2 things really helped in my 2011 being insane as it was. I tried to make a local Meet Up group about atheism but I couldn't find anyone locally in my town.
 
PS Home (& eventually MMOs)
I enjoy these a lot. Its one thing to be represented by an image on a forum. But by an actual customizable character it just feels amazing. Micro-Transactions might be a problem but they usually weed out the people that want to be there from the ones that don't. Part of the reason as to why I'll be selling my copy of GTA 5 since I hate GTA Online. I am or may eventually switch from PS Home to ESO but that won't be until there is news of a PS4 Slim release. I'd preorder it right now if only PS4 didn't rely on 1080P HD. And if I have to buy a new TV it might as well be when 4K Ultra HD TVs come down in price.
 
My life without Technology.
I spend too much time at times brain storming, day dreaming, or having random thoughts. I feel the need to type it down but at times never the want. I don't have a real social life but when I do I have none of that silly mobile stuff to distract me. I enjoy my small talk if that's all it ever is.

PC / Console Video Games
I can only say I'm thankful for video games because it kept me away from backyard wrestling. I know if I had grown up in any different kind of environment anything could've kept me from backyard wrestling. But for me there was no right crowd or even a different crowd. I grew up mostly in a small trailer park on a mountain / hill, miles away from a small village. The only 2 male teens my age wanted to backyard wrestle & get into other kinds of trouble where I live. One of them is now in jail for the unintended murder of some guy at a party. I have no reason to be thankful for people. Because the kind of people I could've been thankful for I didn't grow up with. Or I had no way to fit in with them at all. In either case I feel thankful for Video Games instead of people.
 
Handheld / Mobile
The only one I ever owned that I enjoyed was my Kevin Nash C Watch. I still own it but last time I gave it a new battery it was showing its age by the animation & sound not syncing up. I also owned a Game Boy Advance, but I couldn't help but feel it was half assed when compared to consoles. In fact I still find a lot of Handheld & now Mobile Gaming to be half assed. Especially when those games require touch screens.
 
Phone
Up until I moved I constantly hated phones. It seemed like a technology for people you know that were too lazy to meet you in person. That & since I had Internet over phone wires it would take away from Internet time. But it changed once I lived on my own & could get phone over Cable Wires. I enjoyed it for calling for delivery pizza. Though I now only use it for reminding my landlord(s) to pick up the rent or other boring things. In any case I refuse to own a Cell / Smart Phone.
 
Social Sites
Outside of Internet Forums I hate social sites. Technology for people who could care less about technology if it weren't a phone or some other form of keep track of "real people". Face Book had caused me a lot of heartache. I consider it the first step where my aunt's could exclude me from their real life. It also became a place for me to feel virtually awkward around a crush I had in my High School / GED Years who would eventually hate me. There was also dating websites but those never worked out for me. I was too afraid to talk to anyone I might be interested in. And it didn't help I had problems with my financial situation & apartment. Those 2 things really helped in my 2011 being insane as it was. I tried to make a local Meet Up group about atheism but I couldn't find anyone locally in my town.
 
PS Home (& eventually MMOs)
I enjoy these a lot. Its one thing to be represented by an image on a forum. But by an actual customizable character it just feels amazing. Micro-Transactions might be a problem but they usually weed out the people that want to be there from the ones that don't. Part of the reason as to why I'll be selling my copy of GTA 5 since I hate GTA Online. I am or may eventually switch from PS Home to ESO but that won't be until there is news of a PS4 Slim release. I'd preorder it right now if only PS4 didn't rely on 1080P HD. And if I have to buy a new TV it might as well be when 4K Ultra HD TVs come down in price.
 
My life without Technology.
I spend too much time at times brain storming, day dreaming, or having random thoughts. I feel the need to type it down but at times never the want. I don't have a real social life but when I do I have none of that silly mobile stuff to distract me. I enjoy my small talk if that's all it ever is.

Major Saints Row 4 Spoiler.... You've been warned.

Since no one has posted about this debate that happened last Tuesday I guess I might as well. But its a long debate. And if you just want a short answer from an atheist there's always TYT.

But onto the actual debate its pretty long so don't say I didn't warn you or didn't notice the length in the bottom right.

Awesome
 
 
 
Makes it sound cool, it's basically fencing, but with some unnecessary dance moves for show.
 

Too bad Extinction didn't imply they were canceling these movies....

Too bad Extinction didn't imply they were canceling these movies....

New Trailer

And now it can be preordered!
http://elderscrollsonline.com/en/preorder
Although I probably won't as much as I want to since I I'd still have to buy a PS4 & maybe a new TV.
The ability to play as any race in any alliance might really grabs my interest.