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GAME OF THE YEAR 2018 RESULTS GOTY - GOD OF WAR 2nd - FORZA HORIZON 4 3rd - RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 MULTIPLAYER GAME OF THE YEAR MP GOTY - FORTNITE 2nd - MONSTER HUNTER WORLD Joint 3rd - ARTIFACT, CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 4, ROCKET LEAGUE. BEST GAME OF 2018 THAT WASN’T RELEASED IN 2018 1st - XENOBLADE CHRONICLES 2 2nd - PERSONA 5 Joint 3rd - THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD, WHAT REMAINS OF EDITH FINCH, FINDING PARADISE, ENTER THE GUNGEON INDIE GAME OF THE YEAR 2018 Indie GOTY - CELESTE 2nd - DONUT COUNTY Joint 3rd - CHUCHEL, DEAD CELLS, BEAT SABER, LIFE IS STRANGE: EPISODE 1 - ROADS Thanks to everyone that voted!

Hollow Knight collector’s edition.

Play/Want/Bin April 2019 Me and @DANGERMAN sum up our play/want/bin selections for April 2019, with contributions from @Bigkopman, @Blakey, @DifferentClass, @Duck, @mfnick, @Nag, @radiofloyd, @retroed, @RikSP, @Sly Reflex, @ThreeFour, @Whiskey_chaser and @wiivo 2.0. Theme by @wiivo 2.0, background music and production by me. Download the episode here. Subscribe to the feed here. iTunes link - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mfgamers/id1318429602 Non-iTunes feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/mfgamerspodcast

Set up 1 - Main Living Room. 4k tv, One X, Pro and Switch Set up 2 - Spare room, Xbox One OG, 360, Pi and PS3 & Most importantly a wheel setup Both got surround sound setups because I fucking love that shit. Adds so much to programmes, films and games IMO. Only budget setups but wipe the floor with even really expensive soundbars in my experience (bought 1 and heard a couple others). Definitely the way to go if you have the space and patience to set them up. Yes I’m very lucky and have a understanding partner. She doesn’t let me play on them as much as I’d like though. Can’t have it all I guess.

MFGamers Podcast - Play/Want/Bin November 2018 Me and @DANGERMAN sum up our play/want/bin selections for November 2018, with contributions from @bellow, @Blakey, @DifferentClass, @illdog, @mfnick, @Nabby9, @Nag, @radiofloyd @RikSP, @Sly Reflex and @ThreeFour. Theme by @wiivo 2.0, background music and production by me. Download the episode here. Subscribe to the feed here. iTunes link - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mfgamers/id1318429602 Non-iTunes feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/mfgamerspodcast

MFGamers Podcast - Play/Want/Bin October 2018 @Sly Reflex and me sum up our play/want/bin selections for October 2018, with contributions from @Blakey, @DANGERMAN, @DifferentClass, @hinn888, @Nag, @radiofloydand @wiivo 2.0. Theme by @wiivo 2.0, background music and production by me. Download the episode here. Subscribe to the feed here. iTunes link - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mfgamers/id1318429602 Non-iTunes feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/mfgamerspodcast

Latest physical Switch purchases. I bought this case to store all my games in. It can hold 63 Switch games (I have 8 spaces left) and 4 micro SD cards. As far as cases go, it's pretty cool.

MFGamers Podcast - 20 Questions Episode 13 I host a surprise guest who I asked 20 gaming related questions. Hosted and edited by Simon, with thanks to the surprise guest. Intro/Outro by @wiivo 2.0 Background music by @Hendo Download the episode here. Subscribe to the feed here. iTunes link - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mfgamers/id1318429602 Non-iTunes feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/mfgamerspodcast

Play/Want/Bin March 2019 @Jimbo Xiii and @DANGERMAN sum up their play/want/bin selections for March 2019, with contributions from @AndyKurosaki, @Blakey, @Bob, @DifferentClass, @illdog, me, @mfnick, @Nag, @one-armed dwarf, @radiofloyd, @Sly Reflex, @Snaggletooth and @Whiskey_chaser. Theme by @wiivo 2.0, background music and production by me. Download the episode here. Subscribe to the feed here. iTunes link - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mfgamers/id1318429602 Non-iTunes feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/mfgamerspodcast

Seen a few old collection posts about while was having a browse through the forum so thought I would chuck in one of my own. It's far from complete, there are still a handful of Titles I need to pick up ( Just ordered import remaste of no.4) Plus so many collectables out there many of which I will never own due to price, but it will keep growing.

