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Ms. H invites everyone to get loose and have fun as they join her for the 168th episode of Mom's Minute Video Game Show. Ms. H lets everyone know her next show will be October 19, 2015 since there will not be a Mom's Minute Video Game Show on October 12, 2015.  Ms. H looks forward to the show returning on October 19, 2015. Ms. H reviews the free video game she played on her PlayStation 4, Grow Home and discussed the video game character of the week, Jacqui Briggs from the Mortal Kombat X video game.  The celebrity gamer of the week is Janet Jackson, who Ms. H said has recently released her new album, Unbreakable and who plans to embark on a world tour.  Ms. H lists new video game releases and discusses her video game field trip to Cracker Barrel, which she described as pleasant, considering the friendly and helpful clerks there. Even though Cracker Barrel did not have video games, she let everyone know she posted pictures from her visit to Cracker Barrel on Instagram and invited all to check out not only the pictures but a video of a Christmas scene on Instagram at http://www.instagram.com under realmsh.  Topping the news is the possibility of a voice actor's' strike, where voice actors are asking for residual pay in addition to other requests.  Ms. H talked about video game holiday video game console bundles as well as a possible decrease in the  price of the PlayStation 4.  Ms. H rounds out the show with her special original saying to let positivity, honesty, determination and resilience make up your A-Team which  always make for a winning team.

Ms. H welcomes everyone to her exciting House Party 167th edition of Mom's Minute Video Game Show which features interviewing her special guest, Basil Masters, Actor, Martial Artist, Director and Martial Artist Choreographer, also known as Basil The White Dragon Masters. Ms. H talks about the video game character of the week, Cassie Cage from the video game Mortal Kombat X as well as new video game releases. TwitchCon 2015 tops the video game news.  Ms. H introduces Basil Masters who discusses his acting and Martial Arts background including growing up in Dubai.  He described himself as an actor who knows Martial Arts.  Interesting discussion followed on what it takes to  succeed in Martial Arts.  Basil Masters talked about his Martial Arts training as well as the  vitamins including those to help one bounce back after strenuous training.  He discussed how he was singled out to be a part of a film that required Martial Arts expertise, and  stated his best performance was Bare Knuckles Streets of Rage.  He  provided an in depth comparison between Martial Arts and Mixed Martial Arts, MMA.   Basil Masters informed everyone where he can be contacted via social media including Facebook and Instagram.  Ms. H thanked Basil Masters  for the interview on Mom's Minute Video Game Show. Ms. H rounds out the show with her special original saying to be fresh and rejuvenated by being positive in all that you do and say.

You may have heard the phrase "Go big or go home."  Well, Ms. H goes big with fun on this, the 166th episode of the Mom's Minute Video Game Show.  She discusses the video game she played on her PlayStation 4, Super Time Force Ultra which is free to PlayStation Plus members. Ms. H explained that after about thirty minutes, she stopped playing thevideo  game due to the ambiguous tutorial as well as the difficulty of play early in the game.  She did not rate the game high relative to how much she would pay for it if it was not free to play.  Ms. H talks about the video game character of the week, Nina Williams, a video game fighter who has appeared in all of the Tekken video games. Next, she discusses the celebrity gamer of the week, Vanessa Williams who was the first African-American Miss America; however she unfortunately, was the first Miss America to have to give up her crown.  Lively discussion followed on Vanessa Williams, including if the pageant officials made the correct decision at the time.  Ms. H said that at the recent Miss America Pageant, Vanessa Williams received an apology, many years after her crown was taken away from her in 1984.  Ms. H stated that she is featuring Vanessa Williams as an inspiration that you can always bounce back and excel. She discussed the many Emmy and Tony award nominations Vanessa Williams has received since this incidence.  Ms. H said that Vanessa Williams won an Oscar for the song in the Pocahontas Disney movie and that Vanessa Williams  is slated to appear in the newest episodes of The Good Wife television show.  Regarding video games, Ms. H was unsure if Vanessa Williams plays video games; however there is a Pocahontas video game out and she could check to see if Vanessa Williams had any involvement.  Ms. H discusses new video game releases including FIFA 16 which will launch on September 22, 2015.  This video game led to interesting, informative discussion on how NCAA got FIFA to eliminate women players in the video game.  The possibility of digital downloads replacing physical video games was discussed with Ms. H stating that if there was a complete turn from physical copies to digital video game downloads, the video game companies would probably benefit more so from this change than the consumer.  An announcement was made that a special guest, Basil Masters, the actor who appears in martial arts shorts and other film videos will appear on Mom's Mnute Video Game Show on September 28, 2015.  Ms. H lets everyone know this is a show they do not want to miss. Ms H tops off the Mom's Minute Video Game Show with  her special original saying to make positivity and happiness your game plan for now and always.

