I was flipping through the May 1997 issue of Nintendo Power (like ya do) and saw this in their Nintendo Power awards. Shadows of the Empire had a better story than Super Mario RPG? Puh-leeeeeze.

Not mine, but too good not to share.

Wow, Humble Choice is pretty darn good this month.

Oh heeeey looks like Metroid Fusion is coming to Switch Online Expansion Pass on March 9. Neat!

Welp, I feel pretty happy. Got $100 in eShop credit from Costco for $80, then used that to buy Nintendo vouchers. Basically getting Tears of the Kingdom for $70, and another full-priced game later on for $10!

Yup, that Xenoblade Chronicles 3 DLC 4 tease was all I needed to see. I'll take one of those, please.

Had parotid gland surgery this morning. Now I have a huge tough guy scar down my neck. I'm going to tell people it's from a knife fight.

Dammit, why are Utz cheese balls so good?

I'm not sure if we're sharing our list of completed games or just top 10's, but I've been keeping track of all the games I finished this year, so you're getting that anyway!

Finished my platform playthrough of Mega Man 1-11 + Mega Man & Bass. Finally finishing Mega Man 11 feels good. I hope the rumors of Mega Man 12 being in development are true.

It's always funny to me that the main reason to get excited about the Game Awards is because there will be new game trailers and announcements. Imagine if the Oscar ceremony was run the same way with movie announcements? Pic unrelated.

A Christmas Story Christmas was surprisingly good. I have always loved the original movie, and I was going into this one expecting to hate it. I was pleasantly surprised!

Glad I decided to play through the classic Mega Man series. I realized I never played (or at least finished) Mega Man 10!!!

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and Final Fantasy VII spoilers in the comments.

Finally finished Chapter 5 of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 last night. Brief thoughts in the comments.

I think Destructoid is in here somewhere... (I'm not actually upset. I understand that the good people who run this site don't have a lot of control over ads)

Didn't try Vampire Survivors until tonight. Got past the 20 minute mark in the library on like my fourth or fifth overall run. This game is like a slot machine that constantly pays out.

Rings of Power. So good.

You could probably get away with a lot of really weird stuff if you just tell people it's for a school project.

Finally caught COVID. Or perhaps it's COVID that caught me?

I just realized that the soundtrack for Far: Lone Sails was almost certainly inspired by the music of Philip Glass. I learned this by listening to Philip Glass. I am now a fan of Philip Glass.

Seen in a conference room. I have the sudden desire to break it to see if there's some money inside.

Missed opportunity to call it Threenoblade Chronicles, right?

Just played through the intro of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and wow. Monolith Soft is at the top of their game.

I was planning to finish Torna before starting XC3, but geeeeez this community mechanic is tedious. Might just YouTube the cutscenes...