End of January - C'est Magnifique

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Clair Obscur Expedition 33 (PS5) - Completed

Believe the hype!

Just tick off the checklist below and go and play.

1. Do you enjoy turn-based action RPGs like the old school Final Fantasy games?

2. Do you enjoy a story with a great cast of characters?

3. Do you enjoy a lovely soundtrack and gourgeus graphics?

It also has waterfalls!

Star Wars Outlaws (PS5) - Playing

Sticking with the physical backlog time to enjoy some science fiction action with Star Wars Outlaws.

You play as Kay Vess a young theif/scoundrel who has to escape her home planet after a heist mission goes wrong, with her companion Nix she escapes and lands on Tosharra a planet covered in windswept plains & canyons.

You can explore the planet on your speeder and find treasure, interact with one of the many factions including the Imperials to unlock contracts & missions. You also have the Trailblazer ship to explore outerspace & begin your adventure!

Yes, it has waterfalls!

 

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (PS5) - Playing

The Claptrap Boys are back! with a weekly PMG enjoying another Gearbox game in Tiny Tina's Wonderlands which is set in a fantasy-themed tabletop world. It plays just as you expect, you get lots of missions and lots of loot!

I've gone with the Spore Warden class which also has a toxic mushroom companion that helps attacks nearby enemies.

It's good to be back playing with the crew and thankfully everything worked smoothly with party chat! 

The game also has waterfalls! 

 

2026 Gaming Resolutions

1. Purchase no more physical games until I have reduced my backlog to 3 titles (currently at 13!).

Still intact reduced down to 11 (Started Star Wars Outlaws/Tiny Tina Wonderlands).

 

2. I did well in 2025 and avoided buying the PS5 Pro and Switch 2, I need to keep that going in 2026, no new hardware purchases except if required PS5 controllers.

Still intact, nothing purchased.

 

3. I have £80 on PSN credit and this all I can use until I reduce my digital backlog to 10 titles (either by playing or dropping, currently at 35 games). No more shopto top up codes!

I will renew PS+ at the essentials tier in November, I don't need the extra tier it just adds more titles to my backlog!

Still intact, no new games purchased, I spent £13.99 from the exsisting PSN credit on Star Wars Outlaws season pass.

 

4. I did really well this year with FOMO, I did not go back to Fortnite even with the Simpsons map or the BTTF skins, I also avoided purchasing Arc Raiders. I don't have the free time for these type of games. Need to avoid the hype and just play what I already own.

Still intact, I have been tempted by ARC Raiders but thus far have managed to avoid being weak! 

 

Backlog

Digital Games (37) - +2 added The Witcher 3 DLC that I purchased a few years ago but have never played.

PS+ Subscription - I scrapped the PS+ Extra list because it is not a backlog for games that I have purchased just titles that are avalable on the subscription service that I want to enjoy.

PS+ Monthly (19) - Unchanged, my main focus in on the Physical Games list.

Physical Games (11) -2 Started playing Star Wars Outlaws & Tiny Tina's Wonderlands

Total = 67 Games

Shopping

Star Wars Outlaws Season Pass £13.99 (from exsisiting PSN credit)

2026 Target is spend less than £100

 

Want

I did enjoy playing the demos of Tainted Grail which scratched my Skyrim itch & Dragon Quest VII Reimagined just looks gourgeus!

Both added to the wishlist. 

 

Bin

Nothing at all this month.

UGVM Rocket League - Season 1 - Results

UGVM Rocket League Season 1 (PS4)


INFO 

Teams of 3 players in 3v3 matches 
Each team will play 3 matches against another team
Team captains (first player in team) to screenshot results

TEAMS
Team 1 - Krazy Khan Krashers (gos, abbas & mo)

Team 2 - Lost Claptrap Boys (cooltag, gus & sessile)

Team 3 - Keystone Cops (zo, gunthergloop & hakk)

Team 4 - Wacky Racers (HarpingOn, Skim & Darren)

SCHEDULE
Tuesday 6th October 8pm or matches to be organised by team captains.

Match 1 - Team 1 vs Team 2 (Team 1 Won 3-0)

Match 2 - Team 3 vs Team 4 (Team 4 Won 5-1)

Match 3 - Team 1 vs Team 3 (Team 1 Won 3-1)

Match 4 - Team 2 vs Team 4 (Team 4 Won 5-2)

Match 5 - Team 1 vs Team 4 (Team 1 Won 4-3 in overtime)

Match 6 - Team 2 vs Team 3 (Team 3 Won 5-1)

2 Points per win, all matches go to sudden death if needed.

If any two teams at the end have the same points then a final match will be played to decide the Season 1 winner.

