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Atari Flashback Classics Vol. 3 is MIA at Gamestop and everywhere else at the moment, so I'm still waiting. I played Banner Saga 1 for a while and then saw my friend Mark playing Victor Vran (a Games with Gold freebee recently) and saw a Diablo III look-a-like. How could I resist that? I switched, and we both played it the rest of the time. 

I'm down to four achievements I can't make any headway on, so I'm quitting until December's DLC drops. 

So, I'm playing Banner Saga 3, and I get cheated out of a win, yet again, by this game. Twice during a battle I'm not allowed to make the attack I want because of some technicality I wasn't aware of. Do I have to read a book to figure this game out? Well, I'm out. I quit. 

I knocked off a few more achievements today. It looks like I'm nearly done for the time being until the big DLC drops in December. Here's a breakdown. 

I preordered Atari Flashback Classics Volume 3 today at Gamestop. It comes out on Friday. Weird how they don't announce anything in advance for this game. But I'm thrilled to get it so soon. I also picked up Culdcept Revolt for 3DS again because it dipped below $20. I've played it before, but I wanted it in my collection. The game's AI frustrates the heck out of me, but I love the basic gameplay of the game so much, I'll play it again anyway. Here's a pic. 

Forza Horizon has change of seasons, rain, snow, and a day/night cycle, but no extreme weather. Wouldn't it be nice if a Sharknado blew through sometimes? 

Xbox One was offline for some unknown reason. That turned out to be a good thing because I got some serious time with Red Dead Redemption II on PS4. I did so many different things in such a short time in this game, I don't know where to start, but I'll try.

I surprised myself by sticking to Forza Horizon 4 today. Seems there was more to do. I got in on some Team Adventure matches and raised my rank. I've got to get to rank 10 to qualify for a League. I'm not sure how far down that road I will go though because the races, capture the flag and Infected matches aren't all that interesting to me. I'll see what the League prizes are though. Mark is going to create a team tomorrow, so I'll join and see what that's all about. 

Somehow I got to all of these today. I had Luigi's Mansion ready to go too, but didn't get to that. 

I found the Banner Saga soundrack in my copy of the Trilogy Bonus Edition. It was under the game disc where I didn't expect it. I'm so happy about finding it. I listened to it all day today and it's great. It's mornfull and sounds, at times, like a dirge or funeral music, but that's sort of the situation in the game. The characters are facing an apocalypse and many die fighting it. I imagine the music is sourced from old Norse folk music. There are men's chorus', blowing of horns, the clatter of percusion, it has a martial tone at times but there are softer moments too. I keep hearing echoes of the theme to the 1982 film Conan The Barbarian too. Also Shostakovich.