Thinking of buying a Steam Deck because, thanks to playing DARK FORCES REMASTERED on the Switch, my desire to replay the original DEUS EX is becoming an all-consuming obsession.
Switched SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER’s talking flowers to German and made a surreal delight even more amusing.
Pretty sure that “delightful” was coined in anticipation of SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER. What a game.
Pre-ordered SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER (with a day to go): haven’t been this excited to play a new Mario game since SUPER MARIO BROS. 3.
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The weeds upon the hill have been weedeaten and, unlike yesterday, no lifting of riding lawnmowers was required / leaving to play in the poison ivy patch (seems to be a thing this week; haven't gotten it yet), I gave portable Switch RDR a go and LOVED it. Charlie the dog and I took out a ne'er-do-well before he could abscond with a horse at MacFarlane Ranch / finished the edit of the first GROUND LOOP mini-interview, premiering in Sunday's newsletter. Think I enjoy the format / grilled hot dogs await.
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Learned that the sweetest sound ever is the sound of a downpour outside lacking in the accompanying sound of water flooding into the basement. Basement repairs so worth it... Also: started RDR on Switch last night and, other than its janky controls which have carried over from the original and an inability – though maybe I simply haven't found it yet – to doff my hat at passersby, it reminded me why I love the game so much; my crush on Bonnie MacFarlane remains intact – and now, portable... Random notion: would love to have a weekly or bi-weekly or monthly column somewhere else (again). No clue about what but there it is, cast adrift in this, our connective ether.
They’re taking the Mario tripiness to a whole new level and I’m so very, very in: