Open Forum Radio - Episode 432

OFR Season 10 (Episode 1) - OFR Faking It  

Tuesday, Nov 27th  2018 10:05 EST.

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

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Welcome to the Episode 1 of OFR Season 10

Faking It Big: Debunked Video Game Leaks - Fake games Funny Fake Video Games

Fake leaked Black Friday ads spend just $75 and you’ll get a falcon free

 

Fallout is a story about life after THE BOMB is dropped, Fallout 76 is a bomb Reviewers say post-apocalyptic role-playing franchise's foray into multiplayer is a boring, broken, buggy bomb

Class action lawsuit: Fallout 76 launched with a 56GB patch that has proven to be but a starting point for the game’s problems

SkillUp Fallout 76 Youtube review

 

Star wars Star Wars Battlefront II: Battle of Geonosis Official Trailer - got to give it to this game, it is still out there trying to give to fans content and FREE!!! The update is due to go live on November 28 and will feature the Clone Wars version of Obi-Wan Kenobi

 

Sad news: ‘SpongeBob Squarepants’ Creator Stephen Hillenburg Dies at 57

 

Red Dead Online: Battle royale mode called Make It Count, but it comes with a twist, use nothing but a bow and a handful of arrows or throwing knives to be the last one standing,

Best & Worst of the week (Try to stick to 1  thing and 1 Worst thing)

Best: A Star Is Born Best: BFV

Best: Texans win 8th straight Worst: Kids Mom low standards

best: black Friday shopping deals out till 4 am Best: Xmas Tree and decorations up shopping done.

Best: long holiday filled with love and family   Worst: bad weather, cold and snow and now i have to live at work to get caught up

Best: Black Friday! Worst: UM game

 

Our World (Top 3 Things you saw, heard or played)      

RDR2, Cowboys winning on Thanksgiving, Sabrina - My SoTW Sponge Bob's - Sweet Victory

 Sabrina, Spider-Man DLC, RDR2, Incredibles 2  red dead 2 . Cod blops 4 , Sabrina done and daredevil done.  Justice League (movie), Shattered Glass, Red Dead Online coming today i think, Manifest, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Steam Sale SoTW: Pissing Outside - Billy Jonas (thanks Double F for the submission, made me laugh buddy)

 

Sports

NFL Week 12

Cowboys Win again to go 6-5

Saints crushing their way to the Super Bowl

Open Forum Radio - Episode 431

OFR Season 9 (Episode 52) - OFR The Back 9

Tuesday, Nov 20th  2018 10:05 EST.

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

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Welcome to the last show of OFR Season 9. Eps 52 episode, and if you are counting along at home…  52 weeks in a year…. 52 episodes means = We don’t miss!! Maybe a day or 2 delayed like when we all went to Nashville but we what we lack in probably many other areas we are at least consistent. In fact it might have been years since we’ve missed a week. Good trivia question, can you name the week we didn’t put out an OFR show? Tweet us with the answer.

Giving E3 a pass?

Sony pulls out of E3 Speaking of consistency, Sony has been at the last 24 E3 shows. But not this time…. “As the industry evolves, Sony Interactive Entertainment continues to look for inventive opportunities to engage the community,” said Sony in a statement. “PlayStation fans mean the world to us and we always want to innovate, think differently and experiment with new ways to delight gamers. As a result, we have decided not to participate in E3 in 2019. We are exploring new and familiar ways to engage our community in 2019 and can’t wait to share our plans with you.”

According to a leak, Sony is gearing up to announce the PS5 in the middle of next year with a “small reveal”, which will be followed by a full-blown reveal at the end of the year when Sony returns for PSX, following a year off for that as well this December. New details on the PlayStation 5 and the PSVR 2 have emerged

So no new games to announce, nothing going on with services and probably don’t want to spend time trying to work how to address the ability to change your gamertag set to some weird music thing that Sony always does at E3. Here are some games they’ve been talking about that haven’t come out yet:

Days Gone - April 26, 2019 (1st revealed E3 2016)

Ghost of Tsushima - TBA (1st revealed Paris Games Week 2017)

Dreams (Beta maybe in Dec) (1st tease July 2014, then announced at E3 2015, originally set to release 2016, but was delayed to 2017, then 2018 and now 2019?)

