This just came out on PS Plus and I highly recommend it.

I grew up playing Time Crisis 2, Time Crisis 3, and later Time Crisis 4 in the arcade. I thought going back to the first one, especially on console, would be painful, but it's actually incredible and the gyro aiming on the controller feels like a groundbreaking feature that's still surprisingly underutilized, we need a lot more lightgun games on the store, including the sequels to this game.

It's literally better and more accurate than playing any of the 50 lightgun games released on the Nintendo Wii. I was playing far away from the console and my aiming was still accurate, the cursor moved exactly where I wanted it to move, and it kept up with the speed of my aiming/swaying in real life.

It's an arcade game, so it's short and sweet, but they are generous enough to give you two completely different campaigns. The second campaign can be found under special mode, which has a different storyline with multiple branching paths and choices that affect the ending. The speed that you get through it also affects the ending you get, which was ahead of its time. I only ran into one bug that forced me to restart the game, my cursor randomly disappeared in the first stage, but only happened once.

Not quite the masterpiece that justifies the price hike, but it's one of the most entertaining classics Sony made available yet, something that actually takes full advantage of one of the dualsense's most underrated and underutilized features.

This just came out on PS Plus and I highly recommend it.

I grew up playing Time Crisis 2, Time Crisis 3, and later Time Crisis 4 in the arcade. I thought going back to the first one, especially on console, would be painful, but it's actually incredible and the gyro aiming on the controller feels like a groundbreaking feature that's still surprisingly underutilized, we need a lot more lightgun games on the store, including the sequels to this game.

It's literally better and more accurate than playing any of the 50 lightgun games released on the Nintendo Wii. I was playing far away from the console and my aiming was still accurate, the cursor moved exactly where I wanted it to move, and it kept up with the speed of my aiming/swaying in real life.

It's an arcade game, so it's short and sweet, but they are generous enough to give you two completely different campaigns. The second campaign can be found under special mode, which has a different storyline with multiple branching paths and choices that affect the ending. The speed that you get through it also affects the ending you get, which was ahead of its time. I only ran into one bug that forced me to restart the game, my cursor randomly disappeared in the first stage, but only happened once.

Not quite the masterpiece that justifies the price hike, but it's one of the most entertaining classics Sony made available yet, something that actually takes full advantage of one of the dualsense's most underrated and underutilized features.

I grew up playing Time Crisis 2, Time Crisis 3, and later Time Crisis 4 in the arcade. I thought going back to the first one, especially on console, would be painful, but it's actually incredible and the gyro aiming on the controller feels like a groundbreaking feature that's still surprisingly underutilized, we need a lot more lightgun games on the store, including the sequels to this game.

It's literally better and more accurate than playing any of the 50 lightgun games released on the Nintendo Wii. I was playing far away from the console and my aiming was still accurate, the cursor moved exactly where I wanted it to move, and it kept up with the speed of my aiming/swaying in real life.

It's an arcade game, so it's short and sweet, but they are generous enough to give you two completely different campaigns. The second campaign can be found under special mode, which has a different storyline with multiple branching paths and choices that affect the ending. The speed that you get through it also affects the ending you get, which was ahead of its time. I only ran into one bug that forced me to restart the game, my cursor randomly disappeared in the first stage, but only happened once.

Not quite the masterpiece that justifies the price hike, but it's one of the most entertaining classics Sony made available yet, something that actually takes full advantage of one of the dualsense's most underrated and underutilized features.

One of the best horror movies of the generation, arguably only topped by the director's subsequent film "Weapons".

The competition it had that same year (2022):

Terrifier 2

Scream 5

Bones and All

Pearl

Nope

Scream No Evil

X

The Menu

Men

Smile

Deadstream

Fresh

Watcher

Prey

Bodies Bodies Bodies

....and it still wiped the floor with all of them. Financial success, UNIVERSAL acclaim from both critics and audiences, and now the director is the hottest new thing in town, releasing Weapons to amazing success and soon the new Resident Evil, and beyond. This director can literally do anything he wants right now. He's earned the good graces of everyone, critics and audiences alike. He's the Tarantino of horror, hot new director dropping two classics back to back and having everyone excited to see what he does next. That name Zach Cregger now puts butts in seats.

One of the best horror movies of the generation, arguably only topped by the director's subsequent film "Weapons".

The competition it had that same year (2022):

Terrifier 2

Scream 5

Bones and All

Pearl

Nope

Scream No Evil

X

The Menu

Men

Smile

Deadstream

Fresh

Watcher

Prey

Bodies Bodies Bodies

....and it still wiped the floor with all of them. Financial success, UNIVERSAL acclaim from both critics and audiences, and now the director is the hottest new thing in town, releasing Weapons to amazing success and soon the new Resident Evil, and beyond. This director can literally do anything he wants right now. He's earned the good graces of everyone, critics and audiences alike. He's the Tarantino of horror, hot new director dropping two classics back to back and having everyone excited to see what he does next. That name Zach Cregger now puts butts in seats.

