I’ve been playing my way through and enjoying Pokemon Unbound, one of the most amazing Pokemon rom hacks to have been created. It’s a rom hack with a custom region, custom story, and amazing customization in settings. It even manages to have a difficult mode that is challenging without being grindy bullshit.

I’m doing a “soft nuzlocke” of the game, where I can only capture one Pokemon a route, and my Pokemon don’t die- instead, when I wipe, the entire run ends. It’s a lot more forgiving and fun way to play Pokemon while making it a little bit more challenging. Would recommend trying any Pokemon game this way, and would especially recommend Pokemon Unbound whether you’re a casual or experienced Pokemon player.

Death Stranding on Game Pass. I’m about 60 hrs in and it’s really different, the good kind

Been replaying The Outer Worlds and some No Man’s Sky as I await Starfield. TOW is just as good as I remembered, and NMS is still a chill time suck that I can “space” out to.

I can’t recommend Ender Lillies on steam enough, it’s a 1-2 years old overall great (although very melancholic) Metroidvania with an interesting story, nice music and pretty good combat. Really got me for a few days, even went to 100 procent the playthrough which i rarely do

CrossCode. It is such a great game. I am quite a pseudo-MMORPG enjoyer.

Been loving Tears of the Kingdom lately. It has great exploration and traversal but some of the dungeons have been really weak compared to the previous games.

I never played BotW and one of the big reasons why is the weapon breaking mechanic. I thought I would really hate it but the fuse ability gives you an infinite supply of good weapons so it pretty much cancels it out.

I recently played CloudPunk. The voxel art feels weird at first but you get used to it. It’s a fantastic game and the story is good. 5/5.

Dave the diver is main game right now. Just started chapter 2.

I never played botw as i went pc gaming back then. So i got botw and totk setup on my deck. They are next

My wife and have been playing the hell out of Diablo 4 (no pun intended). It has just enough elements from D2 that characters feel open and alive but is accessible enough for my wife (who would not have liked D2) to enjoy trying to come up with new builds.

Season 1 starts in two days and I’m very excited.

Other than that I’ve been playing Curse The Case of the Golden Idol. It is a sequel of sorts to Obra Dinn, but done in smaller scenarios that can be completed in 30 minutes or so each. I love going from what the hell is happening here too understanding fully all the implications in that time. Really feels like detective work.

Edit: don’t even know the name of the game I’m playing haha

Grabbed Project Zomboid last week and it’s kicking my butt. I’m admittedly making it harder on myself by starting a whole new save when a character dies, but I’m trying to figure it out without relying on too many crutches. Still pretty enjoyable even with the difficulty.

Nier Replicant

I reached ending A, and I’m finally beginning to see interesting differences in the current route. Finally got my Dualsense controller to work via Bluetooth on pc as well

Got State of Decay 2 a few weeks ago and have been playing it whenever I have time. Love games with permadeath and resource management, if you’re into that check it out. I’d also recommend if you like permadeath in things like XCOM, I’ve had some miserable moments losing characters lol

As usual, I managed to spend some time playing ZELDA:BotW on CEMU, for my little daughter.

She enjoys re-dressing the protagonist, having him gather edible stuff and cooking it Riding on horses, hiding before enemies, checking interesting places, or directing daddy to a black rock that hides Amber or Flint inside seems to be endless source of fun for her.

Recently, she asks to strip Link to his underpants, go to a beach and run around, picking up crabs, rocks, or climbing palm trees.

As for me, every second I can spend watching the grass bent by the virtual wind makes me forget about the reality around me. Which is more than welcome state of mind.

Divinity: Original Sin 2, Grounded, and the first Plants Vs. Zombies game. I think they’re all fantastic games. Divinity is D&D the video game essentially, I’ve been playing with my other half and we’re both having a blast. We completed the first game a couple of years ago and it was great so the sequel was an easy pick. Grounded is Honey, I Shrunk the Kids the video game, also really good multiplayer, but it does kick players pretty often regardless of internet connection. PVZ, it was cheap on Steam and it’s got a surprsing amount of content for the price. Very fun little time waster.

I’ve been playing the GBA Collection on Nintendo switch. I had emulators but this is finally a legal way to play fire emblem, Metroid and Mario kart super circuit on the switch without hassle.

It’s basically the best thing that could happen ever. Now if I can just figure out how to enable the multiplayer it would be a blast