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I will refrain from making any sort of excuse about my performance in the above...and instead simply mention how I ended up being able to kick a ball on the pitch. Yes it was indeed via villa reward points. It was the last home game of the season, and finding I hadn't used any points all season, I thought, why not. It was the play off semi v Boro btw. I thought maybe I got picked as there were fewer people who had points left to use, and therefore less competition for the spots. It was also an additional home game at the end of the season of course. They whipped me away from my seat as soon as the half time whistle went, down the lift from the upper holte, and on to the pitch. As it happens a guy I work with and who has done various jobs at VP over the years - tour guide, flag waver, Hercules suit wearer, compere - was down there that night and told me specifically to aim somewhat right. I ignored that completely and went wayyy too left.

Beard Meats Food spotted in Nuneaton this week...at the Hearty on Arbury Road of all places! It was technically my local some years ago, technically because why would I go in there, but they certainly didn't do food challenges then. Weirdly though, there was a short period of when the Oak, just down the road, did do decent grub.

I won't post in detail everything that came out from the TGS presentation, but holy christ. Rebirth is shaping up to the the best FF game ever. The one thing I will mention is that it has a card game. OK two things, Mog House is now a full blown location with it's own mini game.

That shot was a bit of a.....DisasiTER....

Bit too much.....GUSTO.....in that tackle

I'm with you. Digne dragged him to the floor.

Is the commentary out of sync for anyone else? The Red Army have only just liberated Warsaw on my stream.

I don't actually know the answer for Chelsea, but Man City's equivalent ticket (around £1.5k for a match) includes the 3 course meal, post match cheese board, fancy seat, pre match pitch side spot to watch the warm up, etc. - and then they have a huge glass wall along side the tunnel, indoors and downstairs from the hospitality spot, where you can stand and watch the players come and go before the match, at half time, and at full time too. Before the match though, they kind of just get to stand in a little area after the players get off the coach and kind of...clap...as they all walk past.

A bunch a previews are now out there for Rebirth, where people have been invited to play two demos - the Nibelheim flash back sequence featuring Sephiroth, and the large 'hub' area around Junon. It's been emphasised a lot with this latter demo that the scale of the area is dealt with really well, as is traversal which is generally done via Chocobo, of which there is heavy emphasis on (customisation, treasure hunting, fast travelling options, etc). If you go out of your way to look at some of these previews, the difference between the 'open world' on display around Junon and say that in FFXV is stark. In a very good way!

As is typical of when a new trailer comes out there's some new info via developer interview on the PS blog. In it, Nomura confirms that Rebirth ends at the Forgotten Capital/City, ie. when Aerith does or perhaps does not leave the party. However...they also say that although the majority of places from the original game will be here, and the player will visit them, the order may not be the same. So, it's possible then that the story will take you to the north crater and we'll see all of those events, plus more, with Aerith in the party. It's also unclear who exactly is playable in Rebirth. There's reference to some characters not being playable, so it's possible the likes or Vincent and Cid will be like Red XIII in Remake, or it could be a reference to Zack.

Some good stuff in there. Nier, Civ 6, Unpacking, This War of Mine...Odin Sphere and 13 Sentinels are great if you're in to that sort of thing.

This is the crux of the issue as far as I'm concerned. Ban the Bully-XL breed? Yes. What happens once it is banned? Breeders fill the gap with a similar breed but one that is not identifiable as a Bully-XL which is probably as potentially dangerous - or worse, even more so.

They've released some good trailers since the FF7R project was first announced, and this one is a doozy. Cait Sith, Vincent, new summons, Cosmo Canyon, Junon, Gold Saucer, some intriguing story related stuff...

Big if, but IF he starts I guarantee it will be as the number 9.

A version being on Netflix is interesting, and there's no mention of apple arcade there either.

Muffin is the best Bluey character (unless you count Unicorse). It's a genuinely well written TV show. Pretty staggering accomplishment to produce a show aimed squarely at young kids, but also address issues like miscarriage and infertility. There's speculation it'll finish for good after the current season finishes as the kids are getting too old to do the voices.

Oh man, waiting may well be for the best then. Despite the decidedly mixed reception to this, the more I see of it, the more I actually thing I'd enjoy it.

I'd love Zack to win this, but this is against the same guy who subbed freakin Okada on an AEW show, so...

No surprises with Ever Crisis then. It's simply a mobile game with gatcha mechanics. Although in theory you could play through a rather nice representation of FF7 with some decent art and re-arranged soundtrack, in practice you'd have to play tiny little sections at a time, and also have to play through Crisis Core and First Soldier in the same manner in order to open up more chapters. SE know what they want from these games, they've made an obscene amount of money from this formula, so although it's certainly not 'cheap', it's very very hard to recommend if you're unfamiliar with how these games work.

Depends if you're AMD or not it seems. If you are, you're much more likely to get it running well.

Did you play it on release? I played it via PS+ on PS5 and have to say it was absolutely perfect performance wise, but did hear it was pretty rough in the early days on PS4. The lines of dialogue that always got me were Deek's responses to Cope after you get his radio broadcasts. He's full on shouting and it's so unnecessary, but also kind of hilarious. A DG2 with 500+ hordes though...oh man, there'd be nothing like it. I loved the jeopardy of trying to take down a horde, having spent time to gather the resources to make a bunch of napalm, which you can't simply buy of course, and then just **** it up and getting swarmed

Just one trophy to go for the Plat (I think) in Days Gone. Takes a few hours to get going before it really shows it's strengths, but once you put the time in...I've got to say it's been one of my best experiences with an open world game, well, ever. True enough though that I bought in to the zombie apocalypse and biker vibe very quickly, and that absolutely wouldn't be for everyone. Such a shame there's apparently going to be no sequel, especially given the stinger in that final cut scene of the last post game mission. Really, truly, did not see that coming! Put a massive stupid smile on my face...which was wiped off when I remembered no one will probably ever know what was supposed to happen next!

FF7 Ever Crisis is available on your favourite app store now. Haven't given it a go yet, will return with thoughts when I have.

Did not expect to see Hanatarash/i when browsing this thread. Legendary stuff. I guess Eye is done with noise now, which is a shame, as Gero have put out some great stuff since Juntaro, uh...resurfaced.