Open Forum Radio - Episode 481

OFR Season 10 (Episode 49) - OFR Redemption   

Tuesday, November 5th 2019 9:53 EST

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

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* Happy Red Dead Redemption PC day! * Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC: everything we know * recommended PC specifications: * Some people are reporting bugs crashes, bugs and failure to start 

* Also Sony’s finally releasing their much anticipated game Death Stranding and the critic reviews are generally good, (You’ll see a couple 10/10 and a few 6.8 or 7/10.) but even the ones that are decent have some odd statements too. Let’s see what some had to say  Death Stranding Metacritic * Game Informer 7/10 “ there must be more to the game than what we’ve seen so far. Surely players must do more than transport cargo” “In order to rebuild America after a mysterious event that has blown a crater in the middle of the country and destroyed society as we know it, Sam treks across the land delivering supplies and connecting pockets of survivors. Doing so requires loading Sam up with packages of various sizes, weights, and possibly mission-ending stipulations – such as breaking fragile equipment and even delivering a pizza correctly.”

* Gamespot 9/10 “A lot of people believe in it, but you're not sure you do. It'll take a lot of lonely, dangerous walks and exceptionally heavy lifting, and it's not really clear what America means in the first place. For some reason, you set out anyway, trudging through wetlands and rocky hills on foot, not fully knowing or understanding where you're going. Other than the monsters you can't quite see, there's not really anyone else around most of the time--just you and your thoughts, one foot in front of the other.”  

* The review for the Verge didn’t have a score but though it was worth a mention DEATH STRANDING IS A LONG, BIZARRE JOURNEY THAT’S BOTH BREATHTAKING AND BORING “It’s not a game that makes itself easy to enjoy. There are few concessions for uninterested players. It’s ponderously slow, particularly in the early chapters, which largely consist of delivering packages over staggering distances. Early conversations are filled with phrases and words that will be incomprehensible to the uninitiated — and, honestly, much of it remains a mystery after the credits roll. But over time, that sense of bewilderment slipped away. Eventually, I found myself engrossed, digging deep into the game’s arcane lore to understand, as best I could, what was going on. It’s not easy to get to this point. …..  Death Stranding is a game that seems to fight you every step of the way, whether it’s with clunky menus or nonsensical dialogue. It can be downright boring, but there’s also beauty and heart to discover if you can stick with it. Your main adversary, at least in the early going, is gravity. With the uneven landscape and copious packages to deliver,

Open Forum Radio - Episode 480

OFR Season 10 (Episode 48) - OFR Call of Platform 

Tuesday, October 29th 2019 9:53 EST

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

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* Call of Duty Modern Warfare * Awesome campaign. About 5 hours of so depending on your play. * Multiplayer Cross Player is HERE!! Xbox, Sony and PC in the same COD match!* And with the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare crossplay has finally come to the biggest shooter franchises around.* How to enable crossplay in CoD Modern Warfare on Xbox One, PS4, PC  

* FREE (for those on Gamepass)  The Outer Worlds * 6 Months of Gamepass Ultimate for $39.99! 

* Microsoft beats Amazon to win the Pentagon’s $10 billion JEDI cloud contract and due to divorce jeff beezos was passed as the richest man in the us by bill gates lol for a minute 

* NCAA will allow athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness in a major shift for the organization i told o malley a couple shows ago gonna be bad well see* EA Sports Open to Bringing Back NCAA Football Game After 'Fair Pay to Play' Law 

* Latest entry into 2K Games' annual wrestling franchise mired with bugs and glitches* PlayStation has begun issuing refunds for WWE 2K20 after the game was pulled apart by fans for its copious glitches and bugs. * PS4 Share - Tweet * https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1188251715251949569?s=19 

* The Last Delay The Last of Us Part II delayed to May 29 Sony pushes post-apocalyptic sequel back three months to polish the game to Naughty Dog's standards  * The game was announced in December 2016  

Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played)  The Outer Worlds, COD, Schitt’s Creek          

The Outer Worlds, Gears 5 campaign and MP, Chiefs looking iffy . Modern warfare . casino only won 2 hundy .blacklist. Time for scary movies and theme tv    IT Is The End                                      Deals at Junk Store, The Outer Worlds, Raising Dion, knight squad game, Pittsburgh sinkhole???  WORK (new boss gamer listens to podcasts). 

