Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Eagly M̶̛̙̓̅̊̓͊̓̔̈́̿̓͛̔̿͂͛̂̑͐̐͊́͗͋̏̌̈̆͛̆̃͂̈͑͆̑́̆̌̉͘̚͠͝͝͝ơ̷͇̺̟̝̦̠̞̠͖̭͎̽̃͆͗̈́͌̍̄̒̇́͐̌̆͗̓̍̅́̿̓͂͂̓͗͊͛̚͘͝o̶̧̧̡̡̼̰̬̫͔̟͔̘̝̮̭͍̱̤̘̤̹͕̟͈͎̗̱̝̬͕̘̩̘͖̟̫̗̙̹̺̘̼̺̯̦̠̤͐̀͊́̽̚͜͠ͅs̴̢̡̧̨̻̮̰̪͙̯͎̥͕͚̯͎͔͒̎́̎̇̓̃͆̈̄͐̀̒̎̽͂̅̑̓̅͊̕͜͝e̴̡̡̧̢̧̢̨̬̙̥͉̮̳͈̥̘̳̠͚̼̭͍̪͚̗̗̦̦͎̩͔̬̙̝̘͚̗̻̮̲̩̼̯͇̥̮̅̀̑̌̃͆̈̃͊̌̏͐͑̑̈̊͜͝ͅ!!!

@Eagly w̵̡̛̛͙̖͎̖̤̭̳̖̗̩̹͚̙͚̝̲͈̓͒́̓͂̂͆̾̃͑̃̈́̾̾̂̽̄̔̚͝͠͝ḫ̸̡̡̨̡̡̛̼̬̣͎͍̲̥̘̱͇̓̄̈́̄̏̏͋̽͂̽̇͋̇̀͆͛͛͛͂̄͘͝͝͝ä̷̡̛̮̳̭̜̲͔̠̯̞͂͌̀͊̇̋̐̀̅̆̍̂͜͜͜͝͠ͅͅͅt̶̨̗̳͈͉̻͉̙͔̤̞͔̺̻͒͒̒͌̈́̀͆̀̅͂͊̍̃̇͋̒̈͜͝͝͝͠'̸̛͕̫̰͖̣̘̘̘̞̗̓̽̊̔̏̎̈́͛̃̊̀͑̈́̏͌̕̚͠͠͝͝ṡ̸̢̩͉͍͍̭͙̣̺͎̙̞̳̺̭̗͙̤̩͕̓̑̅̐͋̀͗̏͑̒͂̒̽̂͐̄̀͊̈́̑̕͜ͅ ̶̨̛̛̜̪̩̙͓̬͉͓͆̋͆͐̃́̏̐͒̚͘̕͝a̵̖͓̲̔̈́̈̈́͛̈́͛̆́͑͒́̓̂̄̿̊̉͊̐͂̆̋͝ͅ ̷̩̙̱͔̲̗͕̤͇̐̀̊̈͑̉̍̆͆̐̓̆m̸̧̤͇̬͖̺̩̱̰͒͊͂͋̾̇̂͒̋̑͗̂̈̔̍̈́̽̄̽̈́͌̀̚ͅǫ̵̨̻̻͇̦̻̣̳͍͂̓́͗̓̅̌̏̎̃͆̈́́̎̊̌̆͘̕͘̕͝͝ͅo̸̪̪̮̊̚ͅs̷̛͉͔͆̉̌̔̆̂͛̇̄̔̑̔̏̔̾̃̚̚͝͝e̷͉̗͈͖̭̙̜̖̜̲̙͕̻̓̀̌̓̓̒̃̈̂́͑̂̉̐́͋͘͘͠͝͠'̵̧̢̡͍͙͎̩̲͎̠̟̣̗̦̄͂͊͑̈́̄͗͒͐̑̀͊̐̅̂͊̆̎̌́̕̚͝ͅs̸̯̯̘̥̲̘̳̲̯͎̗̼̮͚̠̠͔͎̩̰̣̣͍̦̔̑́̂̈́̐̾͋̊̈́̈́͂͂͘͝ ̴̨̻͍̣̳̟͇̺̝̮̫̠̘̣̺͔̠͍͓̟̙̖̩̚̕͜͜f̴̢̡̜̺͈͖̮̰͉̝̹̜̮̹̈́̈́͐̌̎͗͆͜͜ͅͅã̵͚̈̈́̉́̕͝͠͝v̶̩͇̤̠͐ő̴̱̳̣̠̫̗̰̙̦͍́́̇̈́̄͌̕͜u̷͇̲̟͈͍͉̠̘͍͕̠̝̣̬̔̓̾͌̆͜r̵͓̉ȉ̷̡̨̠̰͓̪̦̣͇̬̦͙̭͕͕̬̲͈͍̹͚̤̪̏̓̀̌͆͘͘͜t̶̼͓̭̙̱̋̊͊͊̅̚ē̵̢̛̛̟͎̭̦͕̟͕͙̳͊̀̽̌͆̎͒̀͒̽̈́͆̎̌̚ ̵̢̖̖̯̠͕̹̺͉̯͚̜͖̲̠͔͕̣͛͐̀͂͗̀́͌̇͐̈̎̔̽̒̇͒̐̅̇͒̿f̵̢̟̹͓̲̙̪̬͍͚̳͎͕̲̝̙̖͗̏͒̈́̈́̎̾̿͛͗̀̈͛͑̃͐͗̏̚͜͝͝ͅo̸̮͖̰̬̜̖̭͆̒͆͊̾̄̐̚͜͜ͅö̵̧̧̭̰̠̘̩̠͖̦͚̥͔̰͍̩̙͇̤̤̲́̒͒̂̓͜͜d̴̢͙͓͍͓̭̫̘̻͙͈̳̼̟͇̏͐̈̈́̊͆̽̓͗̆͐̓͊̅͘̚̕̚͘̚͝͠?̷̠̻͍̹̖͔̟̼̰̜̦͗͆̅̓́͜͠ͅ

