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  1. I've been on a big Ken Loach binge since I first saw I, Daniel Blake last week. What a film. It broke my heart and left me furious at the state of our country and how the government treats the less fortunate. I'm not sure if this will hit as hard if you were to show it to a non-Brit, but it highlighted the sheer brutality and cruelty of our government. Every role was played to perfection and the scenes from the food bank and supermarket were devastating.

    I followed this up with My Name Is Joe. A lesser known Loach flick from 1998, this is about a former alcoholic keeping his life on track by coaching a local football team. A relationship blooms between him and a social worker. Peter Mullen plays the lead and he's simply delightful. He's incredibly likable despite his dark past and his tendencies to get himself into trouble by trying to help those around him. This is yet another film that will pull on heartstrings and leave you emotionally devastated. 

    Ladybird, Ladybird was the next film I saw from Loach and this film sticks out as it is the first film of his where I wasn't completely backing the lead. Crissy Rock plays Maggie, a woman damaged by previous abusive relationship and childhood sexual abuse fighting the state to keep her children under her care. Maggie has a mean temper and flies off the rail due to her trauma and social services deem her unfit to look after her children. This film made me look at both sides at play here, where I could understand why social services wanted to keep Maggie's kids from her while also feeling sympathy for Maggie and her situation. 

    I strongly recommend all three films. They're all available on YouTube and clock in under 100 minutes.

     

  2. Horrible news to wake up to. Only 26, but I always assumed he was older as I have seen him at shows since I started making the trek to York Hall regularly to see RevPro many moons ago.

    He was never blessed with your typical wrestler's physique and I admittedly didn't think much of him during his pre-Mad Kurt years, but he found his gimmick and he ran with it. He was one of the few comedy characters that I found hilarious. His Twitter troll gimmick led to many amusing interactions, with my personal favourite being when he would continuously troll Austin Aries. 

    Like the poster above, I was also at the RevPro show where he teamed up Minoru Suzuki in Portsmouth of all places. Him and Suzuki interacting was golden and the highlight of that show.

  3. Ken Walton. 

    I may have been born years after World Of Sport stopped airing, but I find something nostalgic about his voice. It reminds me of sitting on front of the TV and watching reruns of classic 80's TV game shows and being too young to understand the rules. Just so relaxing and I often find myself putting on a random match when I'm getting ready for bed.

     

  4. 11 hours ago, RedRooster said:

    Outside of the brilliant Wrestle Me, can anyone recommend a wrestling podcast that is still active, that publishes episodes that are of a shorter length (say...under an hour)? I'd like to add another wrestling podcast to my listening schedule, but in a sea of plenty, there doesn't appear to be anything worth catching. 

    I've recently started listening to the Must See Matches podcast and I thought the flow of conversation and humour of it reminded me of the New Generation Podcast. Most episodes are around the 50-75 minute mark and I've found them to be very morish. Each episode they review a classic match with a different guest.

  5. Yeah, that was alright. I've always kicked myself for missing the first two Royal Quests, so I'm glad I got to witness one, even if the hype has fizzled down due to all the big UK shows we've been spoilt with since the pandemic came to a close.

    The crowd was hot throughout the show and the show looked to have a satisfactory attendance. The upper bowl only had fans in the seats facing the hard camera. It didn't seem to affect the atmosphere, but it did leave me wondering if they could had filled up more seats if they got some bigger names like Moxley, Jericho or Okada on the card.

    The first 8 matches felt like all of the big established NJPW names were stuck on house show mode. The RevPro guys were hungry and you can tell that they were giving it all to gain some new fans and to impress some of the NJPW brass in the back. Robbie X, Leon Slater, Cameron Khai and Luke Jacobs all impressed me tonight. I've seen them countless times at RevPro shows, but you could tell that they pulled their finger out tonight.

    Watching Tanahashi was tragic tonight. The guy's body has failed him and it looks painful for him to move around. He botched his cross body from the second rope and thankfully the crowd was decent enough to not make a big deal out of it. He really needs to retire soon.

    I think Naito got the biggest reaction of the night. He felt like an absolute star and outshined the actual current IWGP Champion. The Sanada experiment can probably be put to bed soon. Eddie Kingston was the second most over wrestler on the card, in my opinion.

    Ishii Vs Shingo and Ospreay Vs Sabre delivered and stopped the show from feeling forgettable. I think I'm over the Ishii bombfests, but he always sucks me in whenever I see him pull one out in person. Some of those strikes sounded devastating. Ospreay and Sabre wrestled the match you would expect them to see. We got some incredible counters here. I was rooting for a Sabre victory, but I know deep down that Ospreay needed this victory more to further cement him as the face of British Wrestling.

