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I will bet everyone here my shoes that anyone hoping for NX to be the console that wins back 3rd party games will be left sorely disappointed. I'm not even sure if Nintendo should be making a console. Or if anyone should. The ones we have now are literally just cheap underpowered PCs. 10 years from now I'm not convinced Playstation won't be a streaming service. One day you'll play Mario Kart through your Sony TV app, PCs will be a walnut you insert in your ear, and Nintendo will be a market leader in child-friendly medical droids.

This weeks customer highlight: Grubby looking drunk man who came in at 9:30pm with three out of a four pack of Stella asking to swap them for ones straight out of the chiller, having bought them the previous day, drunk one and fallen asleep with them in a hotel room (his version of the story). I politely declined the service because "I couldn't guarantee the quality of the beer for the next customer" (actual reason - I didn't think the next customer would want to drink beer that had spent the night in a hotel room with a grubby stranger because that's KINDA FUCKIN' WEIRD). He got angry and demanded I write why I had turned him down on the back of a receipt. I expect nothing to come of it.

Remember when this was supposed to be out for near-launch? Man, those were the days. Anyway, groovy that's it's here now. Been looking forward to it ever since I tried to play it on my laptop. Without an i5 it's like playing a slideshow.

You're just jealous 'cause he's gonna find all the sailors.

I think the crack would've been the better purchase.

Looks funky bit I think I'll wait for reviews and to see how DLC/season passes get applied. I've only got room for one or two big multiplayer shooters in my life and if there's a Bad Company 3 coming in another year I could yet stay and hold for that.

This is another pair I'd very much like to try. Better clear my backlog first though, haven't even started Life Is Strange...

Kind of seems like they wanted to push what made sense in an E-rated direct. The other one was largely ignored on the Wii so this looks likely to be another hidden gem.

Well if Nintendo aren't gonna do F-Zero somebody else may as well. Just as long as the speed & track design is all there it could fill a very big hole in my heart (left by the death of Wipeout as much as the absence of F-Zero).

Who do I have to kill just to get a release date for it? Because I'll do it, so help me god I will.

UN-LIM-I-TED SEE-FOUR

I'm still not sure how the PS4 can do VR given the clout needed for the Oculus on PCs. I'm genuinely curious but not yet convinced a VR set on a current-gen console has a viable purpose in the face of the competition.

E3 isn't the center of the universe for the industry any more and especially not for Nintendo. They could announce something huge at a European games show or just in any given Direct on any given month, whenever they have something ready to show and/or when it fits into the PR ramp-up. So nothing huge was announced today but I think what was announced fits with that young audience it's trying to reach in different ways (Skylanders Amiibo, Animal Crossing spin offs, Yokai, cutesy Metroid games etc.) There are enough games coming up to keep my interest (FE:Fates, Star Fox Zero, Xenoblade, Fatal Frame) but I've appreciated that I am not Nintendo's primary customer for some time now and I am groovy with that. Maybe if I was 8 again.

Low key E3 Direct but there's enough I'm looking forward to satisfy me. Mario Maker looks rad too, I don't know if it's what I want but they seem to be doing right by it.

Good, seems like an ideal "settle in for the winter" game.

Awwg I can't wait. Sounds like they blew this out exactly how I hoped.

This looks really good, the big highlight of Sony's conference. Already looking forward to seeing more in the future.

I'll be in chat as per usual, if anyone cares to join me. Less than 10 mins to the first of the big 3!

Man I really need to play Earthbound properly through sometime soon.

I have no idea what's happening, I just know I want to be a part of it.

What an incredible individual. God speed to him.

Dino D-Day is 90% off on Steam. I think you all know what you need to do.

So there's a trailer for this out. I'm not sure how they intend to tackle mental illness appropriately with anything called "Hellblade" but I'll keep an open mind.