I wanted to play video games this weekend, right?
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So I unpacked my playstation and found the box with my games in it (I have a PS5 with a disc drive, and don't really do download games, in spite of how ludicrously inconvenient ps5 discs are.)
But I couldn't find my ps5 controllers.
Or, at leas,t I couldn't find my ps5 controllers.
I found an xbox controller (I've never owned any xboxen), and a switch controller, and a ps4 controller.
Ps4 controllers almost work on the ps5.
But I wanted to play a ps5 game, and for bullshit reasons, sony won't let you play a ps5 game with a ps4 controller.
So I went to the store to buy a ps5 controller.
I started at Second and Charles, because I wanted to look at their used games.
They only had ps4 controllers and they were forty dollars.
They also had no games.
So I went to the local used game store.
And they had one ps5 controller but it was a special edition thing and two hundred dollars.
They had a bunch of games though, and I got a cheap used copy of a game I have on PC.
So I went to fucking wal mart.
And at walmart, I discovered that PS5 controllers are currently like eighty dollars.
I found a controller. I bought a second one. What a pain in the ass.
But also, if I play video games at all (which I rarely do), I have access to two different computers that are capable of playing modern PC games.
And I have an xbox controller.
So I'll play some PC games, right?
But I reinstalled my OS since the last time I played games on this PC.
So I have to wait on downloads, and updates, and shaders, and ...
Anyway, I managed to play some Ratchet and Clank as of about 10pm.
It turns out that I'm not very good at (the new(er)) ratchet and clank game.
Or, perhaps I'm just not good at video games at all anymore.
Still trying to work out a way that I can play a video game... publish the gameplay footage and commentary and all. Just one of those pipe dreams...
