Open Forum Radio - Episode 472

OFR Season 10 (Episode 40) - All Fun and Games

Tuesday, September 3rd 2019 9:48 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Whiskey, Derek empty chair, Vladz, 

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* Joker - the final trailer / review * Tom Waits / Joker character

* Cyberpunk 2077 - on August 30, CD Projekt Red showed off the game publicly Deep dive into CD Projekt Red's crazy new game 

* Six men arrested over alleged Counter-Strike match fixing 

* 2K20 - the gambling game NBA 2K20 trailer sells the thrill of gambling Remember when people got so upset with Star Wars Battlefront II because of loot boxes? Smh... The latest trailer for 2K Games' annual basketball title puts randomised loot front and centre, seemingly abandoning all pretence that loot boxes aren't demonstrably similar to gambling and the only way how you can get a real gambling experience is following the advises at https://www.newcasinos.com.au.

* Telltale Games brand 

* 'Call of Duty ruined me': Nick Kyrgios complains his eyesight has been destroyed by VIDEO GAMES - before a final humiliating snub in US Open loss * he needed to get away from the sport.  

Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played)  

The Righteous Gemstones, The Rain, Blair Witch, Wu Assassins Gears 4 (Batista! Gears 5) , Blair Witch, Empty Nest. SoTW: Ed Sheeran - BLOW (with Chris Stapleton & Bruno Mars)  Got a Samsung Galaxy S10 as i completely roasted my S8+ (but it was paid for, and now i have insurance), Labor Day at the lake with my family was wonderful, but on a sad note my Aunt Mary passed away Sunday night. Watched Dave Chappelle Sticks and Stones it was funny as hell, people need to check their feelings at the door, smh

 OFR Sports

* College Football:  * Scores & rankings, * Big games: #12 Texas A&M at #1 Clemson & #6 LSU at #10 Texas* NFL:  * The season starts this Thursday night: Packers vs Bears https://fantasy.nfl.com/league/1790547 

Shout-outs:   OFR Family, our Families & friends   

Denny & Blueman, AMP, Page2Screen, OFR family, 

Rest in Peace Aunt Mary, God Bless you.

Open Forum Radio - Episode 471

OFR Season 10 (Episode 39) - 471th Nervous Breakdown

Tuesday, August 27th 2019 9:48 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Whiskey, Derek’s Chair, Vladz, 

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* OFR would like to thank Larry Bluemanrule for guesting on the OFR 470 and for the awesome insight clip from Knoxxbroadcast* We apologize for the week off and website issues. Looking at another host for openforumradio.com 

* Dude, Executive producer Mary Olson takes over as creative lead on Halo Infinite Halo has got me all nervous now 343 Industries creative director Tim Longo has departed the company, around one year before the launch of the studio's current major project, Halo Infinite. Tim Longo departs 343 Industries "These changes have no impact to the release date for Halo Infinite." * Two Halo characters are joining ‘Gears 5’

* Star Wars!! Not everything has to be a movie, but it can be a series Ewan McGregor is reportedly in talks to return to his iconic Star Wars role in an Obi-Wan Kenobi series for Disney’s Disney+ streaming service. If the series actually makes it to screens, it’ll mark the end of years of effort to get an   Obi-Wan movie made, and it will show how Disney intends to use its streaming service. * Disney Plus: Preorders, launch dates, prices, movies and shows to expect * The website offering a deep discount on Disney Plus has crashed, as people rush to get the deal * Have you watched this more than 100 times? The Mandalorian | Official * Is the Mandalorian Boba Fett? Here's everything we know about the live-action Star Wars series starring Pedro Pascal * Boba Fett wears Mandalorian armor, but isn't a true Mandalorian. In summer 2018, Favreau revealed that the show will be set seven years after the Return of the Jedi (so six years after the Empire's final defeat at the Battle of Jakku and 23 years before The Force Awakens) and will focus on all-new characters. The New York Times reports that its 10 episodes will enjoy a $100 million budget* Trailer | Disney+ | Streaming Nov. 12 100% Guaranteeing me a Disney+ subscription. * Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser at Walt Disney World Resort* The BIG news: The Rise Of Skywalker trailer 

* Sony p...

Open Forum Radio - Episode 470

OFR Season 10 (Episode 38) - Video Games to Blame?

