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Lots of good games there.

We were trying to get my mom's laptop to hook up to our DVR that's hooked up to the big TV, but I guess the HDMI ports on both are actually outputs, so no go, at least until we figure out a workaround. Too bad it's not a Netflix-ready DVR, cause that's what we're trying to get it to play anyway. Maybe we can request a new one, but talking to Time Warner always takes forever and eats up minutes. At least it works on the TV in the kitchen, but that's one's not much bigger than the laptop screen, though the image is crisper.

Wait, what was this site made for us to talk about again?

Ah, I gotcha. I'm a bit out of the loop, having skipped this generation, so when you mentioned online pass along with FFXV, I thought maybe I was missing a news story or something.

And look forward to the write-ups.

They have said the camera can be turned off, and beyond that you could unplug the system when you're done with games.  That article also mentions other things about privacy concerns, i.e. "you control how data is used," but I'm not sure how much I buy that when the camera is on or ... paused, whatever that means. The estimating calories burned thing would be useful for me, though.

If I owned one, I'd be shutting down and unplugging the system cause of that damn camera though, so I still don't want the camera on the thing, but maybe you can move the camera around/put tape over it, etc. I just don't want the hassle or feeling of the thing might be watching me. Granted, they could get much more useful info like your card info without the use of a camera or microphone.

I've always had a love/hate relationship with fighters. Love when I play them and I'm doing well, hate when my ass gets kicked by a button masher, and in my opinion, unless we're talking tourney level, button mashing really does seem to work well in most fighters at the arcade.

I've seen little girls wail on self-described champions of Tekken, Soul Calibur, etc., and end their win-streak by mashing away at them.

They are fun in that immediate gratification way, though, so I still like them, and I'm excited for the new Guilty Gear. Hell, the only arcade game I played very long at Screwattack GAMING Convention was Street Fighter III, and that arcade was full.

That does make me happy, yes. lol

FFXV will have online pass? That sucks. There's a lot of crap I might not look forward to in these new systems, but I'm trying to be somewhat optimistic; these online pass and DRM issues I keep hearing people have aren't helping my optimism, though. Still, I look forward to PS4 for now at least.

lol I guess so. Still waiting on buying one until after the holidays at least I think, but they made E3 a fun ride with that comeback.

Same here, but I am ever-curious about the benefits of PC gaming.

I haven't watched Anime Abandon in a while, but I should, Sage makes those pretty funny. I have listened to his new podcasts, though.

I never played an RE title, so don't know about that.

Yeah, I've never played FEAR, but games don't have the best examples of dads. lol