PixlBit

I have a funny story. My sister is ten years older than me, so when I was eight or nine, she went away to college. During this time, she dated lame guys. Around when I was ten or eleven or so, I'm not sure, she was dating this one dude, and the two of them must have been babysitting me and my younger brother, cause they took us off to the mall to hang out. I guess the guy was trying to impress my sister, as he bought me and my younger brother a copy of the Sega Genesis game, Golden Axe. My brother and I were like, "Whoa!" We played the hell out of that game. Eventually, my sister broke up with this boyfriend, and my father told me eventually some woman called him complaining the guy stole all her credit cards. Well - he may have been an asshole, but my brother and I made out like bandits. Ha ha. 

I didn't tell you guys yet, but last week I bought a 2TB drive for my PS4. I did it mostly because I heard the news Red Dead Redemption 2 needs a mandatory 100 gig install. I installed it Friday night. It went okay, except when it was time to boot up the PS4 I had the wrong system software - I had the update, not the full software. After that it went fine. Now I have a crapload of space. I reinstalled all my games, but Final Fantasy XV needed a 29 gig update. I told Joaquim and Yarger most of that is the lead character's hair, ha ha. 

I have one complaint about Dragon Quest 11, and it's a complaint I have with a lot of JRPG's - I can't use ALL my characters in combat in once. There are seven characters you collect in this game - why can't I use them all in combat at once, instead of just four? That would be rad. Final Fantasy X sort of let you do that. That's kind of why I like Last Remnant - because you have a shitload of characters and you use them all at once. 

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I saw the other day that the well-regarded 3DS game Monster Hunter Stories has been ported to mobile. The visuals have been upgraded to HD (on the 3DS they were 240P), and apparently it's a great port. At $20 it's probably cheaper than the 3DS version nowadays too. If you're not familiar with it, it's a Monster Hunter game, but with cartoon visuals and a turn-based battle system. Apparently it's very good. I'll probably get it - I need a new iPad game to play. 

I'm about ten hours into Dragon Quest 11, and just killed the Slayer in the desert. But I've also been playing Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition on the Switch. It's dope, and having played about half of the original game, I'm really impressed by how similar it is, but with a chibi flare that's a bit more simple. The combat is still interesting, and a lot of things carry over, just in a 2D way, and the story and dialogue recorded for the original game is present. There are a couple hiccups... loading times can be a bit long, and sometimes the game kind of chokes. Probably just not optimized great since it was a mobile game first. But it's really cool, and when I'm not playing it, I'm thinking about playing it. 

I just remembered something I have to share. Do you recall that game Operation:Wolf in the arcades, where the Uzi was the controller and you pointed it at the screen shooting people? It was kind of the precursor to the Terminator game. I used to play it a lot, but it was kind of shitty, but I had fun. Anyway, I remember once I was in an arcade and an adult was playing Operation: Wolf and he was saying "Fuck you!" loud every time he killed someone. He'd be like, "Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you!" I don't know why I remembered that but it's always made me laugh. 

A shitload of new games and ports were announced for Switch at the new Nintendo Direct, including classic final fantasy games (FF12 on a handheld!), a new Luigi's Mansion, and even a streaming version of the new Assassin's Creed. In addition, there are new ports of Cities: Skylines, Civilization 6, and even Wasteland 2 for god's sake. Personally, I bought Final Fantasy XV - Pocket Edition, originally a mobile game I played on my iPad, but it choked on my Air 2, so I wanted it on Switch where I'm sure it runs better. 

Last Remnant, one of my favorite JRPG's is being remastered bySquare Enix for PS4 - to be released in Japan. A Western release hasn't been announced yet. It will be a download only game. I'm hoping it will be released here.