Usually one on the go on PC for when I have some real sit down and play time and various distractions on my phone or tablet for free time at work or when I'm on the crapper.
Weird Al a few years ago in Atlanta. Open stage, not a massive crowd, maybe a few hundred people. He was running late so it started 30 minutes to an hour later then it should have but when he arrived it was a blast. He was so energetic, the crowd was awesome, there were no technical or sound issues, and after it was all done and people thought the show was over he came out, apologized to the crowd for being late and went on to perform several more songs for everyone.
It was a great experience overall.
Weird Al for me too. Back in the early 00s. It was a greatest hits tour or something. He did costume changes every couple of songs to match the videos. He played Christmas at Ground Zero (in the middle of the summer) and buried the front rows of the audience in fake snow. Overall, I prefer smaller, more intimate shows, but this was just fantastic from beginning to end. Not only is Weird Al a phenomenal performer, he seems to play every musical instrument there is. One of the most entertaining things I've ever seen.
I finally got around to Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood yesterday. I forgot how much I actually enjoyed all the tower climbing, mission completing and collecting stuff in 2. Glad to be doing it all over again. Maybe one day I'll get up to Origins since it looks pretty good as well.
Apparently I'm the only person able to ignore this stuff, it seems.
Microtransactions offend the completionist in me. I like to pick up a game like Saints' Row the Third and get every character, gun and car upgrade, finish every side mission and buy every piece of clothing enjoying myself the entire time. Now, there's no point in trying to do that with newer games because there will always be another upgrade or another weapon or more clothes or more side missions available by paying real money, so instead I end up mainlining the story missions and forgoing the rest and I get less than half the time out of the game that I would have had it had an end. It's not a matter of not being able to ignore this stuff as not wanting to have to ignore it.
Besides, this is stupid argument. It's like saying "The Hobbit movies are still great if you ignore the stupid and boring parts." Yes, but the stupid and boring parts are there now, aren't they? To pretend they don't exist is disingenuous.
Oh video game industry trying to prove Roger Ebert right one publisher at a time. Online only, paid loot, time wasters have made me ashamed to call you my hobby. I've been playing more indie and small publisher games than triple-As for over a year now. Looks like a trend that's going to continue.
Some friends and I played Puyo Puyo Tsu relentlessly in university. We were all dreaming multicolored blobs oozing together in complex patterns and disappearing.
Just on my phone, but Internet at home is spectacular in Korea. I pay about $30 USD a month for an unlimited 100Mbit connection. And I actually get close to that speed download and upload. My phone, I've got a plan on the cheap that gives me 1.5 gb a month and I never come close to that since I mostly use wifi at home.
My dad is a dinosaur (I'm no spring chicken either) but back in the 90s he fell in love with a version of solitaire for Windows called "Golf". He must have logged hundreds of hours playing it. That was the extent of his gaming hobby.
I am also a parent who plays video games, though being a parent really cuts into video game time. I finish about one game a month these days. If I'm lucky.
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