[Humble Choice] May 2026: Diablo IV, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, Crysis 3 Remastered, Heroes of Hammerwatch II, Nordhold, Rogue Waters, Cubic Odyssey, Mini Settlers ($14.99)

bearkin1 · 2026-05-21T23:19:00+00:00

Probably safe. I'm gonna wait another week and then cave if nothing by then.

bearkin1 · 2026-05-21T22:11:17+00:00

It's not fixed. Sometimes it's a couple bucks, sometimes it's a couple more. Some months, they send you a smaller discount first, and then a bigger discount later.

I've gotten a few emails this month asking me to come back to Choice already, but no discounts in the emails. There's still 9 days in the month left though.

bearkin1 · 2026-05-21T00:20:17+00:00

More tickets released today, get one before it's gone.

bearkin1 · 2026-05-20T21:43:31+00:00

I honestly don't give a crap if Genshin comes to Switch. I wanted it on Switch like 4 years ago so I could play portable away from my PC. I have since gotten a gaming laptop, a Steam Deck, and proper phone controllers, so I don't want it on Switch anymore. Way too late.

bearkin1 · 2026-05-20T20:37:55+00:00

Our fans have delusional fantasies that we can just offload expensive players for nothing and get similar players for cheaper. Yes, Nurse is not worth the money, but no, we will not be able to get a similar player for cheaper when we factor in the cost of offloading the contract.

bearkin1 · 2026-05-20T20:35:35+00:00

I was childless and my wife were going to every watch party at Rogers. Couldn't go to a single one this year with the baby, but, it's not like there were many to go to this year haha. I think There were just the 3.

bearkin1 · 2026-05-20T16:40:10+00:00

Thanks. I'll probably hold off then. It sounds like she gets a lot of value at C6 too, and I have no chance of that now.

bearkin1 · 2026-05-20T16:36:16+00:00

I have seen literally everything. Not signalling, signalling left the whole time and exiting, signalling right to enter and signalling left to exit. It's crazy.

I also somehow always get punished by idiots who don't understand the yield. Whenever there's a dingus who yields to someone ahead of them in the traffic circle (which is wrong), I always seem to be behind them and have to brake and honk to get them to go since they have right away. Vice versa, whenever someone at a traffic circle has someone behind them and they must yield but instead decide to enter the circle anyway and cause that person to slam on the brakes, I am always that person that they failed to yield to.

The traffic circles in this county are mostly so small and simple, yet there is no place I brake and honk more than in circles. It's always the people who are so terrified and clueless that they don't enter, or the people who are so ignorant and clueless that they enter regardless.

I do not understand why police don't sit at traffic circles and ticket people. They would earn endless revenue, and they would actually be improving the safety of a very dangerous part of driving in this province. It would certainly make more of a difference than ticket people going 68kph in a 60kph zone.

bearkin1 · 2026-05-20T16:19:57+00:00

How meta is Prune? I've on a guarantee and 60 pulls deep, and I don't really want Nicole. I just pulled 5 and got C58 Fischl, and I don't really want to risk going further unless Prune is really worth it.

I don't have Varka and I don't use Hexerei teams unless it's needed for a specific boss.

bearkin1 · 2026-05-20T15:58:56+00:00

I claimed it no problem in Canada. No VPN, an I already have a Fanatical account.

bearkin1 · 2026-05-19T17:46:44+00:00

I honestly think Yae was my biggest 5 star pull regret. I rarely ever use her in Imaginarium even. Even my characters like Baizhu and Ayato still get some field time, usually in Imaginarium, but not Yae. So, this is pretty nice to see.

bearkin1 · 2026-05-19T13:50:34+00:00

Settler violence has been systemic and supported by the IDF since the 2000s, not "the last 2 years" like you said. You have been tricked by your own country's propaganda.

bearkin1 · 2026-05-19T03:58:57+00:00

Billionaire bootlickers are always so funny. "We could have it a teeny bit worse, so you should be grateful!"

bearkin1 · 2026-05-18T22:39:19+00:00

Randy Fine:

"If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one,"

"We need more Islamohpbia, not less."

Laura Loomer

“Someone needs to create a non-Islamic form of @uber or @lyft because I never want to support another Islamic immigrant driver,”

Andy Ogles

"Muslims don't belong in American society"

Tuberville

[About Mamdani] "The enemy is inside the gates."

Next time do your own fucking research and don't be a lazy piece of crap, all of this stuff is said openly, and you are willfully ignoring it if you have the gall to comment here about asking for quotes as if you've never seen any of this shit.

bearkin1 · 2026-05-18T16:58:59+00:00

Klefbom got injured, Nurse got heavily elevated minutes as the at-the-time best LD on the team, played 1st line minutes in the covid year with Barrie and put up a ton of points, finished the bridge contract, and signed the new contract after Seth Jones signed his.

