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1. DOOM: The Dark Ages 2. 📱 Balatro 3. Diablo IV 4. Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred 5. Donkey Kong Bananza 6. Control 7. Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound 8. (Famicom Disk System) The Legend of Zelda 9. / Hades 2 (first time) 10. (Famicom Disk System) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link 11. (Famicom Disk System) Metroid 12. Dispatch A pretty good adventure game that tells a really fun story, with great characters. If you like Telltale stuff, I think you'll like this. The actual gameplay part of it (where you send out heroes to save the day and such) isn't crazy fun, and it took me a little bit to figure out exactly what I was doing wrong. At the beginning of the game, it gives you a choice between quick time events during the cutscenes, or you can just let them go as they do. I did the QTE option and kinda wish I didn't. There were really only two, hit A at the right time, or hold the right trigger and move the right stick in a direction, so not a lot of variety there. I'm super confused about one thing, and a lot of people I saw on reddit were confused about the same thing is how
- Yesterday
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Anya will set things straight for Mr. Henderson even if he decides to call it quits in the end 😤 Ditto on Elusive Samurai. I love this series. Have you checked out Gonron Egg or Mage Next Door? They’re both pretty decent so far.
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Mani, bass player of The Stone Roses and later Primal Scream, died His bass lines were such a big part of my favourite Stone Roses tracks. Have to listen to this one tonight, really loud, through my best headphones
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Spy x Family #124 I love that this is somehow connected to the Haunted Schoolhouse chapter instead of just being random. It's a great way to make a one-off, short, seemingly contained story into something that feels like a deeper part of the world. Definitely rooting for Anya and Henderson, though part of me kind of feels like he might stay retired after this? Elusive Samurai Happy to see Kojiro get the girl finally(even though it was obvious to happen quite a long time ago). And goddamn, 226 was a highlight when it comes to the graphic violence. Just seeing Kojiro and homeboy literally slicing everyone and everything in half, up that final panel when he ALMOST killed Takauji. I also was touched by seeing Yoritsugu fully embrace Tokiyuki in the most recent chapter. Ready and not ready for the end
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1. Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic 2. Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice (7) 3. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (9.5) 4. Tomba! (100%) (7.5) 5. :ps1: Heart of Darkness (6.5) 6. Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies (8) 7. Bomb Rush Cyberfunk (8.5) 8. We Heart Katamari (8.5) 9. :steam: Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum (7) 10. :steam: Little Goody Two Shoes (8) 11. Death Stranding 2 (8.75) 12. :steam: Lacuna (7.5) 13. Hitman: World of Assassination (8.5) 14. Digimon Story: Time Stranger (9.5) Well, it's been a minute. Had a lot of games I completed but I wanted to post them when I had the energy to do a write up like usual. Welp, now it's piled up, so I'm just gonna update the list and attempt to post my writeups over the next week or so. But I'm gonna start with Time Stranger because that's the one I JUST finished: As a quick addendum, I also played a shitload of UFO 50 and have beaten/cherry'd a decent handful of games, but it doesn't feel right saying I've BEATEN it until I've at least got every gold disk. I dunno, I might start talking about individual games. Anyway, ONTO Digimon Story: Time Stranger! So yeah, Time Stranger was an excellent game that, while not wholly original, took Digimon into darker and deeper territory than ever before, with an addicting gameplay loop and a compelling story to follow, with some incredible environments, setting, and characters to carry you along the way. If you're a Digimon or a JRPG fan, I would recommend. 9.5/10 Also, here's my KOTOR writeup I actually posted on another
- Last week
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Witch Watch #225 Whoa, I did not see that coming!!! Part #3 starts now. It’s serious. The Elusive Samurai #227 It’s going to end soon
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1. DOOM: The Dark Ages 2. 📱 Balatro 3. Diablo IV 4. Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred 5. Donkey Kong Bananza 6. Control 7. Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound 8. (Famicom Disk System) The Legend of Zelda 9. / Hades 2 (first time) 10. (Famicom Disk System) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link 11. (Famicom Disk System) Metroid
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Spy Fam #124 I'm enjoying this little story arc. This guy who did Mr. Henderson dirty better get caught. Anya to the rescue! The Elusive Samurai #226 Kojiro is a certified badass Sooooooo close. But the important thing is he got out of there alive. Phew! I enjoyed all the other new stuff this week but I guess I don't have much else that jumped out at me to comment on. Still think Gonron Egg is cool after three chapters. And the first two chapters of The Mage Next Door were better than I expected them to be. I like how Osoegawa is this sort of super-mage, but his magic is all about random stuff to make life more convenient, and yet he can use it in clever ways to out-wit and overpower other mages. It's sort of similar to Sakamoto in the sense that Sakamoto is very strong and skilled, but he also uses pens or whatever else is around him to win a fit instead of the stereotypically OP weapons like guns, etc. Finally, Someone Hertz is rapidly becoming one of my most-looked-forward-to new chapters every week. I love the art style and the subtle humour. It's very charming.
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1. DOOM: The Dark Ages 2. 📱 Balatro 3. Diablo IV 4. Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred 5. Donkey Kong Bananza 6. Control 7. Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound 8. (Famicom Disk System) The Legend of Zelda 9. / Hades 2 (first time) 10. (Famicom Disk System) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link I've beaten a final boss in Hades 2 a few times now, and am going for the other final boss at the moment, haven't gotten to them yet, but I do believe i'm in the last area? But yeah, don't feel like posting every time I beat the one final boss. I booted up Zelda II a while back, thinking I would just fuck around and not actually try and beat it. The only times i've beaten it were with save states, never on original hardware or without save scumming. Ended up getting addicted and felt the urge to see it through, which I finally did. I had to grind a bit to get the last couple experience levels in all my skills, but got them all maxed out with two palaces left to go. Funnily enough I had a harder time in the second to last palace than I did the last. I think I took maybe two hits from both of the final bosses? Getting TO the last palace is more of a headache than the palace itself, even if that is no cakewalk. I ended up not getting any of the 1-ups until I was on my way to the final palace, so going into it I had I think 5 lives in total? I think I died twice on the way to the final palace, but i'm not 100% sure.
