phil bottle

Is it a Friday night type of game? If its only 4 player, that sucks, in this day and age. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

I like how the games will all cost around £5. If that's true, great move. Anyone have any suggestions as to the best one to go for? I never played the original. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

I love VAR because it gives us the opportunity to moan, and we all love a good moan. Don't you dare say thats not true. Or I'll ask for a review. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

I've seen a video on it and it does look really good. I hear you need to be much more gentle on brakes etc compared to Gran Turismo. Fucking hell I really would love a wheel, so jealous [emoji1] Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Ha yeah, didn't want to use GT Sport's favourite saying after 'full send'. I've only raced once recently, 5th place last week on a track I hate. Once I've mastered my new challenge I'll finally feel able to compete online. Re ABS yeah, it turns out I need a challenge to keep me going and we'll see how it goes[emoji16] Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Phil's monthly rant inbound, no structure whatsoever, so apologies, I'm multitasking, and spouting off random thoughts. Again. As I say, it's a completely fucked up way of organising anything. It leads to short term thinking, and having such a law is a get out of jail free card for corporations to engage in the most anti-human practices imaginable. And here I'm not exclusively talking about the gaming industry. Car companies willing to take lawsuits rather than withdraw dangerous cars, clothing companies using child labour, tech companies building phones in China driving their employees to suicide, Amazon working conditions, the gig economy, zero hour work contracts etc etc etc all in the name of financial profit. But does profit care about humanity? I don't think so. Back to gaming: People didn't buy Anthem (among a number of recent EA flops), in fact they didn't buy it in droves, EA will not change their business practice despite that, and despite all of the continuing negative feedback. Because they've decided the direction they want to move in already. For profit. So how does the argument, 'don't buy it' work then? There's always a market who will buy shit because they don't know any better and will accept anything they are handed. Bethesda released a piece of shit when they could have held it back and finished it properly. Short term profit thinking here has almost destroyed Fallout. Don't even get me started about Mass Effect: Andromeda. Did anyone see the defence of loot boxes this week in the UK parliament? Surprise mechanics lol. The surprise is how gullible we all are. But profit must be made, so these robots robotically churned out a point of view only understood by robots. Robots with massive balls to be fair. BTW, please don't mention a pension I'll probably never see, Brexshit will see to that. We'll be working into our 80s.

Funnily enough, I had a minor eureka moment tonight while watching youtuber GT Sport streaming the daily races. I've been struggling to understand how I'm losing time in corners and even watching videos of the top player fastest laps (a nice feature of the game) I've been baffled as to how I'm losing time. So, during the stream a viewer asked him which order to switch off driving aids. Here's the thing. I forgot I still have ABS enabled. I have TCS down to 1 or 2, depending on car and tyre and completely forgot about ABS. So I switched it off and tried Interlagos in the Audi. First couple of turns and I thought "fuck this". Breaked hard, locked and couldn't turn. Off into the nether region. Impossible. But then I worked out how to do it properly. Feels so good, like I've gone up another level. Learning to stop breaking before turning is something new for me to master and that's awesome. I can already see how driving in this way helps take a better line and I just need to watch i don't cut the corners too much[emoji16] Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

I hear they're going to be adding weather conditions soon. That'll be interesting. Current Gr.3 race is at Interlagos and the fastest times I've seen are all in the Audi, which I hate driving at the best of times, so I'm trying out the Lexus for now. 1:34 in time trial but only 1:35 in the qualifying laps I've tried. Top drivers are getting 1:30. The first section kills me on hard tyres.

So, this came free with my new PS4. I've been playing the shit out of it. It looks good, it's enjoyable being on a motorcycle, the melee is decent and the shooting at first is a little challenging. The comment above from @Sennex is right on the money. Last of Us on a motorcycle and fun.

Profit, by any means necessary, enshrined in law. How wonderfully fucked up. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

The updates coming in Ocober will make me play 76 regularly, I've been looking at it recently. It's a shame they didn't wait a year. I don't have a problem with it being a multiplayer, just needed to be done properly. It is too late though for most people, which I understand completely. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Arma 3 and it's mods has no equal. Can't wait to play this. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

They're all at it. Snouts have been gobbling up all in the FIFA trough for many decades. The whole organisation should be disbanded and started from scratch. Same with the Olympics. Aside from all the corruption, the idea of a world cup in a place where they have to move the date because of the weather and fuck with football calendars, the idea that the stadiums have been built by ppl living in deplorable conditions, many overseas workers with withheld passports i.e. slave labour, the lack of health and safety, the idea of many thousands of football fans arriving in a country with strict alcohol laws, rules about women etc etc = one almighty fuck up. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

I know what you mean, I was taught Rugby Union and not League, so I'm more at home with Union. It is much more closer to NFL. Particularly the 5 attempts to move forward before having to relinquish possession. I'd say League is the tougher game requiring higher levels of fitness, it's also a more exciting game to watch as there's much less starting and stopping. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

No, it still needs an actual launcher. Crispy threw in a red herring 😅

Can I come and work with you? I'm not joking. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

This will be an interesting move for COD, I get some Rainbow 6 vibes. Looks good. There is no doubt in my mind that they will find a scammy way of fucking it up once they have a captive audience. Anyone who thinks differently lives in a bubble. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

The new Xbox App is still in Beta and it clearly needs work. Happily downloaded Metro Exodus for free but the next day I loaded it up it wouldn’t launch. Apparently the issue is widespread. So I’ll hang back a little longer before installing any new Windows games to my PC.

So apparently Rugby League had a special weekend of events over at Liverpool FC ground Anfield. Journalists from The Sun who turned up to cover the event were not allowed into the ground. The Sun is now boycotting ALL Rugby League coverage. Fucking quality, and for once Liverpool actually make me smile 😄👍

I agree, too many of them. All mostly recycling second hand gaming news and opinions. Then there's the ones that have sensational titles like" So and So DESTROYS Such and Such". Bellends.

Didn't actually know that. I knew it was something outdoorsy. What a great job! Awesome[emoji846] Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Nothing ventured, nothing gained [emoji106] I'm also not a fan of cartoony stuff unless it's a platformer or on a Nintendo console but with this game I think it's more that it's cell shaded graphics that kind of give off that look. My only gripe with Borderlands is that it can sometimes feel too bullet spongey. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Borderlands: the handsome collection is currently free via PS Plus if you wanna try it out, it's not as cartoony as you'd think. At lease nowhere near Fortnite levels of cartoony.

I've heard similar, kind of makes me want to start keeping an eye out for a cheap Switch. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

I hear that game is top notch, how does it compare with other Zelda games? Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk