Tag: nintendo
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I played a lot of games this Fourth of July, and that was time well spent
My wife and I were lucky enough to spend this Fourth of July with family and friends, and had a wonderful time! We had great, enormous meals, saw live music, had deep conversations, and played some video games! And, naturally, it’s the video games thoughts I most want to share here, because while the rest…
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My E3 2019 Thoughts!
It’s E3! There have been so many cool announcements, and I do not have the mental or temporal capacity to talk about them all, but here are some of my thoughts! Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order Everything I hear about this game sounds great, but the gameplay demo did nothing for me. I’m really hoping…
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Detective Pikachu is weirdly dark, but tons of fun!
My wife and I went with her sister’s family to see Detective Pikachu this afternoon, and had a ton of fun! The film is charming and fun, but it’s greatest strengths by far are Pikachu and his Pokémon costars. I’ve only played a bit of the Detective Pikachu game, but have played a boatload of…
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I’m surprisingly excited for Pokémon Sword and Shield
I grew up loving Pokémon. I remember the very first time I saw a kid at school playing the Blue version on a GameBoy pocket in the library, and went home asking for it that day. I competed in a tournament at a mall, once, and reset my save file because I heard you’d be…
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Our trip to Seattle
We had a great mini-vacation up to Seattle last week, during which I did a terrible job of keeping track of what we did. I’m still feeling pretty exhausted, so rather than try to write poetically about our trip, I’m just going to list out as much as I can remember… In the words of…
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