Dragon Writer Luc

Game Plans

Sundays:

A set of games I can play while watching the other streamers on the multistream and interacting with chat. Must fit the format of shorter (2-hour) streams.

 

  • Super Mario (current: Odyssey)

  • Picross S (when I need a break: S2)

  • Power Wash Simulator (between games)

Choice Games:

A set of games I really want to play, whether by express choice or a sense of obligation. Twitch viewers can populate this with a points redemption. Presently, I am finishing series that I started earlier and then gained further access to series entries after finishing the set.

This set is on Mondays & Saturdays.

 

  • Final Fantasy

  • The Legend of Zelda (on deck: Twilight Princess)

  • Metroid

  • Pokemon
  • Wonder Boy
  • Xenoblade Chronicles (current: X Definitive Edition)

Event Games/Etc.:

Games and other streams voted on by the community for certain events. Most often, this is for annual events such as my Twitch Affiliate anniversary and my streaming anniversary, or as a break between finishing game series. There can be more of these if Twitch subscription milestones are hit.

 

  • Between Twitch series: model building
  • First Saturday monthly: Hollow Knight Randomizer

 

MORE THAN JUST A TECH DEMO

 

Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour - https://youtu.be/LkeW1IQgV6U

 

Somehow they came up with a way to actually make me have fun with this.

 

Let's be honest: it's a tech demo with WarioWare games. It's not going to have a plot or anything approaching one. Luke is a biographer by trade; I'm an engineer. So Luke is sitting this one out while I play. (Otherwise, I think I'll run polls on which person should stream new games.) I got this "game" because I was interested in the product design and figure most of the actual games I want to play won't make use of hardly any of it.

 

Overall, I'm pretty impressed at all the thinking that went into the product design. You can tell they put at least a decent amount of thought into all the engineering of the updated model, even though marketing made it sound like it was just about abandoning the ideas that Reggie gave them of competing in the unique experiences department rather than the technical specifications. Yes, the hardware is more powerful, but it does still have a lot to offer in the other ways.

 

One part of the new console in particular that I hope they make good use of is the mouse controls. I know that the Pro controller is generally more comfortable for me to hold and use for most games I play, but the mouse is almost as good for pointing as the way the Wii Remote worked (IR camera in the remote, IR lights in the "sensor bar") and playing Zelda and Metroid Prime games that way is so much better than with control sticks. Yes, it's fine playing Splatoon that way, but in Splatoon, you generally don't need to be very precise. Hitting the floor is usually helpful. Maybe now that we have mouse controls we can get remasters of the other two Metroid Prime games?

Weekly Streams

Sunday

1-3 PM EST

Super Mario Odyssey

Monday

5-9 PM EST

Xenoblade Chronicles X:

Definitive Edition

Saturday

9 AM-3 PM EST

Xenoblade Chronicles X:

Definitive Edition