Author: Michael Durr

Welp, I’m through four episodes with the Wolf Among Us and should have the fifth by the end of the week.  As I’ve said just about every week, really well put together adventure game and I wish I would have played it earlier.  I am still fumbling around in Monster Hunter World but as I’ve mentioned last week, I think it might be time for a new adventure after 100 hours.  It’s gotten really repetitive.  As to what I will play next, I really can’t say.  I know I’ll start another Telltale game after Wolf Among Us (probably WD Season 2) but I always need an alternate for when I get bored.  We’ll see I guess.

I wish I had some new and interesting sales to report about.  But as far as the Xbox 360 is concerned, it looks like all hold over from the Shocktober sale that I talked about last week.  Please see here for those sales.  There is plenty to like from the prior sales and I’m not sure I have made all of my purchases yet as I’m still considering a couple of titles.  So take a look and enjoy the rest of your week.  Enjoy.

Well, it appears that the sales sheet got updated and there are a few new sales though it might be best if you just look through the list all over again.  I was able to spot a few new sales for the Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility but if I missed one or two feel free to comment below.  Enjoy.

Welp, I did a little bit in gaming this week.  Finished the third episode of Wolf Among Us, played through Baseball Stars 2 (that Hi-Score mode was challenging), and even progressed a little with Monster Hunter World.  Monster Hunter World is certainly frustrating me to this point (I think that’s why I focused most of the weekend and yesterday on Baseball Stars 2) because the only way I’m getting through any new story mission at this point is to get a couple of randoms that are really good and finish it that way.  Good luck at soloing anything that’s at my HR level.  I’m a solo player at heart, so I just hate relying on others.

Moving on to some sales.  Call of Juarez, Fallout 3 and New Vegas, Saints Row and plenty of Tom Clancy action are what we are getting this week.  Even though I own several Saints Row games, I honestly have never played them.  I get them on the cheap, say I’m going to play them and then just don’t.  So, I would appreciate possibly a few comments this week and if you have an opinion on which Saints Row to play first, then shoot it over.  I probably need to move off of Monster Hunter, I want to make a run at finishing the story mode but I’m not sure if I really want to put in the frustration.  One last thing, I should have two reviews this week, one’s an anime short collection and the other is a collection of Bakugan episodes.  Not exciting, but hey it’s something to keep me busy.  Enjoy your week kids.

Finished the second episode of Wolf Among Us.  Still the best Telltale game I’ve played not named Tales from the Borderlands.  Still upset at myself for waiting to play it so long but then I could say that about a lot of the Telltale games (with the exception of Game of Thrones and Guardians of the Galaxy which were easily the worst of the series).  I did also play some Monster Hunter World and finally got the capture achievement but I’m just kinda messing around at this point.

We do have a bunch of sales this week (at least on the Xbox One side).  But on the Xbox 360 side we do have a few things such as a ton of Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry.  Lego Batman 2 is sandwiched in there as well which I finished earlier this year.  I’m not sure if it is worth $10 in this current market but you could do far worse.  Remember Ninja Gaiden 3 should be free now as well for those with Gold.  Enjoy your week.

Edit: About ten minutes after I wrote this post, I found the part in the widget script that I had to change.  Wasn’t hard at all.  I still might keep a list running in the blog too though, after all I want to progress the site towards my reviews and writing as we move forward and unfortunately away from Xbox backwards compatibility.  

I am sure most of my loyal readers by now have seen my book reviews to the right.  It’s interesting the way it works for Goodreads is that it will show the latest 12 books I’ve reviewed but it bases the date off when I add the book.  So, for example I just finished Street Freaks but I added it to my Want to Read list on Goodreads over a year ago, so it won’t show up in the list.  If I can figure out how to correct it, I certainly will.  But maybe it would be just easier if I put the list up here in the blog and drop the side widget.  A little more work for me, but you get it.

Anyway, here is the review, enjoy.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show?id=2483247452

Finished up Guardians of the Galaxy, writing wise it was sadly one of the weakest I’ve played when it comes to Telltale Games.  It could not create that delicate balance of when to be funny and when to be serious and didn’t do very good at either.  I have now moved on to Wolf Among Us since it seems I’m making the Telltale tour so to speak.  Comparatively, it’s got some great writing and I’m not even done with the first episode yet.

Played some Monster Hunter, but I would be lying if I didn’t say I’m basically stat padding/grinding at this point.  Maybe it’s because I know I probably (at least with the gear I have) know that I am not going to get much farther in the story.  Maybe I’ll go ahead and try the next quest and see how bad it goes.  Can’t be afraid of the unknown forever.

We do have some sales this week.  Nothing official from Major Nelson, so I’m having to grab it from other sources and put it together.  A bunch of Lost Planet and Splinter Cell among other ones we’ve seen in the past.  I still play Capcom’s Arcade Cabinet every once in a while, get frustrated that I can’t get past a certain point and then go back to what I was doing.  Remember this is only the base game though, the true fun is the All in One pack which goes on sale every so often.  Enjoy kids.

Well, I finished the fourth episode in Guardians of the Galaxy, and we are not going to talk about the miserable state of the Guardians as my decisions have led it to be.  Yeah, I’m surprised the game didn’t take a flying leap off a very tall planet.  Also, Episode 4 might have the worst decision to consider ever in a TellTale game, the Tape Deck.  How do you choose between tunes and life man?

Anyway, I’m still also playing Monster Hunter World.  Grinding my butt off is basically what I’m doing.  But my gear is slowly getting better and hopefully I will be prepared for what is to come.  I probably need to throw a new game into a mix, at least for a week though to help with the monotony.  Moving on, we do have some sales this week.  It is a Devil May Cry themed week which would be great except DMC is not backwards compatible, at all.  However, this might be a good week to pick up Blue Dragon or Lost Odyssey if you don’t own them already.  Enjoy your week and I’ll try to do the same, take care.

Looks like the new Games with Gold were announced this afternoon. I try not to bag on Games with Gold but this is really a poor list (last month was much better).  I’ll grab Tembo, but the rest I’m just not interested in.  I never was one for the Friday the 13th game, it just isn’t my thing even if its super appropriate for the month.  Disney’s Bolt isn’t going to do anything for me and Ninja Gaiden 3 while a good game is one of those games where I just don’t have the time to get used to the difficulty which is always ultra hard in NG games.  Still, I’m sure there are plenty of people who are interested, I’m just not one of them.  Enjoy.

Xbox One

• Tembo: The BadAss Elephant (October 1st-31st)
• Friday the 13th: The Game (October 16th – November 15th)

Xbox 360

• Disney: Bolt (October 1st-15th)
• Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge (October 16th-31st)