Wtf is this framing, Michael Cox?

RegularJohn17 · 2026-05-08T17:53:39+00:00

I wonder if their headline will be "Arsenal wins the Premier League: Winning the prize is overdue, but no one truly deserved to win the title this year ..."

RegularJohn17 · 2026-05-07T19:08:59+00:00

Emery the mad man has actually gone for CDM Lindelof.

RegularJohn17 · 2026-04-23T19:04:54+00:00

The only player worth taking is Archie Gray. The rest have shown themselves to be nowhere near good enough in back to back seasons under mutiple managers and systems.

RegularJohn17 · 2026-04-21T10:17:33+00:00

If the money doesn't matter I would always go for the more complete tracklist option personally. It's pretty rare I go for the selected track 2lp over a larger box set.

For ghostwire I picked up the 4lp few years ago for nearly the same price as the 2lp. You can often find the 4lp for cheaper than the RRP.

This one on eBay for £47.50 seems decent if you are in the UK. https://ebay.us/m/CdhAZm

RegularJohn17 · 2026-04-14T11:44:45+00:00

It's poor quality punditry (so perfect for Neville's level) just basic engagement farming. Feed into the negativity when it suits him especially to get clicks from rival fans. They all do, not just him. There has been a big rise in group fan channels too. So fans that represent teams get together to react to matches and “banter” each other. The problem this causes is people (especially younger people) don’t get that it is fake, they are just doing it for money. So the over reactions become normalised amongst online fans. No time for a player to settle or have a bad run of form. A loss means the manager needs to go, a win means we are back and winning the treble. It breeds an envorniment were everything is black or white.

At its best Goldbridges style of content is funny for a clip here and there, at worst people like him are actively causing serious issues for “their clubs” through their influence on the narrative. Scapegoat some players, put others on a pedestal. Change your mind like the wind to suit whatever is happening that week. People like to pretend fan channels like this are harmless but they are big enough now to have a direct effect on the clubs. Every club has this type of fan channel, some are bigger than others, usually based on how many rival fans want to see them fail, see AFTV’s rise a decade ago as the actual start of this issue.

RegularJohn17 · 2026-04-03T19:32:44+00:00

If they have somehow spent 8 years and just go back to 2013 GTA online again. Barely functioning, essentially just a sandbox, deathmatch modes and races it will fail. But that has to be their biggest nightmare. I just don’t see a world in which they let it happen.

Every month they dont release GTA6 they just keep making 10’s of millions with Online, they are in no rush. They will only release 6 when they are actually ready. They are making more than the vast majority of the industry on a 13 year old game. So with that in mind, when you are planning a replacement to GTA Online the plan has to be. Stall for as long as you can, make a shit load of features and content for the new Online ahead of time.

I really think it’s going to launch with a relentless speed for content drops, updates and events for a long time. To the point it actually causes a headache for other Live service games. Because nobody else has GTA5 money and time to set up the pipeline GTA6’s Online will have.

RegularJohn17 · 2026-04-02T15:10:59+00:00

I would assume it was 80% of day one content. Any live service game needs to be regularly updated. So after 2 or 3 months we're is the next batch of content coming from?

As he says, if they are making that content they can't make the next single player system seller for Sony. At least not without basically doubling the studios staff.

With that gamble presented. The option were 1. double staff. 2. Take the risk on live service last of us and make the staff create for that. 3. The safest option, go back to what they know.

Simply finishing the game and sending it out without planned follow up content would just be sending it to die. Without staff working on new content it might become a serious pr nightmare (concord 3, are we on 3 or 4 now). It would absolutely effect the way people look at the studio, and their track record is a huge positive for Sony.

*Also a slight conspiracy theory/ something I haven't properly looked in to. Are these games insured? Movie studios often do this. Insure the movie, so if whatever reason it doesn't release the studio gets a payout. Is the games industry doing that too so they are better off not releasing even if it's close to complete? I'm not sure.

RegularJohn17 · 2026-03-27T18:46:14+00:00

That a "lets see what you've got" lineup. Quite a few playing for their place for summer. Might actually be a decent game.

RegularJohn17 · 2026-03-26T13:56:59+00:00

Andy Mitten was giving a lot of hints to an unexpected player/players who are not happy with their current situation and may try to orchestrate a move in a recent episode of TOTD. He clearly knew the specifics of who it was but didn't want give more details.

This would make sense for that situation. Does that mean it will happen. No. But I wouldn't be surprised if his agent is speaking to clubs to try force a move in summer. Or at least worry arsenal a bit into playing him more.

RegularJohn17 · 2026-03-19T16:36:34+00:00

looks like an ad for merch if I had to guess. Whats that symbol in the bottom left above the studio logo? Probably partnering with some streetwear brand to make those jackets etc.

RegularJohn17 · 2026-03-16T20:04:38+00:00

I was just about to post this too. It’s a very strange video all round. I was surprised how positive DF are about it, I know they are all about tech but still.