    With the exception of the last two matches, this felt like an NJPW house show with a BritWres flavour. Not that's a bad thing, but they need to make next year's show feel like a big deal if they want to pull in a bigger attendance.

  6. The best to ever do it.

    He never had a bad match and added something to every card he wrestled on.

    The mad bastard had such a wide catalogue of matches. Whether you were watching him get into a scuffle with Jerry Lawler in an empty arena in Memphis, wrestling a methodical masterclass with Jumbo Tsuruta in 1970's All Japan or rolling around in barbed wire on a 2006 ECW revival show, you were guaranteed a great time with the Funker.

    Terry Funk is forever.

  7. I saw that Arcade Action Wrestling is on sale on the Xbox store at the moment.

    I've always been curious about this one. The creation suite looks top notch for such a simple game and the gameplay looks fun enough, but it doesn't look in particularly deep. The game is on sale for 8 quid and change, which feels like a lot of it is only fun for a couple of hours. Anyone here play it?

  8. I didn't get into live music until quite late, so my first gig was seeing a small American emo band call Seahaven play a tiny 150-cap venue in Southampton in 2014. It was a fun night, even if we only started listening to the band a few weeks prior. I was hooked on live music after this and ended up going to many other bands that year.

    My best? I don't think I was more excited than when I managed to score tickets to see My Chemical Romance on their comeback tour. I brought my tickets at the start of 2020 and I wouldn't end up seeing them live until over two years later due to obvious reasons. I never thought I would see this band live and my expectations were through the roof. I survived a global pandemic and even had to visit Milton Keynes to experience it, but it was so worth it. 

    I have two bands for my worst gig. The less interesting pick would be when I saw Black Flag in 2019. I say I saw Black Flag, but I actually saw founding guitarist Gregg Ginn half-heartedly play through some of Black Flag's hits with a band of nobodies under the Black Flag name, which Ginn owns the name for. I say nobodies, but pro skater Mike Vallely was on vocals, who I knew from the Tony Hawk games. Their set was completely devoid of passion, energy and heart. Fucking Brewdog was more punk than this.

    My other pick was when I saw The Lemonheads last year. Poor Evan Dando was feeling the effects of the long tour and was coming to the end of a week-long bender. I know his live shows are of a patchy quality, but I brought a ticket after seeing how good he sounded when videos of the first date of the tour were posted online. The Southampton show was the last date of the tour and he obviously was not having a good time on tour by the time he got to my town. He was drunk/high, his voice was shot and he could barely play guitar. What made thongs worse was that you could tell it was frustrating Dando. The audience were supportive, but Dando told a punter to fuck off home after he misinterpreted the guy's words of encouragement as a heckle. The show was sold out, but by the time the lights came up, over half the audience had already left. It was a tragic sight, but at least it was more eventful than the Black Flag gig.

     

     

  9. I know putting the NWA title on Brodus Clay is a sign that the company is in the shits, but how has Powerrr been on a week-to-week basis recently? I remember binge-watching the entire first season during one of the lockdowns and I could easily blast my way through 2-3 episodes a day as the format of episode made watching sub-par talent like Mr. Anderson and the Dawsons tolerable. I actually felt emotionally invested into the characters, which isn't something I can say for the majority of the WWE and AEW roster. I tried watching watching the first episode of the most recent season, and it's missing something that I can't quite put my finger on. Does it get better? I've heard complaints about the current roster, but the first season wasn't exactly packed with great talent outside of Aldis, Camille, James Storm, Eddie Kingston and Ricky Starks. 

  10. I'm starting a new job soon after doing supermarket work for a while and I'm quite frankly terrified. I've worked at that job since I lived at home and I'm worried I'm going to struggle to adapt to the office environment. I've been content working there as it's fairly easy work and I could sometime only work 3-4 days a week because of the long shifts, but after getting abused and assaulted one too many times by customers, being treated like a child by some of the management and the unsociable shift times, I've been worn down by it all. I felt like a loser because of my lack of career and how you get treated in retail. I've had plenty of moments like this before, but I actually started actively seeking other work instead of moping around the place and convincing myself to stay as it's decent money for that line of work. My new job is still an entry office job, but it somehow feels more adult and that I'm actually getting my shit together, plus the 9-5 workday will mean I can spend more time with my partner. I'll be dealing with a lot of phone work, which freaks me out as I have pretty severe social anxiety that can turn me into a stuttering mess on occasion. I'm hoping I will be more composed when communicating via phone.

