I sat down to sanity check a few discounts and somehow resurfaced hours later with a fuller wishlist and a lighter wallet. On Switch, Hades and Ori still feel like magic tricks disguised as games. Over on Xbox Series X, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Monster Hunter Wilds are absurd value for experiences that can eat entire weekends. PS5 is stacked with personality this week thanks to Astro Bot and Lies of P, while PC quietly delivers some of the strongest long form RPG and action value going around. Go get amongst it.
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This Day in Gaming 🎂
In retro news, it’s been 26 years since I unpeeled adventure in Donkey Kong 64, a game some called the top banana of Rare 3D platforming (I still prefer Banjo Kazooie). At the time, it looked gorgeous, sounded amazing (hello, DK Rap), and was overladen with crap to collect and unique ability Kongs to switch between. Kong made a comeback quite recently in Donkey Kong Bananza, too. I dug it.
Aussie birthdays for notable games.
– Earthworm Jim 2 (MD) 1995. Get
– Blast Corps (N64) 1997. Get
– Donkey Kong 64 (N64) 1999. Get
Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch
I keep coming back to Switch deals that reward feel over fidelity. Tight design, expressive music, and games that respect your time or gleefully steal it anyway.
- Hades (-70%) A$11.20 Supergiant turning roguelike repetition into a strength, with reactive dialogue and gods who remember your failures. I have finished this more times than I will admit.
- Bravely Default II (-38%) A$49.10 Old school JRPG systems with modern quality of life tweaks. Risk reward combat that actually makes grinding interesting.
- Borderlands 3 Ult. (-50%) A$44.60 A noisy loot fountain with the best gunplay the series has managed. The writing misses sometimes, the shooting never does.
- Ni No Kuni: WotW (-33%) A$59.90 Studio Ghibli vibes, sweeping music, and a combat system that rewards patience. Still one of the prettiest JRPG worlds around.
- Ori And The Blind Forest Def. A$7.40 A masterclass in movement and melancholy. Platforming that feels effortless once it clicks, backed by a soundtrack that sticks.
What’s Big on the Radar?
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