He lives a good life.

When I played Metroid Prime Remastered I loved it.

The exploration and puzzle solving was exquisite. The story and feeling of isolation was really unique. There were lots of wow moments like in Phendrana Drifts when you have to fight your way out using the thermal visor. The world feels interconnected and cohesive.

Long story short: it's a banger game.

I ended the review by saying:

Based on playing through the entire game I'm so hyped for Prime 4. Hoping it's in the style of the original 3D Prime game.

I was hyped for ~3ish long years.

Then the game came out last December.

Me being me I watched a fair few YouTube reviews of the game before buying it and the news wasn't good. Sure there are some parts of the game that feel like a true Metroid Prime follow up but overall the game was a bit of a dud.

Silly Marvel like characters that say dumb things and get in your way. A huge barren desert that has a boring fetch quest. Areas that aren't interconnected. Puzzles that are way too easy.

There's no wow moments. There's some okay ideas and things that are cool but the game just doesn't hit the highest of highs. And unfortunately for Nintendo, this is what the Metroid fandom expects after so many great games in the series.

It's interesting in this Arlo discussion video to see that Kensuke Tanabe (the producer of Metroid Prime 4 and many other Nintendo games) is retiring. It's probably a good thing he's heading off into the sunset. The company needs fresh blood at the top and new ideas for games.

We're so close yet potentially so far away. The art for the game still looks so beautiful.

Nintendo need a strong direct some time soon. Their software story so far for Switch 2 is not great. A big (and high quality) Pokemon game would make a big difference.

This guy is definitely more of a Beatles nerd than me but love the level of details he gets into.

A couple photos of Spuddy in January.

The one where you have to resubmit searches in the address bar because it does absolutely nothing on your first attempt. Apple software has always been a step behind, but for this bug to still be at play since 26 beta boggles the mind.

This bug is super annoying. Switching to DuckDuckGo for now.

Another excellent deep dive on maybe the most sports bizarre individual.

This game looks right up my alley. The Zelda Game Boy like art style mixed with Soulslike bosses and combat. It should be a good one.

I don't watch a lot of Good Good anymore but watching them play Pebble Beach on a nice day was captivating. The view across the ocean with the sun perfectly shining on it; one of the most beautiful places on earth.

After watching this classics week review from Fantano it was a reminder of how damn good Justice's first album is. Watching the Phantom Pt. II video makes you want to party. Their live shows would have been insane in 2007.

The whole documentary that details their tour of the USA (which makes up the Phantom Pt. II video) is so nostalgic. The grainy camera footage makes it feel more real.

But it’s worth understanding how these simple little text files were born, not just because I get to brag about how generous and clever my friends are, but also because it reminds us of how the Internet really works: smart people think of good things that are crazy enough that they just might work, and then they give them away, over and over, until they slowly take over the world and make things better for everyone.

A nice little sentimental write up about markdown. It truely is such a nice way to write and publish to the web easily.

Made these on the weekend. They were delicious fresh out the oven and nice frozen and then toasted too.

Hmm I want to upgrade to macOS Tahoe less and less. Some really weird decisions have been made.

This is a great review to one of my favourite albums. I loved the song by song description and also relaying it to the personal turmoil Paul McCartney was going through at the time.

Agree with this comment:

I miss MISS the 2000's Flash era. User friendly? Not so much. Creative as hell? You better believe it!

It’s new construction. No one has lived in it yet. It’s amped up with state of the art systems. You know, the ones with touchscreens of various sizes, IoT appliances, and interfaces that try too hard.

And it’s terrible. What a regression.

When me and Emma eventually renovate our house having everything as a computer seems like a terrible idea.

This looks like a lot of fun. Will pick this up for Switch.

Sometimes it gets so bad one can’t see the base text color: everything is highlighted. What’s the base text color here?

Really enjoyed this one. I agree that I don't want to see fireworks going off in my editor. I'm trying out the authors theme alabaster right now.

We went to Echuca over the weekend with family, friends and Spudly.