Thursday, August 16th 2019 9:57 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Larry, Whiskey’s Chair, Derek’s Chair, Vladz, Knox

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* OFR would like to thank Josh ( aka @xEtrnlSoulx ) for guesting on the OFR 469

* It is NOT video games that makes people do stupid things and hurt other people* Walmart taking down violent video game demos, displays Signs, displays containing "violent images or aggressive behavior" removed in wake of shootings; retailer still sells guns* ESPN, ABC pull Apex Legends tournament show in the wake of mass shootings Broadcasters say decision was made "out of respect for the victims" * Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has joined those speaking out against comments made by US president Donald Trump last week suggesting that a string of recent US shootings were linked to the existence of violent video games.  The truth is that it's disrespectful to the victims and the families to point the finger at entertainment.* But video games are still the scapegoat, the old Violent Video Games trope gets blamed by one group while others it is only the gun that is the problem. Fortunately there are online games that can be very different and one of those can be the online betting you can get more info about those games at asian-football.com. * President Trump's proposal to "stop the glorification of violence in our society." "This includes the gruesome and grisly video games that are now commonplace," he said in a national address. "It is too easy today for troubled youth to surround themselves with a culture that celebrates violence. We must stop or substantially reduce this, and it has to start immediately."* Dem candidates blame Trump, NRA for guns * But there are deaths sadly every day that they can’t link to guns that barely get the attention, too many to list. * Deadly stabbing spree - killing four people and wounding two others in a rampage that spanned two hours and two cities. * Knife-wielding man attacks women in Pittsburgh, killing one* 8 killed, 22 hurt as knife-wielding man hijacks bus in southeast China  * Washington Times - should we ban knives? * Politicians Blame Gaming for Shootings AGAIN 

* Crazy products you can’t buy yet…  but would you even want to?

Open Forum Radio - Episode 469

OFR Season 10 (Episode 37) - The OFR Boys

Thursday, August 8th 2019 9:57 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Whiskey’s Chair, Derek’s Chair, Vladz, & Josh ( aka @xEtrnlSoulx )

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* Amazon Prime’s - The Boys The Boys - Official Trailer | Prime Video * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boys_(comics) 

* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare introduces its massive 20v20 mode. This mode is played with large-scale maps such as “Aniyah Palace” seen here. 

* How long is this line? (waiting…….) Halo TV series pushed to 2021 A live-action Halo adaptation has been a long-running goal of Microsoft's. A film with Peter Jackson was executive producer was originally announced in 2005, though it reportedly fell apart over budgetary issues the following year. The current TV series has been in the works since at least 2014. Showtime's Halo TV Show Casts Cortana And Many More Characters 

* Killing a brand with another brand Just how uncool can Facebook make Instagram and WhatsApp? the social network giant is going to add “Facebook” to their names. Instagram will soon become “Instagram from Facebook” and WhatsApp will turn into “WhatsApp from Facebook.”  

* Getting in the mix - Ninja’s 80,000 Mixer viewers show that he’s bigger than just Twitch * For Microsoft, it looks like money well spent. 

Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played) The Boys, Another Life, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Hard Knocks The Boys, BEACH, Fam 

 OFR Sports

* NFL:  * PRESEASON!!!!  * Notable games for OFR listeners* 8/8 - Patriots at the Lions 7:30* 8/10 - Cowboys at the 49ers 9 PM & 8/17 Cowboys at Rams 10 PM* 8/8 - Texas at the Packers 8 PM & 8/17 - Texans at the Lions 8 PM* 8/10 - Chiefs at Bengals 8 PM, * 8/24 - Texans at the Cowboys 7 PM and 49ers at the Chiefs 8 PM* 8/29 - Lions at the Browns & Chiefs at the Packers & Cowboys at the Buccaneers all games at 8 PM * OFR FFL 2019 is up, check your inboxes

Shout-outs:   OFR Family, our Families & friends   

OFR Season 10 (Episode 36) - OFR Drift 

Tuesday, July 30th 2019 9:57 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Whiskey's Chair, Derek’s Chair, Vladz,  

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* Tokyo drift Nintendo faces class action lawsuit over Joy-Con drifting defect July 23, 2019: Since the lawsuit was filed on Friday, July 19, Nintendo share price has fallen by around 3%. Got feedback from my nephew, Kiontre

* This New 'Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare' Teaser Shows Off The Crazy New Way Multiplayer Matches Start The latest clip shows a team of players beginning a multiplayer match by flying into an LZ on a military helicopter. Cool animation instead of just a countdown.

* That familiar voice is back - another Cortana?  

* Woodstock 50 Tickets Will Be Free, Venue Operator Says* Or can they even pull it off? Cancelled then on again, then cancelled and then.... well you get it.  * The line-up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_50 

* A game that looks interesting Elsinore - Launch Trailer (July 22) * A Game Where You Try To Prevent A Shakespearean Murder In Real Time $19.99 -15% $16.99 on Steam

* Because being a woman is dangerous. And in the case of Instagram star Bianca Devins' viral killing, it is every negative word in the dictionary: sickening, tragic, outrageous. * Protecting women and young girls can be literally this simple. 

Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played) Gears 5 Tech Test, The Boys, Blown Away, Spider Man: Far From Home Gears of Wars 5 Tech Test & Gears Pop, Accessing old external hard drive, The Boys, Rocketman 

OFR Sports

* NFL:  * The land of Giants: * Giants slot man Sterling Shepard suffered a fractured thumb during practice, putting his status for Week 1 in jeopardy. (For what it's worth, Shepard feels he will be ready.) On Friday, it was revealed that presumptive No. 3 wideout Corey Coleman had suffered a torn ACL during the same practice, presumably knocking him out for the year. And on Saturday, likely No. 1 receiver Golden Tate revealed he had been suspended for four games, pending appeal, as a result of a violation of the performance enhancing substances policy. * Who would you pick up? A look at the top 10 options.  * Come on man!!!

Open Forum Radio - Episode 467

OFR Season 10 (Episode 35) - OFR Horizons

Wednesday, July 23rd 2019 9:57 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Whiskey, Derek’s Chair, Vladz,  

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* Shout out to Surrogate Reality & Shane Henrik Allen @ShaneHenrik for being good sports about our busting on Surrogate Reality and $2 million dollars raised, so now we are partners on our Surrogate/OFR Augmented Synergistic Co-op idea. ShaneHenrik's OFR Tweet #patented #nowwerepartners4life

* In a world of hostile tweeting, chain-saw machine guns and incendiary grenades we have something on the more thoughtful side Kind Words  * And for those of us who just want to shoot people (in games) in the face… we present Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 4K Gunfight Gameplay 

* Vladz update from Ep 465 the ‘Beaming your wifi/Internet outside experiment’* On the Marvel Horizon Marvel Studios’ Phase Four of its Marvel Cinematic Universe will include 10 movies and Disney + series when it launches next year, with 2021 looking especially crowded. * Future Marvel projects will include the X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Captain Marvel 2 * The full phase four schedule, according to CNET, is below:* May 1, 2020: Black Widow* Fall, 2020: Untitled* Nov. 6, 2020: The Eternals movie* Feb. 12, 2021: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings* Spring, 2021: WandaVision Disney Plus series* May 7, 2021: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness* Spring, 2021: Loki Disney Plus series* Summer, 2021: Untitled* Fall, 2021: The Falcon and Winter Soldier Disney Plus series* Nov. 5, 2021: Thor 4: Love and Thunder * Natalie Portman will portray female Thor 

* On the horizon of space CBS released a vague teaser featuring Picard enjoying his retirement from Star Fleet in his vineyard back in May. The trailer shows off an older Picard who has tried to put his past behind him, but he’s approached by a young woman in need of help. * Star Trek Lower Decks, an animated first look at comic con * Also Shout out to the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.  * Apollo 11 Launch Countdown I watched the Apollo 11 documentary on Hulu - Awesome * 1st steps on the moon 

* Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019) - Official Red Band Trailer 

Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played) The Rook, Queer Eye Ssn 4, Korn live Gears of Wars 5 Tech Test,

Open Forum Radio - Episode 466

OFR Season 10 (Episode 34) - OFR Lite

Wednesday, JuLY 17th 2019 9:47 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Whiskey, Derek’s Chair, Vladz,  

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* Prime Day* Xbox deals* Nintendo deals* Did you guys shop Prime Day? I glanced around, nothing I really needed… discounts were pretty good but not enough to make me buy something I wouldn’t have already decided if I wanted or not. I picked up a couple things.

* Nintendo - Switch Lite $199 in September  Think this is X-Mas gifts for kids or Daddy* Mario Maker insane level @YTSunnys 

* Big budget TV shows* See - costs $15 million per episode * The Mandalorian might cost upwards of $100 million for 10 episodes * Game of Thrones costs per episode           * Stranger Things 6-8 million, The Crown $13 million, Band of Brothers $12 million, 

* Area 51 raid September 20th* Just don't. And if you try… I better hear about some dead bodies of stupid people needing cleaned up. 

* No smoking Sorry no smoking allowed in gears 5 * no smokes for Dizzy 

* Surrogate raises $2m in seed round Funding will go toward development of "Surrogate Reality" portfolio of games * According to Shane Allen, the CEO of Surrogate, Surrogate Reality is the closest possible thing to experiencing something in real-life over the internet. * Nothing against Shane and Surrogate, but I think if we came up with a catchy phrase we could raise a ton of ‘seed money’ too. Should we give it a shot? What is coined term that our weird venture going to be? * Augmented Co-OP 

Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played) The Rook, Family Reunion, Riverdale Spider-Man Far From Home, Gears of Wars MP, Philly for US Citizen Oath Ceremony 

Work Travel, Father’s 65th surprise birthday party, hope to play the Gears 5 multiplayer tech test

OFR Sports

* NFL:  * Chris Collinsworth &  Doug Williams-A Football Life* MLB

Shout-outs:   OFR Family, our Families & friends   

Open Forum Radio - Episode 465

OFR Season 10 (Episode 33) - Wonderful World of OFR 

Tuesday, JuLY 9th 2019 9:48 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Whiskey, Derek’s Chair, Vladz,  

