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Open Forum Radio - Ep 512 OFR Season 13 (Episode 1) - Merry OFR Podcast to you! Wednesday, December 15th 2021 9:30 EST Hosts: Derek & Vladz  (Feedback at [email protected])

Open Forum Radio - Episode 490 OFR Season 11 (Episode 6) - OFR The Gambler Tuesday, Jan 7th 2020 9:30 EST Introduction & Roll Call: AA, Derek, Vladz, Whiskey (Feedback at [email protected]) * CBS morning did a segment on Video Games becoming the new slot machine revenue in Las Vegas Betting big on video game gambling * Gameco Skill based games / video game gambling  * Can you see this being the new model for Vegas in 5 years? * Do you guys gamble much? What would be the most you’d bet on a video game round? What would be a good MP game for gambling?  * Project Neon Samsung’s ‘artificial human’ project* Core R3 Samsung Core R3 and the system called NEON Artificial Human from STAR Labs  * Sneak peek at the bonus content? In the DVD release of Rise of Skywalker Deleted Scenes Explaining How Palpatine Survived * Will there be a Directors Cut from JJ Abrams ?  * GTA-V now on Game Pass* GTA-6 release date  Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played)  Lost in Space (season 2), Jedi Fallen Order, Unbelievable, COD MW campaign finished, Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais calls out Hollywood and he tells Hollywood execs  @RonanFarrow is "coming for ya"  (here is tweet of the entire clip of his opening  ) COD MW campaign, assembled new shelves in the living room, Golden Globes was as weird as ever, great wildcard weekend of playoff football SotW: Centerfield - John Fogherty Home Free show, Witcher, Dr Pimple Popper ugh, Far Cry 5 (ADD)   , more cod going for gold m4 , dracula netflix , manifest , dog cage nightmare , printer nightmare ugh,  Sports * College Football:   * NCAA Bowl Games  * NFL:   * NFL Playoffs * AB getting in the ring? i’d drop you faster than the patriots.  Shout-outs:   ofr crew , amp crew , stuart page 2 screen he knows why he gets a shout out , working on a slashertainment episode  jay guiles , rocketchip miss ya buddy ,

Open Forum Radio - Episode 483 OFR Season 10 (Episode 51) - OFR Next To Last Tuesday, November 19th 2019 9:45 EST Introduction & Roll Call: AA, Derek, Vladz, Bubba, (Feedback at [email protected]) * OFR Episode 51, next to the last OFR Season 10 show!  * Popeye’s Chicken Sandwich update. Bubba’s thoughts Vladz tried it over the weekend too.  * X019 Inside Xbox News Highlights | Everything Coming to Xbox in 5 minutes | Xbox Game Pass * New IP from Obsidian and Rare lead X019 announcements X019 was held in London and saw the debut of Grounded, a new survival action game by Obsidian Entertainment launching through Xbox Game Preview and Xbox Game Pass. In fact, it will be the first title from Preview (Xbox's answer to Early Access) to launch through Game Pass.* Project xCloud expands with 50 new titles, coming to Japan, India and more next year Xbox's streaming service will be incorporated into Xbox Game Pass; Bluetooth controller support coming next year* Games! As for other new games, Microsoft announced poop* West of Dead (a supernatural Western shooter featuring the voice of Ron Perlman), Drake Hollow (from Flam and the Flood developer The Molasses Flood), Last Stop (from Virginia developer Variable State), KartRider Drift, and the Xbox One debut of Planet Coaster.* 10 (All?)  the Final Fantasy Games X-Enhanced so you get the best version on xbox & PC* All Kingdom Hearts games to Xbox* Halo Reach for Xbox and PC 4K remastered releasing Dec 3rd 2019* Crossfire X - coming in 2020 MP and developing a single player mode* inXile Entertainment's Wasteland 3 was also showcased in a new trailer, which revealed the game will be released on May 19, 2020.* Black Friday deals were unveiled, with a $150 discount on all Xbox One hardware, including the X, S and S All-Digital models. All first-party titles will be 50% off. Black Friday Xbox Deals  * Three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate will be offered for $1, and eligible members in select markets will also get 1 month of EA Access, 3 months of Discord Nitro and 6 months of Spotify Premium.* Over 50 new games were announced for Xbox Game Pass, with titles arriving before Christmas including The Witcher 3, Halo Reach, Life Is Strange 2, and Rage 2* Microsoft: We Feel So Confident of Our Content Pipeline We Don’t Need to Save Games for Scarlett   * Star Wars* The Mandalorian - You guys watching?* Fortnite Stormtrooper for a limited time as a bonus for buying Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order. The deal will be available until November 30, 2020 * So… what do you guys think of the Final Tours that never quite end? And bands that reunite after long thought have died? Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, Poison Set 2020 Stadium Tour * a href="https://www.rollingstone.

