Brute Force Competition 2022

[DarthMol]

Coming back to a game you used to play

Tonight I reinstalled Rocket League to play with friends, one of whom was trying it out for the first time. It’s been ages since I last played. It only took a few minutes to remember how fun this game is, especially if you don’t get too competitive and can laugh at all your terrible mistakes. We’ll definitely be playing some more of it. Any games that you dropped and came back to years later?

[Solitude]

Sorry people, I didn’t get to counting last week. Will do the counting for both weeks just now.

[Solitude]

16 to 22 May
@GregRedd - 3
@czc - 2
@DarthMol - 1
@Wyvern - 1
@Beo - 1
@DieGrootHammer - 0

23 to 29 May
@GregRedd - 3
@czc - 2
@DarthMol - 1
@Wyvern - 1
@Beo - 1
@DieGrootHammer - 0

Standings
@GregRedd - 51
@czc - 39
@DarthMol - 22
@Wyvern - 18
@Beo - 15
@DieGrootHammer - 10

[GregRedd]

So, I get to take the next month off, right?

Not gonna happen. Catch me if you can!

[DieGrootHammer]

[czc]

Sorry again Soli, forgot to post this again yesterday.

My topic for last week, 23 - 29 May

Wheel of time game is on GOG

The wheel of time game is available on GOG. I’m not sure when it happened but I know it was not available before (pretty sure we discussed this somewhere). But anyway it looks like the folks at GOG have made it playable on modern systems. It selling at $9.99

[Solitude]

Fixed!

[DieGrootHammer]

I don’t know but time has been an emeny of mine. At the moment I have no hope of getting back into the competition, but I sure as shit am going to not come last. That’s the Hammer Guarantee ™

[Wyvern]

Diablo Immortal - 2 June 2022

Skarn, Lord of Damnation has amassed his battle-hungry forces in anticipation of your near arrival to Sanctuary. With an ashen gaze and ghastly gesture, the demon lord utters “we are waiting for. . .YOU!” In just a few days it will be up to you, noble adventurer, to scour Sanctuary’s many locales in search of fragments from the shattered Worldstone. Only then will you have a chance in Hell of thwarting Skarn’s nefarious plan. Before you begin to traverse the eight expansive zones of Diablo® Imm…

Stasis: Bone Totem

[GregRedd]

Week 30 May - 5 June

Topic:

Destroy All Humans! For the second time. Again

[image] Yay! The first remake a couple of years ago was solid. This one should be too. Crypto is back with a license to probe. The alien invader returns, groovier than ever. Experience the swinging ‘60s in all its chemical-induced glory and take revenge on the KGB for blowing up your mothership. You’ll have to form alliances with members of the very species you came to enslave. [Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed - Announcement Trailer] In Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed, a faith…

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New Game Releases - June 2022

[DarthMol]

Have a Nice Death

No I’m not wishing you nice unpleasantries. This is the title of a game that caught my eye in the Gearbox publisher promotion on Steam. While I was buying Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak for 90% my eye was caught by the fantastic art of Have a Nice Death. A bit of Hollow Knight, Hades and Dead Cells, and you have my attention. [Have a Nice Death | Early Access Launch Trailer] It’s been released into Early Access but already looks quite promising. I haven’t picked it up yet but thou…

[Beo]

Think I created topic in the week:

Should I buy/play - gaming suggestions

Taking some inspiration here from the subreddits of /r/shouldibuythisgame and /r/gamingsuggestions I wanted to have a space where we can ask about suggestions and recommendations on games across any and all platforms and mediums. I much prefer talking about and getting insights from others on a game’s experience from those who have actually played the games in suggestion, rather than reading or watching reviews and letting that drive the experience. Perhaps this is also just another way to hel…

[czc]

For the week 30 May - 5 June

Topic:

How many settings do you tweak?

You start a new game. There is a bunch of settings to change. Do you leave the defaults as they are or do you change them? For example. In the Amnesia game change the contrast has never worker for me because the contrast was already fine. Alternatively I spent a lot of time playing Dirt rally 2.0 in 720p mode because I thought my PC wouldn’t be able to handle it. Once I had to reinstall it on an SSD and left everything on default, hey presto, it worked regardless of the age of the GPU. From w…

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Captain of Industry

[czc]

For week 6 June - 12 June

Topic:

Would you ever consider a custom shaped PC Case?

Recently watched a LTT video where they made a ‘case’ out of radiators. Then there was the famous desk PC case. On mybb a long time ago there was a guy that built his own case. @Avatar I think you also considered building your own case? Would you consider ever building your own custom shaped case? Would it be a standard ‘shaped’ case, or would it be something more exotic shaped? A banana case /jk If I was to do one it would possibly be a desk one. It could also be something …

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All the games announced during Netflix Geeked Week 2022

[GregRedd]

Week 6 - 12 June

Article:

June 2022 Game Shows

Topics:

Geeked Week 2022

[image] Netflix Geeked’s Geeked Week is back for the second year, and the schedule is jammed packed again. Geeked Week 2022 is a free five-day virtual event celebrating Netflix’s genre series, films, and games. [GEEKED WEEK 2022 | Official Trailer | Coming June 6th - 10th | Netflix] Geeked Week is hosted for free across multiple Netflix Geeked channels including thier YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, Twitch and Facebook channels. Each day of Geeked Week has a special theme: Monday, J…

Summer Game Fest 2022

Summer Game Fest 2022 [image] Join Geoff Keighley for a spectacular showcase of what’s next in video games with world premieres, first looks, gameplay demos and more! Plus Day of the Devs! Featuring Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, The Callisto Protocol, Cuphead, One Piece Odyssey, Gotham Knights, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and so much more! YouTube Summer Game Fest: Official Livestream, Today! (20:00) [☀️ Summer Game Fest: Official Livestream, Today! (11a PT/2p ET/6p GM…

Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase 2022

Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase [image] Time for some games. Dive into this 90-minute showcase of what you can expect from Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda Softworks, and a ton of other great game creators from our partners around the world. Xbox will also host a simultaneous Xbox FanFest Watch Party (virtual for us unless you’re in Los Angeles, Madrid, Toronto, or Melbourne). Lots of early rumours about what to expect, but nothing 100% confirmed. Remember also, the Extended Showcase event comi…

[DarthMol]

Darthmol's D - I - Why? Tips

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[Solitude]

I will update both weeks sometime later today.

[Solitude]

I take it back. I just don’t have the energy. I will try and get it done early tomorrow.

[Solitude]

30 May - 5 June
@GregRedd - 3
@czc - 3
@Wyvern - 3
@Beo - 2
@DarthMol - 1
@DieGrootHammer - 0

6 - 12 June
@GregRedd - 3
@czc - 3
@DarthMol - 2
@Wyvern - 1
@Beo - 1
@DieGrootHammer - 0

Standings
@GregRedd - 57
@czc - 45
@DarthMol - 25
@Wyvern - 22
@Beo - 18
@DieGrootHammer - 10

[DarthMol]

Dad Jokes 2022 Edition

In celebration of Father’s Day let us hear some of your best or new or not-so-original dad jokes. Here’s a novel one I heard recently: Did you hear about the dead dog tree?