On this, the 165th episode of Mom's Minute Video Game Show, Ms. H welcomes everyone and wishes everyone a happy Monday.  She discusses the free video game she played on her Xbox One, How to Survive, Storm Warning Edition.  This game that normally sells for $19.99  is free to Xbox Gold members. Ms. H shares information  on the video game character of the week, Mai Shiranui from the video games King of Fighters, Fatal Fury and others.  Ms. H stated she was impressed by the accomplishments of Cynthia Rothrock who is featured as the celebrity gamer of the week.  In addition to starring in numerous karate based films, Cynthia Rothrock won lots of competitions and is a 7th degree Black Belt, receiving her latest Black Belt in 2011.  Some of her previous movies were discussed including Yes, Madam,  Guardian Angel and others. Her current movie, The Martial Arts Kid was also discussed.  Next, Ms. H discusses her video game field trip to Toys R Us.  Ms. H said the Toys R Us she visited is still focused on Star Wars, as evidenced by the numerous Star Wars items in stock, the movie premiere display count down  to The Force Awakens movie to be released December 18, 2015, and the  large Star Wars themed entrance to the store.    She also talked about the Apple TV she saw at Toys R Us.  Lively discussion followed on the Apple TV and whether it was worth purchasing, especially since it has similar features to the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 as well as devices available from Google at a lower price.  Ms. H entertains questions from her listeners including whether or not she has a Wii U, which led to a discussion on the latest game from Nintendo where you can create and share games, called the Super Mario Maker.  Ms. H talked about her experience playing Tomb Raider Definitive Edition after a listener stated that he watched her gameplay on Twitch TV.  She told everyone that she regularly plays Tomb Raider Definitive Edition on Sundays at 4:00 p.m. at http://twitch.tv/allgamesnetworkvideo and invited everyone to join her as she continues to play the game with the goal of completing it before the newest edition of the game, The Rise of Tomb Raid is released in November, 2015.  Ms. H lists new video game releases.  Topping the  news was that  the video game Borderlands is being made into a feature film.  Ms. H said hopefully this video game fares better than other video games that have been made into movies.  Ms. H rounds out the Mom's Minute Video Game Show with her special original saying that when you are honest and forthright, everything else naturally falls into place.

