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The long, excruciating 82 game NHL regular season has finally come to a end for most teams, and thus the start of a brand new type of hockey season is about to begin for the 16 remaining: The Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Who’s it gonna be this year?

Will the Chicago Blackhawks reign supreme yet again and win their 4th coveted Stanley Cup in the last 6 years? Will the Los Angeles Kings manage to get back to the promise land again after missing out on the playoffs from last year? Can the Washington Capitals, and Alexander Ovechkin, FINALLY get over that collective curse that is the 2nd round and make it all the way to the finals after winning the President’s Trophy? Or will some of the new, up-and-coming teams, such as the Dallas Stars and the Florida Panthers be the ones to surprise everybody this year? Or maybe one of the long time underachievers, like the San Jose Sharks, Minnesota Wild or St. Louis Blues might finally be able do it?

Once again, just like with last year’s thread, we’re going to not only disucss and react to all of the Stanley Cup Playoff’s that are going on here but we’re also going to hold a playoff prediction pool where the winner will receive an achievement badge for coming out on top!

- So what are you waiting for? Get your asses in here and show everybody that you know what you’re doing when it comes to hockey, unlike the rest of the Canadian teams that didn’t make it. :(

The Bracket:

The Rules:
The rules of the game are simple: you must pick the winner of each playoff series, from round one all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals and how many games each series will go on to and who you think will ultimately win the Stanley Cup.

For each correct guess that you make you’ll receive 2 points. If you manage to successfully predict how many games that particular series will go to you’ll earn a bonus point, even if that team that you pick in that series ends up ultimately losing. And if you not only manage to pick the winner of that series and the correct number of games that it will go on to you can earn up to 4 points for both, so try to get ‘em both right.

And also - be very, very wary on who you decide to pick to win the Stanley Cup this year, as any playoff series that team is particularly involved in will earn you double the points for their efforts. So if you’re picking the Washington Capitals, for example, to win the Stanley Cup and they beat the Flyers in 6 and you both get the team and the correct number of games right you’ll earn up to 8 points for that particular round!

The Prize:

This year, for the participant(s) that earns the most points at the end of the playoffs they will earn this lovely Conn Smythe achievement award that’s worth 5 whole makerscore points and a token of my gratitude, the best kind of gratitude there is! :D

Unfortunately, like most of teams participating in this thing, the losers get nothing. NOTHING!

The Leaderboard:

1st	* GreatRedSpirit	27 Pts
2nd	kentona	22 Pts
3rd	Shinan	17 Pts
4th	Addit	14 Pts
5th	ankylo	12 Pts
6th	Hexatona	8 Pts

The Players:
Addit's Picks:



kentona's Picks:



ankylo's Picks:



Shinan's Picks:



Hexatona's Picks:



GreatRedSpirit's Picks:

Why gamers aren’t happy with HoloLens platformer Young Conker
Remember Conker’s Bad Fur Day? If so, you’re definitely not the only one. Conker’s Bad Fur Day was considered by many to be the last great game made by Rare, a studio that’s largely considered the most storied and talented studio in video game history, launching titles such as Donkey Kong Country, Banjo Kazooie, and Goldeneye 007. Featuring largely crude humor, the game used its corny, raunchy style along with truly genius gameplay mechanics to create something that could really stand out in the eyes of the people who had grown up with Rare for so many years, and reveled in their unique style.

When Microsoft acquired Rare, it was pretty heartbreaking for a great many people. Suddenly, a studio that had mastered the art of video games was making things like Grabbed by the Ghoulies and Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, which are thought by many to be extremely disappointing when compared to the studio’s history when they worked free of another company’s leash. After a few missteps, however, it seemed like people were willing to let it go – Microsoft stopped making Rare twist around its loved IP’s, and the fans decided to cool down. Microsoft even released the Rare vault in the form of the Rare Replay, an incredible bundle of 30 of everyone’s favorite Rare games that tickled everyone’s nostalgia, and made gamers believe that Microsoft had gotten the message to stop trying to dig into Rare’s franchises.

With the recent announcement of a few new games coming out for HoloLens, this trust between Microsoft and the community was broken. Enter Young Conker – a game that, while possibly having the best intentions behind it, has sparked a whole lot of distrust and anger in the gaming community.

The game is going to be a HoloLens platformer, and one that actually looks like it could be pretty fun – a good proof of concept for the cool gaming experiences that augmented reality can bring us. The controversy here lies in the fact that Microsoft dragged a resting IP out of its grave to be the mascot of the game, and in so doing not only created a seemingly unfaithful recreation of the original Conker, but also missed the personality that made Conker’s Bad Fur Day such a memorable game.

As mentioned before, Conker’s Bad Fur Day was a game whose personality revolved around crude humor – that includes sexual humor, vulgarity, toilet humor, and even some stuff that’s just outright offensive. It’s a game that was totally unafraid to have no shame and no standards, and it’s that personality that made it a bit of an endearing gem among its peers. From all indications, it looks like Microsoft is making a game that features none of Conker’s personality, and instead offers some relatively generic platformer effects.

Suffice it to say, people aren’t happy with what Microsoft has done to one of gaming’s most beloved mascots, and that’s demonstrated quite clearly with the Young Conker YouTube video’s like bar – 19,000 dislikes to 2,000 likes. It’s highly unlikely that Microsoft will do anything about this backlash, but even if they do, the move is a big hit to their goodwill with Rare fans. Hopefully, Microsoft decides that they want to take this in a different direction – or at least try and release the game without giving it too much more attention.

