Based on a recommendation here a while back I've been really into Gems of War. However playing on PS4 I really don't see purpose of requiring an online connection. Especially when they've been having server troubles the past few days. For a match-3 puzzle game.

Rest in peace, I'll have Tarkus in my headphones tonight.

There are only so many options for how he'll be able to be in space.

Also, on of the most mind-blowing moments in the game to me I have no idea if it was designed or a coincidence. The first time you encounter a Metroid in the game, at least for me, hits exactly the 50% scan data completion.

You know what's worse than having a backlog? Having a list of games where you got to the final boss but for whatever reason never completed it. Metroid Prime is on that list for me (along with Bayonetta, the first Mario & Luigi, and a few others.

There's been a Bowie picture disc 7" for every record store day and I never been able to get one. That MWSTW will be mine.

As I learned during the Amiibo crisis of 2015, the non-U.S. Amazon sites are laid out exactly to amazon.com, so it’s pretty easy to order things without understanding any of the words as long as you know what the buttons mean. Sort of like how U.S. traffic signs are based on color/shape so you don’t have to be able to…

Whoever coined the term 'social justice warrior' as an insult is really terrible at branding, because that sounds fucking awesome.

and perhaps a very special episode of Diff'rent Strokes.

I would like to state for the record that earlier today I was thinking about today’s ‘The Week in Games’ article and I totally prophesized the subtitle.

The “holes” in modern media cases do more than just save plastic. They also drastically reduce the weight in bulk quantities which saves on fuel, emissions, etc.

1. Looks like AVC isn't gonna review it, but the new Esperanza Spalding record is stellar. I've always maintained that it's unfair for one person to be such a wonderful jazz bassist and jazz singer and this album takes that into prog-territory. Not in a weird way (Can/Mars Volta) but more of a rock-ish way (Gentle…

That 2-Star review from The Guardian.

Did he say 'come-drunk?'

Nashville hasn't even come back from chrstms break yet. It's not looking good.

One less trade show exclusive Skylander I'll never get.

So Leo is no longer No-Scar (dotcom.) I'm glad to see Ex Machina get something. Was Bowie in the In Memoriam tribute? What clip did they use?

Euro-Trash Girl and I Ride My Bike were actually included along with some other tracks as an EP called Tuscon released as a stop-gap between Cracker's S/T and Kerosene Hat. I feel like the songs were too good for such a limited release, but don't fit anywhere in the sequencing of Kerosene Hat so they were tucked in at…

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This is one title that it sucks to have a mail subscription to. I hope it makes it to 12 though.