Herd of Cats

Have you ever seen me and Batman in the same room at the same time?

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Not the puppies!

Everything you love about Earth is gone. Except for the Last City. And now a psycho rhino named Ghaul is coming to take that away too. On September 6, it’s time to grab some big guns, unite our scattered heroes, and take back our home.

Nathan Fillion rocks!

And yes, we are more cat people. I seem to remember we played the original Destiny quite a bit across both the 360 and the One. However, I am still not sure whether I am picking this up or not. Too many games coming out, too little budget. Will have to see what everyone else is planning.

Releasing September 6th by the way. That is this week!

After two years in "Early Access" status, Studio Wildcard has finally officially released Ark: Survival Evolved with all new content and servers. Unfortunately they have also retired many existing low-population servers to do so, resulting in much table flipping. Luckily the smarter gamers among us play on more than one. Read more

I realized I am posting hand-ons before we even talked about the game

Monster Hunter: World™ introduces a living, breathing ecosystem in which players strive to become the ultimate hunter. Explore a vast new continent and slay terrifying monsters in heart-pounding co-op battles for up to four players. The first worldwide launch in the series on PlayStation®4 and Xbox One in early 2018.

So it is possible, although unlikely, that I occasionally go off on tangents about different games. Sometimes this works out (Borderlands, Dead Island) and sometimes it doesn't (Operation Raccoon City). Sometimes the games are only of interest to certain Clan Members (The Crew, Ark Survival Involved, Fortnite). If nothing else, it does provide us with content.

Monster Hunter: World appears to be one of those tangents. It will probably land in the third category edging toward the first. It is a four player cooperative game, it is open world, and it targets giant monsters which appear to be a cross between dinosaurs and dragons. No zombies that I can tell but it still hits many of the HoC Points of Interest.
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It's been on my radar since it was announced at E3

I have always heard about Monster Hunter games but they have always been on 3DS or other platforms I did not own.

Now coming as an Open World cooperative game, Monster Hunter: World has captured my interest and will be available on Xbox One.

From Polygon: Watch 12 minutes of hands-on gameplay

in the video above, you can watch just over 12 minutes from our recent hands-on session with the game. We join a group of hunters from Capcom to take on the Anjanath, a large, fire-breathing dinosaur that really doesn’t like being hunted.

No vampires or zombies. Instead you equip your hunters and cooperatively take down gigantic lizards and similar monsters.

This is exactly the kind of Batman that I would be...

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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles... and boats.

I know most of you didn't enjoy the original The Crew as much as I did but number two is coming...

This is the Gamescom 2017 Fast Fav Multi-Vehicle Gameplay Trailer

The Crew® 2 is about empowering you to explore America and dominate your rivals in a near limitless world built for motorsports. There are no menus or loading screens. Seamlessly shift from your favorite cars to boats or even planes with just a push of a button using the Fast Fav feature, and experience the full potential and thrill of Motornation. Cruise through LA in your dream hypercar, switch to the swiftest aerobatic plane to rise above the skyscrapers, and enjoy stunning perspectives over Hollywood. Then swap to a slick powerboat as you reach the coastline, landing smoothly on the Pacific Ocean – opportunities for fun and challenges are limitless.

Release Date: March 16, 2018. Available on XBox One, PS4 and PC.

It is the perfect HoC game as it involves yelling at each other

RollyC discovered this game at his Game Changers Summer Camp and forced his parental units to download and play it. Fun was had.

2-4 players. Cooperative. In the same room only (well... within yelling range).

More info at the Official Game Page and a trailer is provided after the break.

That is an extremely accurate description

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Official instructions!

Once the Game of Thrones costume designers let leak that they had used IKEA carpets for the Night Watch cloaks it was only a matter of time before IKEA noticed. IKEA Norway was first, releasing the above IKEA instructions for makiing your own Game of Thrones Night Watch cloak. Just like Jon Snow wears on the show.

You can read more details at the Daily Mail.

They have the IKEA name listed as Vinter which doesn't exist on the Ikea.ca site. I did find two alternatives which match in different ways.

The fine folks at Rooster Teeth bring us another episode of their "In Real Life" series. Would a Fortnite style wooden fort hold up against the zombie horde?

Watch and find out...

I can't help but think that yes is the wrong answer here

Did you ever walk with ten cats on your head?

From the classic One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.

Only the strong can watch it all

I am not one of the strong...

It's an (unrelated) comic strip...

It's also video game related as they mention Call of Duty right there in the last panel between shrimp and chicken.

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