Classic

DOOM + DOOM II is a welcome update. Legacy of Rust is epic, though the default music is kinda bad. Voxel Doom II w/ Parallax Textures is still the way to go though... And Doom Resurrection may be my second favourite :) Also, curious to see what Randy Linden's come-up with for the latest DOOM SNES next year.

Silent Hill: The Short Message was fine; didn't do anything groundbreaking as far as I could tell, but was suitably creepy.

Demon's Souls (PS5) is pretty. I still don't get it. Was only $20 though.

Borrowed my brother's 1TB Xbox One S to finally play Halo 5, and once I logged-in to it I was reminded that I owned Killer Instinct Classic & Killer Instinct 2 Classic; never got to play them before, so that was neat. Also, two hours to install Halo 5 from disc and update over a 100Mbps Internet connection... Only to find-out I never played Spartan Ops and have no idea what's going on, so finally installing The Master Chief Collection. Also, I'm gonna buy Crimson Dragon; always wanted to try that one.

Oh, and found a complete copy of Legend of Mana that wasn't ridiculously expensive! Not interested in the remaster; don't like the new backgrounds at all.

Speaking of remasters, still kinda miffed about The Last of Us Part II, Persona 5 Royal, and now Until Dawn - but thankfully one is a $10 upgrade, one is effectively just a framerate boost, and one is such an overhaul that I'm kinda happy sticking to the original vision.

It got confused...

The left stick on my DualSense started to drift left after just over a year of light use; tried a few things to clean it out, but not rushing to disassemble it... And then my partner got me a PS5 Slim (with a Disc Drive) for my birthday, so that helped :) Hooked it up to my AW2721D, set it to 1440p/120Hz/HDR, started ASTRO's Playroom, grabbed the free Matrix and Silent Hill games, downloaded my compatible PS3 games, popped-in a Blu-ray movie - everything was going great, but then video and audio started cutting in and out with horrifying flickers and pops once I exited the movie. Had to navigate through the flickering to change the resolution setting to anything but "Automatic", and that fixed it. Not fun. Anyway...

• ASTRO's Playroom - Fantastic tech demo and pack-in; best exclusive on the console to date, and the follow-up looks like it's going to give Super Mario Odyssey a run for its money.
• The Matrix Awakens - Really impressive.
• Flower - Better than ever!
• OlliOlli - Works well on the big screen.
• Silent Hill: The Short Message - Haven't really dug-in yet, but hey, it's free.
• Sound Shapes - Sad that the servers are gone, but really glad this still exists.
• The Unfinished Swan - Didn't finish it on PS3 or Vita... Third time's the charm?

Otherwise, restarted Kirby & the Amazing Mirror - still kind of overwhelming, but I feel like I have a better handle on it this time. Also finally played through the Cryptmaster demo and I'm into it; plus you can fart, so that's neat. Lastly, I missed the last few sales on Disney's Illusion Island and had been waiting for another, but it looks like it might've gone out of print(?) so I grabbed a copy.