They couldn’t go full steaming at that point, X Cloud wasn’t fully ready, and gamer sentiment was against it on the whole. The Series S was intended for this use, but the timing was off. So they set about building up infrastructure using massive AI investment money, which also increased the price of hardware, eventually releasing a console costing over $1000 pricing most gamers out of owning the top end hardware, making the Series S type devices much more appealing, and getting them onto the streaming service, raking in fixed income off everyone, and raising prices when the investors want another payout.

Do you hear a sea shanty?

It should be a requirement to not “set aside the controversy” when taking about ZA/UM.

Look it’s simple, commission a Japanese band with a rudimentary understanding of English to write an album in English with no regard to time signature and release Vib Ribbon 2, god dammit!

“And with God as my witness, I am that fool!”

So Wolfenstein is fair game because that’s clearly satire, with roided up, mecha Nazis, but this is bad because… robot Thatcher? Sure, that makes sense.

Then you and me are among the few who could play it!

Just played Tell Me Why, as it was free. Played well on the deck with all the graphics turned up. I enjoyed the story, and it’s nice to see a game with good queer representation, both trans and gay. It wasn’t a long game, maybe 10-12 hours, low on the replayability unless you’re a completionist. Light puzzle solving, great theming, and a nice soundtrack. Overall I’d give it a 6/10. I didn’t regret my time playing.

Thought this was Tavern Master for a sec. Also worth checking out if this type of game is something you like.

I keep getting “can’t connect to server” when I try to log in. Anyone else having the same issue that was able to get around it?

Apparently it is a Ubisoft published game and is in the Prince of Persia series, so no lawsuit needed.

Playing oh so much Vampire Survivors. The number of unlocks just keeps going up, but it’s keeping my ADHD brain engaged.

Why? There’s been so much marketing for Hellblade 2, Xbox have basically guaranteed their success! /s

Foundation is super chill. I haven’t played in a while, so no idea how it’s changed in the last year, but when I last played, I had a lot of fun with it.

Houses and roads are built by the villagers, while you place and customise key buildings. There’s lots of flexibility in how some buildings are constructed, like pubs, monastery, and the lords manor house, with other buildings having upgrades later on you can add to them.

Adding little details is also good fun, with random statues and other rewards popping up from time to time. Definitely recommended.

Do the X-Wing/TIE Fighter games next!

While yes, they should do that, I want X-Wing/Tie-Fighter more.