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STAGE SELECT:

Yakuza 0. The whole game. 

TitanFall 2. Loved the parkour/FPS hybrid. So fun. Wish the campaign were longer.

Finally, JAMMING THE FUCK OUT TO THIS SICK CRUSH 40 BEAT:

CAGE MATCH:

Basing this entirely on presentation, the "so mature" PlayStation characters and settings and butt rock of Ehrgeiz definitely get me more pumped than the more cutesy Power Stone. Also, I like to root for an underdog and I'd never heard of Ehrgeiz before, so there ya go: I'm voting for Ehrgeiz. 

Stage Select: I'd basically make a Quantic Dream style game about the couple from OutRun. That's gotta be an interesting story, right?

Cage Match: Quest 64, cause I did in fact play it (via rental) and because I know it will otherwise deservedly get crushed. 

Never heard of Void Bastard; sounds neat!

Well, now you know how I feel about JRPGs and RTS games, so there's that.

This might be the next challenge I discuss with my run club. 
And how awesome you got to meet your hero and finish the race (PLUS not come in last)! Nice!

I loved it in Kiwami 2, but I'm noticing it's making me do the same thing you described while I play Judgment and I'm not sure I like it as much now. I like to have the substories jump out at me sometimes more organically, y'know? Maybe there's a way to shut it off. 

Don't get me wrong, when I was playing Kiwami 2, I was 100% where you are now in terms of loving those markers. 

I'm on to Judgment right now, but I really want to go back and finish all the side STORIES (not content, like I've mistakenly said in the past) in Kiwami 2, because they're SO good. I still feel Kiwami was lacking in the quality of substories compared to other games in the series, but that's to be expected when I play the perfected fifth entry (0) and then play a remake of the first attempt (Kiwami). 

Still have not finished Detroit, but I want to. 

Actually, thanks for the reminder to download whatever August's PS+ games are. 

Is there a demo for Control? I wonder if that's on PlayStation right now. 

Maybe that's the key: Just reading what you're interested in instead of what you "should" read.