Open Forum Radio - Episode 490

OFR Season 11 (Episode 6) - OFR The Gambler

Tuesday, Jan 7th 2020 9:30 EST

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

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* CBS morning did a segment on Video Games becoming the new slot machine revenue in Las Vegas Betting big on video game gambling * Gameco Skill based games / video game gambling  * Can you see this being the new model for Vegas in 5 years? * Do you guys gamble much? What would be the most you’d bet on a video game round? What would be a good MP game for gambling? 

* Project Neon Samsung’s ‘artificial human’ project* Core R3 Samsung Core R3 and the system called NEON Artificial Human from STAR Labs 

* Sneak peek at the bonus content? In the DVD release of Rise of Skywalker Deleted Scenes Explaining How Palpatine Survived * Will there be a Directors Cut from JJ Abrams ? 

* GTA-V now on Game Pass* GTA-6 release date 

Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played)  Lost in Space (season 2), Jedi Fallen Order, Unbelievable, COD MW campaign finished, Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais calls out Hollywood and he tells Hollywood execs  @RonanFarrow is "coming for ya"  (here is tweet of the entire clip of his opening  ) COD MW campaign, assembled new shelves in the living room, Golden Globes was as weird as ever, great wildcard weekend of playoff football SotW: Centerfield - John Fogherty Home Free show, Witcher, Dr Pimple Popper ugh, Far Cry 5 (ADD)   , more cod going for gold m4 , dracula netflix , manifest , dog cage nightmare , printer nightmare ugh, 

Sports

* College Football:   * NCAA Bowl Games 

* NFL:   * NFL Playoffs * AB getting in the ring? i’d drop you faster than the patriots. 

Shout-outs:   ofr crew , amp crew , stuart page 2 screen he knows why he gets a shout out , working on a slashertainment episode  jay guiles , rocketchip miss ya buddy ,

Open Forum Radio - Episode 489

OFR Season 11 (Episode 5) - OFR Mad Dog

Thursday, Jan 2nd 2020 9:30 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: AA, Derek, Vladz, Whiskey, Bubba 

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* OFR Happy New Decade The Mad Dog 20 / 20 decade* How was your 2019?

Whiskey - 2019 was awesome and difficult at times, travelled a lot, learned a lot about relationships

* Any plans for the new year? 

Whiskey - find more time to play video games, avoid winning the 2020 herbal narcolepsy Ampy award, quit smoking once and for all, recommit to a healthy lifestyle and dedication to great workout sessions to stay fit

* The Witcher (Netflix)* Wow!  'The Witcher' dethroned 'The Mandalorian' as the biggest TV series in the world  * Some think Binge-watching won’t win the streaming wars * Many players are going back to The Witcher 3 * ‘The Witcher’ Can Be Better Than ‘Game Of Thrones’ Because It Has A Better Ending 

* Should The Mandalorian / BODA do a feature length movie? Disney Plus Star Wars TV Shows Could Become Movies   cartoon maybe kool ,he’s not flushed out yet for movie imo

* Is the Uncharted movie doomed? the movie’s sixth director to bow out  probably yes too many visions to have continuity imo

Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played)  You (season 2), Lost in Space (season 2), Jedi Fallen Order, COD   Eating and gaming, more Lost in Space, 6 underground,  Witcher, Mandalorian, Far Cry 5, Red Dead 2, projects, gun range Marvelous Ms. Maisel season 3 ep. 1, Ampy Awards show, CFB bowl games   COD lots of it, fractured on netflix , done with mrs maisel, done with wicher done with mandalorian, waiting for dracula on netflix saturday and season 2 of manifest monday, loved the ampy awards show, song of the week ziggy pockets mad dog 20/20, Mad Dog  Finished Fallen Order, Mandalorian, The Witcher, Started The Norm McDonald show, AMPYS, BAMA, Started back Red Dead 2 after a break

Sports

* College Football:   * NCAA Bowl Games 

* NFL:   Jason Garrett and Cowboys officially part ways. Congrats Vladz.* NFL Playoffs 

Shout-outs:   ofr crew , amp crew , thanks for the ampy , rocketchip, jay guiles , jim bluemar , holy head shot , meef j , hall of famers vladz blueman scar vic joe  tin pan and TMO caster of the year loved it you amp guys are so ki...

