Well, as far as games go, it's not a very exciting week on Amazon
Prime, but no sense being snobbish when there's free* games on the
line.

This week, we get:

- Shovel Knight Showdown
Another action platformer. The "Shovel Knight" games are generally
well-regarded, but you have to be a fan of this sort of old-school
games. Myself, I played this sort of game in the 80s and - while I had
fun back then - don't really see a need to revisit the genre (and
visuals) when there are better games available. But that's just a
matter of preference and not a judgment on the game itself. Which is
fine, I guess.

- Cook, Serve, Delicious 3
I'm less sanguine about the CSD games, which I never thought were all
that good to begin with, and CSD3 is probably the weakest of the
three, confusing complexity with depth. Meh.

Remember: free is free, and The Number must go up!

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* free to any who pay the exorbitant entry fee

On Friday, July 7, 2023 at 6:11:15 AM UTC-7, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> Well, as far as games go, it's not a very exciting week on Amazon
> Prime, but no sense being snobbish when there's free* games on the
> line.
>
>
> This week, we get:
>
> - Shovel Knight Showdown
> Another action platformer. The "Shovel Knight" games are generally
> well-regarded, but you have to be a fan of this sort of old-school
> games. Myself, I played this sort of game in the 80s and - while I had
> fun back then - don't really see a need to revisit the genre (and
> visuals) when there are better games available. But that's just a
> matter of preference and not a judgment on the game itself. Which is
> fine, I guess.

Same here, not really into the platformers usually, I played one I should
post about that really got me a few days ago. I'll pick it up, and I'll
probably give it a short go if I remember. I was always a fan of using
a shovel as a weapon.

> - Cook, Serve, Delicious 3
> I'm less sanguine about the CSD games, which I never thought were all
> that good to begin with, and CSD3 is probably the weakest of the
> three, confusing complexity with depth. Meh.

Double Meh,

Thanks for the reminder!

I'd mention the Luna games, but they're either the same as last month
or shovelware.

- Justisaur

On Fri, 7 Jul 2023 15:10:02 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
<justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Friday, July 7, 2023 at 6:11:15?AM UTC-7, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

>> - Shovel Knight Showdown
>Same here, not really into the platformers usually, I played one I should
>post about that really got me a few days ago. I'll pick it up, and I'll
>probably give it a short go if I remember. I was always a fan of using
>a shovel as a weapon.

Remind me never to come visit your garden. ;-)

>> - Cook, Serve, Delicious 3
>> I'm less sanguine about the CSD games, which I never thought were all
>> that good to begin with, and CSD3 is probably the weakest of the
>> three, confusing complexity with depth. Meh.

>Double Meh,

Especially since CSD3 is one of those games that has already made the
rounds on the freebie circuit, so interested gamers likely have a copy
or three already.

On 7/8/2023 6:21 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Jul 2023 15:10:02 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
> <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Friday, July 7, 2023 at 6:11:15?AM UTC-7, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>
>
>>> - Shovel Knight Showdown
>> Same here, not really into the platformers usually, I played one I should
>> post about that really got me a few days ago. I'll pick it up, and I'll
>> probably give it a short go if I remember. I was always a fan of using
>> a shovel as a weapon.
>
> Remind me never to come visit your garden. ;-)
>
You'll only visit once. ;)

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I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.

Like at the list for July it looks rather underwhelming.