Author: Michael Durr

Well, I 100% NHL 94 Rewind, and in fairly easy fashion as well.  The only tough part was the achievement where you had to actually be behind with 3 minutes to go, then pull your goalie and win the game.  The problem was that I played so effortlessly (from the tons of hours of playing the original), that losing on purpose was actually hard at first before I remembered I could skate basically into my own net.  After that, it only took a few tries to make it happen.  I did have a good chuckle at all of the comments that said it was hard to score in this game.  Apparently they weren’t old enough to remember this game in the first place and furthermore weren’t aware of the angles that make scoring fairly easy.

Moving on to Peggle 2 for Xbox One.  I have now beat all 60 levels and their 60 trials.  I am over half on the objectives.  That might get completed by Christmas, it might not.  I’m not going to force it and have the headache to go with it.  I kinda want to play River City Girls next, but I looked this up today and realized that River City Ransom actually got a $5 port for Xbox One?  Why do I not have this?  This is my favorite game on the NES of all time.  Even if it takes about as much time as NHL 94 Rewind, it’s still worth the $5 effort (supposedly this is part of a collection on the Switch).

Here are the sales for this week:

https://majornelson.com/2020/12/07/this-weeks-deals-with-gold-and-spotlight-sale-189/

There isn’t too much going on here to be honest.  But I guess there again had to be some sort of let down as we get closer to the actual Christmas holiday.  Far Cry and the usual assortment of Tom Clancy adventures.  On the Xbox One side, unfortunately I’m going to hold out on the Mafia remasters until the UK Trilogy disc gets to a reasonable price (at this point it would still cost me about $50 including shipping to get it here).  UK corporate shipping prices are absolutely ridiculous ever since COVID.  They have absolutely no reason to charge $20 for one game to get shipped here.  My only hope is that some third party seller gets a copy and charges a reasonable price for that service.  Anyway, hope you have a great weekend and enjoy.

Well, over the last week I needed a new game to play and I fell into a trap.  Game Pass now of course has EA Games to play and I spotted Peggle 2.  I figured since I aced the 360 version, let’s do it with the Xbox One version.  Now, while from what I can tell I still have “it” so to speak and have blasted through 40 levels and trials, I forgot how much of a physical headache it causes.  I’m sleeping worse than usual, truth be told.  I really don’t want to go past beating the game and it’s trials if I don’t have to (meaning I have little desire to complete the optional objectives).

Thankfully, to get me out of my rut when I was looking around last night, I saw a wonderful thing.  NHL 94 Rewind.  Full disclosure, I played the living crap out of this game on the Sega Genesis when I was in my college years along with 93, 95, and any NHL game up to about 98 before it got a little “too real” for me.  Now, some 25+ years later, you want to relive that time with achievements?  Sign me the heck up.  And I played it for about an hour last night, and I freaking love it.  Of course, it’s updated with new rosters (no Jaromir Jagr or Mario Lemieux unfortunately) but it still has the same gameplay that I love so much.  I will be 100% this game, and I will love every minute of it.

Anyway, here are the sales for this week – https://majornelson.com/2020/11/30/this-weeks-deals-with-gold-and-spotlight-sale-plus-black-friday-cyber-monday-sale-2/

On the Xbox 360 side, some Far Cry, some old school Assassin’s Creed, some Blood Knights but nothing too much unfortunately.  I guess that is to be expected for the drop off from Black Friday/Cyber Monday.  Note, if you get swayed easy by games that are cheap like Alien Spidy, don’t get it.  It has plenty of broken achievements and apparently isn’t even a good game.  Now, I did buy Anna and it’s pretty decent so you might want to pick it up because it’s not on sale all the time (but it’s not BC though).  On the Xbox One side, I did pick up Eventide Collection because good easy point and clicks are good for me every once in a while.  Anyway, have a good weekend and enjoy.

Well, I was able to nab the final two achievements of Streets of Rogue and I can say it was a much deserved completion.  Not my favorite game of the year, but in the top 5 for sure (still think Sparklite or Yoku’s Island Express are probably my favorite games of the year).  Since then, I haven’t played a thing.  I’ve watched some movies, read some books, and kinda taking a week off along with Thanksgiving.  After November is done, I’m sure I will start on something else but it’s nice to have the break.

Here are the current sales for the week – https://majornelson.com/2020/11/23/this-weeks-deals-with-gold-and-spotlight-sale-plus-black-friday-cyber-monday-sale/

If you sort by DWG (Deals with Gold) which separates the Black Friday sales I mentioned last week, you’ll be able to see the new sales games.  All of the Rayman games are on sale as well as Brothers in Arms along with some non BC games like Omerta and Arcania.  Port Royale 3 is also on sale at $3.99 and BC which isn’t on sale very often so it might be worth the pickup.  But be warned on that game it is a long completion (50-60 hours according to estimates) and it does have three pieces of DLC as well ($2.99 each).

Do not pickup Stacking as it will be a Games with Gold next month.  I unfortunately picked up that game a long time ago and never played a lick of it.  Shame on me I suppose.  Anyway, have a great holiday weekend if you are in the US like me, hopefully others get some fun out of this time of the year as well.  Enjoy.

This week, outside of being ridiculously busy, I decided to hold back the sales post until the Black Friday sales were a part of it which I knew were coming.  Furthermore, it’s taking me a lot of effort to put in these sales and I think a simple link would probably be best going forward.  Besides, I plan to revamp the site a bit soon and this will probably be one of the causalities.  I honestly am not sure if anyone really appreciates it and it might be better if this just serves as a blog for reviews, writing, and random thoughts.

