2022

Overwatch 2 has launched and saying it’s had issues is an understatement. Leading up to launch came news that you needed a phone number in order to play Overwatch 2. This wouldn’t have been so bad, but prepaid phones didn’t count. This meant that if you had Mint Mobile or similar, you wouldn’t be able to play the game. Imagine spending hundreds if not thousands of hours in Overwatch and not being able to play anymore because you had a prepaid phone.

If only that was the only issue they faced. At launch, they had long queue times to even load the game and even getting to the front of the queue didn’t mean you could play the game. A lot of people would sit in the queue, get to 0 people ahead of them, then get reset back to 40,000 people in front of them. For those that could get in, some reported that all of their stuff was missing from the first game. Not even just skins, but characters themselves had to be unlocked as if it was their first time playing.

To be fair these issues weren’t all Blizzard’s fault, on launch day they did experience a DDOS attack. Players were also able to bypass queue times by changing regions, personally I was instantly loading into games when I changed over to Asia’s servers. Blizzard also released a statement saying if you played Overwatch then you wouldn’t need a phone number in order to play the second game. Things are looking better for the game.

Battlepass

There is no word yet if Blizzard will be extending the season or battlepass. It would make sense if they did. People paid for the premium battle pass, but aren’t able to actually play it due to their issues. Getting some kind of compensation for the missed days could make a lot of people more forgiving toward the company. Even if they don’t extend the season, they could give some free tiers to those affected.

While Microsoft doesn’t own Activision Blizzard yet, the deal is getting closer to being done. Brazil just gave their approval and it’s possible that it’s done before January 1, 2023. There’s no telling if or what changes they would make, but it is possible that they would change the battlepass for Overwatch and Call of Duty to be like Halo’s. Halo’s battlepass doesn’t expire. You can go back to previous season’s battlepasses at anytime, so if you don’t complete it in the season, you can always go back to it in the future to do so. It’s entirely possible that Overwatch and Call of Duty could change to follow that model.

How are you liking Overwatch 2 so far? What issues have you come across?

On Sunday morning the first gameplay seemingly leaked from the upcoming GTA6. If this is legitimate, it’s the first look we have at the game. It was rumored for years that the game would have both male and female playable characters and feature Vice City. This video seems to confirm both those rumors.

The video, embedded below, features, gunplay, dialogue, robberies, some interesting unfinished assets (those strippers just look like the sex dolls from Saints Row), and more. The debug tools that appear on screen appear to be those same ones from Red Dead Redemption 2. If they’re using the same engine, that would make sense that they do.

Teapotuberhacker claims that these came from Rockstar’s internal Slack groups, but some aren’t convinced. Reusing so much of Grand Theft Auto 5’s assets has some people convinced that these are fake. It’s been nine years since the fifth game came out and it’s been updated multiple times for PC and throughout generations of consoles, so it could make sense why the game is reusing assets. The assets could also be placeholders and not meant to ship with the final release of the game.

GTA6 was confirmed earlier this year and was said it would be released when Rockstar was ready, but if legitimate, the video proves that it could be pretty far along in development. Could we see it release next year? Ten years from the release of GTA5 could be the goal. I know if this is legit, I am excited. I can’t wait to get back into a GTA game and seeing as how GTA5 is the only Grand Theft Auto that I completed the story (so far) I can’t wait to get into whatever comes next.

Earlier this week, it was revealed that new heroes in Overwatch 2 would be unlocked in their free tier Battle Pass system. This means that you will potentially need to grind hours of the game in order to play any new hero. On the other hand you can pay to unlock the tiers instantly, essentially making it pay to win. The first character to be done this way is the new healer, Kiriko. Alternatively, Kiriko will be available at launch with the purchase of the Watch Point pack. What happens after the season is over? They said that you would still be able to unlock previous heroes in some way.

Gamers are upset with this news and they have not been silent about it. Twitter and Reddit are full of disappointed and upset people. Some have even said that it would kill their game before it even launches.

