God dang it, apparently he has now stated how he is “going to dedicate more time for making music and reduce the amount of work”, so he’s not entirely retiring. I’d say to him “make up your mind!”

Can’t say anything about that, as I played the game on GameCube.

• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
• Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
• Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
• James Bond: Everything or Nothing

Just finished the main story of Yakuza 0, now it’s time for all the side content.

Just finished Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Got it five years ago but got frustrated and uninstalled it. Then I played it on-off for some time. But after lots of tries I got the final boss killed. Yes, there is an option for New Game Plus but nope, time to play something else. Brilliant game, hard but rewarding.

Generative AI has reached its peak after all.

Of course this is an idea that the CEO brought up, but if this ever materializes as an actual product, I’ll never buy a Logitech again.

Most Switch games support gyro functionality, and of course the Joy-Cons also have gyro.

Ergonomics, NFC support and gyro. Of course the rumble could be stronger but I have gotten used to it.

• 8bitdo SN30 Pro
• GameCube controller
• Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
• Super Famicom controller (mainly the face button colors and layout)

For me the way has been using gyro aiming. It provides a mouse-like precision for aiming, which is really good for FPS games. It is supported on Steam nowadays. Of course on Steam Deck it may be not the best option in terms of playing experience, as turning the console also turns the screen.

Non-American colors, they are my favorite.

If I were to buy a Steam Deck or similar console, I’d buy a SNES-themed button set for it.

And some few weeks ago a memo leaked where Satya Nadella assured that “whatever business decision Microsoft considers, security always comes first”.

If Microsoft stuck with what it already does, it would be better. They already have cloud streaming technology which makes playing games on their ecosystem possible on any screen. Having a separate handheld console would complicate things. I just don’t see the appeal.

Holy hell.

For occasional chatting with Bing and translation help with DeepL.

Been playing Vanquish. The game feels like a Japanese take on then-popular cover-shooters like Gears of War, but with faster pace and mechanics like sliding that incentivize not relying on covers too much. Like with Platinum’s titles, there’s deep mechanics and really getting into the game starts when replaying the game’s missions.

What could possibly go wrong?

Tomb Raider Anniversary was dirt-cheap on Steam so I bought it. As a remake it feels a whole lot smoother to play compared to the 1996 original, no tank controls. I also installed ReShade and a couple of texture upscale mods to make it more pleasant-looking, with add-on enhanced ReShade I could also use ray-traced global illumination.

I played BattleBit Remastered for the first time since August and I really need to hone my skills.

I also several demos on Steam, News Tower really got me hooked with its gameplay. The full game should release on Early Access in a couple days, might as well buy it.