After hemming and hawing for weeks, I finally got around to Dishonored 2, and have been astonished at how much I enjoy it. I dig it so much, in fact, that I went back and bought the remastered Dishonored; I owned the original PS3 version for a while, but never quite got a handle on it. But this time I played through…

Well, the "appropriate age group" thing is actually one of the original series' selling points—it's written fairly simplistically, and the first four books or so are super repetitive, but it also has a lot of murder and creepiness, and a borderline Kafkaesque approach to authority and good intentions. I read most of…

Yeah, I really didn't like that novel at all.

Yeah, "nightmare" is basically the only way it makes sense. Now I feel dumb—I could've sworn they were going to make something longer and more complex!

So, this is as good a place as any: I decided to pick up Dark Souls 3 again after basically giving up six or seven months ago (I can't remember why; I stalled out at the Abyss Watchers, but I don't think it was because they were too hard). Managed to get past AW after some serious frustration, and felt like I was back…

Well, this could be one of those "rumors I created because I'm not very bright," but I thought the Batman VR game that was released was just a proof of concept kind of thing? It certainly doesn't feel like a complete game in and of itself, unless you really like dark endings.

Eh, I think I'm burnt out on Souls games. I love 'em, but just thinking about the effort and time required to make progress exhausts me in advance. I still do need to finish 3, though. (And 2, I guess, although I've pretty much given up on that one.)

I'm also surprised at how difficult Super Mario Run is. Although that could just be my shoddy ass platforming skills.

Uh, be prepared for a… somewhat darker tone in subsequent episodes.

This comment gave me whiplash.

Oh yeah, because I'm such a brilliant commentator we should _definitely_ parse my language for hidden meanings.

I found the flamethrower super useful against the bloaters you run into—both at the dorm and in the final tunnel before the hospital. And I felt really okay about killing Fireflies, because it was entirely in character for Joel at that point. (Also, the way they treated the whole Joel/Ellie thing sort of pissed me…

I think they changed that?

Yeah, the story's instantly forgettable nonsense but I really enjoyed it.

Well, I spent half the week home sick and used the time to play through all of The Last Of Us (including the DLC) again, which was a treat. Playing on New Game+, which leaves you with all your upgrades, made things easier, which reduced a lot of the tension—I realized pretty early on that I could kill just about…

I'm about 6 hours in, and I'm already losing interest. I actually took a break to go play through The Last Of Us again, which is not doing FFXV's storytelling any favors let me tell you.

Yeah, I don't need her to be a laugh a minute, but something more than "dull earnestness" would go a long way to making her interesting.

I had a similar trajectory with the first two games—adore Asylum, was frustrated and bored by a lot of City (though I still finished it.). Give Origins a chance if you see it cheap; it's nowhere near as good as Asylum, but the story's stronger than in City, and I enjoyed it more. And yeah, I'd say 10 bucks isn't a…

I can open the menu and select items, but when I hit "x" I just get a thudding noise and nothing happens. I'm sure it's something obvious and I'll figure it out, but it's a weird roadblock.

Arkham Knight is the only Rocksteady Batman game I haven't finished. Stupid Batmobile bullshit.