Between taking strolls down memory lane, and trying to treat myself better instead of beating myself up as of late, I’ve been absolutely stunned at the amount on my plate I’ve had to deal with.
Pictured: Attendants at an RFK JR. campaign utterly
dismayed at him not following through on the promises
he’s made on the campaign trail.
Which is probably why I did a staggeringly shit job at preparing to cover the news coming out of Gamescom, the largest gaming convention that occurs every year. E3 and TGS certainly seem like they draw more attention for various reasons, but Gamescom by sheer numbers usually does gangbuster attendance. Opening night happened in the past day (it takes place in Germany), and it looks as if, predictably so, there was a buttload of new games announced, among which was a teaser trailer for the new Borderlands game.
Presumably not starring Cate Blanchett for obvious
reasons
Outside of the hilarious irony this teaser follows the epic box office bomb that was the film, the trailer still looks miles more interesting, even if the teaser was about as teasery as a trailer gets, with very little outside of the info that Borderlands 4 is indeed coming out next year. As a fan of the series, I have mixed feelings, as the Borderlands games fall into a weird, haunted spot of terror for me. There have been a slew of games over the years that range in quality, but have largely been relegated to multiplayer only experiences in terms of my enjoyment of them. As in, I harvest no sense of glee actually playing them by my lonesome, inspite of their quality. Diablo 2 was one such title, which is crazy on some level, cause that game is of legendary caliber, it just did absolutely nothing for me when I played it by my lonesome.
What I always looked like while the Tristram theme
played in the pregame lobby before a game of Diablo 2
started when my friends were late in logging on
There is a master list in some abstract sense somewhere of which games fit this description, and one would think I would just be able to you know, think it aloud or transmute it into words on a fucking screen or some such nonsense, but I’m a freak on a leash in this rare hour, so that’s not going to happen right now. In any case, I know Borderlands is among the titles that would qualify for said list, as I absolutely lament the thought of ever playing it by myself, but have had an absolute blast with the games with friends in some legendary co-op experiences. And though I am no man of superstition, I am quite weary of the thought of the 4th one coming out to grace us with it’s cursed presence, as the three major co-op buddies I went through the original trilogy with are all of them, no longer apart of my life for one reason or another. I’m not legit paranoid that it’s not a door we totally shouldn’t open again…
…but maybe we shouldn’t open it again
So yeah, some consternation plagues me involving the titles release, and I will have to think thoroughly about the mighty urge to jump in with a friend once again to risk it all for a silly little loot and shootin. Time will make fools of us all, I fear.
~Pashford
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