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I played a little more Golf Story, but mostly on Saturday I was obsessed with Axiom Verge, getting up to and beating the second boss. I really haven't played a game like this in ages, where it requires hand eye coordination and quick reflexes, and I'm really enjoying it. Takes me back to my illustrious youth... sigh.  But seriously, I'm impressed. The sound and music is great, the mechanics are interesting, and the control is really polished and tight. 

I've played through two of the golf course levels in Golf Story now, and I really like the game. It's nice and chill and relaxing, and golfing isn't easy. But it's also a cute story and a neat little world, kind of like a Golf JRPG. Very interesting concept, and I enjoy it. 

Bought Golf Story. It's downloading now while the Switch charges.  I also played Primrose's story in Octopath Traveller. It's actually a much better story/scenario than the male warrior's, which i found a bit cliche. There's less action, but the story is interesting. I did not beat it. I faced the last boss twice, and after he killed me the second time after I had prepared for the battle, I said fuck it. Fuck it. 

Been playing Mario Kart on the Switch. I must be out of it, and didn't play much of the Wii U version, cause these levels are nuts! Some I recognize but other ones are blowing my mind. And they're beautiful to look at, panoramic, and vast. Very cool.

I realized I had space on my computer today so I installed Stellaris again, and hope to play it a little later. But at the same time, I'm kind of pissed I need to play it on my computer - why can't I play it on my Switch?  Though it is not without it's flaws, as far as I'm concerned, console gaming is sort of perfect with the Switch in that I can either play at my TV - or anywhere, without skipping a beat. While the Switch is certainly getting its share of games as time goes on, every game I want to play I end up wishing I had on the Switch. It's kind of a fucked up curse. I look at my other consoles and say to myself: "Why can't you be more like the Switch?" I end up wishing Dragon Quest VIII wasn't on 3DS, but Switch. The same for the new Final Fantasy IX and even Final Fantasy 12, which I have also been playing. If I could play these on Switch, I think I would be more productive with them. 

First of all, while Squeenix is heralding the HD cut scenes, they're just ok - still beautiful, but not near as detailed as the HD cut scenes of X and XII - which is understandable. Secondly, the backgrounds look a little old, and while FFIX had some of the best pre-rendered backgrounds of the era, they don't translate too well to being blown up in HD, so sometimes they look kinda bad.  However, what's really impressive is how good the 3D models of the characters look - and not use the main characters either. I'm seeing new details on characters that were so blurry before, and they really have a cute life to them now. For the main characters especially, they have been given new life, as their faces blink and you can see them in crystal clear detail. It's just too bad they couldn't do much with the pre-rendered backgrounds. 

yup. As soon as I heard about it I powered up the PS4 and found it in the store. Haven't played it yet, but after writing time, it will be Zidane time. One of my favorite games of all time, and I'm looking forward to it.  I waited on buying the ipad and PC version, and got this version instead for $16. I'm pretty happy about it!

Played the demo. Has a great look to it with a lot of neat details. I played the guy's quest, but after it ended it seemed like I could keep on going. I'm gonna investigate that. I'll check out the girl, Primrose, later.