Ms. H wishes everyone Happy Labor Day on this, the 164th episode of Mom's Minute Video Game Show.  She discusses the video game she played on her PlayStation 4, Dragon Age Inquisition which is the full, physical video game.  Later in the show, Ms. H reveals her purchase resulted from her video game field trip to Best Buy.  Ms. H explains why she would pay $7.99 for this game, even though she paid a higher price for this game from Best Buy.  The video game character of the week, Sonya Blade from the Mortal Kombat video game is featured and discussed by Ms. H.  She indicated even though she does not play the Mortal Kombat video games, this game seems to have quite a few female characters.  Ms. H featured Kitana from Mortal Kombat as the video game character of the week during her previous video game show. Ms. H clarified that Sonya Blade appeared as a playable character in all of the Mortal Kombat video games with the exception of Mortal Kombat II, where she made a cameo appearance. She discusses the celebrity video gamer of the week, Sasha Banks, a professional wrestler who was on NXT before advancing to the WWE.  Lively discussion followed on whether or not the NXT was only a developmental phase before going to the WWE, or if the wrestlers were just as talented as those in the WWE.  Ms. H gives her opinion on this topic. Ms. H shared her experience watching a wrestling match between Sasha Banks and Bayley which she found to be entertaining.  She added that in addition to knowing the mechanics of wrestling, in her opinion, Sasha Banks also knew how to dramatically act out her parts during the wrestling matches as well.  Ms. H stated Sasha Banks as a video game character will be playable on the WWE 16 game.  Ms. H discussed Best Buy as her video game field trip.  She said the informative discussion she had with the Best Buy sales clerk helped her to decide whether to join the Best Buy Gamers Club.  Ms. H said by joining the Best Buy Gamers Club, she  saved money on her video game purchases and will also save on any future purchases.  She liked that when she joined the club, she received savings and discounts right away, instead of having to come back at another time.  She felt reassured that there was no catches or fine print in joining the  Best Buy Gamers club and said everyone may want to check out this club for themselves.  When Ms. H inquired about a good RPG video game, the suggestion from the sales clerk was Dragon Age Inquisition, which Ms. H reviewed during this show.  Ms. H entertained comments and questions from her listeners including whether or not she joined in the Force Friday sales, featuring Star Wars items such as action figures, costumes, Star Wars bicycles and other items. Ms. H lists the new video game releases and tops off the show with news of Apple announcing more video game involvement relative to a revamped Apple TV.  Previously Apple TV was mostly about streaming music and videos. Ms. H rounds out the Mom's Minute Video Game Show with her special original saying that moving forward in positivity is always the right direction, regardless of your vantage point.

On this the 163rd live episode of Mom's Minute Video Game Show, Ms. H wishes everybody a Happy Monday.  The show starts with interesting discussion on Ms. H's choice of song to play as the interlude music for the video game played section of  the show, which leads to the topic of magic type topics.   Ms. H emphasizes that she chose the song because of the  music and upbeat melodies.   She mentions that since next Monday is the first Monday in the month of September, she will be featuring either the god or goddess the month was named for -- which does not mean that she believes in the mythical character that will be discussed.  Along a similar vein, Ms. H states that she does not promote or endorse supernatural type topics and she questions the validity of some sightings that have been reported. Discussion followed on topics including Taylor Swift's upcoming trip to Africa.  As a spin-off from this topic, Ms. H discussed whether some celebrities that give to charities are truly authentic or in some way directing the funds raised  back to themselves for their own financial gain/agendas. Ms. H discusses the  PS4 video game she played, Trans Galactic, which is free to PlayStation plus members.  Ms. H talks about the video game character of the week, Kitana from the Mortal Kombat video game franchise.  She explained how after Kitana was introduced as a playable Mortal Kombat character in the game in 1993 -- her popularity grew so much so that she has appeared in every Mortal Kombat game after that  year, including the recently released Mortal Kombat video game in 2015.  Lively discussion followed on one of the weapons used by Kitana against her enemies -- a war fan.  Ms. H found out the war fan is used as a weapon in certain types martial arts and even shared via her comments what she saw a youtube video that showed a young lady using fans during her karate moves on what looked to be a martial arts form performance. Ms. H also described some of the fans she saw on a website during her broadcast. Ms. H discusses the celebrity gamer of the week, Nikki Bella by comparing her to a wrestler she discussed previously on her show, retired wrestler,  A. J. Lee sometimes known as A. J. Brooks.  Friendly debate followed on why A.J. Lee retired from WWE, with Ms. H stating that some other athletes have retired from their sport as well.  It was mentioned that  A.J. Lee retiring instead of just leaving outright had to do with A.J. Lee's contract.  Ms. H added that A.J. Brooks is currently a spokesperson for an animal shelter.  Regarding Nikki Bella, she informed everyone that Nikka Bella  is the current Diva champion who won the title from her twin sister Brie Bella in 2012. Regarding if Nikki Bella would win a wrestling match against A.J. Lee -- Ms. H let everyone know that during one of her latest matches, Nikki Bella won when wrestling against  A.J. Lee before she retired.    She  learned that  A.J. Lee also won a tag match against Nikki Bella.  Ms. H  discusses her video game field trip to Golf Galaxy and talked about the golf-related items she saw.  Even though there were no video games at Golf Galaxy, Ms. H said there were DVDs by Tiger Woods and other golf professionals.  She lists  new video game releases and tops off the show with  news that the Mortal Kombat video game is available for play on the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One -- but will not be playable on the previous generation video game consoles  such as the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.  Reasons for this change was discussed.  Ms. H rounds out Mom's Minute Video Game show with her special, original saying that your future is now and when you move forward with positivity and determination, you will succeed.

