Also, no Gaming Check-In for the month of May since the only game I’ve had a chance to play is Saros, so it’d be redundant with the review coming this week. Gaming Check-In will be back next month for sure with a couple different games I’m planning to play!

The Saros review is (finally) done being written! Just gotta record the V/O and start the video edit. The plan is for it to be out this week.

Yup, exactly as expected. We don’t know the scope of the layoffs, but we can only hope they won’t be too brutal

Yeah, the idea of dropping D2 because they were just moving to D3 is not what went down here. And given that when The Final Shape did amazingly and there were layoffs, it's unsurprising we're here now, unfortunately.

A lot of people have wondered why Bungie didn't immediately start working on Destiny 3 after The Final Shape two years ago. The answer (as it usually is) is how much money it would take

NEW: Bungie is planning a significant layoff following the end of Destiny 2's development. Destiny 3 is NOT in active production. Some Bungie staff are pitching and prototyping new ideas including Destiny games, but none are yet greenlit. Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Today, the IGNCG sent this letter to our President of Ziff Davis Gaming & Entertainment to demand pay that reflects the rate of inflation in our contract. Please join us in asking @errorjustin.bsky.social, @peer-ign.bsky.social, @corradimus.bsky.social, and @yprough.bsky.social to pay us fairly.

Destiny 2 is coming to a close on June 9. The writing’s been on the wall for a while with this, but it still hurts to see it happen. I imagine they have a few ideas cooking around, possibly even a Destiny 3. Better to focus on those and supporting Marathon now.

How could I forget that Vince Staples is dropping a new album next month too?? June just keeps getting better 😁

Was briefly thinking about Iceman today, and I feel like Chance did the comeback album better than Drake. It’s not quite 1:1, but Chance didn’t make his failure and grievance with people’s response the focus. He gave them a couple bars, but mostly focused on making good songs.

Blog idea: The Conundrum of the Game Review

State of Play is coming back soon with a show that’s over an hour long and new info on Marvel’s Wolverine! Can’t wait to see what Sony has in store for us!

The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales Denshattack New album from Olivia Rodrigo My third playthrough of Final Fantasy XV Summer Game Fest There’s a lot that I’m looking forward to in June!

I really can’t get over how Drake fans are straight gargling, swallowing, cradling, and bouncing on it overtime. All for free too!

It’s kinda funny seeing the PC crowd that wanted PS games before, now go “We never wanted them anyway.” That said, I’m not happy with this decision, but as I shared before, I get it if the financials didn’t support the investment. I only hope Nixxes doesn’t get put on the chopping block now.

There are no interesting Kingdom Hearts takes because: a) People use these as an opportunity to get off the lowest hanging fruit criticism, or to easily shit on the series. b) All the common takes have been talked to death for ages now, so no one has anything new to say about the series.

Listened to Iceman tonight. I’ll listen to the others tomorrow.

Ummmm what was that Free Palestine bar Drake??

I’ll say this much. Drake dropping three albums at once is a big dick move for sure. Thing is, quantity doesn’t equal quality. That’s been one of my biggest issues with Drake for years now. The diehard fans will eat this up. Everyone else? Ehhhh, we’ll see.

Just subbed to Crunchyroll since Netflix doesn’t have all of Whole Cake Island or Wano for One Piece. Got it at a steal too at $6 for 3 months. What other shows I should try and watch while I have the service? I already have Haikyuu, JJK, Solo Leveling and Frieren on the list.

This isn’t the first time I’ve seen this perspective. I respect and understand the viewpoint, especially with how the info can be used to manufacture narratives by the worst people online. But, I do find the information to be interesting, and believe that some good conversations can come from it.

Hmmm, if I was to trade-in my PS5 and Switch at GameStop, that’d potentially knock off about $375 from the price of the PS5 Pro 🤔

All this over... Mixtape? aftermath.site/mixtape-review...

mixtape feels like one of the least likely targets of misinformation campaigns and video game culture war ire yet, but that's kind of the point: this can happen to any game now, and indeed, platforms and content creators demand it. nothing will ever be enough to sate the beast

Getting mad at GameInformer because you convinced yourself a GTA 6 reveal was happening today, on their platform, is big loser behavior. Do better people.

