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Wait until summer. Once solid launch dates for new gen consoles are announces the first thing you can anticipate are specials on previous gens. And that's retail. It will be an even better buyers market for used consoles leading up to that date and after. Many early adopters will scramble to help fund their new purchase.

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Josie's on a vacation far away. Come around and talk it over. So many things that I want to say. You know I like my girls a little bit older. I just want to use your love tonight. I don't want to lose your love tonight

https://youtu.be/WhA-3OZFyGY A little clip of myself playing on xbox. Lonely Mountains Downhill is a physics based game where you choose from a selection of mountain bikes to ride a selection of downhill courses. There are 4 themed mountains with 4 different trails each. Each uniquely designed to offer a variety of mountain biking accross 16 different trails. The bike selection ranges from a rigid CX gravel bike which excels at flat out pedaling speed and acceleration at the cost of grip and suspension. To a full on downhill bike which has massive suspension and grip but lacks pedaling ability and acceleration. There's also a little suspension XC bike, what looks like an AM hardtail 6 fattie and also a little slope bike for good measure. Each with different strengths and weaknesses. As a single player game the only racing is against yourself (and the clock) but your times are also displayed on the online leader boards so you see how well you fair against other players. I have to say. As a purely physics based game trying to emulate mountain biking. It pretty much nails it. The controls are super simple with only 4 mapped buttons. Easy to learn. Hard to master. It soon becomes clear that your skill hinges on split second reaction timing as you navigate your way from checkpoint to checkpoint as fast as you can. Attempting to remain composed and maintaining flow while you narrowly escape and overcome a string of obstacles stitched together across each of the trails. Which is actually not too far off from actual mountain biking. There are many little details that I appreciate about this game. There is no music in the game at all. Which I love. Ambient sounds from being outdoors like the wind and birds to crickets at night. Overlayed with occasional cranking pedals, rubber grazing dirt and spinning hubs. I may be wrong but it sounds like those hubs were sampled from hope's unmistakable buzzing. The courses themselves are very well designed. Its clear that developers did their homework when it comes to trail building research. The majority of features seem intentionally designed as natural ones and everything is so well stitched together from a design perpective. Despite there being only 16 trails. Most of the trails trails offer a variety of different line choices. Each with their own risk vs reward approach. Bigger drops are harder to land but also offer a quicker route down. Quite often I find myself searching for alternate route. Many of which are hidden. I've also managed to find routes which are completely off trail. Offering some pretty intense freeride options. I could nitpick on a few things like the inability to manual, wheelie, or bunny hop. Which could really transform this game massively. Its also hard to see with some of the dedicated camera angles certain courses force you into. Making it harder to see certain obstacles. The ability to free pan the camera would also be nice. Other than that its an absolute gem of a game at a very good price. Available on steam, xbox, playstation and switch

I've played Black Flag. I've also played RDR2. Both brilliant games that probably deserve a thesis each if I were to review them. But. Its an absolute shame that they both overshadow Assassins Creed Odyssey. RDR2 was released around the same time as Odyssey. It was probably the most anticipated game of the decade. It also delivered. Big time. Nearly 2 years after its release its asking price is still R899. Black flag is a more traditional Assassin's Creed game. Only this time its focus is predominantly on Naval combat. For a pirates them game they pretty much nailed it. And many AC fans hail Black Flag as the best in the series to date. Odyssey takes a very different direction to the rest of the games in the Assassins Creed series. Its an open world sandbox rpg if I were to pigeon hole it. With its primary focus on melee combat and archery. You explore a massive open world finishing quests you decide upon. So the progression is far from linear. And so is its story telling. You begin by choosing one of two siblings as the protagonist. And every decision you make decides not only how your own story unfolds but also the story of your sibling. Whom you run into a few times as the story unfolds. What fascinating is how well it was produced from a story telling perspective. With over 30 hours of cut scenes and 9 different endings. Even RDR2's story seems (which has 4 endings) seems linear by comparison. The game attempts to offer you actual choice. And your own story. Not the illusion thereof where everyone's progression is a semi side tracked version of the same tale. The world, characters, and effects are all breathtakingly beautiful. The combat is crisp, responsive, challenging and immersive. To such a degree that no 2 fights are ever the same. A plethora of weapons, abilities and combos each with its own trade offs. You often find yourself enacting split second creative combat decisions to survive and escape or to overcome and defeat. Set around 400bc in ancient Greece. You play both sides of the war between the Athenians and Spartans. Often favoring one over the other in order to unravel your own story. The story telling treads a line between a factual account of ancient Greece and its mythology. Everything from the birth of democracy and philosophy intertwined with the sorties of God's, demigods, and mythological creatures. AC Odyssey is to date. One of the top 5 single players games I've ever played. So is RDR2. But in my personal opinion. Odyssey is better. This is a clip from my actual gameplay. Sorry about the volume you'll have to crank it if you want to hear. https://youtu.be/VaaaP46MZN4 and this is one of its dlc trailers https://youtu.be/cULAyCisTEI

Lets get some formalities out the way before we assume that bar height is the problem. What size frame are you on?

That's actually something I did know. Most of our wedding music was rat pack.

I did not know that. I looked it up and found another little gem Russel Bufalino's wiki page Turns out the Mafia even dabbled in who portrayed them in the movies. In 1972, after singer Al Martino had the role of Johnny Fontane in The Godfather stripped from him and given to Vic Damone, he went to Bufalino, his godfather, who then orchestrated the publication of various news articles that claimed director Francis Ford Coppola was unaware of producer Albert S. Ruddy giving Martino the part.[25] Damone eventually dropped the role because he did not want to provoke the mob, in addition to being paid too little.[26][25] Ultimately, the part of Johnny Fontane was given to Martino.