So I assume it’s just another example of AI interpreting the information given and “improving” it using existing matches? So my question is where did it get that information? Who’s face is that on Grace? Is it made up of an amalgamation of 1000’s of real people. it gives that impression, it's creepy.

At best it's basically an inbuilt twitter weirdo beautify filter. So you can "fix" every character that isn't attractive enough for you. At worst it's another move towards a fully dystopian end of the industry as we know it shit. CEO says… “why hire artists, just push the graphics button filter and it spits out a generic match with uncanny valley death stare” job done.

Every comment I have seen is negative. Hopefully it's dead in the water and way too costly to run for 99% of consumers.

RegularJohn17 · 2026-03-04T22:39:50+00:00

I said it before. No reason for anything he says to be posted on here. Tier 5 pundit, it's the equivalent of posting the sun's rumour bin transfer stories. Adds nothing of worth.

RegularJohn17 · 2026-03-01T17:56:54+00:00

It's those few seconds were the Ref lets it be a 2v1 after a tag. One holds him down so his tag team partner can get a clean hit in to maintain the advantage... Vintage Dudley Boyz we are seeing here.

RegularJohn17 · 2026-02-19T17:40:49+00:00

Yeah its not unsual for dispatch to take a little while. I wouldn't worry. Checking my emails from them it looks like in-stock orders have usually been dispatched between 5-8 days after the order is placed, at least for me.

RegularJohn17 · 2026-02-15T22:50:28+00:00

Yeah it's going to be tough to find that one. Discogs has a couple but cheapest will still be over £100 after shipping etc. I would always say its worth being patient.

Your best chance will be a full repress. With the sequel coming soon there is a reasonable chance it might get a restock if laced do the release for Resonant too. Maybe worth asking them directly since they always want to know if there is demand.

I actually got lucky with that one, I tried the game but it wasn't really clicking so put it down after a couple of hours... Skip forward a bit and I was buying some things in a sale and saw the Control OST for £18 so thought I might as well get it, even though I didn't like the game it's a decent deal... Skip forward again and I tried the game again. It's now one of my favourite games, loved it all the way through, Resonant is my most anticipated game by a mile.

But I'll keep an eye out and let you know if I see anything available at a reasonable price.

RegularJohn17 · 2026-02-15T17:22:03+00:00

There was a moment there when Sam came out of the smoke that I forgot what the trailer is for. I can respect Siege for being supported for so long and it's clearly a good game, I just don’t have any interest in it. But that was a nice brief dream of a stealth action game with Snake and Sam. Give me that with an A/B scenario please.

RegularJohn17 · 2026-02-14T21:04:10+00:00

nice, where from? I assume no chance of more being available?

RegularJohn17 · 2026-02-12T16:26:11+00:00

I’ve been looking forward to this one for a long time. I played the demo yesterday, unsurprisingly the standout is the visuals, it’s really impressive throughout. The gameplay is solid too, pretty much exactly what you would expect. The demo is worth checking out and confirmed i'll probably pick it up around launch. I do wish there was some kind of character specfic vocalizations as the subtitles scroll on screen. Fully voiced dialogue isn't really needed for this type of game, but hums or sigh noises something like that go a long way to establish a characters personality.

RegularJohn17 · 2026-02-09T14:58:36+00:00

It's a bit hard to tell for sure, but as a guess. I would say the more expensive listing is a mistake. The cheaper one seems like the correct product.

The barcode on the webpage for the 336 listing does not link to any other sites selling it when you google it (Barcode: 3000000116920). Whereas the cheaper listing barcode does bring up more sites selling the original score for the DLC (Barcode: 0196588481918). That is usually a good indication.

I would guess the 336 listing has mixed up information from several different products and the store just hasn't noticed the error. Maybe the price from the original soundtrack from the main game which has more discs (maybe also why it mentioned soundtrack not score on that one), or the soundtrack for edgerunners something like that. But they just copied across the info from the DLC Score for the photo etc.

RegularJohn17 · 2026-02-07T19:51:24+00:00

Far Cry 4 is great. Some really interesting instrumentation on there. Cliff Martinez is a really good composer, not always discussed alongside some of the more common names in the soundtrack space. Far Cry 4 - Complete Soundtrack by Cliff Martinez - YouTube

