It’s been a few weeks and in that time I seemed to have found some games to actually put some time into. Nothing new, of course, but given I haven’t played them yet, they’re new to me.
Recently I finished Astro’s Playroom. This was a pack-in title with the PS5. A console purchased in November of 2020. And it’s so very weird to go back and finish something that you hadn’t touched since January of 2021. There’s a few trophies from the game that scatter from November of 2020 to January 2021 and then a MASS of them all within the most recent weeks. And that’s the weird part. If it wasn’t pulling me in then, why now?
I don’t know. It’s over with and was a fun little title and pretty cool to get as a free download – we don’t really get a lot of those anymore with our console purchases – or at least we didn’t back then. We still don’t but the Switch 2 did have the option of getting it with Mario Kart World. And if you buy an Xbox I think it comes with a month free of Gamepass which is a massive library to pick from, so I guess it isn’t all bad there.
It was fun to find games again to play, and continue to play – not just a few moments of gaming and then be done with it. I’m hoping the streak will continue because I’ve got a lot more to look into or just to continue to play. With some new stuff on the horizon as well. Oh! Hey! The two Horizon games I haven’t played either.
Still no Splinter Cell game to play, yet. But next month we get an animated series. Sorry, Ubisoft, fine print says that doesn’t count. We want a brand new entry into the series. And it has been 4,402 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.
Also, there’s been 4,400 job losses in the gaming industry since January 1, 2025.
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