Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 13th)

Horizon Forbidden West: I've got the POSEIDON, AETHER, and MINERVA subfunctions in the main story which, while not as good as its predecessor, is still full of twists and turns. The rebreather, firegleam, and pullcaster are all fun tools (the last making you feel a bit like Batman from the Arkham series).

The visuals are gorgeous and a definite upgrade. Some of the side quests are also more engaging and less rote. The map is a lot bigger, and I'm still a little less than halfway through the game overall. I keep running into melee pits, vista points, salvage collections, gauntlet runs, and all manner of distraction from the main story.

In other words, it's a cracking good time.

Started a multitude of games lately.

Playing Fury Unleashed which I'm enjoying as I picked it up on sale, also continuing my playthrough of They Always Run, started Chronicles of 2 Heroes, love the old school difficulty.
,Also playing Mario Wonder 4 player with the Family which is always a good laugh.

I also bought the English only copy of Top Gear Rally 2 for my N64 collection as my Australian rated version is the multi language release so I might play that again.
That now brings my total to 250 CIB N64 games.

Have a great weekend everyone.

I've started playing Atom RPG, basically the Russian version of Fallout, so when I can carve out some time Woloderwick will stalk the post-Soviet wastelands with a rusty Nagant and a broken bottle.

I should be getting Signalis for my birthday this weekend, so hopefully playing that.

I'm also playing Dredge on the PS5, Geometry Wars and Jeremy McGrath's Offroad on the Xbox 360 and, maybe some Rush Rally 3.

Nothing this week. My mother came back from hospital bedridden, probably forever, my life is upside down, no clue how to solve this problem on longer term. No real support for this situation in my country.

Enter the Gungeon, which I’ve had for years but tend to play in bursts. It’s fair to say I’m terrible - over 200 runs and I’ve only made it to level 4 once. But I’m having fun. I’ll probably put it down again soon though and return to TOTK.

Also got a new iPad so playing Terra Nil again (free with Netflix). It used to crash constantly on my old iPad and I couldn’t get very far, so hoping a newer model will mean it works now.

Splatoon 3 for FrostyFest and continuing with TotK. When I started TotK, I thought I would finish the main story by the time Another Code Recollection released but I don't think that's happening. Massively underestimated the depths.

As far as this weekend goes, Pokémon Scarlet continues to be the gift that keeps on giving, with the new epilogue that just released. I hear it's not that long, which is fine, cause once I'm done that, I'll finally start up The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, I have been wanting to play this one for a while now, so it was great to get it for Christmas. Maybe if I can find the time, I might also start playing The Smurfs: Mission Vileaf, while I'm at it.

After recently completing Persona 5 Tactica and Star Ocean Second Story R I'm trying not to start any long games as I have Granblue Fantasy Relink and Another Code R Recollection Pre ordered and want to focus on them when they release.

So with that in mind I think on Playstation I will be playing Sable and on the Switch I will be continuing with Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes and Disney Illusion Island

Ghost Trick. Should have played it sooner

@Morsel I wish all the best for you and your mum! 🙏🙏

Finished up getting 100% achievements in ‘The Last Faith’ so will be jumping back to BG3 after a brief hiatus (mid-Act 2, temporarily put it down to avoid burnout).

On the side I’ll also be doing a few levels of ‘Humanity’ which is a great Lemmings-esque puzzler - really good!

I also picked up Marvel Midnight Suns in the Steam sale, so might give that a whirl

Week 7 playing almost exclusively Tears of the Kingdom. I've been searching through ruins for the 5th sage, without luck so far.
I'm in the meantime doing oh so many side quests, feels like they are unlimited, it's amazing; collecting Korok seeds, farming dragon parts and star fragments and infiltrating the Yiga hideouts for schematics.
I've sadly got only 2 shrines left, and I'm pretty sure both are locked to the 5th sage quest. So 150 shrines cleared and all the 120 LightRoots activated.

