What have you been playing this week?
Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we’ve been playing. This week, Victoria tries her hardest to impress her husband with Far Cry trivia; Marie discovers that leaving things alone for five years can result in a nice surprise; Kelsey bites off more than they can chew; Connor has a strange run-in at the gym; and Bertie sounds like he’s losing his marbles.
And if you’re looking for something else to read, or a reminder of what you once wrote, there’s a whole What We’ve Been Playing archive to delve into.
My husband and I started watching Better Call Saul recently (late to the party, I know). After watching the first handful of episodes and morphing into that Leonardo DiCaprio pointing meme for all the Breaking Bad cameos, there was still one face I couldn’t quite place: the Salamanca drug cartel’s Nacho Varga. There was something about him that was so familiar, but I couldn’t think of any other shows I had seen the actor in. It was bugging me. And then, it hit me. He’s only ruddy Vaas from Far Cry 3!!
I excitedly turned to my husband. « I know where I know him from! » I cried triumphantly, before hurriedly googling Vaas to show him. « That’s great. » my husband smiled in polite acknowledgement, turning his attention right back to Better Call Saul. But, I wasn’t done. « No seriously », I prodded him, « Michael Mando is so good in Far Cry. Well, his character is terrible but he is so good. Vaas is easily one of the best baddies out there. »
« Uh-huh », came my husband’s nonchalant reply. This lack of enthusiasm and appreciation from the man I have vowed to love and care for in sickness and in health, for the rest of our days, did not sit well with me. So I came up with a plan. « I will show you how good he is », I proclaimed.
And that’s how I find myself replaying Far Cry 3.
-Victoria
I dusted off my 3DS XL last weekend and while I had forgotten some of the games I owned for it, I could never forget Animal Crossing: New Leaf. My home was in a state when I logged back in and the majority of the ground was covered in weeds, but not everything had been worsened by time.