Top 10 - Episode 5 @ThreeFour joins me to talk about his 10 favourite games. There was a lot, and I mean A LOT of destiny talk but I had to trim 😄 We do rattle on about quite a lot of other stuff though Download the episode here. Subscribe to the feed here. iTunes link - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mfgamers/id1318429602 Non-iTunes feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/mfgamerspodcast

My gaming space is a proper man cave, a room built on to the side of the house that doubles as a Mac based recording studio. Although, if I'm honest, my gaming space 90% of the time is wherever I happen to be with the old Switcheroo. God, I love that console.

Haul:

Play/Want/Bin May 2019 Me and @DANGERMAN sum up our play/want/bin selections for May 2019, with contributions from @Bigkopman, @Blakey @mfnick, @Nag, @one-armed dwarf, @RikSP, @Snaggletooth, @ThreeFour and @Whiskey_chaser. Theme by @wiivo 2.0, background music and production by me. Download the episode here. Subscribe to the feed here. iTunes link - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mfgamers/id1318429602 Non-iTunes feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/mfgamerspodcast

I thought we had a thread for showing off bits of our collections, but I guess not. If you have a particular part of your collection you're into, we'd love to see it. I'll go first. Inspired by @illdog's post in the Post your latest gaming purchases thread (sorry, no Speedos), here's some pictures of my current physical Switch game collection. I am mostly digital these days, completely on Xbox One and PS4, but there's something about the Nintendo Switch and its little cases, game cards and limited releases and launch editions that I can't resist. I do have a decent digital collection as well, though. I started off trying for every Limited Run release, but stopped after game 11 as it was getting expensive. I will still get the odd release, I purchased Celeste (GOTY 2018) the moment it was available to order, but no way am I going for the full set. One I am going to try and keep up with is the Nicalis published releases. Their launch versions always come with goodies including a manual, stickers, key rings to name a few. It's clear a lot of love goes into these. I have them all so far, and a couple on order. Also in this pic are Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom, and Japanese releases of Okami and Phoenix Wright Trilogy. Finally, in the spoiler box below is the rest of my Switch games. I have the big box Limited Edition of Xenoblade Chronicles 2, but just regular case from the LE is in the picture. I have some games on their way (Dragon's Dogma) or on order (Crystal Crisis, The Messenger, Umihara Kawase Fresh!), so might update this post from time to time. Over to you. 👍

New Flat, New Setup 🔥

Before we go any further down this dark path, can I informally ask that the comic/super hero stuff gets calmed down a bit? I’m not saying this as a mod, just as someone who uses the forum. I expect it in relevant threads, I don’t really expect it to crop up basically everywhere.

MFGamers Podcast - Desert Island Hendo I speak to the mysterious island caretaker about my choices on the MFG desert island. What games will I choose? And what games will I screw over other people and delete? Theme remix by me, from the original by @wiivo 2.0. Background music and production by me. Special thanks to @Sly Reflex for assistance. Download the episode here. Subscribe to the feed here. iTunes link - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mfgamers/id1318429602 Non-iTunes feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/mfgamerspodcast

I unlocked my first achievement in Gears of War on April 19th 2007 for 10G. Nearly 12 years later...