Microsoft’s Purchase

Assuming that Microsoft’s purchase goes through, it is possible that the way the heroes are unlocked changes. The way Halo handles their battle pass system is that you can go back and complete previous battle passes once the season is over. Halo’s battle pass system is also only for unlocking cosmetics though and not abilities or anything that could potentially change the game. In a competitive game like Overwatch not having a hero unlocked could be the difference between a win or not, so we will see if Microsoft or even Blizzard change their plans.

Kiriko Leaked

Less than a day after the battle pass stuff came to light, Kiriko’s reveal trailer was leaked. You can watch it below, but it is in Spanish only.

What do you think of the way they plan to do their battle pass? Should battle passes only contain non-game changing things such as emotes and cosmetics? Let us know your thoughts.

My insurance made us do an appraisal earlier this year and because of the pictures the appraiser took, they are now requiring an electrical and plumbing inspection to be done. We got the plumbing one done two weeks ago and on Thursday we will be getting the electrical one done. The plumber marked down every spot that he found corrosion. He also recommended a new water heater. My insurance took the recommendations and are now requiring I get it done. We probably should get a new water heater, but the fact that they are requiring one is annoying.

My hope is that the electrical inspection doesn’t come back with nearly as many changes. I know electrical panels are usually only good for around 30 years, so I anticipate that needing to be upgraded. We may, possibly need the amps coming into the house increased as well. Checking each outlet (which all work) will hopefully not have any issues at all.

I get it, they want to ensure that any preventative measures are taken care of so they don’t need to pay. At the same time, I have never put in a claim. I don’t know if I ever would put in an insurance claim. We’ve had some flooding here, due to a pump that wasn’t working, we just removed the rug and got some moisture detectors.

I’ve been working like crazy to be able to be able to recoup some of this money we’ll be shelling out. That’s why there’s been a lack of posts here. All I’ve been doing is working and streaming for the most part. After Thursday hopefully things will be less stressful. Depending on how everything goes, I might be able to do a write up for Ubisoft Forward on Saturday, maybe Disney+ Day on Friday. We’ll see what happens.

As posted by dbdleaks on Twitter, we have our first look at Wesker, Rebecca, and Ada for the Resident Evil: W chapter of DBD.  So far it looks like we’re just getting the standard cosmetics, but how great would it be if we got a Lance Reddick skin for Dead by Daylight? Maybe we could eventually get a Billy legendary cosmetic for Rebecca. The show may have not been the best, but he was great in it.

Like Nemesis, Wesker is going to be able to infect you with a virus (this time the Uroboros virus) which you can heal with a new disposable item, First Aid Spray. His perks are Superior Anatomy, Awakened Awareness, and Terminus. The survivors’ perks aren’t fully revealed as of yet, but right now for Ada they are Wiretap, Reactive Healing, and Low Profile. Rebecca’s perks are currently Better than New, Reassurance, and Hyperfocus.

Wesker’s Perks

Superor Anatomy

When a survivor fast vaults within 8 meters of you, your normal speed is increased by 30/35/40% for 3 seconds. It deactivates once you vault and has a cooldown of 30 seconds.

Awakened Awareness

When carrying a survivor you can see the aura of other survivors within 16/18/20 meters of you. Auras stay visible for 2 seconds after you stop carrying the survivor.

Terminus

When exit gates are powered, the perk activates. Injured, downed, and hooked survivors are inflicted with broken until the gates are opened. After the gates are opened they will stay broken for 20/25/30 seconds after the gates are opened.

Survivor Perks

As mentioned, survivor perks aren’t finished yet, but as of right now they appear to be for Ada:

Wiretap

Allows her to spu on a killer

Reactive Healing

Gain a surge of healing when her allies are hurt

Low Profile

Leave no trace when you’re the final survivor.

And for Rebecca:

Better Than New

Give her teammates speed boosts

Reassurance

Give temporary relief to struggling allies

Hyperfocus

Complete skill checks at increased speed.

Stranger Things

On top of the Resident Evil W leaks, they also posted videos of the rumored new Stranger Things map. There is no telling when the map will be out, but it looks like it’s still early in the development process. There’s no telling if this will replace the old Hawkins map or if this is a rework of it. This new one appears to be more of how it looked in season 4 and while they could just have it be a different wing of the lab, it will probably replace it. There’s no way to know right now if we will see the old map return or if they will hold off and only release this new map. With the map looking more like it did in season 4 of the show, it is a very good possibility that we see Vecna make an appearance as a killer in the future too.

