Tag: Xbox Series S
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Bests & Worsts of 2023: Gaming
Like last year’s edition (available at https://scrubreport.com/2023/01/14/bests-worsts-of-2022-gaming/), this will be a bit of a twist on the usual “Best/Worst” listicle format – that is, it’ll include specific events, game mechanics, and industry trends as well as games that I liked or hated. Let’s git ‘er done. Bests: – Assembling insane contraptions in The Legend of…
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Review: Deathloop (PS5/Xbox Series S)
I played Deathloop back when it came out on PS5, but its recent release on Game Pass gives me a good opportunity to write a review of the thing while still being somewhat topical. Once more into the breach…shit, wait, wrong time loop game.[1] At the end of the (repeated, over and over again) day,…
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On (the) Campaign – Halo: Combat Evolved
Apologies for the sporadic posting recently; I just moved to a new apartment (well, I moved the couch, TV, and chinchilla, and got the internet set up) so I’ve been unable to surf the zeitgeist as I usually do. I’m hoping to be back on schedule with my posts within a couple of days, but,…
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Review (kind of): Sable
[Played on Xbox Series S.] I really wanted to like this. I did! And I feel bad about the way it ended, like a relationship with a sweet girl who you ultimately just don’t match up that well with, if that girl also asked you to do annoying fetch quests for beetles. But I’m…
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Extremely Late Impressions of the Xbox Series S
Yeah, I know this thing came out in the Bronze Age. I’m a Luddite. Sue me.[1] Long story short, I spent my tax refund on a Series S, which arrived yesterday, within 12 hours of ordering. One-day shipping is nice, but also makes me wince at how hard my grandfather would slap me for being…