Still WFH stuff. Grading finals while waiting for a department meeting to start. Some are showing up on-site, but I’m not risking my health for that, so Zoom me in, Scotty! But other than that, I’m just wrapping things up here since this is the last week before summer starts proper.

I feel like this could be cleared up over a conversation.

I keep reading/seeing on various outlets that Kimura’s lashing out at a roommate who shrank her Stardom wrestle gear in the wash is what caused this stream of cyber bullying. I also see that it was also her Indonesian heritage that caused the cyber bullying after the incident on Terrace House. But that’s neither here…

No Cowboy Bebop? I know this is nothing but someone’s opinion piece, but Bebop really opened the floodgates for a lot of people who didn’t like anime upon first blush. Just my two cents.

Ellie knew.

I had a loaf of sourdough bread for dinner last night.

Finished one of my last classes today. Last one officially is tomorrow. Then one more week of post-planning and I’m officially done with this job. Already looking forward to the next position, but it feels like I’m going to be teaching virtually even when classes begin in August. But right now it’s all about small…

Wrapping up things at my current job in the next few weeks. Looking forward to it given how much this job has made me doubt my skills in my field. Also looking forward to starting fresh at the new position in a few months. But first things first, I have to hire movers. Now, how exactly does one do that in today’s…

Is that confirmed?

XC2 was better with marking objectives on the map as well as having a better system for combat. XC1, if felt like you had to stumble around to find quest objectives because they weren’t marked on the map.

Why Rygar though?

Wait. What? People play DDR on a keyboard? Seriously?

I want to pull the trigger on this, but the 3DS version didn’t click for me the way XC2 on the Switch did. Would you say this version is closer to the 3DS version or the XC2 Switch version? Because I adored the XC2 Switch version.

What are his thoughts on P3 FES’s evokers?

This seem like a weird gripe towards Origins/Odyssey. If you didn’t spec in the Assassin direction, of course you wouldn’t get the assassin one-hit kill perks. Like, did people want to spec in a different direction (warrior or hunter) and still get the assassin perks? I mean, the perks were clearly labeled as well as…

Adios, Heather. You will be missed around here. So, who exactly does that leave still at Kotaku then?

I’ll give this team the benefit of the doubt. After all, they brought life back to the series with Origins. Now, if only they’d make a sequel to Origins so I can have more Bayek in my life.

Is this version using the XC2 control scheme as well? Because I found that more inviting that the 3DS’s version of XC1.

At this point, I just wish Chimera Squad would hit the Switch sometime soon. If not that, the original XCOM. I mean, it has a mobile app. Why can’t it be ported to current game console?

Well, given that Joel and Ellie were painted as the heroes in the last game, the way ND frames the second game should give credence to those who were able to step back from the narrative to see that Joel was indeed the villain of the piece.