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Take your own advice – Game share

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I keep saying I’ll do a comic book post – and I will. But tonight it will be another games update. Because I need to vent.

Grand Theft Auto

First, Grand Theft Auto. Lots of leaks happening right now for GTA VI, and I am still very excited to play the game. The price point is very high, and the game limited to consoles for now (without a physical version), which I find I am playing less and less on, and instead playing on the PC whenever possible. Even transferring saves and re-buying content, just for the comfort of playing on the PC (more on that later below. See: Star Wars Rant). Still gonna get it, still gonna play it. The leaks are showing a lot and I’m convinced it’s just more of the same Rockstar energy and attention to detail we’ve seen in GTA V and RDR II, and gameplay systems on top of game play systems on top of gameplay systems.

So in the meantime, I’ve been playing GTA IV. I have a lot of fond memories of this game back on the Xbox 360, and haven’t re-played it since it originally came out in 2008. I bought the complete edition, and installed some of the fusion fx mods to spruce it up a bit. Good times, Niko.

Halo: Campaign Evolved

In co-op news, Illestrader and I have started Halo: Campaign Evolved. The Unreal Engine Remake, made to help forge friendships between Xbox (sorry, XBOX – gotta get the new branding right) and PS. One of the XBOX’s first exclusives, and now last big exclusives to be shared. That was all before the break-up. Then PlayStation said “no more” to PC ports on their exclusive titles. And then XBOX went “fine! No more sharing our exclusives”. And the war restarted. A lot like Canadian and American politics, when you think about it. XBOX is Canada.

The game is pretty – and fun. Pretty fun. The OG Halo was a classic, with fun gameplay and amazing music. That’s all retained. And now with 4 player co-op and no multiplayer. And all the other quality of life improvements that have come to the sequels over the many years. Pistol is still – happy to report – OP.

Had a funny bug in our last play session, where one of our buddy's name displayed as "friendgamertag1".

Star Wars Outlaws

Ok, lastly, and the real motivation behind this post – Star Wars Outlaws. I last played this game back in February. I’m about 12 hours in and was steadily plugging away at it in-between other games, on the Xbox console. But as I mentioned, finding the time to do that (as it’s the shared family tv central entertainment hub) is becoming harder. And I just don’t find it as comfortable staring up at a big tv while gaming anymore. I prefer the comfort of the desk and computer chair and the monitor.

I don’t have the best PC but it’s still good enough to play most new games on decent settings.

Now, here’s what grinds my gears about the XBOX/PC ecosystem. Especially when it comes to Ubisoft and EA.

I have Game Pass Ultimate which includes PC Game Pass. And Game Pass now includes Ubisoft+. Star Wars Outlaws is a Ubisoft title, which you cannot get through the Xbox PC storefront, as it needs to be through the Ubisoft store. It’s not an XBOX Play Anywhere title.

I originally bought the game on the XBOX console. The ultimate edition with the season pass. This doesn’t give me access to it on the PC side.

However. The game is now on XBOX/PC Game Pass, included through Ubisoft+. So I technically have the game on the PC now. And the game supports cloud saves. As a quick aside, cloud saves, where you have to manually upload and download, a very annoying “feature”. As I was saying, the game supports cloud saves. So on the XBOX I uploaded my cloud save to the Ubisoft network. On the PC side I installed the game and downloaded the cloud save. Thinking I’m good to go. But I ran into one final problem. Ultimate edition downstairs, PC base version upstairs. Did not compute. I had this same issue with Cyberpunk 2077. Luckily the season pass on the PC Ubisoft was on ridiculous sale due to Gamescom, so I just rebought it, and now I can comfortably, and conveniently play on the PC.

But!!!! No XBOX achievements through Ubisoft connect. Even retro-actively if I was to import my save again downstairs. Another bummer. I wish it was just smoother. That my purchases were recognized considering I have access to the base game now through PC Game Pass. Ubisoft, you already have my money, one way or another.

I also wish the achievements worked. How come The First Descendant is able to cross-platform the achievements across Xbox and Steam? But EA and Ubisoft can’t?

In conclusion, I am annoyed. But not so stubborn to give up on the dream. So I will continue on the PC, achievement-less.

iRogan
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2026-08-24

Work those fingers – 20G

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It’s been minute since my last blog post. 60480 to be exact. Where has the time gone?

