My Game Reviews

Netflix has too many reality tv shows in 2025.

Netflix is making so many reality shows that it is ruining the platform. While people may claim that Netflix is better than the old cable tv channels, the platform seems destined to be taking up the same content that made people want to leave cable in the first place.

Netflix has spent so much money on these shows that the home page, no matter what choices that you make is filled with Too Hot To Handle and Love is Blind. Not only that, but Netflix has making more country specific reality tv shows and it is only starting to fill the entire platform with more slop which is making the site unusable. A decade ago, Netflix had some original programming but it had a much larger library. There were shows from the studios as well as the small but growing catalog made within Netflix.

Now?

It is like a desert in comparison to Netflix of 10 or 20 years ago.

While Netflix did not have streaming services yet, its online catalog was in the area of around 30,000 to 40,000 movies and tv shows 20 years ago. 10 years later in 2015, the catalog of physical movies included Blu-Rays as well and was around 80,000 to 90,000 movies. The catalog is much smaller now and we can clearly see the results of what that means. It means that Netflix is churning out low quality entertainment(slop) in order to prop up the platform. For now, it is working here as Netflix is now putting ads on its cheapest subscription along with having increasing subscriber counts in countries outside of America.

Netflix’s originals are also taking much longer than in the past to make. Stranger Things has been on Netflix since 2016, yet the show has sporadically been on television. The series came online when Netflix was starting to pump out many more originals to replace the licensed shows that were being taken off the platform by the studios and put on their own streaming services.

Reality TV shows allow Netflix to have predicable seasons just like on old TV channels. However, they are not really shows that have any artistry but are there just to prop up its catalog. They are cheap to make and reliable. However, they are a sign that Netflix has sold its soul out for quick and cheap cash.

Netflix in its earlier years, before the subscriber counts broke over a million, had more movies in its catalog than now. While you had to wait to get a DVD and then later Blu-Rays in the mail, you had choices and wasn’t reliant on their originals.

This is why Netflix was better in the past. Delayed gratification is better than instant gratification. That people are spending minutes scrolling through the menu looking for what they want to watch is a clear sign that Netflix simply wants to keep people on the platform and not accomplish anything of note. There is no grandness to their vision, just profits. Studios of the past cared about profits, but they created stars who were avatars of their respective nations.

What is Netflix now but simply a money scheme for the streaming elites? Is there any sense of care for art or beauty anymore?

Netflix will realize that churning out reality tv show will not help the site in the long run. Another streaming service will come about, and it will create competition. That competition is what Netflix needs to return to its roots and give people choices.

The Demonic Realm of the Oblivion Gates: Oblivion Remastered’s Incredible Graphics and Style

In comparison with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Oblivion is very different game in its style. Skyrim takes in a time of change, and it seems that the Septim Empire is no longer the great juggernaut that it once was. It is a time of the Nords reawakening to their ancient imperial past and the Imperials are finding themselves in an age of much greater competition than had existed in Oblivion.

The catalyst of this imperial decline and turmoil? The Oblivion Crisis caused by the Mehrunes Dagon, the Daedric Prince of Destruction. Unlike the other Daedric Princes, he is blatantly a chaotic and vicious entity and the amount of damage he caused by his armies descending upon the Septim Empire can’t really even be seen in the game. However, if we were to think about it realistically within the confines of the lore and culture, the Oblivion Crisis severely weakened the whole empire, causing the Mede Dynasty to come to power and the metaphysical strength of the empire gone and various Mer and Beasts rising to power in their various realms.

Unlike the Dragons in Skyrim, the Oblivion Plane of Mehrunes Dagon is a land of contrast with the land of milk and honey in Cyrodiil in spite of the bandits and the dangerous creatures walking around in that area.

When you enter the Oblivion Gates, the graphics of the Remastered Version showcase the power of the original design with a new coat of paint.

Many games do not even come close to how powerful this demonic realm appears to the player, especially in the new version.

Here is a gallery of photos showcasing the immense weight of the Oblivion Realm.

While it does not have much color variation, the details in the Remastered version are incredible; this is also only on the GeForce Now version. On more powerful computers, the quality must be even higher. The Oblivion Gates are huge contrast to the world outside; everything is twisted and vicious. Even the plants seem demonic and more akin to violence than giving life in this realm. There are no butterflies, no flowers, no lilac pads of any kind. It’s just black rocks soaring into the sky with rivers of lava everywhere.

This is a truly unique experience. It makes you understand why saving the world outside the Oblivion Gates is so important. Unlike the Dragons which are so easily hit by arrows in Skyrim, the separation of the Oblivion Gates from the regular world helps to provide the importance to the mission of the hero in this story.

There is nothing greater in Oblivion than being able to close those gates and reenter the world of Cyrodiil knowing you are standing against the forces of Mehrunes Dagon and engaging in a great struggle of survival.

It is what makes the game interesting and have the weight that has kept it fresh for so many years after its original release in 2006. Oblivion Remastered show that age on a video game can truly make some great wine that everyone wants to enjoy.

Amazon 30 Years of Ecommerce Triumph and the Transition to a Struggle with Walmart.

Amazon is celebrating 30 Years today of Ecommerce. It has much to celebrate as it is one of the world’s biggest websites and is sitting as a titan. Jeff Bezos has become a household name and had a wedding in Venice which showed the man’s immense power and influence. However, the company faces a new rival from a traditional brick and mortar sector, Walmart. These two giants are competing this week to offer incredible deals to their customers. What does this say about the future of Ecommerce.

Walmart in the 2000s had a rather poor reputation. Its customer base was always diverse but there was feeling it was too working class for some. They wanted higher quality goods as well as healthier items in the deli and meals section.

Now, Walmart is having ads that are much more youth oriented than many of their previous ads in the past. They have more young people who are fit and look like they belong in the wealthy areas of America than what was once Walmart’s traditional customers, working class Americans.

Amazon had the advantage for years as it was a digital only store. It’s customers from the start were more wealthy and had more social mobility. They also were more chatty about their interests, as can be seen by the usage of customer reviews.

Walmart has begun to transform itself into that Amazon style store.

Amazon better watch out as Walmart has a huge retail presence and they are even expanding into drone delivery which is another area that Amazon still hasn’t made progress in. Walmart has shown itself to be a resilient and strong company.

The battle of the Ecommerce giants is in full swing and we shall see which one wins the battle of the online stores.