I don't really know where to start with November.
We're fortunate enough to make enough to not have to worry about cancelled SNAP benefits, and I feel it's definitely coming from a place of privilege to be okay with the US Senate Democrats not voting for the one-sided Republican budget that doesn't do anything to address rising healthcare costs (that they already cut with Trump's first and likely only legislation for his entire four-year term). And we all know that their position of, "Well, let's pass our bill first and then when we all come back and when the government is funded, we can talk about the Affordable Health Care subsidies that expire January 1st, 2026." It's very much in the Republican playbook to claim one thing one day, then back down on it the next. Look at their position of not voting for a Supreme Court Justice until after the 2016 election, but then voting in a new Justice in 2020, one week before the 2020 election. Or the Republicans' position to not want to hold hearings/voting on federal and district court judges during Obama's presidency (yes, there were appointments, but there was a lot of stonewalling by the Republican Senate as well). The point is, the Republicans in the Senate and House won't do anything without Drumpf's approval, and the only thing he cares about right now is his ostentatious ballroom, the marble in a renovated bathroom, and being pandered to in foreign countries.
Where was I?
Oh, right. Vidya gambinos.
I know I didn't post as much as I had wanted to last month, but I kinda fell into a rhythm of posting about games I received through Keymailer on Friday while still maintaining our usual MIDI Week Singles. I have a couple of additional Keymailer games coming up this month with Mouthole, The Escape, and [Herror] Gas Station Case, plus I will also have a slough of articles for Resident Evil 6 now that I've finished that game. Although "finished" is relative because I only went through each campaign once, even though with the first three, there are two playable characters with ever so slightly different routes when characters split up. It would be interesting to play through Chris' campaign with Piers' arc, but that campaign was also the one I was least interested in gameplay-wise overall, and I don't really want to replay the 47 stages of the Simmons fight in Leon's campaign. So it's not very likely that I'll be replaying any of Resident Evil 6. My plan is to have an article for each campaign and then one for the game as a whole, if I get around to having everything done on time. We'll save Resident Evil 6 for December. But if you want, I have selected videos from my entire playthrough up on YouTube in a handy and convenient playlist.
I've also jumped back into Fire Emblem: Awakening while at work. It's nice because the battles don't feel like they take as much time as a typical tactics game, or even Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. The no-feet thing is still exceedingly distracting. I also feel that, in typical Fire Emblem sense, with the weapon degradation mechanic, there isn't much of an incentive to engage in non-story battles since there aren't typical JRPG gold drops to build up gold stores to buy weapons after they've broken or repaired them. At least Chrom's sword is unbreakable, so that incentivises the player to actually use them in battle instead of keeping them in the back to avoid them dying and the battle automatically ending (although there is still that fear).
I know back in January, I said that I was going to play through games that I had received through crowdfunding campaigns, so now that we're firmly in Quarter 4 of 2025, let's get a brief rundown of where we're at with that list:
- Hatch Tales: Still playing, but not as frequently.
- Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened: Unplayed.
- 9 Years of Shadow: Hit a skill wall about 75% of the way through.
- Lords of Exile: Only played the first level.
- Chrono Sword: Unplayed.
- Meifumado: Have played about an hour.
- Mashina: Have played just over an hour.
- The Sinking City 2: Not released yet.
- Mariachi Legends: Not released yet.
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