I just had this realization last night - I think I’m in the ballpark of 50-60 games, roughly 10 of which are major releases. This week is adding a few more to the pile - Dead Cells, Okami, and Minit are must-buys for me, and I hear whispers that Undertale, Hyper Light Drifter, and World Ends With You are coming in the…

My office is actually right at this intersection, I can see this exact spot outside the window near my desk. The one day I decide to go to the gym this week, and I miss this by a few minutes.

The consoles themselves? Maybe. The giant Scrooge McDuck vaults of gold coins that Nintendo made as a result of the Classic consoles though? Much more persuasive.

Im currently enjoying Octopath the most in this capacity - grinding out some levels or knocking out a character chapter while watching Netflix. The game’s plot and characters are simple enough that they’re not holding my attention very long on their own, but the battle system is great fun for an hour or two at a time (…

I do wish there was a subscriber discount that knocked it down to $5, but given his demented twitter feed even that would be a huge item on my budget.

Okami, Dead Cells, and Minit on Switch all in one week? *swipes credit card directly into dock slot*

Pokemon Picross or GTFO

I love when games go into this kind of musical detail, especially in RPGs. I’ve had this running theory about the music in Persona 5's battles. I have no proof of this, but it always seemed like the battle actions coordinated incredibly well with the music, so I’m guessing that the attack animations and transitions…

I’m feeling the same way about Octopath - I can play it for maybe an hour per day before I start to feel the repetition, but that’s a fantastic hour. It helps that that’s about the right amount of time to go through a chapter, a couple side quests, or just do some grinding.

I’m doing the same thing, the new variety makes a huge improvement in the battle system. Since the Chapter 2 level requirements are a little higher than I was at, I just took a couple hours to walk the routes to each of the chapter 2 cities so I could fast travel to them when I’m ready, and I found 6/8 of the job…

That’s very good to hear. I think I’ve played for 5ish hours at this point, so hopefully that will get better soon.

COME ON AND SLAM, AND WELCOME TO THE JAM

Turns out this dash makes all the difference. I picked up 20XX earlier this summer just to try to scratch the itch, and while it’s a great game it just doesn’t stack up for me because the characters feel so slow and floaty compared to X and Zero (doesn’t help that the character animations make it look like a flash…

I had to remind myself too, it’s...complex:

That's because Vincent is a mix between a vampire and Frankenstein's monster.

Man, August is looking to be a fantastic month for me on Switch - this, Dead Cells, Okami, and I believe a couple other gems on top of recent releases like Hollow Knight, Flinthook, Mega Man X...and Octopath! Hell of a summer of gaming on this little machine, I'm loving it. My backlog is infinite though.

Obvious #1 choice:

I hit it a lot on the pro controller when reaching for the ‘-’ button, since they’re very similar and the logos are very subtle.

When I was a young lad with a meager summer allowance and a well-loved GBA, Golden Sun blew me away. I was absolutely hooked and couldn’t put it down. But just as things were really heating up in the plot and there was a big dramatic scene that felt like it was halfway through the game (literally halfway, considering…

So this might be a very dumb question that I’ve just never seen an answer for, but I’ve always wondered how this works from a technical point of view - for PS Now or other such services, is each player using a dedicated ‘console’ or some modified hardware equivalent in a giant data center that they’re just streaming…