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.
