<![CDATA[THE BIRE - Video Games?!?]]> https://thebire.com/forum/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:11:05 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[GTAVI]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=531 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 01:37:05 +0000 Himu]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=531
Apparently trailer 3 will drop then too.

I'm going to midnight launch at Gamestop for old time's sake and wearing a blue Hawaiian shirt.]]>
Apparently trailer 3 will drop then too.

I'm going to midnight launch at Gamestop for old time's sake and wearing a blue Hawaiian shirt.]]> <![CDATA[Physical game collecting]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=441 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:44:25 +0000 who is ted danson?]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=441 <![CDATA[wish i could be a 1 series gamer]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=410 Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:59:20 +0000 who is ted danson?]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=410
but the sort of dude that (pretty much only) plays 1 series of games. 

e.g. if only played Call of Doody, or Tomb Raider, life would be much simpler

does anyone else game or feel this way

 PlayStation™ Fan Discussing Their Fine Products]]>
but the sort of dude that (pretty much only) plays 1 series of games. 

e.g. if only played Call of Doody, or Tomb Raider, life would be much simpler

does anyone else game or feel this way

 PlayStation™ Fan Discussing Their Fine Products]]> <![CDATA[Todd & Aaron's GAME AWARDS Official Thread]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=408 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 17:47:24 +0000 benji]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=408 ]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Musoufaggotry]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=405 Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:37:05 +0000 Kim Wilde Homo]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=405
I finished Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment for the Switch 2. It is a thoroughly mid-tier Musou title. Age of Calamity was pretty good! This one was rushed. The game has a lot of literally whos and the plot takes place in a brief point during Tears of the Kingdom. A lot of samey environments, very little sense of exploration, and I’m at the post game and I’m at the point where in order to get to any new missions I have to grind for more wildberries and random assorted shit. I grinded a lot for Age of Calamity to get everything and this game is just not worth it.

I think I’ll try to give Dynasty Warriors Origins on PS5 another try. This one left me cold.]]>
I finished Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment for the Switch 2. It is a thoroughly mid-tier Musou title. Age of Calamity was pretty good! This one was rushed. The game has a lot of literally whos and the plot takes place in a brief point during Tears of the Kingdom. A lot of samey environments, very little sense of exploration, and I’m at the post game and I’m at the point where in order to get to any new missions I have to grind for more wildberries and random assorted shit. I grinded a lot for Age of Calamity to get everything and this game is just not worth it.

I think I’ll try to give Dynasty Warriors Origins on PS5 another try. This one left me cold.]]> <![CDATA[Graphics Card Thread]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=404 Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:37:16 +0000 who is ted danson?]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=404
Opening with: is RIGHT NOW the time to buy a 5070ti?]]>
Opening with: is RIGHT NOW the time to buy a 5070ti?]]> <![CDATA[Gaming is Over, and It’s OK]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=402 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 20:14:10 +0000 who is ted danson?]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=402
To declare that gaming is "over" is not to suggest the medium is dead. Rather, it suggests that the desperate, consumerist imperative for the new has become obsolete. For thirty years, PC gamers were trapped on a technological treadmill. We chased polygon counts and lighting effects, discarding hardware and software alike in a pursuit of fidelity. Today, however, we have reached a saturation point. The history of PC gaming is no longer a disposable timeline where the latest release replaces its predecessor. It has become a library. It is a vast, static canon filled with masterpieces that remain as mechanically engaging today as the moment they were compiled.

The friction of the modern market serves as a useful filter. Why mortgage your financial stability for an RTX 4090 to play an unoptimized stutter-fest, when a mid-range card from 2018 can run the greatest games ever made at frame rates modern engines can only dream of? The backlog is not a list of shame. It is a treasure trove of feature-complete experiences that respect the player's intelligence.

There is no better case study for this argument than the Real-Time Strategy genre. If one were to wait for a modern RTS renaissance, they would be waiting in vain. The genre is ostensibly dormant in the mainstream AAA space, yet it remains functionally immortal for those willing to look backward. The mechanics of strategy reached a zenith in the late 90s and 2000s that modern titles struggle to replicate.

Consider Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance. Released in 2007, its implementation of strategic zoom and the sheer scale of its ballistics simulation remain unrivaled by contemporary technology. Alternatively, look to Age of Empires II. Here is a title from 1999 that commands a competitive scene more vibrant than games released six months ago. These are not just "old games." They are perfected loops of gameplay. A modern studio could burn five years and two hundred million dollars trying to reinvent the wheel, or a player could simply install Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and experience the genre at its absolute peak immediately. The "new" often adds graphical noise, but it rarely adds mechanical depth.

