Category: Musings

No Switch 2. I No Need.

A year ago, Nintendo released their newest Switch 2 console. It has more power, more features, and other things… but most of all, it’s just a beefier Switch with a couple extra bits.

I briefly considered making the jump. Even got on the list for one of those pre-order opportunities… but I ended up not getting a Switch 2. Because when I really thought about it, did I need a Switch 2?

Most of the games I play typically fall under two categories; either those of simple fare or throwbacks to earlier eras. I spend more time on Nintendo Classics, Arcade Archives, and whatever compilations I’ve got available than I do any of the heavy hitters. When was the last big Switch title I played? The HD2D remakes of the three Dragon Quest Erdrick games. Before that? A few swings of Breath Of The Wild. I have a copy of Tears Of The kingdom that I still haven’t touched. Maybe I should before the servers go down.

A year later, I still have no real inclination to pick up a Switch 2, despite the threat of looming price hikes in a couple months time. Granted, there’s more stuff to look forward to on that front. I’m almost keenly interested in the newest StarFox restart and Console Archives is appealing even if the game selection has been somewhat uninspired. But the simple truth is that I’m more than content with my Switch 1. There’s stuff on there I still have to play through. I’d very much like to get that done before moving on to another console.

Oh, lookie. They’re remaking another game that I already have on Nintendo 64… and can play on Nintendo Switch via Nintendo Classics. Pass.

Also, I just bought a new laptop last year and as you can imagine, money is tight these days. I haven’t been buying as many games as I would like. That’s going towards more essential needs like food, bills, gas, and other things that now cost more because… well, you know.

Also (yes, again), nothing on the horizon to look forward to. Atari seems to have given up on making new carts for their legacy systems and the used game market has failed to catch my eye, either with anything that I might be keenly interesting in adding to the pile or in terms of pricing; the latter playing a key role in how I approach new additions to the somewhat bloated game collection.

I don’t know… if things stay as they are on that front, I might consider do a new series of videos on the game collection. Maybe even start doing some clean-up on odds and ends.

Who knows? New content for the channel nobody is going to care about, but that’s par for the course, ain’t it?

Fighting The Future…

So wordpress’s classic editor is being phased out and people are forced to use the block editor. While some people don’t mind the block editor, I prefer the Classic. It fits my needs nicely and doesn’t feel like a convoluted cluster fuck. So for those who feel the same way and have a premium WordPress plan, I had a conversation with a AI assistant that provided assistance in this matter that proved to be helpful. No more fucking blocks. Thanks.

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Stargate To Stay Closed.

Source: https://bleedingcool.com/tv/stargate-mallozzi-wright-on-cancellation-news-praise-geros-vision/

Amazon deciding not to do a new Stargate show months after they teased a new Stargate show is somehow not a surprise. How many other things will they announce and then cancel? I’m surprised Spider-Noir got out of the woodworks at this rate.

By the way, that’s a good show. More thoughts on that later down the road.

Is She Or Isn’t She?

A while back, while gathering emails and questions for a previous edition of the DTM Mailbag, someone had inquired about my thoughts on the whole Doctor Boo/Billie Piper conundrum that the BBC placed themselves in. I thought about giving a quick answer before moving on, but as I was conducting my answer, I found out that I actually had some thoughts that expanded beyond the brief period I would dedicate. Eventually, I found myself compelled (for whatever reason) to turn this answer into a more detailed write up and offer some thoughts on the matter.

I wanted to hold this off until the end of the month so that I’d have something to post during that last week, but apparently, Marble Mouth Davies suggests that the BBC might be putting some sort of word regarding the future of who at some point next week or so. So I’m going to share some quick thoughts – based almost purely on speculation – and should BBC offer something substantial (or at least remotely forward moving) in terms of their future plans with the proverbial TARDIS, I’ll probably do a follow up. If not, this is my words on the matter, for better or worse.

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Slow News Year

So we begin excluding discussion about a certain genre of entertainment for the month of June. The idea being to give that a rest… except how much that affect this blog when there hasn’t been much of it beyond the weekly Wednesday project that concluded?

I’ll be honest with you. There hasn’t been much to talk about in other fronts. Most of you following this blog know that I rarely touch on the current gen console scene. Price hikes due to prevailing circumstances and morons in office is not something that inspires long essays or anything like that. It sucks and it’s going to suck more when certain tariffs are removed and the prices stay up because we gotta make some profits.

Meanwhile, over at the classic gaming scene… new toys to play with, sure. Almost all of it overly expensive and, save for maybe one or two things, almost all of it is a flex. Things you don’t need, but would be nice to have. I’ve got a lot of vintage machines; some of these still work. Not quite the ideal “classic” experience, but they serve me well. And if all else fails, there’s always classic compilations on Switch or PC. And of course, the other avenue that needs not be mentioned because… well, you know… yarrrr.

Over at the comic front, there’s new event comics coming up that leave me uninspired. Movies and TV shows… none of which pique my interest. Honestly, I find myself watching old shit on either Prime Video or Youtube or whatever physical media I have at my disposal. Most of the stuff I have is infinitely rewatchable. Every so often, I can pull that out, give it a watch, have fun, put it back in the dock, and then a few months or so later, I might get a scratch to rewatch it. The quality of good media is not its resale value; it’s the replay. How much are you itching for another go?

