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Very tired. Much travel.

Play:
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RangerStop and Pop Convention (RL) - For my kid's very first aeroplane
ride, we decided to take a short hop to a completely random genre
convention. The main attraction was the Power Rangers brand, but this particular show also featured a few other properties, chiefly Ninja
Turtles and a few unrelated anime properties. It was a lot bigger and
more organised than I expected, and one of the big surprises was a well-constructed area for young children where they actually got some
real martial arts and acrobatics instruction from some of the old Power Rangers actors and stunt performers. So the show was a hit, and along
the way the kid also got to play some new games...

Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue (N64) - There might
have been a Playstation disc too, but I ain't buying either one. My kid
got nearly an uninterrupted hour in the game, which alternates between a
poor man's Gauntlet clone and some kind of infinite-scrolling vehicle collection thing. It's thoroughly terrible and only barely merits its
status as a tie-in video game for the series, but now my kid knows how
to read an RPG minimap.

Saban's Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid (PS4) -
Another game set up for the convention, which was much too difficult for
the targeted age group in that part of the hall. Weirdly it cribs from
the King of Fighters series where you get to construct your own
three-person team in what it generously calls 'Arcade' mode. It's not a
bad fighting game engine at work, but a bit like King of Fighters you
have to have at least a little affection for your favourites out of
their original media to be able to appreciate any of the movesets or the fidelity of the character designs. The other way it's like KOF is that
the CPU is intensely aggressive, which means that the pre-teens and
small children attempting to play the game properly were met with piles
and piles of frustration and tears.

Want:
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Tomb Raider Collection and that other one (EVC) - Oh is it time for the
two Evercade cartridges to finally hit the market? I didn't know for you
see I have not paid attention to the weekly e-mails reminding me of this imminent occurrence.

Bin:
-==-

Nothing game-related.

Expenditure:
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Balance forward - $1,515

-KKC, who has too much laundry to do for two days out of town.
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Kendrick Kerwin Chua <kendrick@nospam.io-nyc> wrote:

Play:

SSX3 (GC) - I've had a bit of trouble finishing off peak two's races
on this, presumably meaning that I need to work on boosting my stats a
bit more. I think it ought to be doable with just some more
collect-em-up - which is handily one of the things I like most in the
game - but if all else fails, I might have to try fumbling my way
through some of the other events beyond just the races. Which would be
a pain.

Saban's Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid (PS4) -
Another game set up for the convention, which was much too difficult for
the targeted age group in that part of the hall. Weirdly it cribs from

[...]

fidelity of the character designs. The other way it's like KOF is that
the CPU is intensely aggressive, which means that the pre-teens and
small children attempting to play the game properly were met with piles
and piles of frustration and tears.

To be fair, that's largely how I react to fighting games of that ilk.

Want:

Nothing.

Bin:

Playing a snowboarding game in summer heat. I feel like I could have
timed this one a bit better.

-Rus.
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On 24 Jun 2024 at 07:48:27 BST, "Russell Marks" <zgedneil@spam^H^H^H^Hgmail.com> wrote:

Playing a snowboarding game in summer heat. I feel like I could have
timed this one a bit better.

I've always rather enjoyed doing that, for the virtual cold.

(I'm still out of order and not playing games, apart from very
occasional PMGs of Divinity: Original Sin 2 and We Were Here Forever)

Cheers - Jaimie
--
Some people have years of experience.
Some have one year's experience several times.
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