Author: Padraig Fahy

  • Gaming News – 7th November 2024

    Gaming News – 7th November 2024

    • Nintendo has confirmed that the new Nintendo console (which has not been announced yet) will be backwards compatible with existing Nintendo Switch games.
    • Warcraft II (2) Remastered has been leaked before its (reportedly) announcement during Warcraft’s 30th Anniversary next week.
    • Warner Bros. Discovery has revealed that the poor reception of MultiVersus is one of the major reasons why their games division is “substantially underperforming”
    • Raven from DC Comics and Marceline from Adventure Time are being added to Season 4 of MultiVersus which also includes 2 new stages from Samurai Jack and Adventure Time.
    • Starting in 2025, New subscribers to Nvidia’s game streaming service GeForce Now, will be limited to 100 hours of playtime per month. Existing members will have this limit imposed in 2026.
    • Surprise! Death Stranding is now available on Xbox Series X|S and via Xbox app on PC. For a limited time, it is 50% off (now €20)
    • As part of their Q2 Financial Report, Take-Two has stated that Grand Theft Auto VI is still on track for a Autumn 2025 release.
    • Take-Two has also stated that while the Borderlands movie was ‘disappointing’, it actually had a positive impact on video game sales.
    • Take-Two have also stated that they will spread out the release of Grand Theft Auto VI and Borderlands 4 even though they are slated to come out within a year of each other.
    • It has also been confirmed by Take-Two, that their “Private Division” label has been sold for an undisclosed sum.
    • It was recently confirmed by Konami that the voice actress for Eva in Metal Gear Solid 3 was listed as “Suzetta Minet” This was a pseudonym for Jodi Benson, who voiced Ariel in The Little Mermaid movie. It was suggested to her at the time that her name be changed due to the ‘adult themes’ that were in the game.
    • SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics is being delisted from Steam on the 6th December. If you have already purchased games within SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics, you would still be able to download them.
    • On this N7 Day, it has been revealed that there is a Mass Effect TV show in development from the writer for Fast & Furious 9, Daniel Casey, and Amazon MGM Studios.
  • Big Brother UK 2024 – Day 31 Notes

    Big Brother UK 2024 – Day 31 Notes

    • HoH Marcello in the DR – He gets a slap-up breakfast. He didn’t like the silk sheets on the bed.
    • Nominations time!! Nathan cannot nominate due to the rule break, but can be nominated. As Head of House, Marcello cannot be nominated.
    • As it is a Double-Eviction, Housemates with 2 or more nominations will be up for eviction.
    • Ali chooses Sarah (1) & Emma (1)
    • Lily chooses Thomas (1) & Khaled (1)
    • Khaled chooses Lily (1) & Nathan (1)
    • Baked Potato chooses Khaled (2) & Thomas (2)
    • Hanah chooses Emma (2) & Ali (1)
    • Emma chooses Lily (2) & Ali (2)
    • HoH Marcello chooses Ali (3) & Lily (3)
    • Segun chooses Lily (4) & Ali (4)
    • Thomas chooses Emma (3) & Lily (5)
    • Sarah chooses Lily (6) & Khaled (3)
    • Khaled in the DR – There is now a group called “THE CORE” – Members: Khaled, Marcello, Thomas and Hanah.
    • Nathan was talking with Ali and Lily came in screaming “I love MSG”. Nathan asks her to shut up.
    • HoH Marcello has been called to the DR – He must go to BB’s now not-so-secret secret basement.
    • He runs up the stairs without being seen.
    • BB shares that: Thomas, Emma, Khaled, Lily and Ali are up nominated.
    • Marcello can either “Save & Replace” or “Killer Nomination” – He wishes to save both Thomas and Khaled.
    • Marcello chooses to save Thomas. We don’t know yet who he has chosen (This will happen soon)
    • BB has gathered everyone to the sofa to reveal the results of the nominations.
    • Up for eviction this week: Lily, Khaled, Ali, Emma, Thomas
    • However, as HoH Marcello chose to Save & Replace. He saves Thomas. He chooses Baked Potato to replace him, as it would be a sure bet that BP wouldn’t get evicted.
    • Up for eviction this week.: Lily, Khaled, Ali, Emma and Baked Potato
    • Segun is dancing in the bedroom
    • BP is in the DR – BP understands that Marcello had to make a decision and holds no grudge towards Marcello.
    • Ali smells Hanah’s feet.
    • Lily is in the DR – She says that the people who nominated her would regret it.
    • Nathan is in the DR – He is shocked that he is not up for eviction. He knows who nominated Emma. He is obviously upset that BP is up instead of him.
    • BP and Ali are talking about Nathan meeting BP’s parents. There will be problems between Nathan and BP’s mother.