The Season 1 winners are Team 1 Krazy Khan Krashers.

Season 2 Tuesday 27th October 9pm

UGVM Disc Drivin Season 5

I've sent out tweets & posted on UGVM to the players in season 4 to confirm participation.

http://www.gospvg.com/2013/05/ugvm-disc-drivin-season-4.html

There are 4 leagues (Platinum, Gold, Silver & Bronze) with the winning player getting promoted & the worst getting demoted to a lower league.

Points are awarded from 4 or 3 (if a 3 player league) for 1st downwards to 1 point for last.


The 4 chosen tracks are Jump Cut, Roundabout, Two Cool & Canyon Flip.

Changes from last season to make it easier to start the leagues, the first player in the league will start all the tracks & invite the other players in league order below.

Deadline for leagues to finish is 29th May (3 weeks), I will check with the league starter once a week to ensure the races are progressing, any player not playing their turn for a number of days will be given a kick & if no response will be excluded from the tournament.


Platinum League
lufferov (10)
gospvg (9)
Jochta (10)
Becs (11)

Becs wins the league & gospvg is relegated.

Results
- Two Cool (gospvg, jochta, lufferov & becs)
- Canyon Flip (lufferov, jochta, becs & gospvg)
- Jump Cut (becs, jochta, gospvg & lufferov)
- Roundabout (becs, lufferov, gospvg & jochta)

Gold League
Carldjcross (8)
HaggisHunter (15)
Hakk (6)
Xexyzx (11)

HaggisHunter wins the league & is promoted. Hakk is relegated.

Results
- Two Cool (haggis, hakk, xexyzx & carl)
- Canyon Flip (haggis, xexyzx, carl & hakk)
- Roundabout (xexyzx, haggis, carl & hakk)
- Jump Cut (haggis, carl, xexyzx & hakk)


Silver League
SomethingWitty (10)
thermalsatsuma (6)
GusTavToo (8)

SomethingWitty wins the group & is promoted. Thermalsatsuma is relegated.

Results
- Two Cool (satsuma, witty & gus)
- Roundabout (witty, gus & satsuma)
- Jump Cut (witty, gus & satsuma)
- Canyon Flip (gus, witty & satsuma)


Bronze League
Sessile (7)
monstermohsin (8)
asktoby (9)

Results
- Two Cool (monster, toby & sessile)
- Jump Cut (monster, toby & sessile)
- Roundabout (sessile, toby & monster)
- Canyon Flip (toby, sessile & monster)

asktoby wins the league & is promoted.

UGVM Disc Drivin Season 4 - Results

Long overdue then for Season 4.

There are 4 leagues (Platinum, Gold, Silver & Bronze) of 4 players each with the winning player getting promoted & the worst getting demoted to a lower league.

Points are awarded 4 points for 1st down to 1 point for last.

The 4 chosen tracks are Jump Start, Prepare to Qualify, Beachcomber & Under a Big W.

The first player in the league will start the first track Jump Start & invite player 2, 3 & 4 in order.

Then Player 2 will start the next race on Prepare to Qualify & invite player 3, 4 & then 1.

Player 3 will start Beachcomber & invite Player 4, 1 & 2 in that order.

Lastly Player 4 will start Under a Big W & invite in order Player 1, 2 & 3.

Player 1 will wait to play his turn until all 4 races have started & are awaiting his/her turn to play. This will ensure when you come to play your turn you will have all 4 races waiting for you to play.

I made a mistake on moving fluffmyster up from the Gold to Platinum League when in fact it should have been Becs, sorry 2 will go down from Platinum this season one of which will be fluffmyster & two come up from Gold one of which will be Becs

Any questions please ask me before starting your race

Platinum League

Jochta

gospvg

Lufferov

fluffmyster


Results
Jump Start (L,F,G & J)
Prepare to Qualify (L,G,J & F)
Beachcomber (J, L, G & F)

Under a Big W (G, F, L & J)

Lufferov 13 Points
gospvg 11 Points
Jochta 8 Points
Fluffmyster 8 Points

Luffers wins the group & Jochta/Fluffmyster get relegated

Gold League

Becs

Xexyzx

Hakk

carldjcross

Results
Jump Start
Prepare to Qualify
Beachcomber
Under a Big W

Silver League

thermalsatsuma

SomethingWitty

GusTavToo

HaggisHunter

Results
Jump Start (S, T, H & G)
Prepare to Qualify (H, G, S & T)
Beachcomber (H, G, S & T)
Under a Big W (H, T, S & G)

HaggisHunter 14 Points
SomethingWitty 10 Points
thermalsatsuma 8 Points
GusTavToo 8 Points

HaggisHunter wins the group & a relegation match will be played against Gus vs Satsuma on the Bump in the Road track with Gus to start the race & invite Satsuma.

