Month: February 2024

Pick a card…

Once this gets posted around everywhere, I plan on streaming for the first time in a while and it’s a game we talk about in the opening segment of the show. A little card game called Balatro.

The idea to stream it came to me as I was trying to explain it on the air and just figured streaming would be an easier way to show you how it plays. I may dip back into some pinball today as well – just for nostalgia sake. Maybe.

But that’s about today, what did we talk about on the show? Well, not really one specific thing after trying to explain Balatro. We covered Nintendo’s dev showcase thing they did earlier this week with not much to mention from that. There’s also the Elden Ring DLC but, again, not much to mention from that.

Then there’s the position Sony is sitting in. With no new franchise games being released until the midway to latter half of next year, what are they gonna do? My guess, given that GTA6 is coming next spring, is that we’ll get our midway revamp of the PS5 sometime this fall. GTA6 will not get a release on the previous generation consoles so those who want to play it are going to need to have a Series X or a PS5. And that game WILL absolutely move console sales. Having yours out there touting the best on the market is probably a good way to get that system sold for that specific game. And I don’t think Microsoft has any plans to release a Series X.5 just yet.

Something else with no plans of a release anytime soon…is Splinter Cell. Ubisoft, it’s been 3,822 days since a new Splinter Cell game (non-animated series or guest spot in another game franchise, remake, BBC radio drama, or VR exclusive) was released.

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Cool. Cool Cool Cool.

The PC is running again and not having any overheating issues as before. Totally something borked with the AIO. I do NOT recommend the Lian Li Galahad AIO (at least anything from 2021 or before). They actually discovered a manufacturer error in the build so avoid those AIO’s from the years mentioned. I have no idea how they perform since then and they’ve made quite a few advancements so, who knows?

As for gaming, it’s been a low key week for myself, personally, just because of the PC issues I was having. Now that it’s all fixed I plan to dive into a lot of demos from the Next Fest that happened last week (if they still work) and put more time into Baldur’s Gate or, maybe, jump into Helldivers 2 since that seems to be the big thing at the moment and may actually scratch my Destiny itch.

As for this episode, we talked about my AIO issues but also all the news from Xbox and Playstation this week. Xbox expanding their exclusives outside of their ecosystem and Sony dialing it back on what to expect from Playstation in the coming wee…mont…well, year, actually.

But you know what could immediately fix that for Sony? Splinter Cell.

Ubisoft, it’s been 3,815 days since a new Splinter Cell game (non-animated series or guest spot in another game franchise, remake, BBC radio drama, or VR exclusive) was released.

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Our apologies for the tardiness of this post and the complete lack of a video to accompany it.

I’ve recently run into computer issues so, for now, you’ll only be getting the audio portion of the show. I’ve got all the video stuff saved and ready to go, it’s just going to have to wait for now. We talk about the issues in this episode and, honestly, it has dominated my thoughts over the last few days.

That’s mainly because I can’t really do anything with my PC outside of maybe browsing a tab or two on google and some work related things. Gaming is, sadly, off the table for now. I’ll know in a few days when the replacement gets here but it seems to involve the CPU cooler. It’s an AIO and I hope to have more info to you by the time the next episode comes around – it’s a whole process with RMA and what not.

In the meantime, I got to spend a very short amount of time with some Steam Next Fest demos. And now I get to really put in some work on the steam deck and the consoles given they’re the only way I can game on anything currently. Hell, I’m even writing this on a laptop so I can spend as little time as possible with my main PC on and running.

Yes. It has gotten that bad.

Oh well, the waiting never ends.

Speaking of waiting, and waiting, and waiting…Ubisoft, it’s been 3,808 days since a new Splinter Cell game (non-animated series or guest spot in another game franchise, remake, BBC radio drama, or VR exclusive) was released.

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Lead me not into temptation…

The amount of times I have said that to myself in relation to gaming. I’m currently being lulled into the new Rocksteady game. I shouldn’t be, but I am. After seeing so many previews of the game leading up to this release I was NOT on board for it. I had no interest and was pretty sad that Rocksteady had gone in this direction and just didn’t stick to Batman.

But I get being tired of doing the same thing over and over again and we should applaud risks – especially in gaming where a lot of the time we get more of the same. And there’s a place for that and other teams who can work on that, but you’ve got to branch out and try something new. I think Rocksteady were doing that, but Warner stepped in and told them they could but it needed to be wrapped up in a DC comics skin.

Regardless, after launching and reading forum posts of people who’ve played it, I find myself falling for their hype. Hype anywhere else for this game is nonexistent. Reviews are tanking it (although I’m about to give the Digital Foundry video a look) and most other people who haven’t actually played the game are crapping on it as well. Still, I look to the folks who have actually played it and I’m not getting the stink like I am from everyone else.

There could be something there. Something fun for a little while at least, but something that, for me at the moment, isn’t worth the SEVENTY dollar price tag they want. You take thirty bucks off that and I’m probably in. Maybe. Perhaps. Possibly.

One game I’m certain I won’t wait for a sale on is Splinter Cell. Ubisoft, it’s been 3,801 days since a new Splinter Cell game (non-animated series or guest spot in another game franchise, remake, BBC radio drama, or VR exclusive) was released.

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