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You say that like it's a bad thing? I'm a modern man. I'm happy for her to be the bread winner while I waste my time on games.

Honestly, at times it's been an absolute slog. How do you go into a level, see this much orange, and not get overwhelmed?

Main game - done SpongeBob DLC - done - amazing. graphics were tons of fun, and the levels were full of references. BTTF DLC - done - I loved the incidental effects on these levels, especially the Jaws 3D hologram Warhammer 40k DLC - done - I was always interested in the Warhammer universe. This DLC was just tedious, though. And the last ship was just ridiculous. Alice in Wonderland DLC - done - this was fun. Some nice, twisted artwork, very bright and colourful. I enjoyed this. Shrek DLC - done - listen. If you're gonna let me go the Duloc's entrance area, and you're gonna let me pull the lever to activate the information booth, you should play the song. This DLC did not. I disliked playing it until it sent me to Shrek's swamp, where I earned the trophy 'Somebody Once Told Me...' for cleaning his outhouse door first. Wallace and Gromit DLC - on level 3 of 5 - I really, really like this one. The locales are awesome, and like sponeBob it's absolutely packed with references. I think it's safe to say I've put a lot of work in cleaning up the mean streets of Muckingham and its associated areas. I really want to go for the platinum after this much work, but I just can't get the gold medals on challenge mode at the minute.

I played a little bit of Banishers, and the concept/story seems interesting, but there was also nothing much done differently to other third-person games - at least in the intro stages - besides the setting. So I can see why it got very little attention, but it's a shame. I really wanted to like it.

I'm the cunt. It's so stupid and convoluted in the way it expects you to play together but makes the initial experience of playing together really fucking awkward. The gameplay itself is fun, though. And I like the loop of following clues until you don't need them anymore and can just find what you're looking for without tracking an animal. Still not entirely convinced on the combat. I need to play around with the weapons and figure out what I'm doing a little more, I think. But yeah, it looks lovely. It plays well once it's into the thick of it, and it runs like a dream on the TV with a Steam Deck docked. I do like the fact different weapons are effective in different areas, too. Like when you explained that I need to take the beast from behind while Warp was stuffing it from the front. All we were missing at that point was you in the cuck chair.

Been playing this after rinsing through Spray Paint Simulator. My kid made the joke that "you've made the mess, now you've gotta clean it all up again", and I can't even argue the logic. Anyway, this is the third game in this genre in pretty quick succession (after Crime Scene Cleaner, and Spray Pain Sim), and the second time I've played overall. It's still just as relaxing as it was in the past. Making the glowing bits not glow anymore is just an incredibly peaceful experience, and those pings as each item cleans makes my brain go "brrrr" in the best way every time. I'm just plodding along through the levels right now. I forgot there were achievements tied to the bigger levels, so missed one or two trophies because I'm playing on PS5 this time. Nothing major - cleaning the gutters last on the bungalow, blasting the football up the slide, doing the patio stones first on the first level, so if I can get the trophy for 150 stars on career mode this time, after that achievement never popped on Series X, then I'll try to get the platinum. It was one of this week's freebies, too, so all the DLC is included. I'm guessing that'll add another 40-odd hours to the play time, and I'm not mad about it.

This is legit one of the coolest ideas I've seen in a while. Outstanding work.

I'm just trying to help you. Man, some people are so ungrateful.

I got it free. Was definitely worth more than free. You should pay £50 to even out and make it £25 each. There you go, I'm saving you money.

Try holding a pad in your hands while watching his streams and pretend you're the one playing.

Turns out that's only in the DLC, as I just found out the hard way.

You know what's really weird? Playing Forza on a PlayStation pad. Moreso than any other cross-plat title, a formerly Xbox X-clusive on Sony's console is such a strange experience. It has that amazing comfortable feeling that the FH games have, but then you notice your grip is different, or your thumb aches in a slightly different way, or the rumble feels subtly better and it pulls you out again. Anyway, I played this on GP when it first came out, and I'm playing it again because it was one of Rosie's freebies. Never played the Rally expansion when that launched, so I jumped straight into that, and the gameplay loop is still TONS of fun. Improvements over last time I played? Like I said, the rumble feels better in a lot of ways, more responsive. Also, the trees aren't made of titanium anymore, so if you're barrelling through a packed forest at 160mph+, you're more likely to get a wreckage bonus than you are to actually wreck. Like Nag said, any PS place that hasn't given this at least 8 out of 10 needs shuttering. Hell, bring Forza Motorsport to PS5 next and show the world that Forza as a franchise is better than GT (although GT7 in VR is absolutely king of console racing). Yeah, I said it.

It's this month's cover game in Edge. Really like the subscriber cover of this one.

Started this last night now that I've cleared Yakuza: Black Flag. When Rosie asked me how it is, my answer was "it feels like Valhalla in Japan". That's not an insult either. I've enjoyed the immersive RPG-style AC titles since they pivoted into that genre. The introduction seems nice and slow, giving me info about painting a furry thing in a SMB3 suit. Even if and when the things to do become overwhelming, I reckon I'm gonna enjoy this. It might bump me back into finishing the run through of the series I started a while ago, too. I've done them all (including the shitty 2.5D titles) from 2 onwards and I'm half way through Unity now.

Ahh I just spammed the heat refuelling from booze, and used the summons whenever they were available. His specials were a pain to figure out, especially while Took me three attempts to beat him on his own, but it was the last tournament battle in Madlantis that caused me the most trouble before I actually unlocked them. For whatever reason it just took me about 15 attempts to beat. After that, the ship battle with the Amon crew was plain sailing (sorry) in comparison.