Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Tyranexx You might want to hurry on Celebi, I heard Jessie and James stop spawning tomorrow and you need to fight them.

I finished mine today and got a huge bonus, shiny Pinsir from James!

That ditching sounds like a bad time! Glad they let you do what you needed to do!

I'd love to complete that research quest as well, but sadly there's like no grass-type pokemon spawning at all.

Congrats on the shiny! I've never seen a shiny shadow Pokemon.

Talking about that, I think one of your eggs gave me a shiny Alolan Meowth.

Ah cool, it looks like the Mario Game & Watch will be releasing here much sooner than previously stated. Cool, can't wait.

I wasn't expecting to have to pay for it this month though, sigh.

@Zuljaras My latest gaming haul, counting from Black Friday:

On Switch (all digital titles):

• Ni No Kuni Wrath of the White Witch
• GRIP
• Trailblazers
• Rise: Race The Future
• ABZU
• Planet Alpha
• Toki Tori
• Toki Tori 2
• RIVE
• Zombie Blast Crew
• Urban Flow
• Wanderlust
• Roombo
• Apocalipsis
• Silence
• EGO Protocol Remastered
• S.N.I.P.E.R. Hunter Scope

And the only physical game: Super Mario 3D All Stars. Couldn't risk not being able to get my hands on that one at a later stage anymore, so I bought it now. Friggin' FOMO...

Moving on to the latest purchases on Xbox:

• MudRunner + American Wilds Expansion
• Metro Redux Bundle
• Far Cry Primal
• Sniper Elite 3 Ultimate Edition
• Panzer Dragoon Orta (OG Xbox title)
• SoulCalibur VI
• ScreamRide
• Fight Night Champion (Xbox 360 title)
• Mars: War Logs (Xbox 360 title)

And this second batch I bought yesterday, as a small pre-Christmas present to myself:
(all physical titles, by the way, as opposed to all the Black Friday deal titles, who are all digital)

• The Division
• Dead or Alive 6
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Day 1 Edition
• Strange Brigade

That last title was made by the brilliant minds behind the Sniper Elite games, and if you love games like Left 4 Dead, Uncharted and like classic monster movies and Indiana Jones-y adventure type stuff, then you might want to look into it as well. Here's a couple of teasers:

@ThanosReXXX Wow so many games! But I must admit I do not know most of them. And they are digital.

The only digital games I buy are on PC from GOG.

@Zuljaras Well, on the Switch, ABZU is an absolute must-have/must-play, and so far, I've also really enjoyed S.N.I.P.E.R. Hunter Scope, so you might still want to check these out. And they are only available in digital form anyway, so there wasn't any other way to get my hands on them anyway.

If you're curious about what the other titles are, then I'd be more than happy to tell you. And not ALL of these games are digital, as clearly mentioned...

@Zuljaras Oh, and if you still have that inner child that likes to play in the mud with his toy trucks and cars, then you'll DEFINITELY want to check out MudRunner. It's also available in physical version, by the way. Here's a trailer of that particular game:

@ThanosReXXX Sorry I am not into racing and sports games.

Sniper games might interest me Anything about those?

I know some titles like Metro, SoulCalibur(but never played it) and FarCry from your list

@Eel Pinsir is my second shiny from rockets. Jessie gave me a shadow Ekans a while back. I am surprised about the grass spawnibg issue, I have been seeing Cottonee and Nuzleaf constantly!

Yay for the meowth!

@Zuljaras No need to be sorry, my friend. If a certain type of game doesn't interest you, then that's fair enough. We all have our own tastes and likes, after all. As for the sniper games: the one I mentioned is on the Switch, and the more cartoony type, but still fun regardless, and for the price that it costs, I can easily recommend it.

Here's some gameplay of that particular game:

If you want a more serious/realistic sniper game, then look no further than the Sniper Elite series. You can get all the games on the Switch, or if you prefer to play them on Xbox or PlayStation, then you can get them there as well. They are simply brilliantly entertaining games, especially with the X-ray kill shots...