Death Stranding - Hideo Kojima confirmed that it will be released before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (1st trailer was February 2017)

The Last of Us Part II (1st announced PlayStation Experience 2016, 2nd trailer was released Oct 2017 at Paris Games Week, featured role in 2018 E3) - the soundtrack for the game has a 2019 publishing date so 2019?

Of course Microsoft has done this too (cough Crackdown 3)

So…. after Microsoft’s presentation at E3 2019 - how many fanboys will take to twitter and proclaim Sony the winner again? Probably a ton. But even after getting beat on Hardware sales from the PS4, Microsoft and Xbox have been chugging right along providing content, services, expanded playability to your past purchases, and on and on…. The next Xbox (Project Scarlet) won’t be around until 2020 but..

Rumor has it that Xbox will announce a Xbox One without a disc-drive or those who want an cheaper digital only version.

Also they are working on a ‘disc-to...

Open Forum Radio - Episode 430

OFR Season 9 (Episode 51) - OFR Are You Not Entertained?

Tuesday, Nov 13th  2018 10:05 EST.

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Jay aka ExtremeSh4ft, Derek, Vladz

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XO18 - https://www.xbox.com/en-US/X018

Everything Xbox Announced During XO18 Microsoft's two-hour Game Pass advert told us everything about the future of Xbox Microsoft's two-hour Game Pass advert told us everything about the future of Xbox. The next Xbox platform isn't some super powerful 8K console, or a streaming box, or xCloud, or a Windows PC. Or rather, it's all of those things and (quite possibly) more

 

Microsoft Studios has acquired both Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment.

Crackdown 3 is releasing on February 15, 2019 - It will be on Xbox Game Pass on the day it releases. Alongside the campaign it will have a multiplayer mode called Wrecking Zone. The original Crackdown is free in the Microsoft Store until November 30. Quote paraphrased is ‘that if you are on 1st generation Xbox One, PC or Xbox One X your destruction experience will be the same thanks to the cloud’

Windows Store Phil Spencer spoke about taking on a “bigger leadership role” to implement some improvements to make it “tailored toward the gamers.”

#GiveWithXbox The holiday season is a time of giving and we believe the gaming community loves to give back. For every social photo post about what gaming together means and tagged with #GiveWithXbox  Xbox will donate $5 USD of Xbox products, up to $1M, split among Child’s Play, Gamers Outreach, SpecialEffect, and Operation Supply Drop. Xbox is excited to team up with these four charities who help bring gaming to everyone.

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is getting a physical edition. Ninja Theory’s game about the mind and mythology is going to be on store shelves. It’s also coming to Game Pass in December.

KINGDOM HEARTS 3 is going to have Winnie the Pooh minigames.

Final Fantasy - The Final Fantasy XIII series is getting backwards compatibility. Starting next week, you’ll be able to play Final Fantasy XIII, XIII-2, and Lightning Returns for the Xbox 360 on an Xbox One using the console’s backward compatibility feature. An entire suite of Final Fantasy games are coming to Xbox One. Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2, and Final Fantasy XII will all come to Xbox One sometime in 2019.

Civilization Revolution is enhanced for Xbox One.

Open Forum Radio - Episode 429

OFR Season 9 (Episode 50) - OFR My Eyes

Tuesday, Oct 30th  2018 10:05 EST.

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Derek, Vladz

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Did TMO just say Ep 50? That means 2 more OFRs until Season 10! And what will the 10th season of OFR bring? Well, pretty much the same as the last 9 but it will be one more. OFR goes to 10.

