I saw this article about Mattel making Mario Kart themed Hot Wheels toys on IGN. 

I forgot to add one game to the last blog and today Mark and I got into some traditional, casual social gaming.

Hey, where online is the best place to get the game box protectors from? I have some GBA games CIB I want to protect.

I've been jumping around a lot from game to game lately. Nothing seems to fully satisfy me. But, I've had some good times with a few. Here's some videos and very brief comments. I'm kind of at low ebb with my enthusiasm at the moment.

I've purchased 3 physical Switch games in the last few weeks.

I went to my local retro game store today with a sealed copy of Disney Infinity 1.0, not really looking to get much for it. Well, I ended doing an even trade for these two games for the GBA.

So I've been playing two games recently, and those games are in the title of the blog. Don't think much more needs to be said.

I decided not to buy Octopath. As I was telling Joaquim, I'm just worried I'm gonna buy it and not play it, like I did Ni No Kuni and a ton of other games lately. I did get six hours into Ni No Kuni 2, but then I just stopped. I want to play it, I just have a hard time tearing myself away from my writing. I'm very work obsessed. So, while I want to play Octopath, I decided to be prudent. However, I AM going to buy Spiderman and Dragon Quest 11 when they come out. I've been waiting for both of these for a very long time. 

Recently SEGA released a collection of Genesis titles on current consoles.  I love classic game collections so in this blog we’ll go over all the games on here.  Back in the 16-bit days I was a SNES guy so I missed out on a lot of Genesis games so many of these titles aren’t as familiar to me.  There also a lot of neat features in this collection like trophies and challenges, online play for certain games, and the whole setup is like you’re in a gamer’s bedroom from the 90’s, complete with SEGA posters on the wall!  Speaking of which, the game even comes with a poster with Golden Axe on one side and Streets of Rage on the other.  Anyway, since there are so many games on this collection, we’re going to split this blog into two parts.  So let’s get started with the first set of games!

Went antiquing with my wife yesterday and found some interesting things.

This week I played a lot of Banner Saga until the unthinkable happened. I got stuck on a boss. FIgures. Games. Phah!

Reflecting on what I played this week as I wait to see Hotel Transylvania 3 [posting this later. Already saw the movie. It was good. I love seeing old SNL comics doing the voices like Adam Sandler, Molly Shannon and David Spade]. I hit the retro first with PlayStation games. Later I'll mention catching up in the Banner Saga series and then getting sidetracked by Bomber Crew while waiting for Banner Saga 2 to install.

*So get this, for some odd reason my Photoshop was crashing. After an hour or so of YouTube, and message boards, I switch the preferences over from the integrated graphics to NVIDIA and boom everything works again. This stopped me from uploading this entry but now it works and I'm happy. Ok back to the actual blog

I was on Youtube and I saw these video's about people having their Switch's cracking. I was like well that is probably from using the base, which I've never unwrapped because of the screen scracthing issues I heard about from launch. I take really good care of my consoles, so I figured mine was cool. So I said what the heck I'll check. Look at it! I'm pissed! I need some leather gloves so I can slap Nintendo and say  "I demand Satisfaction!" I've never dropped it or let the kids play on it. Ugh!

Good morning Pixlpeeps! Currently it is a warm but overcast Southern California, a little break from the surface of the sun temperatures the past couple of days. I think I might take advantage of this and head out to the gym a little early today. So yesterday I spent the day copying the Musicbee drive to the backup, so I spent the majority of time playing games on mobile devices with the exception of a couple of games of NBA 2K and NFS: Undercover later that night.

Can you believe this year is already half over?  What I like to do this time of year is write about the best games of the year so far.  Everyone is all excited over recent E3 announcements, and most of the really good titles come out during the Christmas season at the tail end of the year, and the games that come out earlier tend to be forgotten.  So this is where those games get their due.  Keep in mind that no outside opinions went into the making of this list.  It’s just my own picks.  And if a game is missing from my list, it either didn’t appeal to me as much, or I just simply haven’t played it yet.  Can’t play all the games out there, you know!  Anyway, without further ado, welcome to Cary’s Best Games of 2018 SO FAR Awards Show!

Well most of the stuff is in place and working. I have the cables some want tidy, I know it doesn’t look it in the picture. I need to get the AV adapter so I can put my PSone up there and find a little container for the controllers so they aren’t just sitting out and cluttered. What do you think?

I played the first hour of the new Octopath Traveler demo. I had played the original demo but this one lets you do more and the save carries over to the full game. I started with the Scholar character. He's ok. Next I'm gonna try the cleric. Even though I just played a little bit I've been kinda obsessing about the game, so much that I had a dream about it. In the dream I was trying to choose which insane dream character to start with. I don't remember what they were, and I was kinda playing the game but also inside it at the same time. Yes, my dreams are insane. 

Well we went out today looking Little Pet Shop toys for my oldest and I got some toys too, lol.

It's pretty great! So far the games I have for it are Zelda Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8, Mario Odyssey, Stardew Valley, and Hollow Knight. Hollow Knight is like the new Dark Souls for me, I.e. I'll probably buy it on any system in becomes available in, because it's that fucking good. Also, portable is the perfect way to play it!

What up Pixlbit?! Well, I got another CRT TV today donated from a coworker. I may have a winner here. It’s kinda hard to find 19 or 20 inch TVs  now a days. People have 25 and up on the tube TVs, which I would love to have but I’m dealping with a small space. Here is a first effort picture of my setup. I’ve got some arranging left to do, I’m just checking the operation of the set.

Good morning Pixlpeeps! I’m doing things a bit differently today, earlier I went and did my errands, grabbed some food, and now I am ready to write up today’s edition of Quick Hits. I did this because it is a 1000 degrees outside, and I want to hit the gym later on today when hopefully it will be not as busy as it usually it in the morning. I’m also hoping that since it is 1000 degrees outside most folks won’t venture outside. This entry is basically me breaking down what I am currently doing/need to start and if that isn’t interesting, it’s all good and I’ll see you on Monday. For you folks who decide to take time and read my ramblings, let’s get started!

Happy 4th of July guys and girls! And for you Canadians - just nod and continue drinking your beers!