Coming soon from Amazon…

Gollum 2!

Once it told me that today’s answer was not located in the US, I had trouble thinking of non-American companies. Also, I really don’t know where a lot of companies are based out of. But, that’s a me problem. I like that because of the many different clues we get after each guess, it gives multiple avenues to reach the correct answer.

I’ll send this to my wife and we’ll add it to our daily games ritual. I’d like to try some more.

From what I’ve seen, The Stardew Valley crew is just chill and helpful.

It’s no less commercialized, and it’s not physical, but I’ve been playing Hearthstone for mostly free for over ten years. Plays like MTG, but faster, and implements a lot of randomization that’s near impossible to do with physical cards.

It does seem too cheap, and I think the deciding factor on whether it could survive would be the special promos included in the Premium package. Stuff like free game currency or skins. The whales would gladly pay the extra to cover the rest of our cheap asses if they can get some exclusive cosmetics.

Your plan structure suits me perfectly. Mostly because I wouldn’t want most of the DLCs. I’ll take the plus expansion, because it’s worth it at that price, and I might temporarily upgrade to the day 1s if something I’m really excited for comes out.

Other than that, I can do without.

I can’t help but wonder if this was a correction, or intentional sleight of hand.

If the last change never happened, and they just said the price goes up by $3 and COD is no longer included, would anyone be happy about that?

Same situation, but now we’re seeing it as a $7 price drop with no COD.

I might switch back to ultimate again, but not until there’s something in premium Gamepass that Im really interested in.

Just so everyone knows where I’m coming from, I do not enjoy racing games. I like being able to drive in games like GTA, but the racing missions are the worst part of those games.

That being said, I’ve always thought it would be neat to have a driving game with accurate real world cities.

You could just explore the open road, or maybe do a test run if you need to drive in a city you are unfamiliar with, or just drive like a maniac through your hometown doing all the things that would otherwise get you arrested.

I’m going to have to dig out my old farm so I can add Sandy and Clint to my farmer’s romantic conquests!

I feel you.

1 was fun, 2 was AMAZING, 3 was a disappointment, and 4, I finished the story and haven’t really touched it since.

Usually once I hit the end, I hold on to see if finishing the game opened up anything new to investigate.

Some games it’s hard to tell where “the end” is.

Borderlands 2 required finishing the story twice before you could BEGIN the end game.

As I get older, I care less about doing EVERYTHING.

Feels like the one year anniversary was just a few weeks ago.

No

Anyone who advertises their game as “non-gay” can fuck right off.

I’d say you’re definitely overthinking it. I’ll look at the high end achievements if I’ve finished a game I like, as that could point me towards things I may have missed during my initial playthrough, but other than that, I don’t think about them at all.

If I actually do 100% a major game (Like I did for Fallout New Vegas) I’m proud to have accomplished it, but I’m not losing sleep over the other 3000 unfinished titles I’ve played.

Sometimes it’s fun to compare to friends.

Unless…

a person cheats and gets them all

If you have money, you can have all the best cosmetics and make the game so easy that you don’t even have to play it anymore.

And, it’s completely true.

This is so stupid. I love it!

The only gamers that like remakes fall into one of these categories:

That’s my favorite game! I’d love to play it again!

Or

I didn’t get a chance to check it out the first time around, here’s my chance!

1997 - GoldenEye

The last 40 years are a blur, and I honestly don’t know what year any games came out. I could guess a range, but that’s about it.

I remember when there wasn’t much more to worry about besides a surge of people going outside with their phones.

Those were the days.

Have a mother Cluckin’ Day!!

I’ve learned that I am really bad at this game.

Thanks for sharing!

Stardew Valley!

I’m right there with you. I think the hamster was the last new hero I played with.

Those were good times.

Now they’re adding a cat with a jetpack, which I would love if they gave her a better name than Jetpack Cat.

That link to the different player types was very interesting. I’m somewhere between an Achiever and Explorer. Probably more explorer, but I am a sucker for hitting the next level, gear upgrade, etc.

The only possible way that a lot box can be skill based is of they are only given as play rewards. Which I have no problem with. You win a match, you get loot.

But if you can purchase loot boxes, then skill has nothing to do with it.

Im pretty sure that was a running total of multiple purchases from various people.

So, here’s the jist of it: Developer hacked dozens of accounts and took their in game gold, and sold it online for $700,000 worth of Bitcoin.

Sounds dirty as hell, and he sounds like her needed to be punished for it. But it’s got me wondering, who gets the money? The company could just return everyone’s gold with the press of a button, so if he pays restitution, who gets it and why?

I downgraded to the lowest tier, so technically they lost money on me.

I’ve been burning through some Gamepass offerings that I’ve passed over.

The Wolf Among Us is a fun Telltale game.

Superliminal is a good mindfuck puzzle game. There were a few times that it took me a while to find the key to the puzzle, but I never felt “stumped” throughout the game.

and I’m a few hours into Monster Sanctuary which is essentially Pokemon in a classic Metroid map. Having fun so far and planning on sticking with it for a while.

Fantastic write up! Thanks for sharing!

2 is by far my favorite story with the BEST character development, but it definitely has it’s flaws. And the later games have acknowledged and overcome most of those flaws, but it seems like they haven’t had the substance to make me think “That was SOOO GOOD!” like 2 did.

I’m curious what your take on Borderlands was after paying them all back to back. I’ve been a fan of that world since the beginning, and I’m curious how they stand up without the nostalgia. And of course, which was your favorite?

Balatro inspired me to download other simple rogue likes on my phone.

I also branched out on console and played both South Park RPGs and Farcry 3.

And somewhere in the middle of all that Oblivion remastered made me play that game all the way through for a fourth time.

I think I’m a competitor at 27

Perfect Saturday morning!

Super Metroid. I really haven’t liked any others that I’ve played.

Wow. Never really thought of that, but aside from reading a book, it’s probably the longest form of common media we have. Even a short game takes 10-20 hours to finish.

MegaMan.

I’d rather have 2 or 3. Those were my favorites.