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Finished Mafia Definitive Edition. I wasn't going crazy, they did change the story quite a bit. The ending was pretty good. I'm going to play Mafia 3 next.

I don't really understand the gaming industry, I guess. Outer Worlds 2 and Avowed were extremely good games. They told a good story, they were fun to play, and I finished them. Personally I don't want a bunch of games that overstay their welcome. I don't want every game to be a live service that expects you to play for years to come. I want a good 1-4 weeks of entertainment and then I want to move on with my life.

I showed that to my wife, who is a lifeguard and is terrified of Sharks.

Mafia - I'm playing the redone original. I finished it before the remake, and I remember enjoying it, but I really don't remember the story at all. It's well done though. The city feels alive and the story is solid. I bought the 3rd game with it as a pack (already owned 2) so I might play that next.

I enjoyed Starfield quite a bit before all of the dimensional traveler stuff. It really killed my interest in the game.

Happy father's day everyone. I took the family to Disneyland last week. It was expensive, but the crowds were light on 2 of the 3 days. The Star Wars area is amazing and I hung out there as much as possible. We hadn't been in a decade, so I am glad I got it in with them before they become full adults.

Menace is definitely my new addiction. It doesn't resemble Battle Brothers in any way, except for it being a perfect turn based game that makes me think about every turn obsessively.

I played the free weekend recently. Or rather, I downloaded it and wandered around for an hour, and then deleted it. The game looks very detailed, but it didn't run great on my PC, which is pretty decent. I guess I need more RAM. It also seemed not fun. Like, you can do a lot of stuff, but it isn't really engaging gameplay wise. I don't know that flipping a bunch of switches in a ship is my idea of a fun space piloting game.

Clearly you have no taste. This is IP usage is solid gold: Also all the Led Zeppelin music.

Space Haven is fun. I load it up every once in awhile. It isn't too complicated and the tutorial covers the main stuff in a reasonable amount of time. I've been playing Menace quite a bit. I've finally figured out most of the systems and now I'm enjoying leveling up my squad leaders. I have one rocket crew that absolutely massacres pirate vehicles, I've got a crusty old mechanic that likes to run over xenos, I've got a sneaky sniper squad, and a machine gunner. It definitely has the Battle Brothers feel, despite a tremendously different setting and systems.

Subnautica 2 - It is definitely Subnautica. So far I'm enjoying exploring a new ecosystem. The story seems pretty good, a bit more developed than the first one. edit: This morning I was swimming laps in RL, and I had one of those weird moments where the real world and the game kind of blend. Also I realized how difficult it would be to swim like my character. I'm exhausted after an hour in the pool.

I've been playing a lot of SW: The Old Republic. I gave my original account to my son years ago. I had finished 3 of the storylines, Trooper, JK, and Bounty Hunter. Since then, he has finished the rest. But I had a 2nd account that my wife and kids used occasionally, and so I've been slowly working through the storylines on that. I just finished the Smuggler. I really disliked the smuggler playstyle at release, but now you can choose whatever playstyle you want. So my smuggle runs around with a pistol and uses powertech skills to punch a lot of people in the face. It is fun. I just started the Hutt Cartel expansion with him.

There are times when I question whether a beer or a soda is a healthier drink option with my dinner. I'm pretty sure the beer is the better choice.

Definitely a product of its time. Also unreliable narrators were super popular for a short while, ala Fight Club.

Looks like some guy thought the correspondence dinner security was like a video game, and you could just rush past the mobs and they would lose aggro. Thankfully it seems like no one was seriously hurt.