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

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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

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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.

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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. ;)

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

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Like at the list for July it looks rather underwhelming.

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