Aye, post-story #Saros gameplay goes kinda crazy 😮‍💨

Shoutout to the people on Twitter who are literally proving my point word for word, bar for bar.

My take on the Mixtape review discourse? It shows how people still view narrative focused games as being lesser than every other genre. To them, such a game can only be good or great at best, but never 10/10 or GOTY. Only “real games” are deserving of that sort of high praise.

I’ve seen Tyler The Creator and Pierce the Veil 3 times. I’m seeing Zedd/Porter Robinson/Madeon, and Ninajirachi this year. At a time when getting concert tickets is a pain, I’m so lucky and grateful that I’ve been able to see some of my favorite artists when I’ve attempted to.

This needs to be the way this always works. And if you really can't keep the servers up or let players do it themselves, at the very least you need to add in some way to let people play offline. Even being able to run around empty maps or fight bots and flick through the game's menus/etc

Completed the epilogue in #Saros last night! Here are my stats, with a total of 19 hours played and only 15 deaths. I’ll probably do a few more runs for collection purposes and to get a feel for difficulty on both extremes, but I’m pretty satisfied with my time here. Work on the review begins!

Just Nintendo casually announcing a Star Fox Direct 10 minutes before it’s set to go live. No big deal 😂

I’M SEEING NINAJIRACHI IN BROOKLYN! 😭😭😭

Can’t believe AXS fucked me and kept me from getting through the Ninajirachi queue 😩

Rolled credits on #Saros last night! It looks like there’s some more main story stuff left for me to discover, so I’ll see chase that thread some tonight. Beyond that, it’s time for me to start working on the review. Stay tuned!

After 6 months, I’ve watched 800 eps of One Piece. • Dressrosa was good, but very flawed • Love the Tontatta! • Doflamingo is a great villain. The fight w/ Luffy was boring • Film Gold was cool • Zou is the best arc post-timeskip • Really enjoying the Vinsmoke stuff in WCI

Streets were right! Ninajirachi’s in Forza Horizon 6 with Infohazard! 🙌🏽

This was my second time beating the Nightmare Strand in Blighted Marsh, and it lives up to its name 😩 Boy is it a doozy! #Saros #PS5

I know Bed-Stuy is different then it was when I was growing up, but I didn’t realize it was “six white girls ages 8-13 walking down Marcy Ave by themselves at 10pm” different.

#Saros has its hooks in me just like Returnal did five years ago. God this game is sooooo good 👏🏽👏🏽 I’m loving it so far Housemarque!

Good lord, the art team at Housemarque is cooking with premium gas for #Saros! And to think that this is only in the first 15 minutes of the game. I can’t even imagine where else the visuals as I get further in.

Be me: • Give yourself a four day weekend • Score tickets to Zedd in the Park • Ace your permit test • Pick up Saros • Treat yourself to Insomnia cookies where they treat you to an extra cookie I’d say my mini-break is off to a great start 😌

Reposting for the evening crowd!

It’s time for another Gaming Check-In! This month we’re talking about Capcom’s great new IP, #Pragmata, the adrenaline rush that is #Tamashika, and my final thoughts on Death Stranding 2 now that I’ve finished the game. Let’s dive in! Watch: youtu.be/1urHINk9VSw?...

The fact that there’s a new piece of official Square Enix Final Fantasy X merch for Wakka is reason for celebration on its own! It’s dope to see the whole party (plus Jecht) get plushes for the 25th anniversary!

Not Trump taking inspiration from Drake

I’ve played two hours of #Tamashika today (far more than the game recommends in one sitting!), and y’all… This game has the juice. I’ll also be talking about this in April’s Gaming Check-In this week! Big shoutout to @barrettcourtney.bsky.social for putting this on my radar!

Rolled credits on #Pragmata last night! No formal review from me, but I’ll say I loved Diana and Hugh! Their bond really elevates the story. Combat’s fun too, and remains engaging/challenging the whole time. More in-depth thoughts to come this week with April’s Gaming Check-In!

I’m just saying, I wouldn’t cheat on you Megan if I had you 👀

Tonight’s an Igor night 🙌🏽 It’s still just as incredible as it was 7 years ago. Like with other 10/10 albums, this isn’t just something you listen to. This is an album you fully experience.