@Eagly correct

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko After a long day of work (not really) I'm finally home, free to relax with Wi-Fi (yay, anime). Did you have a good weekend?

@Eagly Join the moose, join the moose.

Go back an look at the reveal of the Xbox One and you will understand. Originally it was meant to be an all in one entertainment box. You'd be able to control everything from your TV to gaming through it. In fact that was one of the major factors of Xbox losing last Gen. The fact that when it was first revealed all they talked about was how it would revolutionize your TV experience and not about the games. It's the main reason Mattrick was fired.

@Fizza That was a great time, thanks for joining! It was such a close game too- the minigame coin bonus star was decided within 10 coins and the ? bonus star was within 1 landed space. I agree, we'll have to play again sometime soon! Don't feel sorry for knocking us off in the bobsled, that was good strategy

@Eagly what's you pfp?

Mooooose

@Eagly It's a Noose

Guess just clinging to the past I guess. Part of me hopes that maybe they will go back to the standards they once held article wise and not go down the same road as places like IGN. As for the forums again part of me hopes that some of old users that use to be here will return, I know stupid hoping. There are a few topics that I still check on from time to time like the DnD thread.

Also retro gaming is a big part of my life, but it's hard to engage in a conversation when you bring up your latest NES or SNES cartridge you just bought and some GameCube Goober brings up in the retro thread oh I bought Super Mario Galaxy and then the retro thread goes off on a tangent about Wii games and PS3 games.

Or you bring up the warm fuzzy feelings of playing Super Mario Bros 3 the first time on Christmas morning sitting in front of the big console style TV on a shagg carpet and some goober replies oh I booted that up on my PC last week on my emulator and then the conversation goes off on a tangent on emulators. At that point I just want to say GTFO.

In the end maybe those users from 10 even 5 years ago will come back but honestly it just seems that NL doesn't want those people around anymore the way the forums have become. Maybe I am just stubborn that's all.

They did it in hopes of getting prepubescent boys to click on the site so they can jerk off to photos of Megan Fox as Zelda. Basically just doing it for the clicks.

@Eagly I will admit, Xbox does have some goofy naming concepts. I guess they just didn't want to seem like they were copying Sony by calling the second Xbox, Xbox 2 but Xbox 360 was odd. In case you were wondering the name Xbox 360 is because supposedly the second generation was going to make the gaming world do a 360 lol. As for Xbox One, we'll I told that reason already.

I kinda like the Series name they have adopted. It kinda reminds me of a PC which given MS background makes sense. It's also unique and they don't seem to be copying Sony by calling them Xbox 4 or 4.5. I also like the option of having a high end model the Series X and a low end Series S. I actually have both and once I get my house finished, I will have my Series X in my bedroom and the S in the living room, that way when one of the tvs is in use I can still game. I am also thinking of getting a another dock for my Switch for that same reason.

