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This week, the weather has been a chaotic mix of heavy rain and scorching sun, but Saturday seems poised to mark a shift. Another opportunity for the sun to pull the starter cord on summer and get that season's engine humming.
I simply refuse to have to retreat from another stroll through the park because, just 10 metres from my front door, the lovely sunshine gives way to a torrential downpour.
But enough of this weather chatter—what is the team playing this weekend?
Edwin This weekend will involve minimal gaming and maximum Pringles consumption while lying horizontally with some sort of book. Also, likely a lot of worrying about highly hypothetical house purchases. I might try the demo for Burn With Me—it's a deckbuilder where you set your cards alight to summon a demon.
James Horace, forgive me, but I'm taking a weekend off from games to unwind after the post-Geoff frenzy. Next Fest starts on the 15th too, so there's plenty to return to once I'm sufficiently relaxed and moisturised.
Jeremy As readers from last week may recall, I've indeed taken up Clair Obscur: Expeditions 33 for a long-term walkthrough project. I'll be playing more of it when I have time this weekend, and I'm enjoying it! Good games with a strong sense of place often make me want to visit the environments that inspired them—for Gabriel Knights: Sins of the Fathers, it was New Orleans; for The Witcher games, it was the Polish countryside. Clair Obscur makes me want to return to Paris, where I just spent a weekend a few months ago. Alas, the big twist at the end of Act One was also spoiled for me last night by a random YouTube search prompt (thanks Google), but then again, as a Guides writer, I've long stopped trying to avoid spoilers.
Ollie Broken record here, but I'll just be playing more Overwatch with the lads, and Dyson Sphere Program in my own time. Though with the recent restarting of the Factorio Friday Facts blog posts, I'm feeling the urge to return to Factorio soon...
Mark I've ended up replaying the original Red Dead Redemption through the PC port it received not long ago. There's a charm to the simplicity of riding around and shooting baddies on rolling western plains with far fewer moving parts than the all-singing, all-dancing RDR2, as breathtaking as the latter's attention to detail often is. John Marston has just arrived in Mexico as I write this. Cue the music.
Callum Looking out over the sea, Callum's eyes emitted the lantern glow of a lighthouse, while a creaking yawn of tearing metal emerged from his throat.
Julian With all the Summer Game Fest-ivities, I haven't had a chance to play any more Cyberpunk 2077 this week. Hopefully, I'll find a moment to get back into that bath before it goes cold and I move on to something else. That said, on Phasma Felis' recommendation, I've been playing snatched rounds of Jet Lancer, and it's the perfect tonic for a long day. Punchy action, rapid dog fights, big anime explosions. More of this sort of thing, please.
And you, dear reader, what are you playing this weekend...?