Happenstance

Yeah i really like the look of that

I'd still recommend people watch it for themselves as it definitely seems like I'm in the minority in not liking it.

Just finished watching the first episode of Ms Marvel. Don't think it's for me. I spent half of it a bit bored and half thinking it was trying too hard.

On the plus side, Charly is yummy 😋

Jeff's stream now running. He's starting a weekly podcast and a patreon. He's actually sounding really positive about wanting to stay in the industry so I hope it all works out well for him. EDIT: Interesting though, he's saying he wants to move onward and upward but keeps stopping short of saying there was nothing dodgy about the way he's left GB.

Ok I'm making my install list now. I have a feeling this will turn into a bit of an RPG machine for me where I get more of a chance to play games when I can't be arsed to sit at my desk for long periods of time. Yakuza Kiwami 2 Persona 4 Golden Phoenix Wright Trilogy Rogue Legacy 2 Eastward Spelunky 2 Fallout New Vegas Batman Arkham City Final Fantasy XIV is gonna go on there in a few months when I resub.

Well it looks like one of the announcements on the Giant Bomb side is that Dan Rykert is rejoining as a full employee. Not something that would draw me back personally but good for his fans I guess. Wonder if he lost his job with WWE or quit. EDIT: The full staff list now: Jeff Bakalar Jeff Grubb Tamoor Hussain Dan Ryckert Lucy James Jess O'Brien Jan Ochoa Matthew Rorie Jason Oestreicher

I'll probably subscribe at some point but yeah I couldn't keep watching the free streams, it was too annoying.

He's doing a livestream from his personal Twitch today to talk about stuff so it'll be interesting to see what's said. He's too professional to dump on Red Ventures but the very corporate statement GB put out on him leaving along with the fact it happened day of with no goodbye stream etc does have people wondering if there's more to all of this. Vinny was talking on a stream last week about the differences between Nextlander and Giant Bomb. He mentioned that one of the things he wasn't happy with at GB after Red Ventures took over was that they kept having meetings to go over their plans for the future but refused to take any time to work on the stuff that needing fixing in the current product. I can see that causing issues for Jeff as well, especially with all their new ideas basically turning out to be aiming at a younger demographic. I don't think GB will last past a few more years now. They had a very loyal fan base and one of the original premium subscription models which brought in a lot of money but the loss of all the original crew along with sets for their shows has just turned the site into every other twitch streamer.

Well it's just been announced that Jeff Gerstmann is leaving Giant Bomb. Not a surprise given the site has been on life support since the pandemic hit but still the end of an era. There were many years where that site was my favourite thing in the world. Interesting though that this was exactly what some people predicted when Brad, Vinny & Alex created Nextlander last year, saying they expected Jeff to have a year long talent contract that was part of the Giant Bomb buyout. It'll be interesting to see what he does next but whatever it is I hope it revitalises him. Foe the past few years he's been very jaded but when Jeff is invested in something he's still one of the best out there in gaming.

Ok that's my Steam Deck preorder finally come up so I've just ordered. Can't wait for it to arrive now!

I think I might have to rewatch The Orville as well. I'm watching the first episode of season 3 now and am feeling no real connection to it.

To me it's not a true Zelda game anyway unless it's on the CD-i.

No I hadn't actually realised it had started yet. Might give that first episode a watch tonight thanks.

I mean this is obviously that story, seeing him regain his mojo ready to become senile Alec Guinness who starts thinking Anakin's first name is Darth.

Thought that was pretty good. Quite a bit I'll plan to play I think.

Looks like Dr Strange and the Multiverse of Madness is coming to Disney+ 22nd June.

Huh, apparently the alien driver in this episode was Zack Braff.

In a show that I did have certain issues with so far, she'd be one of the least of them. Other than the way she said Obiiii Wannnnn when searching for him I had no problem with her performance. I hate the internet sometimes. It's given too much of a voice to those who don't deserve it.

Finished reading the Annihilation Omnibus today and thought it was amazing. I've never been a big fan of the cosmic side of the Marvel universe but this did a great job reintroducing all those characters for the modern era and telling a really interesting war story. When Annihilation Conquest gets a reprint ill definitely pick it up as I'm looking forward to seeing where the story goes from here.

Ooh nice thanks, that should cheer me up a bit after tonight.

Yeah unfortunately the longer this went on the more likely this was to happen. I will give Courtois credit though, while we have been wasteful he has also been very good.

Yeah I did and its really good, well worth getting. I was planning on getting those deluxe editions myself but the early ones are out of printand they go for hundreds second hand now so I'll probably get the trades instead. You can get the deluxe editions through a kickstarter but it's expensive because its all at once.