I can see that if it was a live action movie being made, but just posting it to post something.....

@ChameleonBros It's been fun playing with you and Fizza! My apologies for not remembering your NL username, lol. Those minigames from the N64 era are surprisingly tough!

@MarioLover92 @ChameleonBros That turntable one (I can't remember the name but I remember you were the one controlling it MarioLover) was absolutely brutal, I had no idea what I was meant to do even after the practice! One of my favourites was the crane game where the Wario CPU was trying to grab us, I have never mashed as hard in my entire life (AND IT WAS ALL FOR NOT UWAGH!).

I'm not sure I'll be able to do another round of Mario Party for a while between schoolwork and Pokemon piling up but rest assured I'll gladly be back again for another round (I'll even be the one to organise it, I enjoyed yesterday's session that much!).

I think they meant that it was going to make the gaming world do a full circle and come back to what it was before hand, who knows. I just remember before Xbox One was revealed gamers were calling the next Xbox Xbox 720 I was thinking God I hope they don't call it that lol.

Wheres ThanosReXXX when you need him!

This thread's been busier than usual.

Thanks, hoping to place the order for Mario later this evening. You can if you want to, I'll probably post them here once I get the tree up, I just like sharing them, but I like to present them properly.

Yeah, id Software FPS games are always great. There's something about classic FPS games that make them really interesting, both the gameplay styles and seeing how they evolved. Even Call of Duty has some Quake DNA deep within its code. Awesome job on the progress.

Back in the day, I played a Mac port of Star Wars Rebel Assault II, and loved it, and had SimCity 2000. I also played demos to Duke Nukem 3D and Star Wars Dark Forces, those were the earliest FPS games I've played. Being a Mac kid I played some ports, but there was a lot of DOS classics I missed out on, this is why I love GOG, getting to play all the games I missed out on. I believe GOG has Crystal Caves, both the original and an HD remaster.

I still haven't finished Tokyo Mirage Sessions, but I love the game. I have it on both Wii U and Switch. Funny thing is, I got the Wii U one for Christmas 2018, and I kept telling my friend "this is a game that should be on Switch," then the September Direct happened, and I screamed, lol.

Thank you, I feel better about that. While meltdowns from overwhelming situations suck, there's a lot of good from it. Having a special interest actually helps makes me knowledgable on some things and I'm actually thankful for that aspect. Good example, video games, computers, and Trolls. Seriously, before my friend met me, all he knew was Trolls was a movie series, he didn't know about the cartoon on Netflix or the Holiday special, or how the cartoon expands things beyond the movie until he met me. Agreed, people like that are just bad.

Indeed, personally I think the cat scared them away at the time. Thanks, they usually stop by from time to time outside the window, and it's nice seeing them. That's cool.

Yeah, it's really sad people are like that, and from observations I've made in general. I should be lucky, I have no sense of smell. Don't know why that is, but when it comes to different smells, I can't even tell them apart. Maybe a good thing as I can't smell bad smells, but it's also a bit of a curse as it makes it hard to find something that may be a bad smell in my home while cleaning. So I may miss some things, even if I do a good job cleaning.

Yeah, it can be surprising, it's cool you read up on it. I know many who don't, including someone my mom knows who says it's "just a label" people give me, unfortunately there are people like this. Reading up on it does explain why I do the things I do, and why sometimes meltdowns sadly happen (which has more to do with overwhelming situations). I was diagnosed since I was 3, but been learning more about it recently, which also in turn is helping my friend learn more about it too, which helps as well.

@Eagly Xbox Moose X

@Tasuki I will admit the forums have gone downhill a bit and the site in general (well kind of all gaming media) has taken a turn for the worse. I can't say if it will get better or not, hopefully it will, right now it seems gaming is going through a changing period. We have systems from all sorts of generations still clinging on for dear life and brand new systems with nothing of note to show. I think it will all even out once the older systems are phased out for the new ones, even then we'll probably still see some kind of support for them.

Now on the topic of this site.
Ya, some of the articles recently have been pretty "okay?" at best. Ya, the comments can be pretty bad. Ya, the forums have been getting pretty mixed and opinionated. Ya, some of the mods have been a little rude (pls don't kill me).

Also

Sex sells.

@Eagly Ya, it's nothing new.

@NintendoByNature I have been wondering that myself. He just sorted of disappeared. This is what I was talking about the site pushing away older members.