Defeated Lu Bu last night. The hardest boss fight so far, but it was more annoying than epic. Wo Long is fun, but feels like a step back in gameplay compared to Nioh, and they didn't improve any other areas to compensate (level design, loot, story).

It took more than an hour, but I finally beat the first boss of Wo Long; making a character that doesn't look weird when you go in-game. Elden Ring had the same issue where the character I thought I made looked totally different with in-game lighting.

Finished a leisurely playthough of the Wo Long demo. I had fun (it's been a year since Elden Ring, so I'm getting "the itch"), but it did feel like a step backwards. Its like Nioh if the whole game was Burst Counters, at the expense of player expression

Happy President's Day for US folks. Hope you have a good day off if you are fortunate to have one. I spent the long weekend giving Kokomi a new costume. It was way harder than I planned and I almost gave up at one point but I got it working!

Boom! I won the 50/50! Although I'm starting to get a little nervous. I've won the last 3 50/50s in a row so now I'm just expecting to fail on every banner. Well, I guess its a good problem to have. Good luck to everyone who is pulling!

I don't usually try to get 36 stars, not because I'm not able to, but because it usually takes a couple hours of grinding to do it. But hyperbloom Raiden is insanely good this time around; it trivialized the 1st half so I could concentrate on the 2nd.

Genshin Impact 3.4 is out and there's a bonus code for 60 primos: DAQS9FPX2U35

The boys are back baybee! They straight up mentioned in the comments that the title is from Hades. There is even a small musical Easter egg from the game at the end. (Warning: djent ahead.) Edit: Also the last track is called "Thanks Nobuo" ...

I don't always stare into the void, but when I do, it stares back at me. (3D modeling is unexpectedly horrific sometimes.)

Genshin Impact 3.4 Livestream happened. TBH I didn't even watch it because everything has been leaked for a while now. But if you don't know, Alhaitham and Yao Yao are the two new characters. Promo codes in the comments (use them before they expire)!

Well I finally bit the bullet and became one of you. This is like some unholy union of Binding of Issac and Cookie Clicker. I kind of hate how much I love it. I just found a synergy with the cats that is insane.

My hot take for The Peripheral, its entertaining enough but I'm disappointed at how normal it is. The book had so much crazy stuff that I was looking forward to seeing, but none of it is in the show. Also, the ending seemed to diverge quite a bit.

A maskless Kuki says Merry Christmas with another Genshin Impact code (at least it was new to me): XBRSDNF6BP4R

Lol, I pretty much played Elden Ring, Rogue Legacy 2, and Monster Hunter Rise this year, which makes up the top half of the graph. And then I played Sword and Fairy 7 and Ace Attorney which turned into the misleading bottom half of the graph.

PSA, Death Stranding is free at the Epic Games Store today. I know how people feel about EGS (and I share some reservations) but free is free.

So I don't know if this was known before, but the Dev stream confirmed that Blue Protocol will be F2P, with a gacha system for cosmetics and a forging system with RNG (and of course micro transactions). The more info that comes out the less excited I am.

After she refused an Inazuma costume, this time I made sure Lumine got a Sumeru one by modding it myself. The lighting on her arms and pendant actually change color based on her element. (I didn't do that part, its actually built into the enemy model.)

Bonus Genshin Impact code: WARBDRR9MCQ9

Tower of Fantasy (what I consider the first true competitor to Genshin Impact) is available for pre-load now. It is unfortunately another Chinese-made gacha, but since it is F2P I will at least try it out. I think it launches tomorrow.

Well damn it finally happened. I hit AR60 after playing fairly consistently since launch. For what its worth, even though I've been finding Genshin Impact to be lacking these days, its still an accomplishment that it got me to play for that long.

Anyone else playing the Genshin Impact event? I can't for the life of me get the last star on the claymore challenge. Its ironic because its supposedly Diluc's event, but my C3 Diluc still can't clear it. It feels like its actually designed for Itto.

I didn't know anything about Destrage, but this definitely caught my eye. It starts out as seemingly generic djent but goes some interesting directions. I'll definitely check out the new album. Some Italian metal for #ArbitraryMetalTuesday

Here's a philosophical question. Let's say a game has DLC costumes, but it turns out the data is in the main game already. So you extract the data, package it as a mod, then load it back into the game to replace some other costume. Fair game or stealing?

Woah, for the three of you that play Genshin Impact, they just released a bombshell trailer that shows off all of the Fatui Harbringers. Its the most interesting thing I've seen about GI in quite some time (I found even the Sumeru leaks underwhelming).

Question for Monster Hunter Rise folks: What am I supposed to be focusing on between HR50 and HR100? I have a build I'm satisfied with and I'm not unlocking any new armor/weapons, so it feels stagnant. Am I supposed to switch to a new weapon?