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I think I can live with my Switch 1 version and not drop $40 on an empty piece of plastic.

@Scarmucci You know you're killing me, right?

@BrokenCiv Are you able to load one for shipping or just for pickup? I can understand why pickup might be locked out, as they're only allocating so many for each store, but shipping should be open to anyone.

@BrokenCiv All indications are that Walmart is region-locking sales. Folks in certain areas are reporting what you are: that the console is readily available. Meanwhile, folks in other areas are being told that there's no stock.

@Joe11 Same here. I had a bundle in my cart, and it went out of stock while PayPal was processing. And now the same thing just happened with a base unit.

I just had one at GameStop in my cart, went to PayPal and then was told the item is out of stock.

@Divide_and_Wander There are reports that GameStop was selling them online as early as 10:30 Eastern.

@Scarmucci Yeah, Capital One, after I confirmed that the purchase was OK gave me a cheerful, "Great, you're all set and can go ahead with the order." Well, no, it doesn't work that way during a feeding frenzy. And why they didn't text me instead of emailing I'll never know.

@rjejr You said it. My days of sleeping outside for events or releases and staying up half the night refreshing a browser are probably a thing of the past.

@Scarmucci I had one in my cart and all done at Target, maybe five minutes after pre-orders opened, and then for some reason CapitalOne flagged the purchase. They sent me an email asking for approval, but I didn't see it right away and so the order was canceled. Maybe because Target was re-sending the order or something, but still not cool.

@Scarmucci Yeah, Wario64 just said that the Walmart thing looks like region-locking. I had one a little while ago but somehow got logged out. And when the page refreshed with my login active, it kicked me out. So I think that's it.

@Scarmucci Interesting. Still no luck here. May I borrow your address? Just kidding.

@Scarmucci Are you getting an actual opportunity to add to cart? I've been trying for half an hour and just keep getting auto-refreshes.

I had one at Target about five minutes after the pre-orders opened. I didn't have email open, so I didn't see that CapitalOne inexplicably sent me a request to confirm the order. Order canceled. Two hours later, out of luck.

@zander_dale Fast RMX had a belated physical release for Switch.

I don't understand why Nintendo doesn't just let Shin'en take over F-Zero.

@Anakin @JohnnyMind I always check out his post too. Unbelievable. Does he have every waking moment of the weekend to play, or is he so good he can complete all those achievements in a fraction of the time the rest of us would need? Probably the latter.

I tend to get into one game at a time and just obsess with it, Civ VI being that game at the moment. But so envious of Johnny.

My company was closed yesterday, but the Spearess had to work, so I spent most of the day completing a religious victory with Gandhi in Civ VI.

Not sure about the rest of the weekend. I'll probably start a new Civ and maybe try something out of my backlog.

Happy gaming, everyone!

@Cathalm Completely devalues it for me — it's the only reason I pay for it.

Tell me if you have any experience with this. ...

Three-plus-hour car drive in two directions today to a family gathering, coming off four hours of sleep Thursday night, and I stayed up playing Civ VI until 2 a.m. Fried this morning.

Sunday = sleep and restart the Civ cycle.

Happy gaming, everyone! Remember to sleep!

Can we please stop with these two now? Jah bless, I wish them a fun and bountiful life, but please put them on mute.

Late start this morning after a four-and-a-half-hour run on Civ VI last night. Jah bless the Spearess, who tolerates going our separate ways at the end of every Friday night so I can play.

I'm about 75 percent of the way through my latest Civ, so I'll be finishing that this weekend. And then we'll see if there's time for anything else.

Happy gaming everyone!

Was this the company that leaked the Switch design?

@dskatter Yeah, the paid hardware tour. I was watching that thinking, I must have misheard something — they're really trying to get people to purchase a hardware-walkthrough app???

@Joeynator3000 Agreed. I have the lowest of expectations. I've held firm in not purchasing this — even though I want to play it — to send a message that releasing games in an incomplete or poorly functional state is not OK, but I may reconsider if the Switch 2 enhancement eliminates the problems. My guess is we'll see minor improvements.

And while I'm at it, SHAME ON Nintendo and Game Freak for making the folks who've already purchased the game wait this long.

I found it underwhelming. Maybe if Mario Kart hadn't been teased it would have scored higher for me. The console itself, to me, lacks that one bit of innovation that every Nintendo console before it has had. Voice chat, great, but that's something that has been in the industry 20 years. I'm excited for the console but just saying the announcement didn't add much spark to what we already knew, in my opinion.

@datamonkey It's Atari, so there will inevitably be a physical release, followed by an updated physical release and a series of other opportunities to repurchase what you've already paid for. But I'm still in on this one.

The trailer looks awesome on my OLED. I'll be on this ASAP.