 

Speaking of Season 9….  The Walking Dead: Rick’s “Last” Episode

All the flashbacks… the feels…. Rick’s Last Stand… my eyes got dusty… hope for the future, flash FORWARD!!! - Then The Talking Dead - Scott Gimble talks about TWD’s future. Side stories, old characters flashback to additional stories, flash to around the world and what is going on, stand alone stories, stories that tie back into the last 9 seasons. & a Rick Grimes movie trilogy on the way Whoa!!!!

 

RDR2

We still can’t get enough of this game! - Everyone is in full-on outlaw cowboy mode this week still.  But are our eyes deceiving us? Red Dead Redemption 2's HDR support seems to serve no real purpose as beautiful as it is, Tests suggest it's an upscaled standard dynamic range image. Red Dead Redemption 2 4K HDR Analysis... It's Faked from SDR. Even Polygon Red Dead Redemption 2’s HDR support might as well not exist

 

Leaks!! British magazine publisher TI Media has issued an apology on behalf of its website, TrustedReviews, for a February article that leaked details about Red Dead Redemption 2 from an allegedly confidential corporate document. An apology has been published in place of the original article from TrustedReviews, which initially leaked details of the game such as a (thus-far unseen) battle royale mode. The 1.3 Million dollar "settlement" that is being directed by Take-Two to three charities: the American Indian College Fund, the American Prairie Reserve, and the First Nations Development Institute.

 

Star Wars

Building A Better Star Wars Action Figure Picking up an action figure of your favorite character at the store is all well and good, but what if you could spend several hours assembling one from scratch? Putting together these Star Wars character kits from Bandai and Bluefin is a lot more fun than it sounds. Give me an X-Wing kit with some stickers and painting suggestions and I will give you an unpainted X-Wing with no stickers.

JJ Abrams Reportedly Trying To Fix Star Wars’ Issues Through Episode IX

'Star Wars: Episode IX' Reportedly Viewed As a "Course Correction"

Meanwhile in a galaxy far,

Open Forum Radio - Episode 428

OFR Season 9 (Episode 49) - OFR Outlaws

Tuesday, Oct 30th  2018 10:05 EST.

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Derek, Vladz

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Rockstar does what we expected, it brings the heat and delivers the best experiences in gaming.

Rockstar's latest hailed as a masterpiece, raising the bar for open worlds to come setting records

Metacritic nearly perfect scores 97 on both Playstation and Xbox

Do you play total bad guy bully or are you playing as the honorable outlaw?

Favorite parts so far?

Don't spoil anything!! Like someone did for this guy: SnoopyG7

PS4 slippery advertising and some of their players are livid with Sony because of their RDR2 ad

So if we get technical about it and go by the numbers shown in the ad, we can say that Sony are misleading people by slapping a huge 4K logo right next to the RDR2 PS4 Pro bundle.

Sorry Sony: Red Dead Redemption 2 looks and plays best on Xbox One X

Cheat codes: Cheats To Use For Some Extra Fun

The best weapons and where to find all Rare and Unique weapons

Red Dead Redemption Online

What are your thoughts on the game?

 

Next up…. Battlefield V here are the various pre-order bonuses on offer

Pre-order price bonuses are BACK!!! (maybe not as awesome as before but, hey… it is something)

Amazon: Prime members will get a $10 pre-order bonus for DIGITAL COPIES!!!

Best Buy is back on the map for giving gamers a bonus for pre-ordering!! And you don’t have to have a special gamers-unlocked club thing at all. $10 in reward certificates with pre-order and purchase of qualifying physical or digital games plus they’ll give you $1  for trading in the Battlefield 1 physical disc and since it’ll be free on Xbox Live in a couple days why not? (Thanks Sam)

Also they have another discount: Celebrate Your Birthday with 10% Off a Select Item. Choose a qualifying product to receive your birthday discount. Valid Oct. 24 - Nov. 30, 2018

And the

Open Forum Radio - Episode 427

OFR Season 9 (Episode 48) - Living like a Rockstar

Tuesday, Oct 23rd  2018 9:47 EST.