It started with just a break. And then I started writing a game review for Watch Dogs Legion, my first actual game review 2017. Sure, I’ve done my Reviews Done Quickly every year since then, but those are just bloated paragraphs, tackling 25 games at once. Not needing much thought.

Attempting an actual review was much more daunting. And I plugged away at it, but hours turned into days turned into weeks. I pressured myself to finish the review by abstaining from writing blog posts. And suddenly 4 weeks had gone by.

Here’s a link to the completed review: iReview – Watch Dogs: Legion

It felt good to stretch those muscles again. And I’ve wrapped up a few games over the past while so maybe I’ll attempt another. We finished Far Cry New Dawn, so I could write one up for that. And the wife and I are nearly done It Takes Two – so there’s another option. I mean they’re not called Idle Reviews for nothing. This page was never going to have reviews for current games ;). But games released 1-3 years ago, that’s more my pace.

So, what’d I miss?

Well… I did some drawing. I played some games. I read some comics. I actually made another webcomic over at Stranger Than Friendship. First one of 2022, and actually first one in 6 months. Idle Comics is the name of the game.

Whoa!

Right?

Well, lets get started shall we?

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What I’m Drawing

Spider-Gwen:

Gwen Rider? Ghost Spider? Spider Rider? What would you call her? I drew another Gwen Stacy variation. I know...you have an obsession…blah blah blah. I got some motivation after seeing some Ghost Rider art and thought it would make an interesting addition to the gallery. I’m not 100% happy with the design. Need to tweaks, but its good enough. It’s a worthy addition.

Angela / Spawn

Angela has been in my queue for a bit and I am super happy with how this one turned out and I’m excited to colour it. Very much stylized after the Capullo covers from the Spawn comics. So no background – just Angela. If the colour turns out how I imagine it, this will be the next poster.

Moxxi:

This was actually a drawing from 2020. My plan was then to colour in 2021 for Drawtober 2021 but ran out of time. So I finally did colour it. Working off some of the rust, as my “to be coloured” pile is growing.

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What I’m Playing

I am happy to report that I finally started the Halo Campaign after finishing Watch Dogs Legion. Attempting on Legendary difficulty, and it’s been a slow grind, but for what it is, it’s been fun. It feels very different from other Halo games, with the transition to an open-world design (semi open world, I don’t even know if its considered open enough to be open world). It feels and plays a bit different. But its a nice change.

I’ve also been spending some time within Shredders, which is a fun indie snowboarding game with awful, terribly dialogue and voice acting. Just cringey-bad. In co-op we’ve been playing in the Grounded – Game Preview as the game supports achievements now. I played this early on when it first released in game preview like a year ago, but it’s definitely expanded.

And actually jumped into Sea of Thieves for a few hours to try out the Pirates of the Caribbean addition. Yup, nothing really worth mentioning, other than the game still looks gorgeous.

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That pretty much catches you up happenings around here. I wont even get started on the comic reading queue. I’ll just start fresh next week, instead of listing 6 weeks worth. Head over to the Stranger Than Friendship page to see the new comic, and then come back here next week for more games and art.

Take care.
iRogan
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A Fellow of Infinite Jest

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Happy Anniversary to Me. Stranger Than Friendship turned 5. Pretty big deal, but its a shame that my webcomic site gets neglected so. My last comic was in October when I was playing Surgeon Simulator a lot. I’ve had some new ideas, involving my son and Boomerang Fu but I just haven’t really had the motivation or drive to draw that style. Drawtober took a lot out of me, and then I did a few Spider-Gwens, and then Tracer and Jinx. And the went into the X-Men group. And now DareDevils. I really need to do another webcomic contribution, and then just get back to my Wrestling Comic if I’m ever going to see progress there.

Happy Anniversary Comic #1

It’s hard though, working on creator-owned work. Drawing pin-ups of fancy-posed, established characters is just so easy. It’s like a quick fix. You feel satisfied because you did the work and you have something to show. But it doesn’t last. I tell myself every year that “this will be the year that I do work on my comic consistently”. Like a New Year’s Resolution. But it’s just a New Year Revolution.

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WHAT I’M DRAWING

Here’s the DareDevils I mentioned. Some WIP pencils before I ink the Hell out of it. Just giving my hand and wrist a break for the moment after too much Halo. Electra’s back arm needs some work. Reposition or repose I don’t know yet. Looks off currently.