Open Forum Radio - Episode 482 OFR Season 10 (Episode 50) - OFR Sammich Plus    Tuesday, November 12th 2019 9:45 EST Introduction & Roll Call: AA, Derek, Vladz, Whiskey, (Feedback at [email protected]) * Popeyes Chicken - Chicken Fight! The Boondocks Out of Chicken  Has any of us tried this sandwich yet? Should we ask the community for anyone that has to come on and tell us about it?  * Popeyes customers brawl and STAFF turn on each other amid long lines nationwide for the restocked chicken sandwich * Maryland Police seek to ID suspect in death over chicken sandwich * Drive Through freakout * How to make that sandwich at home  * Happy Disney Plus Day * Star Wars!* The Mandalorian (Din Jarron)* All the Star Wars movies in 4K. The New Hope through The Force Awakens are all available with Dolby Vision HDR and Atmos support, There is also a 4K HDR version of Rogue One. (Solo and The Last Jedi aren’t available yet on the service)* And they’ve edited the Han/Greedo scene once more. Tightening the window in which Greedo ‘shoots first’ to almost simultaneously firing and now he utters something like ”maclunkey”  I’ve watched it a couple times and if you replay it over and over you can’t tell who shoots first but Han’s head jerking to the side is pretty crazy to see.  * 500+ movies* Disney+ slaps content warning for 'outdated cultural depictions' on classic animated movies* Content warning of outdated cultural depictions classic animated movies * She-Hulk gets Rick and Morty writer Jessica Gao (Among Gao's credits is the Pickle Rick episode which she wrote, Comedy Central's Corporate and HBO's Silicon Valley.)* D23 announced Marvel Phase Four an original series from Marvel Studios, only on Disney+.  * Ghostbusters 3, tentatively titled Ghostbusters 2020 and referred to as “GB20,” will reportedly be titled Ghostbusters: Afterlife returning Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts and Ernie Hudson in their original roles. * Miss that Valentines text A ton of people received text messages overnight that were originally sent on Valentine’s Day It’s happening to people across all major US carriers, initially saying that 168,149 delayed messages were sent.  * Q: Could you win a trip to see the OFR Crew in Las Vegas for Episode 500?

Open Forum Radio - Episode 473 OFR Season 10 (Episode 41) - OFR Grinds My Gears Thursday, September 12th 2019 10:00 EST Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Whiskey, Derek, Vladz,  (Feedback at [email protected]) * The Coalition - Gears 5 * What did you think of it so far? * Metacritic.com * ign.com * Gears 5 launch delayed in China * MP - issues at launch* Xbox Live - issues * Gears 4 vs Gears 5 visuals Direct Comparison * Gears fantastic PC port  * While Microsoft’s community is gnashing their way through Gears 5, the SONY community a scandal reaching fever-pitch Is it an X (Ex) or is it a Cross?   * Sony Confirms That Spider-Man Is Out Of The MCU Tony Vinciquerra is perfectly confident that the Spider-Man franchise will be "just fine" under Sony's sole ownership.  "do not allow time for him to work on IP they (Marvel) do not own."  * Call of Duty: Modern Warfare beta start times – when can I play it? * Korn - releases a fictional podcast miniseries About a journalist’s surprise discovery that leads to ‘darkness’ Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played)   Gears 5, Netflix’s Shitt’s Creek , Back to remodeling, this time my 2nd floor.   Gears 5, The Deuce, Xbox Live down Fri , NFL Redzone Hemp Trade show was awesome, Nashville Zoo, Gears 5, OFR FF   forza h 4 , gears 5, life got crazy lots of projects and new things , my song of the week cause i’m back   texas hippie coalition dirty finger  OFR Sports * College Football:  * AB & maybe Gronk? The Patriots are the EMPIRE* Scores & rankings, * ESPN's 'Monday Night Football' NFL telecast changes confusing graphic mid-game * Big games: * NFL:  * https://fantasy.nfl.com/league/1790547  Shout-outs:   OFR Family, our Families & friends    AMP & intro inspiration, Page2Screen, OFR family,    ofr crew , rocketchip  for my set up, my girlfriend , bigg meezy , my boy josh h for helping with my house , jay guiles , special shout out to josh lany and jim bluemar for donating , to my suicide prevention walk i have donation link on twitter and face book please help what you can maybe we can help someone who needs it or a family member...

