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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.
I’ve been in a fitness rut since losing momentum during spring break vacation, but I knocked out a 951 calorie workout over lunch thanks mostly to the yesterday’s release of MLB The Show 23.
I spent about 200 hours playing The Show 22 last year, almost all while also exercising on the elliptical. Maybe I can leverage the addictive (& predatory?) nature of Diamond Dynasty to get back on track. 😝💪🏼
(45 minutes of this was also while on a work status call, I’m not that big of a slacker midday. I swear.)
Great, often mindless, fun. Open world collect-a-thon Breath of the Wild-like that I put on the easy difficulty and played almost 60 hours of while on the elliptical. Great traversal, okay combat that I almost exclusively button mashed my way through despite the potential depth there.
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💿 Buy Immortals Fenyx Rising for Xbox
Last night after putting the kids to bed I relaxed by watching a Braves game on my iPad while playing Xbox and watching a movie at 1.5x on my laptop.
Got into Diamond Dynasty and building my card collection this year for the first time. Enjoyed that thoroughly without spending any money on it at all (which I know can be a problem for some folks) and without playing almost any online multiplayer modes. I was just building the collection for the sake of enjoying building the collection. Definitely activated the part of my brain that loved collecting IRL baseball cards my whole childhood.
I played it all summer long on Xbox while exercising and got into it enough I bought it for the Switch as well. I managed to put 200 hours into the game just according to the Xbox stats.
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💿 Buy MLB The Show 22 for Xbox
Amazing game.
Found all the secrets on my own except for the most of the secret treasures and fairies.
Bummed because I messed up and got the good ending first and now can’t get all the achievements. Maybe will go back and do a New Game+ run sometime to get the last two.
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🎮 Get Tunic for Xbox
Finally completed Mass Effect 1 via the Legendary Edition on Game Pass. Turned the difficulty to the easiest and just enjoyed the world building, story, etc.
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💿 Buy Mass Effect: Legendary Edition for Xbox
100% including unlocked secret ending. Really enjoyed it.
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💿 Buy Death’s Door for Xbox
Really fun action platformer. Was always turned off by the art style in screenshots, but after so much praise for the game at GOTY time gave it a chance and really like it. Close to 100% completing it.
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💿 Buy Psychonauts 2 for Xbox