Ms. H continues her busy video game playing week by broadcasting her live 162nd episode of Mom's Minute Video Game Show.  Fresh from playing video games Rocket League, Hearthstone, Limbo as well as her regularly scheduled http://www.twitch.tv/allgamesnetworkvideo stream of Tomb Raider, Definitive Edition the previous day,  Ms. H welcomes everyone to the show.   It is announced that Ms. H's Hearthstone video gameplay is posted on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0ghFATO8Rg .  Ms. H discusses the  PlayStation 4 video game she played, Limbo, which usually costs $9.99 but is free of charge to PlayStation Plus members. She played the video game Limbo before as a demo and wanted to know how the gameplay would be for the full game.  She believes the checkpoints or parts of the Limbo game where players can start over after the character had been destroyed seemed to have improved.  Ms. H discusses the video game character of the week, Poison Ivy from the Batman  video games, movies and television show.  She clarifies that the video game character of the week is Poison Ivy and not Poison from the Street Fighter video game franchise.  Interesting discussion followed on characters in fighting games transferred to different universes as well as video games.  Ms. H talks about the celebrity gamer,  Uma Thurman which led to a friendly debate on whether her movie career has its ups and downs. Agreement was she had quite a few movie successes  including Pulp Fiction, and others.  Ms. H lets everyone know Uma Thurman played the character of  Poison Ivy in the 1997 Batman and Robin movie.  Ms. H added that Uma Thurman is for educational video games and she  along with Kaeto Studios introduced children's video games Dino Tales and Safari Tales at the American Museum of Natural History.  These video games are currently available for $3.99 on IOS and Android. She entertains comments from her listener on who is the better wrestler, with Ms. H  agreeing that John Cena wins in this category.  She adds that not only is John Cena a championship wrestler, but he is a good person as well, as evidenced by his generous contributions to various charities including those benefiting children.  Ms. H shares her experience visiting the Hallmark Gift Shop as her video game field trip. She lists new video game releases and tops the video game news with the announcement that  Amazon is offering the availability of 3-D prints which can be of video game characters or items for specific games.  Ms. H rounds out the Mom's Minute Video Game Show with her special original saying that when you make your call for action positivity, you will always succeed.

