The Video Game Thread

**wickedsolo** · 06-02-2018, 03:52 PM

Oh god dammit.

I get home and realize I got the Elder Scrolls Online...not Skyrim.

No returns either. :-/

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**Bhcforlife** · 06-02-2018, 07:50 PM

Originally Posted by Ortizer

1) that's awesome
2) built or bought on the pc?
3) what's a framemeister?

I built it. It's a couple years old but I upgrade pretty consistently.

Framemeister is a device that converts your old consoles to an HDMI input and upscales them. Older consoles generally look pretty bad on new TVs, this fixes that. I heard it described once as a CRT TV in a box and that's pretty accurate.

Originally Posted by wickedsolo

Oh god dammit.

I get home and realize I got the Elder Scrolls Online...not Skyrim.

No returns either. :-/

TESO is awesome. Give it a try. It's honestly very similar to Skyrim, just with other people running around.

**wickedsolo** · 06-02-2018, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by Bhcforlife

I built it. It's a couple years old but I upgrade pretty consistently.

Framemeister is a device that converts your old consoles to an HDMI input and upscales them. Older consoles generally look pretty bad on new TVs, this fixes that. I heard it described once as a CRT TV in a box and that's pretty accurate.

TESO is awesome. Give it a try. It's honestly very similar to Skyrim, just with other people running around.

I’ll give it a whirl.

I’m just not into the multi player thing.

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**GreatWhiteNorthRaven** · 06-02-2018, 08:36 PM

FIFA is solid. I dont know why but I always liked soccer video games. Couldnt pay me to watch a game on TV though.

**wickedsolo** · 06-02-2018, 09:01 PM

I used to love the NHL games on Sega Genesis.

I haven’t tried a hockey game on any of the newer consoles though I have been tempted.

I’m just not a huge hockey fan to begin with, so I don’t really have a team.

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**Ortizer** · 06-02-2018, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by wickedsolo

Good call on Toys R Us. Totally forgot they were liquidating.

No more consoles though, I did pick up Skyrim for $20.

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Too bad they didn't have anymore consoles. Awesome deal on skyrim though.

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**Ortizer** · 06-02-2018, 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by Bhcforlife

I built it. It's a couple years old but I upgrade pretty consistently.

Framemeister is a device that converts your old consoles to an HDMI input and upscales them. Older consoles generally look pretty bad on new TVs, this fixes that. I heard it described once as a CRT TV in a box and that's pretty accurate.

TESO is awesome. Give it a try. It's honestly very similar to Skyrim, just with other people running around.

Interesting. I have my Ps2 running through my AVR and it's doing ok. Need to try my nes still. Don't suppose it fixes timing for the Nintendo blaster? Don't think it's possible but would be nice.

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**Bhcforlife** · 06-02-2018, 10:01 PM

I got into the new NHL games a few years ago. They are about the same as EA's output in Madden and FIFA, solid enough games with their fair share of flaws.

If you have Xbox I highly recommend EA Access. It's $5 a month, you get a bunch of free EA games and they add more often. The current versions of NHL and NBA Live (which is actually quite good) are both on there now, for example. You also get a free 10 hours of play on pretty much everything they put out.

**GreatWhiteNorthRaven** · 06-02-2018, 10:27 PM

NHL has so much potential, but they just haven't put work into it since they switched to the new gen consoles.

I've recently been playing NHL2k on my 360. It's unfrotuante how much better 2k as a company is than EA. EA really robbed the fans by monopolizing the licenses of NHL and NFL.

**Ortizer** · 06-02-2018, 11:24 PM

Originally Posted by GreatWhiteNorthRaven

NHL has so much potential, but they just haven't put work into it since they switched to the new gen consoles.

I've recently been playing NHL2k on my 360. It's unfrotuante how much better 2k as a company is than EA. EA really robbed the fans by monopolizing the licenses of NHL and NFL.

True. I never played 2k, but loved blitz.

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**GreatWhiteNorthRaven** · 06-03-2018, 08:39 AM

Anyone ever play city builders? I know I already mentioend it, but Cities: Skylines is a heck of a lot of fun.

One of those games I can get absorbed in and play for hours.

**Bhcforlife** · 06-03-2018, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by GreatWhiteNorthRaven

Anyone ever play city builders? I know I already mentioend it, but Cities: Skylines is a heck of a lot of fun.

One of those games I can get absorbed in and play for hours.

Yep. That's a genre I cut my gaming teeth on way back when with games like Caesar, SimCity and The Settlers. My two favorite recent ones are called Banished and Kingdoms and Castles. I put a lot of time into Cities also, as well as the flawed most recent SimCity game.