Bluebird Hewitt

Fully completed Mario Trippy @Mel81x and @Harry. Cracking game in fairness, and just in time as well. Think I'll look to finish off Advance Wars Dark Conflict, as I was right nesr the end of that and stopped for some reason.

Not the prem, but seeing as it's VAR related and considering some of the decisions made in the past few months, it could be interesting going forward. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68116985

Looking close to finishing Trippy Mario. Really enjoying it so far in fairness.

In fairness, better to have that than what FM once said about one of my youth players being 'the next Joe Willock'.

I've forgotten what it's like to sign a player.

I'll have to have a look at that at some point. I do like Donkey Kong Country, but never came close to full completion. For me, I've got a break from uni until 1st Feb, so giving Mario Wonder a run out. Really liking it so far, even if it is a little trippy at times.

Tbf, 'reputable' and either 'columnist' or 'journalist' don't really go together.

I'd just try and sell him for £100m if Chelsea are interested.

Most likely. I've admittedly only got this on Wiki, but Naughty Dog shows as having 400+, while EA shows as something like 12,000, so you can see the comparison straight away. As you mentioned, that's more than likely why they can only do one game at a time (which, you could argue, is good as it means everyone is focused on that one game, rather than having multiple games being worked on and stretching teams).

They're not as big as the likes of EA and Activision, but I wouldn't say they're small either. They're part of Sony after they bought them out. As for budgets, a quick look on Wiki (yes, hate me) shows that Last of Us Part Two cost $220m to develop, and is considered one of the most expensive games made. For the series, I don't know but seeing as it's their IP, I'd have thought they got money for the rights to it.

Yeah, it seems to be a couple of new games mixed with collections and remasters at present. I admittedly haven't played Uncharted 4, but my understanding is that it's 100% the final game in the series, so unless they do prequels, I can't see Uncharted coming back. Last of Us I can see lasting longer, especially with how successful it is at present, though ironically there's more remasters than new games in the series now. Personly, I'd love to see a new IP similar to Crash, though that's more the kid in me wanting that. If they do a new one, I wouldn't be surprised if it's something similar to Uncharted or Last of Us but with something a little different (ie. both are technically adventure games, though Uncharted is more action and Last of Us is more survival horror).

If he's anything like on FM24 for me, he'll be great for Plymouth.

Israel have planned what to do with Gaza after the war. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67888794

Silly season has started on our end with the following. 1. Re-sign Kieffer Moore permanently (according to some, it's apparently a done deal, but we'll wait and see). 2. David Brooks on loan (would be over the moon with this, though can't see it happening myself). 3. Tyler Roberts (not sure if loan or permanent but either way, I might hang myself if this happens. I'm sure @Lucas would be pissing himself laughing).

Ah fair enough. Never tried the Epic Game Store.

Is that via Steam? I must resist the urge if that's the case.

Well Christmas has come and gone (more or less) and have got RE4 Remake and Mario Bros Wonder, as well as a pre order for Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. When my assignment is finished, I'll be starting on one of these methinks.

I thought it was still open. Not sure why it was closed. @Stan would be better to decide as he's admin.

I can't remember the model, but 6 and 9 look the closest.

I bought games from Steam. I've not touched them. That's my Steam Year review.

No worries @Rab. Cheers for the response.

Why would you loan him out though? Seems a very odd rumour.

@Rab, looks to be something wrong when clicking the 'Love Batard' link (to which he currently doesn't get love). On Chrome (mobile), clicking it provides a link for a 'download' instead of taking you back to the homepage, though tested this on the Samsung browser and everything appears to be fine. Seems to be intermittent as it did work fine earlier. Simple workaround is to click the back button when in each sub topic rather than the 'Love Batard' link. A bit tedious, but not the end of the world. Only a minor thing, but just wanted to flag it up with you.

Who changed the forum name?

So........Sega have just made.me.wet myself. https://www.eurogamer.net/sega-announces-flurry-of-projects-including-jet-set-radio-crazy-taxi Think I'll be keeping an eye on all of these methinks.