Welcome back to some serious EOFY savings. Hot Deals on Hardware seems to be the unofficial theme of the day—cheap VR headsets and greatly reduced “fancy colour” controllers, to be specific. I’m also liking the look of Red Dead Redemption II going for a mere $24. For what that game delivers, that’s an insane price point. Buy it. Play it. Thank me later, pardner.
In retro news, I’m celebrating the 34th birthday of Bonanza Bros., a coin-op great that begat a ton of console conversions. Crafted by a small team at Sega—which included artist/designer Manabu Kusunoki, who would later go on to work on Panzer Dragoon—this System 24 title played and looked like nothing else at the time. I can recall loving its 2.5D level design, the comedic animations of its titular robber “heroes,” and the rarity of being able to loot these 12 levels via 2P split-screen co-op.
This Day in Gaming
Aussie birthdays for notable games.
– Bonanza Bros. (ARC) 1990. Get
– Goemon’s Great Adventure (N64) 1998. Ebay
– Anna Kournikova’s Smash Court Tennis (PS) 1998. Ebay
– MTV Music Generator 3 (PS2,XB) 2004. Ebay
– Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (PC,PS4,XO) 2019. Get
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Nintendo Switch OLED Black
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The Nintendo Switch OLED Model’s brighter, more vibrant, and slightly larger screen has made me want to take it out of docked mode much more often – and not just when I am about to travel. 8/10, great console revision.
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Disco Elysium Final Cut
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A 10/10 masterpiece going for greatly reduced monies. A unique blend of noir-detective fiction, pen-and-paper RPGs, and a helping of existentialist theory. Its twisting plot, memorable characters, and sheer depth of choice create quite an experience.
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X/S Controller Robot White
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Cheapest price I’ve seen for a controller variant that makes unexplained reference to a robot. Seriously, why “robot” white, exactly? Why not “dandruff” white or “glass o’ milk on a paper plate in a snowstorm” white? We may never know, friends.
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Diablo IV
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Diablo 4 is a stunning sequel with near perfect endgame and progression design that makes it absolutely excruciating to put down. Truly, one of the most polished ARPGs ever created. 9/10, amazing.
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Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays practically everything, often on YouTube.
