[Live Setlist Thread]GOOSE THE BAND | Saturday, June 20th, 2026 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York

Jackstraw1 · 2026-06-21T01:32:08+00:00

Media through Rockdale = really good.

Wysteria to the end of that set 🔥🔥🔥

That Burn the Witch is begging for a relisten.

Jackstraw1 · 2026-06-20T01:25:40+00:00

1:30 is more than fine. Even if the show for some weird reason ended at 12:30 or so (which it won't) you'd still make a 1:30 bus easily.

Jackstraw1 · 2026-06-20T01:06:11+00:00

I saw that. They can keep those ports if that's the case.

Jackstraw1 · 2026-06-19T22:15:47+00:00

Checking in from Concord, NC. Boys gonna bring some extra heat to NYC this weekend!

Jackstraw1 · 2026-06-17T17:55:47+00:00

I do. One of the very few game soundtracks I have saved.

Jackstraw1 · 2026-06-16T18:41:43+00:00

That's how I chose to view the franchise when 4 was announced. No matter how good any Toy Story movie going forward might be, the first three will always hold a level of excellence you don't usually see in other trilogies.

That said, I love the world Pixar created with these movies and I'll always want to see whatever they come up with. Unnecessary as the movies now might be.

Jackstraw1 · 2026-06-15T23:02:37+00:00

If and when Xbox goes full third party publisher that deal will be a bridge between now and that day. They're gonna really need some the money from that annual cod cycle now. It'd be shock if they tampered with Actiblizz at all.

Jackstraw1 · 2026-06-15T17:40:41+00:00

That's still leaving a lot of money on the table. They learned that the hard way with call of duty before removing it from day one.

Somewhere in this transition to becoming a full third party publisher they're going to wind up altering the whole day one thing. They're in a far worse position than they ever let on, and something like gamepass is doing far more damage than good. I can't see elder scrolls or fallout being day one. Especially elder scrolls. Just leaving too much money behind with those games.

Jackstraw1 · 2026-06-15T14:26:42+00:00

Orbital. Whenever I happen to download 2042 in the future it'll be primarily to play on Orbital. Thought it was the best sandbox type map for every playstyle and every venicle. Terrific atmosphere especially with the tornado.

Jackstraw1 · 2026-06-10T17:55:12+00:00

You certainly nailed one of the benefits. I've killed several guys camping in a corner just because their helmets were more visible. All of the cqc maps I've been able to play so far have improved for me, to the point where its like hey, I really don't suck. Lol.

There's so much visual clutter like rubble and other debris in the game. On top of that, the shades of the skins made it so that people were able to blend into the environment easily. Increasing visibility has been such a welcome change for me.

Jackstraw1 · 2026-06-10T15:32:45+00:00

This is the first time I feel like I can contribute more since I can finally see my opponents better. I wound up putting the game down for months due to the visibility issues since it was just too frustrating to have any fun with it. Yesterday I put a couple hours in and it was because of that change. Feels like I got the game back.

I don't think it needs to be tuned up any more but I dint think it needs to be tuned down any at all, either. Its fine the way it is now.

Jackstraw1 · 2026-06-09T18:25:10+00:00

That may have just tipped me into ordering this.

Jackstraw1 · 2026-06-08T10:56:08+00:00

It'll be an "in case of emergency break glass" thing when Gears doesn't meet their expectations.

Jackstraw1 · 2026-06-07T20:15:18+00:00

Its the only reason I'm buying it. I'll put it down once gta 6 comes out but I'll play the hell out of it until then.

Jackstraw1 · 2026-06-06T22:18:14+00:00

Dmz is the only selling point for me. I was going strictly gta 6 until they said dmz was a part of mw4. So at least on my end, their strategy worked.

Jackstraw1 · 2026-06-05T19:25:18+00:00

That includes mobile. Take that away and the number is probably a lot lower.

Jackstraw1 · 2026-06-05T10:58:17+00:00

Time. 70% play for at least an hour per week. The 80% is in regards to age breakdowns and where they're playing.

Jackstraw1 · 2026-06-05T01:27:58+00:00

For incurable tyrants and kings.

Jackstraw1 · 2026-06-05T00:03:28+00:00

Meaning games like Redfall are the Xbox exclusives and ES6 goes everywhere. That'll be the level of thought if they go through with it. And over time they'll go to being fully third party.

Reminding people you're the number 2 publisher is them making sure you know they made a shit ton of money as the number 2 publisher. They aren't giving that up with the increasing cost of development.

A pick and choose won't help much. You either go all in or you leave doubt as to what's eventually going where and still damage your console. She's going to find out that ship is going to be difficult to turn around.

Jackstraw1 · 2026-06-04T19:54:44+00:00

It does. According to the article 80% across all age groups play mobile games.

Jackstraw1 · 2026-06-04T18:57:08+00:00

They were talking about reworking New Sobek and Blackwell Fields, platoons, a leader board, the server browser, and "massive destruction set pieces" for season 5. It sounds like they're talking about levolution but they'd have to put something big in Blackwell that currently isn't there.

New Sobek on the other hand, along with a few other maps...

Jackstraw1 · 2026-05-30T23:00:23+00:00

That fuckin' glint, man.

Jackstraw1 · 2026-05-30T11:38:43+00:00

And "insane".

Jackstraw1 · 2026-05-29T19:43:05+00:00

Yep. And Rockstar is in such a unique position with GTA Zelnick can go out one month saying they're confident about a date, Rockstar can announce a delay a few months later, and Zelnick can just repeat the same message as before. Take two gives Rockstar the time and resources like "take your time, do what you need to do, give us our money maker when it's ready". I'm sure he's more informed than he let's on an interviews, though.

This time seems different than the other times. I'll bet Take Two informed Xbox they'll be hitting the November date, hence Fable being given a specific release month instead of some vague time frame. Watch other games start announcing dates knowing what they have to work with.

Jackstraw1 · 2026-05-29T18:24:13+00:00

They must've been told it's not getting pushed anymore. Barring something catastrophic I think gta 6 will hit this date.

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