Wesker should be officially announced on Wednesday, August 3 when Behaviour streams their Behaviour Beyond event. Right now, that is all that has been confirmed as they announced they would reveal what the W stands for, but anything else is anyone’s guess. It could be that they announce Stranger Things return or they will make a smaller announcement on Twitter for that in the future. It’s also speculated that we will see new games that Behaviour has been working on, their last one being Death Garden (RIP).

What do you think? Are you excited for the Behaviour Beyond event? Will you be playing Ada, Rebecca, or Wesker when they come out? Let us know.

Marvel Studios, the company behind some of the biggest blockbusters of the last decade, are apparently cheap. According to new reports, while the studio pays its actors well, they undercut other talent. Vulture is reporting that the studio underpays and overworks visual effects companies. According to one VFX artist, they’ve had coworkers break down and cry next to them because of the amount of hours they were working. “I was working seven days a week, averaging 64 hours a week on a good week.”

When a movie studio is looking for a visual effects studio, they typically take bids. A lot of times studios will take the lower bids to save money, but the staff still needs to get paid for their time. What ends up happening is that the studio can only pay for one to two people working on the project. Sometimes that work could be enough for ten people. When the budget doesn’t allow that many people, two end up doing the job of ten. This isn’t exclusive to Marvel though, every studio does it. What happens if it’s just not possible to meet the deadline?

For a lot of studios, the studio can push back and say what isn’t possible and negotiate to meet the deadline. When it comes to Marvel Studios, they are releasing a new movie or show every few months now, so they have a lot of work for these companies. With the work comes the amount of pushback that they can do. If the VFX studio can’t deliver what they find acceptable, they can blacklist them. A studio being blacklisted from Marvel Studios means that they are losing out on a lot of potential revenue.

Comic Creators

Visual Effects Studios aren’t the only ones being underpaid. The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Marvel Studios isn’t paying the creators of these characters. These characters make the studio millions of dollars every year. The creators of the characters are only getting paid a fraction of that and sometimes they aren’t even being paid that full amount. In 2021, Yelena Belova creators were supposed to be paid $25,000 for her appearance in Black Widow. They were paid $5,000. When Yelena appeared in the Hawkeye series, they were supposed to be paid $1,000 for each episode she appeared in. The creators were only paid $300 each.

Is It Actually Marvel?

Marvel Studios undercut Scarlet Johansson’s box office bonus when they released Black Widow on Disney+ and in theaters at the same time. Johansson sued Marvel Studios and Disney in 2021, eventually settling the lawsuit for an undisclosed amount of money. The head of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, was apparently upset at Disney’s plan to put the movie on Disney+. He apparently wanted to side with Johansson, but couldn’t do so as the company head.

Disney also has a history of not paying artists in their other franchises. In 2020, Alan Dean Foster posted an open letter saying he hadn’t received any royalty payments for his Star Wars novels since Star Wars was bought by Disney. Foster then stopped receiving royalties for his Alien novels after they bought Fox. Foster has since been paid, but there are other artists that haven’t been.

Disney released a statement last year saying “We are carefully reviewing whether any royalty payments may have been missed as a result of acquisition integration and will take appropriate remedial steps if that is the case”. Since then the problems have persisted. Artist’s agents have said that Marvel Entertainment is the most cooperative of Disney’s subsidiaries when it comes to resolving payments. Even though that is the case, payments can still be lower than anticipated. They can also take more than a year to be received.

While streaming on Twitch with Marvel Avengers’ lead designer, Brian Waggoner, Techniq may have accidentally revealed the game’s next hero. He said “my acting coach is actually the voice of She-Hulk. I won’t say her name because I don’t think that’s public knowledge yet but I think it was announced”. Waggoner said “We’re working on our next hero, who we haven’t said who it’s going to be yet. There will be a time for that. The focus right now is celebrating the work the team did on Jane. When it’s time to talk about who’s next, we’ll talk about who’s next”. The two were streaming on Twitch together in preparation of Mighty Thor, which sees Jane Foster’s Thor come over from an alternate timeline.