Happy gaming everybody!

2024 and still no hoverboards like they had promised! 😩 The backlog beatdown continues! I’m close to finishing Wolfenstein 2 and I’ve jumped back into Tears of the Kingdom, a pure masterclass in gaming. 2023 deserves a salute from gamers.

The Switch successor talk is about to hit a fever pitch! I’ll just wait patiently for Nintendo to do a proper announcement, but if Mario Kart 9 is a launch window title it better include some Wonder Seed effects! Would be a cool addition to the series IMO. There’s been lot of focus on rumoured specs but Nintendo could go ahead and revolutionize the gaming controller again for all we know. The Handheld market is crowded now. Nintendo will definitely look to differentiate its console. I could see more health/communication features such as StreetPass, stuff such as a Sleep Monitor as QOL benefits. Until then I’ll continue enjoying the amazing library of games on Switch.

Strains on deck, Cuban Linx, Organic Comatose and it’s been awhile but some U.K Cheese!

Enjoy your weekends! Happy gaming!

@Yalloo

Regarding the fifth sage… try the sky

Klonoa and Pikmin 2 for me! Maybe Roguebook or Into the breach as well.
@MischiefMaker don't worry! It takes a while getting the first run complete, but once you do you'll start to complete a lot of them. It gets easier once you start unlocking stuff, but my recommendation is getting unlocked bullet passive items (fire, fat, magical bullets...) as soon as you can. These will be your best friends in the long term.

Still in the first week of Neo: The World Ends with You. Still really enjoying it. The combat is starting to click, and the story and characters are really good. Music and art style just as good as the original. Loading times are a bit of a hitch, but not enough to get in the way.

Stumbled across a physical copy of Neon White for cheap in Mediamarkt last night, so I snapped that up. Damn, it's addictive!

So that and FrostyFest, of course. Still need to finish up Iconoclasts too, but I'm currently stuck on one of the bosses.

This was a bit of a change of pace for me, but I played and finished, Trails in the Sky. (In only one week too!) Normally I don't play on PC, but I made an exception. Already bought SC. It is a great game. Thank god I wasn't spoiled for this game though. I haven't played any of the others. I only have only heard very minor spoilers for SC so I'm still pretty excited! I feel like it has made me realize this whole "Can I start with this Trails game first?" debate is pointless. There's no reason to skip this game. It's great! I'm glad that I've finally gotten into this great series. Can't wait for Zero so I can actually play on Switch.

@Krull Just wondering if you have played the original. I want to try this game, but I'm wondering if I should play the first, for story reasons. Don't really want to play it that much since the Switch version doesn't seem very left handed friendly.

@Bucket Happy Birthday and Signalis is awesome 😊👍🏻

Switch whims and moods for the weekend feature another mix of recent recruits (from Nobody Saves the World, World End's Club and Dysmantle to Lost Epic, Sailing Era and Far: Changing Tides) and the various ongoing playthroughs which, while including some actventures like Immortals/BotW, and shooters like Doom 3 or Bioshock 2, are particularly packed with more JRPG fancies that one could play in two months, let alone two days. Xenoblades and Rune Factories, Portia and DQB, Agarest War and Valkyria Chronicles, First Departure and TWEWY, Fuga and Minstrel Song... and there might well be others from Atelier Marie and Symphonia to CrisTales and Crosscode elbowing their way into the actual queue. The sentiment is echoed beyond Switch as well - after finally speeding through The Crew's story mode (no pun intended) and finding out that my memory trolled me about the Kingdom Hearts package size, I managed to free just enough room (with Brutal Legend as a reluctant "sacrifice", but still) and restart my KH1 playthrough on Deck - the same Deck where I still maintain simultaneous itches for the ongoing FFXIII/XV, Xenosaga/XCX and NoA/Ar Tonelico playthroughs. Add Endless Frontier, Etrian Odyssey and Fantasy Life on 3DS, then Eternia, Neptunia and God Eater on Vita... and the potential PS4 pastime with the likes of NFS Rivals and Avengers may end up the only batch of specific platform plans not dominated by my top fave genre until Monday and frankly beyond. Then again, for the backlog gluttony these comments of mine are known to excel in, that's Tuesday - er, Saturday.😅

