The Beginning of Something
I haven’t forgotten about you. I have however been working on an idea that has been percolating for a while now. Something I’ve been wanting to do for a while now is game capture, then I got my laptop and I figured I’d get round to it. Last week I finally got round to downloading a bunch of programmes to get it done. After a lot of frustration, mainly because I couldn’t work out what was going wrong with my audio, I finally managed to edit together some footage from WWF(E) No Mercy. It’s pretty lo-fi but I’m quite proud of it considering I’ve never done any editing before. It feels as though it’s going to be a very steep learning curve but I’m looking forward to giving it a proper go. I do have something in mind for what I’m going to get stuck into first though. Keep an eye out for something coming very soon.
So onto what else I’ve been up to over the weekend. Death Stranding is still taking up most of my brain space, I’ve moved onto the next area of the game and started to encounter the ‘Preppers’. I don’t know if these guys are of the same ilk as John Goodman in 10 Cloverfield Lane yet but I get the feeling after meeting a few of them I may meet with some resistance. I also got some rather impressive additions to the arsenal. I unlocked a bolo gun that apparently can be modded to fight the B.T.s further adding even more reassurance that I won’t get too badly ruffed up by them. My personal favourite new in-game toy is my new exo suit legs. I’m running around with an extra zip in my step. Pretty sure if I upgrade them I may be able to go full portal and survive massive drops in them but that all remains to be seen.
I am however still not in possession of Last of Us 2. I am steering well clear of reviews and videos, I loved the first one and actually have that to play through again before I get stuck into 2. Luckily the same friend that very graciously let me borrow both Maneater and Death Stranding ended up with both a physical and digital version (don’t ask). Once I’m through delivering packages across the kind of post apocalyptic landscape that even Max Rockatansky would have second thoughts about tackling, I have another equally bleak world’s story to experience.
There’s also been a couple of very cool announcements this week. EA revealed that they have 7 games to the Switch along with a bunch of other titles, including one that has a lot of people excited. Star Wars Squadrons looks amazing. I cannot wait to get my hand on it. I loved the Rogue Squadron games, and while the dogfights in Battlefront are fun (and I’m not too shabby at them), there has been a definite gap in the market for a strong single player story told in the Star Wars universe using this specific mechanic for a long time. Cyberpunk 2077 has been delayed, again, pushing it back to November. I am a little disappointed because I am very much looking forward to it, and what makes this one sting is the fact that it will most likely launch the same month as the PS5 and that’s where all my money towards the end of the year is going (other than on Christmas gifts for my loved ones obviously). Nintendo announced a whole load of new content. From showing off the Isle of Armor DLC for sword and shield, to a new Pokemon Snap as well as a new app designed for kids to encourage them to brush their teeth, the Pokemon Company are gonna be raking in the cash by the truckload. To be fair though I do love the design of the Pokemon on Smile.
The most exciting piece of news for me personally however is EA finally pulling the finger out and giving us a look at Skate 4. I lost so much time to this series that it’s not even funny. I would spend hours skating the same spot over and over and over and over and over…and over again until I nailed that kickflip to bluntslide to landing a perfect varial heelflip out. While the game frustrated me, it also gave me a way to relax my mind when I was having a particularly loud day in my head. From looking at me you probably wouldn’t assume that I can skate, or maybe you would, what with the fact I still dress like Bam Margera, but skating was always my go to when I needed to relax and get out of my head for a bit. The Skate games gave me that same sense of relaxation. So a new addition to the series is,at least from my humble perspective, a welcome one.
So that’s it from me. Apologies for missing Friday’s entry but it meant I could learn to edit videos so there was a positive pay off. Remember you can follow me on Instagram, Facebook and now over on YouTube. I’m going to be posting some cool content over there over the next few weeks.
Cheers for stopping by.
J
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