Welp, I can safely say I did “start” my second play through of Oxenfree, I didn’t get very far.  I did however start playing Infinite Mini-Golf which is both fun and frustrating.  Fun, well it is mini-golf and I never met a mini-golf game that wasn’t at least a little bit as such.  Frustrating because the mechanics are a little messed up in the sense that short putts are nightmares.  The power meter is VERY twitchy so overhit it and watch it go all over the place, underhit and watch it go half a foot with only a foot to go.  So I’m trying to get used to it.

In addition to the sales I posted on Friday, we do have a few new sales. Blood Knights is a good pickup for those who did not grab it the first time it was on sale after it was made BC. Most of you already have Red Faction Armageddon since it was a Games with Gold selection.  I would say take a look at God Mode even though it’s not BC.   It’s got retro shooter elements, it’s got some RPG elements, and it’s only $2.  But regardless whether you get something from the previous Friday sale or one here, just enjoy your gaming and your turkey this week.  I’ll try to, but hopefully this cough goes away soon or I’ll be in bed while everyone else is having fun.

These sales actually started yesterday, so I do need to apologize.  In my defense, I was busy with my real job and Xbox 360 sales didn’t really show up until this morning.  For Gold Members, these run until the 21st, and then everybody gets their hands on them.  Also, bear with me, the list will be available as soon as I publish the post but links are going to take a good chunk of this morning (Edit: Done at 9:10).  We are talking about 70+ items that I’m more or less hand-typing because I don’t have Major’s handy dandy post to copy and paste from (thankfully True Achievements did have a listing I could type from). The X1 has some good sales too as you might expect but if you had been putting off some BC sales, then this might be your redemption.  Final note, all sales are after the –More–.  Enjoy.

Major Nelson’s X1 Sale Page

True Achievement’s Xbox 360 Sales Page

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Ahhh, I feel much better after an announcement of backwards compatible games.  Happy even.  So happy, I went ahead and bought Persona 4 Arena through Ebay.  True story, well I was going to get it through Gamestop which had it for $6.99 but the one right here had 1 copy and it was Gamestop case and disc.  You might as well sell me a piece of used cheese.  Went on Ebay and found a very good complete copy w/manual for $8.00 shipped.  I’m sure I would have spent a lot more than a $1 in gas trying to find a gamestop with the coverart and manual.

Cars Mater-National ought to please Achievement hunters as the game is very easy and the 1,000 achievement points comes quickly.  Also, I could see myself buying Jewel Quest or Tecmo Bowl in a sale situation.  Because who can say no to match 3 games and good ole fashioned football games.  Not many, so enjoy your BC Tuesday.

• Persona 4 Arena $29.99 (much cheaper on disc)
• Cars Mater-National $19.99 (much more expensive on disc, ~$30-~$40)
• Jewel Quest $9.99
• Tecmo Bowl Throwback $9.99

Welp, this past week I spent a lot of time with Oxenfree.  I finished my first playthrough, going for a “happy ending”.  As I said in the review, it is a well done game and I look forward to doing a silent playthrough next.  I’m not sure about a third “mean” playthrough but we’ll see.

There are at least a few things resembling sales this week.  The only thing I’m probably getting this week personally is Soul Axiom for the X1.  I really hope we do get something for BC this week, this month in light of the Xbox One X arrival has been slim pickings.  I guess they are focusing on Next, rather than past.  It’s a shame because there are still plenty of games that need the push to BC.  Enjoy kids.

I did not play too much last week, mostly worked on the achievement in Pinball FX3 where you max out all of your wizard powers/upgrades on a single table.  I’ll probably play FX3 a lot less now because I finished that, but it does open up things a bit.  Mostly to play Oxenfree which is probably what I’m focusing on for a couple of weeks.  Not too much in sales this week. I keep wondering when the Worms series will finally be made BC, I’m not sure what they are waiting for at this point.  I do notice that Worms 2 is not part of the sales list which makes me think that it will be the first one to go.  It would be really nice if they went ahead with Deadpool and made it BC too.  It’s not like they are making that much money off of it anymore.  *sigh*, probably a license thing.  Enjoy.

This movie review I posted today for Upcomingdiscs.com

http://upcomingdiscs.com/2017/11/06/into-the-night-blu-ray/

Apparently, I still do movie reviews from time to time :).  This one I did in September, but forgot to link it here.

http://upcomingdiscs.com/2017/09/01/shakes-the-clown-blu-ray/

As you might have figured out from my posts, I’m not the kinda the guy who jumps on the Call of Duty and Madden trains and ride them to perpetuity.  I like oddball games with oddball themes and Deadly Premonition certainly has that in spades.  Sure, the game has some clumsy controls but the story is so completely whacked out that it transcends that notion and pulls you in…deep.  And for another generation to experience that game, well that’s a good thing.  If you don’t want to run down a disc copy, then digital at $19.99 isn’t a bad idea either.  Enjoy.

• Deadly Premonition $19.99 (also on disc, but price varies and can be more than the digital price)

This is Halloween, This is Halloween. It is actually…anyway I spent last week as you probably guessed from the last two posts, playing two games for Reviews. I will continue to play Oxenfree in spots but my time with The Park is done. I am also still playing quite a bit of Pinball FX3, and working on some achievements there. The sales are nothing fantastic this time around but I’ll use this time to highlight a couple of things. I hope this is the signaling of Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief joining BC in the coming weeks (I already have all three episodes). That price is fantastic, especially if you missed when Raven was GWG.  Second, since we are talking about BC here, we can easily talk about Retro games re-existing on the Xbox One.  There is a game coming out today called 8-Bit Adventure Anthology which includes Shadowgate, Deja Vu, and Uninvited, a complete nostalgia trip for those of us who where around in the 80’s and remember these text based adventures.  The achievements are a hoot too.  Anyway, here are your sales titles for today.  Enjoy.