Ms. H illustrates that change is good as she welcomed everyone to her first ever special extended Mom's Minute Video Game After Dark show, which aired  live at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, 7:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time at http://www.allgames.com .  http://www.allgames.com  is the premiere site and video game community for gamers.  The show is prefaced with interesting and fun attributes about http://www.allgames.com, including its wide variety of video game podcasts, video game news, events and other topics of interest to all gamers -- hence the name -- Allgames.com. Ms. H thanked everyone for joining her as she broadcast Mom's Minute Video Game live with full freedom to go beyond her usual allotted one-hour video game time-frame.  That being said, Ms. H stated she did not want to overstay her welcome and will be ending the show before the clock hits 12 midnight, similar to how Cinderella had a midnight curfew when she attended the royal ball. Ms. H kicked out her Mom's Minute After Dark Video Game Show by discussing two free video games she played on her Alienware PC -- EverQuest and Hearthstone:  Heroes of Warcraft. Even though EverQuest is an older Role Playing Game, RPG, Ms. H noticed the game was keeping up with the times by way of numerous upgrades.  She liked a lot about the EverQuest video game including the gameplay as well as the different missions or quests.  Ms. H indicated  she was happy to  win an achievement within just a few minutes of  EverQuest game play.  Ms. H enjoyed playing the video card game, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft as well.  Ms. H entertained comments from her listeners on these video games and even found out about another card playing game called Battle Chess. Interesting discussion followed on how strategy is used to win when playing video card games.  There was talk of how these type video games would be even more enjoyable if there was some type of animation in the games.  Ms. H stated she would not buy upgrades, etc., for free video games since the video games should after all be free.  This led to talk of how developers and others may offer upgrades etc. because they are, of course,  not working for free.  When Ms. H stated there were other ways for video games to make money, the topic of advertisement was brought up.  During this discussion, Ms. H talked about how she learned high level type video game information which included how to use advertisements in video games when she attended the Digital Media Wire L.A. Gamers Conference.  At Digital Media Wire L.A. Gamers Conference  she talked with notable insiders of the video game industry.  She directed everyone to http://www.allgames.com to check out an article she wrote on the  Digital Media Wire L.A. Gamers Conference.  While at http://www.allgames.com, Ms. H encouraged everyone to also check out other features of the site, including her recent review of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. movie.  Ms. H informed everyone she would also be reviewing the upcoming movie, Hit Man: Agent 47.  Ms. H found out the movie is based on the video game, and is not just a movie that is using the name of a video game. Ms. H talked about the video game character of the week, Psylocke from X-Men.  She discussed the  celebrity gamer, Olivia Munn who will play Psylocke in the upcoming X-Men Apocalypse movie. Ms. H asked for comments from her listeners regarding Olivia Munn to include if she really played video game.  A friendly debate occurred on whether Olivia Munn really needed to be adept at playing video games since she was hired to do a job -- which does not mean that she necessarily has to be good or even play video games.  Ms. H stated that Olivia Munn plays the video games World of Warcraft as well as Call of Duty. Ms. H discussed her video game field trip to Office Max and explained that Office Max and Office Depot had merged. While at Office Max, Ms. H was given a demonstration of Windows 10 by a sales clerk.  Ms. H commented that ...

Comments ruled on Mom's Minute Video Game Show live 160th episode as a record is broken when Ms. H received comments within less than five minutes from the beginning of the show's start.  In fact, Ms. H listeners on her  show happily participated in the show via comments,  whether the comments were on Ms. H's opinions on video games, or the celebrity gamer, Ronda Rousey who was featured on the show.  Ms. H discussed two free video games she played on her Xbox One which were Magic Duel and So Many Me.  Of the two games, Ms. H gave So Many Me a more favorable review than the Magic Duel video game.  Ms. H indicated she may consider playing a card video game called Hearthstone.  Lively discussion followed on how to determine the gender identity of some of Mom's Minute Video Game Show listeners, with Ms. H suggesting listeners use skype to call her in person; however, the caller would have to carry on a conversation, given the sometimes unreliability of the internet.  Ms. H thanked one of her listeners who revealed her gender identity along with a happy face emoticon.  She steered the discussion back to video games by talking about the video game character of the week, Xena Warrior Princess.  Ms. H said that based on the video game she reviewed last week, Tera: Fate of Arun where she played the game as a warrior -- led her to choose a female warrior as the video game character of the week.  