Open Forum Radio - Episode 472 OFR Season 10 (Episode 40) - All Fun and Games Tuesday, September 3rd 2019 9:48 EST Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Whiskey, Derek empty chair, Vladz,  (Feedback at [email protected]) * Joker - the final trailer / review * Tom Waits / Joker character * Cyberpunk 2077 - on August 30, CD Projekt Red showed off the game publicly Deep dive into CD Projekt Red's crazy new game  * Six men arrested over alleged Counter-Strike match fixing  * 2K20 - the gambling game NBA 2K20 trailer sells the thrill of gambling Remember when people got so upset with Star Wars Battlefront II because of loot boxes? Smh... The latest trailer for 2K Games' annual basketball title puts randomised loot front and centre, seemingly abandoning all pretence that loot boxes aren't demonstrably similar to gambling and the only way how you can get a real gambling experience is following the advises at https://www.newcasinos.com.au. * Telltale Games brand  * 'Call of Duty ruined me': Nick Kyrgios complains his eyesight has been destroyed by VIDEO GAMES - before a final humiliating snub in US Open loss * he needed to get away from the sport.   Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played)   The Righteous Gemstones, The Rain, Blair Witch, Wu Assassins Gears 4 (Batista! Gears 5) , Blair Witch, Empty Nest. SoTW: Ed Sheeran - BLOW (with Chris Stapleton & Bruno Mars)  Got a Samsung Galaxy S10 as i completely roasted my S8+ (but it was paid for, and now i have insurance), Labor Day at the lake with my family was wonderful, but on a sad note my Aunt Mary passed away Sunday night. Watched Dave Chappelle Sticks and Stones it was funny as hell, people need to check their feelings at the door, smh  OFR Sports * College Football:  * Scores & rankings, * Big games: #12 Texas A&M at #1 Clemson & #6 LSU at #10 Texas* NFL:  * The season starts this Thursday night: Packers vs Bears https://fantasy.nfl.com/league/1790547  Shout-outs:   OFR Family, our Families & friends    Denny & Blueman, AMP, Page2Screen, OFR family,  Rest in Peace Aunt Mary, God Bless you.

Open Forum Radio - Episode 469 OFR Season 10 (Episode 37) - The OFR Boys Thursday, August 8th 2019 9:57 EST Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Whiskey’s Chair, Derek’s Chair, Vladz, & Josh ( aka @xEtrnlSoulx ) (Feedback at [email protected]) * Amazon Prime’s - The Boys The Boys - Official Trailer | Prime Video * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boys_(comics)  * Call of Duty: Modern Warfare introduces its massive 20v20 mode. This mode is played with large-scale maps such as “Aniyah Palace” seen here.  * How long is this line? (waiting…….) Halo TV series pushed to 2021 A live-action Halo adaptation has been a long-running goal of Microsoft's. A film with Peter Jackson was executive producer was originally announced in 2005, though it reportedly fell apart over budgetary issues the following year. The current TV series has been in the works since at least 2014. Showtime's Halo TV Show Casts Cortana And Many More Characters  * Killing a brand with another brand Just how uncool can Facebook make Instagram and WhatsApp? the social network giant is going to add “Facebook” to their names. Instagram will soon become “Instagram from Facebook” and WhatsApp will turn into “WhatsApp from Facebook.”   * Getting in the mix - Ninja’s 80,000 Mixer viewers show that he’s bigger than just Twitch * For Microsoft, it looks like money well spent.  Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played) The Boys, Another Life, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Hard Knocks The Boys, BEACH, Fam   OFR Sports * NFL:  * PRESEASON!!!!  * Notable games for OFR listeners* 8/8 - Patriots at the Lions 7:30* 8/10 - Cowboys at the 49ers 9 PM & 8/17 Cowboys at Rams 10 PM* 8/8 - Texas at the Packers 8 PM & 8/17 - Texans at the Lions 8 PM* 8/10 - Chiefs at Bengals 8 PM, * 8/24 - Texans at the Cowboys 7 PM and 49ers at the Chiefs 8 PM* 8/29 - Lions at the Browns & Chiefs at the Packers & Cowboys at the Buccaneers all games at 8 PM * OFR FFL 2019 is up, check your inboxes Shout-outs:   OFR Family, our Families & friends   

