Ahhh, I feel much better after an announcement of backwards compatible games.  Happy even.  So happy, I went ahead and bought Persona 4 Arena through Ebay.  True story, well I was going to get it through Gamestop which had it for $6.99 but the one right here had 1 copy and it was Gamestop case and disc.  You might as well sell me a piece of used cheese.  Went on Ebay and found a very good complete copy w/manual for $8.00 shipped.  I’m sure I would have spent a lot more than a $1 in gas trying to find a gamestop with the coverart and manual.

Cars Mater-National ought to please Achievement hunters as the game is very easy and the 1,000 achievement points comes quickly.  Also, I could see myself buying Jewel Quest or Tecmo Bowl in a sale situation.  Because who can say no to match 3 games and good ole fashioned football games.  Not many, so enjoy your BC Tuesday.

• Persona 4 Arena $29.99 (much cheaper on disc)
• Cars Mater-National $19.99 (much more expensive on disc, ~$30-~$40)
• Jewel Quest $9.99
• Tecmo Bowl Throwback $9.99

Welp, this past week I spent a lot of time with Oxenfree.  I finished my first playthrough, going for a “happy ending”.  As I said in the review, it is a well done game and I look forward to doing a silent playthrough next.  I’m not sure about a third “mean” playthrough but we’ll see.

There are at least a few things resembling sales this week.  The only thing I’m probably getting this week personally is Soul Axiom for the X1.  I really hope we do get something for BC this week, this month in light of the Xbox One X arrival has been slim pickings.  I guess they are focusing on Next, rather than past.  It’s a shame because there are still plenty of games that need the push to BC.  Enjoy kids.

I did not play too much last week, mostly worked on the achievement in Pinball FX3 where you max out all of your wizard powers/upgrades on a single table.  I’ll probably play FX3 a lot less now because I finished that, but it does open up things a bit.  Mostly to play Oxenfree which is probably what I’m focusing on for a couple of weeks.  Not too much in sales this week. I keep wondering when the Worms series will finally be made BC, I’m not sure what they are waiting for at this point.  I do notice that Worms 2 is not part of the sales list which makes me think that it will be the first one to go.  It would be really nice if they went ahead with Deadpool and made it BC too.  It’s not like they are making that much money off of it anymore.  *sigh*, probably a license thing.  Enjoy.

This movie review I posted today for Upcomingdiscs.com

http://upcomingdiscs.com/2017/11/06/into-the-night-blu-ray/

Apparently, I still do movie reviews from time to time :).  This one I did in September, but forgot to link it here.

http://upcomingdiscs.com/2017/09/01/shakes-the-clown-blu-ray/

As you might have figured out from my posts, I’m not the kinda the guy who jumps on the Call of Duty and Madden trains and ride them to perpetuity.  I like oddball games with oddball themes and Deadly Premonition certainly has that in spades.  Sure, the game has some clumsy controls but the story is so completely whacked out that it transcends that notion and pulls you in…deep.  And for another generation to experience that game, well that’s a good thing.  If you don’t want to run down a disc copy, then digital at $19.99 isn’t a bad idea either.  Enjoy.

• Deadly Premonition $19.99 (also on disc, but price varies and can be more than the digital price)

This is Halloween, This is Halloween. It is actually…anyway I spent last week as you probably guessed from the last two posts, playing two games for Reviews. I will continue to play Oxenfree in spots but my time with The Park is done. I am also still playing quite a bit of Pinball FX3, and working on some achievements there. The sales are nothing fantastic this time around but I’ll use this time to highlight a couple of things. I hope this is the signaling of Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief joining BC in the coming weeks (I already have all three episodes). That price is fantastic, especially if you missed when Raven was GWG.  Second, since we are talking about BC here, we can easily talk about Retro games re-existing on the Xbox One.  There is a game coming out today called 8-Bit Adventure Anthology which includes Shadowgate, Deja Vu, and Uninvited, a complete nostalgia trip for those of us who where around in the 80’s and remember these text based adventures.  The achievements are a hoot too.  Anyway, here are your sales titles for today.  Enjoy.

Well this is certainly unexpected, five 360 games added to backwards compatibility.  I thought this week would be dominated by the original Xbox announcements.  But no, this is good.  Deadfall is no surprise as just a few minutes I announced it is going Games with Gold next month.  So needless to say, just wait a while.  If you do have the disc or bought a digital copy, well bonus you get to play with it for an extra three weeks.  Outside of that, the rest of these are kinda mediocre.  Girl Fight sounds like a game you probably shouldn’t be caught dead playing if you are over the age of 21 (even if it looks like some easy gamerscore).  Yosumin! Live might be somewhat interesting in its puzzle mechanic, but might be best left alone.  But hey, you got 13 Xbox Original games this week, stop your yapping and go play those :).  Enjoy.

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• 0 Day Attack on Earth $14.99
• Deadfall Adventures $39.99 (cheaper on disc and GWG next month)
• Girl Fight $9.99
• Mutant Storm Reloaded $9.99
• Yosumin! Live $9.99
  • DLC w/Achievements: Yosumin Adventure $1.00