Jane’s Thor release isn’t a coincidence, as the MCU is preparing for Thor Love and Thunder to be released soon. While the game and the MCU are not related, it is typical that the game introduces upcoming characters that will appear in the MCU. They’ve released Hawkeye and Kate Bishop before the Hawkeye show debuted. Spiderman came out a few months before No Way Home did. It is a good way for people to get some familiarity with the character before hand without needing to read years of comics. Unlike Haweye, Kate Bishop, and Black Panther’s releases, Mighty Thor will be limited. It’s more like Spiderman’s debut where there’s not many centralized missions for the character and it doesn’t do much to move the story along.

Other Rumored Characters

She-Hulk joining Marvel Avengers wouldn’t be the last character, if the rumors are true. In fact there is a list of characters that will be coming after She-Hulk and the order in which they will debut. Winter Soldier, Captain Marvel, and War Machine are supposedly the next three. Take it with a grain of salt though, as the rumors didn’t mention Jane Foster’s Thor and she’s now in the game, though the list could be for full chapters, like Black Panther was. Other characters that have been data-mined from the files are Ant-Man, Dr. Strange, Falcon, Mar-Vell, Mockingbird, Quake, Scarlet Witch, Spider-Woman, Vision, Wasp. Ant-Man is the interesting one in that list as he appears in the game, but isn’t allowed to use his powers anymore.

Since the MCU is different, a chapter doesn’t need to promote an MCU property and it doesn’t always done that. If it did, then Dr. Strange, Scarlet Witch, and Vision would have probably been out with WandaVision or Dr. Strange. Falcon and Winter Soldier would have possibly come out during their show as well. It is possible that the shows were supposed to premiere before the game did, but Covid changed those plans. We know WandaVision was delayed, but we don’t know what the original release date was, it’s possible that it was supposed to release before the game even debuted.

What characters do you want to see added to the game? I think Quake and Mockingbird would be great. I would love to see them in the MCU again. Having them in the game could help introduce people to them who didn’t read comics or watch the show.

It’s been rumored that Gears of War is going to get a Marcus Fenix Collection, similar to the Halo Master Chief Collection. It was rumored to be revealed this year at Summer Game Fest, but we had no such announcement. The Coalition stated a few months ago that they are starting work on the next Gears of War game. It wasn’t officially named, but it’s possible the next game is Gears of War 6 and not the Marcus Fenix Collection. So does this mean that the rumored game doesn’t exist? Maybe not.

Marcus Fenix

Marcus Fenix is a legendary war hero.  He is a formerly retired soldier in the Coalition of Ordered Governments army. He fought in the Pendulum and Locust Wars. Even though when we meet him he is in jail for abandoning his post, he did so to try and save his father. He was pivotal in ending the Locust War and was the star of the first three Gears of War games. After the games he retires and settles down and has a family. In Gears 5 and 6 we play as his son JD. Marcus will presumably be back in Gears of War 6.

Gears 6?

Gears 6 is presumably going to wrap up the storyline that started in Gears of War 4. In most cases there is a huge gut wrenching moment in the third of a trilogy. In Gears of War 3 this moment happens when Marcus’ friend and fellow COG, Dom, sacrifices himself. Could Marcus be the one to sacrifice himself in Gears 6? He would do it if it meant saving his son. His son is the reason he went back to being a soldier. His son could be a reason for him to sacrifice himself to save JD.

Marcus Fenix Collection

Unlike the Master Chief Collection, which was released with Chief being alive and having a new game on the way, could this collection be something different? Could The Coalition be looking to move on from the Fenix era? What if the Marcus Fenix Collection is going to be the last hurrah for him? He could die in 6 and then they remaster Gears 2 and 3 and release all 6 (maybe 7 if it includes Judgement) in a collection. Perhaps even have the collection come out as part of Gears 6. A legendary edition of it where it comes with all 6 games remastered with Gears 6 being the base game and the others as extra content? Other companies have done something similar.

