Jim Norman, Staff Writer
Like last weekend, I’ll mostly be pouring my heart and soul into Hades over the next couple of days. I haven’t finished a full run yet (I had to take a break for my own reason after getting to the second stage of Hades’ attack before I died) but I’m determined it will come soon. Nice little game, huh?
I’ve also been going back to A Link Between Worlds since the Echoes of Wisdom trailer made me think of the last original top-down adventure. It must be said, Nintendo knows how to make a game! The puzzles are still glorious, even after 10 years, and the art style is so incredibly charming. Go Nintendo, give us one last Switch port…
Ollie Reynolds, staff writer
I recently picked up Jeff Minter’s Akka Arrh along with some of these Atari refilled titles, so I’m very much in the arcade space at the moment. Akka Arrh has a somewhat confusing onboarding process (as most Minter games do, to be honest), but once you ‘get the hang of it’, there really isn’t anything else like it.
Elsewhere, I’m dipping my toes back into Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. I still haven’t finished it, but I thought that rather than trying to pick up where I left off, I’d better start over. There’s a reason many consider it to be From’s best work to date; it’s brutal but wonderful.
Kate Gray, Contributor
This weekend I’m free from family obligations, which means… I feel like playing games again! Except this time, I’m playing TWO games for review, so… this is what I’m playing. And I can’t talk about them.
On Steam, I have some stuff for sale! Subnautica 2, NoitaAND Murders with pain. I’ve only dived into Subnautica so far, and it was a good time. I stole a baby alien penguin from its parents and now I have no idea what to do with it. Do not?
Oh, and this week, I finished Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. It’s as incredible as I remember it, further proving that I’m always right about video games and everyone should listen to me. Some of the chapters are very retarded (looking at you, Boggly Woods), but it’s not too bad with all the shortcuts they added in the shoot! Now I can play Super Mario RPG, which I bought with a game voucher during that “buy game vouchers and get a ton of gold points” offer. Yes!
Goncalo Lopes, Contributor
Did you know that I am addicted to a certain shade of blue? It happens only in the summer, just before noon, the sky turns a deep shade of deep blue that stretches forever. But what is this annoying ringing sound that interrupts my trance? Ah, the missile jam warning. An Erusian fool is trying to put a missile on my tail. Calm blue skies will have to wait.
You guessed it, my entire weekend will be spent (re)playing Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown – Deluxe Edition to tackle my most challenging mission yet: writing the most comprehensive review ever for the most unlikely/unlikely Switch conversion yet! Keep watching the (virtual) skies…
Alana Hagues, Deputy Editor
My gaming time consists of a lot of Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail or Elden Ring, and will continue until I get bored (FFXIV) and until I beat the DLC (Elden Ring, which I’m not even from – damn you, Maliketh!) . As for the Switch, there’s a lot going on there too, mostly older stuff this time!
Starfy dropping to NSO means I’ll be checking out a series of games I’ve always wanted to play. What a nice little idea to put out some simple to understand Japanese only titles on NSO. Certainly better than nothing. And I’m going to replay Undertale in preparation for a podcast with some friends. It’s still one of my favorite indies of all time, so I’m excited to revisit it. Have a nice day!
We have this planned for the weekend, but you? You can tell us what game you’ll be running in the poll below, and then head to the comments to share what else you’ve got in the cards.