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Derek, Vladz

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Rockstar Dan Houser said something and the Twitter-verse and some gaming sites lost their minds Rockstar allows employees to speak out on 100-hour week controversy The controversy arose from an interview with studio co-founder Dan Houser, claiming people were working 100-hour weeks at various times in 2018. He later issued a statement clarifying that his comments had referred to a small team of senior employees, including himself, and that anyone working this extensively did so voluntarily.

100-hour weeks mean bad management, not passion

How to avoid video game development crunch

 

Are you pre-loading for RDR2? Don’t wait till Friday! The box for the Red Dead Redemption 2 PS4 Pro bundle suggested it was going to be 105 GB, while the Microsoft Store listed it as approximately 88 GB.

Netflix has lost that Marvel feeling the number of Marvel series on Netflix has been cut by 40% Good-bye Iron Fist and Luke Cage

Netflix is bringing it heavy on original content, October is filled with new movies, TV series, and Netflix originals

PlayStation delays Days Gone and that is a good thing. The announcement attributes this to the "crowded February timeline" - would have arrived on the same day as 4A Metro Exodus and BioWare's ambitious shared-world shooter Anthem.

Best & Worst of the week (Try to stick to 1  thing and 1 Worst thing)

Best: Cheering for Purdue (I know it is wrong but it was lots of fun) Best: still the Gaming Room  

Best:   Mama’s birthday dinner celebrating 72 Worst:  Goosebumps 2

Best: Son's room is done waiting for furniture Best: lions win . Michigan win . ff win

 

Our World (Top 3 Things you saw, heard or played)  Walking Dead, Forza Horizon 4 on Game Pass, COD WWII  Blackish SP, The Conners, The Rookie cod black ops 4. Forza h 4 . haunting of hill house netflix

 

Sports

NFL Week 7

OFR FF   Week 7

College Football  

MLB - World Series predictions?   Red sox in 5 Dodgers!

NBA

Lakers - Rockets brawl and the Internet wins with this: jerry thinks there was second spitter

Anthony kiedis from chilli peppers in the middle of that brawl lmao escorted out of building .

 

Shout-outs:  Family, friends, friends of the show OFR Crew      ofr crew , shaft and our ff matchup this week ,

Open Forum Radio - Episode 426

OFR Season 9 (Episode 47) - Midnight Toker

Tuesday, Oct 16th  2018 9:47 EST.

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

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Vaping a boner Vaping Viagra?

Does this vape make my junk look bigger?

Bull riding woman (if YouTube is working and your Vape isn’t)

 

New Battlefield V single player trailer:

Kids play games too Call of Duty children's hoodies are a "consequence of success"

The Xbox Tanker is turning

Sony throwing up a Brick PS4 users warned to set messages to private after receiving message that bricks their console

What’s your name? You'll also get the ability to display your previous PSN ID alongside your new one (so your friends can recognize you). This is a choice users will have to make; once you decide to display your old ID or not, you won't be able to change this. Stupid

Another caveat is that the new feature won't be compatible with all games. It will be compatible with PS4 games released after April 1, 2018, and "the majority of the most-played PS4 games" released before this date. PlayStation is making it clear not all PS4, PS3, and PS Vita games are guaranteed to support the feature, so users might see issues or errors in certain games. Another stupid glitch If you run into any issues with the change, PlayStation will let you revert back to your old ID free of charge.

Best & Worst of the week (Try to stick to 1  thing and 1 Worst thing)

Best: Son was home from College over the weekend Worst: He was on my Xbox, in my awesome new gaming room all weekend.  