Source: http://www.winbeta.org/news/why-gamers-arent-happy-with-hololens-platformer-young-conker

Jesus, what the f**k did they do to him…

And I’m amazed that those guys in the video are so extremely proud of themselves and all happy like “hey, this is a great idea” and “nothing could possibly go wrong with something like this! This is what you all wanted, right, a next-generation Conker game? Did we do good?”

My god… It’s like this is all just a big joke to them and they just love getting off now on all of the negative reactions of everybody about this shit. Well – I can’t blame ‘em! I would too!

I mean, all we want is just another game in the series, just like the last Conker’s Bad Fur Day, and that’s all we want - that’s it...! It’s not f**king rocket science; this sort of shit should be easy! Yeah, you don’t have the same members of the original team any more, and I can understand that – but anything is better than this!!!

People…we’ve just witness the end of the another gaming icon... May he finally rest in peace…

Jesus…

So the last couple of weeks lately I’ve been finding myself playing a bunch of old puzzle games to not only help kickstart the ol’ brain here but to also give myself a bit of a break away from working on my own projects for once and writing reviews for other people around here. (I’m sorry...)

And it made me think: what are some of your favorite puzzle games that you often like to play, RMN?

Now, you don’t necessarily have to be a master or insanely good to put a puzzle game on your list - no, no, just something that you like to personally bust out every once and a while and just have a good ol’ fashion time.

For me, I’d put:

Tetris
- Of course Tetris is gonna be on the list! It was the very first puzzle game that I’ve ever played back on the original Gameboy, and it’s still a favorite of mine ever since… You just can’t enough of those falling blocks and putting them all into rows and trying not to screw up, especially in V.S. mode or when the falling speed starts to get faster. I’m alright in V.S. mode depending on what type of settings we’re playing on and the particular version that we’re playing, but I still enjoy playing the game, either way.

Panel De Pon / Tetris Attack (2D Version)
Oh, I like playing this, especially on the Super Nintendo. Panel De Pon (or Tetris Attack, or whatever its called) felt more like an action game to me more than a puzzle game. Things can definitely get really hectic really quickly, especially on the harder difficulties and against the CPU - and it’s just so much damn fun! The only real downside is that if you’re playing against somebody really, really, really good in V.S. mode that the matches can last well over a half an hour sometimes, which is the ultimate test of endurance. I also don’t particular like the 3D versions of the game, myself – but whatever. Panel De Pon is still the shit!

Dr. Mario
Ah, this game… I used to be pretty bad at it as a kid, but it’s kind of grown on me after a while. Dr. Mario is definitely more fun to me more as a single player sort of game more than a multiplayer one, but either way the game is still loads of fun. Clearing all those viruses as fast as you can without screwing up your pill placements, especially when you have to clear almost half the bottle full of these f*cking b*tards, is definitely a worthwhile challenge, indeed. And the music… Oh my god – the music!

Bust-A-Move
I used to play this game a lot as a kid back then in the arcades and remember enjoying it quite a lot. At the time I’d usually just wait for some other poor sap to start playing the game or just join in - and totally waste their asses (and also all of their quarters, lol). It was a lot of fun! Bust-A-Move just didn’t feel like a traditional puzzler at all at the time. Instead of falling blocks and falling pills, you basically shoot bubbles from the bottom of the screen towards the top of it. (What the f**k type of madness is this!?) The game was so simple and so much fun that even my little brother enjoyed playing this alongside me once in a while - and he hates puzzle games.

Those are usually the ones that I like to play the most, but I’m pretty much fond of all them.

- So which ones do you guys like to play?

- So, another Christmas has just recently passed and I’m wondering what sort of “gifts” you guys got from all your friends, family, co-workers or secret admirers this year. Did you manage to get everything that you wanted on your list, or was it just another year of getting nothing but five dollars in scratch-n-win tickets and a pair of lush white socks. (I just love that gift.)

Let’s see…I got…

• A box of liquor chocolates

• A fifty dollar bill

• Axe body wash

• Axe deodorant stick

• Five dollars in scratch-n-win tickets

• A mandarin orange

• Some more candy

• And a toonie

• Oh, and tickets to go see the new Star Wars movie tomorrow (NO SPOILERS!!!)

So, yeah, pretty good Christmas this year. No new games or anything like that – but whatevers!

- So what’chu guys get?

(It's socks, isn't it? Lol.)

So I was recently going through my old stash (...no, no not that type of stash, lol) of old Nintendo 64 games – and it got me a'thinkin'…of eating a giant sandwich! :D

(No, no, that’s not it…)

No, what I meant to say is that it got me thinking about all of the Nintendo 64 games that I own and played all those wonderful years ago and wondered what everyone else had for their beloved giant black / etc. colored brick with that giant ass controller. (Seriously, that thing is hugggeee!)

Soooooo...pretty much self-explanatory here, expect that you need to least own a physical cartridge of the game or have purchased it elsewhere, like on the Wii or Wii U's Virtual Console.

I have…

Physical Cartridge

• Banjo-Kazooie

• Bomberman 64

• Conker’s Bad Fur Day

• Diddy Kong Racing

• Donkey Kong 64

• Duke Nukem 64

• Extreme-G

• Goldeneye 007

• Hexen

• The Legend Of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (Gold Cart)

• The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time (Gold Cart)

• Tom Clancy’s: Rainbow Six

• Mario Kart 64

• Mischief Makers

• Perfect Dark

• Pilotwings 64

• Pokemon Stadium 2

• Quake 64

• Star Fox 64

• Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire

• Super Mario 64

• Super Smash Bros. 64

• Turok 2: Seeds Of Evil

• WCW / NWO Revenge

• WWF No Mercy

Virtual Console

• Mario Party 2

• Paper Mario

• Wave Race 64