Started Death Stranding after picking it up on PC during the Steam sale. Some thoughts in the comment.

I really hope we get Breath of the Wild 2 this year. If only so Chris Carter can finally move on from the inane BotW1 posts. I know dtoid needs easy clicks once in a while but game's been out for almost 5 years ffs.

Top 5 of the year for me in no particular order: MH Rise, RE Village, SMT V, Hitman 3 and FF XIV Endwalker. Surprise honorable mention goes to Forza Horizon 5 as a game that engrossed me for quite a while despite not being a racing or car guy normally.

Seeing friends' reactions as they fall down the FF XIV rabbit hole and go from "ehhh I don't like MMOs much" to "ok this is pretty good" to "why is this making me feel things" to "holy shit" does put a smile on my face.

Endwalker's story beaten. That's one that'll be haunting my thoughts for a long time.

I stayed up way, wayyyy too late and have slept basically 5 hours spread out in the past 48 but I'm starting to think Endwalker may be my game of the decade, if the first 25-30% of the game are any indication of the rest of it. Quality stuff, that MSQ.

Made it to just under level 83 and the third zone in Endwalker. Gonna call it a day after playing more or less nonstop since 6 AM but this is some good shit

This is where I'd post my spotify stuff, if I fucking bothered ever using it!

A week in and I take back any good words I had for Halo infinite. Maps are already solved and camped to hell, melee hit detection is all over the place, 343 can't code safe spawns in to save their lives and I bet the campaign will be worse than 5.

Death Stranding: 70% off on steam. 20% off on PS5, zero discount on PS4. Damn you, Nintendo Tax!

I'm playing DB Fighterz via Gamepass cloud on my xbox and... It's good?!? A fighting game feels good to play on a streaming format. Fucking witchcraft, I tell you!

Gamepass ultimate streaming from consoles is live and uhhh... It's really good. Like, holy shit.

Bobby Kotick should be in fucking jail forever if even half of the new allegations coming out today are real. He won't, because American justice only applies to those that aren't super rich, but he should.

Oh no Halo's fun again. Where am I supposed to find the time for it now?!?

Forgive me father for I have sinned. I have fallen back into depravity and started playing siege again.

Got through the first few hours of SMT V. I love that they've gone even further into overworld encounters lile 4 instead of RNG ones and the bigger world males ot easier to pick my fights. I still prefer the themes of IV so far, though.

Forza Horizon 5 is off to a great start

Happy birthday to Chrise Moyse and DeScruff!

So that switch N64 emulation is out. Weird oversight about controller memory packs notwithstanding it runs fairly well but it's a basic package and really hard to recommend at that price for that selection unless you really want those games on Switch.

Holy shit those bastards in Metroid Dread really had me step up my game with that one enemy that starts showing up as occasional miniboss encounters. Leaving more in the comments for potential spoilers.

Ok so Metroid Dread has a better Mr X style system than MR X in RE2 Remake. Those zones are intense!

I'm only very early into it but Dread is a delight and I'm very happy that Mercury Steam finally have a chance to put out something this polished after so many interesting but often flawed games.

Pictured: 3 assholes never to be made playable in Smash.

Left 4 Dead 2 is still a blast. That is all.

That new Bayonetta design is so pretty I just love, love love it!