I'm 12 hours into Sea of Stars and unfortunately I'm very close to dropping it. The graphics are unparalleled, but the gameplay itself I find very rote - I'm working my way through it half-asleep it feels like. I don't even mind simple RPG combat that gets repetitive - it tends to soothe me - but the environmental puzzles and traversal requires no thinking. They just click along cleanly, there's no sense of struggle of exploration. Anyway, I'm not one to beat on games, but I was really anticipating this one and am disappointed.

Someone sold their whole switch collection to my local game shop and it's an extensive one - tons of imports, special editions, I even saw a mummy demastered which has been on my list. So my plan this weekend is to see how much $ I can spare to buy up some of these games, and start one of them.

Super Mario 64

Probably going to continue playing Tekken 3D Prime Edition on 3DS, as I want to try and move up a bit further in the ranking system. I'm at 3rd Dan now with my main character MIguel in the Quick Battle mode. But it's getting quite difficult to advance now.

Furiously trying to finish up Xenoblade Chronicles 2 before I go back to school(!), which is 100% not going to happen. I can't stay on task to save my life, and I don't think I'd enjoy it so much if I actually could. It might have to wait for the semester break.

Also a few rounds of Vampire Survivors which is feeling how NES games used to feel way back when (I'm thinking Gauntlet and Castlevania). And not necessarily like those games, but like how it felt in the 80s when my brothers let me stay up way too late hopped up on Mountain Dew and blasting Iron Maiden. My youngest got hooked on it too, so we're having a grand time discovering things and dealing absurd DPS.

...I think I might need to go to the store to get some Mountain Dew 😁

Happy gaming everyone!

Splatoon 3 Frostyfest and Persona 5 Tactica for me. I'm on the third area of P5T, which seems like it's possibly approaching the final story beats. I doubt I'll finish it this weekend though, as I seem to be slowing down how fast I've been beating games in general. It must be due to turning 40 soon. I also wish I was playing Prince of Persia Lost Crown, but I would rather wait for a Ubisoft sale in 6 months and buy it for 75% off.

This week I will be mostly playing

Splatfest
Wario’s Woods
Pokémon Y

This weekend I'll be continuing Frogsong and after that I'll be trying out the demo for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.

@Morsel sorry to hear that. I went through something similar with my mother-in-law, I hope you can both find a way through a difficult situation

I completed Final Fantasy XVI on Ps5 last week and I’m currently replaying Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age on my Switch.

Also trying to reach level 200 in Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 1 on Ps5/Switch/Xbox before Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth release.

Beyond that gonna play some Powerwash Simulator on XSX

Just finished Super Mario Wonder!

Finally went back to Starfield and finished the UC Vanguard quest line (which was brilliant)

Other than that I’m a few hours into “For the Vast Future”

Finished Full Void on Switch in the week which was good. I did pick up an original Japanese SNES cart of Super Castlevania IV in the week at a retro game shop, so a good excuse for another play through of one of my favouite games of all time. I'm also thinking might give the Master System version of Sonic 2 a playthrough, I'm sure I have the cartridge around somewhere.

I also finally bough Road Redemption in the latest Switch sale. It's a bit rough, but for a lower price, seems a good deal for some modernised Road Rash style gameplay.

Special World, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, specifically the most difficult three levels: “Climb…,” “… Gauntlet,” and then, the one after that.

