Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@ThanosReXXX
Speaking about games with high intensity of using guns for kid friendly games, both Splatoon and Ratchet games are too much intensity for me. Like i still cannot accept the intensity like that. I still have a mindset like Hippie as Anti-Gun so at some point i still cannot accept the intensity like that. But by contrary, i still accept the gun using on FF X-2, LEGO CITY Undercover, Metroid Prime Federation Force, Dillon's Dead Heat Breakers because they have different intensity and impact for my brain.

I have watched every single Ratchet PS3 gameplay with 720p 60fps setting on my phone yesterday but still.... It was still too much for me, like did i have to shoot like that very much ? Come on.... I cannot do that. 😟
Still in my mind haunted by the irk feeling about shooting that related with that rated 18 shooting games.

I used to play with lesser violence games very much so when i have to play with too much gun using, i feel very discomfort like it forcing me to get out from my comfort zone and scratching my old wound. It still like my paranoid.

About my habit that sometimes dislike or critize the games recommendation, the reason why did i do that because i grew up with different cultures and habit as an Asian peoples that i expect more cutesy, more cartoonish, more Japanese vibes, lesser violences. So i still not fond with some of Western things because those are still peculiar things same as some Western peoples still not really fond with Asian / Japanese things.

@bimmy-lee oh for sure. I loved how thier tree looked too. That old 50s style lighting and tinsel. The old man with his turkey is 100% my dad with his. He waits all year to cook his bird and hear everyone say how good it is. He babys the thing til it's ready for serving. Speaking of which, Friday i bought a Jennie o on sale. 15lb for 6.50.. with that said, were having another turkey feast today. It's already in the oven roasting

@Sunsy Yes, my Mario Kart one is Mario holding a checkered flag. I got that at the mall last year. Sounds like you have quite a few nice ornaments! And yes, the Super Star tree topper does look awesome.

@bimmy-lee The Super Star tree topper isn't that heavy, thankfully. Mine doesn't have a light so that might be the reason. You might want to go for that.

@bimmy-lee wowee that leg lamp is amazing.

@Anti-Matter I still have my PS3 and move too.
I bought the move for the kids so you might like them. Eye pet. Sports champion 1 and 2. Medieval. Most of these are dirt cheap now. As for ps3 games. I’d recommend going to google and writing “shovelware ps3 games” and you might find the games you like. Enjoy gaming

@La-weejee
I have considered Sport Champions 2 after i saw the character customize like The Sims for each Sports from Youtube.
I didn't consider Sport Champions 1 since it has less appealing sports choices than number 2 (It has Boxing on the sequel and i can make shirtless boxer for Boxing sport).
Eye Pet & Friends was still in my deliberation after i have watched more gameplay videos from Youtube because it looked like Eye Toy games.

@Eel - There are two windows right behind it, but I had to pull the curtains to get a good picture. Unfortunately, it’s the back of the house, but it’s very prominent for those that can see it.

@NintendoByNature - Yep, I love the tree in that movie. Wow, another bird in the oven, that’s amazing. You’re going to have an entire turkey season. Perfect pair for the games today. It’s like a sequel to Thanksgiving a couple days later, smart.

@La-weejee - Thank you!

@MarioLover92 - Ah, I must have seen a different tree topper. I love a Super Star as a tree topper regardless of which ornament it is.

@bimmy-lee oh ya! Im not complaining lol.

@MarioLover92 Cool, same one as I have then. I just looked up the Star topper, I didn't know such a thing existed until you mentioned it.

@Anti-Matter you don’t need to enjoy the sports to enjoy the game. It’s the PlayStation equivalent of Wii sports but more accurate.
I’m not a fan of tennis but loved it in Wii sports. Give it a try and you might just enjoy the game. There is shirtless boxers with customisation but it’s not that type of game, it’s a game for all ages.

