Herd of Cats

Update: Massive fact checking as I had a major fact wrong. Fixed.

You don't need to watch the Youtube video, I just couldn't come up with a better graphic...

Apparently Activision has submitted a patent which suggests matching weak players against strong players intentionally to help convince them to purchase microtransactions. You know, the usual pay to win online scum and villainy but now patented.
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Yes. I do mean you.

I admit this would work better if we ever together in the first place...

Obviously I mean in an organized squad like manner, not like us
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I saw no zombies at all in this story

So last Saturday I turned 50, and Stormblade, Blackwalt, Q-Bert were there with their families. Fun times were had.


Stormblade gave me a dictionary and mad lib pads and Q-Bert gave me a reddit t-shirt.
Blackwalt.... Well.... Let's put it this way. The card on top of the bag that he gave me was addressed to "Princess Revek". Foreshadowing I think. As you can see from the picture, it was a collection of DC super-hero figurines, their associated story book, hotwheel car and pezz dispencer.

Or maybe, since they used three separate emails, they were just spamming me

They are up for two different awards at the GamesRadar 2017 Golden Joystick Awards. So, you know, go vote for them. Or someone else. Whatever.

Rebellion has been short listed for two categories:

1. Best Audio - Sniper Elite 4
2. Studio of the Year - Rebellion

Vote here if you want.

Stormblade just took out a second mortgage...

The cans in question are the Assassin’s Creed Origins Utopia by Tournaire handcrafted headphones, created through the combined talents of a 3D artist, an art caster, and a goldsmith, all of whom "worked together with the [Tournaire] jeweler for several months." The headphones—aural artwork, really—are made exclusively in France, and will feature an average weight of 150 grams of 18k gold per set. Only ten will be released to the public, and they will sell for €50,000 each, which works out to just shy of $60,000.

Only $60,000.

For the rest of you that are only casual fans you can pickup the slightly cheaper Assassin's Creed Origins: Listen Wireless.

Lots more details at PC Gamer

I seem to remember we played the first one a little bit

The all-new trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2, the story of outlaw Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang as they rob, fight and steal their way across the vast and rugged heart of America in order to survive. Coming Spring 2018 to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One systems.

But which theme song would you use?

Via 9GAG.

I had heard about this and finally watched it. It's so well done I had to share.

They should at least use the Elite controller.
Also, $38,000 really?

https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/19/us-navy-high-tech-submarine-xbox-con...

Spotted at yesterday's 2017 Wiggle Waggle Walk and Run

Sadly they were no longer running it as they had run out of monkeys. Truth!

Meme. Original. Furball.

Destiny 2 launches today. Japan helps you celebrate with the following launch trailer

Thanks Japan.

Stormblade is already warming up his dance moves for the next HoC LAN Party. A restraining order against Q-Bert is in the works.

Here is a link to HoC Dancing in the original Destiny. Stormblade is missing but I put his dancing links in the above paragraph.

Note: I have not picked up a copy of Destiny 2. Is this something we are doing? I am trying to stretch my gaming budget across this Autumn and it is not going well...

Via kotaku.

We may have dodged a bullet not picking up Dead Alliance on launch

We did talk about Dead Alliance on Herd of Cats but I am glad we waited to pick it up. Such a good idea for combining zombies and multiplayer battles. Too bad it didn't come to fruition.
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