Arkham City for me. Still exploring that rad game. I just finished the Machinegames Call of the Machine chapter of Quake 2. Pretty excellent. It ties together the first and second games in interesting ways, and makes me excited to see what is coming from the series in the future.
Also slightly OT, but it's pretty funny/messed up that I used to take the stance of "make sure to buy this game and support the developers!" Now we know that when these publishers do better than ever, they make more cuts...not less. I'm a total mark, so I will buy PoP day one. Just no shade to anyone who waits to buy it for like $10. Doesn't seem to make a difference.

Just kinda waiting until PoP to release at this point.

The only game that I am certain of playing is Suika. I'm still chasing a score to be champion of my own family. The world records are well beyond me.

I beat the first Klonoa yesterday and it was over too fast, so I chose to not jump right into the second!

Instead I’m playing the Smurfs 2 lol. BUT ITS REALLY GOOD!! Arlo did a sponsorship with it, and I’m glad I dove in. It’s like a Ratchet and Clank of sorts

I'm playing Tears of the Kingdom like always. Around 400 hours in and I'm still excited to play it! I'm also playing Trees and Tents, which I love, but still think Kakurasu World is better. I've also really been into Light It Up, which will be free as part of the qubic games giveaway thing this month. It's an awesome relaxing and fun platformer with great music, sound effects, 60fps graphics, and just well done platforming that is kind of like short puzzle after short puzzle. Recommended!
Also playing Dodonpachi DOJ, Advance Wars, Alien Death Mob (great arcade game!), Rocket League, The Spy Who Shot Me, and Chico and the Magic Orchards dx. I've also been enjoying Robo Quest on Deck. Robo Quest feels like a 1st person Ratchet and Clank, which is awesome. Oh, and it runs at 144fps when I play it on laptop, and 90fps on OLED Deck (I really like those high frame rates!!).

I’ve been really getting into Age of Calamity this week! I’ve just taken back Akkala Citadel from the Yiga Clan, and I’ve done 11 combat trials and 70 side quests. I’m going to spend this weekend doing more combat trials to strengthen my available characters.

I just bought Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and I’m already five hours into it. I love the story so far, however the combat can be a lil befuddling. Might dive into some frosty fest if I break away from aionos

Thumper, Red Dead Redemption, Pokemon Crystal Legacy.

Throughout the week I finished my “Insanity” playthrough in Mass Effect (Legendary Edition) and got the platinum trophy. There were a few difficult moments but I managed to scrape by with my Adept Shepard. This trilogy is peak science fiction. What I like most all, particularly with the first game, is that it’s a compact 25-30 hour RPG experience. I more than likely won’t start Mass Effect 2 for a while due to other games releasing soon, and risking burnout, but I will absolutely platinum the entire trilogy. And to keep me absorbed in this world, I’m reading Drew Karpyshyn’s Mass Effect: Revelation and it’s excellent.

On a side tangent — most of my playtime was on the PlayStation Portal. This machine has been an absolute game changer for me. It has given me the desire to play certain games that I prefer to play handheld such as old school PS1 games, particularly JRPGs (Wild Arms), or even PS2 gems like the GTA trilogy. I may go as far to suggest the upcoming Persona 3 Reload is ostensibly better in this format. For me, these types of games are better suited in a smaller screen. Maybe that’s my nostalgia kicking in since I used to play these games up close with a small boxed television.

I’m also starting up Dead Space Remake. The original is a classic, and it’s been nearly fifteen years since I played it, so it should feel like a fresh new captivating experience. What I remember vividly is how the USG Ishimura felt like a living character rather than a story setting. There aren’t too many games that feature a location that feels just as intertwined with the main protagonist as it does as its own separate entity. I’m really looking forward to this journey again.

Continuing with Starfield, Street Fighter 6 and Mario Wonder although I'm not really in the mood for gaming. May also play a bit of Drainus or Vampire Survivors on the steam deck.