Though it wasn’t six games, when South Park: Fractured but Whole came out, if you preordered it you got a remaster of South Park Stick of Truth for free. When Fallout 4 was announced, if you preordered it, you got Fallout 3 for free. Maybe The Coalition would do something where they have the remasters finished and if you preorder Gears 6, you get Gears 1-5 that day to catch up on the story. Gears 2, 3, and Judgement never had a PC release either, so to have all Gears games on PC seems like it would be a goal for them, especially since Microsoft and Xbox have been big in pushing Xbox or PC gaming in the last few years.

What do you think of the Marcus Fenix rumors? Do you think the insiders’ reports of it coming are real? What do you think the chances are that it is a bundle released before Gears 6 or as part of a legendary bundle with Gears 6? Let me know.

Is Dead by Daylight headed back to the Upside Down? Last year the Stranger Things DLC was pulled from stores when Netflix didn’t renew their contract with the game. While the characters stayed in the game if you already owned them, the Hawkins Laboratory map was removed. The perks from each character were renamed and put into base game perks. Over the weekend it was reported by DBDLeaks on Twitter that Netflix had contacted Behaviour Entertainment about a new chapter and getting their previous one back into stores. The new chapter would see Vecna, the big bad from season 4 join the game. On July 27,2022, the last part was debunked, meaning that Vecna probably is not coming to the game. The other stuff reported could still be happening though.

Investigating Stranger Thins leak right now as 'Vecna' model turned out to be fanmade. Parts of evidence provided supporting this leak is still legit for me. I would take it with grain of salt right now, although as I said, I still don't have enough information to fully debunk it

— DBDLeaks (@LeaksDbd) June 27, 2022

If the content is added back into the game, there is probably going to be confusion over the perks. As mentioned, they were renamed and made part of the base game, so would they then go back to their characters with the original name? Would these survivors have no perks? Steve, Nancy, and the Demogorgon came with the DLC and each one had some cosmetics you could purchase on top of the characters. One cosmetic was Johnathon. If the DLC does come back, could we eventually have new cosmetics, like Joyce, Hopper, Robyn, or Murray? It’s possible that they’d need the actors’ agreement on top of Netflix’s or else we’d get models that don’t match the characters, like Laurie Strode or the original Quentin Smith.

But Why?

Netflix has been focusing more on gaming, to the point it was part of Summer Game Fest. Between Netflix raising the price of their service, on top of their content being offensive to some groups, the company has been losing a lot of subscribers. They lost so much revenue that they laid off over 400 people in the last few months. It’s possibly they are looking for more revenue sources. Getting the DLC back into Dead by Daylight makes a lot of sense as a source of cash flow. It’s already done and basically won’t cost them anything, plus it is great advertising for the show. Stranger Things is one of the most popular franchises they have. It’s ending with season 5, but there have been talks of a spinoff potentially happening. The final episodes of season 4 premiere on July 1.

Are you excited for the prospect of a return to the Hawkins Lab? Maybe a reworked Hawkins Lab like they’ve done with Lampkin Lane? Personally I’d be excited. Hawkins Lab could be difficult to run, but it was a very unique map.

In 2020 the fifth Fable game was announced, tentatively just called Fable. Unlike the other main Fable games, this is not being made by Lionshead Studios. Lionshead Studios shut down in 2016 and their last game, Fable Legends, was cancelled. This time Playground Games is working on the franchise. This is their first project that isn’t Forza related.

What is Fable?

Fable and its sequels are RPG games. The stories are all mostly standalone with the world being the same one, just progressing through time through each game. In the three main games of the series, Theresa, a blind seeress is related to the hero, first as his sister, and subsequently the hero is a descendent of her brother. Fable: The Journey, which is a Kinect spinoff game, has Theresa appears again, this time not related to the main character. In Fable: The Journey, Theresa dies and the hero, Gabriel, becomes the new seer.

What about the new game?

