I’ve already been 3 times, but the fact that the National Videogame Museum has added a Phantom by Infinium Labs to their collection has me planning another trip. How could I resist a chance to see the vaporware console and a Lapboard in person?
Aladdin for Super Nintendo
Played through SNES Aladdin for first time today on my Anbernic. Started it many times but not sure I’d ever gotten past Stage 1 before.
How did anyone ever beat this before save states? Thank goodness for GarlicOS’s ability to save/load states without even pausing.
Great looking game, just ok everything else. Still fun to get all the way through finally.
Some Xbox games are coming to PS5 and Switch
Considering this Xbox news being as non earth shattering as it was, it seems like they really (yet again) fumbled the messaging on this by letting rumors run wild and even stirring them a bit by announcing a “business update” for a week later.
4 Xbox exclusives coming to PS5 and Nintendo Switch
The short-term future of Xbox means that at least four Xbox exclusives are coming to PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch, Xbox leadership announced Thursday on the Official Xbox Podcast.
Favorite games of 2023
My favorite games of 2023 includes Zelda: TotK and… Fortnite? Well the Lego survival mode at least. Yeah, that surprised me too.
GTA 6 trailer featuring Nathan Drake
Is it just me or does Nathan Drake show up in the last 10 seconds of the GTA VI trailer?
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap – ★★★★★
Wrapped up my Zelda: Minish Cap playthrough on the Anbernic RG35xx. What a fun, great looking game reminiscent of LTTP & so many unique items and gameplay features. Loved the Minish size transformation and puzzles.
Had some emulator hiccups during the final dungeon that caused me to have to switch from the RG35xx’s stock firmware to GarlicOS and then go Internet save file hunting, but after a few extra days delay beat the final boss just in time for Super Mario Wonder.
Rating: 5 stars
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Epic Games cuts around 830 jobs, selling Bandcamp
Epic is laying off over 800 people and selling Bandcamp.
This is direct and predictable result of all the consolidation in games industry and in general. It’s not like Epic isn’t colossally profitable.
Why on earth does Epic needs over 8,000 employees and why do they own Bandcamp in the first place?
This is why the Microsoft/Activision merger deserved all the antitrust attention it got from regulators, if not more.
Ransomware-as-a-service
Well “ransomware-as-a-service” is certainly a dystopianly awful new evil tech bro phrase I’ve never heard before.
Link: A ransomware group claims to have breached ‘all Sony systems’
7.5 years later, I’ve finished Uncharted 4
I preordered Uncharted 4 on January 12, 2016. Over 7.5 years later I finally finished the game streaming via Chiaki to my ROG Ally.
Played the first 4 hours or so back in 2016. Played the first 4 hours or so again when I got the Legacy of Thieves PS5 upgrade last year. Even with the drawbacks (mostly occasional audio and visual glitches in first 10 minutes of session), the advantages of playing anywhere in the house just makes it so much more likely I can find time for a game.
Really a tough game to pick up right after playing TotK (holy crap was the exploring and controls frustrating for the first couple hours). Uncharted 2 was my favorite game of that generation so I’m glad to have finally wrapped up the series.
Will give it a while but looking forward to picking up The Lost Legacy eventually.
Review: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow – ★★½
The characters, Sadie in particular, just never seem to get more mature in their thoughts or their actions despite anything that happens in their lives. The constant reappearance of the toxic, abusive character with only cursory mentions of what is often literally sexual assault never really seems as introspective as it should. Of course, Sadie and Sam’s own relationship is equally toxic pretty much throughout.
Just incredibly immature thoughts on relationships, work, video games, and life in general.
Rating: 2.5 stars
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