Generations

Grabbed 'Death Stranding' for Xbox. Really enjoying it. Feels like the perfect game to be playing with the current state of events in the US and the world in general. So many of the themes in this game are unbelievably timely, and the experience has been cathartic for me...like burying a loved one. I know a lot of people weren't fans of the game because they considered it "boring" or whatever...but it really is the perfect thing for me right now.

Trying to get back into Starfield because there is DLC and mods now. Still need to finish the story another few times to get my max ship and armor though...which is tedious.

I didn't "take three weeks" my dude...I only just opened this thread today. But, keep being the worst mod ever. Lol

Breaking development on what it means to be a fan of someone.

Rikishi made a cryptic twitter post asking fans to pray for Jimmy Uso...and I really have no idea what that's about. Like...I don't mean to be dismissive, but Rikishi is totally the type of dude who could just be dramatic about Jimmy being off tv or something. He's been known in the past to be a bit sensationalist. Obviously hoping all is well.

Maaaan...I finally beat HHH with Eddie in under five minutes to unlock the Sheamus persona (which I thought I already obtained some other way). I still don't know if this is actually a new card or if I somehow already had it. Swear I did... The only way to do this is to go for red legs and use the Lasso from El Passo finish. Ignore the red arms. Do both taunts, hit a signature, reverse him 5 times, work the legs with targeted leg moves, use a Lasso finisher to use up his resiliency and damage the legs more...then just try to win by any means necessary. It's a very challenging combination of requirements that you need to execute absolutely perfectly. - If the cpu decides to counter you too much or duck outside the ring, or do anything weird, it becomes impossible. You need to wrestle a perfect match. Now I need to decide if I care about doing the HBK/Punk backstage brawl with the custom bullshit rules. - I actually had 90/90 once, but I could not get him knocked out no matter what I did. - The lack of hud is probably my most hated modifier. Whenever they do that, I am triggered from the start. I need to be able to see if I have a finisher/signature stored...and I need to be able to tell if the opponent is stunned, etc. ^ edit: it's actually 105/105...not 90. Yeah. I got 105/105 once already...but couldn't KO him and then lost. Lol Actually completed the HBK/Punk one too. I hated every second of it...but, once I got in a rhythm it only took a few lucky tries.

If Estrada does anything with Jacob Fatu...that's gonna be good.

Most lackluster debut ever for Giulia. I stand by my assessment that she doesn't fit in NXT, and they already kinda killed her aura.

It will be great to see Victoria get some 2K love, HoF, etc.

Tell me you aren't following Perry's actual rise in popularity without telling me... He's a strong midcard champion on the show who consistently gets good reactions, and is doing solid work both athletically and artistically, on a weekly basis. - The "Perry has five seconds of fame because Punk shoved him" rhetoric is dead. It was dead a few weeks after it started, because Perry has done everything right to prove people wrong. If you don't see that...then you're being willfully ignorant. A Chicago crowd vocally supporting Perry in Chicago would be a be deal. Chicago fans love Punk. I don't know what your angle is here (other than trolling)...but, if Perry doesn't get booed...and in-fact gets cheered IN CHICAGO, that is a big deal, and it absolutely shows that people have moved on and embraced him.

The build for All Out is really good. I hadn't considered Perry as a challenger for Bryan, but it makes sense on many levels. He's a great choice for someone who is just enough of a wildcard that people will second guess whether he could win or not. And he's a strong enough opponent that Bryan beating him will give him a decent boost to start his reign. The heat from Perry getting a title shot in Chicago will be amazing (the lack of heat would also be amazing, because it would show that even Chicago has moved past the drama and embraced him for his skill). Then you have Christian as the next in line for a title shot whenever he wants it. And, again...is Christian going to beat Bryan and end his career? No...not likely at all. But also, no one expected Christian to get that title shot in the first place. So, again...a really good wild card opponent. Then there's the fact that Perry won the TNT title when Copeland was forced to vacate it, and Copeland should be returning soon, and will probably want his belt back. So...do they somehow work all the angles simultaneously and have Copeland get involved in either the Perry title match or the Christian title match? Will Edge win his TNT title back? Will Edge and Christian feud for the TNT title as many people suspected they would to begin with? Daniel Garcia is coming for MJF, and they need to pull the trigger with that. They can't let Max beat him here, or it makes the whole thing pointless. Garcia needs to win off sheer determination to get his revenge. That's the story everyone wants to see. Swerve vs Hangman. What can be said? This is AEW's generational feud. This is their Rock vs Austin. When people want to talk about actual pillars of AEW...these guys are literally it. That's a huge ongoing feud, and it feels like it. No faces or heels...just two killers who have every reason to hate each other. I can't stress enough, that this is exactly what I love about AEW. (All of the connectedness of the different feuds that potentially tie together into the same segments.) This is what disinterests me about WWE booking...everything is very singular. You have this feud over here and that feud over there. And no one who isn't booked in a very specific situation is even worth talking about, because they won't be a factor. - But, I want to see all of the connections that make things unpredictable. I want to think 10 steps ahead about who is moving which chess pieces where, and how that might lead to other things. Just a whole lot of very promising storylines developing, IMO.

Every AEW PPV is their new best show, and this was another one. Only a couple of weak matches (Jericho/Hook and Mercedes/Britt). Otherwise, a ton of great and memorable moments.

Definitely want to get back to playing Starfield. It's just hard for me after the 6 or 7 times I've already completed it, to know that I still need to complete it another few times to get the max perks. Also...the whole situation where you stop playing for a long time and then need to relearn everything you used to do naturally. I have no memory of how to do anything. And I definitely had a system for defeating the endgame boss and stuff. I had that process streamlined so I could speedrun it as quickly as possible. Now I forgot all of that.

Tegan and Dakota are both way too injury prone to really do anything with. It's unfortunate, but it's the truth.

Because no face has ever outsmarted a brutish heel bodyguard in order to attack the heel they're guarding. Never happened before. Not in professional wrestling. Never. Not once. It was a contract signing. Someone always gets the surprise jump on their opponent. Give it a goddamn rest.