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I watched the Lion King last night - it was daytime during Can You Feel the Love Tonight = literally unwatchable. Nah, I thought it was pretty good. I initially only went to see it because I was curious about the CGI (which was incredible) but I actually ended up enjoying the film far more than I was expecting. Songs did fall a bit flat, but the voice acting was far less jarring than i expected. All the newer cast did really well. I actually spent the entire film thinking that Idris Elba was the choice of Scar, and was very impressed. I didn't like Idris Elba as Shere Khan, and was worried he'd do a similarly terrible job at Scar. I thought I'd been won over, since Scar was brilliant, but it turns out it was actually Chiwetel Ejiofor instead. Timon and Pumba were great, Zazu was great. Yeah, I liked it. The one thing I would have changed is to replace that weird bland Beyonce song when Simba is running home with the fantastic "He Lives in You" from The Lion King 2: Simbas Pride. That's the song I had in my head when he started running, and imo fits way better, and once I realised they weren't going to play it, I actually got a bit angry.

Just start a new game +. You can get extra tokens from that game, which is enough to buy all the suits without having to do the challenges.

Boooooo! Go back to the shoe shop! That was more exciting!

We bought a 2 foot tall fan the size of a airplane prop a few years ago and have no regrets. Put it on max setting and all our belongings end up on the opposite side of the room, but it's so gloriously cool.

Do you not end up looking like one of those inflatable sumo costumes though?

Aw crap, I missed the Wii one.

Might end up being the hottest day EVER in the UK tomorrow.

Not sure where dog ends and carpet begins..

Should this not become a phase 4 thread now?

https://youtu.be/cSqi-8kAMmM

Holy mother forking shirtballs! Team Chidi all the way.

Sale or no sale, have you seen the icon? Makes me revolted to my very core. I have to lie down every time I see it, even if I view it through a thick film of tears streaming from my eyes.

I have no interest in Mario Maker, but I would buy that.

I don't understand. Are you guys being hyperbolic?

Played a few more games/experiences on my Quest recently - thought i'd give a lowdown on some of them: I Expect You To Die: A very well presented puzzle game in the style of a 1960's Bond spoof. It starts with a fantastic homage to the early Bond film opening sequences, complete with a great theme song, only the twist is that because it is VR you are 'inside' the graphics as they fold out around you. The game itself is fun, and quite rewarding. it's kind of like an escape room game, in that you are surrounded by a load of equipment that you have to work out how to use in the right sequence to solve the level. I've only done two levels out of five so far, but they are challenging enough that it takes you a few tries. I guess the game could be considered a bit short seeing as there are only five levels (with more to come via free DLC), but there is a bit of replayability with the trophies that you have to try and get with each level (doing it within a certain time, and using certain hidden methods etc). Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes: Bought this when it was on sale (I think it cost me about £4?), and it is definitely worth that imo. I played it with my wife, and we had loads of fun with it (the first time we did it, we disarmed the bomb with 1 sec to spare!). One person puts on the headset and has to disarm the bomb (but doesn't have the instructions), the other person or people have to read out the instructions and direct them how to disarm the bomb (but they can't see the bomb). You can change the difficulty by increasing the number of 'modules' needed to disarm and decreasing the amount of time to do it, which help the longevity of the game, but after a while you get pretty good at knowing how to do each type of module, and generally get quicker at solving it. Not sure at the longevity of the game, but it looks like it would be great at parties, and seems to be the actual only true 'multiplayer' game that doesn't require a second headset or a lot of standing around watching someone else. Mission: ISS: Quest: A free experience that i only found out about yesterday. You get to move around and explore a CGI version of the International Space Station. You can watch videos of astronauts describing how they go about their day-to-day life, and play around with things. I believe there are also missions for you to do, but i didn't get a chance to do any. Moving around the ISS is quite fun (you can grab hold of any surface and just launch yourself across the station), and the views you get out of the windows (ports?) are incredible. Not bad for a free app. Tea for God: This is a demo app that I sideloaded as I had heard good things about how it dealt with small playspaces. So it's basically a simple shooter where you wander around a maze and shoot at robots. However, it's how it creates these mazes that is impressive. It creates continuously evolving corridors which basically just keep looping around your playspace, using lifts, sliding doors and corners to trick you into thinking you are moving around, but in actuality are just moving in circle around your room. I think it would be almost imperceptible in a larger playspace, but in my tiny living room, it was quite obvious that I was just walking around in a square. However, it was still cool to actually be moving around a level while staying within my tiny room in real life. I would love to try this in a bigger area to see how well it works as intended.

What is the icon?

It wasn't as good as 1 or 2, but the party game were ok. The main game was quite a bit easier, which could be a good or bad thing depending on preference.

Very interesting and well made video.

MFW Nintendo give me a free 33 year old game.

Then you'll only need Nintendo to release a cheaper, smaller version of the Switch Lite that you can use to avoid damaging that one! At some point in the future, you'll just be buying tiny, disposable Switch Nanos the size of a keyring which you can buy for a few quid each.

I like how they have completely different colour schemes to the OG switch - makes them easier to spot and stand out.

They've still not worked out how to use a semicolon, I see.

Probably neither are the console for you then.

I stumbled across this service on the Oculus Quest subreddit. It's a cloud computing service where you essentially get to rent an incredibly powerful computer in the cloud, and stream the output onto whatever you want - your shitty laptop, an iPad, or just your TV. I'm tempted to give it a try, but was wondering if anyone had any previous experience with it? The trial cost £25 for a month, and then after that I think you have to sign up for an entire year at £25 per month. I doubt I'll sign up for an entire year as I probably won't get the use out of it, but it's tempting to see what I can do with it for a month. It looks to be a bit more flexible than a normal cloud gaming service, as you can install whatever you want on the rented computer, not just games. Over on the Quest subreddit, they've been streaming SteamVR games via VirtualDesktop direct to their Quest headsets and playing far more graphically intensive games than the Quest should be capable of. It's an interesting service that I'm eager to try, but not sure if it's a bit pricey...

Will I still be able to watch if I haven't seen Jarhead yet?