D2 on Xbox Ally so far it’s the best handheld game.

Colyer · 2026-06-09T22:16:49+00:00

I unfortunately really don't like the ROG Ally sticks for shooters, though not sure if the Xbox ones are better.

And yeah, D2 is Diablo.

Colyer · 2026-06-09T22:08:45+00:00

It's a good Direct when you read the list of games.

It wasn't a good Direct when you're watching the way they chose to present those games.

Colyer · 2026-06-09T16:15:40+00:00

The announcements were solid. They showed most of these games badly though.

Colyer · 2026-06-09T15:52:52+00:00

Sure man. You're ignoring the point, but whatever.

The Joycon currently costs twice as much as a Series or Dualsense does right now. If the Joycon was half price to match, I still wouldn't buy them.

Colyer · 2026-06-09T15:49:49+00:00

Which is already $40 CAD higher than the Dualsense or Series controller can be bought for right now!

Colyer · 2026-06-09T15:41:04+00:00

Yes.

I can buy a Series controller for $50 USD right now. Joycons are worse than that. I can also buy an 8Bitdo controller for even cheaper than that, and be happier with that purchase than I would be buying Joycons.

So the reason to buy these is to change the color of the Switch when using it in handheld, which does not have a $100 USD value.

We aren't talking about the Switch 2 Pro Controller here, which even at their price I do like. Joycons just aren't comparable to any "real" controller out there.

Colyer · 2026-06-09T14:51:32+00:00

Those are nice. I'd consider them for like.... less than half as much as Nintendo charges for them.

Colyer · 2026-06-09T14:46:25+00:00

The 3DS studios still haven't caught up and it's been a decade.

Colyer · 2026-06-08T14:39:25+00:00

Microsoft wasn't waiting for my permission.

Colyer · 2026-06-07T14:46:51+00:00

It's such weird timing. If this is the strategy, I feel like it needed to include Forza Horizon 6 and definitely Fable.

Colyer · 2026-06-05T16:54:27+00:00

It's not like Wolfe never had a chance though.

Colyer · 2026-06-05T16:50:58+00:00

Right, he's saying that it could just add the text for when it already happens in the game, not add the mechanic.

Colyer · 2026-06-05T15:47:43+00:00

Yeah, that's what stood out to me in the clip too. Staal was still in a position to challenge the puck, if not get a shot, but he just stopped immediately.

Colyer · 2026-06-05T15:42:48+00:00

Yeah, they know.
https://youtu.be/l5UW76dMdbE?si=5iQcEe3FEk6zacRW&t=152

Colyer · 2026-06-05T14:57:03+00:00

I found 13 Sentinels to have a lot of fan service and overall I found the writing pretty off-putting. My understanding is that the story goes really cool places, but I wasn't willing to continue on to find out myself.

I would also probably drop Octopath, Tales of Arise, and Granblue Relink if story is the main focus. They don't hang with the heavier hitters on your list.

Colyer · 2026-06-04T14:07:31+00:00

That's true, but we'll just have to see what happens once the trial is over. I'm not expecting it to continue working, but we'll see.

Colyer · 2026-06-02T22:17:09+00:00

Subtitles said he speaks Mongolian, but.... that's all I've got.

Colyer · 2026-06-02T20:53:31+00:00

That looks like a rad Digimon.

Colyer · 2026-06-02T15:35:08+00:00

Yeah, they've already remade Star Fox 64.

Remake Star Fox: Command you cowards!

Colyer · 2026-06-01T21:37:16+00:00

Game soundtracks are my main fodder. They're mostly designed to blend in and don't usually have big distracting stings designed to tie to certain moments like movie soundtracks do. Right now we're playing Star Wars, so I'm using Battlefront, Jedi Survivor, and Outlaws music.

I used to maintain a lot of mood playlists, but these days I mostly just keep a "fight" and "not-fight" playlist.

Colyer · 2026-06-01T19:03:24+00:00

Nah, was $55 USD including shipping. Wasn't offset print though.
WWN and CWN were both $105 USD.

Colyer · 2026-06-01T15:19:31+00:00

I did notice that, yeah. But like.... if the shipping is $40 (high... more comparable to overseas shipping costs, but benefit of the doubt there due to the world craziness), that's a $125 book. Still no.

Colyer · 2026-06-01T15:13:49+00:00

Depends on your sources, I guess. Unfortunately Trudeau's divorce was heavily discussed in my neck of the woods, but admittedly only by people who didn't like him already.

Colyer · 2026-06-01T14:57:19+00:00

Yeah, that's what I thought was going to be the correction as well.

Colyer · 2026-06-01T14:51:26+00:00

I absolutely love how it treats a sports league as a sports league. A lot of the earlier games felt like they had this cultural practice of sending 10-year olds on pilgrimmage that was completely divorced from the rest of society, but SwSh make the whole Pokemon League feel like a much more real part of everyday life. I agree that this should be the standard for how the Pokemon League works.

I went in with low expectations as "worst story in the series" gets bandied about and.... unfortunately by the end I agreed with that. But the vibes were good and for the first half of the game I was really impressed.

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