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Cake day: November 16th, 2024

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  • I somehow remembered that FFVII was out yesterday and dropped everything to go to GameStop and buy it. Part way there, my son looked up that it was a game-key card only so we turned around and I bought it on the eShop.

    I played through Chapter One, sharing the experience with my wife (her comment: “you’re okay with all this cursing?”). I was really excited by all the “make this game not a chore” options available. Oh, and it’s beautiful.


  • My highlight this weekend was playing Ace Attorney Investigations. I’m approaching where I dropped the ROM translation from sevenish years ago (maybe more!).

    Thinking back, I’ve been playing translations of this game for twenty-five years. I remember when the first Phoenix Wright was rereleased on DS in Japan, it was the first thing I requested from my partner. It was so neat that they were releasing it in Japanese and English so I would have to import it from America to enjoy the series.



  • I’ve had a grand gaming time! In the board gaming arena, I bought and played the new edition of Quacks, a bag building push your luck game. I’ve only played my copy of it once and I was so pleased that my youngest beat me in a wire-to-wire victory. Then I got to explain to him what a wire-to-wire victory was.

    I played some Heroes of Might and Magic 3 with the shorn of the Abyss expansion. The just released a new faction for this twenty-five year old game! I don’t get much playtime there, though, because the youngest hogs the computer to play Bloons TD6.

    I bought Ace Attorney Investigations, continuing the trend of buying games I happily bought and beat in previous console generations. Vacation is about to end, but I’m flying through the first of the two games included in the collection. I think I’m about halfway through.

    In Octopath Traveler Champions of the Continent, I’d been eagerly playing a limited time board game mini-game where instead of picking your party and playing, you get random rare temporary recruits. It’s been a blast playing with the third of the game’s characters I never got to experience! I also played a little bit of Octopath II during winter break.

    I’m so glad the weekend posts are back! I missed them over the course of late December. I hope y’all have a better 2026 than last year (whether yours was bad or good).




  • I don’t know what I would have wanted from a new game. What I really like is the clever remixes of the old games that show up on my feed from time to time like Mega Man Maker.

    Nine and ten were more of the same. But the stages were well-planned and the experience of trying to find the weaknesses without a strategy guide was great.

    Maybe what I’d want would be a game that connects the worlds of Mega Man to the world of Mega Man X. But I would only care about the lore, not the game.

    I guess what would really excite me would be a clever time travel story line that has you visiting reimagined old stages facing off against all the bots in series history. I’d love new weakness circles that take advantage of these multiple games’ worth of robot masters. I’d like boss chase fights, two bosses at a time fights, multiplayer story mode, a metroidvania-style world…

    I realize in my ranting that what I’m looking for isn’t near what they are making. My plan is to be happy for those that are happy.


  • I almost downvoted the video. I felt like even my nostalgia and love for the series was waning as the announcement dragged on.

    If I’d watched it live, I would have noticed the years of original release as the corridor went on and I bet my hype levels would have going in the right direction. But since I knew what it was, all I could do was watch and frown.

    I bought nine and ten on day one release for WiiWare, but I’m not sure this is for me anymore (but I am happy for one of my new favorite YouTubers FlamingMercury5; she’s gotta be smiling about this news).

    Sorry to be negative today!