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I need to play my copy of the Dead Space 1 remake ...

David Comey, the attorney that rocks?! I've lived here since June of '23 and never heard of him. 

I DID get irrationally excited when I saw a Hulu ad for Jim Adler, the Texas Hammer, though. 

NWP DID WHAT

Ooohhh, ghost stories huh? Nice!

Yup. The Texas Rangers, the baseball team I grew up with, is in the World Series thanks in part to Creed. Go figure. 

Then the Vikings QB said he took a page from the Rangers (baseball team I grew up wathcing) before one of their wins, recently.

The Texas Rangers played Creed in the locker room to get themselves pumped up and since they're in the World Series, it seems to have worked. 

Hello, presumed fellow Texas Rangers fan (maybe)! Glad to be back, thank you! 

STAGE SELECT:

I will not spend one red cent/yen/rupee/euro/peso/virtual Dave & Buster's coupon or whatever form of in-game currency on anything except HP, MP, and items the game tells me I *have* to buy in order to advance. If there's a way to get any of those things that takes five hours, my real life sanity and joy, and the chance at a fulfilling life yet costs no money, that's what I'm doing ... unless there's a substory dedicated to my character buying their likeness as a billion-yen gold statue, in which case buying that IS the game now. 

Speaking of substories, I have to complete every single one as it becomes available but I will 100% quit a game, even if I'm digging the main story, when too many substories are avilable at once. This goes triple if there are side quests I have to complete to stay properly leveled that have very little story and lots of repetitive bullshit. 

This is similar to my penchant for taking way too much time trying to find every special/secret item in a game on the first playthrough, then immediately giving up and possibly quitting the game the second I miss one I can't easily go back and grab. 

Likewise, if a "puzzle" in the main game consists of finding something on a map without clear directions or hints, I fucking hate that "puzzle," and we find ourselves in game quittin' territory once again if it takes more than ten minutes to find whatever it is. 

TL;DR version: I am a completionist who will fold at the first sign something will be too difficult to complete ... unless it saves me video game money. 

VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH:

Look, you put the title Beatdown: Fists of Vengeance next to anything else, I'm gonna root for Beatdown: Fists of Vengeance. Put Beatdown: Fists of Vengeance next to my only child? I'm hoping Beatdown: Fists of Vengeance gets a W. Does my cat who's become a friend and family member pass away or does Beatdown: Fists of Vengeance get to win a contest? I'm riding with Beatdown: Fists of Vengeance all the way to the Thunder Dome underneath the Slamarama! Will I have to live cold, alone, and hungry on the streets for the rest of my life if Beatdown: Fists of Vengeance gets to say it won the day? 

... Turns out, I'm a selfish narcissist and now that I've thought about consequences for ME, I'll go ahead and vote Neverwinter Nights. 

First off, that's definitely a Julian thing, the pronunciation of Iceland. Having said that, his fellow Texan (me) approves of Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men, as well as Aqua. That second bit is cause I'm also Julian's fellow Austinite ... moving on. 

STAGE SELECT:

I love to hate Kuze in Yakuza 0 so much it sorta turns into love again, but there's definitely a "WHEN IS THIS GUY GONNA QUIT/DIE" element there. 

To some level, I love to hate the unaccepting parents in Walking sims like "Gone Home," but that's not necessarily hate either. More disappointment. 

Finally, once Life is Strange: Before the Storm is over, I kinda (unfairly) hate Max. The "love" part of it comes from that being justice for all the hate Chloe got in the first game (from me too, not gonna lie). Man, context is a hell of a drug.