My new piece for Gamemoir just went up: “There Is No Shame In Easy Mode.” I feel pretty good about it, though it did go up a few hours before I thought it would, and I would’ve liked one last chance to proof it and make sure it was in tip-top shape. In any event, it’s too late to take it back now!
Almost no gaming happened this weekend; we were at my mom’s new house for the Mother’s Day weekend, and between the baby and two sets of grandparents and everything else, I barely had the time to finish revising the Gamemoir piece, let alone play anything.
That said, I did finally get a chance to look at Borderlands 2 for my Vita, which took a literal three (3) days to download. And after all that, it pains me to say that as much as I love Borderlands 2, I’m not sure this port was worth it. I mean, hey, it’s great, portable Borderlands! And it’s free, and came with all of the DLC! But it also kinda looks a little shitty, and the Vita’s controls are just never going to compete with using a real controller. And yet, because it took 3 days to download, there’s a part of me that would feel stupid to delete it from my memory stick.
I’m also nearly fully soured on Mario Golf World Tour. I’ve had no desire to play it, or even think about it, and that’s sad; I like golf in videogame form, especially in a portable one. It’s a rental, and my queue doesn’t get busy for a few more weeks, so I may hold on to it and give it one more real go, but it’s hard to stay excited for it.
No idea what’s happening this week. I’ve yet to play my rental copy of MLB 14 The Show for PS4; that might be worth checking out, especially since my wife and I just cut the cable cord and no longer have easy access to live sports. But I’ve always been kinda terrible at the hitting phase of the MLB games, which is (as you might imagine) a rather large part of the gameplay experience. So I’m not necessarily holding my breath.
In the meantime, check out that Easy Mode column. I’ve got to start figuring out next week’s pitch, too…
Shouts From The Couch 
While I want to play Mario Golf, in the meantime I’ve been playing the Hot Shots Golf I got as part of the PS Plus Instant Collection. It is a fantastic game for the Vita and a good thing to play while nodding off to sleep at night.
I’m more than a little peeved that this went on sale during my recent Vita-less period; would’ve loved to have picked it up.