She discussed the Xena Warrior Princess comic book she read as well as the Xena Warrior Princess television episodes which she checked out on Amazon Prime on her PS4; however, she decided instead of paying to watch episodes that she would wait until hopefully the series become free to watch as an Amazon Prime member.  Ms. H discusses the movies she saw recently and responded to questions of whether one movie was more  enjoyable than the others.  Among the movies discussed were the trailer for Deadpool, the Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation movie, Antman,  as well as the latest movie Ms. H saw which was Fantastic Four 2015.  She encouraged everyone to visit http://www.allgames.com  and check out her reviews of several of these movies. Ms. H prefaced the discussion on the celebrity gamer of the week by saying she is totally against violent acts and the reason this celebrity was featured was because of her expertise in a fighting sport.  The featured celebrity gamer referred to was Ronda Rousey --  which sparked lots of friendly debate on her fighting skills as well as how her professional Mixed Martial Arts, MMA record is undefeated with 12 wins and no losses to date. Her manner of winning the majority of her fighting matches was also discussed.  The idea of a contender who previously used steroids having the chance to fight against Ronda Rousey was discussed.  Ms. H voiced her opinion that once someone has used steroids to enhance their athletic or fighting, he or she should not be allowed to face off against the reigning champion of any sport for that matter. Ms. H talks about her video game field trip to the East Cost Polytechnic Institute, ECPI University  Open House and stated the Art Institute Open House that she visited prevously was more professional and organized than ECPI. Ms. H shares the new video game releases and talked about the latest trailer for the Quantum Break video game tops the news. Ms. H rounds out the Mom's Minute Video Game Show by sharing her special, original saying that you are at your  best when you do your best and to always seek to improve.

On this special 159th episode of Mom's Minute Video Game Show, Ms. H welcomes and wishes everyone a happy first Monday in August. Ms. H discusses the free Steam video game she played on her Alienware PC -- Tera: Fate of Arun.  Ms. H stated the intro graphics of the video game reminded her of Final Fantasy; however, when the game started, the characters appeared smaller in stature and were like other Steam type video games she played.  If the video game was not free, Ms. H said she would pay $2.79 for this video game because the gameplay appeared routine and did not keep her interest as she expected.  She said it was fun to customize and name her character before playing the game.  Ms. H next talked about the celebrity gamer of the week, Christina Milian as well as discussed how the singer got her start and was more interested in acting instead of singing.  A lively discussion followed on what Christina Milian meant when during an interview, she stated instead of playing a video game character such as Carmen Mendez in the Def Jam video game, that she preferred to play herself instead.  In keeping with Mom's Minute Video Game Show's format to feature the god, goddess or being named after the month during the first Monday of the Month -- the video game character of the week is Augustus Caesar.  She shared details about Augustus Caesar including the fact that he was related to and was the adopted heir of Julius Caesar who had been destroyed.  From Ms. H's research, Augustus Caesar was an astute politician who led Rome to long years of peace and he was a long-term emperor, holding this position for 40 years.  During Augustus Caesar's reign, territories were added to the Roman Empire.  After her discussion of Augustus Caesar, Ms. H talked about the HBO series Rome, that she looked at using Amazon Prime on her PS4.  She stated she did not like the gruesomeness of some of the scenes in the television series.  She also stated the first two episodes showed minimal scenes featuring Juliius Caesar and appeared to be more of a "buddy buddy" show.  Overall, Ms. H did not enjoy this show and stopped looking at complete episodes after the first two.  She said she may watch Spartacus which may be a more familiy-friendly television show that will air on Star television. The video game field trip was to Sound Vision Studios where Ms. H found a place where one could have pictures taken, have birthday parties and even record a song, complete with autotunes, if needed.  She discussed the cost charged to have a CD made from  requested pictures by this establishment.  She stated everyone may want to check out similar establishments in their area.  Ms. H shares new video game releases and the best games to play in August top the video game news.  Ms. H shared news of Electronic Arts - EA's reveal of three new video game franchises coming in April 2016, even though the name of the specific games were not available at this time.  She informed everyone  that in light of the recent release of Windows 10, some Best Buy stores are providing free training on Saturday, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; however everyone should check to be sure the Best Buy in their area is providing this training.  Ms. H rounds out the show with her special original saying that there is extraordinary power in positive thinking and  to use your amazing positive powers each and every day.