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SpeedRunners was one of my favorites to play couch co-op for.

Yeah, 3 is the one story that I just don't think is up to all that much compared to much of the rest of them. Okinawa's a really fun expansion area but that's the only major plus IMO.

The way I'd probably suggest doing Yakuza is play Kiwami 1 first (remake of the first one using the same engine that Yakuza 0 has), then play Yakuza 0 as I think some of the stuff in 0 plays really well when you already know where some of the core characters in it have ended up at the actual start of the main franchise timeline, then play Kiwami 2. And then either start working through the mid-series stuff which uses a different engine or try to the Ichiban games (which I have not gotten to yet!) out. Also while I agree on the massive scope of San Andreas that's honestly part of why it's my favorite GTA. There's something about the vast countryside in that game in particular that really appeals to me, some of it is just personal memories of playing it but also I think it gets something across about the endless sprawl of Southern California vs. the more compact nature of NYC. EDIT: Part of it is also that when I went back to Vice City like a decade ago I really did not like how the cars in that game drive, whereas I think San Andreas' cars have really good drivefeel.

just won a Knockout race online Was gunning to get up to a 6K rating but maybe I'll take a little break at 5.9K now that I've accomplished that.

My inability to win Knockout on 150cc is absolutely haunting me. Doesn't matter if it's against CPUs or online, just keep biffing it at the last hurlde. (I am proud of the second place finish I managed online yesterday, though, my general range playing against actual people is like 20th through 8th.)

Enjoyed this one so much that I got a resale ticket at about face value to see them play again the next day. Absolutely a band in the true sweet spot of having a nearly 40-year catalogue of music to pull from, the ability to perform that music for two hours, and an audience that's big enough to tour nationwide for with a full band but small and hyperpassionate enough that they can just dramatically change their setlist every night. I have also now bought a ticket to see David Byrne in November. Considering the possibility of flying to LA to see Devo and the B-52s since I really really want to see the B-52s and this mini-tour isn't coming to the Pacific Northwest at all (which is to be expected since Devo at playing a couple concerts at Seattle's zoo next month).

I am glad that the one game I've actually successfully managed to sign, The Alters, is hitting well. I've done one thing right since the draft at least.

I watched the first episode of it and was basically incapable of not seeing all the DNA that was put into it. I definitely think if I needed a show to just have on the TV while I'm killing time it would be a good pick for that but I don't.

To follow up on the MLS player payout aspect, one week after the Sounders' players protested the league made a counteroffer of 20% of the performance-based incentives, which the players association rejected, and I don't think anything has happened since. Ticket sales remain bad. In Seattle, they've closed down some of the top-level sections for the Sounders/Botafogo game tomorrow and given away free pairs of tickets to Sounders season ticket holders who bought tickets already with the idea being that they could be given away to friends and family that want to see the game. I imagine the PSG and Atletico games might not be the same story because they're games against PSG and Atletico, though. But hey, don't worry about safety, because ICE will be there to make sure that all "non-American citizens" have proof of their legal status! Absolutely cursed tournament.

Zouks being on made me want to try watching full episodes finally and yeah, this is great, I love all of this. Episode four is one of the funniest episodes of TV I've seen in a while, just every contestant at their most ridiculous. I love that Jason and Stevie are a team because they're both incredibly prone to wanton destruction, it's just that with Jason it's on purpose and with Stevie it's because she's deeply, wonderfully hapless.

Brian used to open his concert with his band playing the Barenaked Ladies song, which I only just learned about yesterday after the news broke. I saw Brian Wilson and his band perform in 2015 (with Sixto Rodriguez as the opener!) and it was one of my biggest "pinch me, I'm dreaming" concert experiences ever. He and his band, including fellow Beach Boys Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin (thereby ensuring that I'd never have any reason to go see the Mike Love version of the group), were absolutely wonderful that night and there was such a wonderful collective feeling between the crowd and the performers of feeling lucky to be there that night. Like Sly Stone who passed earlier this week and I should've made a thread for, it's sad that Brian's gone but on the other hand he could've been gone so much sooner and thankfully that didn't come to pass. Love and mercy to him, and I hope that as the wind ceased to blow it left him in a good place.

Decided that even though I kind of wanted a Switch 2 in spite of the obvious reasons to not get it I was going to wait until it took no effort whatsoever to order and get one, figuring that probably meant I wouldn't get it until the fall. Instead it arrived in the mail last night so I'm going to have to start reading through guides on what I can/should port over from my old Switch (which I do think I want to keep until I finish Ace Attorney Investigations 1/2 because that's a thing I'll play on walks).

I truly loved the six months or so I was really into Fallout 76 at the height of the pandemic and I'm glad it still has an audience but I'm probably never coming back. I wonder if John Carpenter is still super-into it, I love that there are seemingly some senior citizens for whom that's the game.

might also need to create a power ranking for the most violently English video games announced this weekend

suddenly "Cronos: A New Dawn" appeared