When I'm doing the washing up, I usually either listen to podcasts or watch a move - get something I've seen loads, or something that I know Sarah won't be interested in.
I hope everyone is sitting down, because I know it will come as a shock that Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is probably the stupidest film I've ever seen.
Nothing that happens in it makes the slightest speck of sense. There are three things happening all at the same time, none of which have any apparent connection to each other until the actual "plot" is revealed fifty-eight minutes into the film. Godzilla is introduced with someone defending him on the news: "he fights the battles we can't!" as he flattens Rome. He and Kong then don't share the screen until fifteen minutes from the end, at which point they have a fight that flattens Giza, then team up for a second fight that flattens Rio Di Janiero. What little dialogue there is - half of the characters are non-verbal, even counting the humans - is bordering on incoherent. I have no clue how they managed to get even a single take where everyone managed to keep a straight face.
The closest thing the movie has to a highlight is an obviously-doomed Sarcastic Scotsman (played by the reliably great Alex Ferns) who gets eaten by a tree 15 minutes after he's introduced, so the Wacky Black Guy can have a wacky little breakdown over it and then immediately forget he every existed.
It's at least mildly entertaining, if only in a "how does this crap get made?" kind of way.
I've said before that Eternal Strands is a real throwback to the 360 era, and the more I play it – yes, I'm still playing it – the more it feels like a step in the right direction for games.
I've only played the first half hour or so of this, but it does feel very 360 (and very specifically 360, rather than the general 360/PS3 generation). Big Kingdoms of Amalur/Fable/Kameo vibes. I need to get back to it.
re: the Sony thing, outside of Sonic racing and Digimon, it was just poe-faced surly men exploring dark detailed environments, killing stuff. Why is that all AAA gaming is now? I can't be fucked with any of it.
Same. I wonder if part of the reason I loved Astro Bot and Veilguard so much was because they were both quite optimistic games, and unafraid of a bit of high-saturation colour. Sad Men in Grey Boxes as an aesthetic can go away now, please.
I didn't watch the Sony thing (partly because I forgot it was on), but I've seen the list of announcements, and yeah; nothing there to really grab me.
Play
Not much, recently, beyond still hopping into Marvel Rivals some evenings.
Want
Eternal Strands is giving me big "360-era AA jank-but-good" vibes, and I've hovered the Buy button once or twice.
Speaking of jank, Sarah's been trying to finally finish Dragon Age: Inquisition, and despite refreshing my memory about how godawful parts of that game's mechanical design are, I'm tempted to replay it with a different core party than I did previously.
Bin
Not just The Orange One, but the general rise of right-wing politics in general. I know our next election is a ways off, but it seems like every week there's a new study breathlessly exclaiming how many seats Reform might win next time round. My only real hope (and it's a slim one at that) is that Trump is such a disaster that (at least some) people realise how bad that style of politics is - not just in terms of toxicity, but effectiveness - and it's a long time before we see a repeat.
I won't be holding my breath.
Yes, Eternal Strands, sorry.
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