Open Forum Radio - Episode 479

OFR Season 10 (Episode 47) - OFR Gets Amped 

Tuesday, October 22nd 2019 9:53 EST

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

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* Thanks to everyone’s sharing last week’s TMO Tribute show and all the kind words. TMO would want us to carry on and we welcome AA who has volunteered to drive the OFR bus into season 11

* And you thought OFR intros can be too long… Disney’s puts out a THREE-hour Disney+ trailer* Disney+ launches on November 12th for $6.99 a month. 

* And this trailer dropped yesterday Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Official Final Trailer * I know some people that are avoiding watching the trailers because they don't want to have anything spoiled 

* Microsoft introduces swear filters for Xbox 

* Blizzard is banning people in its Hearthstone Twitch chat for pro-Hong Kong statements * Bipartisan letter urges Blizzard to reverse decision to ban player for pro-Hong Kong statements* PewDiePie wiped from internet in China * Call of Duty Modern Warfare  - Releases Friday…… PC is 175 GB download!!!

Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played)  Shitt’s Creek, Gears 5, My oldest son turned 21 today, Fam   walking dead , 911 , joker movie  lots of ghost recon breakpoint, taking puppy to the vet for neuter .   my songs of the week can't get it out of my head lol the hu yuvey yuvey yu  with ashes to new singer for america    under your scars godsmack    Squalling cat in heat, El Camino, Masked Singer, Raising Dion, The Voice, Tombstone, Son 16 Daughter 19, Walking Dead. My External HDD for the Xbox bit the dust Saturday and I just got a new one, all I have to do is re-download everything (ugh!), Went to the lake place over the weekend, did play some Gears 5  MP Thursday and Friday evening, that was fun, The Outer Worlds looks and sounds really fun

Sports

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

* NFL:  * NFL Standings * OFR Fantasy Football League 

Shout-outs: All the OFR listeners and twitter peeps for the thoughtful words, OFR Crew, AA, TMO and his family, My family and friends   ofr crew. AA, andrew alex aka evil amp dog, chef bubba , miss you tmo ,

Whatever you did to console our hearts, we thank you very much -

TMO's Family

Terry Paul Joseph Prudhomme Jr

December 1, 1974 - October 4, 2019

Open Forum Radio - Episode 478

OFR Season 10 (Episode 46) - OFR End of an Era 

Tuesday, October 15th 2019 9:53 EST

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

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* TMO’s passing. * This is going to be a shorter show. But we need to take this first step. Let’s talk about what TJ’s friendship meant to us, to the show and blessings we have by having his voice to always be able to go back and listen to. * Play long clip (½ hour) * Thanks to Stuart, Henry, Jason, Dylan, Bubba, Andrew and Anthony Alex, and Larry for sending us clips. We sent a shorter version of the clip we just played that TMO’s sister is playing at his service. * GoFundMe  Terry Prudhomme Jr. Funeral and Expenses 

Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played)  The Joker, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Football party, 22nd Anniversary long weekend with Mrs. Vladz…. Man I’m ready for retirement.     Hats off to Slash for handing me my first loss in the OFR FFL, Step son’s BOA competition in Johnson City, TN (12+ hrs drive), Congrats to Mr. & Mrs. Hammer walking dead , 911 , masked singer lots of ghost recon breakpoint

Sports

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

* NFL:  * NFL Standings * OFR Fantasy Football League 

Shout-outs:   OFR Family, our Families & friends   ofr crew , miss you tmo , all the kind words in the clips from friends and this community Memories - Maroon 5

We love you TMO!!!!

