Looks a lot like a slower paced FF XVI so far imo, and I’m not super impressed by the VA.

I started 1000xRESIST over the weekend and just can’t put it down, I should finish it in a few hours.

After that, I’ll likely pick up either Divinity: Original Sin 2 (I’m a couple of hours in) or the DLCs for Alan Wake 2 (since I finished the main game a few days ago), we’ll see.

I think there’s actually quite a few, per CIRA’s list of registrars, but I haven’t gone through all of them tbh.

It looks like Eurocom are still around, what do you know?!
They are an integrator/repackager, similar to System 76 in many ways, and seem to have models equivalent to the Pangolin.

Also, FWIW, wiki page with various brands and manufacturers.

It looks like Mauril is an app developed by CBC and (partially) funded by the government.
If you’re looking for more resources, specifically in-person, Alliance Française is in multiple cities across the country and offers more advanced lessons AFAIK.
And if you’re a PR, classes are offered by the government, fwiw.

Toujours Tekken 8, quand je ne joue pas, je regarde des tutos et autres, je suis clairement dedans!
Je fais mon bout de chemin dans Alan Wake 2, j’aime de plus en plus l’histoire et le gameplay est pas pire!

Je me suis aussi lancé dans un défi de jouer à tous mes shmups sur cette année, pour Janvier c’était Guwange - sorte de twin stick bullet hell, mon cerveau avait un peu du mal à suivre au début - et Super Aleste - bien plus calme, trop peut-être, mais super variété dans les armes dispo. Seulement une trentaine de plus sur la liste, haha.

Steam reviews, in my experience, tend to either heavily factor in (or favour) performance and bugs (or lack thereof) over everything else or be infested with meme reviews.
Backloggd is usually what I default to if I absolutely must read reviews before picking up a game, but there are also some meme reviews, biases, etc. Ultimately, reviews are so subjective that what we read beforehand won’t really be useful imo, the only experience and opinion which matters is ours.

FWIW, they accept user submissions.

I’ve been using AntennaPod for over a year - moved over from PocketCasts back then - and am very happy with it. I have very simple requirements though, so it might be as full-featured as other options.

In an ideal world, every game should be fully cross-buy IMO, but that tends to never be the case.
PlayStation used to have PS3/PS4/PSVita cross-buy games for a while, but they didn’t keep it going for their recent PC porting efforts (that clearly wouldn’t help their bottom line).
Xbox has Play Anywhere, and that’s likely the closest to a functional cross-buy (and cross-play) we have today - that’s the main draw for me if (when) I ever buy games digitally on Xbox.

Tekken 8 is slowly consuming me whole… and I don’t mind. I love the game so far! When I’m not playing, I’m looking up combos, pro replays, various advanced tutorials… I’m fully committed at this point, haha.

That being said, my library has let me know that a copy of Sonic X Shadow Generations is available for borrowing, so I’ll switch it up a bit this week!

Burnout, what a game! I know 3 still is regarded as one of the best arcade racers to this day, although tbh - controversial opinion, I know - Paradise is likely my favourite in the series.

If you have Decky Loader set-up on your Deck, I might also recommend using the Wine Cellar plugin.

Citizen Sleeper, que je suis sur le point de finir - pas vraiment mon style de jeu habituel, plutôt gestion de ressources et temps que réel RPG, mais thèmes intéressants (et traduction française superbe).
Tekken 8 sinon, c’est le fun.

Shmups. Not any one in particular, although ESP Ra.De. or DDP DaiOuJou often tend to be top of my list.
Otherwise, Streets of Rage 2 or TMNT: Turtles in Time.

Mouthwashing, which I should finish tonight, Selaco - this one required a bit of tweaking but can mostly hold 60 now - and Balatro.

Tough one - I don’t have a hard cutoff, but I’ve certainly started to slow down on buying retro games. I’ve spent over $200 CAD on a single game in recent memory (2022?), nowadays I wouldn’t really want to go over $100 CAD.
I’ve also been reevaluating and selling off some of my collection whenever I can buy ports / digital versions of some games (eg: Chrono Trigger, bought on Steam and sold my loose SNES cart, Xenogears bought on PS3 and sold my CIB copy, etc).
I only focus on two retro systems - SNES and PS1 - and I don’t really play on OG hardware anyways (Super Nt / Pocket for SNES, PS3 / Vita for PS1), so I don’t mind “owning” digital and ultimately downloading roms if necessary.

I’m still playing Persona 3 Reload and I believe it finally clicked for me.
I still don’t particularly like Tartarus that much, but I’ve been able to complete each section relatively quickly so far (and without grinding) so it’s certainly not too bad. The rest of the game has definitely opened up though (thankfully, I’m about 30-35 hrs in, haha).

Slowly making my way through Jeanne d’Arc on the side - gameplay wise it’s up my alley (minus grinding…), however the story is pretty subpar imo.

I guess the main question is where do you draw the line for “somewhat newer stuff”? 5th gen consoles only (and then which one) or even newer?
And what screen size are you looking for?

This is awesome. Radiant Silvergun isn’t my most played shmup to date but it’s definitely so so unique, I really enjoy it.
I certainly think romhacks/patches are a major benefit to older gen titles and I’m somewhat concerned we’ll lose that with newer gens.