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I got my niece a Retroid Pocket (3+, I think?) and put a bunch of retro games on it for her. All she uses it for though is Mario Kart 64 and running around the castle in Mario 64, lol.

I'll be interested to hear what you think, that kind of game is very hit or miss for me.

I was lucky enough to get one of those RG40XXV's for Christmas (for the playing of legitimately owned ROM's of course), and it's opened up an entire world of games I was too young to enjoy when I was a kid. Punch Out, Super Mario Bros (yes, I know), Rocket Knight Adventures (hard as fuck) and the absolutely wonderful Drill Dozer being the first four games I've chosen to play through since getting it. Does anyone else have one of these handhelds, and if so, what are you using?

https://ggapp.io/danielholt/lists/my-favourite-new-games-of-2024-YQy3oCHz So I'll admit that I played Astro Bot in 2025. I wanted to play it desperately, but well.....my eldest was getting it for Christmas and I chose being a solid Dad over my need to curate a kick-ass GOTY list. I'm still not convinced I made the correct call. I'm saying this because, if I made this list now, Astro would have walked it.

I've been playing some of that Khazan game that game out a few days back. I'm only through the first boss so far, but early impressions are positive. It's much more Sekiro than it is Dark Souls, and from what I hear some of the boss fights are perfect encapsulations of what I love and loath about this particular style of soulslike. Still, can't wait to see what the game has to offer.

Cooler Master now makes drum thrones... Still don't know where this fits in the cool-stupid scale lol. That said, if I had the money and still played drums, I'd get one.

I've been hoping for more remasters of their PS2 titles from Atlus, so I'm there day one for this. I've been anticipating the announcement ever since there was that achievement "leak" on SteamDB. Although the leak suggested both games were coming, so hopefully that means they're already working on the second one in parallel. It seems to be a much more high effort remaster than SMT III got, too. They're reworking a lot of the gameplay to be more like the sequel, which apparently had a ton of improvements, to the point where it's arguably more remake than remaster. Can't wait!

Ninja Gaiden Sigma (PC) Tried to go back to the Vita version, loaded one of my old saves and couldn't get past the worm boss in chapter 15 lol, then I tried starting a new game and couldn't get to Murai (the first boss) without having to use all of my healing items and even a revive. At that point I was sure I wasn't made for this type of game anymore. On PC however, it was a completely different story, managed to make it to chapter 12 without dying once, so I'm blaming the Vita and how awkward it feels to play an action game like this on it. I did die a bunch in later chapters though, mainly thanks to the stupid ghost fish, worst enemy ever. Also used a guide to find all scarabs, the Dabilahro you get from collecting those is extremely useful for certain enemies and bosses so that helped a ton. I love how cool and ridiculous the story is, starts out in a ninja village, then you're in a city fighting the army, there's a boss fight against two tanks, and then a helicopter, next thing you know you're now in hell, fighting a demon made of skulls. \m/ \m/ There are some parts I remember being different, but I'm not sure if I'm mixing the Vita version with Black on the OG Xbox. Grade: A+

I've played all the Assassin's Creed games and it is fairly obvious they are trying to sideline the modern story. It wasn't in Mirage, and the last few it's not really gone anywhere and more been about the modern character's interaction with the in-animus story that the modern world narrative moving forward. It's honestly just a distraction at this point. I wish they would wrap it up and be done with it. Also the in-animus stories aren't related so there is no reason to play the all/play them in order you should just pick pit the ones that appeal to you. Also, kind of antithetical to this thread. I don't know if I'll be able to play AC:Shadows. My only PC is a laptop which doesn't run as well as the specs would suggest so no chance I could play a game on it and I haven't been tempted to buy a current gen console yet and don't see that changing. I think it's one of the few games I feel like I'm missing out on. Maybe I'll look at streaming it one day but that would have to be a lot better than last time I tried it which was admittedly a while ago.

It was kind of an impulse purchase. I'd typically want to catch up first but I'm also way more interested in this one than the others. Since it sounds like the modern day narrative is very minimal in this one (and from what I understand, not even included in the actual game), I figured I'm safe to just play this one now and go back to the others later.

I had never read The Little Prince before, until Saurom announced they would release an album that was themed around it.

Played the demo, got really into it, went to CDkeys and got the full game for over half off. I love CDkeys so much.

kind of funny I can just go straight to black metal from like disco and miku

Def Jam: Fight for NY Much, MUCH better than Vendetta lol, you can now create your own character, pick from different fighting styles and even learn more than one, controls have improved a ton too, now there are dedicated buttons for punches, kicks and a modifier for heavy attacks, all in all a huge improvement in terms of gameplay. The story is weird, in that early 2000's kind of way. It's kind of ridiculous how much some characters change, specially since Fight for NY takes place immediately after Vendetta, D-Mob has the biggest change lol, in Vendetta he's a cowardly bastard that has no problem doing whatever it takes to win, even trying to just shoot his opponent before a match. In Fight for NY he's all "we can't act like cowards, power isn't everything! Respect is everything! That is our code!" those five minutes he spent under arrest sure had an effect on him. There are still some issues with the gameplay, though I think it's on purpose, one fight would be super easy, then the next few would be almost impossible, then one that was super easy again, I'm not sure, but this might be the game adapting to how well or how bad you're doing. Overall, a much better experience, one that I would actually recommend. Grade: B-