June 22-28, 2025
No gaming again. Maybe I picked a bad time to catalog a bunch of old games instead of actually playing something? I did make good progress on cataloging though! More on that in the conclusion again. I may get some gaming time next week, I’ve already got a friend hangout penciled in. Isn’t adult life great?
Game Acquisitions
So, this is a bit of an odd one. My emulation research has caused me to stumble upon some older delisted PC games. I couldn’t really add them to my emulation library since they’re native PC games, so I decided to go ahead and add them to my regular acquisitions. Prince of Persia 2 is technically being emulated through MS-DOS which is an old Microsoft operating system, but I didn’t see a separate platform entry for it on HLTB, so PC it is! The first Prince of Persia will be played through SNES emulation which is why I haven’t listed it here, but I do plan on playing them in order. The other games were giveaways as usual.
# of Games: 8
Total Money Spent: $0
Price/Game: $0
TV/Movie Recaps
Here is everything I watched this week:
· Daredevil: Born Again Season 1 Episodes 8-9 (all caught up, show ongoing)
· Tales from the Loop Season 1 Episodes 1-3 (still watching, show ended)
· Ghost in the Shell (finally!)
Daredevil and Tales from the Loop are very good shows. Daredevil really does feel like Season 4 of the original show, I love it. I’m curious to see the army Daredevil recruits. I’m only about halfway through Tales from the Loop but it is very compelling so far. I like that there’s a different sci-fi mystery that’s solved in each episode, as well as the overall mystery of what “the Loop” actually is. It’s also cool that a minor character from the previous episode becomes the main character of the next. It’s like the cast changes but all the characters stay the same. I don’t think I’ve seen that done before. I can’t wait to see how it all ties together. And finally, I have watched the original Ghost in the Shell anime film. The atmosphere and animation were top notch as I expected. The action scenes were really cool too. There was a lot of exposition though, and some environmental shots felt like they dragged on a little long. The ending was left pretty ambiguous too. In other words, it felt like the first movie in a franchise. I’m curious to see if they build on this movie in future installments or if each piece of media is its own thing. Overall, definitely worth watching.
Conclusion/Upcoming
On the emulation front, I mentioned last time that I was going to look into Game Boy Color and Advance games, then Xbox and Sega as well as a couple of niche platforms. I managed to get through with cataloging both Game Boys, original Xbox, Xbox 360, and the short-lived Sega 32X. I actually managed to get a couple of games out of that one. The Xbox 360 emulator is highly experimental, so most games aren’t fully playable. Hopefully it will be in a better state by the time I get around to playing them. I also went down a rabbit hole with a forgotten Korean RPG series known as Magna Carta. Magna Carta 2 is an Xbox 360 exclusive which is how I came across it, but it’s actually the third game in the series. The original game never released outside South Korea and was pulled from sale shortly after release for being a buggy mess. Someone managed to get a copy and fully translate it into English. I tried to play it during testing, but the gameplay systems were too complex and never explained and I quickly dropped it. The second game released on PS2 but didn’t have good reviews either, so I guess I’m only playing the Xbox game. Oh well! There’s my fun emulation fact for the week.
For the upcoming week, I plan on watching the second Ghost in the Shell film and finishing up Tales from the Loop. I suspect I’ll get through it before Ghost in the Shell, so I’ll need a small holdover before I dive into the Ghost in the Shell anime series’. I’ll either knock out Star Wars Tales of the Underworld which is basically just two episodes or Raised by Wolves. Then it’s headfirst into everything Ghost in the Shell has to offer! My friend is coming over so hopefully we’ll get more Tales of Phantasia in. Other than that, the emulation cataloging continues. The next platforms on my list are the Sega Saturn, original Game Boy, the NES, and the 3DO. I have no idea what to expect from those. The Saturn might have some hidden gems, but I don’t have faith in the others. My next post will be the monthly for June, and there will be some fun Q2 graphs to go along with that. Thanks as always for reading! I’ll be back in a couple days.
Backlog total: 3,304 (+8)
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