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JUST TALKING

Our Video Game Contributor HenricK The WrecK takes off his Metaverse VR headset to join Just Talking. Press button A to begin with a multiple choice video-game quiz — remember the Konami code? It’s Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, START — it works on Chris but doesn’t on Marissa. That code is 13, 36, 45, 57, 67, 14, some lucky Mega Millions ticket-holder in Illinois will be celebrating 1.3 billion in winnings or hiding in a Minecraft. Elden Ring and Horizon Forbidden West continue to glue gamers to their gamepads but in the background the cat simulator Stray has been knocking all of your valuables off the shelves. Play as an alley cat, do the stray cat strut, hit robots in the head — the gaming world is loving it however not without controversy, many house cats have banned together claiming the game promotes “street paw” appropriation by felines world wide! Nostalgia drives deep, GTA (Grand Theft Auto) a franchise stealing cars since 1997 released remastered GTA 6 in Summer 2022 only to receive backlash from fans for a new female protagonist — are they going woke or broke? It’s been 15+ years, we all love games like Bully and Manhunt but do they need a sequel or a remastered version or is it just a studio cash grab? The hype train arrived at the station with sports celebrities investing heavily in e-sports but can they play the game? Microsoft Minecraft cancels NFT’s and bans private servers causing a shift in industry positions on where to put their building blocks. Follow, support and enjoy at :https://www.chriscollinsshow.com/henrick-the-wreck

Episode 1116: Video Game Contributor, Henrick The WrecK

JUST TALKING

Video Game Contributor, Henrik The WrecK join’s JUST TALKING to discuss in-game advert banners, video game subscriptions, Former Facebook now “Meta” pushing Meta-Verse real estate Stores --- do you know how much housing costs in California? Are we fed up with video games turned into movies or movies turned into video games — which one are you going to watch or play? Who’s your “Video Game Crush Character”, survey says it’s Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft with a her big ol’ triangle tities. Let’s all be honest, we’ve all pretended to play sick just to get out of going to school, so we could stay at home to play more games — what was that game? Work, taxes, covid, subscriptions…. Reality sucks. If you could live in a video game world — what and where would that be? There are so many cool worlds out there but the reality is you’re probably going to die or be a peasant. Video Games are just as emotional as movies and television and maybe even more so due to the immersive interactive context; the question is, what video game has made you cry lately — would you sacrifice your game file to help others? Video game popularity surged during the pandemic, American’s spent 64 billion in video game entertainment. Then industry keeps growing, making games for every type of person; older, younger, casual gaming, role-playing, shooters, etc., “if you look for it, you’ll find something.” It’s estimated that mobile, console and PC games players will spend upwards of 58k on video game entertainment over a lifetime — which begs the question “How much money is left for OnlyFriends.com

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