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I am admittedly not a big racing fan, but my son is. The media I have been seeing so far convinced me to drop on the early access, plus all the Perks. I am now so hooked after this past weekend. One side of my brain says it doesn't like this type of gaming, but the other, louder side of my brain is screaming, WOW GIMME MORE. It's a weird split and I love it so far.

Who's chopping onions in here?

Shipbreaker. Haven't been able to drop it yet to try Deathloop. So right now, Shipbreaker it is.

I played this game enough to know every nook and cranny. The songs are forever living rent free in my head. But I remember the most was being splitscreen 4-players and being pretty tipsy and screaming at the television. So needless to say, I am super excited this day!

2 hours in and I'm seeing how it really works. I got that first blush with the "game" after 45 minutes or so. Then it started to open up. They really do just throw you in without any guidance. You just start watching movie clips. Without any spoilers, but the first time you discover the real stuff going on, you get truly hooked.

I gave it a B. Some interesting stuff for sure, but the big swingers fell a little flat for me. The Hogwarts video was a little under-baked and left us in the office wondering what all the commotion was about that it would be presented. I didn't understand the blonde in the black dress. She read from note cards the whole time and never gave us anything worth watching.

My coworker and I watched and his comment on the first 8 minutes or so, "Is this a walking simulator?" When the fighting started we both liked the grapple hook, but the fighting sequences quickly began to show the same take down moves being used on the same cookie cutter bad guys (so far as we've seen). It's OK. Not breaking any new ground.

Scorn is also October.

I was on pins and needles. I was hoping for Goldeneye, as it seems most were. When I saw Redfall and then Motorsport, I was floored. WO LONG came out of nowhere and I kept scrambling to learn what that was. Starfield is going to massive. Kojima. Yes.

I gave it an A. It was a load of fun to see even in fuzz-o-vision live streaming. Now to find the actual 4K videos...!

OH you're breaking my heart. So many fond memories. I had a continuous subscription since '02 or '03 time frame until it transitioned to digital and then died. Even on my mil deployments, my wife would ship me my OXM with letters and cookies. Yet I always traveled with my slimline PS2 because that was so much smaller and easier to transport.

But if the Series S has no drive and yet you own a load of previously bought physical editions... how do you "transfer" anything to digital? I do like the idea, but confused.

1 month of Gamepass Ultimate to all, new subs or existing subs.

Ultimate Control with XS. Awh yeaaaaa.

I got the word last night via the XBox app (on my PC) that I got one! That's absolutely a first here.

It's called Expedite Fees and anyone in the electronics manufacturing business can do it. In my job we do it all the time because if you don't, you have lead times in excess of a year.

I had gift cards and after a small sum from myself, I snagged the 1 Tb version. Totally worth it. You do get 920 Gb on it to utilize. Not sure what is put on there by the XSX, but still the 920 Gb is greatly welcome and oh so brilliantly simple to use. I was also surprised at the small footprint of the card itself. Not sure what I was expecting, but it was smaller than that expectation.

I continued my freshly started game in the last 2 weeks and my first word was, "wow". So I had recently seen both worlds and this change was very noticeable on my Series X. My only gripe was the wholesale change to the perks within each trait. I was refunded all my points back, but they had changed names and perks themselves. That made me a little sad as I had been working towards a Cold Blood perk, that now no longer exists. But all in all, a fantastic update.

I was a Day One purchaser and ended up putting it away, waiting for the XS patch. Time goes by and just in the last two weeks, my coworker picked up the game and began playing. His experiences brought me back to it, even without the XS Patch. What a treat this game is. I am having a blast on my Street Kid. Soooo... now if tomorrow is the XS patch.... I'm there! I'm ready!

My wife buys nail polish. The family has Xbox. She liked the purple hues. No brainer. Got the minimum required very easily.

Loved loved loved this title back then. I always liked Oddworld games but this one was so different, putting me in the world in a whole new way.

T-Mobile gave subscribers Paramount Plus for free at the tail end of last year. What great timing! As scenes seen in trailer, I'll hold any judgements until I see it.

No wonder he'd rather be a crime lord now and sit on a throne on warm Tatooine. His arthritis from all this must be awful.

Hmm... 7 friends? Well, I'm screwed.

Due to crap internet for streaming, we rely a lot on Blu Ray and 4K UHD disks. We have watched a lion's share of movies on my Series X since November 2020 and have not seen these issues. I do not know what the disks are for sizes. I just know my family has no issues with our large library. Heck, we just came through the Christmas season and watched a ton of movies.

True story. In the opening days of Sea of Thieves, my kids and I would man the helm (admittedly, them just watching me play). I set off on solo adventures, yet never found another player, like ever. One afternoon my daughter spied what she thought was a mast. I sailed towards it in hopes of seeing my first player and not an NPC. I saw him on the beach of an island and I furled my sails and doing a salute, we sailed past him.

The next thing I know, my surround sound speaker system is just filled with all sorts racist spewage, calling me an 'N' this and 'N' that and even other known skin color comments. I didn't know how the local voice system worked. I had never found another player. Yet here it was live and coming out of my surround sound system. He just kept calling me every name in the book and my kids sat staring at me in stunned silence.