Play/Want/Bin February 2019 - Part 2 @Jimbo Xiii and @DANGERMAN discuss forum members' choices for February. Contributions from @AndyKurosaki, @bellow, @Bigkopman, @Blakey, @DifferentClass, @illdog, @mfnick, @Middle_Class_Hero, @Nag, @OCH, @one-armed dwarf, @radiofloyd, @regemond, @Sly Reflex, @Snaggletooth and @Whiskey_chaser. Theme by @wiivo 2.0, background music and production by me. Download the episode here. Subscribe to the feed here. iTunes link - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mfgamers/id1318429602 Non-iTunes feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/mfgamerspodcast

Yeah I gotta admit that after a year and some change ranting about them on a weekly news show I’m kinda sick of talking about them now. So once more the cheap seats. Loot boxes are a fucking terrible mechanic that should not be in premium games. Same with micro transactions. I’m ok with micro transactions in free to play games. If you’re playing a game for free, investing as much time in it as a premium game, and enjoying it as much as a premium game I see no problem with throwing some money at it to support the developers. Even if the money isn’t going straight to the devs themselves it’s showing the publisher continued support of the game is financially viable, so they will continue to support it financially. Micro transactions in premium games can fuck right off though, especially single player games. Look at Dead or Alive 6’s $93 Season Pass for an example of how not to do it. There was a time when all the shite in that pass was a part of the game proper, but it’s been stripped out to rinse even more money out of a loyal fan base. It’s disgusting. But loot boxes are the worst offenders, even in free to play games. Say I play Overwatch and I main Bastion, I could put 10’s of hours into playing and because of the loot box system I could get no skins, emotes, tags, etc for my chosen robo, and the more characters they introduce the lower my odds get. Give me one good reason why character progression (cosmetic or otherwise) should come down to luck. Players should be rewarded for spending their time with a game or character, not forced into a game of chance. Sure, there are people out there who don’t feel the need to buy loot boxes, but there are also those out there who are compelled to, like kids who like to see the pretty colours and gambling addicts desperately rolling the dice. Loot boxes are designed to manipulate these people into spending money they don’t have, and brushing it off as ‘not your problem’ is fucking ignorant. This side of it is a real problem, only last year there was a patent leaked belonging to Activision for an algorithm to party up players with standard kit with those carrying the best loot boxes have to offer in hopes of manipulating sales. Of the $7.6 billion Activision made in 2017 $4 billion came from loot boxes at micro transactions. There are far more consumer friendly systems for extra monetisation, but they all get the fat cats less money. Brushing loot boxes off because they don’t affect you personally is incredibly ignorant. They are made purely to manipulate money out of vulnerable people. I used to be part of the ‘not my problem crowd’, but the more I looked into it the more I realised how corrupt it was. Yes, there are other more serious problems in the world, but that doesn’t mean we should sit by and let greedy CEO’s make an already expensive hobby even more expensive, or in cases of those vulnerable to it genuinely life damaging. Thats all I have to say on this.

Gaming setup 1. Setup 2 is a work in progress until I can get a new TV.

MFGamers Podcast - Play/Want/Bin 2018 Me, @DANGERMAN and @Sly Reflex run through the highs and lows of gaming in 2018, with contributions from @AndyKurosaki, @bellow, @Blakey, @DifferentClass, @Duck, @mfnick, @Nag, @radiofloyd and @Whiskey_chaser. Over 70 games are mentioned and discussed, so set aside an hour and a half and join us for the last podcast of the year. Theme by @wiivo 2.0, background music and production by me. Download the episode here. Subscribe to the feed here. iTunes link - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mfgamers/id1318429602 Non-iTunes feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/mfgamerspodcast

This is excellent so far.

Been waiting for this to be in some kind of sale, it currently has 30% off on Xbox.

MFGamers Podcast - Play/Want/Bin June 2019 Dangerman and @illdog sum up their play, want and bin selections for June 2019. Contributions from @Whiskey_chaser @regemond @Sly Reflex @Nag @Hendo @radiofloyd @mfnick @Blakey and @Duck Download the episode HERE Subscribe to the feed HERE iTunes link - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mfgamers/id1318429602 Non-iTunes feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/mfgamerspodcast hopefully I've not fucked anything up

Bring on the patches.