@Zuljaras By the way: to see some gameplay from the second level of that Sniper game on the Switch, fast forward to 11 minutes into the video. The game offers various ways to play, so the first level is first person, the second level is third person, and so on.

On a side note: here's a couple of videos of ABZU, which you REALLY shouldn't miss out on, if you're even remotely interested in games involving deep sea adventures and diving, because this one is really good. Atmospheric gameplay, great sound track, and in general, simply beautiful. Anyway, here you go:

I'm just chilling here while I wait for the Geno article

Whew...Busy night. My fridge was almost empty, which meant it was time for my two-week grocery run. Then I went to pick up a pizza + salad I ordered online at a local place (Mmmm....BBQ chicken!). THEN I swung by normal work to grab some work shirts I had ordered that finally came in. And I fit in some Pokemon Go between all that. Between the errands, putting away groceries, eating ambrosia of the gods, grabbing and sorting through my daily mail, and doing a few other odds/ends...I'm beat!

@ThanosReXXX I feel like a lot of the rules here are common sense, as far as forums go. I do recall reading them when I joined as some sites do have different protocols for some things (such as double or multi-posting), but I am the patient reader sort. Unfortunately not everyone is the same. XD There's no reliable way I can think of to get people to read the rules other than directing them right to the page when they sign up. Even then that has pitfalls since any confirmation method I can think of (online anyway) has plenty of loopholes....

Oh yes, ice on ramos and stairs is the worst. I almost slid into a gas/petrol pump at a station one time; the entrance had a bit of an incline, and I was hoping I wouldn't die in a fiery explosion....

@Heavyarms55 No huge rush on Celebi it seems, I just read Niantic has extended Jessie and James's spawn window into sometime in February. And congrats on the shiny Pinsir! That one isn't a must-have for me, but I do keep an eye out for them too!

On the ditching: Thankfully I sorta knew the property owner, and he came over to see if I needed any help. The field had had corn in it that fall, so there was a little more traction with the old stalks. Thankfully the vehicle I drove at the time (parents' old '95 Ford Windstar van) sat high enough that it didn't sustain any damage and could power through. _{Though it didn't survive being totaled the next year....}

@Eel No grass type Pokemon!? Odd. Cottonee and Nuzleaf are spawning like crazy here too. I didn't have much trouble with that particular task. And congrats on the shiny Meowth!

@Tyranexx Oh that's good! Occasionally my vast hatred of social media means I miss updates like that. lol

Ouch, the van got totaled? Were you hurt in the process?

@Tyranexx But that's just the thing: these rules are indeed common sense, so even without having read them, most of them should be stupendously obvious. And yet, here we are...

As for when or how they appear for new subscribers, far as I know, you have to accept (and scroll through) those rules when you sign up, but we all know how that goes in most cases: simply scroll down as fast as you can without reading a single line, tick the box to accept, and click on next to open your account...

@ThanosReXXX The Diving game is not for me and the cartoony sniper game as well but Sniper Elite 3 Ultimate Edition which you listed is looking awesome!

It's raining here right now.
Kinda gloomy.
Here is my Rain drawing.

@Zuljaras Well, in that case you will also want to look into Sniper Elite V2 remastered and Sniper Elite V4, both available on the platform of your choice.

All the Sniper Elite games are equally brilliant and entertaining.

By the way: on Xbox and probably also on PlayStation, you can download a free demo of Sniper Elite V2, so you can try before you buy.

@ThanosReXXX I never understood those "Try before buy".

As I see it it if I buy a game I KNOW it is for me no matter of Frames per second of muddy graphics. Still it is cool to have those for people who like to try the games.

And I never understood trade-ins. Probably because I am sworn collector

Sweet...! 😀
My logo design of Ice Skate Boxing and Avian Kickboxing are almost done.
Just need some fixes on some parts.
I cannot tell what are the logo names.
Wait until i release my calendars 2021.

@ThanosReXXX Have you played Mudrunner much? I see your post above. For a while, I've thought that game looked tempting/interesting.