Pinging those that were here before.
Discussion questions:
What video games have you played recently?
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What are your favorite video game genres?
Question of the week:
What games of 2025 are you enjoying right now, if any?
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What do you think of the recent Nintendo Direct? And the upcoming one on April 2nd? And, once the Direct airs, what did you think of it? (Last question is for when it airs in the future.)
I’ve been playing the communist birds in Stellaris. I haven’t played in a few years, and a big new patch is coming soon. I had a hankering for a 4X game, and figured it would be a good time to play a game. The patch will probably take a while to stabilise, and I also wanted to see what had happened to the game in the last couple of years before the rework. I’ve also been dabbling a bit with The Pale Beyond and SpaceVenture. I’m not that far in SpaceVenture yet, but it seems like a solid rebirth of Space Quest. The Pale Beyond is like a choose your own adventure version of The Terror Season 1. I’m also not too far in that one, but I can see it getting really bleak really fast. I like it so far.
I liked the Nintendo Direct. The hardware seems solid, if entirely too big. It’ll probably just sit plugged into my TV though, like my Switch, so it’s not the worst thing in the world. And I have some excitement about maybe getting to play Bayonetta 3 at full speed. I’m surprised that the only big 1st party launch title seems to be Mario Kart World though. I’ll probably pick that up, and maybe the upgrade pack for Tears of the Kingdom, which I still haven’t finished. I’m less than pleased about paid upgrades and the pricing in general, but I’ll live with it.