It was interesting to get out again today and get the pulse on old game prices. I feel pretty far removed from that community/market these days. When I became a dad I sort of felt silly paying too much for this stuff on a regular basis when his 529 could use that instead.

Amazon’s solution to their mistake was me paying more so that was cute. My response? I canceled every open order with them. That kind of piss poor customer service is so infuriating.

Hmmmm.. in no particular order Pre May 24, 2001 Star Trek Pre May 19, 2008 Indiana Jones Pre December 5th 2012 Lord of the Rings Ryu Ga Gotoku because I haven’t had to qualify that one yet as I exlude the Amazon show Fallout

They could just try to make one actually good trailer instead of embarrassing themselves.

Swung by the old Exchange I used to go to on the way home from dropping off the kiddo at my folks for an over night. I might have gotten some indulgences..

I never saw the black and white seasons of the Pokemon anime, but my kid is watching them. And holy shit, the show really declined here. I hope X and Y are better. The supporting cast is bad, team rocket got serious which takes the fun out of the show, and Ash’s unova team is terrible. Just bad.

I fired up Ghost of Tsushima for the first time in years. I wanted to see how it looked on PS5. And I don’t remember the combat at all. Really wish these kinds of action games had a quick 5-10 minute refresher if you hadn’t played in a while.

This is basically the move of a company that doesn’t have faith in what’s doing anymore and decides it’s better to be at the devil’s side than in his path. The rat company has gone full Benny from The Mummy.

Yeah, that’s not good. I wonder even if they were open to a buyer if those studios have any value without the “Warner Bros” IPs.

I think I’m good here.

Sam Altman must be the most disingenuous mother fucker alive. Sleep deprived half starved parents have figured it since before we were a species.

Yeah, this feels about right. I’m past caring about being a geek by like 20 years.

Pre-enshitification tech is going to be so desirable. The downsides are eclipsing the upsides.

Kiddo got his first taste of Star Trek last night and he was totally into it. We’ll finish Encounter at Farpoint tonight and see what he thinks. My wife and I just have hit our limit with Pokemon now that he’s up to Black & White. They’ve made some odd choices and the show has lost its charm.

Working people 12 hour days, 6 days a week and paying them a pittance really isn’t something I want my elder statesmen of video games openly pining for but here we are.

Film you’ve seen more than six times. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.

I love winter. Fall is probably my favorite season, but winter might be my second.

Theaters are struggling as it is. Netflix’s hostility to them and pulling Warner’s future releases will almost certainly push them into their final death spiral.

Goddam I feel like I’ve been asking for this for like 15 years.

That’s really the joy of it. Seeing my kid get run downstairs each morning before school to get the next hit of joy from his Pokemon card advent calendar, like seeing him fly the hallmark Star Trek and Star Wars ornaments around and running the trainset around the tree skirt all hits in a good way.

Something about listing to this guy really makes me want to give him a wedgie.

Well it’s here. Merry Christmas to me.

Sushi night!

Wow, I’m glad I was up late already pulled the trigger on this at 12:30. I’d have been annoyed if I’d woken up and this morning and it was already gone.

It would have been nice if the kiddo had slept in a little bit instead of crawling under our bed 😕

Happy thanksgiving everyone. May your extended family/in-laws not drive you too crazy today and leave on schedule.

It’s here at last. I’ll open it up after work, but I was able to at least swing by the house and make sure it was out of the rain.

Kiddo lost baby tooth #3 tonight so the tooth fairy has to make their choice

Slept like shit, but I did get to witness a sweet moment. Our son, in the room next door, made a sound like he was having a bad dream. Muffin, his little buddy cat, was sleeping at the foot of our bed curled up with his sister Marmalade, got up, and went to check on him. 🥲

Welp, this seems bad. Like, we will need to amend the Constitution to allow retroactive punishments bad. Everyone associated with this will need to go to prison forever. Along with the people who make and buy these chemicals.

The ending was fine and completely true to someone that when push came to shove, solved also every problem with fire and blood.

Shiny girl Lechonk to start to morning. #pokemongo

This is what a hero looks like. Roblox should not be anywhere near kids. My kid doesn’t even know what it is and I’ve already told him not to even bother. Fortnite too but for entirely different reasons.

I was doing this style of problem with my first grader last night. If a college student can’t manage this problem, they cannot possibly comprehend the implications of student debt and shouldn’t be allowed to legally contract on their own behalf.

Just finished Pokemon Legends: Z-A. I’m not going to yuck anyone’s yum but I didn’t care for it on the whole. I liked their spin on the battle system but I found every other aspect of the game underwhelming. I’m not saying it’s bad, just.. eh.

Home with the sick kid today. My two indulgences from Crunchyroll’s one Aniplex sale of the year last week showed up. I’ve actually never seen Gurren Lagann so this should be interesting based on its reputation. Now I’m showing my kid Hook for the first time so I hope this isn’t a disaster.

Marmalade loves her big brother Muffin. I’m so glad we took in these two littermates together.

Holiday train last night. My wife and I had a great time with the kiddo.

Myles Mackenzie is kind of further proof that there is gremlin in Nintendo’s publishing division. Somebody told them to put that Johnny Sasaki mother fucker in there and I’m sure the team pushed back on this decision as loudly as they could. I can’t believe they’d willing make their own Jar Jar.

No question it’s Peace Walker.

Oh fuck. My wife and I played this together on our DS systems when we were still in college 😅

Actually.. I got another. If you went to an Ivy League school? Your kids and your grandkids aren’t going. They can go somewhere else. These institutions have too much power and just maintain elite privilege.

Decriminalize all drugs. youtu.be/68vv1sIyaMs?...

This is the exact reason I won’t touch soulsborne stuff. Life is busy, messy, and unpredictable so I have no time in my life for a game that insists I hug my wife or kid or take a piss on its schedule.

Definitely getting sick but at least there was good stuff in the mail today

Soon it will bectime to show my kid the weird world of Termina in Majora’s Mask

Welp, figures it was only a matter of time before a Nintendo/Pokemon Company title crossed the Game Key Card Rubicon.

Wow they’re trying again to put some lipstick on this pig before the holiday season. I’ll buy a digital game here and there now, but game key cards have no reason to exist besides as a fop to retail to fill shelf space at minimal cost. I’m never buying these things.

Corpse Party pack. Going to have to see what was apparently too much for the ESRB.

This feels like Ground Hog Day. We wake up, and the Jurassic franchise spins up another film with no reason to be because it’ll never come close to the first. I don’t even know anyone that went to see the last one youtu.be/vDQd5r_L-_c?...