Big sale on Xbox the other day. I got several games. Played a few too. Here's all. 

Lego Movie Videogame (XSX): I think I saw the movie in the theaters. I remember being amused by it. I got the game for $5 because it's the next Lego game I'll play after Lego City Undercover. If you look at the final screen in the trailer, you'll see the game was released on 8 different systems. Wow! 

Torchlight II (XSX): Oh, I've been wanting this for a long while. I loved the first one and played some of the third when it must've been part of Game Pass. I really like the art design of this series too. $5 is a nice price. It's always good to have a great isometric-view action RPG on hand. 

Space Crew (XSX): I've been eyeing this game ever since it came out in 2020. I played Runner Duck's Bomber Crew and loved it even though I couldn't finish it for its late-game difficulty. Both games have you manage people in a plane/starship and fend off enemies and mechanical mishaps. You pick a crew, give them specialties, and manage how they keep the ship running and defended. It's a blast until things get really hectic. $5 is impulse buy time. 

And now I thought I was finished until my friend decided he was going to buy Tiny Tina's Wonderland for $34 on the sale. I told him, if you buy this, I'll have to also. We've always played the Borderlands games in tandem and in online co-op, and we had been keen to play this Tiny Tina spinoff game ever since it came out back in March. So, I ended up splurging, which is what you tend to do around Black Friday anyway.

I started this game as soon as it was sufficiently downloaded and didn't touch anything else for the rest of the day. It's just like a Borderlands game in every way except there are more player customization options (like pronouns - been waiting for that one in games), spell casting, new character types and companions, and an overworld that is like moving action figures on a miniature play set. It's all centered around Tiny Tina's DnD game Bunkers and Badasses.

You know that feeling when a game totally engages your attention so that no other game can pull you away? That's my feeling right now. My friend and I will be playing through this game exclusively for a good long while, at least through the holidays. 

It's like 2009 all over again when the first Borderlands came out in October that year.