I’ve only every played the first half hour-hour or so of Undertale but that’s the first time I’ve heard that take on the game. Interesting how some stuff can be quirky, tongue in cheek for one person and insulting for another. I bounced off the bullethell fights and finding out after my first fight that a pacifist run…

Agreed 100%. It resonates especially so for me because we’re right around the 20th anniversary of when old school Sierra/Yosemite Entertainment went under (Chainsaw Monday, February 1999). Same attitudes around then as we’ve seen in the past day. “Well, not exactly a surprise. Short term business practices and designs…

I missed the discussion yesterday unfortunately, but I came today expecting a candle lit vigil on here. It’s really damn sad. Telltale games have made some of the best games ever, and they have shown the gaming industry that good story and developed characters in games are possible!

Some people seem to really, really hate having to backtrack, ever, for any reason. For such a person, the careful and deliberate exploration you describe would be miserable.

I enjoyed it, but of the two formats I’ve played most recently, the booster draft tourneys have been the most fun. I do like the idea of Commander, but I don’t know how much I’d want to invest in it, it’s an oddly niche way of playing.

Taking a little break from Witcher III new game+ to explode things in Just Cause 3. The arm tether system is a fun tool that I am probably not utilizing enough in combat, but I’m learning. One glaring annoyance in game design is all the upgrades are tied to completion of vehicle races and timed trials. Things I have…

Have managed to tear myself away from Fire Pro Wresting World long enough to dip back into Monster Hunter World and also a bit of Doom. On Doom I’ve still made not a lot of progress- it’s a game I play in short bursts, still getting used to how to handle some encounters and enemies. But it’s fun.

Caved and bought Spider-Man and it’s sooo much fun and like just the game I need right now. It gets so many of the little things right that I don’t mind a lot of game design things that bug me in other games (though I am still early on so they may wear me down later). I just love how unafraid Insomniac was at just…

After about 210 hours, I finished all of Witcher 3 and its expansions. I don’t have much to add to the praise for its writing. The game is just really well made. It feels like the developers are very generous and conscientious. I almost feel like I owe them more money for the experience they provided. Towards the end…

Believe it or not, I somehow never got around to playing Undertale, so I’ll be popping that onto the Switch for the weekend.

Obtuse PC gaming setups? Now you’re talking my language!

I finished the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 DLC, Torna: The Golden Country. Overall, I really enjoyed. The characters are all pretty solid and they do a nice job of adapting the battle system so you still have come variety despite the limited blade selection. I would be really interested in hearing from people who play this …

That feeling of old school dungeon crawling is exactly what I’m finding right now in Path of Exile. I never got around to trying it, but I just graduated, haven’t found work yet and could use a cheap new game and thanks to Vinny Vinesauce playing Diablo 2 I was reminded that PoE exists.

I finished Spider-Man and I'm very close to the Platinum trophy. Other than that, I think I might try that Xenoblade Chronicles prequel. I only played the first one on the 3ds but I never finished it because it was too long and the screen was so hard to concentrate on for long. I like the battle system though.

I’m replaying Oblivion for a podcast (shameless plug, the show is called Square Roots). It’s a great game, obvi, but now that I’ve hit the halfway point I’m reminded how much this game changes as you play. Of course, that’s standard for RPGs but I can’t think of many games where you really FEEL it like Oblivion. It’s…

I will be playing Destiny 2: Forsaken, as I have every weekend for the past two or three weeks. Time permitting, I will also play some more Spider-Man or dive into the new Pillars of Eternity II DLC and see if my party can stand up to the new mega-boss they’ve added.

I was super involved in painting this week, and strangely enough had to actually do work while I was at work, so my gaming has been pretty minimal. I continue to plow through Titan Quest. It is bizarrely engaging. Hit things, watch the corpses pile up, move on, repeat. I suppose that is just what I’m in the mood for…

Still ekin’ my way through Divinity: Original Sin 2: Definitive Edition: Colon Blow Out.

Playing Star Control: Origins and feeling guilty about it. The whole lawsuit between Fred and Paul and Star Dock sucks and I really want to see a Star Control game from the original creators but I decided to at least give Star Docks clone a fair shake(I justifying giving them money by also donating to the defense…

Man, this brings back memories of long days with Bard’s Tale Construction Set, slaving over creating the perfect RPG — the perfect RPG that will never be played because this was the era before the internet made sharing such things with others reasonable.

Personally I haven’t had much time to play this week, and so…