Summer Game Fest, the Geoff Keighley pre-E3 event, happened today. I watched it all and now I have some thoughts on it. I thought that Summer Game Fest would never end. The Geoff Keighley event lasted a long time and after that was an indie game focused Day of the Devs event. Let’s talk about the main Summer Game Fest event first. Geoff Keighley is the host of the Game of Awards an also the host of Summer Game Fest.…
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More Thoughts From Me Special Edition: Is Summer Game Fest Over Yet?

Nintendo Announces E3 2021 Plans
Nintendo of America announced their E3 plans today! Let’s take a look and talk about it some. Nintendo will have an E3 Direct on June 15th at 11:00am central time. Following that they will have a Nintendo Treehouse Live. The Direct will be about 40 minutes long, focused on games ” mostly releasing in 2021″. and the Treehouse will last for about three hours! Whew. 40 minutes for a Nintendo Direct is pretty long. You have to especially consider how…
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More Thoughts From Me #272: Crazy Nintendo E3 Predictions
We still have a few weeks to go but I figured, hey, why not start my crazy E3 predictions!? Today I’ll throw out some never-will-this-happen Nintendo E3 predictions, next week will be Sony, and right before E3 I’ll talk about Microsoft and third parties. Let’s a goooooo! Nintendo has not officially announced their E3 plans yet (unless they do and I have to rewrite this). So I am going to guess their plans… On the Thursday or Friday before E3…
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More Thoughts From Me #269: The Return of E3
Last year there was no E3. It wasn’t a great year for games. This year so far has been better but developers are still struggling a bit. And E3 is returning. I want to talk about E3 and why gamers shouldn’t set their expectations too high. E3 is returning this year. It will be an all virtual event though, so there will be no show floor for press, developers, and celebrities’ to attend. Most of the big publishers will be…
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Nintendo Announces Game Builder Garage For the Switch
As we all know by now, Nintendo loves to surprise its fans. Today, out of nowhere, a brand new game that we knew nothing about was announced: Game Builder Garage! This new game will let players build their own games. Check out the trailer below and then come back here for some thoughts on Game Builder Garage for Nintendo Switch. Game Builder Garage isn’t the first game by Nintendo to let players create their own games of course. Warioware DIY,…
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New Indie World Showcase Tomorrow (4/14)
Nintendo of America has announced that there will be a brand new Indie World Showcase tomorrow! A brand new Indie World Showcase will be air tomorrow (4/14) at 11:ooam central. According to Nintendo of America, it will be “roughly 20 minutes focused on fresh and new indie games coming to #NintendoSwitch.” What could we see? Its anybody’s guess really. The Indie showcases usually show off several games. They are not as packed as Nintendo Directs but we should get at…
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Rain On Your Parade
Look, you can’t say I didn’t warn you. I wrote an article telling you about Rain On Your Parade. You knew this jerk Cloud was out to get you. He’s been stalking you and your Nintendo Switch. It all ends on April 15th. There’s no stopping him. Please read this review and find out how he’s going to rain on your parade! In Rain On Your Parade, a jerk Cloud wants to ruin everybody’s day. You can play as that…
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More Thoughts From Me #266: Freaked Out About Catherine
When Catherine came out on the Nintendo Switch, I played the Japanese demo and had no idea what was going on but also found the game interesting. Flashforward: I’m playing Catherine on PS Now and I finally, mostly, know whats going on. What a bizarre, addictive game. Recently PS Now, the Playstation 4’s game streaming service, was on sale for $1 for one month. So of course I got the service again. I wish I could keep it but that…
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Free #PlayAtHome PS4 Games Now Available
Sony Playstation has been really great about supporting gamers during the pandemic with their #PlayAtHome promotion. Last year, PS4 players could download Journey and the Uncharted Collection. Then this year Ratchet and Clank PS4 was added for free. And now the #PlayAtHome saga continues with nine new games available to play as of now! Last night, nine games were made available for free via Playstation’s #PlayAtHome promotion. The games are: ABZU, Enter the Gungeon, Rez Infinite, Subnautica, The Witness, Astro…
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More Thoughts From Me #265: Closing Down the (Digital) Shop
This week we got rumors that the PS3/PSP/Vita digital stores will be shutting down this year. Usually I do not report or even talk about rumors. That said, the closing of those shops will happen sooner or later! What do I think of digital stores closing? Let’s dig into it. Its always tough when digital store fronts close down. We all know why this happens: digital stores take up server space for companies. They cost money to keep up and…
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