Besides a trailer in 2020, nothing is confirmed about the new game. Since Fable was announced, Microsoft finished the acquisition of Bethesda Software, which focuses heavily on RPG games. They’ve made the Elder Scrolls and Fallout Series and in early 2023, they will be launching Starfield. It’s possible that Xbox wanted all eyes on Starfield when that launches, which is why we haven’t seen anything regarding Halo in a few years. My bet is that the next time we see it will be at E3 2023, after Starfield launches. It may even be one of the biggest games shown at next year’s show.

There’s speculation that it is a complete reboot of the series, either taking place many years after the four games where no character is connected to the past or that it will start from scratch and the previous games never happened. The trailer was just a tease and nothing has been confirmed or denied so far. It could be a remake of the original Fable game as well for all we know.

What’s on my Fable wishlist?

I love Fable. Even though I didn’t play the sequels until earlier this year, but the original game I put a lot of time into. I never did play the Kinect game though and I think a lot of people are the same. It may not have been bad, but you needed a Kinect on the Xbox 360 meaning that the game was on rails. If you’re going to do an RPG it needs to be as open as possible, in my opinion. I put a lot of time into Skyrim when I played it last year, mainly because I kept finding new and exciting things to do. I don’t see how you could do that on a Kinect game. So what is my ultimate wishlist for the next Fable game?

Don’t reboot the franchise

Let everything that happened happen. Seeing the old Guild hall through the centuries was one of the best parts of the series. I love how it goes from this place where heroes gather and get quests to destroyed in the second one to the old kings secret santuary in the third one.

Maybe not everything

Theresa was a huge part of the series. She guided the hero whether it was her brother or a king, she was there to show them the way. If that means that they need to pretend that Fable: The Journey never happened, so be it.

Make it truly open world

Going from area to area would be an amazing experience in that world. Even if the cities would be separate and the inside would be separate from the world map, like Skyrim, it would be great to go from Bowerstone to Oakfield without needing to load into multiple areas.

More side quests. When you have Bethesda as a partner under Xbox, consult with them if you need more side quests. On top of side quests I’d love to have more jobs too. In Fable 3 making the pies was great and being a blacksmith in 2 was pretty fun as well. The main game can be a lot of fun, but people get lost in side quests and it would make people play the game that much longer.

Customizable characters

Part of the fun of Fable 3 was going around fighting in a chicken suit. I’d love to be able to mix and match outfits. We should also be able to choose our gender like in the second game. Any weapons, hair styles, etc should be available within those shops and not found on the map randomly. If anything some outfits and hairstyles should be unlocked by doing certain missions.

Weapons, Weapons, Weapons

Fable 3 was odd in that your weapon grew more powerful and changed appearance. Give us choices of weapons, weights of hammers and swords. Ability to choose two handed weapons or single handed weapons and a shield. Maybe even two single handed weapons in each hand. If you’re going to have guns in the game, have them alert the enemies when it’s shot, but if you use a bow, let it be more stealthy. Maybe ability to customize the weapons via skins as well, I’d love to hit people with a tiger print sword.

What is on your Fable wishlist? Are you excited about the new game? When do you think it will be released? Let me know in the comments.

It’s no shock that my eating habits were horrible up until my heart attack. We’d have takeout multiple times a week some weeks and a lot of times that consisted of burgers for me. Sure I’d get the occasional salad from some place that delivered, but McDonald’s got rid of salads years ago. I haven’t eaten McDonald’s since January 31st. I will admit that I miss their French fries and sweet and sour sauce, but really if I am going to get a take out burger now, I am going to go some place with better quality meat, especially since I only have been eating burgers twice a month, if that. So far that has been one of the local places or Wendy’s.

Friendly’s was my absolute favorite burger place. Last year due to a lack of people willing to work for next to no pay, the Rehoboth Beach location was forced to close. This means that the next closest Friendly’s location is 45 minutes away in Dover. I may like burgers, but I am not traveling 45 minutes just for some meat and cheese. A few weeks ago I drove by the old Friendly’s building and they were working on it. It appears that it is going to be reopening soon with a drive through. This means that I can get Friendly’s take out without leaving my car. Is this lazy? Absolutely. Am I oddly excited about it? Yes. I’ve never seen a Friendly’s with a drive through window before, so for a restaurant that has been part of my life since I was a child, this is exciting the kid in me.