  • Big Brother UK 2024 – Day 30 Notes

    Big Brother UK 2024 – Day 30 Notes

    • The kitchen is a tip again.
    • Lily is in the DR – She cannot stand having veg and potatoes. She wants to be Head of House.
    • Emma is having her Head of House breakfast.
    • Sarah is talking to Khaled about “coming down from his Ivory tower” – He didn’t think that she was joking.
    • Ali and Lily are talking about Khaled about Sarah’s statement.
    • Sarah in the DR – She wants some sugar. She is going to sue BB for the lack of sugar. She is having a sit in. The alarm in the DR goes off. Animal sounds and construction noises are playing.
    • Sarah is still in the DR with her sugar protest. Alarms and noises are still going off. It’s been 42 minutes.
    • Ali, Lily, BP and Nathan are cleaning the kitchen.
    • BB has a Knock Knock joke for Sarah. BB: “Knock Knock” Sarah: “Who’s there?” BB: “Lily” – BB starts playing audio clips of Lily screaming. – Sarah leaves
    • Sarah and Lily are having a bake off. Lily wins.
    • Segun in the DR – He wants to be HoH.
    • Evil HoH Emma is in the DR. Today is the last day of her being HoH. BB asks them to get Ali and Khaled and take them to the secret room.
    • Lily seen Ali go into the secret door into the basement.
    • Segun, Marcello, Lily and Hanah stare at the door from the sofa.
    • Housemates are very suspicious.
    • Khaled gets everyone into the garden. Khaled runs back in and bolts it into the secret basement.
    • Khaled, Ali and Emma will decide the last Head of House. Nathan is not eligible.
    • They must individually decide who will be HoH. They have chosen, but has not revealed the choices.
    • They go into the bedroom and act like nothing happened.
    • They gather on the sofa for the HoH. Ali chose Lily. Khaled chose Marcello. Emma chose Sarah.
    • They go to the garden. There is a Catherine wheel. Wherever it stops, that person will become Head of House.
    • The wheel lands on Marcello. He gets immunity and sees him into the Final Week.
    • The housemates have sparklers and fireworks are set off.
    • Marcello in the DR – Really happy to be HoH. BB will throw a dinner with Khaled.
    • Sarah is in the DR – She is happy to be one of the three, and is happy with Marcello winning.
    • Ali and Lily talking about Marcello and that he is a sensitive person. And if anything bad was said about him, he would take it personally.
    • Hanah, Khaled, Segun, Thomas and Marcello are in the garden celebrating that one of their “divide” are HoH.

