Well, I obviously missed posting on Friday but that was somewhat expected and I have now been left unsupervised so let the shenanigans begin. Well, not really many shenanigans these days, but it’s the thought that counts, right?
The Walmart stop was pretty quick – just exchanged the empty game case for one we verified had the copy inside and also zipped in to grab a new litter box for the kitten (officially named Lucretia now). After dropping my wife off at the airport, I killed the couple hours waiting for her departure by checking out the usual pawn shops and stumbled on a coin shop I hadn’t checked out before. The owner seemed pretty nice and straightforward about his pricing, and he’ll be my option if I want to buy rounds in less than full tubes. But once she called me to tell me her flight was about to depart and she was going dark, I was on my way back home.
Once home, I settled into my planned weekend of gaming immersion. I don’t game nearly as much as I used to – too many other things that take priority for my attention – but I had been looking forward to playing Ghost of Yotei for a while and now I could, so I planned the first few days of my wife’s trip to be dedicated to it, and I have to say, it did not disappoint.
Since it is a followup sequel to Ghost of Tsushima the base mechanics were pretty familiar so I was able to jump right in. One thing I really enjoy about the UI is that it is designed to immerse the player as much as possible. There are no minimaps or HUD, and health bars or other combat focused information is not shown unless you are in combat. At times it is like watching a movie, and the devs offer a special “Kurosawa mode” that makes it like a grainy, black and white, Akira Kurosawa film in Japanese with English subtitles for a true samurai movie experience.
So that’s what I did all weekend – I played my game and wrangled cats… with an occasional pause to eat or talk to my wife on the phone.
Anyhow, my family isn’t going to avenge itself and I have some other things I need to take care of today before I can jump back into the world of feudal Japan so…
Song of the day: Tomorrow Never Knows by Carla Azar and Alison Mosshart (originally by The Beatles)
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