More thoughts on Infection from me, this time for @trekmovie.bsky.social. <3

I think the first patch fixed most of the gripes I had re: the game being too hard for casual Trek fans, but this goes the extra mile. Kudos to gameXcite.

The only thing worse than April Fool's Day is April Fool's Day when it's 2 April.

Not bad, but not great either. At $40 AUD, though, it may be worth it if you're at the centre of the Venn diagram that is Trek fan and VR headset owner.

Didn't want to "review" this as I made it an hour or two in. It's good, but it's unnecessary, at least for how I play games.

In case you missed it, public transport across Victoria will be free from tomorrow, 31 March, through until 30 April. To learn more, head to: transport.vic.gov.au/news-and-res...

wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it

Okay, let's just scrap next-gen consoles and actually make decent games for this ever more expensive lot.

This weekend! Don't forget! 🖖

I'd pretend to be shocked, but Google's been pushing the wrong shite for years, AI or otherwise.

Interesting that *checks notes* ButWhyTho has a Life is Strange Reunion review when it looks like all other outlets were told review code would be issued post-release.

So I'm nearly finishing my third week of crazy back pain (three bulged discs and one definitely hitting a nerve). Getting better by the day, but I'm just broken. I've lost 4kg, and I'm sure that's all the muscle I've been building up since mom was diagnosed, rather than any fat. I'm tired.

Ah, one of my favourite impossible nightmares.

Here's to 16 years of this report, and to 10 years of Stevivor featuring as a Metacrtitic outlet! <3

Starting off as the Old People's Welfare Council of Victoria in 1951, then becoming the Victorian Council on the Ageing in 1968, and finally the Council on the Ageing Victoria in 1991, we're incredibly proud to have been representing Victorians as they age for 75 years.

Don't forget, especially if you've turned on the news and were confused about the BBC being there, that the hardworking folks at the ABC are on strike. (Make the article below the only thing you interact with the ABC today!)

Also playing Tomodachi Life RN and loving how queer you can make it. (Don't have it in me to preview and review the same title in a short span, so keep an eye out for my full thoughts later.)

More from me (with continued thanks to @thomasthecat.bsky.social for his time!)! 🖖

Itchy, Tasty book (Resident Evil) Special Edition up for order at Lost in Cult buff.ly/OIB5m74 #ad

Digital Foundry saying, "I think it would have been prudent to wait to see the reaction from the audience" is the worst way to handle this issue. So, your original thoughts were awful -- potentially just parroting NVidia -- and now your "new" thoughts will just parrot the loudest voice(s) you hear?

Really excited that the RBA has worked out how to lower oil prices by forcing Australians to pay more on their loans. That’ll learn them!

This is the absolute legend who's helping my mom deal with a recent diagnosis of stage four lung cancer. My mom is in very good hands. I'm so appreciative of Dr Manna's levels of expertise, compassion, empathy, and service.

"The [national plan addressing elder abuse] sets out a strong vision, but meaningful change will rely on coordinated action, and – most importantly – increased support and funding from government into services such as Seniors Rights Victoria,” said our CEO, Ben Rogers.

Well, "goonslop" isn't something I'd ever thought I'd type.

"Now show me pretty streaks of light." I thought I'd hate #StarfleetAcademy, but for the most part, they nailed it. Kudos.

Also just got a code for Star Wars Dark Forces Remastered, which I didn't realise is already way live. Great run, much love for it. And $45 too, so if you're a fan, it's worth it.

(We didn't nominate 'cause I still can't get over the gents behind the Lizzies siding with an influencer who didn't disclose paid work.)

Anyway looking forward to all of these good games websites that work really hard to produce material every day getting beaten for Best Outlet by major mastheads that publish maybe two or three games stories a year

We're on the lookout for Seniors Rights Victoria's new Managing & Principal Lawyer! This role leads the day-to-day management and operations of Seniors Rights Victoria including ensuring a thriving, positive and collaborative team culture. Learn more and apply using the link below.

Cool, absolutely love that Complianz was absolutely breaking every link on the site for reasons I still can't explain.

More from me! 🖖

It's truly insane to put out an unfinished profuct and ask reviewers to hold off in their thoughts. You managed to get microtransactions in there at launch... (It's a live service game that didn't offer pre-release play. Our thoughts are coming sooner rather than later.)

I didn't bother reviewing Scott Pilgrim EX because it's very mid. Maybe better with a friend, but I wasn't feeling it.

So much free time, none of it spent touching grass

How long do you think Marathon will last?

Made it to Scream 7. Germain nails it. Huge franchise fan here. That said, this is all so mid while avoiding the Scream 6 of it all. Spoilers, obvs.

I really, really dislike when a publisher provides you access for a preview and then revokes that access for a review. I guess they got what they wanted out of us. We're Metacritic, OpenCritic, and The Game Awards voting jury. We need this access for so many practical reasons.

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

No Pokopia review from us as we're not getting pre-release code (also, this is why we didn't bother with that recent direct). It's a shame that The Pokemon Company has such a small pre-release list.

OMFG, I'm so glad we can all talk about #ResidentEvilRequiem's Final Puzzle now. WTF?

Two great minds with some great thoughts. Requiem is fantastic!

I adore Alex and I'm always so excited to be able to work with him on a shared passion.

I dunno about you guys, but I'm so pleased that the former COO of *checks notes* Instacart is now driving the good ship Xbox.

I am so bloody sick of writing about layoffs and studio closures, week after week, sometimes day after day. Sometimes, multiple times in a day.

I saw a conspiracy theory yesterday that the goal is to eliminate all local data storage and push everything into the corporate cloud where it will be scraped to train A.I. (and exploit us) And I'm having a difficult time dismissing it

Aaaaand here are my thoughts on #AcrosstheUnknown. :)

A fantastic review from Jam -- we wrote our reviews completely independently, but ended up sharing many thoughts and feelings about the 'what if' sim!

This IP is in good hands. :) Thanks so much to @thomasthecat.bsky.social for the chat, and you can find the full interview over on @trekmovie.bsky.social (it's linked in the article below too).

More from me on this week's #StarTrekVoyager game -- link to the full @trekmovie.bsky.social article is in this story. 🖖

I've been drinking way too much since my Mom was diagosed with terminal cancer and I uprooted my life to go be with them in Canada for 8 weeks, so I've done something about that for the last fortnight. The universe's response? Make me so skinny that my wedding ring has fallen off somewhere. :S