If you’re reading this, welcome to the very first Weekend Gaming Doodah. This being some bona fide history-in-the-making shizzle, please feel obliged to conduct yourself with a degree of decorum suitably befitting of such a momentous occasion. Or, like, don’t – I’m not the boss of you! Anyways, what is this Weekend Gaming Doodah, and why such a formal title I hear you ask?! They’re fair questions young padawan, and – let the record show – it’s absolutely not something I just thought of because I’ve got fuck-all in the way of actual posts to publish, and it’s not an idea I shamelessly nicked from the Game section of the AV Club (or, indeed, every other Gaming site ever).
What it is, though, is my attempt to open up the floor to you guys, and create something of a conversation. See, it’s Friday, and for most people, that means two days of free time, and for Gamers, that means two days of quality gaming time. Boom, Huzzah, etc, etc. So, in that spirit, what are you guys playing? What are you currently loving in the gaming Universe, and why are you loving it? Is there anything you’d like to recommend, or even ask help with? Is there a game you’re thinking of buying, but want to know if anybody else has played it, and whether they’d recommend you spending your hard earned cash-money on it? If you’re a fellow blogger, it’s there anything in particular you’re working on, anything you’d like to run past your potential audience, anything you’d be interested in asking anybody?
Honestly, I’m taking a bit of a risk here, because there’s a very high potential for looking-like-a-complete-toolishness if nobody says anything, so, please (for the love of Thor) join in. We’re all Gamers here, and I’m pretty sure we’re all united by a shared interest, a common love of a great medium, so let’s embrace that shit, eh!? I’m not suggesting we should all join hands and belt out a rousing rendition of Kum Ba Yah or anything but, you know, talking about Games and Gaming is something we all like doing, right!?
So, without further ado, knock yourselves out. Pretty please!
QTX 
February 5, 2016 at 4:12 pm
I’ll go first. It’s Carnaval here in Brazil, so that’s a 5 day weekend (BooYAH!) and – because of the whole being burglarized thing – I won’t be going away this year. On the plus side, that’s five days of pure, undisturbed Gaming time in which I hope to tackle some more of The Uncharted Collection, and hopefully also make a start on the Resident Evil Origins Collection if I can get hold of a copy. Has anybody played those games yet? I half want to get me some remastered Resident Evil-ey Retro Goodness, but I’m also half worried that they’ll just be a load of old crap. I’ve also got a few smaller Indie Type games I’d like to make a start on, as per the New Approach/Silver Lining thing I posted a bit ago.
In terms of blogging – I’ve got this thing in my head about Netflix’s Making A Murderer – which may or may not ultimately become a piece, and I’ve got a bit of catching up to do with my WordPress Reader, because there seems to have been quite a few interesting posts go up recently, and I’ve not yet got around to reading them all just yet.
So, yeah – that’s me. Whilst nearly everyone else in Brazil is getting hammered and dancing Samba and whatnot, I’ll be collecting Inca Treasure and/or shooting Zombies in the face. Hashtag-winning!!
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February 5, 2016 at 11:56 pm
I’ve played the HD remake of the RE1 remake. I think it’s really good if you like RE’s roots. There are some places graphically, however, that the “remastering” didn’t work so well and look kind of blurry.
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February 6, 2016 at 1:12 am
Cheers, that helps – because I really did like the earlier RE games. I spent many a happy (/petrified) hour wandering around creepy mansions waiting for something to start munching on my face. I’ve heard there were a few inconsistencies with all the upgrading shenanigans, but I don’t expect it’ll stop me from enjoying it too much.
So I’ll definitely give it a try, I reckon.
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February 5, 2016 at 11:52 pm
I will be trying to finish The Witness and Rise of the Tomb Raider. The Witness has been a lot of fun so far, but I’m not exactly sure its worthy of all the perfect scores its been receiving from reviewers. It’s a very good first person puzzle game, but there are a lot of indie puzzle games out there, and I’m not so sure this one is that much better that it deserves the overboard praise its been getting. That said, there is a lot to see and discover on the game’s island, and I’m still having fun solving the hundreds of puzzles in the game.
I also started the PC version of Rise of the Tomb Raider. It’s basically the same game as the one before it, but the graphics are really incredible to look at. I’m enjoying it, but the story is really boring. In particular, the characters (both Lara’s allies and the villains) are just really uninteresting. I sigh every time there’s a cut scene.
In the highly improbable event I complete both those games this weekend, I might pick up XCOM2 which just launched today.
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February 6, 2016 at 1:25 am
Firstly, thanks for commenting. You’ve saved me from looking like a complete tool, and for that you have my undying gratitude.
Secondly, I’ve actually been thinking about giving The Witness a try, but it might be a while before I get to it. It sounds like it’ll be something I’d really like (and get quite addicted too) though, and it does look pretty cool too.
And finally, I actually really liked the new Tomb Raider game, but I get what you’re saying – and I think there were probably a few issues, particularly with the pacing and such. I think because I was such a fan of the previous one I probably gave it a bit of leeway, and because – like you say – it was just so incredible to look at.
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February 7, 2016 at 12:16 am
I just recently downloaded Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions AND Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together for PS Vita from the Square sale. Problem is, I’m not sure which one to start with! Any help? Have also been somewhat addicted to Rocket League to the detriment of my backlog….
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February 7, 2016 at 1:07 am
Thanks for commenting – you get some of my undying gratitude too.
I’ve no idea about those games I’m afraid – I haven’t played either of them. You have just reminded me that I need to re-download and catch up with Rocket League again, though. I was having loads of fun with that before my PS4 got nicked! And it is *very* addictive.
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