Dude's Chronicles 7-19-2018: That July Rain

You know what goes well together? I don't but I know it's not heat and rain showers. Yuck.

Entertainment

• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee - Rewatching the latest season has been good. The show is funny but also deep at times. It's interesting to watch the inner-workings of two comedians.
• Justice League - The first hour was a drag. The second hour was ok. Overall it felt like the DC Universe just wasn't ready for this movie. There should have been more movies to set up the characters rather then cramming the almost every backstory into about thrity minutes. Better than Suicide Squad, worse than Batman vs. Superman.
• Kingsman: Golden Circle - It was comparable to the first but seemed to feel a little bit more outlandish. I'd watch it again.
• Nathan Fillion's Uncharted fan film - This was good. It felt almost exactly like what an Uncharted movie should be. The production value was not grade A but that is ok. It is doubtful that much if anything will come from this but here's hoping.

Games

• Black Ops 3 - I haven't finished it yet because I can barely stand to play it. After about one mission I've reached my fill of the game.
• XCOM 2 - The DLC completely changes the game. It also makes it much more frustrating and annoying at times. Fortunately it is just as much fun to play and that is what keeps you coming back.

News

• Halo Infinite sans battle royale - Sounds like the popular new mode won't be coming to the Halo series in the next game. Not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing. The game and franchise has seen it's popularity decline and may need to do something to make players reinvest. I'd like to see the story get back on course myself.
• New Xbox Hardware! - Calm down, people took Major Nelson blog the wrong way. There is no plan to show a new console, rather bundles and peripherals. What a tease, even if unintentional.
• No, the other Cayde-6 - So, apparently Cayde-6 dies in the next Destiny expansion but his voice died in production. Nolan North took the role when Nathan Fillion was unavailable. <joke>I guess Peter Dinklage didn't get a chance. </joke> Fillion seemed to be one of the staples of the game and also one of its biggest supporters. Hard to understand how he got left behind but game production has to stay on schedule and they just couldn't wait for him. RIP.

Closing Arguments

It's been a slow news week from what I see but then again I'm still struggling with sleep so that is still my priority.