I'm the person who has never played Minecraft. While sandbox-type games generally don't appeal to me, I have to say the block-style art is a big factor in my reluctance to get into the game. This upgrade doesn't push me across the line, meaning my Wii U copy of Minecraft will likely remain unplayed.

I'm already deep into Civ VI this weekend. In between, hacking around on the Game Boy Color and maybe a little Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Happy gaming, everyone!

"Do you have the ambition build a kingdom?"

Sheesh, I spend all day editing at work and now I have to do it in my leisure?

I have an 8BitDo Pro2 for Switch, and while it's my go-to controller, my lone complaint is the buttons are a bit too spongy and sometimes don't register. Many a Balatro hand blown because I didn't make sure all the cards had been selected!

The original was one of my favorite DS games. I wish they would reboot that.

@squidduforeal Makes me want to play Galaxy again!

@PikminMarioKirby I put a couple hundred hours into the first one. Awesome game. At some point, I'll pick up the sequel.

Last weekend of winter means game time will soon be diminished as the Spearess and I return to the hiking trails and seaside destinations.

I'll be playing Civ VI for the most part this weekend. Also Super Box Delivery and banging around on Tetris Attack on the GameBoy Color to fill in 20 minutes here and there.

I usually knock out the Tetris 99 special themes on Friday night but haven't gotten to that yet this time around.

Happy gaming, everyone!

@Danrenfroe2016 The DS-era games were still being overseen by the series' creator, and the developer still valued the series for something more than a money grab at that point. Natsume (Harvest Moon) is just producing cheap knockoffs at this point and asking people to understand that they're not a competent developer, while Marvelous (Story of Seasons) allowed the entire BokuMono team to switch to Rune Factory, leaving a poor third-party development team in charge of the SoS titles.

The games fans knew as Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons died with Trio of Towns.

Money grab. Sad days for the franchise that spawned one of the most popular gaming genres.

I've been spending most of my time in Civilization VI, which had been in my backlog for years. So much fun but so much to learn.

I've also been fooling around with Challenge Mode on Super Mario Bros. Deluxe for GBC. I just noticed that, though I beat all the challenges probably 30 years ago, I still haven't beaten the cumulative score challenge, which is going to require achieving supreme scores on most of the levels. Lamenting that this is one of the few GB or GBC cartridges I have left with a working battery. It's holding its charge to remind me of yet another unfinished project.

@batmanbud2 I got about halfway through Poochy and Yoshi's Woolly World but never finished it. But I had already 100-percented it on Wii U. Agreed that it's the best game. No crying baby makes up for what Yoshi's Island does better, in my opinion.

Potentially good news for the five people who emulate Switch without stealing.

Mattel Football was amazing!!!

We're beginning what should be a beautiful Saturday, but a sore back is likely to keep me indoors. And winter returns tomorrow. So ...

I've been playing Civilization VI for the past week. That's correct, VI. It has been in my backlog for years. Just finished my first run, which I lost after nearly 375 turns, thanks to a silly decision to spread Rastafari to a hostile city. I'll try again this weekend, Jah bless.

I've also had Super Box Delivery downloaded on my PS4 for a week, and I want to crack that open in the next couple of days.

I'm also still having fun with gold stake runs on Balatro, and other games in the mix include Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons, Tetris Ultimate on the 3DS, Splatoon and some random GameBoy titles to fill in 20 minutes or so here and there.

Happy gaming, everyone!

"What do you make of these new guitar controllers from CRKD and Gibson?"

I can make a hat; I can make a broach; I can make a pterodactyl. ...

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It has been long rumored that Hadrian ordered his wall from Strictly Limited Games.

I pretty much just go ahead and buy it digitally too, and then the game never leaves the shrink wrap. But it stinks for folks who only want, or can afford, to buy once.

We've got three versions of the cover to grade and yet the Game Profile says "Cover Unavailable."

@The21zonz It plays much faster than you remember after a long break, take it from me. I'm still getting back up to speed.

After finally reaching 100 percent on Balatro last weekend, I've been knocking around on this or that and thinking about what I'm going to get into next. The Spearess will be away Sunday, so I will have plenty of time.

With all the hype around the launch of Civ VII, I recalled that I still haven't even touched Civ VI, which has been on my Switch for years. So I will be cracking into that today or tomorrow.

I've also been back into Splatoon. As I said last week, the long OCD time with Balatro eroded my Splatoon skills, so I've been polishing up here and there.

And of course, Balatro has been alive and well. It's nice to go after gold stake or a high score without the pressure of an achievement. I actually beat my all-time high score earlier in the week, and on gold stake too.

I've also been in Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons and Tetris Ultimate, and I intend to try Super Box Delivery on the PS4 as well.

Happy gaming, everyone!