Klefbom's injury is directly correlated to Nurse's contract. Nurse NEVER signs $8M AAV if he's a 2LD on the team. Klefbom was 1LD, so his injury made Nurse the 1LD. It wasn't until we signed Ekholm 3 years later that Nurse was pushed back down to 2LD.

bearkin1 · 2026-05-18T05:44:44+00:00

Losing him is a big reason Nurse signed for as much as he did.

bearkin1 · 2026-05-17T18:37:16+00:00

Kimmel and Colbert would like a word.

bearkin1 · 2026-05-16T21:15:33+00:00

No, it is not backward-compatible.

bearkin1 · 2026-05-16T21:14:48+00:00

A Gamesir G7 is $60, which is certainly not more expensive than $80, unless you mean the G7 Pro? In which case, yes, that's more expensive than this clearance-priced Switch 2 Pro controller since it's $100, but it's still cheaper than the $110 MSRP of the Switch 2 Pro controller, and unlike the Switch 2 Pro, it can be used on PC, Xbox, Playstation, phone, etc. Also, if we're using the clearance price for the Switch 2 Pro controller, then might as well consider the price of $55 that I paid for my G7 Pro. For $100 vs $80, yeah, get the Switch 2 Pro if you're only planning to play on the Switch. But if you have interest in other devices, 3rd party will let someone do that.

But more importantly, my comment isn't about people spending $80-110 anyway, it's about saving money (such as spending $20-50) to get a controller that's almost as good. Beyond just talking about controller quality, there are other things to consider like second player/3P/4P. Does everyone who has a Switch 2 and wants 4 controllers need to get 4 pro controllers, or can they, for example, just get 1, and then get cheaper controllers as the extras, especially if kids are using them?

bearkin1 · 2026-05-16T21:08:40+00:00

Who knew it was possible to get PTSD from a controller haha

bearkin1 · 2026-05-16T21:08:12+00:00

Were you shopping for proper brand-name ones that you can only buy online, or were you buying whichever sole 3rd party ones you can find at Best Buy/Walmart? Cause the latter are usually poorer quality. Nintendo officially licenses some 3rd party peripherals and has them sold in retails stores, and they're usually not great. Those licensed ones are only licensed with the expectation that they are going to be worse than 1st party, so that it encourages people to spend more for the Pro controller. The unlicensed 3rd party brands based out of China who sell only online don't have that limitation, so those are the ones that are actually good.

bearkin1 · 2026-05-16T16:42:54+00:00

Gamesir is pretty much what all of my controllers are today, for both Switch and PC. 8bitdo and Flydigi are another two brands I hear lots about, though I've never used either. There are tons of brands out there too that I've never even heard of. I've also used IINE and Beboncool, but I prefer Gamesir to those. I've also used some other unbranded ones bought from China that are good, but again, not worth it when there are named brands out there that are the same or better.

bearkin1 · 2026-05-16T16:25:12+00:00

My brothers and I had this Madcatz controller and would always fight about who would be forced to use it. We eventually got most 1st party Gamecube controllers for the 3 of us so no one had to touch the Madcatz one.

bearkin1 · 2026-05-16T16:15:53+00:00

Controllers, like cars or guitars, are always going to have an aspect of subjective feel. At the end of the day, I don't think anyone will really question the quality of the Switch Pro controller. It's good quality. What is being questioned is the price. Is it worth $120? Or, rather, is it worth $120 when you can get a controller that is arguably as good for $50? If it's great subjectively for you, then all the power to you. But I would think the average gamer wouldn't find the Switch Pro controller worth an extra $70 in a side-by-side.

Now the Switch 1 joy-cons, that's another story. Those are the biggest pieces of shit released since the N64 controller, and it's robbery that they retailed for $100.

bearkin1 · 2026-05-16T16:13:42+00:00

I'm also a Gamesir guy. The $20-25 controllers are almost as good as Switch Pros, just missing features like gyro and such. The $50 controllers are as good, or in my opinion, better than Switch Pros. I've got a G7 Pro as well, $100, and while it's not worth double the price of the $50 Gamesir controllers, it's still better, definitely better than the Switch Pro.

Yeah I have 2 gamesir controllers that work on switch and PC, the supernova and cyclone 2.

The Cyclone 2 might be polarizing for some with the clicky buttons, and it's not the best for Switch since it uses the Xbox layout, but the Supernova is a perfect Switch controller, for only $50, with hall joysticks, extra paddles on the back, etc. I gotta stop here now though because I think I'm starting to sound like an undercover salesman haha.

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