Mister Jack

I use the moves.

Man, magic is so much more useful in the VR version of Skyrim. Having the ability to aim independent of the camera position changes everything.

It was on sale for a really good price

Skyrim VR is 70% off today on PSN, down to 17.99

Could we please get a Bloodborne remake next?

Trophy hunting is part of the fun. I never bought into the naysayer argument that hunting for trophies has no point. Bitch, it's a video game. It didn't have a point to begin with. It's all for fun. If going to a little extra effort to get 100% makes the game more engaging then why not do it?

Doesn't that disc come with the PSVR already? Maybe unless you buy a bundle with some other game, I suppose.

I still have to unplug cables. It's just less of a hassle with the adapter. It's basically a dongle that has two female HDMI ports. When I want to play in HDR, I unplug the cables from the box and plug them into that. It's still more inconvenient than I wish it was, but it prevents me having to go behind the tv or the PS4.

This is the most amazing news story so far this year. You couldn't pay for entertainment this good.

Is there something I don't know about 505?

Star Wars: Squadrons This is a pretty fun dogfighting game that borrows a few things from the old X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter game. More than just flying around and shooting lasers, you need to micromanage your ship's power supply to decide when to prioritize speed, weapons, or shields. When piloting a shielded vehicle you also have the option to strengthen the shield on one side at the expense of weakening it on the other. I was honestly kind of surprised that every vehicle felt different to fly and it wasn't all just cosmetics. The game is also super immersive if you play in VR. It's probably even better when you add a flight stick, but I don't have one of those. The campaign is mostly a glorified tutorial to prepare you for the multiplayer, but it's a decent enough length and the story it tells is serviceable on both the Empire and the New Republic sides. Your fellow squadmates are likable enough, although they probably won't leave a long-lasting impression. I mostly appreciated that the campaign missions actually had some interesting variety and it wasn't just 6 to 8 hours of basic dogfighting in space, although there is plenty of dogfighting to be had. It should be mentioned that every level takes place in space, so don't expect to go flying through Hoth or Endor or anything like that. I paid 20 bucks for this game and I feel pretty satisfied with that. If you're a big X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter fan and intend to play a lot of the multiplayer then you could probably justify paying full price for this. If you're mostly interested in the single player I'd say wait for a sale.

February is going to be a good month! We got Control and Concrete Genie, which is great for me because I haven't played Control yet and Concrete Genie gives me another excuse to bust out the PSVR.

It looks like London Studio, the developer that made Blood and Truth for the PSVR, have posted job listings for their next VR project. They also posted listings specifically for "next gen hardware." While it's possible they might be making a normal PS5 game and a separate PS4 VR game, I think it's much more likely that they're working on something to present with the next iteration of the PSVR.

Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners is officially platinumed. I ran into a bad glitch that required replaying the game to get every crafting recipe because one I needed had disappeared, but it gave me a chance to go for a different ending and the second playthrough was much faster so it wasn't the end of the world. What an amazing VR experience this was. I might try the new horde mode sometime, but for now I'm moving on to Star Wars: Squadrons.

Microsoft is doubling the price of Xbox Live, which pretty much draws a clear line between Xbox and PlayStation. You want the Game pass? Go with Microsoft. Not interested? PlayStation. Apparently the subscription will also now be required for free to play games.

Yup. I spent an hour checking.

Jesus, the PS5 is still impossible to get your hands on. I signed up for Telegram alerts that go off on my phone the very second new stock comes in for ANY STORE ANYWHERE in the US and even then I still can't get one. I camped at the Wal-Mart website, waiting for them to open up orders at precisely 3:20 PM, and they were still completely gone in literally, literally three seconds. I counted.

Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners Wow. I'm gonna have to gush about this one for a while. This is one of the best VR games I've played yet, right up there with Astro Bot. It's by far the most immersive one I've played, too. You'll be constantly reaching all around your body to grab your weapons, your backpack, your journal, and your flashlight. You'll be grabbing zombies with your bare hands, either to hold them steady for a killing blow or to shove them away from you (I actually got into the habit of weaponizing them by pushing them toward hostile human enemies). You'll be healing your wounds by wrapping a bandage around your arm using the motion controls. You'll eat food by holding it up to your mouth. You'll open up cabinets and drawers with your actual hands to forage for supplies to use in crafting. You'll manually reload your guns from the ammo pouch around your waist. You'll occasionally unjam your pistol by grabbing the slide and pulling it back. You'll climb ladders or shimmy along ledges by moving hand over hand. This is a game where the developers made sure that whenever it was possible to have you do something yourself rather than with a button press, you do it. In fact, about the only things you use the actual face buttons for are movement, emptying your gun's loading chamber, flipping bladed weapons in your hand, and dropping weapons that you're holding. Putting away items you scavenge is done by putting your hand up near your left shoulder, where your backpack is. Putting your weapon away is done by moving your hand down near your left or right side to holster it, or up by your right shoulder if it's a two-handed weapon. While it's a small detail, I appreciated as a right-handed person that I could easily grab a melee weapon in my left holster using my right hand, leaving the right holster free for my gun. The controls are honestly kind of complex and take some practice, but once you've adjusted to things it all becomes second nature. But what about the actual game? Is it good? Hell yes it's good. The gameplay loop has you picking an area to scavenge for supplies each day. You only have so much time to look, however, because when night falls the place will get overrun by a huge crowd of zombies. It's not an automatic game over if this happens, though. You can still make it back to your boat and escape to the safe zone if you're good enough, but it's not a position you want to put yourself in very often. There is also a fairly interesting story at play here that involves two different factions fighting each other for control of a military bunker full of supplies. Much like the Telltale Walking Dead games, the choices you make over the course of the campaign will determine how things eventually play out. There is more than one possible outcome so that adds some replayability. Even if you don't feel like replaying the story, the game allows you to keep scavenging and upgrading your crafting stations for as many days as you want after the credits roll. I'm going to try to go for the platinum on this one for sure. This game is a mandatory purchase for anyone who owns a VR headset. It's your chance to put your money where your mouth is for all those times when you criticized those Walking Dead characters for making stupid mistakes. Some of my favorite moments were when I came up with my own unique survival strategies. For example, the game takes place in New Orleans so there are liquor bottles everywhere. I would conserve the durability of my melee weapons by picking up a bottle whenever I found one, smashing it against a wall, and using the broken glass as a temporary weapon. Whenever I found a camp of enemy humans I also liked to pick off one or two guys in the back without damaging their heads so that they would reanimate and attack their own people. Moments like these felt awesome. If you haven't played this game because you're afraid of jump scares, you'll be happy to know that isn't really a big factor. There's a clear audio cue when a zombie sees you so whenever you hear it you'll know to start looking around for enemies. You might sometimes get a jump scare if you approach a door that a zombie happens to be behind and they break it down to get at you, but this doesn't happen very often unless you stay out past night, which you really shouldn't. The only real criticism that I can think of is that two-handed melee weapons can be a bit unwieldy sometimes due to the nature of VR controls. You have to sweep your arms to put any real force behind your blows and you'll probably fuck it up a few times before you get used to it. Protip: use two handed weapons at medium range, not close range. It will work much better that way. Oh, and sometimes it's not clear what you're supposed to do for a story objective. I had to consult a walkthrough a couple of times. But that's it. Those are the only bad points I can think of. There's some texture pop-in on the base PS4 but I do not know if it's any different on the Pro or the PS5 so I'm not going to dwell on it. Also, I recommend putting the game on the easy difficulty until you have adjusted to the control scheme because it doesn't take long to throw you into the deep end on the standard difficulty. If you own a VR headset, BUY THIS GAME. Honestly, it almost seems silly to own a VR headset and not own Saints and Sinners. This is the kind of game that delivers what VR was promising to deliver from the day it was first announced.

Oh look what just happened to go on sale right after I said it cost too much. Unless Beat Saber goes on sale soon I think I'm done buying PSVR games for a while. I think at this point I own all the other must-have VR games. Hitman III is supposed to have a VR mode but I'm going to hold off on that one and maybe wait for a price drop since I was never that into the series to begin with.

@Thursday Next Settings > Devices > PSVR if you're doing it on the PS4. That's also where you go to adjust the camera, which is a separate setting.

So apparently the FBI, when interviewing people who were at the Capitol, got a lot of statements along the lines of "I did it because Trump told me to" or "I was invited there by Trump." This is really an open and shut case for a conviction. It already was, frankly, but if the GOP bails him out a second time then it'll just be a completely naked admission that they never really cared about justice or the law in the first place.

Man I feel like a dumbass. I was having a really hard time with the tracking for Walking Dead and then it occurred to me that I recently got a new tv with a different height. My PS Camera was sitting on top of my old tv and is sitting on top of this one now but I never considered how that might affect the tracking. I recalibrated everything and now it's working just fine.

You don't have to unplug the VR to play PS4 games in HDR. I have the V1 version and I had to buy an HDMI adapter so I could avoid having to go back behind the tv every time I wanted to switch between HDR and VR.

Oh yeah, I know the one you mean. That thing was so ridiculous I ended up having to just cheap it with one hit at a time over the course of probably 30 minutes. Defiled Chalice is bullshit.