@NintendoByNature @bimmy-lee @HobbitGamer Thanks for the explanation, guys. I had no idea. I also don't know that particular Christmas movie, well at least: not that I can remember. Either way: mystery solved...

@Zuljaras Yeah... I don't even know why I still bother, but a part of me really wants to try and understand what makes him tick, although I'm suspecting that's never going to happen, because it's all just too weird and WAY too much out of the ordinary...

@Anti-Matter As I said, you cannot always get everything from watching videos, and you actually don't have to shoot that much, that's all up to you, seeing as you control the character. You can also do the regular 3D platformer stuff, or let your companion character take care of some enemies.

And both Ratchet & Clank and Splatoon are SO kid friendly, that any and all excuses you come up with to not like them come across as completely weird and illogical, and they seem to have no validity, especially if we take into account the whole thing about you being perfectly fine with playing Final Fantasy games, which have all the realism and violence that you always say you hate so much.

And what you said about taste has nothing to do with being an Asian person: it isn't true at all that Asian people only like cute and kiddy games. They like plenty of other genres as well. Maybe not all Western type or realistic type games, but they most certainly like a couple of them, and they aren't as harshly against it in general, as you seem to believe. That's just you, and your highly specific, and extremely limited taste.

Oh, and I would replace "I sometimes criticize" with "I almost always criticize", because it's very rare, far as I've seen on here, that you actually agree with what people kindly recommend to you, so it's almost impossible to help you in that regard, which makes me wonder why you keep asking in the first place, because you already know that most if not all of us have a FAR broader taste and far more accepting nature, where games are concerned.

On a side note: the entire world knows that Asian people in general are often known to have far more violent and sadistic natures than Western people. You've only got to watch a couple of certain anime movies and/or series to see that specific kind of freaky stuff that could only have come from an Asian mind...

@ThanosReXXX
Oh, btw...
How did you know about Ratchet PS3 games as you don't play PlayStation machines ?

Edit: I have watched again Ratchet & Clank Trilogy PS3 (The HD remaster of PS2 version) and other Ratchet PS3 games from Youtube, try to engage with the gameplay and i thought at some point.... I was kinda curious again. I still need more time for my brain to digest the new things that might out of my comfort zone, so i need to rethink again Ratchet PS3 games. Sorry if i always freak out by trivial things. 😅

@Anti-Matter I know about the games, and I have played them, because friends of mine do own PlayStations.

As for all the video watching: again, I'd advise you to actually TRY a game out, instead of only watching videos. A video cannot give you the feeling and same impressions as when you're playing it yourself, so it's only ever going to be a partial impression, which should never be a deciding factor in buying or not buying a game.

Just go and find a game shop where they are able to let you try a game in the shop itself, so you can have some time to experience it for yourself, without risking the chance to buy it and then being stuck with a game that you don't like.

I also think you just need to let go of your strict beliefs a bit. Not everything is simply black or white, there's also a heck of a lot of colors of grey in between, so not all games with shooting in them are realistically violent, or too violent, and not even all realistic games are violent and/or not kid friendly.

And then there's also beautiful story telling games, with deep, meaningful game play, such as Life is Strange, which by the way, also happens to be published by Square-Enix.

@Anti-Matter - With all this PS3 talk, I’m starting to get nervous about Calendar Project 2020. Now I’m starting to feel the Home Alone rush.

@ThanosReXXX - I checked, and the movie came out in 83, so it’s possible you were already an expat. I was four (I turned 40 earlier this fall), and it’s certainly always been a part of my Christmas for as long as I can remember. The overall appeal is mid century Americana, so I totally understand that it might not all translate; but I’d still be curious to see what you think. I watch it every year, but I still haven’t shown it to my kids. Maybe my daughter this year. Five years she’s seen me drag that leg lamp out of storage for Christmas, and she’s never really questioned it.

@bimmy-lee Yeah me too! I just set up my tree and it's a bit smaller than I expected, but that's OK because it still looks cool.

