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Is anywhere doing an easy to set up sweepstakes? I was going to suggest one for work but don't want to do it myself.

Full English Breakfast or Premier League.

I got the Series S after never having an Xbox really great little console of you have the Gamepass. Really fast loading games and huge selection including EA games now. Feel like I got my money's worth for a year already with Doom Eternal and a couple indie ones my wife played.

Looks like a decent trade in deal at Game at the moment if you have an old console.

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/game-uk-will-swap-your-old-console-for-an-xbox-series-s-for-as-little-as-40/amp/

3 hours ago, SuperBacon said:

Also watched The Running Man again. Still 11/10 and I'm incredibly surprised they have never remade it.

I may have dreamed this but I'm sure I heard Edgar Wright might be doing a remake. 

4 hours ago, Murtz said:

I'm clearly blissfully unaware, how are you folk managing to watch Mortal Kombat? I can't see where its available in the UK. 

HBO Max with a VPN.

4 hours ago, ReturnOfTheMack said:

As part of my new mobile contract I got a year's free Xbox game pass and and a Razer controller so I can play on my mobile.

What games do you guys recommend? I'm normally into the Fallout/Eldar Scrolls type games, but enjoy giving most things a try. Except sports games.

Even though I'm stuck on a level I must have failed 50 times at, loving Doom Eternal.

Loving Doom Eternal, a game I'd never play without the Gamepass.

Also played some of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order another one I'd never considered, opening level is great so need to put down Doom and give it more of a go.

I just ordered an Xbox Series S with a CEX voucher I had from selling PlayStation Pro. Going to be my first Xbox mainly thanks to the Gamepass. 

Have been playing Forza on my laptop connected to the TV looking forward to seeing it on the new console. 

Tony Hawk's can be upgraded to a PS5 edition now. £10 or free if you already had the deluxe version. 

I'm looking at trying Halo for the first time on Gamepass for PC. Which one do you think would be the best one to play first? Assuming there's not a massive story to follow so wouldn't need to start at #1.

AJ Styles still under contract?

15 hours ago, Hannibal Scorch said:

Can’t se Star on my US VPN, but France has Rocky Horror and most of the Alien films and Predator series (except the reboot)

Is there anywhere to see a breakdown of what's available in the different countries? 

I got a Chromcast with Google TV for Christmas so had been messaging around with various US apps with VPN on it before this announcement. I have the Peacock app without a subscription and there's loads of free films and series even without a sub. 

Haven't tried getting a subscription to this but did get HBO Max via Google Play, but it wasn't straight forward and I almost gave up before a pay by Google Play box appeared on the Chromecast after trying numerous ways on laptop. 

It was £30 the other day but gone back up to £60 even though it's under the same "January Sale" section it was at £30.

Has anyone tried the VR Half-life game? Until now I haven't read up on it in case it made me want to buy one.

16 hours ago, PunkStep said:

Is it on Game Pass? 

Fuck me, why didn't I get Game Pass sooner. They're doing an offer where you pay £1 for 3 months, plus they add any months you have left from your Gold membership. So I've essentially paid £1 for 9 months of it. 

I randomly got it last night as the deal looked pretty good and I may end up trying a new cheaper Xbox eventually. I've been messing around with the cloud play trying it on a Chromecast with a PS5 controller (doesn't work that well) and mobile which works quite well with Streets of Rage 4.

So far on PC tried the Disneyland game for 15 minutes with a my 2.5 year old and downloading Fallout 76 now to see how bad it is.

Any other recommendations for PC and mobile?

To help keep sane during lockdown we started a new film magazine, here's our top 10 films of the year:

https://filmhounds.co.uk/2020/12/filmhounds-magazine-2020-films-of-the-year/

Parasite was also my personal film of 2020. A film that managed to live up to the hype and more.

3 hours ago, Abe_Knuckleball_Schwartz said:

I can remember seeing WCW Magazine in my local newsagents or WH Smiths and seeing articles on the likes of the British Bulldog and The Nasty Boys, not knowing they had left the WWF.

I only knew what happened to Bret Hart when I saw him on the cover of WCW magazine in WH Smiths.

51 minutes ago, DEF said:

Lovitz and magic twin brother gimmick screams shit. Now I must see it.

I saw number 2 on Sony Movies or one of those similar free channels after watching the first one recently. Can confirm it's not very good.

Assume they repeat fairly often on those channels so you might get "lucky".  

3 hours ago, SuperBacon said:

Just a reminder that this is today: Be lovely to have a few more of you on it, should only be about 40 minutes as I only have a free zoom account. I'll even dig out my most random football shirt to wear on it.

I think Zoom have taken off the 40 mins limit up until today btw. 

You're welcome.

18 hours ago, SuperBacon said:

Klaus

Glorious, I cried a lot at the end. 

Its one of the best animations I've seen in a long time. 11/10.

A writer on my site asked it is the greatest Christmas film of all time. 

https://filmhounds.co.uk/2020/12/is-klaus-the-greatest-christmas-movie-of-all-time/

I installed it last night so it was ready to play today, or so I thought! One hour later I eventually had a little go. 

First bug already happened during the tutorial. 

55 minutes ago, Nick James said:

Why are kendo sticks so rife at the moment? WWE/NXT, AEW and Impact have all used the ridiculous amounts over the last 6 months. If I never see one again, it'll be too soon. 

 

Black Friday discounts?

Apple TV+ is available on PS4/5 now. You can get a 7 day free trial.