Cheaper than a Fortnite skin.

@therealjaxon that’s the worst post I’ve ever read here 😅 you’re pointing out pride marches has gay men being flamboyant as something negative to say about them? It’s about being whoever they want to be without prejudice but you’re saying they shouldn’t act that way if they don’t want to be targeted for comedy? Actually your opinion is depressing. I think this should be an off topic thread?

Off to spend the weekend with a couple of mates, thought I’d pick up a third pad to go along with the Pro Controller and the Hori wired pad. I wondered why this was 20 quid cheaper than the official Pro pad. Turns out it’s because it’s old school battery time. Has mappable buttons on the back for whatever reason. It’s one of these if anyone’s interested. The shop also had a GameCube style pad which was tempting.

My copy of Persona Q 2 arrived while I was away. I should put more time in to the original

in an effort to cut this off and try to keep this sort of on topic. @OCH the amount of times you've been told by multiple people, people who knew you on Gtm and those that didn't that your posts sometimes come across as arrogant or smug, at a certain point you need to look at why that is. I don't consider any one here to be stupid, if multiple people are coming to the same conclusion you need to look at what you're doing, and I mean you need to because we can't all be having this conversation every other week. You make some good points, but try to find a way to get your point across in a way that isn't going to just bring you confrontation everyone else, and I'm aware I don't have the best track record with this, you don't have to bite at everything, you can just ignore things every now and then on topic, I never liked FF7 when I played it back in the day, in fact I've never really liked any FF game, but seeing this has kind of tempted me to pick the Switch version up (of the original) at some point. Maybe I should go back to 15 at some point too

MFGamers Podcast - Desert Island Sly Reflex @Sly Reflex, aka Simon, speaks to the mysterious island caretaker about his choices on the MFG desert island. What games will he choose? And what games will he screw over other people and delete? Theme remix by me, from the original by @wiivo 2.0. Background music and production by me. Download the episode here. Subscribe to the feed here. iTunes link - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mfgamers/id1318429602 Non-iTunes feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/mfgamerspodcast Note 1: Please keep game choices in spoiler tags for those who haven't listened to it yet. Note 2: Anyone who wants to travel to the island and share their choices should PM me as soon as possible. The longer you leave it, the more other people will screw you over by deleting your favourite games.

MFGamers Podcast - Desert Island DANGERMAN @DANGERMAN, aka Ben, speaks to the mysterious island caretaker about his choices on the MFG desert island. What games will he choose? And what games will he screw over other people and delete? Theme remix by me, from the original by @wiivo 2.0. Background music and production by me. Download the episode here. Subscribe to the feed here. iTunes link - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mfgamers/id1318429602 Non-iTunes feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/mfgamerspodcast Note 1: Please keep game choices in spoiler tags for those who haven't listened to it yet. Note 2: Anyone who wants to travel to the island and share their choices should PM me as soon as possible. The longer you leave it, the more other people will screw you over by deleting your favourite games.

Play/Want/Bin February 2019 - Part 1 @Jimbo Xiii and @DANGERMAN sum up their play/want/bin selections for February 2019. Part 2 with forum contributions will be available soon. Theme by @wiivo 2.0, background music and production by me. Download the episode here. Subscribe to the feed here. iTunes link - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mfgamers/id1318429602 Non-iTunes feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/mfgamerspodcast

MFGamers Podcast - Music From Games volume 16 More game music, chosen by @Craymen Edge, @DANGERMAN, @DifferentClass, @illdog, @Jimbo Xiii, me, @Middle_Class_Hero, @retroed, @Sly Reflex, @spatular and @wiivo 2.0. Theme music arrangement by me from the original theme by @wiivo 2.0. Download the episode here. Subscribe to the feed here. iTunes link - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mfgamers/id1318429602 Non-iTunes feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/mfgamerspodcast

