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I know I'm on an island here, but I watched the first two episodes and found it really plodding and dull.

I think I'm towards the end of chapter 13 and there's just one more to go. I don't think the Weapon was named, but I might just have missed it.

I'm rounding towards the end of the game and traversing Gongaga has been the worst part so far. That and Chadley.

Speaking of players going to a division rival, I'm really hoping Danielle Hunter ends up on the Bears.

Commando.

Won three runs yesterday while I was waiting for FFVII Rebirth to drop. Two of the wins centered around getting three of a kind or even just pairs or high cards. Got some jokers that really boosted those hands. The other win was a struggle until ante six where I got a x3 multiplier (rather than the typical + multiplier) joker. At that point it became a cakewalk. I've been watching a few people play on YouTube though and have no clue how they're stacking eight or nine jokers, all with multiple abilities on them.

It's so good!

It's here!

I bought Balatro last night after seeing the buzz. I'm not normally into deck-builders or roguelikes but I downloaded Balatro at 9pm and stayed up until 2am playing it. Only got as far as ante 7 but just one more go and I'll win...

Is anyone else finding the Junon section of the demo ridiculously hard? I don't know if I've just forgotten how the combat works or something but I tried one of the Monster Hunter-style quests and got killed. Then I tried the first boss and got absolutely wasted. It was a level of difficulty that felt decidedly unfun.

So...I might have just neglected most of my life for the last week and blazed through Persona 3. They did their best to improve Tartarus while staying true to the original but it still felt like a bit of a slog. Other than that though, I enjoyed it a great deal. The story landed better with me now as an adult who's suffered more than a fair share of loss in his life than it did when I first played it in my early twenties. Koromaru and Aigis in particular got me in the feels quite a few times. Now back to reading 1Q84 before Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth drops.

It looks amazing but the State of Play also looked like it was going to spoil most of the cool moments from the game so I switched it off after a few minutes. Not sure if I'll bother with the demo or not as I'm deep into Persona 3 Reload at the moment.

Managed to do it by spamming BP-raising concoctions with Castti, breaking shields with Ochette and using Hikari to dish out mega damage in the first phase. Then hit it with Divine Brilliance from Temenos to finish it off quickly in the second phase. Most my characters were around level 90.

Managed to polish off Octopath Traveler 2. Going to see if I can get the plat before Persona 3 Reloaded drops but I've heard the super boss is a tough one so might have to leave it.

There were three games we had big leads in going into the final five minutes or so. We should have really finished 10-7 but the playcalling on both sides of the ball got super conservative towards the end of those games. Hopefully Flus can learn from that going into next season.