Open Forum Radio - Episode 465 OFR Season 10 (Episode 33) - Wonderful World of OFR  Tuesday, JuLY 9th 2019 9:48 EST Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Whiskey, Derek’s Chair, Vladz,   (Feedback at [email protected]) * How was your July 4th Holiday? * Week started out with my cat killing my Wifi router immediately after we recorded our show. But then I got a new router - Netgear Nighthawk (was getting 55-60 down, now 81-99 Mbps) Day Drinking, HEAT, family time. * Got a few fireworks and shot them off in the backyard, went to the lake place and saw the camper turned around (it’s awesome!), had an electrical issue we have to get taken care of, got some lights re-ran, went trail riding, overall very good holiday weekend :)  * Vladz’s handyman’s hot minute.* Powerwasher fix-it* Beaming your wifi/Internet outside experiment  * Cuphead is getting its own cartoon on Netflix  * Live action what is next? * Previously * Jungle Book The Jungle Book Official Trailer  2016* (Winnie the Pooh) Christopher Robin Christopher Robin Official Trailer 2018* Dumbo Dumbo Official Trailer March 2019 * Aladdin Official Trailer - In Theaters May 24 2019 * Lion King 'The Lion King' Official Trailer July 19th * Mulan Hitting theaters on March 27th, 2020 * Little Mermaid Disney Decision To Cast Halle Bailey As Ariel * Coming soon: Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame Live-Action * Which Disney movie would you do next? Bolt, Big Hero 6 Frozen,  Wall-E, (these next ones weren’t animated films but would like to see a remake of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Black Hole remake) Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played)  Swamp Thing, Stranger Things Ssn 3 Fin, Jessica Jones Ssn 3 Fin Binge watched Stranger Things season 3, played Battlefield V (I know right?), Toy Story 4   driver's license renewal, travel for work Wednesday through Friday, SotW: Thunderstruck - Steve 'n Seagulls Thunderstruck remix, courtesy of community member Holyheadshot.  New puppy . stranger things season 3 OFR Sports * NFL:  * MLB * ALL-STAR Game & Home run derby * NBA:   Shout-outs:   OFR Family, our Families & friends   

Open Forum Radio - Episode 458 OFR Season 10 (Episode 26) - The Handshake Tuesday, May 21st 2019 9:54 EST. Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Whiskey, Derek, Vladz,   (Feedback at [email protected]) * WTF?!   Best Friends? Or Fiends? In a move not seen since the day that WWF took over WCW - The Handshake Sony and Microsoft partner for cloud, AI innovations * Microsoft Azure for Sony's streaming services. Microsoft and Sony will also collaborate on semiconductors and artificial intelligence (AI). When it comes to semiconductors, both parties will focus on image sensors.  * Has to be due Stadia (Google) right?  rivals team up in cloud * Get a ‘load’ of this: in a video from a meeting we can see loading Spider-man took roughly 15 seconds on a PS4 Pro, but less than one second on a dev kit for the PS5.  * Remember not so long E3 ago… Sony fanboys busted on Xbox for trying to do more than just play games? Playstation Productions - will develop and produce projects based on the company's catalog of more than 100 games * Oculus Quest is an all-in-one gaming system for virtual reality. * Not GoT but something else from George RR Martin a video game is the works. * Happy 10th Birthday Minecraft (May 17, 2009) Say hello to Minecraft Earth * Microsoft and Mojang announced that Minecraft has officially sold 176 million copies worldwide and has 200 million registered user * Big debt Netflix Has 175 Days Left To Pull Off A Miracle... ?   * Want to avoid jerks while playing your online game? “Battle Pass” Valve is now charging players a minimum of $9.99 to avoid harassers. Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played) The Division 2 (got the cool jams going in the Campus), GoT (for the last time), Flooring , GoT, Veep, Spider-Man DLC, John Wick 3  a lot of,division 2 . game of thrones ,  quick song of the week from got the hound, tormund , jorah and berric the one eyed guy Ser Jorah, Tormund,

