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The amount of moaning and indifference will mostly depend on the price, for me. Though honestly indifference is unlikely; it'll either be pleasant surprise or frustrated acceptance, because I'm pretty much going to be buying one no matter what.

Play

Atomfall is taking up most of my gaming time at the moment – things have taken a definite turn for the fun since I found a bow. I also finally followed one of the main story quests, so that's a new conspiracy carrot on 't mystery stick.

I do have to wonder about the bodycount I'm racking up, though. This village clearly wasn't all that big before the quarantine went in place, but I've taken down dozens of ne'er-do-wells. What was the original population here?

Want

Looking forward to the next thing on my GamePass watchlist, Expedition 33. It looks like a real marmite game (and some of its UI choices have already caused consternation in previews on youtubelol), but the combat looks spectacular so I'm keeping optimistic.

Bin

I don't know if I'm coming down with something, but I'm tired all the time – more so than usual. Could probably do more to improve my sleep schedule, to be fair.

I don't know if I'm enjoying Atomfall – it's very well made, clearly, and the atmosphere is immaculate – but ee, by gum it's stressful. Wandering about with three bullets in my rusty pistol, a couple of bandages and a cricket bat, I constantly feel in danger (an effective illusion, of course, as I'm playing on the easiest combat difficulty).

It's another cracking entry to GamePass, though. It's not been a great service for a while, but 2025 has been very strong so far.

Anyone else catch the Nintendo Direct this afternoon? Not really sure how excited I am about any of it, but seeing a lot of people with very positive opinions. I'll admit to being mildly curious about the Patapon remasters and the DQ1+2 pack, and I'm definitely on board for Prime 4, but overall this had the feeling of "we're still supporting Switch!" more than a reel of wall-to-wall bangers.

Or maybe I'm a crazy curmudgeon, and that grimdark Pac-Man metroidvania is going to be the best thing ever.

Polygon have posted an internal email "attributed to Dan Rawson, senior vice president Dungeons & Dragons and Hasbro Direct":

I want to share an important update regarding Sigil. After several months of alpha testing, we’ve concluded that our aspirations for Sigil as a large, standalone game with a distinct monetization path will not be realized.
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We are, however, proud of what the Sigil team has developed and want to make sure that fans and players on DDB can use it. To that end, we will transition Sigil to a DDB feature.