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Open Forum Radio - Episode 488

OFR Season 11 (Episode 4) - OFR Love / Hate

Thursday, December 26th 2019 9:30 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: AA, Derek, Vladz, Whiskey, Bubba 

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* OFR After Christmas Episode* How was your Christmas? 

* Star Wars Rise of Skywalker* Has everyone seen the movie yet? Thoughts?* The end of 3 Trilogies / but the love/hate relationship with it’s fans will forever live on.  JJ Abrams quote*** Twitter and Critics in general feed on negativity, I guess just like the news. Bad news sells. About 2 days after release, Rotten Tomatoes had this score:as of today Critics = 55% (413 reviews) Audience =  86% (52,976 reviews) * Here’s Who All Those Voices Were At The End Of ‘Star Wars: Rise Of Skywalker    - Visual:” All the Voices of Jedi Past(With Visuals) - Star Wars Rise of Skywalker  

* The Mandalorian * This show is probably some of the best Star Wars we have. I think to compare them apples to apples with the Star Wars movies isn’t fair. * Rotten Tomatoes Critics = 94% (9 reviews) &  Audience = 93% (4,370 reviews) 

* The Witcher (Netflix)* Has everyone seen some of this yet? Thoughts? * Rotten Tomatoes Critics = 56% &  Audience = 93%  the show's costume designer, Tim Aslam, and the site reported: "Not only was the actor particular about his outfit, but that during shooting, his muscles wore down the leather at such an alarming rate that replacements were constantly produced to meet the production's needs."

* Digital Movies now getting post release updates just like games* I have stated before that the Cats movie visuals just freak me out. Something not right with these half cat/humans prancing about. Cats is being patched with ‘improved visual effects’ 

Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played)  COD, Jason Isbell, Lost in Space (season 2), Jedi Fallen Order American Horror Story, Stepbrothers, Lost in Space, XCOM2, The Witcher, Q, tons of family chat cod lots of it . 6 underground . wicher netflix. So much kool stuff for christmas everyone is happy Wonderful Christmas, lots of new whiskey, i figured out how to make cool photo album videos with music, Fallen Order, SEINFELD WM, Psych! 

Sports

* College Football:   * Who’s on top? NCAA Bowl Games 

* NFL:  * NFL Standings * OFR Fantasy Football League 

Shout-outs:   ofr crew , amp crew , rocketchip, jay guiles , jim bluemar , holy head shot , meef j ,

Open Forum Radio - Episode 487

OFR Season 11 (Episode 3) - OFR Atomic Playboys

Wednesday, December 18th 2019 9:30 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: AA, Derek, Vladz, Whiskey, Bubba (Feedback at [email protected])

* The Game Awards show that turned into the Xbox Show! (IMO)* Dropping BOMBS! Phil Spencer: Xbox Series X - World Premiere - 4K Trailer* Cool trailer with quote from THE DREAM OF LIFE - Alan Watts* Microsoft's Xbox Series X Exclusive Details * Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II – The Game Awards 2019 – Announce Trailer (in-engine)* Sons of the Forest World Premiere Trailer* Ori and the Will of the Wisps - TGA 2019 - Gameplay Trailer* Ghost of Tsushima -The Ghost | PS4* Gears Tactics World Premiere Trailer* The Wolf Among Us 2 - Official Announcement Teaser Trailer | The Game Awards 2019* Fast & Furious Crossroads Trailer        * Xbox Series X memes

* The Cadillac of dashboard monitors 2021 Cadillac Escalade's GIANT 38-inch Curved OLED Screen -- Cadillac also says the display will feature “twice the pixel density of a 4K television” with “perfect blacks and the largest color range available in the automotive industry.”

* Get ready for Netflix streaming goodness:  * The Witcher on Netflix - Dec 20th* Lost in Space - Dec 24th

* The Mandalorian - Episode 7 * Drops today on Wednesday so that your Friday is free to go see Star Wars at the movies. * No spoilers on Ep 7, but HOLY CRAP!

