Immediately you might notice that I have changed the title of this column, and you might also have noticed that it’s been two weeks. I do apologize for that but work set in, I got fed a few new projects and my depression and the feeling of burnt out returned. I barely want to even watch anything I normally do at this point and to prove my point I am way behind on wrestling…I need to check WWE Network, but I’m probably about 3-4 weeks behind. I miss NXT and NXT UK.
I have watched a few movies and series in the last couple of weeks. Me and my wife did binge a couple of things on HBO Max (finally using that subscription) including the Flight Attendant (very good, quite surprised me) and the Undoing which I think my wife liked more than I did. Not that I don’t like Nicole Kidman or Hugh Grant (in the right roles) but it didn’t quite leave me satisfied.
On the movie front, I watched Bad Times at the El Royale and loved it. Seriously, Jeff Bridges was fantastic, and honestly I don’t have a bad thing to say about any of the characters really. They all fit nicely, and there was a few good twists and turns too. Saw Peabody and Sherman, didn’t care for it, but my son liked it. I’ll ditch the disc and keep the digital code on that one. By the same token, I saw Long Way North, enjoyed it a great deal and my son could care less about it.
Last night I started a movie named Blind Date (1984) and its not very good so far. Yeah, it has a lot of pretty girls (including Kristie Alley in her prime), but the story is not there for me at all (maybe it will pick up). I just hope it doesn’t end up as bad as White Bird in a Blizzard was (I literally turned that off half an hour in). I do find as I get older, my tolerance for bad movies is starting to get thin (especially now that I don’t have to write reviews for them). I just have so many movies unwatched that I need some way to get through them. I also need to find a more reliable way of getting rid of them as well once I’m done with the okay to terrible ones but that’s an ongoing issue in this COVID world that we are living in. (All of the swap shops with the exception of a few random book stores have closed up)
On the video game front, I have only been playing Skyrim. As far as recent events, I am level 13. I’ve already abandoned the main quest (again) and started to do the Thieves Guild quests only to stop mid-stream and switch to College of Winterhold since I never messed with those due to an early glitch in the 360 version that I could never overcome. Now keep in mind, my magic is absolute shite but its not like when it comes to Skyrim I can’t just think ways around various scenarios. At least for a while anyway, and worst case scenario is that I just keep improving my skills which I have never found gets me in too much trouble when it comes to this game.
If you are looking for a cheap game this weekend on your Xbox, feel free to check out the sales:
https://majornelson.com/2021/01/11/this-weeks-deals-with-gold-and-spotlight-sale-191/
Ignoring the 360 games because if you don’t have Bound by Flame and Mars: War Logs by now, seriously you don’t pay attention to any of the sales at all. There are a few interesting Xbox One games to look at here. Once upon a time, I actually reviewed a game called Stranger of Sword City which never seems to go on sale and can be had for a mere $10 now (it’s normally $40). It’s pure Japanese Dungeon type RPG but it’s done pretty well and will keep your attention for a quite a while if you are into those type of games. There are also a lot of board games here including Monopoly and Boggle. I somewhat want to blow $4 just to play Uno again, but I probably should just pick up a deck of cards and try to teach my son again, actually that’s probably a much better idea.
As with most corporate professionals, I suppose I could spend $3 and some change to play Doug Hates his Job but no thanks. By the way, be sure to pick up your free Games with Gold this month. Dead Rising is now available along with Breakdown for the original Xbox. Also, even though its not advertised, Frontline: Fuels of War is also free as are two pieces of DLC for that game. So be sure to pick all of those up since you paid for your subscription anyway. I’ll probably be trying to find a few minutes this weekend to play some more Skyrim though I am tempted to also try Torchlight III which just became available on Game Pass. Have a great weekend, and enjoy.
