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This game has always looked good to me. Right from the tech demo where she was running and jumping across the terrain. The movement has always been appealing

Ooooh it’s a Nintendo day tomorrow. I love Nintendo day https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-direct-announced-for-tomorrow Come on Super Mario Galaxy 2 HD it’s time

So this is now the 3rd one I’ve set up and it’s the lifting and stuff is why I paid for them to do it. The stand is easy to screw in. What’s not easy is trying to tip the tv over, decide you’ve laid it down wrong, try to lift it and prop stuff under it, get the heights on the props wrong so it slides off, then put the stand on which weighs almost as much as the TV, then tilt it back up and then lift it with one hand underneath and one hand on the side and try not too squeeze BY YOURSELF I’m going to send an email after work today and ask for my £45 back It’s a 65 @Nag

Have no idea what the fuck this is but man I should have done this build

Halfway through Lord of the Rings ep3 and I give up. I have no idea what’s going on, I don’t really care. It’s an amazing looking show but I can’t pretend I’m not bored as fuck

New TV turned up today. Run a bunch of different YT videos to test the screen and everything seems fine so far. Maybe the slightest, slightest couple of lines down the screen but honestly not sure if they're real, and I've tested different looking content and can't see anything while viewing that so should be nothing. Although the new delivery people didn't set this one up for me and there was no one to help me do so I think I ended up doing absolutely everything the box tells you not to do to the Tv. I was tipping it over, slightly bending it, grabbing it by the corners, trying to place it on the styrofoam pieces it comes in but fucked it up and Tv was sliding around on the screen. I lifted it by myself in probably the worst way. Thankfully this is the lightest Tv of the C series. I remember seeing that when I was thinking about getting one and not caring, but proved helpful today. All nail biting stuff I was getting so mad and sweating very heavy 😓 But it's done now and everything seems fine. Going to try get my £45 back as well because the woman on the customer service line said they'd set this one up for me too. I hate handling expensive pieces of equipment. Always makes me shit myself.

I think it just adds to the general conversation of being underwhelmed by Marvel since Endgame. The movies have been good but not great, and the shows have been middling and only sometimes good, and that's left people underwhelmed. Then all this hope for the future Marvel stuff and it's like "Here's a picture of the Thunderbolts". I sort of respect the top Marvel bosses for sticking with this plan they had and trying to shoulder D+ at the same time. But I think it's safe to say they need to start fast tracking X-Men and quick.

I've said it before but I like saying it so I'll say it again. The Series X is a brilliant console. Not only does it play most modern games the best, it plays old games the best, it has great features (VRR, Smart Delivery, quick start), it's really fast, and of course the value of Gamepass is just unmatched. The only downsides is it could be a bit better to use. You get used to it but at first it is a bit like where is everything. The second problem, and it is a big one, is it just hasn't had any big Xbox flagship games to flex with. Halo Infinite was cool but still not a patch on Bungie Halo, and Forza H5 was great but I think is a series suffering from diminishing returns. Still waiting for all these studio purchases to deliver on that front. It is normal for the newest console to be better than the last, and with the Xbox One it's not that hard I guess, but I really think the Series X is the best Xbox console full stop and by quite a ways. It's a shame about the big games but I'm completely satisfied with the new Xbox. It's really, really good and it's this and the Switch where I spend most of my video game time.

Damn it looks like this game sold quite well. https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2022/09/ps-store-sales-charts-saints-row-sells-well-despite-mixed-reception Another article I quickly read the headline of is the game needs to sell 2 million to break even. Seems like it'll probably do that, which is lucky. What's unlucky is it means this game is holding it's value! I know it's only been out for a couple of weeks but c'mooooooon where's my under £30 Saints Row game. I want to play it too.

I’ve had way more enjoyment out of these consoles this gen than I did by the same time with the PS4 gen. Not sure that answers the question but it’s been at least a big step up than last time around

Hmm. I suppose it is really. In a loose sense the mechanics are the same as before. But the newer games are more sprawling, cross country action RPG’s with a bigger focus on straight up fighting and looting. Where as classic AC is in more dense cities, has a greater focus on stealth, parkour and traversal. The way the games work are similar sort of, but the way the game’s feel and the overall experience of the newer games I think are quite different. And when done well I prefer the more classic style game. But also yes just seeing a return to the classic AC look and things is also doing a lot for me. The way the series has spun out in to pirates, soldiers and vikings was never as cool to me as the idea of a secret history of Assassins.

In terms of conflict they’ve all tried to kill each other except for Ghost, I think. Sounds like the MCU part of D23 was a bit of a bust overall. People were expecting the cast of Fantastic Four, X-Men, Deadpool. Instead they got some logos for things already announced, stars on stage who do the usual of waving and not saying anything then a picture of the Thunderbolts. The biggest thing was a trailer for Captain Marvel 2 but I don’t think they’re releasing that to the public. As far as I can tell, going off speculation to reality, sounds like people are a bit disappointed. More cracks in the unbreakable Marvel machine. This is a fan event, this should have been easy. Wierdly I think the only new thing I heard that got me excited is The Leader is coming back for Captain America 4, and it’s played by the same guy from the (underrated) Hulk movie 14 years ago.

