Ben Does Gaming

Take a load off and sit with us as we take a trip down memory lane.  Here we chat about random games we're playing and have played in the past, from the Sega Genesis, Dreamcast, Xbox Series, PS4.  

Sound FX courtesy of Freesound.Org

Sound clips used are from the games Illbleed, Remothered Tormented Fathers, Sonic Adventure 2, Shining Force.

Some thoughts on the September 2021 Nintendo Direct.  No Breath of the Wild 2 news to be found.  That's all I really wanted.  What we got was some rather interesting projects and news on a new movie Nintendo intends to make.

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Music: purrple-cat-mysterious-lights - Bensound.com

Surprise Surprise!  Sega dropped a new video recently showcasing some projects.  Sonic Origins, an unnamed 3D Sonic project and more!  I've always been a Sonic fan and am looking forward to new games from our favorite mascot.  Are you excited for this?

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Song used in today's episode: Bread (Prod. by Lukrembo)

Hey all.  I'm sorry for the lack of updates.  It's been a bumpy year and I'm doing my best to get back on track.  More content coming soon!

Vampires, witches, and werewolves OH MY!  Resident Evil Village at last has a set date.  May 7, 2021.  I hope to have a PS5 by then, but no sweat.  RE Village will be on the older gen systems and will receive a free upgrade!  Yay!!  I also speculate on what I think will take place.

Here is a link to the tweet and Gofundme page for Jeanette Maus.  Help out if you can.

https://twitter.com/TheSphereHunter/status/1354884502011564032

With the success of Mario's 35th anniversary, it seems other franchises are following suit.  Tomb Raider had an official announcement this past week.  Though no games are mentioned, a Netflix anime series was.  They are looking to connect the reboot trilogy with the PS1 classics.  I'm thinking they will do re-imaginings of the older games to make them fit in with the newer Lara Croft, then when we're caught up, a new game will take off.  This is exciting!  Check out the announcement video here: https://twitter.com/tombraider/status/1354555416210857988

Fatal Frame was also mentioned earlier this month and I hope we're in for some real treats.  The Fatal Frame series is quality and I hope they do us fans good.  I'd love to see newer players experience these classics.  Read more here: https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3646894/fatal-frame-producer-teasing-possible-series-20th-anniversary-celebration/

The last bit of the episode is dedicated to the Sega Dreamcast game "D2" from the mind of Kenji Eno his studio, Warp.  It's a shame that these games are falling into obscurity.  This was one of the strangest games I've gotten to play.  The Dreamcast had some interesting ideas for sure.  The last bit of the audio can get a little loud.  I also recommend you watch the video on youtube as well to see how the scene plays out.  There's a big surprise at the end.  Very disturbing.  Here's the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmar-PkDokI&t=107s

A few friends excitedly sent me a link to this website.  The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time rumors.  I'll take what I can get.  Any news is candy for my imagination.  This year is the 35th anniversary of the very first game in the series, which was released on February 21, 1986.  Will the Zelda franchise get the same treatment as Mario did?  I certainly hope so!!

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Music used in this episode:

Turok 2 Seeds of Evil Reorchestrated.

I recently heard that KFC was releasing a new console.  Apparently they made this news known back in June, but I saw nothing about it.  Weird.  What a way to end 2020.  I also wanted to talk about Cyberpunk 2077, but what else is there to say?  Maybe next episode.

Check out the KFConsole website and have a look for yourself.

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Songs used in this episode are remixes from the Sega game Dynamite Headdy.

Dj Mokram - DDown the dddrain 

Hylian Lemon - March of the Missiles

The world of Cyberpunk 2077 is massive and full of life, as well as glitches and broken graphics.  I've been very fortunate to not experience much of this, but my heart goes out to those that have.  Graphics can be fixed, but sometimes faith cannot.

Here is a link to my episode talking about crunch time in the development side.

I'm still on the hunt for a PS5.  As much as I'm hoping, I won't be getting one before the end of the year, and that's ok.  Sony will hopefully up the shipments and beat out the scalpers.  

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.  Do you have it and love it?  I'm just getting started with it.  I've been able to play some games that have been on my wishlist for a bit now.  I'm enjoying myself so far.

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