Free Talk Friday - October 02, 2026

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Welcome to the Free Talk Friday post. This is a place where you can talk about dumb off-topic (or on-topic) bullshit with other Zaibatsu fans.

There's going to be a new post every week, and the newest one will be pinned in the announcement bar for quick access. So feel free to visit these posts during the rest of the week.

Here's a list of all Free Talk Friday posts

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Beat Snake Eater for the thousandth time. God damn I love that game, and GOD DAMN does it look good with the resolution cranked. For some asinine reason I decided to do no continues or alerts (not even playing on Extreme, so this wasn't for the ranking), that bit me in the ass a few times. Jumped right in to Ghost of Yotei after that. On paper it's a better Tsushima, but something's not grabbing me as much. The Watanabe Mode (replaces the soundtrack with Champloo-esque lo-fi hip hop) is a really neat idea, but the execution's lacking

My uncle's staying with us for a few more days, having him here is always fun because he throws on a bunch of tv shows or movies and suddenly everybody's watching. Never compared him to my grandpa much, but they're the only two people I've ever watched tv with for hours on end without talking to

Tried the Dynasty Warriors 3 demo. It's a weird uncanny valley of looking and sounding like Origins (minus the legendarily terrible dub), but the gameplay is so much stiffer. The Elta: Defy All Gods demo was way better than I expected

Watched Sukiyaki Western Django, there was fun to be had, but it mostly sucked. Tarantino somehow speaks worse english than japanese actors, it's great

Had a really weird job interview, sort of. Turns out the "hiring event" is actually just them interviewing people who already applied online (sitting in the break room and a guy working there told me to apply online, I nearly took a running dive through the window). Got to my interview and the lady mentions it's a company-wide event, and I could've gone to the one 10 minutes from my house instead of that one, so she (very nicely, can't stress that enough, it was super friendly) tells me to get the hell out of there. I get to my local store... and they have 250+ candidates so they're having people fill out an application and they'll call them later. THE WORST PART IS I DON'T EVEN WANT THE JOB, I'M JUST DESPERATE

Finally filled out the therapy paperwork my mom and I agreed I would... 4 months later. 8 month waitlist, but a lady called yesterday morning and gave me some recommendations to look into