I am still playing Streets of Rogue, I am up to 48 of the 50 achievements leaving just a couple at this point.  Basically, it will just require beating the game one last time to get the bad ending and then I’ll be done.  I don’t really have a “next” game in mind currently.  I would like to find time to go back and finish off Broken Sword V and Tell Me Why properly (at least the former), but we’ll see what happens.  I might just jump into another game where I can play it for 20 to 30 minutes at a time instead of trying to find time for a 2 hour session (which I never seem to have these days) which is what Broken Sword and Tell Me Why are going to require.

I will say the site does have an Instagram now (click the link at the top) but will be mostly dedicated to various media purchases I make.  However, some might find it interesting as we move forward.

Alright, so here are the sales –

https://majornelson.com/2020/11/16/this-weeks-deals-with-gold-and-spotlight-sale-188/

A general warning, be sure to check previous pricing if possible….some of these I believe have been cheaper (or the same) in the past and these kind of sales usually are for the casual and not the one who has been hoping for “X” game to go on sale.  With that said, the Oblivion prices for the DLC are probably the best I have seen at a mere $2.99 for Shivering Isles (and $1.49 for Knights of Nine).  Lots of Tom Clancy and lots of Fallout are also here.  But as I say many times, if you don’t have the Fallout GOTY/Ultimate discs, something is seriously wrong with you (or you are just not able to collect physical media perhaps).  Anyway, just go slow, make a list of what you want and then do some research before finalizing your purchases.  Have a good week and enjoy.

So I was able to finish Town of Light over the past week.  As mentioned, I didn’t go all the way through the second playthrough just long enough to get the remaining three achievements.  It just didn’t seem worth it to be honest despite enjoying the game.  I did start a new game called Streets of Rogue which is wonderful GTA (think the originals) throwback with rogue lite/procedural type levels which almost always hook me in.  I actually already have 32 of the 50 achievements but the last 18 are going to require some work certainly.

Here are the sales which certainly has some interesting ones if you are willing to take the time to look at it.  MX Unleashed is actually finally on sale when all of its sequels were on sale in previous weeks.  A couple of DLC packages are also included which is appreciated (wish one was Costume Quest but I digress).  So it’s probably worth taking the time to go through it, have a fun rest of your week.  Enjoy.

Well, I did finish Town of Light over the weekend in terms of first time through the story.  Chapter 15 was incredibly brutal, it was one of those I could have lived the rest of my life and did not need to see that ending sequence.  That leaves 3 achievements which are received for going a different path after Chapter 5.  I will be stopping after those achievements, I don’t really need to go through Chapter 15 nor that school sequence (Chapter 13) again regardless of any changes it might have on the story.  I should have that done this weekend.  After that, I will move on to something else, it’s a good walking simulator but I have enough issues with bad dreams.

So, we do have some sales this week.  Okay, not really it just sounded good in my head when I put it on the page.  Just de Blob 2 which was a GWG a while back and Frontlines which arguably could be one soon.  Perhaps look at some of the Xbox One sales and see if anything interests you.  Take care and have a good week.  Enjoy.

Well, I do have some gaming news to report.  I did get through the 3rd episode of Tell Me Why and I am down to 2 achievements left.  However, I got kinda of a weird ending compared to what everybody else received so I might need to replay the third episode by itself again and then go back and do the second play through for the last achievement.  I should be able to finish that in November I’m hoping.

I did also start Town of Light, it’s a walking simulator with some very disturbing scenery and story matter.  I’m about a 1/3rd thru the game at the moment.  I don’t expect it will take too much effort but I’ll get it done in a week or two as well.  I don’t love it, but again, it’s one of those story things that interests me enough to keep playing.

We do have a decent crop of sales this week.  Unfortunately no Costume Quest DLC again, I’ll give it one more week before I stop talking about it.  We do actually have a sale on Aliens vs Predator as well as just about every Castlevania or Star Wars game (including all of the Xbox Originals) we could want.  They always seem to miss the boat on DLC though.  People who buy DLC typically buy it either at launch (or shortly after) OR if it hits a sale.  Otherwise it sits.  The only other times it maybe moves is if people buy a game on sale and decide to go ahead and chip in for the DLC, but that’s rare.  Also, Condemned is doing its usual sale glitch where in the US it’s not on sale but it is supposed to be.  Anyway, take a look at these deals, maybe one sparks an interest.  Enjoy.

Yes, I know this is very late.  Until late yesterday, I was flooded with work and had almost no space to write anything in unless I did it at night when I was very tired.  No excuse, agreed.  I did get through Brothers in the past week, I made sure to actually finish the game not just the achievements (which the last one is actually in Chapter 6).  It was a nice story, though traumatic and heart wrenching for sure.  Looking through my disc games, I’m thinking the next one I want to play is probably Town of Light.  I will also be getting through Tell Me Why eventually (as well as Broken Sword V), but like many things these days, it just takes time.  Heck, I read about 1 book a month these days on typical, I used to average one every two weeks easily.

Here is this week’s list of games.  I was really hoping we would get a sale on the DLC for Costume Quest since it is the current freebie but maybe that will come next week.  Lots of Fallout to enjoy if you haven’t got the GOTY/Deluxe versions (which are great investments btw).  There isn’t too much outside of that unfortunately.  I did find some interesting things on the Xbox One side, but I might just save my money for another week.  I am having fun going through my disc games to make space for the inevitable several that I’ll buy or get as Christmas presents this holiday season.  Hope you are having a better second half of the year.  Take care and enjoy.