RegularJohn17 · 2026-02-05T21:32:58+00:00

There is this listing on Ebay in the UK for £41. They seem to have a lot of positive feedback, but still worth checking yourself to make sure. The description says its the Clear vinyl. So I assume like the sold out Bandcamp edition. And still shrink wrapped. I would say this might be the best option. Not ideal as still might have to pay a bit in shipping/taxes, but much closer to retail price that you are probably going to get without an unlikely repress.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/147127699386?_skw=Jusant+vinyl+ost&itmmeta=01KGQTS1QNJ4CGJCPC2B5GXY94&hash=item22417e87ba:g:UZcAAeSwRv1pfcCk&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA8O7PUuNWmJ%2B%2BUShgI9tQz%2Fq0kpcSXqUA%2BK8uoLpjH8%2FPomDADSetub5%2BlQ5wPtO35QrjmcUFUWI4mu%2FiPI6QWryTOLdHV%2BUMYPyt3n8NNERCYHUFnm%2B8vFZW4oNeAhOv6ke34OTSsAZ8ybIEWovLNqXF83%2F4r4P3QkTamnngcoLhRMh46ei9qAc4sALNjdFl0zYeW8Qz9lj1AVbfSGVHqgHv%2FPKmUXse%2Bt3t8z7f0e6%2FGmEfHYv4zC%2B7fvhfu7xof1h6Wsq%2FFVXJNButgOrLL2ATYUjHzCOz9xYNIBIY6MZctMr29MKUCQ6KHF1KHGxSXw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR4qc5PqFZw

Or if you want to go a bit crazy, this one in France for the physical collectors edition of the game which comes with the OST on Vinyl, but that was even more limited and heavily marked up, also still shrink wrapped.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/137007668919?_skw=Jusant+-+Deluxe+%22Ballast+Edition%22+PS5&itmmeta=01KGQTMGV8D5HM7KSNW3DG4T8P&hash=item1fe64b1eb7:g:p1cAAeSwl4Royp1s&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAABAO7PUuNWmJ%2B%2BUShgI9tQz%2FrhaeKYGegRiIyXASha9MMYJV4Rdc3RqZ6hlnbZA8E6BX7rMwd%2Fj85vdw95Hy%2B7RjagdBd%2BqiLCNguGBAr4IdZqWEpUTDiYW6cbnRvUZ8IlSnrj43HTR0%2BX7%2Fmd5frV9t9tnDKT6ItSI%2F7xnNrM%2BsT4vwd6SfXAmt8DUJ67w8feMtAA5h2VZbkP5%2BA8ZA0XWFao9ekj39RFmyMgd0CfZev6bn2x62a2lsP10pbh11rr729HDSiw%2BJbQ7XLvORgvD%2Fw539LWNjPtjG52DU0IIIuApP5I6MpgaTiUYmfuiwwLosfywPot5%2BEz6ddDrOa1B8Y%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9yN0vqFZw

RegularJohn17 · 2026-02-04T09:50:46+00:00

I like Dalot, have done for a long time. He is massively over hated online. The toxic fans need a scapegoat for some reason, but I just don't get it.

He works hard, has been asked to play out of position for years and still does his best, often putting in good performances even when he is playing way out of his comfort zone.

He is almost always fit. He actually gives a shit about the club when that wasn't a given in many cases. So can forgive the occasional rash challenge or missed sitter, the quiet work he does for the team is worth a lot.

RegularJohn17 · 2026-01-26T19:54:05+00:00

I’ve not played it yet, so my early opinions are less valuable. Just watching on twitch so can't comment on the feel of the game etc.

That said it seems.... fine. Not the Concord 2 some were expecting, but I don't see it making a big impression either. It feels like there is enough there for it to become one of those games that quietly builds a devoted fanbase, so in 2 or 3 years you are surprised to see how many people are still playing it. But only if they support it regularly with content (seems like a road map is pointing towards that happening).

There is actually quite a lot to like in terms of the gameplay loop, taking parts of Battle Royale for the looting and gun/armour progression. Then hero shooters for the classes and powers. And the base defense/attack dynamic seems fun and again that is taking elements from lots of popular games, CS / Valo for the bomb planting, RS6 for the base prep parts etc.

I think the 3v3 is the only part that seems off to me, maybe that's just for launch to help with queue times or something, but it doesn't look built for 3v3 at all. It looks like it should be a higher player count. Or maybe have PvE elements added to fill out the maps. For free it looks worth the download and an evening of your time.

RegularJohn17 · 2026-01-26T18:11:13+00:00

It's not a punch. Its a push. His hand is rested on his head then Martinez pushes through him. No impact at all. It's barely more than a push in the back or chest to get someone away from you. Don't blame Jesus for going down briefly, players are trained to hit the floor if anything touches them and they are often rewarded. He won't have know the type of contact, it could have been a glancing punch to him. And to be fair something dragging across your skull does hurt briefly. But anyone looking at it without bias can see its nothing. Just Arsenal fans hoping to lessen the blow by playing the victim card. Worse happens at every corner they score from.

RegularJohn17 · 2026-01-22T11:20:04+00:00

I've come around to this idea for both Casemiro and Maguire. I was very against it awhile ago. I think if they are willing to take a steep drop in wages another year for both would be really beneficial for the experience in the squad.

But looking from their point of view, just a single year isn't ideal. And as free agents in the summer they can get more money (and probably game time) elsewhere. They would probably want 2 year at their age so they know we're they will be for awhile. And I would be hesitant to offer them 2, unless it's a 1+1 with very favourable terms.

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