Free Games

• Epic Games

• • Rebel Galaxy

  • • Jun 20th to 27th
    • By Double Damage Games
    • Rebel Galaxy is a game of action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.
    • You’ll battle pirates, explore anomalies, befriend aliens, scavenge battle wreckage, mine asteroids, and discover artifacts. Choose your path as a roguish do-gooder, crafty space-trader or power-hungry privateer in this swashbuckling space adventure.

• Microsoft

• • Earth Defence Force 2017 (Xbox One and Xbox 360)

  • • June 16th to 30th
    • I did a whole History of Gaming about this franchise, and this is the one that got me into it!
    • Listen to PS2J 238 if your not convinced to get it as soon as possible.

Cyberpunk 2077 goes full inclusive

• The game will revolve around the player character named V.
• • You can fully customize the appearance, gender and abilities
  • There are three default classes
  • • You start the game as a NetRunner, which is hacking focused
    • The Techie uses technology to their advantage
    • and the Solo, who are combat experts
• Some highlights from an interview on the Metro with Pawet Sasko, the lead of the quest team:
• • About 450 people are working on the game
  • Most of the team have worked together through The Witcher 2 and 3
  • With the experience on The Witcher, the team is confident with the questing
  • • You won’t be getting “Go there and kill person” missions
    • The world building will be extensive for those who want to dive in
    • And conversations can be “To the point” for players that want more action
  • For the Player Classes
  • • The classes are intended to be fluid
    • You can mix and match skills from Techie, Solo and NetRunner
    • Dialogue options will have different options based on your proficiencies
    • Care is takes for all customizations, cyberware, skills and attributes to affect your gameplay experience with NPCs and the rest of the world
    • Almost like the game is a Game Master in a tabletop RPG and is going with the flow, rather than a rigid pre-planned campaign
  • Keanu Reeves will have the second most amount of dialogue in CyberPunk 2077, next to the main character.
  • • He is a character named Johnny Silver-hand
    • • This character is an important figure in the original tabletop-RPG CyberPunk 2013 from 1988
    • Johnny is not alive at this time, but exists in the characters mind as a Cyber Ghost
    • • And my guest, is that it is a personality imprint made into an AI that would act a lot like the real Johnny
  • Unlike the original RPG:
  • • There is no humanity meter, where adding more components to your body has your empathy reduced
    • • And it can be reduced so far in the TTRPG, you hand your player sheet to the Game Master, because you are now a NPC!
    • The entire body of the player character will be essentially an inventory for you to manage
  • Your characters sexuality exists, because it exists in people
  • • You can have a masculine or feminine appearance
    • • And the options are not binary, its all on a sliding scale
    • Match either appearance with a feminine or masculine voice
    • You can also romance however you feel is appropriate
  • Best part of it yet, the development team is working hard, but not overworked
  • • They have had huge amounts in progress in the last year
    • And are on schedule without needing to overwork the team
• A bonus note after I got these sorted, you can call your car and have it appear like Roach in The Witcher

Japan will be turning traffic signals into 5G wireless relay devices

• With the faster internet speed, comes a much lower range
• • Since low wave lengths travel further, but have less ability with transmitting information, think AM radio
  • And high wave lengths have much more information, but cannot go as far or through objects as well, like FM radio
• With the new tech, and not many tower to start off with
• • The Japanese government will allow 208 thousand traffic signals to set up new 5G equipment
  • Expecting to be completed by the end of March 2026
• 5G can receive data 100 times faster than current 4G networks
• • An example of what to expect, a 2 hour film can be downloaded in 3 seconds
• Japan is hoping to take the lead in 5G ahead of China and the United States
• • Four mobile phone carriers have said they will not use equipment made by the two largest Chinese tech companies
  • • Such as Huawei and ZTE Corp.

Missouri to legalize Jedi Funerals

• A bill called the Jedi Disposal Act may make Missouri the first state to allow outdoor cremations
• The bill would allow licensed funeral directors to organize outdoor cremations at licensed crematoriums or private sites that have permits
• • It of course references the cremations Jedi have had for their dead
  • Like the ceremonies for Qui-Gon Jinn in Phantom Menace
  • Or for Anakin Skywalker at the end of Return of the Jedi
• The bill passed with nearly unanimous consent in this year’s legislative session and is awaiting Gov. Mike Parson’s decision on whether to sign it.
• • Sen. Jason Holsman, said he proposed the measure in part because outdoor cremations have been performed “since the dawn of man.”
  • “This is the way that our ancestors took care of their remains,” “The Native Americans did it in trees. The Vikings did it in boats. Outdoor cremation has been around many cultures forever.”
  • Holsman’s northern Germanic and Viking ancestry is what sparked his interest in these outdoor ceremonies
• The only place in the country where public outdoor cremations are legal is the small Colorado town of Crestone, about 260 kilometers or 160 miles southwest of Denver.
• • The Crestone End of Life Project (CEOLP), a not-for-profit organization, receives state permits to organize ceremonies for people who live or own land in surrounding Saguache (Sa-watch) County.
  • Stephanie Gaines the founding director of CEOLP, has said:
  • • CEOLP said it has organized about 65 outdoor cremations during the last 12 years. Some ceremonies attract as many as 300 people in a town with a population of only 143
    • “It’s part of the fabric of our community,” “The cremation is the frosting on the cake. For us, it’s about community support in a transitional time from end of life, terminal end of life, through supporting the family and the individual after death.”
• Don Otto, executive director of the Missouri Funeral Directors and Embalmers, said that funeral directors initially resisted the proposal out of fear people would host impromptu bonfires of deceased loved ones in their backyards
• • They dropped their opposition when health and safety requirements were added to the bill.
  • Otto said he expects the state board to enact more detailed rules for how licenses will be granted.

Canadian Netflix Rant

• This greatly limits the content we get to access.
• Most Canadians assume that when a YouTube video says “This content is not available in your country” it is most likely this broadcasting act.
• • But it also can be the uploader, but we can’t can’t tell when that is the case.

• French video with full English dub
• Other examples are:
• • Cars 2
  • Incredibles 2
  • Coco
• My guess is it’s a deal with Disney content being on Netflix

Tid Bits

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons will not have cloud saves
• • Also, Mr. Resetti has lost his job to autosaving.
• Its been 2 years since the Minecraft Super Duper Texture Pack has been announced, no further details.
• From r/Today I Learned: Clone High, the animated tv series about the clones of famous historical figures going to high school, was cancelled due to its portrayal of Ghandi as a loose party animal, causing great controversy in India. It began hunger strikes and even a national protest where MPs got involved.

Josh recommends Aggretsuko Season 2

• Great to see more of the cute and brutal Hello Kittyaesthetic
• Interesting to see the Japanese work ethic
• Addresses real problems I have even been experiencing
• • The struggle of younger Millennials entering the workplace and not having the coping and communication skills that are expected from older generations
  • Dating as an adult and having different expectations for your relationship than your partner