@Olrun Cool, thanks for the advice on Enter The Gungeon. I’ve unlocked quite a bit but loads more to go, and I’ve been doing it fairly randomly so I’ll try and be a bit more focused. I definitely have improved - I can get the Master Round on level 1 bosses maybe 40 to 50% of the time and occasionally on level 2 bosses. I’d also say it make it to level 3 over 50% of the time now which is a big improvement to earlier.

Easy Come Easy Golf, Super Mario RPG, and Kirby Return to Dreamland Deluxe.

Uncharted: Golden Abyss (Vita) - Left off at chapter 8, need to pick it back up.

Real Soccer 2013 (Windows Phone) - Finally getting used to touch controls for this.

Angry Birds Rio (Windows Phone) - Still three starring levels.

This is a weekend where I plan to leave the house as little as possible. Plenty of ice on the ground (with about an inch of snow) and temps WAY below freezing. Good thing my main hobbies are suited for indoors!

• I THINK I'm almost finished with Ace Attorney: Justice For All. Currently on the edge of starting Trial Day 4-2 in Case 4. This has been...an odd case, one that turns Phoenix's convictions on their head compared to what we've seen in AA so far.
• As usual, some more Dragon Quest Builders 2 when I'm up for it. I finally cleared the second story island and just made it back to the Isle of Awakening. Now to see how else I can build it up before continuing.

Happy gaming! Stay warm folks.

I’ll be playing Persona 5 Royal. I’ve been playing it for over 6 weeks and I am 56 hours in and finished the 4th palace. Even though this game is so long I am going to try to play it exclusively until the end. Last year I did a lot of starting and not finishing games, but it seems like for a story driven game like this I really need to play it straight through.

Launched the Granblue Fantasy Relink demo last night for a few hours of multiplayer. So excited for the actual game launch on February 1st! Seeing the mobile game realized like this is so exciting, and takes some (but not all) of the sting out of the collapse of co-op Rising.

I'll probably be jumping back onto Pokemon Scarlet and Violet for some BBQ farming with a friend. Maybe some Splatoon 3 splatfest. Otherwise, I've got a real life BBQ at the beach lined up for Sunday, so probably not much more gaming than that!

Tales of Vesperia REMASTER – after stopping Hercules, I stopped at Capuwa Nor.
The Last Door: Season 2 – just began playing Chapter 2.
Sky: Children of the Light – played it for 85 minutes and then uninstalled it...
Well... For now, that's all what I've played on this week. I want to pre-order UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II [Sys:Celes], but, in my retail store, USD Nintendo eShop cards are out of stock... I hate it... I just want to buy and play games without any bs happening...
Update #1:
Phantom Breaker Battlegrounds Overdrive – played Arcade Mode to level up Mikoto Nishina. Failed on purpose on Stage 5 or 6. Haven't had time to continue play game anymore.
BIOHAZARD REVELATIONS – played mini-game for a few times to gain some OS.

Switch: TotK
PS5: AW2
Series X: BG3

Some weeks ago I beat the Yo-kai Watch 3DS trilogy, and ever since then I’ve been wishing for more. There was in fact a fourth entry released on Switch in 2019, but only in Japanese (and later Chinese). “Oh, do I have to take a year of Duolingo Japanese in order to continue the story?” Nope! Google Translate and fan translation videos save the day! So I got a physical import copy of Yo-kai Watch 4++.

I’ve beaten Chapter 1 and it’s already pretty wild. The world is more detailed than ever before, now in a fully three-dimensional environment. Battles are now real-time, and Nate (or, well, Keita) now participates in them directly. The music is exceptionally catchy. Oh yeah, and somehow he met his daughter Summer from thirty years in the future? I didn’t think it could get much wilder than YW3’s aliens and UFOs, but here we are.

For anyone still concerned about the language barrier, Google Translate works fine for the most part, and the main story has a fan translation patch for when it doesn’t. (You don’t have to hack your Switch, just look up some videos of the game in English.) Though the Duolingo route is probably the best way to enjoy the game, rest assured that you don’t need to know any kanji; all (or most) text is written out in kana (syllabic characters).

