My wife has been showing our 8 year old some of the pop punk songs we used to listen to as kids.

Currently he is obsessed with High Hopes by Panic at the Disco!, and while it’s an okay song — I basically have to hear it every time we all pile into the car.

My favorite song that I have over listened to is Achilles Come Down, by Gang of Youths. It’s also pretty much the only song of theirs I enjoyed. I tried a smattering of their songs 😅

I can’t say I’ve done a ton of triple A games that have come out post 2020.

The only ones I’ve tried are really just Expedition 33.

And that one was really rough in the prologue area, and was pretty stable 30 FPS after getting out of Lumiere with all the falling petals.

Currently?

It’s Skins by Asian Kung Fu Generation.

I listen to a fair amount of J pop though.

Mayonaka no Door by Miki Matsubara and Ussewa by Ado are also up there.

Needs more beans. And corn.

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I haven’t seen the full thing, but I have seen folks mention that not all the effects have been cleaned up in all scenes. Seems like it just needed some final touch ups, not like the Wolverine Origins movie a few years back where whole scenes were missing vFX.

God of War (2018)!

I often tire of open world exploration and gameplay, but so far this game has either:

• not opened up super wide
• or does not need to open up super wide

I’m not a huge fan of the Destiny level up system where you gain exp and get new gear to hit level requirements, but I’ve been able to keep up. Just annoying when I stumble upon an area with something 2-4 levels higher than me.

The story is great so far.

I never played the other GoW entries, but do recall watching my dad play them when I was younger. I did eventually play Dante’s Inferno, which was very similar in gameplay.

I much prefer the axe throwing/melee combo gameplay to the top down hack and slash, I think.

Totally agree about the Katara VA.

She sounds the least like Mae, whereas everyone else “passed” in my mind.

Only saw the first 20 minutes so far (started watching super late at night).

The animation is great and the premise seems decent, if not a bit similar to S1 of Korra.

Those are also pretty much the only mystery anime that I have watched!

I will say, Erased’s OP is so good it turned me into an actual fan of Asian Kung Fu Generation.

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I agree with you 100%. Smash is basically my favorite couch multiplayer game.

I liked what I played of Pokopia, and I loved Pokemon Legends Arceus.

Other than those, the last time I really loved a Pokemon game was likely Black 2.

I’ve been enjoying some of the quality ROMhacks that have come out in recent years like Lazarus, Odyssey, Emerald Seaglass, and Scorched Silver. I also started casually playing Platinum Kaizo (a difficulty hack), but haven’t played it much at all.

But I’ve had a better time in Odyssey and Lazarus than I have had in a mainline game in a long time.

I’m sure some of it comes from the graphics being inspired by the GSC (Lazarus) or using RSE graphics (Odyssey) and those are the most nostalgic ones for me.

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I think that’s the squad. Then SAM, the AI.

Additionally I remember the Kett being the antagonist, and it was something generic like Archon? As the title. That might not be the right title — if it is, it’s because Genshin Impact solidified that term for me.

Pokémon is starting to get there I think.

Mass Effect is still on the ropes for me. Andromeda was okay. I’m personally a bit over all the open world games.

Wait, what’s wrong with Super Smash Bros? Is it just the DLC characters?

Hey, so am I! I was never a big fan of the hack and slash of the original trilogy, but have been loving the axe combat and the Norse mythos.

I have been playing it on Steam Deck and am quite impressed with it.

Learn.Microsoft.com is going to be pissed.

DoorDash gremlins come in all tax brackets.

So you roleplayed like a murder hobo? I mean, valid.

I would try another go round myself, just to see what I missed!

I missed a whole swathe in the underdark section of Act 1 during my first playthrough.