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WHAT I’M PLAYING

Halo. Obviously. But not much else sadly. Didn’t do a co-op night. Just wrapping up the Tenrai:Fracture event in Halo to work on the Samurai armour. Which is done again, for a few weeks. Not sure if there’s any new interim events planned for February or not. So I’ll just keep plugging away at my Battle Pass.

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WHAT I’M READING (FEB 02/02/2022 Pull List)

  • CrossOver #11
  • Dark Knights of Steel #4
  • Echolands #6
  • Sweet Paprika #7
  • Nocterra #7
  • The Scumbag #12
  • Spawn #326
  • The Walking Dead #32

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A shorter entry this week, as there wasn’t much exciting to report. Just kind of bummer realizations. Like a sad birthday where you realize you’re one year older, but don’t have anything to show for it.

Anyways.
Be Good.

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iRogan

Sick Burn

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Another year around the sun. It was my birthday. Glad that’s out of the way. Now on to more important matters.

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What I’m Playing

The Gunk. This was an enjoyable indie game on GamePass. I mentioned I had started playing this just after Christmas and completed it this week. It’s by no means a long game, as I was able to finish it in just under 6 hours. Managed to finish it in three play sessions and 95%’d the achievements in the process. There’s one final one which requires me going back through the game to collect some missing resources and unlocking the last upgrade. Buuuuut I’m not bothered. Gorgeous game though. Simple gameplay design. Reminds me of N64 games of old, in its simplicity, but just soo good looking.

Played some more We Were Here Together with Illestrader in our Co-op nights, as well as some Second Extinction. Just about wrapped up the final campaign mission in Second Extinction. We actually completed it last week, but I was unfortunately dropped in the last quarter of the mission, AS HOST, and my crew was able to finish the mission without me. Lucky them. I’m not really sure what the devs have planned for the game as its still in early access with unlockable achievements. No real incentive to go back once it hits 1.0 release but I’ll have to see what’s added.

And obviously, still playing Halo Infinite almost on a nightly basis. Finished the Cyberpunk Event, and now we’re back into the Fracture Event for the Samurai Armor.

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What I’m Drawing

I made a bit more progress on the Uncanny X-Force group, with the addition of Rogue. But now the group composition feels unbalanced again. I think I will add Mystique, maybe Magik, and two guys, with the choice of Old Man Logan, Nightcrawler, Archangel, or Gambit. For the total of nine. I’m leaning towards Archangel because I think his wings will be a challenge, and Night Crawler. Plus those two are the Uncanny group anyways. So they fit. Unlike Rogue. But it was fun to draw the 80’s outfit, and the mullet.

And just as a friendly reminder that I CAN draw guys, I took a break from the X group and started working on a DareDevil / Electra pair. Should probabaly have this wrapped up this week, and then I can get back to the X-Group, and make more work for my colourist. Who is me.

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What I’m Reading

  • Batman/Catwoman – Holiday Special
  • DC vs Vampaires #4
  • Gunslinger Spawn #4
  • The Human Target #4
  • Wonder Girl #7

Saga also returned after a 3 year hiatus, which I’m stoked about. But I collect those as Trades so I’ll have to wait 6 months. Sigh.

Wonder Girl concludes, which is fine. The series was ok, and I like the intro of Yara Flor, and it will continue in another spin off series, but I wont follow it.

DC/Vampires is also a very fun read. I love the art of Otto Schmidt as its so loose but clean, and he works his colours so well. It’s truly impressive how easy the art is to read with his simplistic style. And the story has been gripping with so many twists.

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I think that wraps up the week that was. I have a few things on my to-do list still that I will try to find time for. Gallery first on the list. But I also do want to get a compilation video put together of the Marital Madness gameplay nights with my wife. Every 2nd Tuesday on her Twitch channel. Twitch.tv/cro0kedj. Currently playing It Takes Two, and we just finished Chapter 6.

Til’ next time.

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Extra Life Update / Halo Nerd

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I am getting very close to my 250,000 G milestone. My goal is to land on exactly 250K in November 2nd for the Extra Life Stream

Also, the Extra Life campaign is coming along swimmingly. Already nearing my initial goal of $500 and we’re just under 2 weeks till the big day.

And yes, I did just donate to myself to land on $343. Because I am a Halo nerd.

-IROGAN