About an hour after I posted my prior blog post talking about the announcements of Not-E3, Nintendo had to go and announce a Nintendo Direct for the next day. Naturally, of course, that Nintendo Direct was absolutely filled with exciting announcements that I want to talk about, so here is the Not-E3 Round-Up of Opinions 2026 + Expansion Pack. Big Walk Finally, after waiting for years, we finally get a release date. I have not really had a chance to play some of the so-called “friendslop” due to both my online shyness as well as a majority of my online friends being in inconvenient time zones. But I am forcing myself to play this with friends, whether it is in the afternoon on a weekend or at 11 pm at night. Team Cherry and House House carrying the Australian game industry on their backs. Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave 2026’s most anticipated game is finally coming out, and I am absolutely stoked to see it here. I’ve only really played the last two main Fire Emblem games, but I am a...

Well, the official fully announced Not-E3 has come and gone, and with that comes a new slew of video game announcements, trailers, demos, and second-degree embarrassment in the case of the actual Summer Game Fest. So today, I thought I’d go through the three major showcases (PlayStation, Summer Game Fest, Xbox) and talk about what I liked, what I didn’t like, and so on and so forth. Let’s get into this. Sony PlayStation State of Play Marvel’s Wolverine Bloody violent way to start the show! I enjoy myself some X-Men occasionally, with most of my knowledge coming from David Hayter’s X-Men (2000) film and subsequent series. I also enjoyed Insomniac’s prior Marvel games with Spider-Man. However, from what is shown here, it is not all that impressive from a gameplay perspective. Yes, this might be the goriest first-party game ever made, but if you remove the blood, screaming, and violence, you’re left with a linear-looking melee combat game à la Arkham Asylum. Granted, this was a combat-foc...