You get somewhat emotionally attached to a franchise and its food because you ate there growing up.

I remember going to Friendly’s for ice cream after getting my tonsils out growing up. Kris and I would go to Friendly’s in New York a lot. It’s just one of those chains that has delicious food with some memories attached to the franchise. It’s weird how that works right? You get somewhat emotionally attached to a franchise and its food because you ate there growing up. Through good times and hardships that can be the one stable constant in your life. Friendly’s is one of these kinds of things for me. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that they have good food and ice cream as well.

I haven’t had a cheeseburger since May and it’s now June 21st. I am not sure when Friendly’s is reopening, but I am seriously considering not having any red meat at all, just so I can have it as close to opening day as possible. It is summer though and summer at the beach means tourists. So many people show up and just congest everything. Traffic, restaurants, super markets, everything is just very busy in the summer. We don’t even go out around the Fourth of July because of how nuts everything is here. If it opens next week, we’ll probably be waiting at least a week or two to eat it. In theory I could have a burger now and still be able to eat Friendly’s once they open, but I’m still trying to get down to my goal weight.

That’s another reason I’m looking forward to Friendly’s having a drive through, on days where it hurts to walk and we’re getting take out, I don’t need to go in and be in pain.

I am no where near as heavy as I once was, but I am still heavier than I should be. Granted it’s only 40 pounds now, but I am still trying to lose the rest. I’ve gotten to a point that it just doesn’t want to come off though. I probably need to increase my activity, which I have been trying to do, but I’ve been stagnant the last few weeks. It doesn’t help that my foot randomly flares up due to the pills I am on, which makes moving difficult. That’s another reason I’m looking forward to Friendly’s having a drive through, on days where it hurts to walk and we’re getting take out, I don’t need to go in and be in pain.

Pain or not, weight loss or not, I think it’s important to have these kinds of treats every now and then and I can’t wait to be able to finally eat one of my favorite burgers again. If you don’t overdo it, it should be fine, right?

In my last post I talked about the things that I am hyped about that were announced, but what about the disappoints? Games are great, but sometimes there’s rumors and leaks that just aren’t discussed. They may be announced at a later time, but when you’re hoping they are shown and aren’t then it can suck. So what are the ones that were missed this year that I was hoping for?

Final Fantasy VII Remake

I would love it to be announced for Xbox, but even if I need to play it on PC or PS5, I’d like to at least know when part 2 is coming. I’d also love to know how many parts there are and the projected release date for them. I put in many hours of the original Final Fantasy VII and haven’t touched the remake because I just want to play it all the way through, like I did growing up. The 25th anniversary of VII has a conference today though, it’s not officially part of Summer Game Fest, so it wasn’t on the schedule, but it is possible they show something today. With the console exclusive tag being removed from Sony’s store, it being announced for Switch or Xbox is a huge possibility.

GoldenEye Remake

Earlier this year Achievements were leaked for this unannounced game. More were leaked early this month as well. It was rumored to be a Nintendo Switch and Xbox game. Unfortunately it wasn’t shown during the Xbox conference and so far there’s nothing official saying it could be anywhere else. Nintendo is rumored to be doing a Nintendo Direct later this month though. Could we see GoldenEye at a Nintedo event? It’s a possibility they have the right to announce it first. We’ll see by the 30th if any of this comes true.

Fable

Fable was announced a few years ago with a short teaser. Since then nothing has been shown of the game. Is it even still in development at this point? Probably. Since it’s announcement, Microsoft has acquired Bethesda and they are king of the RPG. With Starfield so close to release, it’s possible that they want to put that out and then show something next year regarding the game.

Gears of War: Marcus Fenix Collection

This was a game that I was hoping would be real. Gears of War 6 is going to be using the new Unreal Engine, so I was hoping we would see a collection of games before that. I have streamed every single main Gears game to date, so to do it all again on their latest console with amazing graphics is something that I’d really love to do.

Was there anything you were hoping to see? Do you think we could see some of these games get announced before 2022 is out? I know I am still holding out some hope.