I don't use FITE - I have no idea why they'd cut the show short, I don't think they usually do?

Yeah they are taping WM this year in advance, I guess it'll still air whatever time it was originally scheduled to? Completely agree on WWE, it's so boring and stale. There are still some good moments (Edge's return at the rumble and his program with Orton has been very well done) but overall their product just seems out of touch and bland when compared with stuff like AEW Dynamite or NJPW. I'd say even NWA Powerrr, a retro-themed show, somehow comes off as more innovative and fresh than WWE!

Looks like the supposedly ITK reddit guy got some bad info, as Edge, the Usos, Miz and Morrison all did tape their stuff for Mania.

Edge is apparently refusing to do the show.

So, looks like Roman Reigns has pulled out of Wrestlemania. He has concerns over his health after the Miz came in sick, which is fair enough considering the bloke has just recovered from cancer. All for nothing if he gets COVID-19 and dies. Some guy who seems to be ITK on reddit suggesting Kevin Owens, Edge, the Miz, John Morrison and the Uso's are also out, Reigns/Goldberg and Edge/Orton being off the card is pretty brutal. Just cancel the fucking thing already, jeez.

I'll keep my pre-order on for now as the digital editions will always be available should there be a huge delay. Fingers crossed it won't be an issue though.

There is a "Phantom Thieves" edition where you get a mask, OST, etc... but I know that stuff would only end up going in a pile somewhere so happy enough just to have the game. I bought the original with all the DLC though so this will be a different challenge for me, as having all of the DLC at the start of the game last time made things easier than they would have been otherwise. I have seen a lot of people overseas saying they are going to cancel their physical FF7 Remake preorder as they don't think they will be able to get the deliveries. I'm assuming/hoping that won't be the case here. Gamecollection haven't given any indication that it will be late anyway.

Very impressed with ShopTo who have (quite literally) delivered by getting P5 Royal to me today. I believe the official release date in the UK is 31/03 so that's good going. Will be cracking on with this as soon as I finish work!

No idea but probably not ? I got the 'complete' version on Blu Ray a while back and I have to admit it's much better than the original cut. The story makes more sense and the extra scenes make it feel a lot more fleshed out. A lot of people rip on AC but I've always thought it was decent enough. Granted I've never watched it with the english voices, so it's possible the dub is just a pile of shit.

I just finished watching both parts and yeah, really heavy going, but very well done. There isn't really any new information but in the last 13 years pretty much everything that could come out has come out so they can't be criticised for that. I thought they did a good job with Eddie's part as well, although he really deserves his own episode at some point.

Enjoyed this week's Dynamite overall, but have to admit I'm not totally sold on the Broken Matt Hardy character. I'm not sure it fits particularly well with the AEW aesthetic, although the lack of crowd and reaction plays a part in that. To be honest I've never been all in, so to speak, on the 'Broken' character. It was fine in TNA as an experimental thing, but I'm not convinced it translates well to a bigger company. I guess we'll see if AEW can do a better job than WWE in that regard. Brodie Lee's parody of Vince was pretty funny too! Especially the reaction to the sneeze.

P5 Royale is ready for dispatch, fingers crossed I might even get it on Saturday.

A classic.

Yeah the digital copies are a little pricey for my liking, especially the "deluxe" version at £75!! Can't imagine they'll be coming down in price any time soon either. I got the standard edition from gamecollection for £42.95 which seemed reasonable enough. They say they're including the summon DLC too. I am really looking forward to giving Persona another run through when Royal is released. Definitely my favourite non-VR game of the last decade.

For anyone who doesn't already subscribe, WWE is offering a big portion of the Network for free at the moment: https://www.wwe.com/article/wwe-offers-free-access-wwe-network

I've now got Persona 5 Royal and the FF7 Remake on pre-order - so at least I'll have some good games to entertain myself with during these lonely times!

Depending on the laws that are being passed in various states at the moment it is still possible that Wrestlemania doesn't go ahead.

It tends to happen to YouTube channels that have been up for a while. Hard to keep producing top content after so long, and to keep the motivation and enthusiasm going. He's got a huge backlog of great content so even if he only produces something good every once in a while that's okay with me.

Have to admit I haven't watched as much WwW since Brian changed up the schedule. I still like watching the classic PPV reviews but generally that's it.

Yeah Dark Side of the Ring is pretty cool. Also Wrestling with Wregret's review of Herb Abrams' UWF is one of my favourites.

Agreed, with Danny Murphy it felt like he didn't give a shit and was around for one last payday - he also backed Kean which instantly puts a black mark against his name. With Whittingham I think it was just a season too far and also an inability to adapt to League 1 football, which is significantly different to the Championship.

I've seen reviews on YouTube about both games and they look interesting, but also quite time consuming! I think the fact they are quite old now would probably hamper my enjoyment of them as well. I'd probably still get on OK with LTTP and Windwaker as the graphics and controls on both won't have aged as badly as the N64 games. In fact the majority of the games from the 16-bit era have aged a lot better than the 32-bit era imo, with some exceptions. I've heard Twilight Princess is very good, and I do have a Wii so that's a possibility for me at some point. I can't imagine I'll play BOTW any time soon - probably in about 15 years when the Wii U/Switch are retro ?

I don't have BOTW and also have no system to play it on (I don't own a Wii U or Switch) but ideally I'd like to play the games in chronological order if possible. Link to the Past and the N64 games in particular are supposed to be very good so I'll get around to playing them at some point. I've also got Windwaker on the Gamecube which I haven't played yet.

I still have to play Link to the Past and everything after it, let alone the latest Zelda games ?

So I was searching for something non-gaming related and came across the first-run edition of Advent Children I ordered way back in 2005 :') Still in the shrink wrap, no less! The order form was in with it too, which says it shipped on 04/09/2005. Amusingly I also found the translation I printed out for the other Japanese version of AC that I ordered (I don't think an English release came out until April 2006). It's still in amazing condition considering I printed that out roughly 14 years ago. I would have literally been watching through the movie at the time whilst reading this. Since I'm posting pictures of old school FF7 stuff I might as well throw up my OG FF7 game, given to me at Christmas 1997 by my dad. I believe my initial reaction was something like 'what is this?' as I actually wanted WCW Vs the World. "Official Playstation memory Card recommended" - yes I would say so, unless you fancy leaving your PS1 turned on non-stop for about a month. Like a dipshit my younger self drew on the back of the manual for some reason.