The Twelfth Annual Mindless Diversions Unsolicited Shopping Guide
An Ordinary Times tradition unlike any other: The Twelfth Annual Mindless Diversions Unsolicited Shopping Guide
Author: Jaybird
Jaybird is Birdmojo on Xbox Live and Jaybirdmojo on Playstation's network. He's been playing consoles since the Atari 2600 and it was Zork that taught him how to touch-type. If you've got a song for Wednesday, a commercial for Saturday, a recommendation for Tuesday, an essay for Monday, or, heck, just a handful a questions, fire off an email to AskJaybird-at-gmail.com
Saturday Morning Gaming: God of War Ragnarök and Appointments in Samarra
Pointing and yelling: “NO THAT IS NOT HOW YOU AVOID THE PROPHECY THAT EXPLAINS THAT GJALLARHORN KICKS OFF RAGNARÖK”.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Smack Dab in the Middle of the Steam Autumn Sale
No time like the present to fill in some of the holes in your collection. It is time to talk about the Steam Autumn Sale
Saturday Morning Gaming: Handholding Theory in Video Games
Going from playing Elden Ring to God of War is jarring. Warning: This will contain some light spoilers for God of War: Ragnarok’s first chapter.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Elden Ring and Getting Gud
I wouldn’t say that I got *GUD*, but I did notice a few things recently.
Weekend Plans Post: Three Day Weekends
The only thing better than a Friday-Sunday off is a Saturday-Monday off.
Election Night Open Thread: Talking about the Returns
They’re going to be announcing returns throughout the day and throughout the night and some returns will take *WEEKS*
The Joy Of Opening Time Capsules: 2022 Off-Year Election Edition
It’s time, once again, for the most important election of our lifetimes.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Tic Tac Toe Theory
I recommend that everyone sit down and play a game of tic-tac-toe with a little kid. It’ll teach you stuff about modern games.
Weekend Plans Post: I want my hour back hour back hour back.
This is the weekend when balance is restored.
Mindless Diversions Extra: Gotham Knights First Impressions
The Arkham games were nigh-perfect. This game isn’t just different…First off, let me say explicitly that Gotham Knights is *NOT* a sequel to the Arkham games.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Advice for Elden Ring
“If you have advice for the first dozen hours of Elden Ring, I would LOVE to read them. Hell, make it an essay and I’ll post it on the site.”
Avatar Has No “Hasta la Vista, Baby”
What Avatar was *NOT*, however, was particularly memorable. Which seems odd for one of the movies to have held the “highest grossing movie *EVER*” record for a while.
Saturday Morning Gaming: On the Precipice of a New Game
Gotham Knights was released on October 21st, 2022. I still wait for my copy. I can’t wait. I fully intend to beat it twice and review it once.
Weekend Plans Post: The Calm Before the Storm
Management has started telling everybody to schedule their vacation.