So I finished Final Fantasy VI last weekend and I gotta admit I was a little disappointed with the second half of the game. I didn't really like how the structure of the game changed, it just got a bit overwhelming. The final dungeon was amazing though and I still really loved the first half.

Earlier this week I decided to finally start my journey into the trails series after putting it off for so long. I'm currently about 4 hours into Trails in The Sky and so far it's been pretty cozy. I've often heard this game is very slow but I am enjoying it a lot so far. Estelle and Joshua are very likeable characters.

My family plays a lot of multiplayer coop games together - primarily myself, wife, and older son. My younger son plays some games with us but not othets. We finished what we could reasonably play of Mario Wonder all together - all the main game levels and all wonderseeds. We haven't done the special levels yet and we are taking a break.

Lately we have been playing Moving Out 2, which has been a lot of fun. There are some frustrating aspects of it, but it's the type of multiplayer my family enjoys where we can do a quick level or two in the evening.

It's only in the past year that I've been able to work solo video games back into my life, so I'm doing g a lot of catching up. Last year I finished BotW, and now I'm onto TotK. I finished the Wind temple and am on my way to Kakariko village. I think once I get there (which should be tonight) I'm going to take a little break. I want to savor this game, not rush it.

Once I hit the break I'm going to blitz through Super Mario Odyssey, another game I haven't ever completed. I restarted it about a month ago and have been playing it in small bites between exploring Hyrule.

I'm also planning on starting my own playthrough of Super Mario Wonder to attempt to 100% it, which is not something the rest of my family is interested in.

@imadeanaccount I love the original The World Ends With You, but you don’t need to have played it first. They share a premise, and Neo acknowledges the first story happened, but it’s a new set of characters who have to be introduced just like a player coming to the series for the first time.

If you do want to play the first game, though, I highly recommend the iOS version. You can totally play it left-handed (and one handed) on a phone or tablet and it is far less … weird than the DS version. The Switch version of TWEWY kind of takes the iOS version and adds physical controls as an alternative to the touchscreen controls - but I’d say touchscreen, unusually, is better. After all, the original was based on partly using the DS stylus

Just beat Mario RPG remake, so now I'm replaying Chrono Trigger. Double bill of my fav RPGs.

Super Mario Bros wonder. Great game, reminds me of some Mario games I played years ago.

I am hammering through Psychonauts 2 in preparation of the direct next week for xbox.

On switch, only ghost trick at the moment. Hoping to finish by prince of persias release.

On the Pi, all sorts of little gems, but I'm taking more time with the original RE2.

Been replaying Xenoblade 2 mostly.

@Morsel
I truly feel for you, as this week we ended my father’s 2-month hospital stay to bring him home to enjoy his last few days. A race with cancer is not something you want to be in without that all-important head start (i.e. early detection).

So needless to say, I haven’t played a thing all week and my world feels like it’s ending, too.
Wishing you and your family the strength and love to carry you through this challenge. May you regain some kind of normalcy soon, and enjoy many more days with your mother. ❤️

Breath of the Wild has become my life. Someone help. Please.

@larryisaman @Teksetter @gaga64
❤️ ❤️ ❤️ thank you all!
Teksetter, I wish you strength to bear with that terrible situation.

@MattAllsopp thank you. It certainly looks good so far.

red dead redemption but stuck on that stupid mission were you have to tame a horse which is annoying as hell keep getting thrown off.

PS5: still plowing through the OCD hell that is Power Wash Simulator.

XSX: stuck on the big robot early boss in Divinity: Original Sin. Guess I need to grind a bit and level up as the remote control thingy doesn't seem to be working for me.

Switch: picked up where I left up a few weeks ago in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. I haven't played the earlier games and the combat system is doing my head in.

Also knocked off Doki Doki Literature Club on Steam during the week.