  • Big Brother UK 2024 – Day 29 Notes

    Big Brother UK 2024 – Day 29 Notes

    • Lily didn’t clean up the vegetable scraps last night. Segun agrees with Sarah that cleaning it up would enable her.
    • Hanah in the DR – She will stay in the house, but is still not happy
    • Emma cleans up the kitchen mess left by Lily.
    • HoH Emma is having a breakfast upstairs.
    • Ali in the DR – Felt unwell after having a sip of Lily’s stew. Stomach rumbled really loudly. BB could hear it.
    • Emma puts washing powder on the breakfast that she didn’t eat to prevent Lily from eating it.
    • Segun and BP are upstairs praying.
    • BB are at the sofa for today’s task. It’s Big Brother’s Nature Flower Show. They are aiming to become “Best in Show”. Winner gets a tea party.
    • 2 of them become judges. HoH Emma is Head Gardener. She chooses BP to be a groundskeeper
    • The rest are plants:
    • Lily and Khaled are Nuisance Weeds. (They must write a poem about how they are going to become better people in the house.)
    • Ali and Marcello are Shy Wallflowers (Must perform a dance routine to Demi Levato’s “Confident”)
    • Nathan & Hanah are Poisonous Stinging Nettles. (Can only give compliments and cannot swear)
    • Thomas & Segun are On-the-fence Ivies. (They are fence sitters and must sit on the fence outside and give a controversial opinion )
    • Sarah is a Beautiful Rose. (She gets to look pretty)
    • Nathan and Ali are talking about Emma in the storeroom.
    • Each of the types of plants have a certain task.
    • BB has gathered everyone
    • On-the-fence Ivies Thomas and Segun. Thomas believes Nathan to have been a game player. Playing into everyone’s emotions.
    • Segun says that the rule breaks are affected people who haven’t broken any rules.
    • Emma asks Segun if someone was to do a backdoor eviction, who would he choose. He chooses Lily. Thomas also chooses Lily.
    • Stinging Nettles Nathan and Hanah are next. Nathan apologises to Khaled and Thomas. Hanah apologises to Lily.
    • The Nuisance Weeds Lily and Khaled. They read out a poem, taking turns to talk every paragraph.
    • The rose (Sarah) must go around and tell each person how they could improve. She gets to Khaled and goes ‘in’ on him by saying that “instead of looking outwards, he should look inwards” and “come down from his ivory tower”
    • Ali and Marcello must dance for the house.
    • Ali and Marcello win the BB Nature’s Flower Show best in show.
    • Ali, Marcello, BP and Emma have a tea party later today.
    • Khaled thought that Sarah went in a bit too hard.
    • Ali and Marcello are in the DR – Marcello enjoyed working with Ali and collaborating.
    • Khaled and Sarah in the kitchen. Khaled seems upset about what Sarah said and asks her for some distance.
    • Ali, Marcello, BP and Emma are upstairs are having their lunch.
    • Lily is in the DR – She didn’t like that Thomas and Segun and chose her.
    • Marcello and Lily are dancing Ali and his dance routine from earlier.
    • Nathan is completing BP dress
    • Sarah and Lily are dancing. Segun is making a beat and Marcello is rapping.
    • Khaled in the DR – Sarah’s comments about him earlier was unpleasant.
    • BP, Nathan, Emma and Lily are talking about anal… yep…
    • Nathan is in the DR – Khaled doesn’t like people talking negatively about him. If you ever wanted to fall asleep. Just ask Khaled to read a story.

  • Big Brother UK 2024 – Day 27 & 28 Notes

    Big Brother UK 2024 – Day 27 & 28 Notes

    Day 27–Friday

    • Back to the eviction on Friday night to replay it, Dean has been evicted.
    • Dean went out through the garden as the door to leave was not working.
    • Nathan thinks that Dean was a dickhead and glad he is gone.
    • Hanah is in the DR – Thought she was going to be evicted.
    • Segun and Khaled are talking about Hanah. Thinks that Hanah is too clingy, and he is not interested.
    • Sarah in the DR – She is happy that Dean is gone. There is no one else in the house that she is beefing with.

    Day 28–Saturday

    • Ali in the DR – She is sad about Dean leaving. Happy for Lily getting a good cheer this week compared to last week. She thinks that Emma’s nomination of Dean was a cop-out.
    • BB has gathered everyone on the couch. They have broken the rules. Villagers were caught eating Vampires food.
    • BB lists out all the rule breaks. BB has taken all the luxury food items. Housemates have been told to bring all luxury food to the store room. If they didn’t hand it back, there would be further punishments.
      • 6:10pm – Lily ate cornflakes out of a mug.
      • 6:21pm – Baked Potato put honey in green tea.
      • 6:58pm – Nathan used all-purpose seasoning on his potatoes.
      • 10:35pm – Lily stole and ate a large bar of chocolate.
      • 11:15pm – Marcello ate a small piece of chicken.
      • 11:25pm – Sarah, Baked Potato, Nathan, Marcello and Lily ate pizza and chocolate.
      • And finally Hanah ate some Coco Pops.
    • HoH Emma has been called to the DR. Being HoH means that they don’t need to punished. She has been given a luxury breakfast by BB. She eats it in the DR.
    • Lily & Hanah have gone back to bed.
    • An alarm goes off in the bedroom to wake Lily and Hanah up. Lily moves to the bathroom. The alarm goes off in the bathroom. Lily moves to the living room couch.
    • BP is in the DR – BP claims that there are more rule breaks. More than what BB said in the morning. BB would look into the claims.
    • Ali is talking to BP and Emma about female and male presenting lesbians.
    • Hanah is in the DR – She is upset that there is no salt, pepper, sugar or anything in the house. She has barely eaten today. BB tells Hanah that the basic rations are nutritional.
    • Ali, Sarah, Segun, Emma, Thomas are falling asleep listening to Khaled telling a story. Lily and Nathan are laughing at the people falling asleep.
    • Lily is helping make dinner. Emma is going to be getting a fancy dinner.
    • BB has called all housemates to the sofa for ANOTHER RULE BREAK! Nathan stands up. Nathan said that he wouldn’t vote for Emma.
    • Nathan is going to be punished. He is no longer eligible for Head of House. He will also no longer be able to nominate this week.
    • Nathan goes to the DR – He admits that he broke the rules, but he thinks that anyone would have the same opinion as him, as everyone seems to like Emma. If he could have voted, he would have nominated for Khaled and Thomas.
    • Khaled is in the DR – “Nathan has dickhead humour”. He liked telling the scary stories and will continue with them. BB is proud of him.
    • Ali is trying Ali’s stew. She doesn’t like it.
    • Hanah is in the DR – She wants to leave tonight. She hates the basic rations. BB tells Hanah that they need some time to prepare for her exit. They tell her to give it the night, to sleep on the decision, and to speak with other housemates about her leaving.
    • Emma “Baked Potato is the Penis Brusher of the Big Brother house”
    • Hanah is upset eating the food. Hanah claims that she is going to have the runs (diarrhoea). This is not what she signed up for.

