Michael O'Neill

Michael O'Neill

@oneillux.com

Things I love: - Web Designer ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ’ป - Video games ๐ŸŽฎ - Reading ๐Ÿ“š - Pizza ๐Ÿ• My website: www.oneillux.com My other socials: https://linktr.ee/echobyte

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I love the way my Acqu di Gio smells. Lasted on me all day and I can kind of still smell it. Cologne is one of my hobbies. I enjoy smelling good even if its for myself.

It's been 20 years since this great console launched. The Xbox 360 was just one of those systems that you had to own. 2005-2010 were the best years for this guy. The blades interface was excellent. Achievements were introduced and offered bragging rights to your friends.

Some of my favorite games were Halo 3, Gears of War, Bioshock, and Skyrim. Sometimes I wish I could go back and experience that generation again. Late nights on XBL grinding through Halo 3 playlists, or being amazed by skyrims world. Happy 20 years Xbox 360. You are missed.

Loved Ninja Gaiden Black, and it's still one of the best action-adventure games I've ever played. RIP

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social

Tomonobu Itagaki (creator of Ninja Gaiden 2004, Dead or Alive) has passed away according to his Facebook

Man playing Goldeneye on the Switch 2 is so difficult. Like I canโ€™t get use to the Nintendo 64 fps like controls. I donโ€™t know how I did it in the 90s on worse hardware and resolution. lol

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A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the networkโ€™s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Hereโ€™s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.

I started Bayonetta on my switch 2 and itโ€™s better than I remember. I havenโ€™t played it since it came out on Xbox 360. I also bought the switch version years ago. Man what have I been missing?

So I bought a steam deck over a switch 2. It made more sense as I do have more indie games on steam and didn't want to rebuild that library on switch 2. Also tariffs.

Might as well get a steam deck instead of switch 2. Maybe Iโ€™ll just see what happens. I hate that orange asshole.

VGC@videogameschronicle.com

Nintendo has said it wonโ€™t start Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders in the US yet so that it can assess market conditions. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintend...

The Switch 2 hardware is reasonably priced at $450. The systems screen at 120hz with VRR or Gsync at 1080p is really good. Also the Tegra chip inside the Switch is packed with some modern tech like DLSS. I cant defend the tour game being paid and Mario Kart being $80.

So I read this week that most people who are buying consoles are people my age (38) and older? That kind of warms my heart knowing that gaming as a hobby is something i can enjoy well into my 40s as other people are doing.

The last time I visited a Blockbuster was in June 2005. It was to go get Grand Theft Auto San Andreas for the Xbox. I went there on a Friday shortly after the launched on Xbox and was shocked they had one copy left for rent.

One of my biggest gaming regret is not playing the Mass Effect games on 360. I did play a bit of ME2 on 360 but that's it. I played the legendary edition on xbox series x and it was amazing.

I donโ€™t stream my retro gaming. Thatโ€™s more for me to mellow out. I might in the future but Iโ€™d want to play through those games by myself first.

Also the controls in goldeneye give me issues. The single stick move and aiming is so hard after years twin stick shooters and then playing on keyboard and mouse. 10 year old me would be very disappointed in my lack of goldeneye skills.