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I have the older model. It's really is fantastic for what it is. With that said, the newer model that you have can have a kettle bell or straight/curl bar attachments! I kind of want to upgrade now lmao On a related note: I recently got a walking pad so I can 10k steps a day while at home. This is far more relevant to my job as sometimes I need to do surveys where I walk/hike 5-10 miles a day.

So over the last year or so I've lost about 23kg in weight. Most of that has come through improvements to my diet, but I've also been moving a little more. Over the last month or two I've been working out. Not much mind you, I don't have much time nor do I have much space, so it's mainly weights and some basic calisthenics; 30-40 minutes a day, 5 days a week. I'm doing this before work, and then going to work (a manual job) so I'm a little tired, but it's worth it. Been using 5kg weights so far and my arms and chest are already feeling a little tighter, more toned. This purchase is the next part of this. They should carry me through the rest of the 'fitness journey'. I can't see myself wanting to lift heavier than 22kg, and if I do, then I imagine it's time to get a gym membership. Sorry kids. So yeah. £229. Money well spent.

Getting the Switch 1 version and paying for the upgrade is going to cost about the same so I decided to just go for the Switch 2 version. Also, I guess I never posted all the Switch 1 games I bought in the lead-up to the Switch 2's release. Not gonna get individual pics because there's too many of them but here's a pic of the actual stack: Why, yes, I did go overboard... Oh and I just got a copy of Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity from ebay. I'm holding off on Super Mario Wonder and a few more in case they get Switch 2 versions in the near future but at this point there's only a few more first-party games I'm interested in.

I'd be a lot more hype for that Game Freak game if all their previous 3D games hadn't been complete technical messes that run like shit. XD

When people asked for Marvel 4, I don't think anyone meant a Marvel-only 4v4 fighter by Arc System Works but you know what? I'll take it. Seriously, this looks so freaking good!

I have finally finished Khazan. And yikes. Ultimately I ended up knocking it down to 'easy' and yet even with that extra help, I'd argue that's the hardest soulslike I've ever played. The final boss was all sorts of ridiculous and both exhilarating and frustrating in equal measure. It's done. I can spend time with my children once again, finally start a new book and maybe even start a new videogame. What a time to be alive. If I had to give it a rating (using my own system) I'd give it a 4/5, which is 'Great', although I'd add that for the sort of person who enjoys these games, I think it's basically a must play; just maybe knock it down to 'easy' where it feels much closer to a traditional From game in terms of raw difficulty, although even then, I'd argue it's harder than anything From has produced, even Sekiro.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 I'm about 90 minutes into this and I think I might be hooked. I'm not normally a videogame story or cutscene guy, frankly I just don't care and don't really have the time to do so. That said, the games first hour was some of the finest storytelling I've ever seen in a game and damn near drew a tear out of my tired old eyes. As others have no doubt said, the game's combat is where it makes it's money, and whilst I suck at it, I can see that; I usually run away from turn-based combat, but this does so much around that core idea that it barely feels like a turn based thing at all. I'll be sticking with it for the foreseeable, and if it does become a bit too hard I might just knock the difficulty down to get through the game and enjoy the story; not something I usually bother with.

DOOM: The Dark Ages This one is fun eh? So for context I really enjoyed my time with DOOM (2016), and then bounced off Eternal so quickly that I damn near gave myself whip-lash. I went into this expecting very little, and leave it with DOOM TDA being some of the most fun I've had with a shooter in quite some time. 4/5 - A must play. Deep Duck Trouble (Staring Donald Duck) I'm not going to assign a score to this one, because, well I'm not sure it's fair to the game given I'm playing it some 30 years after it originally launched. DDT is was Sega Master System game (that I believe was also pushed out on the Game Gear). It's one of the first games I've got memories of playing (and sucking at) with as a kid and I wanted a big ol' spoon of nostalgia shoved down my throat. I had a brief but fun time with the game, although as you may expect, time hasn't been kind to it. It's got some pretty horrific slow downs, the platforming is mediocre at best and the enemies aren't exactly difficult. That being said, it looks gorgeous for a SMS game, it's got some real cute animation and sprite work and the soundtrack is kinda catchy. Took me around an hour to beat (using save states) and I'll likely come back to it again and again in the future.

From GameFreak, looks cool. October 21st. \m/ \m/ Looks like it could be good, but I've also seen some people mention it has Callisto Protocol vibes, and that's definitively not a good thing. A North Korean soldier and a K-Pop star work together to save the world.

Big fan of Guacamelee here, and whilst Nobody Saves The World was fun, I can't wait to see more of Blighted. I have no idea what to expect from Felt That Boxing, but .....just look at how cool it looks.

