Spent some time recenlty testing out the xemu emulator and so far it’s impressive and a lot of fun. Also I’ll drop a link for JSRL

https://jetsetradio.live/

This was a game earlier today with a great shot overlooking a chapel area in the middle of the map. All the detail is quite overwhelming at the start but its so good when you dig in to it.

Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

I’ve been playing a lot of skirmish matchups with the ai recently. Its a good looking game too so makes great screenshots.

Pikmin

I only have the Emperor Bulblax left to do. I initially started the Nintendo Switch version but changed over to GameCube emulation on the PC so I can test out RetroAchievements. Its been fun and I’ll probably move on to Pikmin 2 soon.

Fable 2

My play through has stalled for a couple weeks now…

Thirteen Lives

It’s good. I put in on for myself but it didn’t take long before my kids started watching with me. I didn’t really know any of the details of the event irl so was good to get an understanding of what happened and how they were saved.

I’ll add to this with another podcast that covers all games. The Wipeout series one from a few months back was great.

Cane and Rinse: Videogame Podcast

It’s sad to see so I’m going to keep a close eye on what GOG do from here.

If you can get a One X for $120 I’d consider that a great deal. I don’t think Xbox’s are particulary great for 4k blurays but if you are playing games too then its good enough.

Downsizing

The one with tiny Matt Damon. Love is a strong word for it though…

I bought this too. The demo was great and Iooking forward to playing it next.

Fable Anniversary

I’m about 10+ hours in now and just finished “The Arena” quest. I’ve only played like 30 minutes of the game before so everything is new to me and I’m really enjoying it. I’m a big fan of Fable II so it’s nice to see everything in its original glory and learn where it all began.

I agree with everything you say here. I would say even some kind of consolidation for communities might be needed as a lot are defunct but I don’t know if that will work or is possible.

I like the ability to filter out by keywords, it makes for a much more pleasant experience

This is one if the most useful features and I think more people should customise Lemmy/Mastodon to their needs.

1/3 ratio of oats to water with a pinch of salt is my favourite (plus banana on top), and because its water it won’t catch and you can cook them for longer until they go super smooth.

I like liked the look of Subnautica but because of my thalassophobia I can’t play it. Now I wouldn’t play it anyway after the bullshit that was reported last year.

Yes to pickles and olives too if I have them.

Apart from the daily 20 minutes on Animal Crossing New Leaf I’ve spent more time tinkering and “fixing” stuff than playing. The best thing I did was setup Syncthing on my emulator handhelds which I should have done a lot sooner but didn’t even think to.

I’m not a fan of Steam or any launcher really but they have some useful features like friends lists and multiplayer updates. I don’t miss the times of downloading individual patches and having to insert a disc but nowadays has its own problems like “online” requirements for singleplayer and being forced to update. Thankfully GOG exists and some devs still offer DRM free versions and that’s my priority now.

I remember with ME2 (and around that time in general) we started getting “online passes” with games which was on top of already paying for Xbox Live. Sad times from EA and the other publishers.

Its a great trilogy though and ME1 is fantastic.

To the everyday person a Steam Deck and emulation are very niche so they buy what they know.

I’m not convinced by the trailer/gameplay we’ve seen so far as it just feels looks so bland to me. Hopefully I’m wrong.

Animal Crossing New Leaf

I uncovered the 2DS’s while tidying up last week and thought I’d play a couple games. It’s been relaxing just playing for 20 minutes a day getting the fossils, bells/gem and a little chatting and fishing.

Halo CE

Still making my way through the campaign but I’ve slowed right down now after finished Reach a couple weeks ago. The game is fine but I’m not really enjoying the Series S at the moment for some reason.

Death Stranding 2

Really enjoying it still. I just get lost in walking everywhere so progress is slow but that’s how I like to do it :) I think I’m at the 2nd boss fight so putting it off a while longer as I explore more of the land.