    After getting physically assaulted by a customer, I decided to treat myself to a sickie. It's been years since I had last taken a day off for sickness and I've always tried to come in even if I was clearly unwell. I still have a few shifts left, so it's not like I'm deserting them on my last shift, but this didn't stop my manager from getting pissed off at me and trying to get me to come in, even though I told them that I have severe diarrhoea! Am I in the wrong for getting pissed off at this? I'm lying through my teeth, but to expect an employee to come in and handle food when they have a stomach bug like that seems ridiculous. Maybe they could sniff the BS, but this has happened to me before when I have been legitimately sick!

    Sorry for the long rant. I just fancied getting this all off my chest. 

  11. I'm off to see the original Nosferatu with a live score this week. I've seen a few times before, but I haven't seen much of the director's other works, so I decided to check a few of his films out. 

    City Girl is a romantic movie that came out at the end of the silent era. The plot about a wheat farmer falling in love with a woman from the city is simple, but the charm of the attractive lead couple and the stunning cinematography carries this film through it's brisk run-time. Seeing as feature-films were over a decade and a half old at this point, they've iron out all the crinkles and this doesn't suffer from any of the other growing pains that a lot of early movies had. If you've seen all the other silent classics and still want more, give this one a watch. 

    Although it might a touch too long for my tastes, Faust might just be the most metal film of all time. Based on the folk-tale of the same name, this film is about a bet that a demon has with an archangel that the demon can corrupt a man's soul. The special effects in this were mind-blowing and I have no idea how they would have pulled them off back with the primitive technology they had back in 1926. Some of the final scenes gave me strong Dr. Caligari vibes. This is essential viewing for anyone who wants to dip their toes into silent cinema. 

  12. I went to see The Lemonheads tonight and it was by far the worst gig I have ever been to. Evan Dando is not in a good way. His management should be ashamed for putting him on the stage. His voice was shot, he would ramble on and constantly tune his guitar mid-song. It was such an awful sight. At least most fans were polite enough to not heckle him. What makes it even sadder that you could tell he knew it was rotten, but there's nothing he could have done to salvage it.

  13. Goof Troop (SNES)

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    Zeldaesque action game with puzzle elements that's suitable for all ages. This game can be completed in 2-3 hours and it's not too tough, but it's worth beating in both single player mode and co-op mode to get the complete Goof Troop experience. 

    Neo Turf Masters (NEO-GEO, PS2, PSP, Wii, Xbox One, PS4, Switch)

    Neo Turfmasters Review

    You don't even need to like golf to appreciate this masterpiece. I don't and I've put tens of hours into this game over the years. The gameplay is incredibly easy to pick up, but hard to master. 

    Toki (NES)

    Toki - NES - Alvanista

    I've always loved this game. It's a no-frills platformer that can be beaten in 20-25 minutes if you know what you are doing, but this is well worth a play if you've already played all the other big guns of the 8-bit generation and you fancy something new. It was remade recently for the current generation. The remake didn't add anything new apart from upgrade the visuals, so either version is worth playing.

    Metal Gear Acid 1 & 2 (PSP)

    Metal Gear Acid Review - GameSpot

    When I was a kid, I was disgusted to learn that the Metal Gear game for PSP was a turn-based card game, but I finally went back and gave this go last year and I became obsessed with this spin-off series. Metal Gear Acid 2 is the more polished game, but I prefer the realistic visuals of the first game. Both games are well worth playing if you are a MGS fan.

  14. 1 hour ago, 300 said:

    Would this be on Ticketmaster’s Twitter? We’ve got 4 tickets up in the gods but there’s much better tickets now available for less money. I would love to ‘upgrade’ and get our money back. Don’t like my chances though.

    Yes, it was Ticketmaster CS's Twitter. 

    From my understanding, you can't get money back, but they can put you in better seats that are now valued what originally paid. My £112 nosebleeds could get me seats on the floor (right at the back mind), lower or middle tier. Decided to go with front row of the middle tier,  directly facing the hard cam. 

    I was denied any exchange twice. They claimed that they are not offering refunds or exchanges for this event, which is a total lie. I sent one last angry email where I went off on them. Claimed I wouldn't use Ticketmaster again if this is how they treat the fans who buy tickets as soon as they go on sale and they changed their tune and offered a exchange. I felt bad for the poor person on the other side, but it got results! 

  15. 1 hour ago, Bret Hart's Buddy said:

    Any luck with this? I tried but got a very quick response saying that upgrades were not available. 

    I had a similar response. They've been offering people upgrades who reached out to them on Twitter, so I'm going to keep pressing this. It doesn't seem to right to charge the people who got tickets as soon as they go on sale nearly double the amount that people are paying for the same seats now. 

