That’s an extraordinarily reductive view. TLOU2 had faults, but I think it did a good job of showing the complicated nature of its characters. Certainly much more than the protagonists of any GTA games. Real humans are not just one character trait either. I give the writers a lot of credit for the character work, even…

Good point

“The weekend is for dressing up in colorful spandex outfits...”

Honestly, I don’t even care much about the 4K aspect, I just want it to have a little more horsepower so it can run games a little smoother and a slightly bigger screen to make reading stuff when playing handheld a bit easier (because I’m in denial that I need reading glasses, mostly).

Pretty sure the theatre in the screenshot is the Vogue, which is a place where I used to bartend (it was a live music venue, mostly). Kinda cool to see that in a game. Also: a fun job. Highlight was probably working one of the two nights when Prince played there on what was likely his last tour. He did two shows per…

For PS4 games, that is 100% accurate. For games optimized for PS5 where the load times are almost nonexistent, it feels like something more. A PS4 Pro PRO maybe?

I just saw this and checked my local craigslist, and it looks like a PS4 Pro is still going for $350-400 (CDN) here, which is almost the price of a new one, as you said. Crazy. I have my old Pro with upgraded 2TB hybrid drive, 2 controllers, charging station and headset in the spare room for remote play, but maybe I…

I also am quite glad to have one, but agree that it is by no means a “must-have” item at this point. I’m still mostly using it to catch up on PS4 games!

Not much! It’s a long weekend here, but I’ll be either riding my bike or working for most of it, which is a bummer. If I can squeeze in a bit more Dark Souls 3 I will. My progress in that game (as in most games) has been painfully slow...

Graythan Nason of Kotaku Australia or Indonesia or something...

It is 100% in my list of all-time favorites, and fairly close to the top. I definitely wouldn’t recommend it to everyone, but for the people who are into this type of game, I can’t think of anything else that comes close.

I managed to snag a Disney+ login from one of my sisters, so I will definitely watch it eventually. I think your take is pretty similar to what I’ve heard from others: some good stuff in there, but not a great script.

I got vaccinated on Wednesday, which is very exciting. It’s really starting to feel like there is an end in sight, finally. I can’t wait to go visit my dad once it’s possible to travel outside of my health region. I haven’t seen him in over two years now.

Solo is the only Star Wars movie I haven’t seen, but I have more interest in rewatching Rogue One, TBH.

Honestly, almost any movie compares favorably to Rise of Skywalker...

It seems very much like the type of game where a mechanic needs to “click” and then the puzzles aren’t so bad until they introduce some new wrinkle and you go through the process again. So yeah, I expect that progress would largely be in fits and starts.

I envy your Baba is You progress. I was playing with my GF and we got stuck on an early puzzle and gave up, but I could already tell that game is something special. Might just have to look that one up so I can press on.

I’m still working on Disco Elysium. I’ve had very little time to play the past couple of weeks, due to work, life, etc. Got in a couple hours last night and made it through what seems to be the climactic moment of the game, or at least one of them (the big stand off outside the Whirling). Felt like I could’ve handled…

I share this inability to remember to quicksave. I’ll lose a bunch of progress and then be really diligent about quicksaving for like the next 3 hours before completely neglecting the feature again until I lose another massive chunk due to a death or crash or whatever.

Stadia’s whole existence has just been so baffling. I will just say up front that it is not for me and never would be. I am quite content with owning a console. The initial promise was at least interesting (YouTube integration, etc.), but the entire rollout has seemed... bad? It launched without almost any of the…