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I got a pre-order in with Target.

Got the email confirmation from Amazon at least. Physical. Digital Foundry had better not reveal it to be noisier than the digital model! Interestingly they did not even upload the digital version for pre-order yet. Miles isn't on Amazon UK yet but I will order that at a later date. I need to grab 12 months PS+ while I can still get it on sale too.

Boom, in at amazon.

PS5 Pre-Order Party and I close on a house tomorrow

His name’s literally “Grubb” and the video is about his hand impressions. So this checks out.

Doom Eternal on October 1st...

So I just tried the Sony pre-order again, but on my tablet this time, & it worked. Order confirmed.

Missed at Target and Amazon as I was trying to check out. After 4 or 5 hours of trying, I finally got thru at Best Buy. ugh. What a shit show.

The more expensive the better. That way I won't have to compete against the 13 year olds using their summer lawn-mowing money to steal MY GOD DAMN PS5. #AdultsHaveMoreMoneyThanKidsBitches

Gentlemen.... I propose a cunning plan.

PlayStation 5 Showcase announced for this Wednesday.

Top tip: even if it seems to be working fine, don’t put your wet camera away in your wet bag, throw it in the boot of the car and forget it until morning. Currently waiting to see if the dehumidifier resurrects the poor thing. Still, I did get a few shots I’m pretty happy with in the process, I guess?

Phil Spencer be hiding all kinds of things in the background of his quarantine interviews. First the Series S, now this:

While I'm far from the gaming laity, I haven't been keeping up with every detail of these systems, and it's been confusing to me. I can only imagine the poor chilrens that wake up on Christmas morning, and unwrap their brand new Xbox One S or X that grammy had no trouble at all procuring. It'll go something like this: Carlos.

Fffffffffffffffu............, I finally got one, no idea how, I have to pick it up, don't even care. Thanks for shopping with us! Your order will be ready for pickup on Release Date: Thu, Nov 12 at Fort Collins. We'll send you an email when it's ready. Update: I was able to change it to Free Shipping.

Done. It’s completed on Survivor + and I have my 19th Platinum. Its so fucking good. The beach and subsequent refrain, etc. The finale is as effective as it was the first time. The final flashback still gets me emotional.:(

Ana De Armas got my Cuban blood all like....

Now THIS is next gen:

Oh, I know all about big raptors; we have one at home.

I updated, fired up my save game from 13 months ago... I'm noodling along, figuring out the resources on my planet + what I need to be doing. Go into space to harvest some metals from asteroids, notice a set of big cruiser ships popped in. Go dock, go to talk to the captain, am instantly booted out of the ship, so I'm now effectively floating in space, freeze + die.

These new machines are *big*. BTW, have we talked about this? New feature to allow you to download + install any game from the Android app, not just on purchase or insertion of the disc. So you'll be able to download + install a game you know you've got the disk coming from Amazon etc. https://lordsofgaming.net/2020/09/xbox-now-allows-game-preloads-before-inserting-a-disc/

I finally got the Series S to go thru at Microsoft. Christmas fucking sorted.

Placed an order for the Series X at Amazon, hopefully it comes through.

Acquired Amazon!

I'm the exact opposite. I play one game a time. I cannot hop from game to game on a dime as I feel like I'm short changing them by not giving them my undivided attention. Especially with story driven games. If I leave one for an extended period and can't remember where I left off? I'm pretty much starting it over from scratch so I tend to focus on them exclusively. No game gets started until I'm done with the current one, etc.

I just redeemed a bunch of recognition awards from work for Amazon gift cards, so I'm going to join in on the pre-order frenzy, but I'm pinning all my hopes on Amazon. Carlos.

Thank you so much. My son will be happy. I don’t know why I wasted my time with other retailers.

Got it! Thanks, Romier! Amazon showing everyone else how it’s done. In and order placed in like 10 seconds.

View from Nick’s house....

So, I’ve been working on redoing the Retro setup. Primarily the CRT side of the equation. Though, I needed a better way to manage my video chain. So with that, enter the Crosspoint 8x8 commercial grade matrix switcher. This device allows me to bring in 8 inputs and tie those to any number of 8 outputs. The setup is now 100% component cable based as I’ve dumped all SCART connectivity outside of some select consoles in the “Digital” setup. I have one of the outputs feeding my OSSC on the digital side. Here’s the result (with a caveat I’ll get into in a second): IMG_0612.MOV

NVIDIA announced a few new cards today, the 3080 may perform around 60-70% better than a 2080ti for $699, the 3090 comes in at $1499 and replaces the Titan line. NVIDIA GeForce Specification Comparison RTX 3090 RTX 3080 RTX 3070 RTX 2080 Ti CUDA Cores 10496 8704 5888 4352 Boost Clock 1.7GHz 1.71GHz 1.73GHz 1545MHz Memory Clock 19.5Gbps GDDR6X 19Gbps GDDR6X

Sweet, I’m in.

Barring any unforeseen financial commitments that arise in the next month, I do believe I’ll be keeping my Series X pre-order so I’m fully committed to having both at launch at this point. Hopefully “The Medium” will release at or shortly after launch. It’ll definitely get a playthrough via Game Pass (and a physical purchase if it’s worth a damn).

Why so cheap? Well, it didn’t start out looking like that. The right trigger didn’t work, the right analog stick was gummy and sluggish movement wise and the audio was scratchy and garbled. I cracked the thing open and yeah, someone spilled a soda right on top of this thing.... After a complete tear down and three hours of cleaning the speakers, analog assembly and reconnecting the ribbon for the right trigger, I have a fully functional and completely working Vita 2000 in white.

The irony for me, in all the chaos of Sony's preorder carnage, is that I have never pre-ordered a console before. I've always waited until launch is over, usually several months—sometimes more, and then I'll grab one. It was the unexpected availability that caught me by surprise and allowed me to get caught up in the chase. I doubt this was any kind of plan, but it worked on me.

I got some of the accessories on direct.playstation.com and launch day delivery was free for PS+ members if anyone needs to go that route.

I just checked the Best Buy app on my phone, and this is the message I saw: Go home, Best Buy. You’re drunk.

PS5: Approx. 390mm x 104mm x 260mm (width x height x depth)(excludes largest projection, excludes Base)PS5 Digital Edition: Approx. 390mm x 92mm x 260mm (width x height x depth)(excludes largest projection, excludes Base)

Don’t believe me? Check this out. According to the NPD, during the month of August, only 10 of the top 20 selling games were made my Nintendo. Pathetic. They’ll be out of business before you know it.

Deleting before that bitch Romier scolds me for reposting.

.....and official (at least the Series S):

This is all a scam for Japanese assassination squads to learn the layout of your houses, you fools! Carlos.