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(Podcast) Ottawa residents plan 12 month ‘fireworks and honking’ festival outside Freedom Convoy Leaders’ homes

Excited to be heading back to Spain for Barcelona Game Fest! 🇪🇸
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Buried under all of Disney's loud corporate synergy posts about Hulu launching worldwide today: Disney+ is getting a price hike next month in Canada. 🙃

ESA Canada & its global counterparts have published a new Power of Play report highlighting the positive impacts of games on players beyond entertainment.
Chatted with ESAC about the Canadian findings, which are pretty interesting. (Apparently, we like puzzle games more than the rest of the world!)

Me struggling to juggle a bunch of things and resist the constant urge to go back to the other Ivalice games after the Final Fantasy Tactics remaster.

Time for peak.
Bully Maguire >>>
#NowWatching

‪Meh.‬
‪People really overhyped The Rock in this…

Let’s see what all the hype is about.
#NowWatching (1/2 tonight)

‪4 incredibly fast hours later… ‬

With multiple reviews and other commitments out of the way, it’s FINALLY time to jump in. Hell yeah.
#Hades2

Yeah, that’s totally fair. I also just really dislike mandatory replays. Just feels very disrespectful of the player’s time. Just doing largely the same thing multiple times with some changes. Especially questionable to drag out a survival horror game, of all things, to effectively 30+ hours long.

Totally, that’s a good way of putting it.
I did pick up on some of the themes, like gender roles and societal pressures. Admittedly, a big part of it is reading the documents you can find that allude to some of what’s going on. But it just drags so much in one playthrough, let alone multiple.

I agree. I actually think the core narrative is strong, but it’s told poorly because they basically chopped it up to sustain multiple playthroughs. The expectation that you’ll play the game *four* times for a the full story, all while putting up with the clunky combat, is pretty egregious.

Christmas came (very) early with Nintendo of Canada this year. 🍄 🎄

It's no secret how much I love God of War, but man, controllers are especially ridiculously priced nowadays. $110 CAD for what's basically a plain white gamepad with a red stripe?

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Might just have to rewatch One Battle After Another alongside Spider-Man 3 this weekend.
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

I do appreciate the changes between each run, but it's largely the same with the gameplay issues persisting. It just feels needlessly drawn out, especially as it requires *3* playthroughs.
It's a shame because I really do love the story, but the way it's told in its entirety is very frustrating.

I really like a lot about Silent Hill f. The overall narrative, atmosphere, art direction & music are sublime.
But man, I can't tell you how much "replay three times for the proper ending" annoys me. Disrespectful of your time, especially when combat is so rough & increasingly forced upon you.

Disney says this is part of a larger push for a "fully integrated unified app experience" coming worldwide next year

TBH, I rarely use Photo Mode, but I couldn’t stop taking pics in Ghost of Yōtei. Such a stunning game.
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