First one was a fun soulslike, with some issues, this one looks way more actiony, also, great music choice \m/ \m/ HELL YEAH!! Hoping the zweihander is as OP as it was in the first one lol Available today, base game is on sale too. A new mainline game, with a character related to Outbreak lol. On the fence about this one, parts of it look really cool, def looks more horrory than Village

Some highlights from the last State of Play: This was a weird trailer lol. There's also a demo that's available until June 18. No doubt IOI can handle the stealth stuff, but I'm curious about how they'll handle the more actiony stuff.

A Game About Digging A Hole Silly little game about (you guessed it) digging a whole. Only took me like three hours, but those three hours completely flew by and I had a really good time with it. So if you've got an evening to kill, or enjoy the dig>loot>upgrade sort of thing, give it a look. 4/5

Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny This one is supposed to be the fan favorite but I think I actually liked the first one better. Onimusha 2 is longer, bigger, and more ambitious for sure. Especially in its storytelling. It's probably a better game for it overall but I just really liked how short and sweet the first one was. The story is very minimalistic and it has that Spencer Mansion kind of layout where you're running around the same area for the entire game, going back and forth as you unlock new sections. Onimusha 2 is more linear in that sense: you're going through a sequence of mostly linear areas and while you do revisit some (and even revisit some sections from the first game, which I thought was pretty cool), most of them are a one and done kinda deal. It also kinda tones down the horror more than I would've liked. Hell, horror isn't even the right term. It's really more of a spooky atmosphere, which is something I always appreciate. So seeing even that getting toned down was disappointing. Onimusha 1 is very much Feudal Japan Resident Evil but this one feels way closer to just being a sword action game with some demonic stuff in it. At that point, it's basically Devil May Cry without the stylish combat. It also has a bigger focus on story but it has the story of a Japanese action game from 2002, so... yeah... One thing Oni 2 has going for it is a companion system where you can give gifts to some characters and it affects which story route you end up on. So some sections will play out differently depending on which character you have the best relationship with. I think the sections where these companions are playable will vary as well because I only played as one side-character in my playthrough in that one area but other areas had some chests that the protagonist couldn't open. So I'll definitely be doing more runs to see what else can happen. So yeah, it didn't blow me away as much as the original did but it did surprise me a little bit. I really hope they won't wait another 6 years to remaster Onimusha 3. We're halfway there at this point, two games done out of four. Might as well commit. Unless the new Onimusha is an early 2026 release, there should be plenty of time to remaster Onimusha 3 before it comes out. Jean Reno is down, so that's not an issue! After that they can remaster Dawn of Dreams whenever but imho they really need to get Oni 3 out before the new game.

The Invincible This is a game with good elements that just can't seem to get out of its own way. The story is compelling, the environments are gorgeous, and it's clear there was a ton of attention to detail through the entire thing, but everything about interacting with the game is absolutely miserable. All you do is walk and interact with set points, but the walking is too slow (there's a run but you can only do it for about three seconds before running out of stamina), the objectives are poorly communicated, and the whole thing overstays its welcome by half. I want to like this game, but I just can't. Grade: D+ PS: It is very pretty though. (Spoiler tags just for big images.)

RoboCop: Rogue City This game is pretty good, all told. Definitely AA, but it's a decent RoboCop simulator. Took 15.5 hours to beat, it definitely could have stood to be a little shorter. By 8 hours I was looking up how many chapters there were to get an idea of how much time I had left, and was not thrilled to see I was only halfway through. That said, I still enjoyed it overall, it's fun to just have a completely mindless shooting game where you don't even need to worry about taking cover, just walk right up the middle of every area mowing down the bad guys. Grade: C+

Onimusha Warlords With the remaster of Onimusha 2 finally coming out this week, I figured I'd give the original a replay since it's really short. I was a little worried that it wouldn't be as good as I remembered but I realized that was dumb pretty much as soon as I started the game. This is a really fun take on the classic RE style of gameplay. It has a few flaws but overall it's still very enjoyable. I'm not sure why I was worried in the first place because I played it for the first time in 2019 when the remaster came out. So, it was already as dated as it's going to get then lol. At the time, I was super bummed out that they didn't seem like they were going to remaster the sequels, so I'm really excited to finally play the second game. Hopefully they'll keep the momentum going this time and will at least remaster Onimusha 3 as well before the new one comes out next year.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 This game is so goddamned good. It's cliche but I laughed, I cried, I went on a journey with these characters and I love them. I also love the combat from beginning to end, parrying feels so good, and it's so satisfying to see the end battle screen where you took 0 damage because you parried everything. The story is compelling, the world is interesting, everything about it is about as near perfect as you could ever ask. I have some issues with the ending, not so much what actually happens as the way it's presented, but they're not serious enough to mar the wonderful 60 hours I had up to that point. Grade: A+