* Star Wars Rise of Skywalker* When are you going? Thursday night at 8:00 2D and Friday at noon IMAX* Have you stayed away from spoilers? I understand IGN put out an article today with a plot point in the headline. How long is an acceptable time to talk on social media afterwards? 

Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played)  COD, Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Masked Singer   XCOM 2, Masked Singer final 3, wife playing Darksiders, washer leaking, Madison belt test, working late but only 3 days left this year, lady at work cheese ball momma, dog ate a hole in my hot tub cover ,  cod with team  slashers vladzhammer battle shaft . Mrs maisel. Masked Singer caught up . hallmark christmas movies are unrealistic lol  blink 182 wont be home 4 christmas   Fence fixing, snow shoveling, financially struggling, congrats to Jay Guiles on a big win last week in OFRFFL

Open Forum Radio - Episode 486

OFR Season 11 (Episode 2) - OFR Call Me

Tuesday, December 10th 2019 9:30 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: AA, Derek, Vladz, Whiskey, Bubba (Feedback at [email protected])

* Can you hear me now? (liars) FCC won’t punish Verizon and T-Mobile for exaggerating their coverage maps

* Tonight I played Gears and Call of Duty on my MF'ing phone!

* Keeping fit Fitbits do a great job of tracking steps, sleeping patterns, heart rate, and more 

* Everyone is talking about Baby Yoda (Now I’m calling Boda) - The Mandalorian is the most in-demand show across all platforms right now * Disney+ gets two new series. One 'Wandavision' based on Winter Soldier and Falcon. And another with Scarlet Witch and Vision Joining Loki, Hawkeye series already in development 

* The Boys Amazon deletes first trailer for The Boys season 2, but it’s still available here* Oh… thank you YouTube… and here The Boys Season 2 - Official Teaser | Prime Video 

* Bioshock News! - 2K opens Cloud Chamber to build "another unforgettable BioShock experience" first female studio head Kelley Gilmore about continuing Ken Levine's acclaimed franchise * Inevitably, there are no details on the next BioShock -- in fact, the publisher has stressed the game "will be in development for the next several years." 

* The Mandalorian - Episode 5

Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played)  COD, Saturday, Marvelous Mrs Maisel  Pkgs finally arrived for Christmas, gifts from customers,  Lots of Work, Easier day today thx KC. Best employee ever card! He just does it for the shoutouts,  ate dinner with post office crew (Madison called out my bud about shoutouts) Outer Worlds is really this other thing….., People treating animals like humans COD, huge Chiefs win, poop, MLB coming to Xbox (presumably)  lots of cod piss on ground war , mrs maisel , new inflatable santa other one went limp , hoosiers and the crow , getting a x mas bonus friday and a 62 cent raise in january .  call me by shine down good jam.  Star wars: Fallen order, Rise of the resistance ride: Disney

Sports

* MLB MLB The Show, showing up all over 

* College Football:   * Who’s on top? NCAA standings 

Bama may be returning 75% of roster, including Tua

Open Forum Radio - Episode 485

OFR Season 11 (Episode 1) - OFR Turkey Hangover

Tuesday, December 3rd 2019 9:30 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: AA, Derek, Vladz, Whiskey, (Feedback at [email protected])

* How was your Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday weekend?

* Big Tuesday* Call of Duty - Out now! first season has “biggest free content drop” in series’ history * FREE - on all platforms* Halo Reach - drops for PC today Halo: Reach comes to PC as the first installment of Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Now optimized for PC This is great news for players who can't stand the painful 30 frames per second (FPS) and motion blurring in the original game, and if you have a strong PC or an Xbox One X, you'll even be able to push 4K resolution. 