Open Forum Radio - Episode 440 OFR Season 10 (Episode 9) - The Ballad of Whiskey Scruggs Wednesday, Jan 23rd  2019 10:00 EST. Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Derek, Jason, Vladz (Feedback at [email protected]) * Big kid on the block Netflix: "We compete with (and lose to) Fortnite more than HBO"* This week, SuperData's  annual report estimated Fortnite's digital revenue for 2018 at $2.4 billion, more "annual revenue than any game in history." * The Bandersnatch Effect* A Netflix series that begins next month (Feb 1) that looks awesome Russian Doll (Season 1) * Speaking of Netflix The 2019 Oscars Nominations Are In—And Netflix Has a Lot to Celebrate* Best Picture “Black Panther” No WAY - let’s fight * Start the excuses for why Anthem is going to blow…… now: Anthem Won’t Run At 1080p/60 FPS on PS4 Pro, Xbox One X – BioWare* Output on both PS4 Pro and Xbox One X at 4K resolution will be 30 frames per second (nothing changes at 1080) In a tweek Mike Gamble said “We can look at prioritizing frame rate maybe as future thing” - This should be something that should have been considered from the beginning. Just like a few other games that give you the option to play 60 fps at 1080 or 30 fps in 4k. * IF you are purchasing this game Feb 22nd, and have a datacap, are you going to download the 26 GB demo Feb 1st? VIP Demo, Early Download, Friend Codes, And More Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played)       Gotham, AC Odyssey, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs  Grace & Frankie Ssn 5, Homecoming, A Dog’s Way Home, Mortal Kombat 11 Revival - SotW: The Refreshments - Banditos.  Cod blops 4 . the punisher season 2 . love netflix . mrs maisel . Sports * NFL * Playoffs* We have been living with the reality ‘Bad calls happen, get over it’ for years. But is it time to correct the obvious? When the announcers can see it, the crowd & teams watching the replay can see it, the NFL experts on the rules in the booth or on a call can see it, when the millions (and millions) watching at home can see an obvious bad or missed call that is crucial to the outcome of the game…. Can we take 5 mins to correct it? NFL coaches may be allowed to throw the challenge flag for pass interference penalties next season. Commissioner has authority to take action over Rams-Saints outcome, in theory* Consider Rule 17, Section 2, Article 3: “The Commissioner’s powers under this Section 2 include . . . the reversal of a game’s result or the rescheduling of a game, either from the beginning or from the point at which the extraordinary act occurred.

Open Forum Radio - Episode 439 OFR Season 10 (Episode 8) - Coming to OFR Tuesday, Jan 15th  2019 10:00 EST. Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Derek, Jason, Vladz (Feedback at [email protected]) * One of OFR’s favorite movies Coming to America IS getting a sequel!!!* Eddie Murphy is poised to reprise his role as Akeem In the sequel, Akeem learns about a long lost son, and must return to America to meet his unlikely heir to the throne of Zamunda. The intention is to bring back the original cast which includes Arsenio Hall, who played the prince’s aide Semmi; Shari Headley, who was courted by the prince when he went undercover as a fast food worker; John Amos, who played her father; and James Earl Jones, who played the king. * Gillette commercial We Believe: The Best Men Can Be | Gillette (Short Film) * 30 minutes of Evil * The big divorce news: * Bungie will assume full publishing rights of the Destiny series from Activision * Bungie is much better placed to solve those problems without having to worry about hitting Activision's annual targets, which clearly have been a limiting factor on the creative process* Gearbox legal battle with former employee becomes messy publicly * The suit against Pitchford is full of sensational allegations, including the accusation that the Gearbox CEO received a secret $12 million bonus from publisher Take-Two Interactive as an advance against Borderlands profits. * Has EA once a top of the hill, dependable studio, lost their reputation EA Cancels Open-World Star Wars Game (Dead Space - how come that isn’t still a franchise? / TitanFall - Great game, terrible release window killed it, Star Wars Battlefront - where do we start, Burn Out - no new Burnout games have been released since 2011 / Mass Effect - ugh… again where do we start with our disappointments, etc. etc. etc.) Our World (Top Things you saw, heard or played)       Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Passage, Gotham, A little RDR2, The Passage, Tidying Up w/ Marie Kondo, Forza Horizon 4, Family life is tumultuous, but hopefully settling down, GO CHIEFS!!!!!! Mrs maisel .blops 4 . mortal combat x tourny with my kids . love on netflix . ballad of buster scruggs Sports * NFL * Playoff picture * KC is awesome* Dallas needs to fire people calling plays * Saints!* Brady again * OFR explains why everyone (except Dman hates to see them win in the Playoffs again)* Did his sideline coat/tent get even bigger * Sarah Thomas makes history 1st female field nfl playoff game offici...