Bronze League

actionabbas

Sessile

HarpingOn

monstermohsin

Results
Jump Start (A, M, S & H)
Prepare to Qualify (H, A, S & M)
Beachcomber (H, A, M & S)
Under a Big W (A, S, H & M)

actionabbas 14 Points
HarpingOn 11 Points
Sessile 8 Points
monstermohsin 7 Points

Abbas gets promoted to Silver

Ready, Set & Go !!!!

Tiny Tower - UGVM tower

I give you UGVM Tower, unfortunately you cannot get one image of the whole tower so I had to use the Windows 7 snipping tool to take images.


I have still have many UGVM peeps to add to the tower so do not be upset if you do not have a business or a dwelling in he tower yet. If you have any preference for a business type then let me know example when I have built a theatre then Luffers will vacate the cinema to take over this business.


The link below should take you to the tower.
http://towers.nimblebit.com/1009414887

UGVM Disc Drivin Season 3

Perfect timing for a Disc Drivin update with new tracks and UGVM Season 3.

There are 4 leagues (Platinum, Gold, Silver & Bronze) of 4 players each with the winning player getting promoted & the worst getting demoted to a lower league.

Points are awarded 4 points for 1st down to 1 point for last.

The 4 chosen tracks are Snowfall, Stay Frosty, Frosty Mug & Snowdrift.

The first player in the league will start the first track Snowfall & invite player 2, 3 & 4 in order.

Then Player 2 will start the next race on Stay Frosty & invite player 3, 4 & then 1.

Player 3 will start Frosty Mug & invite Player 4, 1 & 2 in that order.

Lastly Player 4 will start Snowdrift & invite in order Player 1, 2 & 3.

Player 1 will wait to play his turn until all 4 races have started & are awaiting his/her turn to play. This will ensure when you come to play your turn you will have all 4 races waiting for you to play.

Any questions please ask me before starting your race

Platinum League
Lufferov - 9 points (Season 2 Winner)
Jochta - 13 points
Hakk - 7 points
gospvg - 11 points (Promoted from Gold)

Results
Snowfall (Luffers, gospvg, Jochta & Hakk)
Snowdrift (Jochta, gospvg, Luffers & Hakk)
Stay Frosty (gospvg, jochta, hakk & lufferov)
Frosty Mug (jochta, hakk, lufferov & gospvg)

Jochta is the Season 3 winner & Hakk gets relegated.

Gold League
HaggisHunter (Relegated from Platinum) (7 Points)
Xexyzx (7 Points)
becs (13 Points)
fluffmyster (Promoted from Silver) (13 Points)

Results
Snowdrift - Fluff, Becs, Haggis & Tim
Snowfall - Becs, Haggis, Tim & Fluff
Frosty Mug - Fluff, Becs, Tim & Haggis
Stay Frosty - Fluff, Becs, Tim & Haggis

We have a playoff for the winner of the league Becs vs Fluff & a relegation battle for William vs Tim
Choose a track you want to play guys 1 vs 1 and let me know the results.
Promotion Play Off - Becs Won so she gets promoted.
Relegation Play Off - Tim won so William gets relegated


Silver League
thermalsatsuma (10 Points)
carldjcross (Relegated from Gold) (13 Points)
SomethingWitty (Promoted from Bronze) (11 Points)
HarpingOn (6 Points)

Results
Snowdrift - Satsuma, Witty, Carl & Gazza
Frosty Mug - Carl, Gazza, Witty & Satsuma
Stay Frosty - Carl, Satsuma, Witty & Gazza
Snowfall - Witty, Carl, Satsuma & Gazza

Carl is promoted & Gazza relegated


Bronze League
actionabbas (11 Points)
monstermohsin (6 Points)
GusTavToo (13 Points)
Sessile (Relegated from Silver) (10 Points)

Good luck all & make sure you have the latest disc drivin update with the new tracks before playing.

Results
Snowfall - Gus, Mo, Abbas & Jaimie
Frosty Mug - Abbas, Jaimie, Gus, Mo
Stay Frosty - Gus, Abbas, Jaimie, Mo
Snowdrift - Jaimie, Gus, Abbas, Mo

Gus is Promoted

UGVM Disc Drivin - Season 3

Time for UGVM Disc Drivin Season 3
Can everyone confirm they have their flicking finger at the ready?

