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Final Fantasy VII Yes, I finally beat the game from 26 years ago! I'd tried it a couple of times before throughout my life, and never even made it out of Midgar, but wanting to finish it before FF7 Rebirth comes out motivated me to stick with it, and I'm glad it did. It's obviously got some old game jankiness, and some very much "guide dangit" moments, even ignoring secret bosses and weapons and stuff, but overall I'm surprised how well it held up, and how hard the story hits. I would definitely recommend giving it a shot to anyone who's interested. Grade: B+ (I know this is probably unfairly low, but I never got into a JRPG until Persona 4 Golden, so I don't really have a way to judge how good it was "for the time," so this is just my current enjoyment of it)

Armoured Core 6 Beat my first playthrough of AC6 at the weekend. Started tidying up the missing logs, chests, etc. and then I'll crack on with NG+/++.

I beat a second game tonight... Super Mario 3D Land Anyways, one of my big gaming discoveries this year is that emulation is actually..... pretty great. I remember emulating NES/SNES games 20 years ago and it never felt right. But 3DS games at 3x the resolution on the Steam Deck? Pretty good! Anyways, I started this game a few years ago when it came out. ...According to Wikipedia that was 12 years ago. Fucking hell. I liked it a lot but I recall it was a busy fall. Looks like Uncharted 3 (the second best Uncharted) and Skyrim came out just days before it, and Skyward Sword a few weeks later. So anyways, it was a pleasure to return and finally roll credits on it. I'll chip away at the special worlds too but looks like they're mostly remixes of previous levels. 3D Land shares a lot of it's DNA with Super Mario Bros 3, a game which holds a special place in my heart. The game feels like a genuine combination of 3D and 2D Mario. The powerups are a lot of fun, the level design is pretty imaginative. The world map is kind of plain but for a 3DS game I guess they had to cut corners somewhere. Still, I can't believe Nintendo has never re-released this game. 9/10

You remember me?!?! I've been lurking and checking in from time to time. I haven't been playing games too much in the past few years. Work is long, I get tired, and doing nothing is always easier than doing something. But, I got really into TOTK this year and I've found unwinding with a game like that at night to be beneficial for my mental health, so I've been trying to play more games. Ahaha yeah I use to love Uncharted 3 didn't I?! And no it would be TOTK, the champ. But in all likely hood probably TOTK, Starfield, Mario Wonder, BG3, and uhhh TOTK again.

Starfield This game just would not end. I've never seen a game have so many distractions that are just interesting enough to keep me playing. I was never wowed. I never hated it. It is the bread of games.