I'm a huge Scorsese fan. But Irishman isn't one of my favorites. I get what the intention was behind making it and to that end I suppose it delivered. It is my no means a bad film. But it felt held back some how. As if the writing suffered under the pressure of it being seemingly plausible. What did happen to Jimmy Hoffa? Nobody really knows and I feel like Irishman came along and said. Hey this is 'probably' what happened. An opportunity was missed here for some fantastic writing. Think about Scorsese flicks in the past and all the crazy **** that went down. Anyways. What am I on about? Joe Pesci. Superb actor. He really was the highlight of Irishman for me. I mean the cast is nothing to sneeze at and all of em are Scorsese favorites but come on. He was never displayed on the same shelf as De Niro and Pacino. I mean this is the guy who took paint cans to the head in Home Alone. I never thought about his pedigree as an actor especially when you consider the caliber of the rest of the cast. But I certainly do now.

https://youtu.be/X2m-08cOAbc This looks lekker. But I have to admit. I'd be more excited to see this if it wasn't Ryan Reynolds in the lead. I don't particularly think he's a *** actor. Or struggle to see him play different roles. He's funny and fun to watch but... I just feel like he brings the same upbeat persona to every role he plays. And it feels like he's being cast because of it. Surely there are others who can deliver well timed punchlines and witty quips.

You're forgiven. I do that when I re-watch superhero movies. Or if I have the flu or something I'll smash out a season over 2 or 3 days. I watched Succession like this. You know, the type of show you pay partial attention to most of the time, let it play while you work or sort washing. And then you get super into it when it gets good. Lockdown was different though. Netflix just got flooded with Bollywood flix which is right up the wife's alley. So we binged a couple classics. I mostly just watch for music videos.

I only just learnt that her segment was cut from final release. But was included in the DVD/Bluray version. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_43

I can think of several garbage movies I love. The Pest Big trouble in little China A night at the Roxbury Freddy got fingered Romeo + Juliet (The 90's one with Leo) The Fifth Element The Underworld movies Then there are critically acclaimed movies I just don't get. The Godfather. Ok calm down. Its good. But people acting like it set the bar for mafia films probably haven't seen Mean Streets. Lets be honest here. Scorsese just does it better. Goodfellas, Casino, The Departed. Do I really need to go on? Gone with the Wind. I honestly don't see the appeal here. If you're in the mood for some old fleeting romance. Watch Casablanca instead. Citizen Kane. I don't even know where to start with Citizen Kane. I just don't get it. And nothing about it makes me want to. Ever. Then there are others off the top of my head I will probably never get either. Psycho (Hitchcock)...not scary The Harry Potter movies...rubbish Forest Gump...just shut up

Then you better avoid anything with Tony Shalhoub, Julianne Moore, Halle Berry or Richard Gere. Coz they're in this too. https://youtu.be/pj2eQZ3NrCY

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Soldier through the first season. It's a bit shallow with not much to keep you hooked. Theres this rinse repeat case solving per episode you have to bare with. But stick it out. Towards the end of the season it becomes a lot more about character development and exploring the shows underlying premise. By season 3 many of the biblical characters emerge. At which point it becomes a lot more about them and their relationships with each other.

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Ag man vitriol comes with the territory I suppose and no comedian is immune to such criticism.

This is satire. Yusuf Daniels is an author who published his first book some time last year I think it was. 'Living Coloured' is a collection of short comedic stories where he reflects on growing up as a coloured kid in Cape Town. Facebook was a huge part of his his growing exposure. He gained quite a substantial following, which he later used as a free platform to advertise small local business. He continues to retain relevance with his facebook posts. Almost all of which are just satire.

I don't know how to sort frames in the classifieds by size?

Its the devkit. For devs. Not the end user console. Its not unusual for these to leak first. It means a handful of game developers will start testing. And eventually get to working on a few titles to be released with the consoles launch.

Very few titles these days actually support split screen. You'd be hard pressed to find a racer or shooter that isn't 10 years old with a few exceptions that are 5+ years old. The split screen days are pretty much over. Nintendo is probably the last bastion of hope when it comes to split screen games. While they still burn a candle for them. They are by no means Nintendo's focus point. That being said. There are many great couch couch co op games to choose from and neither console favors couch co op play better than the other. I love couch co ops/pvp games. The ones that don't need split screen is often far more fun anyways. Fifa, Street Fighter, Overcooked, Speed Runners, Lovers Spacetime and Rocket league to name a few are great games to enjoy at home with people who are actually in the same room.

I bought it. I think the price is a bit steep for what it is but I also feel like I should be supporting local devs. It was fun with a friend for one night. A lekker throwback to old school, side scrolling fighting games. The local jargon and humor is a great touch for any saffa gamer. The artwork is fantastic and its pretty well thrown together too, effects, cut scenes etc. The game mechanics is pretty straight forward and you get the hang of it pretty quickly. I didn't notice any immediate bugs while playing and it actually played pretty well. I was disappointed that it had no ultra-wide support and the games repetitive nature in both play and humor ensured the novelty wore off pretty quick. This will make a great 2 player arcade game at local bars though and the devs should really look into that. I'd like to see a pvp game from them next. Coop is fun. But sometimes its way more fun to choose from a selection of characters and bliksem each other. It will have a much longer shelf life than the current title and its an opportunity to showcase a host of characters which truly reflect South Africa's rich cultural diversity.