JLSigman

FF XIV is making a mobile version of itself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1vk2A--ZbY

I'm not sure whether to use the laugh or cry reaction to that

....so after some mutants got powered up being resurrected, now they're going to kill them?

May or may not come back to Dream Drop - it's just a bit more out there then I want right now. It's cute, and I don't mind cute (especially in context of Kingdom Hearts), but I'm not in the right brain place for it yet. Starting a run on KH3, with EZ codes and on easy play, because my hands will not put up with this repetitive button clicking anymore. I vaguely remember this first part, and I think I bounced off it on PS4 because I hated the gummi ship (see arthritic hands). Maybe this time will be a bit easier. (and for those keeping track at home, yes, I know have saves in all of the games at this point)

Got a little ways in Birth by Sleep and ran into a wall trying to beat a time trial. Will get back to it. Re:Coded makes me wonder just how many times did they re-litigate the first Kingdom Hearts game? The "Final Chapter" collection is short (mostly Dream Drop Distance), but the 0.2 Fragment with Aqua is absolutely beautiful and sad. I'm enjoying it.

Blizzard is milking nostalgia for all it's worth - there's now a bundle (aka Battle Chest) for remastered version of WarCraft I, II, and III. https://us.shop.battle.net/en-gb/product/warcraft-remastered-battle-chest

The graphics are insanely good for PS1, and still really hold up in that retro way. I would absolutely day 1 purchase any kind of re-release of it.

Did my periodic re-read of The Lord of the Rings, and I'm trying again to get through the Silmarillion.

Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix may be a bust for me at this point, because of a new boss they added in that you have to beat at the beginning of the final area, which is stupidly hard, and I am too old for this shit.

Absolute chills at about 2:05.

The coach wrecked his knee celebrating?

Andor season 2 will be out April 2025

From what I've seen, literally nothing that happened in the first three games matters (and in some cases, is actively shat upon), so it's a place to start.

The general consensus is "I'll believe it when the credits are rolling, and not a minute sooner"

Happy N7 Day! I think I will fire up my copy of the games and see if I can figure out how to play it this time.

Both Clemson (fans throwing bottles on the field after a weird/bad call) and USC (fans charging the field after win) are gonna get some nasty fines this week.

The soundtrack is on all streaming services, and it's actually really good. I was bopping along while picking up Mom's prescriptions earlier.

Man, I'd forgotten how much more fun Kingdom Hearts II is compared to the first one. Grinding for those last synthesis materials is fun, because you're doing more and more crazy combo/drive/summon stuff. Now I remember why I was willing to work on a hard mode game once or twice back on the PS2.

Read A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal, which has been promoted to me a zillion times. Unfortunately, while it was OK enough for the first 3/4ths of it, it got lazy, mushy, and half-assed for the last part, which really ruined it.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/238960/view/4548165155602563570?l=english For the two of us who play Path of Exile - the open beta for PoE2 has been delayed until the beginning of December, due to issues whipping the servers into shape. Mostly about making sure people who purchased bunches of custom glams don't lose them, and some of them are old, and backwards compatibility is never as easy as it looks on the surface.

I think part of the problem with the camera in KH1 is that it reacts too strong to when you move it now. Like, on PS2 you used the D pad and it didn't not zip around like that at all. I've got a save at the point of no return and may go back to it and fiddle with some settings, but good lord it's bad when you're trying to keep up with a boss and vertigo kicks in because of how the camera is wildly flailing about. I got past the first town in CoM, and I Do Not Like this system, at all. I think I'll just pass on this. Apparently they couldn't import the fighting for 358/2, so it's just all the cutscenes. Which is... actually kinda not bad. Saves me having to go look for them on YouTube. And, to the surprise of no-one, Diablo 3 crashed hard about 30 minutes into the new season. LOL my poor computer can't take this.....

Playing Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, and somehow Squeenix made the bad camera in the first game EVEN WORSE on Steam. It's gotten me killed so many times I've given up trying to beat it. Next, I try to see how long I last playing Chain of Memories. I bounced off it way back when, because weird shuffling card game things over an exact repeat of the first game does not enthuse. Also, Diablo 3's new season starts this evening, might go explode some corpses over there a while.

I have been obsessed with this movie since I started seeing ads for it. The cast! The camera work! I don't go out to movies anymore, but I will definitely be looking to stream it ASAP.

AP gives Venom two stars, but this is the best line (minor plot spoilers in the link) : it’s a shame that we never saw more of Venom in daily life. Eddie is a journalist after all. One can only imagine how he and the symbiote might have debated more pressing concerns than the fate of the universe, like Oxford commas. https://apnews.com/article/venom-last-dance-movie-review-tom-hardy-5204cd5299173078220be0cdd3705967

https://apnews.com/article/tko-endeavor-wwe-ufc-pbr-img-56f33f829709dc6e4349e6afc820b3a4 WWE/UFC parent is now buying pro bull riding stuff. Make your own jokes appropriately (or not)