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I played this last weekend for a rewards quest and quite enjoyed it. I played for a couple of hours, a little past when I got the quest finished. It seems like a 16th or 17th-century setting but with magic and alchemy that actually works. You fight with swords and magic and complete quests that reveal more of the story through dialogs with townspeople some of which you have some choices as to how to respond. 

I'm not much into hunting but I'll try anything for Rewards points on Xbox One. This was a monthly quest to gather 100 of something or other in this game. I could never figure out what I was supposed to gather, but I played until it sprung. 

I looked up games played in the Renaissance and decided on Tennis. The origins of the game extend back into the middle ages, but it's in the 16th century that rackets and the word "tennis" started being used. I used to play a lot of competitive tennis in my teens but now it's just in video games. I picked up this game on Xbox One for free called World of Tennis: Roaring '20s and found it pretty enjoyable, although definitely not as realistic a simulation as Tennis World Tour. 

There will be four comics Wednesdays this month. Sometimes I get something video game related, but even if I don't, comics go in my toy box with games and miniatures; they all seem to go together. So this is what I got today. 

I always mean to play the Assassin's Creed games but I never seem to get to them. Luckily my theme for the month, The Renaissance (16th century), fits with the setting of this game, and I already had it probably as a free download from my Games with Gold membership. 

The First Sakura Wars game to be localized in English in 2010 for the Wii, Sakura Wars: So Long My Love combines tactical turn-based combat, dating sim, and visual novel gameplay elements. You play as male character Shinjiro Taiga who is given the assignment to head a demon battling female warriors/performers called Combat Review in New York City. 

Rolling through the games. 

I suddenly got the notion to get back into comic reading. I picked up a few things today and will go back every Wednesday to see what's new. I'm not sure I'll follow what I used to, so we'll see, but here's what I got today. 

Gaming on Sunday. Absurdist lunacy filled in the gaps between games and all during. Appearing that day were such dadaesque creations as Captain Crunch (The one who crunches too much, not the cereal character) and Boo Bop from Tway (the one who speaks the undecipherable nonsense language which strangely sounds like variations on the McDonalds "I'm lovin' It" jingle). Read on if you dare (actually much less crazy than this opening paragraph).

Video games that is. A heaping bunch of stuff I touched on today, thanks to Xbox rewards quests, but I finally got back to my main game, Dragon Quest XI S. Here's the lot.