One of the best horror movies of the generation, arguably only topped by the director's subsequent film "Weapons".

The competition it had that same year (2022):

Terrifier 2

Scream 5

Bones and All

Pearl

Nope

Scream No Evil

X

The Menu

Men

Smile

Deadstream

Fresh

Watcher

Prey

Bodies Bodies Bodies

....and it still wiped the floor with all of them. Financial success, UNIVERSAL acclaim from both critics and audiences, and now the director is the hottest new thing in town, releasing Weapons to amazing success and soon the new Resident Evil, and beyond. This director can literally do anything he wants right now. He's earned the good graces of everyone, critics and audiences alike. He's the Tarantino of horror, hot new director dropping two classics back to back and having everyone excited to see what he does next. That name Zach Cregger now puts butts in seats.

One of the best horror movies of the generation, arguably only topped by the director's subsequent film "Weapons".

The competition it had that same year (2022):

Terrifier 2

Scream 5

Bones and All

Pearl

Nope

Scream No Evil

X

The Menu

Men

Smile

Deadstream

Fresh

Watcher

Prey

Bodies Bodies Bodies

....and it still wiped the floor with all of them. Financial success, UNIVERSAL acclaim from both critics and audiences, and now the director is the hottest new thing in town, releasing Weapons to amazing success and soon the new Resident Evil, and beyond. This director can literally do anything he wants right now. He's earned the good graces of everyone, critics and audiences alike. He's the Tarantino of horror, hot new director dropping two classics back to back and having everyone excited to see what he does next. That name Zach Cregger now puts butts in seats.

One of the best horror movies of the generation, arguably only topped by the director's subsequent film "Weapons".

The competition it had that same year (2022):

Terrifier 2

Scream 5

Bones and All

Pearl

Nope

Scream No Evil

X

The Menu

Men

Smile

Deadstream

Fresh

Watcher

Prey

Bodies Bodies Bodies

....and it still wiped the floor with all of them. Financial success, UNIVERSAL acclaim from both critics and audiences, and now the director is the hottest new thing in town, releasing Weapons to amazing success and soon the new Resident Evil, and beyond. This director can literally do anything he wants right now. He's earned the good graces of everyone, critics and audiences alike. He's the Tarantino of horror, hot new director dropping two classics back to back and having everyone excited to see what he does next. That name Zach Cregger now puts butts in seats.

It's the only game that lags to oblivion on my portal, but when I play the game on the TV I don't experience any performance problems. Both resolution settings are equally bad. No other game runs this bad on my portal. Anybody else?

If you disagree, hit the downvote button. Why would you do that to yourself? Also, getting the platinum in such a boring overlong mid slog of a game is nothing you should admit to anybody like it's some sort of accomplishment.

Mafia II’s trophies are often repetitive or grindy, not skill-based. Examples include:

• Collectibles: Finding all magazines or hidden items is extremely time-consuming because the game world is large, and the markers are vague.
• Vehicle Challenges: Some trophies require driving without hitting obstacles or performing specific stunts repeatedly—these can be frustratingly inconsistent due to the game’s physics.

So, a lot of your “effort” is just chasing arbitrary, tedious tasks rather than enjoying the story or gameplay.

There’s no exclusive in-game reward (no secret cutscene, weapon, or bonus mission). Your main reward is a small digital badge on your profile, which doesn’t enhance your experience. In other words, the trophy doesn’t add anything meaningful to the game—it’s purely cosmetic. The platinum grind might take 30–50+ hours, depending on your efficiency, and most of that is “busy work.” Some trophies in Mafia II have frustrating conditions. You can accidentally break your chance at a trophy and have to redo long sections of the game, which is incredibly frustrating. There are so many better uses of your time. The platinum trophy is essentially a fake bragging right, not a gameplay reward. You could spend those hours:

• Playing more satisfying games
• Doing challenges that are fun and skill-based
• Enjoying Mafia II’s story without the stress of chasing trophies

Unless your goal is purely to pad your PlayStation profile, the time investment is completely wasted.

TL;DR: The platinum trophy in Mafia II is mostly tedious, offers no real in-game benefit, and can turn a linear somewhat passable story-driven experience into a frustrating grind, making an already mid game even more painful to play through. You’re better off just enjoying the game.

If you disagree, hit the downvote button. Why would you do that to yourself? Also, getting the platinum in such a boring overlong mid slog of a game is nothing you should admit to anybody like it's some sort of accomplishment.

Mafia II’s trophies are often repetitive or grindy, not skill-based. Examples include:

• Collectibles: Finding all magazines or hidden items is extremely time-consuming because the game world is large, and the markers are vague.
• Vehicle Challenges: Some trophies require driving without hitting obstacles or performing specific stunts repeatedly—these can be frustratingly inconsistent due to the game’s physics.

