Another E3 in the Bag

Oh yeah, I said I was gonna talk about E3, didn't I? Well, there's not much for me to report. Nintendo pinned all its hopes on a new version of Super Smash Bros. but didn't have much else to show, and its stock price suffered as a result. Sony started its conference in a church, and led the audience on an extended tour through a series of set pieces based on its upcoming games. The audience wasn't particularly interested in taking the scenic route and just wanted Sony to get to the point. 

That leaves us with Microsoft. Most people generally agree that it had the strongest presentation at E3, although the brief recap at Comic Book WWG suggests that they're leaning pretty hard on a lot of overly familiar franchises. Gears of War, Halo, Dying Light, Forza Horizon... okay, what else you got? Evidently, the answer is Cyberpunk 2077, which looks a lot like Quantic Dream's Detroit: Become Human but will hopefully be a less story-focused experience.

Personally speaking, I've been craving more old-school experiences. After a several month hiatus, I returned to Axiom Verge, and it's just as brilliant (and melancholy) on the Playstation 4 as it was on the Vita. If you're looking for a game to fill that Metroid-shaped hole in your heart, this is the one. The Raspberry Pi is a good jack-of-all-trades source of entertainment, and its compact size and low power draw are especially appealing in a trailer that's already packed with clutter. 

Then there's the Sega Genesis Flashback... I wasn't thrilled with its performance out of the box, but hacking the system to run a better emulator and adding a USB port has made it a bit more palatable. I'm not sure how much I'll actually be using it, but it'll likely see more action than my dusty old Wii U...