bev! @TonicBH@computerfairi.es

New Patreon post: It's Soldier of Fortune: Payback.

The gore-filled action shooter franchise gets one more installment. And it feels like a direct-to-video sequel that's only tangentially related.

Available now for all Patreon subscribers: https://www.patreon.com/posts/soldier-of-low-143947751

I have been slowly chipping away at an article idea I might go with, to keep up with my habit of covering a mediocre-to-bad game in November

I like to call them "video game turkeys" because using turkey to refer to something bad is funny to me

They don't know what to do with James Bond after he died in the last one?

I thought 007 regenerates into a new person when he dies, so why don't they just do that???

I'm so tired.

Tired of it all, really.

I've adjusted some of my gaming setup: I wanted to have the Xbox One S I bought and also my 360 hooked up, so I unplugged my mostly-dormant PS2 and moved the Wii.

Now I just need to actually play the dozens of cheapo games I've bought over the past few years... 😅

I beat Wolfenstein 3D on the Xbox 360 a few days ago, which lead me down a rabbit hole about the lesser-known Wolfenstein games, like the Spear of Destiny Mission Packs, something I wrote about 10 (!) years ago

Found out you can't get those on Steam anymore, just vanilla Spear of Destiny 😔

Anyway I updated this old article to reflect that new information (along with a few minor grammar/spelling changes):
https://asecretarea.com/2015/06/19/spear-of-destiny-mission-packs/

One of those mornings where I'm listening to the same song on loop to keep myself grounded before having to go do a few things

that song? The Decemberists' The Perfect Crime #2.

Sometimes my dumb late night comforts are silly stuff like listening to scores from old TV shows

Turns out the score Alan Silvestri made for CHiPs is surprisingly damn good for a goofy cop drama show!

oh dang, I can hear the rainstorm outside

quite tranquil

Soda Drinker Pro is the most absurd video game I've ever played

And yet, I'm glad I played it because it's good to play a game with levity and weirdness sometimes

I watched last night's baseball game with some longtime friends in a discord voice call.

I realized that I have now experienced being sad at sports with friends, even if virtually.

Now I'm not sure what sport to rely on until the 2026 MLB season.

I mean, I *could* root for the NBA's Portland Trailblazers since they're my nearest national sports team, but they've been pretty mediocre for the past 3 decades, so