Jimbob

It's dead. It's not coming back (at least as it was).

Got my usual reward for my hard work this past month. Another security incident raised against me, one i can't appeal or do anything about as it's locked down. Cheers for that. Nice to know I'm appreciated. Shame similar isn't done to my so called colleagues, who will literally act like petulant children when asked to do anything outside of "browse the internet"

Just had a thought. They'll have to re-work the Psycho Mantis battle in MGS1 into something different. Realistically, as it stands it would be difficult as controllers are now wireless and memory is built in.

Yeah, that was a weak(ish) show. Seeing how fluid Spider-Man 2's transitions from Spidy to Miles though, that was impressive. Can see why Insomniac said it's only for PS5. Nice to see that Snake Eater remake is real, and a nice surprise to see a MGS Collection coming in Autumn. The Project Q device, yeah that's not for me. Nice cheeky tweet from Xbox there. Outside of that though, that was about it for what i was interested in games-wise. Few games i'll be interested in seeing more of as time goes on, but the whole thing felt a little flat. Fair enough, Sony have come out the PS5 gate strong in the 2 1/2 years or so it's been out, so expected some slowdown here. Showcase felt more of a Indie+ showcase, which overall isn't a bad thing.

If PlayStation offered a cloud-based service akin to Xbox (e.g. not needing the PS5 to play PS5 games) with this new Project Q device, i'd probably be more interested. But as it is, it's not something i'm overly interested in.

Hoping they've done something more than a simple re-release with graphics as are, but a framerate/HD boost.

It's going to be weird playing a MGS game without any Kojima input, Snake Eater is my favourite of the whole franchise.

36, nearly 37. Jeez. And i'm 3 years off being on N-Europe 20 years. Actually, probably over that if you add in the previous iterations of the site as well.

ShopTo delivered early, which surprised me. Just as i was going to go out for lunch as well, so decided to put an hour in. So far, so good.

Night 1 was the better night. Someone compared it to Night 1 run under Trips, Night 2 under Vince. Wasn't a bad show overall, like you said, there were some definite wrong results.

There were people saying that just these 2 minutes won Sony that entire generation. Coupled with this There were rumours (how true they are, who knows) that Sony were going the Xbox route, but changed to what we saw after the backlash.

First memories of E3 was late 90's. Didn't know what it was, but the gaming magazines were usually bumper editions filled with all the news on games and hardware coming soon. I remember the E3 edition of N64 Magazine around June 1999 when they had a huge piece on what would become Majora's Mask just 4-6 months later. Didn't really start to watch the conferences until around 2004, but even then i watched highlights. Wasn't until 2008 onwards that i started watching them live. Used to book a few days off work to watch E3. I know in the UK, most stuff didn't start until 5-6pm. But i used to work until 8/9pm then, so i used to miss a chunk. Soon as i knew the E3 dates and leave was available, i booked it. There are so many highlights, both good and bad. Just some spring to mind for me Mr Caffeine E3 2013 Peggle 2 Konami's infamous E3 Kinect (you know) Wii Music Always tried to watch the Giant Bomb coverage as best as possible, that was usually pretty entertaining to say the least. And Nintendo's Treehouse after it's bumper Direct aired. In more recent years, PlayStation Access used to do something similar to the Treehouse with live demos and interviews as the day went on.

I read the same. Someone i know in a local gaming groups WiiU had this very error happen to them. Could be anything that's caused it, but it is definitely worrying if you want to replay Xenoblade or Wind Waker HD (or anything that wasn't ported to Switch).

Did pick up BoxBoy on the 3DS eShop, final purchase i think. Good prices on the Steamworld titles, would pick them up but already own them on PlayStation. Won't pick up anything on WiiU, my power cable for the console snapped and i don't think i'll be getting another one anytime soon.

Two more games completed this past week. A Memoir Blue - Short and sweet interactive poem-esq game (about an hour to play through 1st time). Recommended by some, so thought i'd give it a go before it left Gamepass. Gears of War 4 - Been on my Gamepass list for a while. More of what makes Gears as it is, with some nice additions. I did notice though that it seemed to end abruptly, was expecting another chapter or two.

Working through my backlog still. With that said, i can tick Death Stranding off that list. A game made by the great Hideo Kojima, it's definitely got the weird and the wonderful all encapsulated into one showcase. Interesting story, once it got going. Didn't fully understand it going in, nor still do I fully understand it now. Over my adventures of Postal Delivery with Norman Reedus, I left the world a little easier to get around at least for other players. That's one good feature of this game, and one that is optional as well. There's still bits to do, but I think I'll leave it for now

Outside of NPC's, yes

Wonder if the Fusion suit will be patched into Prime now that Fusion is coming to the NSO app?

Finished my playthrough yesterday. Pretty good game overall, however i have hit 2 bugs which (unless i replay the entire game and hope they don't pop up again) will stop me from earning several trophies. Hopefully they get patched and i can finish mopping up trophies, otherwise i'm pretty much done.

Yeah, they'll be a decent chunk for PSVR2 as it's new, they'll want to get sales in and show off what's coming. Still, interested in what indies are shown myself.

Two resolutions. 1. Try to buy less games at launch. I guess this will be an ongoing debate. So far, i've only bought 1 game being Hogwarts Legacy. Been considering getting the Metroid Prime Remake, but that'll depend on how my next resolution goes. 2. Clear through my extensive backlog With this one, i can add two more games cleared. Yoshi's Crafted World and Link's Awakening (2019). The plan is to clear a few games off before buying any others. There will be some exceptions, for example Tears of the Kingdom is a cert purchase.

Not expecting a huge amount on Tears of the Kingdom, i'm pretty sure they'll have a focussed Direct or Treehouse. Maybe we'll get news on a Collectors Edition and Amibo alongside a new trailer. Maybe we'll have Advance Wars finally getting a release date.

Might have taken me 5 years (with my last save file from 2020 (i've got a seriously bad habit of starting games, putting them down and forgetting about it for a long time)), but can safely say i've beaten The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Switch. Would say i've done everything, but there are some side quests left and plenty of Korok seeds. But done the main (including all 4 Divine Beasts), plenty of side missions, the Trial of Sword, Ballard of Champions and a fair portion of Shrines

It's looking good. For me, Friday can't come soon enough. I know, there is/was a Deluxe giving 72 hour early access. But gotta look after the pennies at times.

Wouldn't be surprised if Tears of the Kingdom hits the Top 10 faster than Voilet/Scarlett.