Lufferov
HaggisHunter
Hakk
Jochta
gospvg
Xexyzx
carldjcross
becs
thermalsatsuma
HarpingOn
Sessile
fluffmyster
actionabbas
GusTavToo
monstermohsin
SomethingWitty

Carcassonne - UGVM Match

A recent 5 player UGVM match ended in me winning, there is not much strategy you can deploy in a 5 player game, it is all about the luck of the tiles.

My stats now show I have played a total of 429 games, if you take each game to last an average of 30mins that is a staggering 214.5 hours !!

UGVM Disc Drivin - Season 2 - Finished

UGVM Disc Drivin - Season 2

There are 4 leagues (Platinum, Gold, Silver & Bronze) of 4 players each with the winning player getting promoted & the worst getting demoted to a lower league.

Points are awarded 4 for 1st down to 1 point for last.

The 4 chosen tracks are Jump Start, Sprint, RC Raceway & Under a Big W

The first player in the league will start the first track Jump Start & invite player 2, 3 & 4 in order.

Then Player 2 will start the next race on Sprint & invite player 3, 4 & then 1.

Player 3 will start RC Raceway & invite Player 4, 1 & 2 in that order.

Lastly Player 4 will start Under a Big W & invite in order Player 1, 2 & 3.

Player 1 will wait to play his turn until all 4 races have started & are awaiting his/her turn to play. This will ensure when you come to play your turn you will have all 4 races waiting for you to play.

Any questions please ask me before starting your race.

Platinum League
Lufferov (Promoted from Gold) (13 Points)
HaggisHunter (7 Points)
Hakk (8 Points)
Jochta (Promoted from Gold) (12 Points)

Results
Sprint - Luffers, Hakk, Jochta & Haggis
RC Raceway - Luffers, Jochta, Haggis & Hakk
Under a Big W - Luffers, Jochta, Haggis & Hakk
Jump Start - Jochta, Hakk, Haggis & Luffers


Lufferov wins the group by a single point & HaggisHunter gets relegated

Gold League
gospvg  (Promoted from Silver) (12 Points)
Xexyzx (10 Points)
carldjcross (Relegated from Platinum) (8 Points)
becs (Promoted from Silver) (9 Points)

Results
Sprint - Carl, Xexyzx, gospvg & becs
RC Raceway - becs, xexyzx, gospvg & Carl
Jump Start - gospvg, xexyzx, carl & becs
Under a Big W - gospvg, becs, xexyzx & Carl

I get promoted & Carl drops down a league

Silver League
thermalsatsuma (Promoted from Bronze) (12 Points)
HarpingOn (Relegated from Gold) (11 Points)
Sessile (4 Points)
fluffmyster (Promoted from Bronze) (13 Points)

Results
Sprint - Fluffmyster, Gazza,  Satsuma & Sessile
Big W - Fluffmyster, Satsuma, Gazza & Sessile
Jump Start - Satsuma, Fluffmyster, Gazza & Sessile
RC Raceway - Gazza, Satsuma, Fluffmyster & Sessile

Fluffmyster gets promoted & Sessile relegated

Bronze League
actionabbas (Relegated from Silver) (8 Points)
GusTavToo (11 Points)
monstermohsin (7 Points)
SomethingWitty (New Challenger) (14 Points)

Results
Sprint - Gus, Witty, Abbas & Mo
Jump Start - Abbas, Witty, Gus & Mo
RC Raceway - Witty, Mo, Gus & Abbas
Big W - Witty, Gus, Mo & Abbas

The new challenger Witty get's promoted

Good luck to all & let me know the results via email, ugvm or twitter

All finished for Season 2, a little break & then I'll be back for SEASON 3 !!

Disc Drivin - UGVM Season 1 inc Results - Finished

Trying  a different idea which has worked well on RLLMUK for the next UGVM Disc Drivin Tournament.

This time it is season style, there will be 4 leagues (Platinum, Gold, Silver & Bronze) of 4 players each with the winning player getting promoted & the worst getting demoted to a lower league.

For the first season each player will get chosen at random to get assigned to a league. There will only be 4 races, no tournament rounds that drag on for months just 4 races to decide the winner of each league.

The 4 chosen tracks are Prepare To Qualify, Zoom Zoom, Canyon Jump & Bumper Beware

The first player in the league will start the first track Prepare To Qualify & invite player 2, 3 & 4 in order then Player 2 will start the next race on Zoom Zoom & invite player 3, 4 & then 1. Player 3 will start Canyon Jump & invite Player 4, 1 & 2 in that order. Lastly Player 4 will start Bumper Beware & invite in order Player 1, 2 & 3.