Best:   Fogo De Chao Birthday Lunch Worst:  Stuck with Internet 24 mbps down (not  even that)

Best: Sons room remodel going  well Best: dealing with crap he doesn't want or need anymore

Best: clothes/shoes shopping (down to size 34 pants from size 50!) Best: Grandma's 87th birthday

 

Our World (Top 3 Things you saw, heard or played)      

Walking Dead, Forza Horizon 4 on Game Pass, My QLED 4K UHD over my kid’s shoulder    Forza Horizon 4 (Xbox Game Pass), Sling Tv, Rainy but so much cooler, SOTW Usher + Zaytoven: You Decide Forza Horizon 4 (Xbox Games Pass), New pool cover pump (thank goodness i don't have to do it by hand now), Chiefs lost, but it was a good game (defense isn't very good) SoTW: Better - Khalid Cod blops 4 . forza horizon 4 .walking dead , fantasy football piecemeal team wet the bed Derek Carr sucks

 

Sports

NFL Week 6

OFR FF Week 6

Open Forum Radio - Episode 425

OFR Season 9 (Episode 46) - OFR Walk It Off

Tuesday, Oct 9th  2018 9:47 EST.

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

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Walking Dead Season 9

Walking Dead Season 9 Premiere

New Intro Season 9 Opening Credits Sequence

Rick’s last season, will it be the series last season?

Hershel actor Scott Wilson will appear in season 9

Skybound Games will finish the final season of Telltale’s The Walking Dead

 

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey IGN Review

Seems like a MUST OWN but poor timing between FH4 and RDR2, BFV and COD.

https://twitter.com/HolyHeadshot/status/1049292562895392773?s=19

CBS All Access: Star Trek second season shows off plenty of action and a bearded Spock

Venom is a bizarre and baffling mess - Critics and audiences are split Rottentomatoes.com - Venom 2018

6000 lbs of pressure New extended Aquaman trailer shows off over five minutes of underwater action - Looks AWESOME

Best & Worst of the week (Try to stick to 1  thing and 1 Worst thing)

Best: Long Weekend/Finishing remodeling man-cave Best: In-laws Bourbon/Vodka hook-up

Best:   Seeing family for niece’s U of H soccer game Worst:  Still in the damn 90’s

Best: family time cider mill best: halloween time

Best: Forza Horizon 4 Best: Xbox Games Pass, really looking forward to checking out State of Decay 2, Sea of Thieves, and many more games, but FH4 is my first priority at the moment

 

Our World (Top 3 Things you saw, heard or played)      

Walking Dead, Forza Horizon 4 on Game Pass, 55” Samsung QLED 4K UHD 8 Series Finished Spider-Man, Venom, Better Call Saul, The Cool Kids, FH4 tough week in OFR FFL lost a close one with ExtremeShaft, but i couldn't have done any better, had 3 guys IA and 2 on byes, so much rain here been screwing up the pool cover, SoTW: Metallica - One.  Only forza h 4 . and gamenight movie on HBO . halloween decorating and yard prep for fall , lions beat a-aron rodgers i hate that guy

 

Sports

NFL Week 5

I’m beginning to enter Dallas Depression - Stupid punting on 4th and 1 in OT

 

OFR FF Week 5

Did TMO forget to start a TE?

 

College Football  

 

UFC RIOT

My Balls were hot

 

Shout-outs:  Vladz on finishing his new gaming ...

Open Forum Radio - Episode 424

OFR Season 9 (Episode 45) - OFR Odyssey Kart

Tuesday, Oct 2nd  2018 9:47 EST.

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

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Happy Forza Horizon 4 release day! Zoom-Zoom!! - Thank you Game Pass!

 

And this Friday Oct 5th something big, Big… BIG is coming! Assassins Creed Odyssey just how long is this game

 

Japan…. You are just crazy. Another Tourist Crashes Real-Life (And Totally Unofficial) Mario Kart In Tokyo I can’t believe they rent go-karts on the open street  and not in an enclosed course.

Why haven’t go-kart tracks around here come up with a take if not rip-off of Mario-Kart (besides all of the lawsuits from Nintendo and people that wiped out after spinning out on a banana). There is this track in Niagara Falls Mario Kart-style Racing at Niagara Speedway and in Branson, MO The lumberjack go kart track

We need to have something like this at our next OFR meet-up!

