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The Castlevania Domina collection just cemented something that's been creeping in my head ever since I picked up my PSP again earlier this year: The DS library's highlights looks better today than the PSP's highlights. Back in the 00's, the PSP's graphics were a huge selling point, offering games close to console quality over a decade before the Switch. But despite a strong launch, most gamers were shocked at how it merely carved a niche while the DS took over the world. Yet one thing that the PSP had in its favor at all time were its graphics. Games looked better. 

Now that the PS5 and Xbox Series are out, I figure it's a good time to reflect on my favorite games their predecessors brought during the past 7 years. I figured since these consoles came out in 2013 and I was there for the PS4 day one, I would list the thirteen games that stuck with me most. Some of them I played on PC or Switch, but I'm including them anyways so long as they're offered on either or both of these platforms. I would include Switch and Wii U, but these days Nintendo consoles feel distinct while PS and XB feel like mostly the same console with a handful of exclusives separating them.

2018 came and went and to be honest, I just didn't really feel this year. There were some fine games that came out, sure, but as opposed to last year where my top 10 list had left out games I adored, I had a hard time thinking up a top 5 list worthy enough. Granted, if I put in more time into Red Dead Redemption 2, Soul Calibur 6, and a few other games that might change, but I still feel original games were lacking. What wasn't lacking, however, were the games I missed out on before and played for the first time. So I'm gonna tack on a list from other years as well as they represented what I played better than just the new games. And I'll be mixing them with my other games this year as well to give an idea of what I enjoyed more than others.

I've been playing a lot of Castlevania lately and considering I've now played all of the 2D games (the former is unavailable period and the latter frankly is too expensive for me to spend on an original Gameboy game), I thought I'd make a list ranking these games. I'm going to keep it limited to the 2D games and exclude the aformentioned games. Before I begin, I'll be leaving these games out:

So another E3 has come and gone. This year's wasn't the best we had in terms of game reveals but it had me more optimistic about where games are heading than most. There looks to be a lot I want to play and little I disliked. However, there were two things that irked me and I need to get out of the way before I get to the positives:

Way back in 2013 I made a wild prediction that the Playstation Vita would be killed off sooner rather than later. And I was right.....kind of. I don't know, what happened with the Vita could have been seen as me being wrong, but it was in a unique spot. It kept getting ports, mostly of indie games, but Sony couldn't care less about making games for the handheld. Most publishers ignored it as well and no games were really pushing the hardware after Killzone released. That was a weird handheld. 

Been a while since I posted anything, so thought I'd give an update. I usually try not to play too much at once, but ended up playing four games in total, two for console, two for handheld. 

So, Microsoft actually gave me a legitimately good reason to keep my Xbox One: Upscaled original Xbox games. With reasonably priced digital copies too! And here's the thing about the Xbox: It has a ton of awesome games you can't play on modern tech. So here's a list of what I want to see on it. I'm mostly basing this on games' availability on other tech, so as much as I love Jade Empire and Halo 2, there's other games I'd rather see on here. 

Two games, both of which take place in sci-fy worlds originally created by developers working for Microsoft whose company name started with B. Both offer squad based shooting with jetpacks. Both come from franchises with driving sections that make you feel drunk while steering. Both given praise by critics even though they kind of suck. Today I'm going to answer the unsolvable question: Is Mass Effect Andromeda worse than Halo 5? Or is the king of disappointing 8th gen installments in once great franchises still on top of that turd hill? Let's go over 

I've just been spitballing a few ideas and feel like sharing them