An undead shinobi am I,
Searching the past for the lord of dragons
Who I serve faithfully through death.
No dog of war or shrieking spearman will stop me,
Although giant crickets and man-eating goldfish harrow my steps.

Good morning Pixlpeeps! This morning I was listening to this song

Yes I went there and bought this game on Switch. I'm really not sure what to tell you about it.

Following the crash landing of Solo at the box office you may have read of “Star Wars fatigue.” It’s a phantom illness that is being blamed for audiences’ alienation of affection for Star Wars movies after 41 years of wedded bliss. The fans are not tired of Star Wars—they are in an uproar over the direction that the president of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy has taken the franchise. The fans are centrally angry that after 30 years of waiting for the continuation of Luke Skywalker’s story, he never saw any action and died at the end (was killed by director/writer Rian Johnson). The other issue with fans has been the political shift from focus on authoritarianism/militarism toward identity and party politics. Snoke is Trump, Poe Dameron’s mutiny represents the Bernie Bros, and the leadership of the Resistance are all elderly, affluent women (Clinton, Warren, Pelosi). continued after break...

Reflecting on what I played this week as I wait to see Hotel Transylvania 3 [posting this later. Already saw the movie. It was good. I love seeing old SNL comics doing the voices like Adam Sandler, Molly Shannon and David Spade]. I hit the retro first with PlayStation games. Later I'll mention catching up in the Banner Saga series and then getting sidetracked by Bomber Crew while waiting for Banner Saga 2 to install.

Good morning and Happy Monday to you good people. It is a windy morning here in Southern California and the streets are full of RV’s leaving the area because the last music festival of the year is over and this is when everyone is headed back to reality, and I avoid the streets as much as possible. Of course I also have to run errands but I am holding back on those for later. So today I thought it would be fun to do a combo Gaming on the Cheap/Quick Hits because I didn’t get around to it last week because I got caught up in the NFL Draft. I watch the dang thing every single year, and this year is no different, except at times I played some NCAA Football and had the draft going on my phone. Anyways let’s get started!

Sometimes after BaD, I'll do my own little thing where I just log any gaming I did during the week and call it Game Log a Day. Almost no one participates (I think coolseltzer did a year or two, but I'm not remembering who else) and it doesn't have the cool history behind it BaD does, but I do it. 

2017 was a pretty good year for me, personally, all things considered, and a great year for video games. Nothing really changed much for me aside from getting used to my job and having things go fairly smoothly from there, unlike 2016 where I crashed and burned at work, then emotionally, then physically. 

 Pixlpeeps it’s Friday, I’ve been out all day and I am back home and ready to relax, watch TV, and of course update you on the randoms going on here in my little piece of Southern California. BaD has been a lot of fun but I’m glad it’s almost over because well it’s a lot of work (you folks know) and I do like my Monday/Friday setup. Anyways let’s get back to some Quick Hits!

Some game series have seriously overstayed their entry. Some are on their fifth or sixth entry, and some were dead on arrival. Either way, here are some solid ways we could improve these series of old.

Have a story. It's about all the deities battling for supremacy.

Who isn't though? I have this conundrum a lot. I don't like reading self promotion blogs, and I hate writing them even more. I'd rather tell you about all the awesome things other people have made.

It’s that time of year again.  All the summer movies are out, and there are usually a few that interest me.  So here’s a list of the movies I’ve seen this summer, as well as the ones I wanted to see, but didn’t for whatever reason.  Oh and there might be some slight spoilers here and there, so you’ve been warned.

All of those things were involved in the BFD concert I went to Sunday, May 28, 2017 at the Starplex Pavillion in Dallas, TX, put on by Live Nation and 97.1 The Eagle. 

 Today I would like to talk about stupid names, annoyances, and overused words in Gamertags/Netword IDs. If you play on anything like Steam, XBox Live, or PSN I'm sure you've come across some of these. I also wanted to touch on some annoyances in general. Now lets begin.

So this is the usual morning routine: I wake up an hour before my alarm goes off. I have that extra hour in case I wake up late, which has happened, and I am not rushing to get things done so I can get going with my day. During this hour of just laying in bed, I have the local news playing, and I am on the iPad reading Twitter, checking Facebook, and maybe looking through Slickdeals. Over the past 24 hours I have had to use the “Hide All” feature on a couple of friends and this is why. Over the past year or so I have called people “Political Bandwagoners” because all of a sudden they have become so into politics this is all (most) that they post. Just like sports bandwagon guy, political bandwagon guy is just as annoying, and is only around for the ride until something else comes along.

So this is week two for Coachella and I refuse to leave my house because the Coachella kids suck at driving. Let's recap last week: the family went back to Hawaii and I decided to go out because to run some errands and do my usual of check out what's going on a Walmart (you did this to me Target when you decided to close your doors at my favorite store) and I ran into these folks. We had rich guy in Porsche (I'm in the Porshaaa camp, because I've always said it this way and one of my former professors who restores them also said this was the correct way to say it) who was going super slow in the fast lane, while on the phone, another guy who decided that the intersection was the perfect time to change lanes, and my personal favorite guy who doesn't understand the concept of a four way stop honks at you because you took your turn and didn't let him skip. Granted I live in a small town and a lot of the Coachella kids probably look down on it because they're from LA, SD, or any other big city but common sense on the roads people! It's not that hard. Anyways let's get started.

So my rental copy of Stardew Valley came in and I've been playing it. While it wasn't my first choice (it was literally my last choice in my GameFly Q), in a way the timing couldn't be more perfect. 

Good morning Pixlpeeps! It is Friday and I have to admit I haven't been around much this week and that is because I have family from Hawaii visiting so the week has been spent hanging with them, playing some games, playing with Lego, and visiting the neighborhood pool. We would have used the neighborhood clubhouse but they are still in remodel phase for another week or so (hopefully, I miss the treadmill). Because of this I haven't read any blogs and commented on them. Since the Coachella kids are invading for week 1 I will probably not venture outside much if at all so I have that time to catch up. Anyways let's get started with another Quick Hits.

I think the windstorm is over. Yesterday in the morning it was calm and then right when it hit 2 or 3pm the winds kicked up and soon the news was filled with various trees around the valley being toppled and the police telling people to not go outside if they don't have to. That was an interesting Thursday afternoon. Good morning Pixlpeeps! Friday is back and I am ready to hit the local mom & pop later on today in hopes of finding something “new” (not in new releases but in older CDs I don't have in the library) and take part in the weekly trip to the local casino buffet for seafood night. Before all of that let's get started with Quick Hits!

 I've been listening to a lot of tunes lately, and thought you guys might enjoy some of them.

I... didn't get a new Bicycle. I just have the the Queen song stuck in my head.

MvC Arcade ... maybe ... I mean I've played it since cause movie theaters exist, but I THINK I actually played it in '98. 

No, really. Page 183 of Media/Impact: An Introduction to Mass Media (12th Ed.) by Shirley Biagi actually mentions the Israel-Palestine game Snee was talking about in one of his blogs (PeaceMaker).