I suppose I could on a series of posts dissecting why certain things that I used to take pleasaure and/or joy in no longer provide such things, but that would be too dreary a series at best and at worst, too cut and dry – some things, I lost interest in. Other things, a little more. I’ll try to be a bit more upbeat in my future writings, but as trends on the interwebs have proven time and time again, people love absolute misery and despair… and so does the global algorithms of the universe, it seems.

Thank goodness I don’t care for such things.

Oh wait…

Eh…

Almost didn’t do a post today, but I assure you it’s nothing serious. Just been busy with some stuff. Notably the week’s offerings and other real life things.

Will be going to a friend’s place for a get-together tomorrow, where we’ll be watching a replay of tonight’s PPV with some other folks. Said friend spent their day watching the latest product from Disney that came out on Friday and shared their regret in doing so. I offered to bring donuts from Timmy’s to soften the blow. I might end up getting Krispy Kremes from Costco instead.

Upload times for the videos will be uneven, but I’d imagine it’ll be the usual time for most of them. Otherwise, it’ll be later than usual for some. Lots of last-minute checking and rendering to see if it all fits well and if no glitches pass through. After that, it should be an interesting ride of sorts.

Catch you all later.

Deliberations Of A Tease – Power Rangers #0

Got a chance to check out the recent Power Rangers #0, which is basically a freebie given away as part of another giveaway event or something. Not Free Comic Book Day, but another day similar to it… Anyway, this is basically a sampler – a teaser, if you will – for Boom Studios’ three upcoming series. And that’s really all they are; teasers. They don’t tell you much beyond the basic principle of each series. Something like this should get you excited for what’s to come.

Well, as you could probably surmise from the choice of header banner for this post quoting the great Mark Bussler of Classic Game Room fame, I’m not so sure it worked on that front… not for me, anyway.

The MMPR Reunion series or whatever you want to call it doesn’t quite hit the feels. Partly due to the artwork not quite being all that great – the new costumes notwithstanding, I don’t think the Ranger adults look all that great. I’m not sure whether this is supposed to be a continuation of the last Boom series or something else entirely, but in any event, this tease offers nothing more than what past blurbs have said. And what little I’ve seen here doesn’t inspire much confidence. I remain cautiously optimistic that this turns out well, but really am hoping that somebody puts the kibosh on this and give Amy Jo Johnson’s take on the reunion special (MMPR: The Return) the sequel series it deserves.

As for Power Rangers Unlimited… a OG Power Ranger is recruited by a master of some sort to recruit a bunch of other Rangers to deal with some threat. Sort of like that Beyond The Grid story from a few years back, except now… MOAR RANGERS. I’m pretty sure people wanted other teams to get the spotlight, but I’m sure that meant series of their own rather than riding off the MMPR gravy train. There are some GOOD seasons that deserve a similar run to what BOOM gave MMPR back in 2016 until that fell off the creative track.

Finally, there’s the Green story – essentially the JDF wetdream of giving Tommy his own Old Man Logan/Last Ronin take… which is fine if we weren’t already getting that wetdream in the form of Legend Of The White Dragon (assuming it ever comes out, despite promises). Also, the concept has been done to death countless times. This feels like a retread. I’m sure some folks will get theirs tickled, but I’m just like “I’ve read this when it was called Old Man Logan and The Last Ronin. I don’t need something that feels like a fifth-rate knockoff.”

Yeah, so far, I’m still not sold on this new deal. I was fine with Prime because it was something different and also it was probably one of the better PR comics to come out in a while, with the other being The Return. Like I said, I’ll give the first issue of each one because they deserve that much, but they have to be really strong issues that do a better job of selling their concept because everything that has come out up to this point has been meandering at best.

Again, a follow-up to The Return would have been nice, especially with the sequel tease. Hell, I’d be open to a continuation of Once & Always now that the original continuity is no longer televised. Or just continue doing Prime. I have no idea why they stopped that series. Bad sales, maybe? Who knows?

We’ll see how this turns out, I guess.

Later.

The Prerequisite Star Wars Ambivalence Post

There’s a new Star Wars movie tomorrow… I should be excited, no?

Except… not really. It’s a TV movie that they decided to put into movie theaters. And yes, I liked the Mandalorian for the first couple years… and then the Book of Boba Fett stunk up the joint and I never came back for the third. Now you want people to get excited for a big screen airing of what is essentially an abridged fourth season of a show most people probably already forgot about.

I’ve already talked about my overall ambivalence over this thing months ago when the deal was first announced, so I will not repeat myself here. For what it’s worth, I did dabble in some Star Wars games and books as of late… had fun with those. I might even bust out the old DVDs and give those a watch. (Yes, I said DVDs because they have the original original versions on those.)

Speaking of which, new review is coming tomorrow. It covers Empire on Game Boy. It’s not a good game, but after covering a surprisingly solid Master System port of Star Wars back in March, we need some balance in the proverbial force. As an added bonus, there’s a fun piece of business to mark the occasion.

All that in mind, I expect the flow of Star Wars game reviews to pick up sometime next year in time for the 50th anniversary of the original Star Wars. I’m saving the really good stuff for when it matters (mostly because they take too damn long to play through.)

Anyhoo, that’s it for today.

Later.