Our brother and friend Terry ( @tmoHOU87 ) with Bill, Derek and Jason ( @Vladzhammer, @detroitslasher @jomalley1981 ) just friends talking before podcasting about our interests and topics of the week on OFR475. *Recorded Tuesday night 9/24/19 - RIP Terry

Open Forum Radio - Episode 476

OFR Season 10 (Episode 44) - OFR Returns to MCU

Tuesday, October 1st 2019 9:53 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Derek, Vladz, 

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* Spider-Man is back! returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Sony and Disney strike a new deal 

* Stranger Things drops Season 4 Teaser Trailer

* We talked about Project Xcloud last week, now you can grab the app -  'Xbox Game Streaming' app appears on Google Play Store 

* Vladz’s Hot Minute on Channels being dropped from Satellite packages * Dish dropped Fox, Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2 and the Big Ten Network from its lineup on Thursday afternoon as part of a carriage dispute with Fox.  Because DISH owns Sling, there off there too , AT&T dropped NFL Network, it sucks, it just disappeared without notice!!! * NFL* The NFL in 4K HDR gets off to a rocky start on Fox Sports * Dee Snider Calls Out Hypocrisy of NFL’s Super Bowl Halftime Booking * Top Songs played at Sporting Events - 2015* Top Top 10 Stadium Anthems 2015  

* Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order trailer breakdown * “Cal’s Mission” Trailer * Release date Nov 15th 2019

* Amazon Echo Frames - Alexa on your face! 

Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played)  Gears 5, Lego City Undercover, Evil, Had to work late tonight but will get in Whiskey time Des Rocs & The Struts! - Took the kids the bar - I thought I’d do a SOTW from The Struts but I was so blown away from the opening band I’m dropping a song that you might have heard if you’ve seen one of the trailers for Borderlands 3 Des Rocs - Let Me Live / Let Me Die (Don’t know if it is in the game, I don’t think so) , Remodeling our 2nd floor remodeling is going well. The Politician on Netflix, playing Gears of course but - another Game Pass game - Creature in the Well (Sam recommended it)  Peaky Blinders, new office area and desk, hanging in Houston, got lucky again this week in OFR FF gears 5 , lots borderlands3 coop , ghost recon breakpoint  beta, mini getaway

* WWE * Hogan and Flair were in the ring last night!!! WWE RAW 30 September 2019 

Open Forum Radio - Episode 475

OFR Season 10 (Episode 43) - The OFR Signal 

Tuesday, September 24th 2019 9:44 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Derek, Vladz, 

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* Happy Batman Day keeping Gotham safe for 80 years — and Saturday night, Gotham said thank you.* The Batman Arkham trilogy is now free to download from the Epic Games Store 19 Along with the Lego Batman trilogy   FREE for download until Thursday Sept 26th 2019. 

* Also on Thursday Sept 26th Fox Sports will broadcast Thursday Night Football games in sort of 4K Upscaled to 4K, at least 

* HOW TO STREAM YOUR PC TO YOUR XBOX ONE it’s possible to stream what’s on your PC to the TV that you’re using with your Xbox One — you can even control it from the Xbox One console. Getting it set up is surprisingly simple. 

* Microsoft launches Project xCloud public test next month The test period will not require users to purchase content, nor will it allow them to stream their previously purchased games. Instead they will be able to stream a selection of titles, including Halo 5: Guardians, Gears 5, Killer Instinct, and Sea of Thieves. Microsoft has said it will add more testers and more games as the preview goes along. All of the games will be played through a Microsoft game streaming app.

* Untitled Goose Game is a honkin’ good time GOTY: Goose of the Year

* Do you TiVo? TiVo confirms its customers will soon see ads before DVR recordings 

* Predictions Call of Duty: Modern Warfare expected to be US best-selling title of 2019 * Did you get in on the open-beta? Call of Duty: Modern Warfare beta times, dates etc. 

Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played)  Gears 5, Schitt’s Creek, The Chef Show Finished Gears 5, Netflix’s Shitt’s Creek, AHS 1984, 911, Remodeling our 2nd floor / paint & flooring, Going to see the Glorious Sons and The Struts this Friday night.  John Wick 3, Gears 5, OFR FFL, work travel    gears 5 coop with shaft i was on pc crossplay it was awesome, borderlands 3 , ghost recon breakpoint open beta 26th - 29th preload now. got a nice surprise from xfinity yesterday sorry josh hey laney buttt. and decided I will let someone else win fantasy this year don’t wanna be greedy, im cursed but lions won so  

* College Football:   * NFL:  * https://fantasy.nfl.com/league/1790547 

Open Forum Radio - Episode 474

OFR Season 10 (Episode 42) - OFR Puts it on the line

Tuesday, September 17th 2019 9:44 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Derek, Vladz, 

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* Gears Gears 5 tops 3 million players in first week The Gears of War franchise keeps turning, as Microsoft has declared Gears 5 "the biggest launch week of any Xbox Game Studios title this generation," saying that more than three million players played in its opening weekend.* ALL EXECUTIONS WITH BATISTA  - he recorded 700 lines! He has been petitioning to play as Marcas Fenix for a long time.  

* Borderlands 3 - is out and it is awesome* Song of the week The Heavy - Put It On The Line 

* Fire and Blood

* How YouTube is changing the way it counts -  YouTube is introducing a major change to its music chart system after discovering that artists and labels were using growth hacks to inflate how many people were watching their videos. YouTube is no longer counting “advertising views” when it comes to the company calculating its music charts. 

* J.J. Abrams reportedly walked away from a $500 million exclusivity deal with Apple

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

Gears 5, Schitt’s Creek Ssn 1, A Very Brady Renovation  gears 5 , glitch im stuck , john wick 3 , put in more office equipment , mortal engines hbo and the mule.gonna get borderlands 3  friday.   lay it on the line triumph   song of the week

   Gears 5, Netflix’s Shitt’s Creek , Back to remodeling, this time my 2nd floor.       

* College Football:   * NFL:  * https://fantasy.nfl.com/league/1790547 

Shout-outs:   OFR Family, our Families & friends   ofr crew , my girl roseanne looking forward to our trip in a couple weeks to pittsburgh for her b day , tmo for wetting the bed in fantasy , jay guiles , rocketchip . jim bluemar , stuart page 2 screen , josh laney , 

Open Forum Radio - Episode 473

OFR Season 10 (Episode 41) - OFR Grinds My Gears

Thursday, September 12th 2019 10:00 EST

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

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* The Coalition - Gears 5 * What did you think of it so far? * Metacritic.com * ign.com * Gears 5 launch delayed in China * MP - issues at launch* Xbox Live - issues * Gears 4 vs Gears 5 visuals Direct Comparison * Gears fantastic PC port 

* While Microsoft’s community is gnashing their way through Gears 5, the SONY community a scandal reaching fever-pitch Is it an X (Ex) or is it a Cross?  

* Sony Confirms That Spider-Man Is Out Of The MCU Tony Vinciquerra is perfectly confident that the Spider-Man franchise will be "just fine" under Sony's sole ownership.  "do not allow time for him to work on IP they (Marvel) do not own." 

* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare beta start times – when can I play it?

* Korn - releases a fictional podcast miniseries About a journalist’s surprise discovery that leads to ‘darkness’

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

Gears 5, Netflix’s Shitt’s Creek , Back to remodeling, this time my 2nd floor.   Gears 5, The Deuce, Xbox Live down Fri , NFL Redzone Hemp Trade show was awesome, Nashville Zoo, Gears 5, OFR FF   forza h 4 , gears 5, life got crazy lots of projects and new things , my song of the week cause i’m back   texas hippie coalition dirty finger

 OFR Sports

* College Football:  * AB & maybe Gronk? The Patriots are the EMPIRE* Scores & rankings, * ESPN's 'Monday Night Football' NFL telecast changes confusing graphic mid-game * Big games: * NFL:  * https://fantasy.nfl.com/league/1790547 

Shout-outs:   OFR Family, our Families & friends   

AMP & intro inspiration, Page2Screen, OFR family,    ofr crew , rocketchip  for my set up, my girlfriend , bigg meezy , my boy josh h for helping with my house , jay guiles , special shout out to josh lany and jim bluemar for donating , to my suicide prevention walk i have donation link on twitter and face book please help what you can maybe we can help someone who needs it or a family member...