RoyWill Rumble

I know this is quite weird to post, considering none of us really like basketball, myself included, but the Raptors recent success has got me to tangentially care about basketball and NBA 2K's stellar career modes have always had me kinda intrigued by those games. And playing them on PC/a bit on PS4/Xbone made me have a greater appreciation for the actual mechanics of basketball, even if I still find it incredibly boring to watch. So this is Shaq and Ernie somethingsomething in NBA 2K15. This kind of interactivity and just the natural tone to everything makes me really, really, really hopeful that we can eventually see an emphasis on commentary/presentation in games that allows for stuff like say, FIFA, NHL, Madden, or MLB to feel a bit more natural. MLB does a great job, but they can still do a bit better, and FIFA is almost there. NHL made good steps with getting the NBC license. They just need to go a few steps further and really immerse the player. Also, this kind of emphasis on natural interactions between commentators in NBA 2K15 has me really, really, really hopeful that something like this can happen in the WWE games now that 2K is publishing them. Maybe it won't be in 2K15, but I'm hopeful for 2K16.

We should do some fantasy hockey. Just saying.

Two two-run homers in my big league debut. MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE CALLED ME UP EARLIER IN THE YEAR, METS. THEN YOU WOULDN'T BE 53-64, YA BUMS.

I was traded from the Cubs, my favourite team, to the GOD-DAMNED METS, my least favourite team. And they won't call me up despite the fact that I'm better than their MLB starter. Fuck everything.

Then at the very least, I'd say we need another striker up there.

Welp, I'm convinced on Shadow of Mordor. Now, if only I could afford it.

Just one of those nights, unfortunately. It was pretty brutal. I don't know why there's such a disparity between keepers online and offline (or, more specifically, in Pro Clubs). I also think we ought to maybe switch up the formation. We get pretty bunched up in the middle still, and we get REALLY sprint happy/clusterfuck-y around the box. There were a few times when people would run right onto the ball when another one of our players had it. Having mics would really help, but that seems to not be happening for the most part. I'd say something like a 4-4-2 with the two mids being holding DMs. Get Arjen some help up on striker there, let the mids play out wide, and just kinda calm everything down for a minute and not try outlet passes so often. I know I'm sometimes completely guilty of this, but just a general observation over a little bit of time.

Like, scary and spooky ooooooooooh? Or bad?

This is one of those times that I don't understand why the new gen consoles don't have many demos. Alien seems like it could use a good half-hour to hour-long vertical slice.

There be people on riiiiggghttt now.

Alien: Isolation seems... I don't know. It could be awesome and terrifying or frustrating as fuck with its backtracking and harsh difficulty level, it seems. http://kotaku.com/alien-isolation-the-kotaku-review-1641975245

Hidden Kingdoms is stupid and wonderful.

We all ate a dick at finishing. :/ My apologies, though. If it's a huge deal, I'll stop playing.

Once again, we need to let off that sprint button. And we're getting a good number of chances. We just can't actually finish.

Hooooooolllyyyy shit, what a cross. We've gotta let off on the sprint button sometimes, because our touches can be shit, but we had some chances, and that cross was incredible.

Yet still no heists.

I'm also around. Metal Gear has got the best of me too much to bother with it anymore.

So, is Hetalia World Series any good? I saw it on Netflix and the ladyfriend said "I'd watch that. That's really stupid." And I thought the exact same thing.

I decided to look around the European store since stuff like the FIFA and PES demo came out first there. Man, the European store is so much better organized than the North American store.

Dust is an awesome game with one of the raddest, most gut-punchingly good stories in recent memory for me. Was hoping the rumours of AC IV were true, but I'll play through Dust again. And I'll suck real bad at Spelunky.

I played Grand Prix Manager a few years ago. I remember it being incredibly hard (especially because I didn't understand all the minutia of F1) but it was rad. It's super cool to see that the game is still being modded now.

So, Fibbage is a god-damned wonderful game, and Ground Zeroes was only $13.49 with PS+. I figured that was about the price I was willing to pay for it. So yaaaaayy. Edit: Y'all need to play some Fibbage.

By no means is that lack of customization the end of the world, but that makes me quite sad. I was hoping to be a virtual golfsman with some dumb golf pants and big dumb mutton chops. The gameplay seems incredibly rewarding and rad, but I need a bit more of a hook/selling point.

So, are you able to customize your golfer lady/man? Like, beyond just the outfit. Is there anything like the Tiger Woods level of customizing appearance?

Maybe we ought to switch to a wider formation with some wingers to alleviate the clogging in the middle of the pitch.