  16. Has anyone tried to exchanged their tickets for better seats after the recent price drop from Ticketmaster? What are the fees like? How long does it take for the refund to go through?

    I decided to try my luck to see if I could exchange my tickets for a better view. I paid £112 each for seats in the nosebleeds and now that price could get me seats in the lower and middle tier. I emailed Ticketmaster and I got an email what looked like an automated response that said that I could get a refund on my previous order if I brought new tickets and emailed them the order number to them. Just wanted to check if anyone else has done this before I part with £200+. 

  17. This is a cracking thread. I've recently brought a Retroid Pocket 2+ and I've mostly been using it to play PS1 games. It's a cracking bit of kit. It's a gaming handheld that can play any game up until the Dreamcast era. I definitely recommend picking one of them up if you want an easy way to revisit some of these games on the go. 

    Glad I'm not the only one who loves Kula World here. I had a demo of it on a demo disc and I completely forgot about it's existence until a few years back. I downloaded a ROM of it and it holds up extremely well. It is a totally addictive puzzle game with a breezy aesthetic. One of those games that starts out simple, but gets unforgivingly tough as the game progresses.

    The port of Doom to the PS1 was the only console Doom port worth playing as it did something different to the half-baked versions of the game that you would find on the 3DO and the SNES. You got the majority of the levels from the first two games, but you also got a selection of PS1 exclusive levels as well. The industrial metal soundtrack was replaced with a eerie ambient soundtrack and you also got some lighting effect not found on the PC release. 

    Another FPS on the PS1 that I have fond memories of is Medal Of Honor. Enough people have gone on about how innovative Goldeneye for the N64 was, but not enough people give the MOH series credit for what it did for the FPS genre on consoles.  It might look a bit janky now and the controls take a while to get used to, but this game made you feel like a WWII fighter. The enemies react realistically and the soaring soundtrack and the pre-missions briefing videos complete the package.

    I don't think I would have became a wrestling fan if it wasn't for WWF Attitude. It doesn't play well now, but it captured the spirit of that era perfectly. All the wrestlers are fully voice-acted, complete with catchphrases and multiple ring attires. The customization was insane for it's time. It even had create-an-arena a decade before the WWE games made that a regular feature. It made me want to check out wrestling. I can still put on a quick stable match every now and then, even if the game's engine hasn't aged well. 

    Speaking of wrestling games, the best wrestling game on the PS1 was a Japan-only game with a title that translates roughly to AJPW: King's Soul. It plays like a 3D Fire Pro game, utilizing timing-based grapple mechanics. There's not much in the way for customization, but the gameplay holds up incredibly well. It's quite a looker as well, with the models of the wrestlers looking quite realistic.  

    23 hours ago, FelatioLips said:

    A longstanding opinion I've held over the years is that Tekken 2 is the best 3D fighter on the PS1 but that's because I never owned Tekken 3 or could ever get a ROM to work so my memories of it are getting smashed in by Eddie Gordo by my mate's brother. Having finally gotten Tekken 3 to work I can confirm that it's way better than 2 on everything except soundtrack. Tekken 2, 3 and Soul Blade will likely show up in my reviews in the near future.

    I would argue the PS1 has aged way better than the PS2, but I'll concede on the SNES. PS2 had some great games and I have some top memories of it, but it's definitely where gaming steered into the yearly sports releases and endless sequels so now when I go back to play it, there's only really a handful of games I'm keen on like Timesplitters, FFX and GTA. The rest of them are series I never got into like God of War and Devil May Cry.

    Count me in as another guy who prefers Tekken 2 over 3. I always liked that 2 made you beat the game with every primary character if you wanted to unlock everyone. It forced you to learn the in's and out's of every character. Trying to beat the arcade with Jun was no small feat! On 3, you could just spam your way through the arcade with Eddy Gordo 9 times to unlock everyone. 

    When I say the PS1 hasn't aged well, I'm most referring to to how some of the early 3D games. They look pretty ugly when you compare them to vibrant 2D games from the previous generation and the controls can be hit or miss. Some games can be very ropey to play now. I wouldn't expect anyone to get too much out of games like Resident Evil if they didn't have any nostalgia for them as the tank controls have caused the game to age like a fine milk. 

  18. It might not have aged well as the SNES or the PS2, but the PS1 was my console of choice growing up. I have fond memories of my entire family huddled around the TV after receiving our PS1. We only had a demo disc to start with, but I remember playing the demo to Crash Bandicoot: Warped over and over again. Those demo discs were the tits. I can still hear that menu music playing my head many years later. 

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