Played the Prince of Persia demo and it didn't suck me in like I thought it would. It looks great (for a switch) and runs really smoothly but something about the atmosphere and the world just bored me. Perhaps I'm missing something but I wasn't pleased. I'll probably pick it up in a few months or a year when it goes on sale for £5-£10 (Ubisoft have a habit of huge discounts shortly after release, I got FC6 for £19 not that long after release)

Starfield has sunk its hooks back in, still playing TOTK and back on Advance wars. Playing SF6 for some heavy action.

I will be continuing my journey through Psychonauts 2 on PlayStation 5 and I will be enjoying every minute of it. I have finally gotten out of the initial hub area and I am able to explore to my heart's content. I also completed the main story in Super Mario Bros Wonder on Nintendo Switch last night and I was pretty pleased with the final boss fight. I still have more levels to complete, and secrets to collect. And even though I am playing 2 platformers, they are distinctly different in many ways, which is helping keeping me interested. Happy gaming everyone!

So I've reached a point where I'm satisfied with MK8D again after going on a tear. So... back to Pac-Man World Re-Pac and finally I'll stop procrastinating with TotK. Before I get super-serious with the aforementioned, I'm going to finally see what The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is all about first. Lots of hype and praise. I love poignant games, so I'm looking forward to it.

@BR1CK probably more of a person with decades of game backlog

More Persona 5 Royal for me. This game is truly unlike anything I’ve played before. Very much enjoying the Shin Megami Tensei aspects of the game, and very excited to see where the story goes! Cheers, everyone!

Alright here we go another week another WAYP. Been a relatively quiet week. Tried Dave The Diver. Absolutely love it think that’ll be how I spend my weekend after work today. Terrific lovely little game. Did some Splatoon Splatfest yesterday too. Always love dipping into it for a little bit of fun. Can’t wait for that Side: Order DLC. Other then that I’ve been really going hard on Granblue in every form. Watching Relink Footage, playing some Versus Rising story mode and some matches with friends. Y’all ain’t ready for Lucillius in either game and just the force that is PARADISE LOST. Fate/Samurai Remnant, Assassins Creed they all continue to be nice. I think I might wanna check out and get that Prince Of Persia game too. Honestly I’m really just waiting on two games now. Another Code at the end of the week and Golden Sun on Wednesday. Golden Sun I’m really excited for because I’ve never played it before. Again it really do just be those January vibes where all you feeling is just…… meh. Anime of the week I finally get to shoutout the first of the winter anime as I’m checking some out today and tomorrow so shoutout to Solo Leveling, Shangri La Frontier, Undead Unluck, High Card and Sasaki And Peeps. Will let y’all know how those go next week. Podcasts of the week of course are the usual. Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension, Minnmax, Remap, Windbreaker, Firelink, Nextlander, RPGsites Tetracast and Into The Aether. As always I’ll ask to show some love to my friend over at Twitch.tv/akibread. Otherwise hey let’s hope that with stuff like Xbox’s Developer Direct this week we start getting a bit more hype with the weeks going forward. Have a awesome weekend everyone and happy gaming.

@Teksetter I just read your message now - I'm so sorry, Teksetter. I know there isn't anything I can say that will make you feel better right now... I'll keep you, your father and your family in my thoughts every day. I'm fervently hoping that you do have a supportive shoulder/ears to reach out to. Please remember, people do care, even if they don't always show it.

@Morsel I'm sorry to read about your situation, and I want to send my best wishes. I think Teksetter already said it best, but I find that caregivers and homemakers aren't properly appreciated in our civilization. I hope you and your mother can find the support you deserve, hard as it may be to find sometimes...

@CANOEberry CB, thank you for the kind words - I sincerely appreciate your reaching out. If there is one positive takeaway from these tearful last few weeks, it’s that our relatives and dad’s good friends have given us a lot of support and shared many a lovingly-told story.
It’s nice to know that people care, whether they’re near or kindly corresponding from afar. ❤️