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I always wanted to like Klax. It was different from other puzzle games and has nice visuals. But I never found it fun to play.

Meet Toby! He’s the latest addition to my family. Spicy and Momma aren’t impressed but they’re tolerating him and curious.

Best first time movie viewings of Sept. 2025:

1. One Battle After Another
2. Sentimental Value
3. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
4. John Candy: I Like Me
5. Sound of Falling
6. Wrong Husband
7. What We Dreamed of Then
8. Highest 2 Lowest

And have to give Spicy some attention as well…

Because @sulkyselkie.bsky.social asked, here are some pictures of my new kitty Mama. She’s a social butterfly with a flair for dramatics.

When you order a book and two years later it arrives and you’ve completely forgotten about it. Like a birthday present from myself.

It’s inevitable. Both seem to be great so everyone wins.

Played through Earthion this afternoon. It’s so good.

Just played through Earthion on Steam. Can’t believe I’m playing a new Sega Genesis game in 2025 and that it holds its own with the best shoot ‘em ups of all time. Absolute blast to play and a technical stunner.

As seen in the “Too Many Games” issue of EGM. That issue blew my mind.

A+ No notes. An important part of Canadian heritage. Still blows my mind that they were a spin off from The Philosopher Kings.

Wouldn’t surprise me if we don’t get anything until the fall. My guess is a Metroid Prime 4 release date drop on Nintendo Today followed by a Prime 4 focused Direct.

Hey, want to support actual humans making #videogames? Well, we have FOUR games, and they're all on discount for the #SteamSummerSale. 😎

Sounds about right. EGM was my go-to source for deciding which RPGs to buy. Xenogears, Grandia 2, Skies of Arcadia, Suikoden and Valkyrie Profile were others that I picked up after reading glowing EGM reviews.

That EGM review was the reason I bought the game. Same with Star Ocean: The Second Story around the same time.

These reporters and writers who keep publishing pro-AI pieces setting the stage for their ceos to argue that their roles as writers are obsolete 🫠😒🤪

Panzer Dragoon Remake is surprisingly good on Switch 2. Running at higher resolution at 60 FPS with better loading and none of the glitches I remember when the game launched. Worth checking out if you have a Switch 2.

The world would be a better place if people ignored things they didn’t personally care for and just let others enjoy things.

It seems as though gaming media has a year-round obsession with “GOTY watch.” Was that the case back in the glory days of EGM? Did the editors yell “Whassup? GOTY fo sho” when a game like Soul Calibur or Halo arrived in the office or was that mostly just discourse when doing the annual awards issue?

I’m thinking I can wait for a discount to pick it up. I have tons of stuff to play and the new Shinobi comes out that week.

My bet is a new Luigi’s Mansion. I don’t think they would release a new 3D Mario when they have DK Bananza which should be a big game for 2025. Maybe a new Mario Maker game is a possibility?

What games would you like to see take advantage of the Switch 2’s mouse feature? Do you see potential for genres that are more at home on PC becoming popular on Switch 2? Could we see point and click games make a glorious comeback?

Last week I was considering buying an import copy of the second game. Odd timing but I’ll hold out hope for remakes.

Would be nice to see a Switch 2 Edition for Paper Mario: TTYD that adds 60 FPS and a Luigi campaign.

Nintendo has updated their site with a list of retailers doing pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch 2 https://lbabi.nz/AfCHuS

Amazon https://amzn.to/4jjTxMJ
Walmart (12am ET) https://lbabi.nz/5IAyeT
GameStop (12pm ET) https://lbabi.nz/2WUQwn
Best Buy https://lbabi.nz/VLAeDt #ad

FYI - VGP will start taking orders in the US for the LUNAR Remastered Collection at 1pm ET today https://lbabi.nz/X4hPFA #ad

These sold out rapidly in the US, so if you want one you may want to lock in now before this opens as VGP is currently the Canada exclusive retailer

I’d love to see stuff like Burnout 2, SSX Tricky and Need for Speed but I imagine licensing makes it impossible.

-Nintendo Puzzle Collection
-Mario Golf/Tennis/Baseball
-Mario Kart: Double Dash
-Eternal Darkness
-Metroid Prime 2
-Super Smash Bros Melee
-Animal Crossing
-Pikmin 1 & 2
-Star Fox Assault
-Wave Race Blue Storm

My most wanted GameCube games for Switch 2 NSO:
-Skies of Arcadia Legends
-Star Wars RS2 Rogue Leader
-Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes
-PSO Episode I & II
-Viewtiful Joe
-Super Monkey Ball 1 & 2
-Tales of Symphonia
-Auto Modellista (Japan version)
-TimeSplitters 2 & Future Perfect
-Capcom vs SNK 2

Finally giving Cyberpunk 2077 a try but I’m being sat on.