This is the unique privilege of the PC platform. Unlike the console ecosystem, which often leaves its history stranded on obsolete plastic, the PC is an eternal archivist. Through platforms like GOG and the tireless work of preservationist modders, games from the turn of the millennium play better today than they did at launch. We can experience Deus Ex with modern renderers, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines with restored content, and Total Annihilation at 4K resolution.

When we accept that "gaming is over," we step off the hype cycle. We stop pre-ordering promises and start playing realities. The anxiety of missing out on the current cultural conversation is replaced by the quiet joy of archaeology. There is a profound satisfaction in discovering that Thief II: The Metal Age handles spatial audio and stealth better than any modern blockbuster, or that Baldur’s Gate II offers a narrative density that shames current releases.

The release of newer games ceases to matter because we already possess enough high-quality entertainment to last several lifetimes. The industry can continue to churn out live-service roadmaps and burn out developers on crunch time, but the discerning player knows the truth. The golden age is not on the horizon. It is already on your hard drive, waiting to be rediscovered. Gaming is over. We won. Now we can finally just play.]]>
To declare that gaming is "over" is not to suggest the medium is dead. Rather, it suggests that the desperate, consumerist imperative for the new has become obsolete. For thirty years, PC gamers were trapped on a technological treadmill. We chased polygon counts and lighting effects, discarding hardware and software alike in a pursuit of fidelity. Today, however, we have reached a saturation point. The history of PC gaming is no longer a disposable timeline where the latest release replaces its predecessor. It has become a library. It is a vast, static canon filled with masterpieces that remain as mechanically engaging today as the moment they were compiled.

The friction of the modern market serves as a useful filter. Why mortgage your financial stability for an RTX 4090 to play an unoptimized stutter-fest, when a mid-range card from 2018 can run the greatest games ever made at frame rates modern engines can only dream of? The backlog is not a list of shame. It is a treasure trove of feature-complete experiences that respect the player's intelligence.

There is no better case study for this argument than the Real-Time Strategy genre. If one were to wait for a modern RTS renaissance, they would be waiting in vain. The genre is ostensibly dormant in the mainstream AAA space, yet it remains functionally immortal for those willing to look backward. The mechanics of strategy reached a zenith in the late 90s and 2000s that modern titles struggle to replicate.

Consider Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance. Released in 2007, its implementation of strategic zoom and the sheer scale of its ballistics simulation remain unrivaled by contemporary technology. Alternatively, look to Age of Empires II. Here is a title from 1999 that commands a competitive scene more vibrant than games released six months ago. These are not just "old games." They are perfected loops of gameplay. A modern studio could burn five years and two hundred million dollars trying to reinvent the wheel, or a player could simply install Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and experience the genre at its absolute peak immediately. The "new" often adds graphical noise, but it rarely adds mechanical depth.

This is the unique privilege of the PC platform. Unlike the console ecosystem, which often leaves its history stranded on obsolete plastic, the PC is an eternal archivist. Through platforms like GOG and the tireless work of preservationist modders, games from the turn of the millennium play better today than they did at launch. We can experience Deus Ex with modern renderers, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines with restored content, and Total Annihilation at 4K resolution.

When we accept that "gaming is over," we step off the hype cycle. We stop pre-ordering promises and start playing realities. The anxiety of missing out on the current cultural conversation is replaced by the quiet joy of archaeology. There is a profound satisfaction in discovering that Thief II: The Metal Age handles spatial audio and stealth better than any modern blockbuster, or that Baldur’s Gate II offers a narrative density that shames current releases.

The release of newer games ceases to matter because we already possess enough high-quality entertainment to last several lifetimes. The industry can continue to churn out live-service roadmaps and burn out developers on crunch time, but the discerning player knows the truth. The golden age is not on the horizon. It is already on your hard drive, waiting to be rediscovered. Gaming is over. We won. Now we can finally just play.]]> <![CDATA[Remasters]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=389 Thu, 16 Oct 2025 08:10:57 +0000 benji]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=389

There's a video I keep getting recommended about how each new version of the first Gears of War looks worse than the previous that I'm waiting for a couple remasters of before I click on it. I used this one just because uh, it was recent, he's verbose and can kick off the thread where we whine because we can but not asking if we should.]]>

There's a video I keep getting recommended about how each new version of the first Gears of War looks worse than the previous that I'm waiting for a couple remasters of before I click on it. I used this one just because uh, it was recent, he's verbose and can kick off the thread where we whine because we can but not asking if we should.]]> <![CDATA[Is Marathon going to be the next Concord?]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=387 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:16:51 +0000 who is ted danson?]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=387 <![CDATA[Video game media watch]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=377 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 09:04:21 +0000 Potato]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=377
Seen something so profoundly stupid that you just can't help but say, "What a fucking retard!" 