@Sunsy Ah yeah I see. Go for it if you want to! Out of curiosity, I tried looking up Rosalina ornaments on Amazon and there's no such thing. Which is a bit surprising since she's a fairly popular character and she's associated with stars. That, and I would love to have one.

@bimmy-lee I'll see your possible and raise you with a definitely:
I came here when I was 9 (which was in '79)...

I had to smile at the leg of the lamp, though. It's just the hood ornament that screams "grandma's house" to me, because those are the types of lamp ornaments/hoods that a lot of old people have in their houses over here. Typical 70's - 80's style. (edit: or maybe even 60's) Like those velvet rug covers on those old land line dial phones:

Or maybe that was just a Dutch thing...

@ThanosReXXX I’ve certainly never seen that on a rotary phone, and my great gramma even had the old party line system in the valley.

@HobbitGamer Well, that can mean one of two things: either you haven't been in enough old people's homes, or it is indeed a thing that only Dutch old people do.

@ThanosReXXX You truly have never seen A Christmas Story?!? I don't care where you live, you can't pretend to be an American native anymore. That's it, Dutchman go home! That's the most quintessential of all Americana right there.

The design, FWIW, is 1920's, so that would be more "great-grandmas house" Though the movie plays loose with the eras. It's primarily a 1920's theme, but various 1940's "Art Modern" designs manage to appear in various ways as well. It's one of those low budget films that managed to get it right on every count and became a cult classic. Find it. Watch it. No excuses.

As for those phone covers, yeowch....no, that was never, ever a thing here.... Though that may have something to do with the fact that back then, nobody owned phones here, they were leased from Bell, and you were only allowed so many phones, as many as you paid for. People would sometimes acquire phones and add another in the house. Bell could send a fixed voltage ping out to homes to check the voltage drop from the bell ringers. If you were running one to many phones, you were going to get a very serious visit from some phone company officials. They had semi-law-enforcement credientials. Bell also had federal permission to basically enter and search a home for phones suspected via that ring test, unannounced. If it sounds like the Stasi....well....that's your call...... But that's how Ma Bell rolled. She ain't much different now, either, but without the search & seizure authorization and split into AT&T & Verizon rather than just AT&T.

My other thought when I saw those phone covers was "Wow it's not just today's kids that put tacky phone covers on their telephones!"

@NEStalgia Man, there's SO much "quintessential" Americana that I missed in the 40+ years that I've been away, that short of adding another lifetime, I would never be able to catch up to, so I simply don't bother. There's other classics over here. And the thing is of course also that if you don't have any connection or ties to something, then it doesn't mean anything to you.

Mind you, it could still be an entertaining movie in its own right, but it has zero sentimental value for me. Over here, we obviously have a far more European-oriented movie theme, such as a Christmas Carol and so on, specifically the first color version.

Although having said that, we do also have the inevitable/obligatory, yearly re-runs of the Home Alone movies, and any of the other 90's or early 2000's Christmas comedy's.

As for the phones: the situation was similar over here. The exact model that is shown in those pictures, is KPN's T65, which later also came with a button panel insert, replacing the rotary dial. And they were also rented, but that didn't mean that you couldn't add stuff to it, such as those covers.

But like I said, these covers were primarily found in old people's homes, because... well, because besides losing all kinds of senses and faculties, apparently old people also lose their taste in aesthetics...

I mean: (mini) carpets/rugs on TV's (thank God for flat panels, making putting a carpet on top of them impossible), plastic or carpet covers on furniture, hellishly bright lighting in the kitchen, fur coats/covers on toilet seat lids, lawns and gardens full of gnomes, knitted toilet roll covers, etcetera, etcetera.... (or maybe that last one is yet again a predominantly Dutch thing)

Now that I'm mentioning all this, I seem to have created a mental picture of the character portrayed as Fran Drescher's mom in the comedy series The Nanny...