Play/Want/Bin January 2019 Join me and @DANGERMAN as we sum up our play/want/bin selections for January 2019, with contributions from @bellow, @Blakey, @DifferentClass, @mfnick, @Nag, @radiofloyd, @AndyKurosaki, @Whiskey_chaser, @Snaggletoothand @Middle_Class_Hero. Theme by @wiivo 2.0, background music by @Hendo and production by @Jimbo Xiii. Download the episode here. Subscribe to the feed here. iTunes link - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mfgamers/id1318429602 Non-iTunes feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/mfgamerspodcast

Remember me posting about this last year? The gaming exhibition was back again. I only had half an hour spare but heres some pics.. I don't if it was because it's a regional 2 week holiday here but it was super busy.

MFGamers Podcast - Christmas Memories 2017 I host @Jimbo Xiiii and @DANGERMAN, who discuss social gaming, dubious uncles and laying down the foundations for the next generation of game players all with a festive twist. Excuse the amateurishness of this show, we were sort of new to it back then. MFG Intro/Outro Originally composed by @wiivo 2.0 - Remixed into the Christmas theme by @Hendo. Music credits in spoiler. Download the episode here. Subscribe to the feed here. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mfgamers/id1318429602 Like what you heard? Come back on Sunday for a brand new episode.

MFGamers Podcast - 20 Questions Episode 12 I host a surprise guest who I asked 20 gaming related questions. Hosted and edited by Simon, with thanks to the surprise guest. Intro/Outro by @wiivo 2.0 Background music by @Hendo Download the episode here. Subscribe to the feed here. iTunes link - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mfgamers/id1318429602 Non-iTunes feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/mfgamerspodcast

Decorating complete, final set up and never being moved again (until the next time🙄)... I hate cables...

MFGamers Podcast - 20 Questions Episode 10 I host a surprise guest who I asked 20 gaming related questions. Hosted and edited by Simon, with thanks to the surprise guest. Intro/Outro by @wiivo 2.0 Background music by @Hendo Additional editing by @Hendo Download the episode here. Subscribe to the feed here. iTunes link - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mfgamers/id1318429602 Non-iTunes feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/mfgamerspodcast

MFGamers Podcast - Play/Want/Bin September 2018 Me and @DANGERMAN sum up our play/want/bin selections for September 2018, with contributions from @Blakey, @Chimay, @DifferentClass, @illdog, @Jimbo Xiii @regemond, @Sly Reflex and @wiivo 2.0. Theme by @wiivo 2.0, background music and production by me. Download the episode here. Subscribe to the feed here. iTunes link - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mfgamers/id1318429602 Non-iTunes feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/mfgamerspodcast

Just had a few goes of this. It gets intense, doesn't it?? Anyway, I can't see me doing better than this any time soon... Dude who won was on fire!

It’s not as bad as easy allies made out with its 5.5. Eurogamer must be drunk to give it 1/5. It very much falls into the 6.5 - 7/10 ball park. I cant stress enough that depending on how much you enjoyed the previous two entries will greatly determine how invested you’d be with this newest adventure. I’ve only played and completed the first game of the in game console which is an isometric brawler. It’s better than I’d expected while also being pretty straight forward. Level design so far is very simple but I was surprised to learn I’d missed some secrets a long the way. Its only £25 Digitally without the season pass and I’d say that feels the top end of acceptable from what I’ve played and enjoyed of it so far. Also it’s obsessed with tee shirts 🤷🏻‍♂️

So the character creator... NSFW You probably don't want anything to do with a 'Ring Out' around this guy. I don't care how much you're into it.

MFGamers Podcast - Predictions Part 1 Join @Blakey and I as we predict how things will turn out for the games coming out up to March 2019. Featuring contributions from @Hendo, @Chimay, @regemond, @ThreeFour, @radiofloyd, @Nag and @Jimbo Xiii Music credits in the spoiler. Have a look after you've listened. Download the episode here. Subscribe to the feed here.