Post it here. 

Leaderboard for fuckwit games journalists mentioned in this thread: 
  1. Dalton Cooper 1
  2. Rik Henderson 1
  3. Jez Corden 1
  4. Ed Nightingale 1
  5. Dominic Tarason 1
  6. Scott McRae 1
  7. Luke Plunkett 1
  8. Eric van Allen 1
  9. Anthony McGlynn 1



I'll start with this one, which is very clearly a Microsoft press release. If the "journalist" had any self respect, he'd punch himself in the dick live on stream so he could count himself as having achieved at least something of even minimal entertainment value in his pathetic life.

It really has it all:
✅ Reads like a press release
✅ Absurdly hyperbolic language
✅ Idiotic pop culture references
✅ SEO guff
✅ A hypothesis at odds with the reality of the market

https://gamerant.com/best-xbox-game-pass-games-2025-play-now/

[Image: 5zQYLTq.png]

Quote:Xbox Game Pass is Having Its Avengers: Endgame Portal Moment

By Dalton Cooper

The Xbox Game Pass subscription service is currently on a wild hot streak with a seemingly never-ending supply of big new game additions. While the first few months of 2025 saw their fair share of high-profile, critically-acclaimed new Xbox Game Pass games, things really started picking up in April. April 2025 may very well go down as one of the absolute-best months in the history of Xbox Game Pass, with GOTY contender Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 added as a day one release alongside the brilliant first-person puzzle game Blue Prince and the surprise debut of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered.

Xbox Game Pass kept the momentum going strong in May 2025 with the addition of the highly-anticipated day one release Doom: The Dark Ages, and June 2025 has really picked things up with fresh game additions like The Alters. The rest of the year is looking bright for Xbox Game Pass as well, with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 and Wuchang: Fallen Feathers both coming in July, Gears of War: Reloaded on deck for August, and a trio of day one games in October in the form of Ninja Gaiden 4, Keeper, and The Outer Worlds 2. And assuming it's not delayed yet again, it seems fans can expect to play Hollow Knight: Silksong through their Game Pass subscription before the year is out as well.

Exciting new games keep getting announced as day one Xbox Game Pass titles. It's like the service is having its Avengers: Endgame portal moment, where fan-favorite characters showed up on the scene in one of the most memorable moments in MCU history. But many would agree that is where the MCU peaked. Avengers: Endgame's portal moment was the culmination of over a decade's worth of MCU films and is often hailed as one of the franchise's most memorable moments ever, but after that, things went downhill. The MCU is not nearly as popular as it was pre-Endgame, as evident by the poor box office returns for movies like The Marvels and Thunderbolts.

It could be that Xbox Game Pass will suffer a somewhat similar fate. While there should be no shortage of day one Xbox Game Pass games coming to the service in the months and years ahead, it's entirely possible that 2025 will mark the peak of the service's output. The roll Xbox Game Pass has been on this year has been nothing short of astonishing, and it's hard to imagine a scenario where it can be matched. That doesn't mean that there won't be hit games added to Xbox Game Pass in the coming years. Just like the MCU still has its occasional hits with movies like Deadpool & Wolverine, Xbox Game Pass will still be home to massive day one releases. But they may just not come at the same ridiculous pace that they have in 2025.

We know that Xbox Game Pass is coming out swinging in 2026, but time will tell if next year will have the same impact as this year. It will be hard to top 2025, but 2026 promises to bring the long-awaited new Fable game, the Gears of War: E-Day prequel, a new Forza game, and most likely a new Halo, believed to be a remake of Combat Evolved. It's possible that this is the peak of Xbox Game Pass, but it could also be that the service's best years are ahead of it.

Fuck gaming "journalists".]]>
Seen something so profoundly stupid that you just can't help but say, "What a fucking retard!" 

Post it here. 

Leaderboard for fuckwit games journalists mentioned in this thread: 
  1. Dalton Cooper 1
  2. Rik Henderson 1
  3. Jez Corden 1
  4. Ed Nightingale 1
  5. Dominic Tarason 1
  6. Scott McRae 1
  7. Luke Plunkett 1
  8. Eric van Allen 1
  9. Anthony McGlynn 1



I'll start with this one, which is very clearly a Microsoft press release. If the "journalist" had any self respect, he'd punch himself in the dick live on stream so he could count himself as having achieved at least something of even minimal entertainment value in his pathetic life.