I later learned how to mute that garbage but my days in SoT waned.

I overheard two discussing that Elites had too many apostrophes in their names.

yes yes yes yes yes and yes. Please.

Some clunkiness in the first game. Some corniness. But I never have been so concerned about characters and their interactions before. The whole rat thing was fun too, but the story really got me good. Can't wait for the second game.

"Impulse analog triggers

Whether you’re firing a gun or taking hits, immerse yourself in the action with triggers that not only vibrate as you game, but are pressure-sensitive for a finer level of precision. "

I got my 1st Xbox on summer 2002. When the 360 launched I left that home and deployed with the OG Xbox. I left that in Iraq for everyone to play and returned home to the 360. I then was at a loss without the OG Xbox, so with 360 in hand... I bought another OG. That I still have in my basement. I owned several 360s , settling on the final black model that had a smaller footprint. I could travel with it easier.

When the One was announced I was not happy with their military response for remaining permanently hooked to the internet, "We have an Xbox for you... the 360." So I remained firm with the 360 until May 2015. I then finally got the One. Followed by the One S holiday 2016. I then put both of those in the basement and now have had the XSX since Day 1.

17... almost 18 years on XBox Live.

We always get the Premium edition. My son, now 12, just eats these games up. So I went ahead and preordered like usual using Rewards credits. And then this Premium DLC pack happened! I was pretty psyched. Canceling the preorder was easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy. I got my Rewards credits back and turned it into the Premium Add Ons bundle. Saved myself over half. Great deal.

Moving Out is good family fun for 4 on a couch. We really enjoyed it. Easy achievement grab as I recall.

As a controller nut, this one is very sharp. If in stores, I'd buy it.

Oh to get Everspace 2 onto the console...!

My brother and his family are the ones that subscribe when they want to and unsubscribe at the drop of a hat, only to pick it up again 6 months later for a month or two. So at any point in the year, he may be considered a plus or a loss. Luckily, I have convinced my cubicle-farm coworker to get her first Xbox. She will be onboard with Gamepass annually. I added one for Uncle Phil.

Phew. I'm a controller nut and have my preorder in for the Forza 5 already. I was afraid this controller would surpass that in coolness. Fortunately, I can rest easy. This one is fine, but I do not "need" it.

SSX Tricky was a year one launch. Would love that.

I'm in the "everything seems fine" camp for the Series X. Downloaded Avengers first at like 139gb and then subsequent 46gb patch? Anyway, no issues at my house. Just a lot of waiting.

I played Sable last night and it showed the Dolby Vision symbol.

While I had all those already complete, the 5 pointer for starting the A320 manually was a cinch too.

Just start at a gate and make sure AI is off. Open the checklist and you can even use the 'eyeball' icon to bring your attention to the named switch in the checklist. Switch on or off as requested. Done.

I think it took maybe 3 minutes to ding the achievement.

While not a super-hero fan, I did try Spiderman on my PS4. I liked the 3rd person, go-anywhere attitude it had. Climb a building. See that building in the far distance? Get over there and climb that one too. While I was Spiderman in that scene, it really could be any fictional character. Nothing made it just "Spiderman". It was just a city scape with its own rules, own story, and own bad guys. Xbox could do this too.

I tried last night and was struggling to understand why this tiny 10gb title had longer loading times than the massive FS20. I gave up trying. Seeing this article now makes it make sense.

CoD has always been this way and while social media will label it "greed", people are clearly paying this. We may not be, but someone is. The price is what people will pay and people do. Apparently... a lot.

Anyone else see KOTOR in there? Ah whatever. Let's do it.

My favorite thing to do in Flight Sim! Find those real world weather events and go fly. Surprisingly how many other people have the same idea and soon it's a sky full of Cessnas and Airbuses.

I do not play MP. Yet was invited to the Infinite beta. I had no idea what I was doing and yet thoroughly enjoyed the "free" battlepass and ranking up by doing the challenges. Honestly, I didn't even think of it that way when I was playing. I was simply being asked to do stuff, so I did stuff. One of my favorites was the melee from behind. They had a quirky name for it, like "Ninja-something". It helped me progress in the battlepass and unlock gear that I didn't see on other players. It seems the ability to look unique will exist within the game.

I don't know. Seems a lot of effort for very little return. Heck, I was taking a picture of an icon on my XSX main screen to send to a buddy and already looked amazing... and that was a phone pic, translated into a jpeg, then further sent in a Text.

Hades and Lawn Mowing. I'm surprised at the depth LMS has and the ability to keep me hooked. I'm currently managing employees and trying to get a new(er) HQ.

Meanwhile Hades is just plain fantastic.

I enjoyed the game as well and wanted to see much more of witchy Merrin. She was tantalizingly different for a SW video game. I did feel there was just way too much sliding mechanics. Maybe one planet, but every planet? I do recall making jumps that would oddly end in failure and then do it again and pass.

But still, can't wait for more. And Merrin. Yes, please.

I'd die and then see 2 more teammates fall victim to Bots. Man, those Bots were vicious. But I liked when they were concentrated on a teammate they fell easily to melee. I got that 'ninja' challenge done a couple times like that.