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2024 E3 Season Takeaways

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               Whoa, easy there Philly, you know you’re promoting games right?   “ It’s just not true that if we go off and build great games, all of the sudden you’re going to see console shares shift” is what you said. What a strange take, also; THAT’S EXACTLY HOW IT WORKS…   Hello, the “E3” season is mostly over with the ever mysterious Nintendo waiting to drop whatever they’ve got tucked away on us at some point in the next four months but surprisingly what I saw got me excited about gaming for the first time in a while and more surprisingly it was mostly from the Xbox showcase.             I haven’t really been genuinely excited about games for a long time because Sony and Xbox’s first party stuff haven’t really done anything for me and everything else has been hero shooters, other multiplayer focused crap or soulslikes. Nintendo always delivers which is fine but it’s nice to see the others doing SOMETHING for a change. Just recently I’ve been playing Astro’s Playroom in betwe

Slow NPCs, Infinite Xbox Controllers and PS Missing IPs

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              Hello. Nothing really going on at the moment, some exciting news has been popping up here and there with the “E3 season” upon us but nothing I really have comments on. Monster Hunter Wilds is looking pretty hype, 40k Space Marine 2 looks fun, Mechanicus 2 was a pretty cool announcement, Tactical Breach Wizards demo, Zenless Zone Zero is almost here and who knows if that’ll be any good. A lot of single player/co-op stuff on my radar are releasing soon so that’s cool but I have a ton of stuff I’ve been sitting on that I haven’t played/finished so I’m kind of trying to do that. I got Animal Well on my Steam Deck to play at work on breaks, I’ve been playing Astro’s Playroom and Assassin’s Creed Mirage and Hellblade 2 and Ghost of Tsushima (on PC) just came out so yeah. But there have been random things I’ve noticed that I wanted to blather on about for a bit.             I don’t understand in games when you have an NPC talking and walking with you why they can never finish