PS2 Backlog Committee

Slow week for new releases...

June 30
RV There Yet? (Xbox)
Monopoly: Star Wars Heroes vs. Villains (PC, PS5, Xbox, Switch)

July 1
Cat Squeeze (PC)

July 2
Rhythm Heaven Groove (Switch)

July 3
Do You Really Know About Soccer? (Switch)



Played recently: GTA Vice City

Finished: nothing

Added to backlog: nothing

As you can see, the talk here about GTA VI and Vice City prompted me to try to play the OG one more time. Previous efforts to go back to one of my all-time faves had led to frustration with the controls (especially the camera and shooting) and early exits. This time, however, I came in a bit more determined and made it over the hump. It's clunky as can be, but I'm still having a great time being back in the '80s with Tommy and Lance and Cortez and Diaz and so on. The end goal is a platinum.

(It only took me 3 tries to beat Demolition Man. Everyone hates that mission, but it's one of my favorites. Hope they'll have some RC helicopter missions in VI.)

Games added: Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore, Little Witch Nobeta, MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy (all Switch)

Last week: Finished nothing, played CD

This week: Hopefully wrap up CD

I would have finished CD this weekend, but I got hit by the mother of all migraines, so I didn't play anything. I'm in the last chapter though (not counting the epilogue), so I feel confident that I'll wrap it up this week.

Picked up quite a few games from my local mom & pop shop w/ some credit I had with them.

Time for another one of Argyle's Movie Reviews!

We watched Odd Thomas from 2013 - Tam said she thought she had seen it before, but that she didn't remember anything about it. It was a good movie overall with an interesting concept - main guy can see recently deceased people but they can't talk, he works with the police chief who knows his secret to solve the murders. He can also see these creatures (I forget what he called them) that appear when something bad is going to happen, and early in the movie he starts seeing more than he's ever seen before which has him racing to try to stop the bad thing from happening. The tone and general vibe of the movie reminded me a lot of The Frighteners, but it wasn't quite that good. It mostly had a good cast, but the poor girl who played his girlfriend was clearly hired for her visual appeal and not her acting ability. Every line she delivered sounded like she was reading it from a cue card for the first time. Police chief was played by Willem DeFoe, who was perfect for the part. And the main guy has been in a lot of other stuff, most notably (to me) he played Chekov in the most recent 3 Star Trek movies. The girl has been in very little else, unsurprisingly. The movie was based on a novel by Dean Koontz, and it was apparently the first book in a long series he wrote. I'd love to see a follow-up to it, but I doubt that's going to happen after all this time. Good watch for anyone interested in a lightly-spooky paranormal mystery. 3/5 stars.