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More Skylanders Superchargers today. 

Lots of stress for me this week with a change in management at my work. The unknown, waiting for the new boss to show, is worse than anything. I think I went through several levels of depression and anxiety this week and it's not over yet, not until Tuesday and I go back to work and see what's what. So I've been having trouble completely enjoying the games I've been playing, but I played them nonetheless: a short session on Saturday playing Peggle and Defense Grid 2, and then a whole day of it on Sunday with Skylanders Superchargers. Breakdown ensues (although not my mental breakdown. That's incomplete and hopfully stays that way). 

Gamestop's having their 3-for-2 sale on Wii games this week, so I bought a bunch. Here's a pic:

I know I said I wouldn't do it, but I did anyway. I thought about how some rpgs on Nintendo systems tend to go scarce out here in the wild soon after release, so I thought I'd better lock this one up.

Monday was a day of e-sport, a day of whimsy. Lots of time spent in front of a TV with a controller in hand. It's what we do, we gamers. Halo, Peggle, Skylanders. It's genres all over the place, but that's how I like it. On to the details. 

On Friday and Saturday I finished up with The Order 1886 and Crystal Defenders. Next on my backlog list was Halo: C.E. so Mark and I played it within The Master Chief Collection on XBO part of Saturday and all day Sunday. Here's a breakdown. 

At last I am done hunting down Skylanders, for now. I got the last Superchargers figure I wanted and got a second copy of the game to give to my friend Mark. Along the way, I picked up a few figures from the other games that I didn't have. I'm really down to the very last few figures on my list I made last December. Here's a pic:

I have just about all I can find on sale out here in the wild for Superchargers stuff now. There's only one figure left and I'd like to pick up a second copy of the game for my friend Mark so we can do the co-op/multiplayer races. I already have extra portals from my other starter packs and the loose game is only $5. So I may make one more run tomorrow. Anyway, here's the last big haul shown below:

 Another day, another set of Superchargers and amiibos. Basically I'm only buying amiibos if I can't find five Superchargers to fit the buy 2-get-3-free sale at Gamestop and only ones that I like. Shovel Knight is fantastic. I need one of me called Driver Knight. That'd be cool. I also got one Trap Team character for the same reason. I didn't have him. He's the one with the gigantic scissors. 

Monday I had to truck Mark over to the doctor and so I had some time to kill in the waiting room. I brought my DS and played some Contra 4. This game looks great. Makes me think of Contra III Alien Wars on SNES that I played years ago. You have a grappling hook that can move you up to the upper screen on the DS. That mechanic was pretty cool. The game plays great too, but it's darn hard, as most of the Contra games are. I could stand it only a little while, so I took a gander at what else I had on my old DS. I hadn't used it in quite a while. I found Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition there. I think it was given away free at the 30th anniversary of Zelda and I must've grabbed it. Well I dug in again and got really into it. You can play it solo and just switch back and forth between two characters. You solve puzzles and fight Zelda style. It was fun and it took up the time I had to wait, which wasn't all that long it turned out. I wanted to keep playing it. I put it on my backlog list just now. I think I forgot I had it. So I'll dig into it for real sometime in the future.