Staying sane/safe out there, denizens of the wasteland?
A bunch of big new video games came out this week! I have barely scratched the surface of the last big batch of video games I bought (Outer Worlds, Outer Wilds, Code Vein, Judgment) since I mostly just jump into Apex Legends or Modern Warfare whenever I get gaming time lately (I’ve also played a couple hours of the new Ori game and it’s rad), but I am pretty tempted by the new Animal Crossing and Doom: Eternal. I suspect I’ll hold off on them for a while, but it’s good to know they’re out there.
I like thinking about, reading about, talking about, listening to people talk about and watching people play video games as much if not more than actually playing them, so this is a good time to be housebound as there is no shortage of people playing games online. I’m a Giant Bomb premium subscriber so I pretty much have the Lockdown 2020 streams going all day when they’re on. Sometimes I mute the audio and just play music over it and just glance up occasionally to see whatever game is on, but often I just leave the audio be and happily work while listening to these technical strangers with whom I have developed some form of parasocial relationship. It’s very comforting.
Currently Playing: Lisa Bella Donna – “Destinations”
Currently Reading: FROM HELL, Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell
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