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I would have laughed so hard (and also kinda hated it) if the umps had overturned that call. Smith's foot did appear to come off the plate for a moment just as the runner was sliding into the plate. Can't decide the World Series on a stupid challenge review though. It was extremely close, but Out was the correct call. As a mega Jays fan, it's hard for me to be objective, but I do genuinely feel like they were the better team for a good portion of the World Series. A shame they didn't find a way to win it. At the very least, this year the Jays won the division, knocked the Yankees out of the postseason (an absolute knockout!), won the ALCS, and were plenty good enough to have won the WS. The Yankees didn't make the Dodgers work nearly that hard in the 2024 WS, for whatever little that's worth
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So looking at how close IKF was from scoring the game winner I wonder if he didn't try to slide if he would have been safe. I didn't notice at first, but it was a force play so I don't think sliding was the best choice...at least foot first. Although I expect it was probably instinct, but damn it sucks it just seems a lot went wrong for the Jays and right for the Dodgers in a lot of instances.
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Yamamoto is a very good pitcher indeed. Bummer.
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Elusive Samurai #225 Kojiro is smooth AF Him and Nagao better come back alive! Witch Watch #224 Awwwwww they’re adorable I like how quickly the story is getting going in Gonron Egg. I’ll keep reading it. Not an incredibly original story premise but it’s interesting anyhow. Another new one this week, The Mage Next Door. I didn’t read it yet.
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Hey, this is what I felt after the ALCS. Simply Yamamoto was a Blue Jay Killer.
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That was a great back and forth game last night. If I wasn’t such a die hard Jays fan and could look at it more objectively, that’s what I’d say anyways. The end was such a devastating heartbreaker. I am going through all the stages of grief All in all, it was a really competitive and exciting World Series even if my team lost and I feel absolutely gutted. Like seriously I feel sick. Gotta give credit to LA though. Three of their four WS wins were on the road. The Jays could have won last night if they could have cashed in a couple more insurance runs. They had chances. Or if the relievers could have made some better pitches Ugh baseball is so cruel
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I mean the Jays were 9 outs away from elimination down 2 runs in the ALCS game 7, so they got this. Good to see it go 7 games though, been a while since we had a good world series.
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I wish Ernie had taken a few pitches instead of swinging at the first one Glasnow threw. But ambushing first pitches is his M.O. Giminez had a bit better at bat. Great play and throw from LF to end it. Barger got a bit too far ahead before making sure the ball dropped out got caught. The Jays will bounce back tonight. They seemed unphased after losing the 18 inning game, or going down 0-2 to Seattle. Gotta win tonight!
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Wow, That was a disastrous bottom of the 9th for the Jays. 2nd and 3rd with nobody out for only the game to be over after 3 pitches.
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Big night tonight in Toronto!!! I am fully expecting the Dodgers' lineup to punch back at the Jays with everything they have. I'm curious to see if Dave Roberts shakes up the lineup some more. Or if Mookie Betts can figure out how to hit again. The dream scenario: Gausman pitches a clean top of the 1st inning, and then the Jays lineup jumps all over Yamamoto to get an early lead. If Toronto can demoralize the Dodgers just a bit early on in the game, they might start to let go of the rope. Easier said than done, obviously. Yamamoto pitched incredibly in his last two starts. There's no reason to expect him to be worse tonight. The Jays' hitters have to find a way to adapt and beat him. He's not going to just let them win.
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Totally agree. Takauji breaking the fourth wall (I think I'm using that term correctly? ) to tell the reader about he's the good guy was a fun element. I remain unconvinced by his arguments! I still look forward to Elusive Samurai every week with lots of excitement, and I will be a bit sad when it ends, but I guess we will be arriving at the end fairly soon. I don't want to jinx it, but I don't see how Matsui could possibly botch the ending at this point. This manga has been consistently very good for a long time now and he seems to have the whole story planned out very nicely. I suppose it helps that it's based on historical events, but obviously he's taking some artistic liberties to make it more compelling in manga format. He just has to stick the landing now.
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I didn't really get the chance to talk about the way Takauji has been portrayed in the last 20 or so chapters of Elusive Samurai. The one where he killed Tadayoshi was legit unsettling. Where the pages were talking about how he bowed to the will of his brother and the other members of the court before he starting eating the manga panel and changing history. Same thing with #223 where he's trying to convince us he's the good guy and keeps telling us to turn the page. Just incredible art direction and really plays on the way they had already been breaking the fourth wall since the early chapters. With #224, I think this is probably the actual end. And what a brutal kill if so. Either way, I feel like this has been one of the most satisfying final stretches of all the manga we've been reading lately. Funny how I went from having mixed feelings to becoming one of my Top 3.
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Seriously! Incredible pitching line for Yesavage last night. I’m glad he finished the 7th. Very timely double play there. It was another great team win last night. Jays are up 3-2 heading back to Toronto I sure hope they can figure out how to get to Yamamoto. Finish the job in Game #6. Crazy stuff happens in Game #7’s…
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Bringing up Yesavage at the end of the season is turning out to be a really good move. 12 K's and no walks.
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Snell is off to a bad start for game 5.
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So, they pitched to Ohtani last night and seemed to get away with it. Bieber didn't hit all his spots, but at least he didn't leave any pitches over the middle of the plate. Great team win by the Jays last night. Series tied 2-2!