 

While, Phil Spencer announced X018, a global celebration all things Xbox filled with news, first looks, and surprises. Hosted on Saturday, Nov. 10 at the fourth-annual wXbox FanFest: Mexico City. There will be no Playstation Experience this year Shawn Layden, the chairman of worldwide studios for Sony Interactive Entertainment, said the simple fact Sony doesn’t have as much to talk about this time.

Mouse and keyboard support

 

Sony finally caves to public pressure on one of the biggest games on the planet, Fortnite.

Fortnite had a record 78.3 million players in August

I’m not playing this game which sort of makes me feel like an old dude that doesn’t understand or get something everyone else is loving.

The gaming Industry reacts to Sony's cross-play U-turn

 

Netflix choose your own adventure     

Lmao the funny to me story was how to binge a years worth of netflix , underneath

 

The Walking Dead returns this weekend!

 

Best & Worst of the week (Try to stick to 1  thing and 1 Worst thing)

Best: Mrs Vladz and I home improvements Best: CC the horse got an Equine Massage

Best:  Solo A Star Wars Story Worst: Tmo Math School

Best:  ordered my son a brand new bedroom set best: new bar down the street awesome Detroit fleet

Best: hanging tv above fireplace. Worst: meat we got from Aldi’s was recalled for e coli, i was sick as a dog last week.

 

Our World (Top 3 Things you saw, heard or played)      

COD WWII, Forza Horizon 4 on Game Pass, 55” Samsung QLED in my shopping cart    cod ww2 , forza h 4 .  Better Call Saul, Spider-Man, 9-1-1, Forza H 4 SW The Last Jedi 4k Ultra bluray, first OFR FFL win (thanks dee rodge),

Open Forum Radio - Episode 423

OFR Season 9 (Episode 44) - OFRTales

Tuesday, Sept 25th  2018 9:5 EST.

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

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Telltale Games lays off much of its staff, plans studio shutdown

Telltale Games’ successes did more for TV shows than they did for the studio

Skeleton crew of 25 will remain as studio faces "majority studio closure"

Some of our favorite Telltale Games:   loved game of thrones and borderlands ,rumor has it is it was poor mgmt and front office mis management led to the closure so sad

 

Joaquin Phoenix's Joker Makeup - Arthur Fleck

I generally try and take a positive outlook on things but…. My first knee-jerk reaction is not good. Here's Your First Look at Joaquin Phoenix's Joker in Makeup but after seeing it a couple times….. I am thinking there is something here, something dark maybe

Reactions to the look of the character have been mixed

Teaser of scene Arthur Fleck NY Street

 

DC'S NEW BLACK LABEL EARNS ITS MATURE RATING RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE WITH A FULLY NUDE BATMAN

 

Playstation Classic Mini - why not just backwards compatible your catalog?

 

Darn you CBS All Access- I might have to get you, first Star Trek and now Jordan Peele's New Twilight Zone TV Show

 

Best & Worst of the week (Try to stick to 1  thing and 1 Worst thing)

Best: Work busy but a good busy Best: Started to work on flooring in new living room/game room. Going slow but looks good. TV wall mount arrived today. Next get that QLED ordered.  

Best:  Friends BBQ party Worst: Power short killed hard drive on PC

Best:  new truck thanks shaft best: lions win vs n.e sunday night

Best:great deal at the dealership lots of traffic Worst: steering wheel loose on the wrangler and going down the expressway doing 80 on 35” tires . People that can’t finance a happy meal coming in a dealership and wanting to test drive 5 cars.

 

Our World (Top 3 Things you saw, heard or played)      

COD WWII, College Football, Bacon and Bacon by products   assassin's creed origins , cod ww2 , manifest on nbc ,  Ocean’s 8, Jurassic Park Fallen Kingdom, Spider-Man, 9-1-1

 

Sports

NFL Week 3

Dallas is back to sucking

Detroit knocks off the Evil Empire