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* How was your July 4th Holiday? * Week started out with my cat killing my Wifi router immediately after we recorded our show. But then I got a new router - Netgear Nighthawk (was getting 55-60 down, now 81-99 Mbps) Day Drinking, HEAT, family time. * Got a few fireworks and shot them off in the backyard, went to the lake place and saw the camper turned around (it’s awesome!), had an electrical issue we have to get taken care of, got some lights re-ran, went trail riding, overall very good holiday weekend :) 

* Vladz’s handyman’s hot minute.* Powerwasher fix-it* Beaming your wifi/Internet outside experiment 

* Cuphead is getting its own cartoon on Netflix 

* Live action what is next? * Previously * Jungle Book The Jungle Book Official Trailer  2016* (Winnie the Pooh) Christopher Robin Christopher Robin Official Trailer 2018* Dumbo Dumbo Official Trailer March 2019 * Aladdin Official Trailer - In Theaters May 24 2019 * Lion King 'The Lion King' Official Trailer July 19th * Mulan Hitting theaters on March 27th, 2020 * Little Mermaid Disney Decision To Cast Halle Bailey As Ariel * Coming soon: Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame Live-Action * Which Disney movie would you do next? Bolt, Big Hero 6 Frozen,  Wall-E, (these next ones weren’t animated films but would like to see a remake of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Black Hole remake)

Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played) 

Swamp Thing, Stranger Things Ssn 3 Fin, Jessica Jones Ssn 3 Fin Binge watched Stranger Things season 3, played Battlefield V (I know right?), Toy Story 4   driver's license renewal, travel for work Wednesday through Friday, SotW: Thunderstruck - Steve 'n Seagulls Thunderstruck remix, courtesy of community member Holyheadshot.  New puppy . stranger things season 3

OFR Sports

* NFL:  * MLB * ALL-STAR Game & Home run derby * NBA:  

Shout-outs:   OFR Family, our Families & friends   

Open Forum Radio - Episode 464

OFR Season 10 (Episode 32) - OFR Freedom

Sunday, June 30th 2019 7:08 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Whiskey, Derek, Vladz,  

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* Happy July 4th Independence Day!! * What are your plans for the holiday?

Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played) 

Swamp Thing, Jessica Jones Ssn 3, NBA 2K19 Assassin’s Creed Odyssey I fished the Main Story!! 52 hours, Star Wars Battlefront 2,      fowling with friends . gonna bbq . and make breakfast on new grill relax and enjoy myself and day drink   birthday, opened the pool, ready for a nice long 4th of july holiday for realz                                            

Group Shout-outs:   OFR Family, our Families & friends   

And to everyone enjoying our freedom and celebrating our independence. USA!!

OFR Season 10 (Episode 31) - OFR Celebrity Deathmatch

Tuesday, June 25th 2019 9:53 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Whiskey, Derek, Vladz,  

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* Celebrity Death Match is actually happening (well sort of) Justin Bieber vs. Tom Cruise in an upcoming UFC event! Fight Could Happen, Says Dana White  * Who do you have in this fight?* KSI VS. Logan Paul - FULL FIGHT * Back in the day Celebrity Boxing Tonya Harding and Paula Jones * Todd Bridges vs Vanilla Ice  * Shaq vs Sugar Shane Mosley  * Who would you like to see in the octagon?   Caitlyn jenner vs amy schumer  , guy fieri vs gordon ramsy , p diddy vs kane , seth rogan vs flex seal guy, Cardi B vs Nicki Minaj

* New Star Wars Battlefront 2 Content On The Way * Respawn addresses underwhelming Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order gameplay, releases extended version

* Square Enix "Ethics Department" advised changes on Final Fantasy VII character * WhY aRe TiFa'S bOoBs So SmAlL???? * We Need To Talk About How Bra Sizes Work 

* NBA 2K19 COMMUNITY ANGERED BY SEEMINGLY UNSKIPPABLE ADS 

* Join the OFR XBOX Scarlet savings program. We don't know the exact cost, but if you can put $10 a week aside/every OFR episode you'll have $800 ready for a new console & a new game or whatever is coming our way Holiday 2020 so...

Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played) 

Murder Mystery, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, The Untold History of the United States. Typhoon Texas Water Park, Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD , Awake, nothing this week but my sons grad party great turnout and fun lol ,  song of the week shamans harvest in chains for holy headshot Shaman's Harvest - In Chains  or  kinda kool when doves cry cover shamans harvest not very rock but fun to hear Shaman's Harvest-When Doves Cry   Historical Roasts with Jeff Ross, new changes at the lake place, and potentially huge changes at work                                                        

OFR Sports

* Boxing on FOX *