I’ve been changing who I play. I started as a Ribbon Girl main, eventually decided to learn Lola Pop, and now I’m trying to learn Misango. My arms tend to be the same between them: Slapamander, Megaton/Megavolt or Whammer/Kablammer, and one of the basic fists, usually Nade or Sparky.

As with every post you write here— well said and then some, sir. And endless praise to Nintendo for distilling the Zelda experience down to its pure essence and core for the benefit of players. No matter the age or style of play— all are able to engage in pure discovery on their own terms in so many directions. As you…

Breath of the Wild was such a beautiful, engrossing videogame. I bought the Switch after not playing a single video game in nearly six years, and bought it only to play Zelda. That game, above all else, taught this old fool what it feels like to be a kid again.

Gonna keep the format of these, though it might be a bit shorter. Three choices...let’s start with...

This was an astonishingly good year for video games, if not always the culture around them. The best games were confident, experimental, thoughtful, surprising, and entirely sincere. Wolfenstein II had a deranged vision about the horrors of American Nazism and what was needed to fight it, but it was also one it fully…

I have been playing Battle Chef Brigade, perhaps marking the first time where I’m actually playing one of the recommended games! Woot! I was a big fan of the Japanese Iron Chef back in the early days of Food Network. Iron Chef was a big part of my personal survival routine during my miserable grad school years, and I…

TONIGHT...#Wii U# MK8 on the 8th is OFFICIALLY OVER. There will be no more Wii U scheduled racing for Gameological because creating Tournaments was intrinsically tied to Miiverse. I’m sorry I didn’t think to create a permanent Tournament in time, but it’s appropriate to give the reins over to Switch and embrace…

More ‘Breath of the Wild’, particularly as there’s new DLC out- though my current playthrough is still pretty far off even touching it. Two Divine Beasts down, and now about to tackle the one in the Desert.

/cheer Battle Chef Brigade praise!

Mentioned in my own thing, but Wolfenstein: the Old Blood (and possibly The New Order, though I’m not sure if I beat it by last WAYPTW). It was, ultimately, what most prequels should be: a way to spend a little more time with someone, something that expands on just enough on the backstory to be interesting without…

...And finally, my article on Mass Effect: Andromeda is complete. It’s something of which I’m really proud, and I think I managed to get at a number of the problems that were around of and part of it. I’m leading this off at the top mostly because really, what I played this week is less interesting: more DOOM, and…

What Have You Finished This Week?

I actually still have one missing capture, though I’ve finally acquired all moons and all purple coins. There’s still one outfit remaining too - the 9,999 coin one - and I suspect I’ll never actually claim it. The game might call me back, as I’ve actually found it harder to put down as I’ve gotten close to the end,…

WHAT AM I PLAYING THIS WEEKEND:

As I mostly lurk on Fridays I am late to the party, so I will answer both what I have played as well as what I will be playing. This post being WHAT HAVE I PLAYED?

Driving around and just pure chaos will result in more mobile time for me, but there’s fortunately Animal Crossing Pocket Camp and Fire Emblem Heroes to help on that front. The Switch will also, of course, be finding some time on the go, and I hopefully get to play ARMS with my siblings and try out Splatoon 2's…

Was feeling kind of jealous of all the Mario Odyssey love around these parts. Since I’m not planning on getting a Switch until sometime next year, I decided to go ahead and download A Hat in Time to scratch my 3D platforming collect-athon itch. I haven’t even started it yet (bought it last night and left it on to…

I’m playing EA ShitStorm Simulator 2017: Battlefront 2 right now and it’s an absolute riot to see EA (and the game industry at large) finally get its comeuppance for being so ruthlessly greedy. The latest headline was by the Hawaiian governor comparing Battlefront 2 as Star Wars luring kids to gambling like Joe Camel…

Bah, they’re using a variation on my super-obvious question I used last week! I feel creatively violated!

Just got done with done with some Mario Kart. Played some RE7, rocket league, COD:WWII, and fortnite before that. This weekend I plan on putting a lot more time into RE7.