Player 1 will wait to play his turn until all 4 races have started & are awaiting his/her turn to play. This will ensure when you come to play your turn you will have all 4 races waiting for you to play.

If any questions on the above then ask me please.

Platinum League
HaggisHunter (11 Points)
carldjcross (9 Points)
Hakk (11 Points)
Tlotoxl (9 Points)

Results
Zoom Zoom - Hakk, Tlotoxl, carldjcross & HaggisHunter
Canyon Jump - Tlotoxl, HaggisHunter, Hakk & carldjcross
Bumper Beware - HaggisHunter, Hakk, carldjcross & Tlotoxl
Prepare to Qualify - carldjcross, HaggisHunter, hakk & Tlotoxl


Play off match between carldjcross & Tlotoxl to find out who gets relegated on the Track Flip Out


Tlotoxl won the playoff match so carldjcross is releagated

Gold League
lufferov (13 points)
jochta (14 points)
Xexyzx (9 points)
HarpingOn (4 points)

Results
Zoom Zoom - jochta, xexyyx, lufferov & harpingon
Bumper Beware - lufferov, jochta, xexyzx & harpingon
Prepare to Qualify - lufferov, jochta, xexyzx & harpingon
Canyon Jump - jochta, lufferov, xexyzx & harpingon


Jochta gets promoted & harpingon relegated

Silver League
actionabbas (6 Points)
becs (16 Points)
Sessile (8 Points)
gospvg (10 Points)

Results
Zoom Zoom - becs, gospvg, Sessile & actionabbas
Canyon Jump - becs, actionabbas, Sessile & gospvg
Bumper Beware - becs, gospvg, Sessile & actionabbas
Prepare to Qualify - becs, gospvg, Sessile & actionabbas


becs wins the group & gets promoted & abbas relegated.


Bronze League
GusTavToo (9 Points)
thermalsatsuma (11 Points)
monstermohsin (9 Points)
Fluffmyster (11 Points)

Results
Zoom Zoom - Fluffmyster, monstermohsin, thermalsatsuma & GusTavToo
Prepare to Qualify - thermalsatsuma, GusTavToo, Fluffmyster & monstermohsin
Bumper Beware - GusTavToo, Fluffmyster, thermalsatsuma, monstermo
Canyon Jump - monstermo, thermalsatsuma, Fluffmyster & GusTavToo


Play Off match to be played with thermalsatsuma & fluffymyster on Flip Out


Fluffmyster wins the playoff & get's promoted


Scoring is easy with 4 points for the winner down to 1 point for last place
Good Luck & remember Disc Drivin notifications is broken on iOS5 so make sure you check your app at least once a day.

Ok Season 1 is over, Season 2 to start soon.

2nd UGVM Meet Autumn 2011 - Tournaments

Various tournaments were held from Soul Calibur to Super Smash Bros, Fifa & Forza timed lap. But it was Andy's impressive streak in Soul Calibur that stood out. Button Mashing EXTREME !!

2nd UGVM Meet Autumn 2011 - New Toys

PS3 Move, Steering wheels, 3DS & Kinect (Sorry no Photo)

2nd UGVM Meet Autumn 2011 - Space Channel 5

In memory of Owen Space Channel 5 was still impossible to play on the big screen.

2nd UGVM Meet Autumn 2011 - Typing of the Dead

2nd UGVM Meet Autumn 2011 - Pong !!

One very large room meets Pong !!

2nd UGVM Meet Autumn 2011 - Look whose back !!

The Virtual Boy just can't stay away !!

2nd UGVM Meet Autumn 2011 - Did we come to play video games?

Toby wanted to play 10 laps !! This was quickly reduced to 2 laps when we realised we could be here till next week.

2nd UGVM Meet Autumn 2011 - Car Boot Sale

So much gaming equipment & cables !! lots & lots of cables !!

2nd UGVM Meet Autumn 2011 - Rock Band

We spent quite a bit of time playing something called Rock Band, even I had a couple of attempts but I just kept thinking of Klax whilst playing the guitar.

2nd UGVM Meet Autumn 2011 - Group Photo

Group Photo excluding moi of course because I am taking the photo :)
From the left we have

Neil (Satsuma)
Andy (DeKay)
Craig (Coope)
Steven (Ste P)
Jon (Cooltag)
Jaimie (Sessile)
James (Lufferov)
Joe (Zo)
Pete (Fluffmyster)
Richard (Orrah)
Toby (asktoby)
Carl (rubbishatgames)