Turns out I'm actually enjoying ToS: Dawn of the New World. It has its issues, but being released 5 years after its prequel comes with certain improvements to combat and presentation. If this game is trash, then you need to play more games.

Got done with Tales of Symphonia. It's my second favorite Tales game out of the 5 I've played. It really is the prototypical Tales game I thought it'd be, but it's not as amazing I'd hoped. People have overhyped it a bit. Onto the sequel, I guess...

FotN: Lost Paradise (and its awesome super boss) done! While it suffers in the story department, it was refreshing to get new mechanics in a Yakuza game. Hokuto techniques are fun and the Yakuza cast was great in the new roles. Still, no tiger punching?

Nothing like losing half a day on your phone getting couragous and wanting a system update, which then results it needing a factory reset. At least I only lost my browser tabs.

Good lord, paying back the debt in FotN: Lost Paradise is the worst. I didn't ask for this amount of realism in my anime game about punching thugs until they explode!

Science is nothing but claiming something you hope is true, finding sources that support that belief and feeling really smug when you do.

#WesLovesBunnyGirlsWednesday

Holy shit, Lost Paradise is rad. It has a rhythm minigame where you alternate between beating up thugs and healing people! You can charge Ken's dropkick in mid-air! You can pick up the SCREAMS of people and use it as a weapon to beat other people up!

Help. I'm stuck in the Yakuza hostess management pit again and I can't see a way out. I'm gonna be stuck here for HOURS. At least Kenshiro looks good in a suit.

I love the game references in Infamous: Festival of Blood. They really pin the game to the exact time of its release. Not pictured: Ghoul of Duty: Modern Gorefare.

While perusing the PSN sale, I saw that Infamous: Festival of Blood was on sale for cheap. I've long been interested in it and now it's in a good price range. Anyone here familiar with it? Seems short, but cool.

Resonance of Fate 4K is on sale on the EU PSN store and the PC version is still garbage. Only one thing to do.

Disregarding the actual game for bit, I find it really interesting that this trailer for Dark Devotion succinctly describes the game with this level of detail. Kinda wish more games pitched themselves like this. Might be too honest for some games though.

Let's get some diversity up in here! #BunnyBoysForWes

Lategame Sekiro bosses are just Souls-bosses with Must Style Mode turned on.

Say, what is the consensus on the Suffering games? I've played a bit of the first one and while it's not scary, it's certainly engaging thanks to the gunplay, the pacing and the monster design. But I never hear people talking about them for some reason.

Say what you will about GameStop, but at least they bothered to keep Lost Paradise in stock 6 months after release for a decent price. Now the question is, can I survive playing 3 Yakuza games in a single year? I managed 2 last year.

Yo, Troy Baker and Nolan North have a let's play channel and they're playing Uncharted!

I beat The Surge. Never before has a game kept me so captivated by being designed so poorly. Not one session went by without me being able to easily pinpoint something that was just designed wrong. It'd make a good final test for game design students.

Since it's free on PS+, I tried The Surge. It's neat, but quickly loses steam. Areas are samey, the plot is barely there, combos are clunky and the drop system is incredibly stingy. Not to mention that enemies usually take half your health per hit.

If anyone's curious what difference skill (and the skipping of some content) makes, I cleared the normal ending of Sekiro in 40 hours and the bad ending in 7 and a half hours. Gonna hold off doing the other two endings for a while.

Sekiro defeated! What a hell of a ride that was. While I can't make a proper call on it yet, I have to commend it for having the least amount of lame bosses in a From Software action game to date. Story was kinda lacking though, needed something more.

Seems like the translation of Sekiro is a bit lacking. Which is why there's now a retranslation mod out there to fix things. I might try it for my second playthrough.

Eat dirt, Sekiro bonus boss! My fiery ambition burns brighter than your flames and my strategy tops your infernal fireballs! And after learning your tells, I demote you from Orphan of Kos class to Darkeater Midir class. All you have is a big health bar!

I am seriously running out of PS2 games to collect, but I'm glad to finally have these in my possession. They're prime spookathons. A shame only 2 got any rerelease love. They deserve a HD trilogy of some kind.

Ever been so mad at Sekiro that you wanna summon a magic gatling gun and shoot the screen to pieces? I haven't gotten to that point yet, but I get the feeling that the final few bosses won't be kind to me.

Me being me, my break from Sekiro consisted of finishing DMCV on Son of Sparda. The last few missions took a while, but it made me appreciate the combat even more. The buff to Royal Guard is so much fun. I'm feeling ready for Bloody Palace tomorrow!

Pictured: My reactions to Sekiro pulling out more and more difficult encounters. I think it's time for a break.

Wow, this week flew by. Have a cat girl. #CatGirlFriday

After writing my (hopefully) last exam ever, I donated blood directly afterwards. Somehow, I am not currently dying.