Never read no code entries in Mass Effect either. Who has time to read when there are buttons to press.

Started playing this on PC today and took a few tries to work out a weird hair texture bug but now I’ve got it going wow this shit looks crazy. I lost forgot how good the opening cutscene is. The battle music in this game is killer too. However it throws you to it’s bullshit with no explanation and painful dialogue. I was hoping to understand what’s going on but i’m lost already.

I’ve never seen a QLED up close playing real content. Only in stores with those incredibly produced, high quality screensaver shots which real content like games and films don’t match. I went OLED over QLED first time just because that’s what all the reviews recommend. But now because I’ve had them for like 5-6 years or however long it’s been I know what I’m getting so sticking with it. If I could see a QLED up close and play games on it for a while I could definitely be interested, but OLED for now.

All rumours confirmed. Here's the cinematic trailer. There was no gameplay today. Out in 2023. Usually I'm quick to shit on cinematic trailers because it's basically false advertising. However this is clearly going to be a classic Assassin's Creed game so I'm all right with it, because in a general sense I know what this game is going to be. It actually makes me really excited to get back to classic AC. White hoodies, missing fingers, dense cities, back to stealth. It's also been 8 years (I think, when this game comes out in 2023) since a classic AC game so I can't wait to see it with new graphics, picking up some new mechanics and systems rom the newer games and it's been such a long time I bet the break helps this feel refreshed. So yes usually I would shit on cinematic trailers but since I already kind of know what game it's going to be, seeing they're taking that game back to an aesthetic and style I really like works and gets me excited.

The Thunderbolts team I can't believe the bad guy from Ant-Man 2 is coming back. She must have been shocked to get that phone call, she's the most forgettable Marvel villain in all 30 films or however many it is Before I said this was Marvel's Suicide Squad but looking at the team this is like Marvel's replacement Guardians of the Galaxy mixed with Marvel's Suicide Squad.

10/09/22 - A Plague Tale: Innocence (Xbox) 1000/1000g

Is that Man-Thing?

I’ve been playing this finally. Think I’ve got the last 2 chapters to go. This game is great! It’s very simple. I wouldn’t say it’s automatic or quite plays itself, but it’s not that far away. However it makes it a really relaxing, nice smooth game. Which is ironic considering it’s about a supernatural plague and being hunted by medieval soldiers. Also are they English, French, Spanish, Italian? I have no idea. Either way this game is very enjoyable. Glad I finally got to it. On Xbox it seems to run at 120fps as well? Or at least it’s supposed to. The couple of times I checked the counter it’s probably more around 90 but that’s pretty good. The only thing I don’t like about it is that in bright areas it’s so washed out. I played with both the brightness settings on the TV and in game and I can’t find a solution. I think it just looks like that. But that aside, it’s a really cool game. Should finish it this afternoon and now I’llbe ready for the sequel in October.

So the first page of that Batman comic is a small retcon where at the end of the Tower of Babel storyline Superman confronts Batman and says “You had plans for stopping each one of us, what’s the plan for stopping you?” Batman then says the plan is the Justice League. Which Superman immediately calls bullshit on and wants to know what’s the real plan for stopping Batman. The answer is Failsafe. I’m really liking this story. It’s nice to read a Batman comic that doesn’t feel like a 6 issue event where Gotham burns and the Bat family has to all join forces. It’s simple so far but I enjoy the simplicity, and the characters are well written. The only thing I don’t like is Failsafe is seemingly designed to go in to action if Batman ever goes too far. In this case Batman was framed for murder in #1. But Batman has been framed for murder many times. Only last year in Detective Comics Batman/Bruce Wayne was wanted for murder of a gangster’s daughter. I’ve never read it but there’s also a pretty famous Batman story called Bruce Wayne: Fugitive which is where Bruce is framed for murder. So have to ignore that part because it’s comics and they’ve been telling these stories for decades. Sometimes things just repeat. Maybe later they’ll explain an actual reason why Failsafe came online. Either way. I really like this so I can get over it

PC delivering the ultimate God of War experience

They learned their lesson

I say day 1, but it depends on reviews and stuff I guess. If it tanks in that regard I might not get it but based on the gameplay looks really fun

That was actually a really decent showcase. Only 20 minutes. Quick paced. Mostly good games and even games I would never play, I respect the effort. Apart from the Captain America/Black Panther game I don't think they're making anything super exciting, but generally a higher quality level to these games than I would expect from Disney Also Mike Bithell making a fucking Tron game is mad. Such a small developer getting such a big shot. Good going.