* Nobody asked you: Phil Spencer: "Nobody's asking for VR" on Xbox * Even Half-Life: Alyx wasn’t enough to convince Xbox boss of console VR

* Behold,  A Leaked Photo Of Two Ugly PS5 Devkits And DualShock 5 Controllers

* Do not mention it Pete Davidson asks fans to sign $1 million NDA before attending comedy shows: report

* The Mandalorian Ep 4 * Episode 4 review from: Denofgeek* What if - The Mandalorian sets-up Rise of Skywalker?!!!! 

 Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played)  COD double XP weekend, Dave Chapelle Netflix, Moana, Coco, The Crown, Zombieland Double Tap     Dead Rising Frank West looks like DA, Walking Dead season 9, Double Dragon Neon, Holey Moley, Rocky movies, Black Friday shopping online, Tombstone vs W.E. Beef, New aquarium, death March to Christmas got COD MW for my son and I, son got a new xbox for Christmas, Gears 5, Mandalorian, wonderful Thanksgiving at Grandma's and my girl made an awesome holiday dinner Sunday, too much food!   Got drunk played call of duty .ate good food . got drunk. went black Friday shopping. got drunk . did an escape room with friends . got drunk . watched baby yoda sip soup .got drunk. picked up guitar again . got drunk blackstone cherry blame it on the boom boom song of the week.

Sports

* College Football:   * Who’s on top? NCAA standings 

* NFL:  * NFL Standings * OFR Fantasy Football League 

Shout-outs: All the OFR listeners, OFR Crew,

Open Forum Radio - Episode 484

OFR Season 10 (Episode 52) - OFR In The Books

Tuesday, November 26th 2019 9:30 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: AA, Derek, Vladz, Whiskey, Bubba

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* Everyone is doing those 2009 - 2019 picture challenges on social media, well OFR Episode 52, 10 years of OFR in the books. * Not sure if we’ll do a year in review…. Possibly one might pop into the feed before the end of the calendar year…. * Season 11 preview we’ll be talking about tons of awesomeness coming in the next year. (what are you looking forward to?)* New Consoles from MS and Sony (the war continues), Amazon game streaming service and will Stadia find it’s legs in 2020 streaming games too? 

* New games - The Last of Us Part II, Cyberpunk 2077, Microsoft Flight Simulator Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2, Doom Eternal, Halo Infinite, Half-Life: Alyx, Ghost of Tsushima, Diablow IV, Watch Dogs Legion

* New Movies - James Bond - No Time To Die, Bad Boys for Life Blackwidow from Marvel, Birds of Prey The Invisible Man , Ghostbusters 2020, Coming to America 2, *The Mimi trilogy, (a Stuart Bannerman project) Godzilla vs King Kong, Venom 2   - with maybe Carnage and a Spiderman cameo, Monster Hunter,   Top Gun Maverick , Bill and Ted Face the Music, and an Uncharted movie. - just to name a few.    

* Tesla's Cybertruck * No side mirrors? Marble dashboard? Change gears on screen? Um….* The Cybertruck trailer

* Looks like the Halo Warthog * This guy ordered a Cybertruck * Would you rather...(lol)... drive a Cybertruck or Ford/Chevy/Dodge truck?* Cybertruck vs F-150 * Elon Musk unveils Tesla’s Cyber-School Bus 

* *Vladz’s Fanboy Moment: Some have engaged with me about how Microsoft didn’t get any recognition in the nominations. There is only 1 game out of the 6 nominated for Game of the Year that is exclusive to one console and that would be Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. So does that make Nintendo the best game maker? Hmm….. options might differ. Video game awards Death Strandings nominations at the game awards cant help but raise questions

Open Forum Radio - Episode 483

OFR Season 10 (Episode 51) - OFR Next To Last

Tuesday, November 19th 2019 9:45 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: AA, Derek, Vladz, Bubba,

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* OFR Episode 51, next to the last OFR Season 10 show! 

* Popeye’s Chicken Sandwich update. Bubba’s thoughts Vladz tried it over the weekend too. 

