These movies exist in this strange negative thought space for me. Never had any hype or interest. I saw the first. Pieces of the second. I believe I snuck in for parts of the third, and then snuck back out. I also realized I "missed out" on the trailer hype and cinematic exhibition of the spirtual sequels to "Teh…

I pre-ordered ARMS because why not. First fighting game I've bought in a very long time. The test-punch had enough going for me to bite(nbarq.) It has that Mario Kart team pedigree, looks and sounds fairly incredible, and pulls from disparate but complimentary second string brawlers of sorts. Virtual On, Power Stone,…

Once more, with feeling. Real Time with Larry Wilmore.

Only 2.5 episodes in, but this is Lynchverse Prime. Weirder, scarier, warmer, funnier than I was expecting. Pulls as much from Inland Empire, Mulholland Dr, Eraserhead, Wild at Heart, Lost Highway, as it does from Twin Peaks. I'm buckled up for this summer's main event.

Played a couple of cups of Mario Kart the Ocho Deluxe out at the karaoke bar like a good antisocialite. Watched three episodes of sense8, which is going down great. Got stellaris early from the humble bundle and been taking it slow as sciency hippie space gerbils.

"Killing Papa Bear"

There are already very Dark Souls like play-styles emerging. Making bee-lines for certain enemies/boss-battles/encounters/final dungeons in low-level/stealth/survival ways of going about.

Yeah, and it sort of forces the player, when reading journals and job boards and the like, in game, to actually mark on the map what they gleaned.

I've played Planescape a number of times over the years. I'll probably revisit it after this Torment : Numenera run. Seems perfectly lovely so far. Lots of themes and variations on the original. Very Bioshock Infinite to Bioshock, sort of vibe.

For me, catching up on Legion, RE7R, Lincoln in the Bardo (taking it slow and fairly weepy), might sport some hours into Stardew Valley for Gameological after an extended stay away, Grails new LP and EP hit and they're very lovely, too.

A Deadpool episode would probably work remarkably well. Hoping this becomes the 'weird' x-show. I feel the Mike Allred influence as much as I do the Kubrick and Wes Anderson.

Capcom & Sony did good with their PSVRsion. Too spoopy.

I just made it through the first hour of Resident Evil 7 in VR. Whew. One of those gaming experiences I will never forget, that's for sure. If the season pass is 3 new modes and six new VHS tapes (episodes), I think I'm in. Only an hour in, but the game sings in VR. What a cool thing.

I'll be making my PSVR RE7 run later tonight. Witching hours and all that. Steeling myself. Considering surrogates.

Resident Evil 7 in PSVR because that demo was a lot of fun. Scary, but not exactly terrifying. Felt like an escape room meets Resident Evil 1 meets Evil Dead. I'm also still working my way slowly through Yakuza 5 and starting up a Long War 2 campaign for XCOM2. I am excited for Yakuza Zero, though.

Rogue One is the sweaty nerd Star Wars, but in all the ways. Mostly, it feels like a Star Wars dedicated to the everyday heroes of the franchise, the craftspeople who shaped it and whose work has gone less seen and remarked upon, and the long promise of the vault, from the John Knoll story credit on down, from wills…

Yeah, I've been wanting to replay it. I really enjoyed it for what it was. Walking Simulator plus BBC radio mini-series.

Enjoy. That DLC is some of the better DLC out there.

This weekend's escapism will be putting the screws to Dishonored 2. Playthrough 1: Hard/Emily/No kills/Semi-stealthy. It's pretty rough going, both in terms of difficulty and performance as the game speed on PS4 seems to be chugging. Slow loads, sub 20fps areas, but it's still pretty great. Story starts off kinda…

Yeah, breaking the larger games into episodic mini-reviews of various chapters seems like such a no-brainer.