It really has it all:
✅ Reads like a press release
✅ Absurdly hyperbolic language
✅ Idiotic pop culture references
✅ SEO guff
✅ A hypothesis at odds with the reality of the market

https://gamerant.com/best-xbox-game-pass-games-2025-play-now/

[Image: 5zQYLTq.png]

Quote:Xbox Game Pass is Having Its Avengers: Endgame Portal Moment

By Dalton Cooper

The Xbox Game Pass subscription service is currently on a wild hot streak with a seemingly never-ending supply of big new game additions. While the first few months of 2025 saw their fair share of high-profile, critically-acclaimed new Xbox Game Pass games, things really started picking up in April. April 2025 may very well go down as one of the absolute-best months in the history of Xbox Game Pass, with GOTY contender Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 added as a day one release alongside the brilliant first-person puzzle game Blue Prince and the surprise debut of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered.

Xbox Game Pass kept the momentum going strong in May 2025 with the addition of the highly-anticipated day one release Doom: The Dark Ages, and June 2025 has really picked things up with fresh game additions like The Alters. The rest of the year is looking bright for Xbox Game Pass as well, with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 and Wuchang: Fallen Feathers both coming in July, Gears of War: Reloaded on deck for August, and a trio of day one games in October in the form of Ninja Gaiden 4, Keeper, and The Outer Worlds 2. And assuming it's not delayed yet again, it seems fans can expect to play Hollow Knight: Silksong through their Game Pass subscription before the year is out as well.

Exciting new games keep getting announced as day one Xbox Game Pass titles. It's like the service is having its Avengers: Endgame portal moment, where fan-favorite characters showed up on the scene in one of the most memorable moments in MCU history. But many would agree that is where the MCU peaked. Avengers: Endgame's portal moment was the culmination of over a decade's worth of MCU films and is often hailed as one of the franchise's most memorable moments ever, but after that, things went downhill. The MCU is not nearly as popular as it was pre-Endgame, as evident by the poor box office returns for movies like The Marvels and Thunderbolts.

It could be that Xbox Game Pass will suffer a somewhat similar fate. While there should be no shortage of day one Xbox Game Pass games coming to the service in the months and years ahead, it's entirely possible that 2025 will mark the peak of the service's output. The roll Xbox Game Pass has been on this year has been nothing short of astonishing, and it's hard to imagine a scenario where it can be matched. That doesn't mean that there won't be hit games added to Xbox Game Pass in the coming years. Just like the MCU still has its occasional hits with movies like Deadpool & Wolverine, Xbox Game Pass will still be home to massive day one releases. But they may just not come at the same ridiculous pace that they have in 2025.

We know that Xbox Game Pass is coming out swinging in 2026, but time will tell if next year will have the same impact as this year. It will be hard to top 2025, but 2026 promises to bring the long-awaited new Fable game, the Gears of War: E-Day prequel, a new Forza game, and most likely a new Halo, believed to be a remake of Combat Evolved. It's possible that this is the peak of Xbox Game Pass, but it could also be that the service's best years are ahead of it.

Fuck gaming "journalists".]]> <![CDATA[What price range will PS6 / Xbox Series 2 launch at?]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=375 Sun, 18 May 2025 13:22:06 +0000 who is ted danson?]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=375 <![CDATA[GTA VI]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=371 Tue, 06 May 2025 15:37:09 +0000 chronovore]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=371

2nd trailer just went up. Looks good. 

People are gonna be tearing it apart for details. Looks like the woman is a cagefighter. I'd love a Bully-style brawling system, but GTA IV's underground fights were laaaaame.]]>

2nd trailer just went up. Looks good. 

People are gonna be tearing it apart for details. Looks like the woman is a cagefighter. I'd love a Bully-style brawling system, but GTA IV's underground fights were laaaaame.]]> <![CDATA[Old world gaming webites that are inexplicably still alive and active]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=358 Sun, 26 Jan 2025 20:40:31 +0000 who is ted danson?]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=358 ???

https://www.neoseeker.com/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle/walkthrough]]> ???

https://www.neoseeker.com/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle/walkthrough]]> <![CDATA[Ninja Gaiden 2 Black announced/Shadowdropped]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=356 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:25:36 +0000 MMaRsu]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=356
This is one of my favorite game series (bar 3) and my excitement is through the roof!!!!!

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This is one of my favorite game series (bar 3) and my excitement is through the roof!!!!!

]]> <![CDATA[Best FF song]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=332 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 20:02:55 +0000 nachobro]]> https://thebire.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=332

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