* X019 Inside Xbox News Highlights | Everything Coming to Xbox in 5 minutes | Xbox Game Pass * New IP from Obsidian and Rare lead X019 announcements X019 was held in London and saw the debut of Grounded, a new survival action game by Obsidian Entertainment launching through Xbox Game Preview and Xbox Game Pass. In fact, it will be the first title from Preview (Xbox's answer to Early Access) to launch through Game Pass.* Project xCloud expands with 50 new titles, coming to Japan, India and more next year Xbox's streaming service will be incorporated into Xbox Game Pass; Bluetooth controller support coming next year* Games! As for other new games, Microsoft announced poop* West of Dead (a supernatural Western shooter featuring the voice of Ron Perlman), Drake Hollow (from Flam and the Flood developer The Molasses Flood), Last Stop (from Virginia developer Variable State), KartRider Drift, and the Xbox One debut of Planet Coaster.* 10 (All?)  the Final Fantasy Games X-Enhanced so you get the best version on xbox & PC* All Kingdom Hearts games to Xbox* Halo Reach for Xbox and PC 4K remastered releasing Dec 3rd 2019* Crossfire X - coming in 2020 MP and developing a single player mode* inXile Entertainment's Wasteland 3 was also showcased in a new trailer, which revealed the game will be released on May 19, 2020.* Black Friday deals were unveiled, with a $150 discount on all Xbox One hardware, including the X, S and S All-Digital models. All first-party titles will be 50% off. Black Friday Xbox Deals  * Three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate will be offered for $1, and eligible members in select markets will also get 1 month of EA Access, 3 months of Discord Nitro and 6 months of Spotify Premium.* Over 50 new games were announced for Xbox Game Pass, with titles arriving before Christmas including The Witcher 3, Halo Reach, Life Is Strange 2, and Rage 2* Microsoft: We Feel So Confident of Our Content Pipeline We Don’t Need to Save Games for Scarlett  

* Star Wars* The Mandalorian - You guys watching?* Fortnite Stormtrooper for a limited time as a bonus for buying Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order. The deal will be available until November 30, 2020

* So… what do you guys think of the Final Tours that never quite end? And bands that reunite after long thought have died? Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, Poison Set 2020 Stadium Tour *

Open Forum Radio - Episode 482

OFR Season 10 (Episode 50) - OFR Sammich Plus   

Tuesday, November 12th 2019 9:45 EST

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

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* Popeyes Chicken - Chicken Fight! The Boondocks Out of Chicken 

Has any of us tried this sandwich yet? Should we ask the community for anyone that has to come on and tell us about it? 

* Popeyes customers brawl and STAFF turn on each other amid long lines nationwide for the restocked chicken sandwich * Maryland Police seek to ID suspect in death over chicken sandwich * Drive Through freakout * How to make that sandwich at home 

* Happy Disney Plus Day * Star Wars!* The Mandalorian (Din Jarron)* All the Star Wars movies in 4K. The New Hope through The Force Awakens are all available with Dolby Vision HDR and Atmos support, There is also a 4K HDR version of Rogue One. (Solo and The Last Jedi aren’t available yet on the service)* And they’ve edited the Han/Greedo scene once more. Tightening the window in which Greedo ‘shoots first’ to almost simultaneously firing and now he utters something like ”maclunkey”  I’ve watched it a couple times and if you replay it over and over you can’t tell who shoots first but Han’s head jerking to the side is pretty crazy to see.  * 500+ movies* Disney+ slaps content warning for 'outdated cultural depictions' on classic animated movies* Content warning of outdated cultural depictions classic animated movies

* She-Hulk gets Rick and Morty writer Jessica Gao (Among Gao's credits is the Pickle Rick episode which she wrote, Comedy Central's Corporate and HBO's Silicon Valley.)* D23 announced Marvel Phase Four an original series from Marvel Studios, only on Disney+. 

* Ghostbusters 3, tentatively titled Ghostbusters 2020 and referred to as “GB20,” will reportedly be titled Ghostbusters: Afterlife returning Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts and Ernie Hudson in their original roles.

* Miss that Valentines text A ton of people received text messages overnight that were originally sent on Valentine’s Day It’s happening to people across all major US carriers, initially saying that 168,149 delayed messages were sent. 

* Q: Could you win a trip to see the OFR Crew in Las Vegas for Episode 500?