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Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, Resynced (PS5) Got up to the point where I got the ship. Environments look amazing (the most important part). Mixed feelings about the character looks, that kind of creepy realism that makes it look unreal, plaguing the series since Odyssey. Gameplay is both smooth...

I was just in Iceland. One of the things we did was take a glacier tour (as in, literally walk on a glacier). During a break the [Argentinian] tour guide asks if anyone plays video games, of course I raise my hand. He asks if we know who is Hideo Kajima is, of course I was the only one who did...

Emulating or you actually have a for real OG Sega Genesis?

Yeah that pretty much sums up why I quit that game pretty fast. Enemies, especially boss fights, fly off screen and I'm spending the whole time battling camera boss. Then fiddling with menus and checking weight limits is some folks' idea of a good time but it ain't mine.

Control rules.

A couple of movies on a plane, where I choose movies I would not otherwise watch because it's a tiny screen in a noisy environment. For some reason I chose movies about how crazy and difficult relationships are. Is This Thing On? A middle aged man (Will Arnett) going through a divorce with his...

Eh... don't we always say we prefer companies delay things to ensure quality complete releases? I'm pretty hyped for this game myself so I feel you though. But if it comes out complete and running well and actually good then I'll be happy.

I'm back from my vacation in Iceland (holy balls what a lovely country!), to which I took my Switch 2 to keep my company on flights and while my wife slept in a bit later than me. During which I finished my time with: Super Mario Wonder I am delighted that I can still be delighted by Mario. The...

Right as the end credits came in I said to my wife, "Cool, I can't wait until next season where I ruin the first couple of episodes asking you why anybody is doing anything and what's going on."

Star Fox As much as I'm enjoying Super Mario Wonder, I don't want to burn out on it. So got the new Star Fox to have two different kinds of Switch games on hand. I already played the demo so I knew the gameplay and graphics are the kind of bite-sized fun I like on a handheld. This is old news...

Bait, Amazon Prime, 8/10 The latest in the genre I think of as semi-autofictional dramedy. Subgenre: middle-eastern. Think Ramy or Mo. Actor Riz Ahmed poured his thoughts and experience as a British actor of Pakistani heritage into this 8 episode miniseries. This leans a lot more into the...

A used console + patience is indeed the best way into gaming, IMO. I was able to find a Switch 2 and re-up my PS5 on ebay. Heck, I still think as Series S + Gamepass is viable IF you don't have a fancy TV and/or you don't care about exclusives. And if you open yourself to more markets than I do...

Super Mario Wonder Bought it primarily to have something to play while traveling next week but I couldn't help starting it up already. What can I say- it's a Mario, still the best mascot platformers in the bix, which is quite something. Everything is cute and fun and just plain neat.

Those are good points. But when the Steam Deck first came out, wasn't it also hard to get at first? I guess I'm not sure how much of all this is "Valve gonna Valve" and "everything else today is shit." I think the other key point here is that Valve are probably not worrying about this selling...

I figured that was the universal sentiment after they announced the end of Destiny. That was the last group of gamers who gave a shit (and I suspect pretended to give a shit briefly after the announcement).