So, a lot of your “effort” is just chasing arbitrary, tedious tasks rather than enjoying the story or gameplay.

There’s no exclusive in-game reward (no secret cutscene, weapon, or bonus mission). Your main reward is a small digital badge on your profile, which doesn’t enhance your experience. In other words, the trophy doesn’t add anything meaningful to the game—it’s purely cosmetic. The platinum grind might take 30–50+ hours, depending on your efficiency, and most of that is “busy work.” Some trophies in Mafia II have frustrating conditions. You can accidentally break your chance at a trophy and have to redo long sections of the game, which is incredibly frustrating. There are so many better uses of your time. The platinum trophy is essentially a fake bragging right, not a gameplay reward. You could spend those hours:

• Playing more satisfying games
• Doing challenges that are fun and skill-based
• Enjoying Mafia II’s story without the stress of chasing trophies

Unless your goal is purely to pad your PlayStation profile, the time investment is completely wasted.

TL;DR: The platinum trophy in Mafia II is mostly tedious, offers no real in-game benefit, and can turn a linear somewhat passable story-driven experience into a frustrating grind, making an already mid game even more painful to play through. You’re better off just enjoying the game.

YOU KNEW I'M A PSYCHO!

I TOLD YOU I'M A PSYCHO!

BABY I'M A PSYCHO!

I TOLD YOU I'M A PSYCHO!

PSYCHO!

PSYCHO!

Context: Alan Wake 2 - Poets of the Fall - The Happy Song

Mine is Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball.

This is one of my favorite bad movies ever that I used to watch over and over again. It's a shame it's not available on any streaming platform, the only way to see it today is via a cheap DVD copy if you can find it on the internet. Nobody posted the full film on YouTube or anything, but everybody on this sub should see it. The first film is bad and funny too, but the second one runs circles around it, just way more going on and doesn't take itself as seriously. The second one is basically a parody (in a subtle way) of the serious action film the first one tried and failed to be, except it has all the qualities us bad movie lovers appreciate in awful obscure action movies. It has a ton of replay value and I feel like I'm one of the only people who's seen it. This made me a Michael Dudikoff fan, this guy is great in self aware action movies where he's kind of a stumbling doofus who can still kick your ass and somehow survive the most ridiculous situations like 007.

TL;DR - Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball is unironically one of the best and most underrated bad movies in existence and it's criminally unavailable and underseen, but well worth checking out for adventurous viewers and fans of Michael Dudikoff!

Comparing who is the greatest filmmaker ever between Tony Scott and David Lynch depends heavily on what you value in filmmaking, because they aimed at very different artistic targets.

If you value style, atmosphere, and artistic influence:

David Lynch is usually considered the more important (and culturally significant) filmmaker in film history.

He created a now completely recognizable cinematic language (dream logic, uncanny sound design, psychological horror, surreal Americana)

Films and shows like:

• Mulholland Drive
• Blue Velvet
• Twin Peaks
• Eraserhead

…changed how filmmakers approached mood, visual storytelling, ambiguity, and subconscious storytelling.

You can see Lynch’s influence across modern prestige TV, psychological horror, arthouse cinema, music videos, and even games

ALAN WAKE 2

SILENT HILL 2

DEADLY PREMONITION

and the list goes on and on. Directors like Denis Villeneuve, Ari Aster, and Yorgos Lanthimos all operate in a world Lynch helped normalize.

If you value pure cinematic propulsion and visual energy:

Tony Scott might be your pick.

Scott was one of the great “velocity” directors:

• Top Gun
• Man on Fire
• Crimson Tide
• Enemy of the State
• Unstoppable

He mastered momentum, editing rhythm, color saturation, and commercial spectacle. A lot of modern action filmmaking, especially hyperkinetic editing and aggressive visual flair. Any director that uses all that today owes something to Tony Scott.

For years critics underrated him because he worked inside mainstream genre cinema, but his reputation has risen sharply. Younger filmmakers now see him as a visual maximalist auteur rather than “just” a studio action director.

The clearest distinction

• Lynch asks: What does it feel like to dream, fear, desire, or dissolve psychologically?
• Scott asks: How can cinema create adrenaline, heat, danger, and emotional momentum?

One is inward and surreal.
The other is outward and kinetic.

My assessment

If we’re talking about:

• historical importance
• originality
• critical standing
• artistic innovation

then David Lynch is the greater filmmaker.

If we’re talking about:

• rewatchability
• sheer entertainment craft
• visual intensity
• mainstream filmmaking technique

then there’s a strong case for Tony Scott.

A useful comparison is:

• Lynch expanded what cinema could be.
• Scott perfected what blockbuster/action cinema could feel like.