  • WWE Crown Jewel 2024 Predictions

    WWE Crown Jewel 2024 Predictions

    Welcome to Saudi Blood Money XII from Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. It is the 2nd of 2 trips that WWE will make to Saudi Arabia as part of their 10 year deal that WWE has with the kingdom.

    Today, there are 2 new titles that are going to be awarded:

    • WWE Crown Jewel Championship
    • WWE Women’s Crown Jewel Championship

    These titled are not defended in the traditional sense, but they are awarded to the winner of a Champion vs Champion match. The World Heavyweight Champion vs the Undisputed WWE Champion, and World Women’s Champion vs WWE Women’s Championship.

    Other than these, there are 2 title matches, so let’s predict:

    Title Matches

    • Cody Rhodes (Undisputed WWE Champion) vs GUNTHER (World Heavyweight Champion) in a singles match for the WWE Crown Jewel Championship.
      • PREDICTION: Hope Cody is ready to get chopped by Gunther. It’ll probably be a good match, but I cannot see Cody leaving Saudi with the CJC. Gunther to win and become CJC.
    • Nia Jax (WWE Women’s Champion) vs Liv Morgan (Women’s World Championship) in a singles match for the WWE Women’s Crown Jewel Championship.
      • PREDICTION: I have a suspicion that Nia walks out with no titles at all. Tiffany is going to cash in, cost her the CJC (Which Liv will win) and then Tiffany to take the WWE Women’s Championship off her. Liv Morgan to win the Women’s CJC.
    • Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair (C) vs Kairi Sane & Iyo Sky of Damage CTRL vs Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson of Meta-Four vs Chelsea Green & Piper Niven in a Fatal Four-way Tag Team Match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship.
      • PREDICTION: Jade & Bianca needs bigger opponents, and I don’t feel that the other 3 teams are worthy of that. I wouldn’t be surprised if Jade & Bianca retained, but it would be nice if Lash and Jakara won (Let’s go NXT!!)
    • LA Knight (C) vs Andrade vs Carmelo Hayes in a Triple Threat for the United States Championship.
      • PREDICTION: With Andrade and Carmelo having a ‘Best of 7 series’ to determine who would face LA Knight for the title… BOTH OF THEM ARE. Kinda shite booking in my opinion. Anyway, I don’t see either of them winning the title. LA Knight is still too hot of a character. LA Knight to win and retain.

    Non-Title Matches

    • Seth “Freakin” Rollins vs Bronson Reed in a singles match
      • PREDICTION: I think this is going to be a squash match and Bronson is going to put Seth back on the shelf for a while. Bronson to win.
    • Randy Orton vs Kevin Owens in a singles match
      • PREDICTION: There is a lot of Badd Blood (get it) with a newely heel turned Kevin Owens towards Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton. Kevin is angry that Randy is siding with Cody who in turn sided with Roman Reigns at the Bad Blood PLE. Kevin Owens to win.
    • Roman Reigns, Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso vs Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu and Tama Tonga of The Bloodline in a six-man tag team match.
      • PREDICTION: This match should be good unless it is just a brawl like the Backlash match which was just chaos. I want to this match with more members inside WarGames at Survivor Series. Roman, Jey and Jimmy to win.
    Winners
    * Cody Rhodes defeated Gunther
    * Liv Morgan defeated Nia Jax
    * Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair retained their Women’s tag titles.
    * LA Knight retained his United States Championship.
    * Seth Rollins defeated Bronson Reed
    * Kevin Owens vs Randy Orton didn’t start due to a brawl
    * Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu and Tama Tonga defeated Roman Reigns & The Usos

    And those are my predictions: