Damn this year went by quickly, or at least I think it did. Looking back, I really did enjoy the time I had with Engage and the first quarter of the year was really fun. Engage came out in the asscrack of January this year so most of my playtime was on February and March. I strictly remember my trip to New York earlier this year and all I had to play was my Switch and my phone (RIP Princess Connect,) so that explains the huge surge of gameplay time during those months. To note, I did play Super Mario … Continue reading Switch Year In Review

In Team Fortress 2 there is this strategy I like to do on 2fort where I go into the side spawn that has the two exit ways. The one that goes to where the snipers hang out, and the one that is a drop-down. As a Demoman, I put a bunch of stickies at the very blind 90° turn and just watch from above the drop-down and when somebody shows up I detonate them. I was able to get somebody with this strategy and this guy actually went back to counterplay me. Fucker went Huntsman Sniper and got me. You … Continue reading Fucker Out-Degen’ing My Degen Strat

Color me surprised to see the revival of this series among other ones from the announcement at the game awards. I think over the years I’ve become so jaded about the state of the video game industry that rarely do I ever get excited for something new coming out anymore. I don’t really care for non Japanese developed games, so I can really only get excited at Nintendo Directs in the present day. So, seeing Sega bring back plenty of its dormant series and give it a fresh coat of paint is something I never expect was going to happen. … Continue reading Return of Taxi

I shall pull a page from everyone’s inspiration – The AVGN. You remember his rant about how people want shit with penguins? Yeah, that’s what I’m gonna talk about but for Pokemon. Now the average person will say that Charizard is the shill Pokemon, but for me, it’s Eevee. It seems like no matter what they want to fucking shill this little piece of shit no matter what, because it’s so fucking easy to introduce a gameplay mechanic and just go “hurr durr let’s make it an evolution haha.” It’s essentially the second Pikachu at this point and if the … Continue reading Shill Pokemon

Played a bit of this version at the arcade and I have to say, it’s filled with a lot of asshole design. Enemy placements meant to fuck speedrun strats, random invisible blocks you would expect to find in shitty mcshitface’s first Mario Maker level, and a sucky ass control setup guaranteed to give you carpal tunnel syndrome — also tall height unfriendly. With that said, I was able to get the 1up trick working and was able to finish the game after that. It’s an interesting take on the original game, and I’m glad all the bullshit they put in … Continue reading Vs. Super Mario Bros.

I used to play Final Fantasy XIV a lot and over time I think I just lost interest, because of a combination of not liking Endwalker as much as I did Shadowbringers, but also because I had a lot of real life shit happen which left me with less time to just sit down and play the damn game. Well a callback campaign is underway where if a friend invites you back to play (assuming you meet the requirements to being with,) you get 14 free days. As of this post, I’m 2 days in and I’m remembering all the … Continue reading FF14’s Callback Campaign

Redeemed platinum points at My Nintendo to get it. It’s pretty nice looking, although it is smaller than the wristlet keychain I’m already using. The stitch work for the loop seems like it’ll break easily, so maybe I’ll just use the keychains themselves and put it on the wristlet I’m already using. As far as the actual keychains themselves go, they’re pretty sturdy and have a nice feel to them. They also feel very weighted but in a good way, so I can see it being able to rough mother nature and be good to go. Also Mario Wonder is … Continue reading Mario Wonder Keychain

Saw this on sale for 50% off, so instead of $60, it’s $30. Got it to give to the game place so no one can play it just like the other board games that are there. I do like how it focuses on the OG group and doesn’t really touch on any of the extraneous characters the series is known for at this point. The game itself is a cooperative game where you roll dice and do shit — kinda like 100% Orange Juice. I don’t think the game is as bullshit as that, but you never know how much … Continue reading Kingdom Hearts Board Game

One of my earliest friends, who was my first friend after I moved years ago, was super into Fire Emblem and got me into the series as well. Roy is one of his favorite characters and this carried on to Smash Bros. as well, since he was his main. We’ve went our separate ways but we’re still cool with each other — just the shit of having real life adult responsibility and all that jazz. I decided to get this figure as a Christmas gift and I’m sure he’s gonna shit his pants (figuratively) when he gets it. The Marth, … Continue reading Reigniting With Roy

Just got this through Amiami and it’s very nicely detailed. I never actually played Bombergirl but I have seen gameplay footage of it and I know it’s pretty much the classic style formula Bomberman but put into a MOBA 4v4 gameplay loop. I’m not really a fan of MOBA style games but maybe it’s more the top down style you see in shit like League and DOTA. If they change the core gameplay loop of a game but make it a MOBA then I’m down for trying it. I’ve had a good experience with stuff like Guilty Gear 2 because … Continue reading Bombergirl Artbook