No Lives Left

The 0% was left in on purpose... I don't know the exact point where the joy that comes from playing co-op left me during my tenure in Outriders. Maybe it was the constant lag that was initially felt after the tutorial prologue. The lack of verifying that I was, in fact, doing any damage was quite the concern for me. It could have been my internet connection, but I normally don't have many problems with my connection. It could have been my friend's connection as well, but we all live in Southern California. The frustration was real. Maybe it was the constant crashing I experienced when I first purchased it on the PC that created that  negative (and lasting) impression. Maybe it was the guilt-inducing trauma of having to delay/impede my group of friends progress while I spent hours googling any potential fixes. The fact that we only played once a week made the whole stress of troubleshooting killer. It definitely led to my decreased enjoyment of the game. And despite hours of...

  Finally back for the new year. I know it's almost a month too late, but I finally got a chance to watch  Spider-man: No Way Home (in theaters by the way).  And while my last foray into the MCU left a sour taste in my mouth,  Spider-man  really helped cleanse the palette. And most of the reason I liked this movie was how it paid homage to Spider-man as a movie franchise rather than just a continuation the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  The Spider-man franchise has proven that the MCU can have stories that don't need to  fit in  anywhere in the MCU general storyline. As I was watching  No Way Home,  I noticed how I was just enjoying the story that the movie was presenting. There were only a couple of references I had to make  that really required MCU knowledge or watching previous films.  All in all,  Spider-man: No Way Home  is a fun-filled, wild ride. It's a movie full of surprises that I wish I had never seen...