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The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation – The creepy looking survival game that is looking to be a solid scary story

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The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation is a horror game coming to PS5, Xbox, and Switch. No release date has been announced yet, but preorders for the physical copies of this game go on sale on the 15th for PS5 and Switch only. There are also collector editions of the game for those interested in the swag.

Six university friends investigate a well-known urban legend, but what they find is a lot more than they bargained for. The group has awoken an ancient curse. Now they must survive the night as vengeful ghosts hunt for them. Do you have what it takes to solve the mystery and survive the night?

Play as one of the students and try to survive one of the longest nights as you stealthy explore a creepy and immersive setting, solve puzzles, and experience what looks to be a well-presented narrative. The art and graphics look great, the setting looks scary, and the voice acting is fantastic. Of course, this opinion is based on the trailer, but the trailer did enough to creep me out.

I don’t really play horror or stealth games, but this is going on my watch list. Hopefully, I can muster enough courage to play through this game, even if it has to be with the lights on. If you don’t want to wait for the console release, you can pick it up on Steam for $19.99. It is currently on sale for $13.99 until the 13th. There is also a demo you can try if you need more convincing.

Folks looking for a physical copy of this game, you can preorder your copy for the PS5 and Switch on the 13th.

You can also get the collectors edition for the PS5 and the Switch if you are interested in the artbook and a few extra goodies:

  • The Bridge Curse Collector’s Box
  • The Bridge Curse Game (region free)
  • The Bridge Curse Manual
  • The Bridge Curse Original Soundtrack CD
  • The Bridge Curse Artbook
  • The Bridge Curse Numbered Certificate
Board Games and TCGs

Obsidian Flames: Psychic Type Card List and Translations

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In preparation for the release of Obsidian Flames, I’ll be sharing the card list in sections by type. Today’s focus will be the Psychic types. Make sure you check out the rest of the previews as well. Obsidian Flames comes out August 11th, make sure you go put in your pre-order at your LGS or TGC Player if you don’t have one. And if you’ve been enjoying these updates, don’t forget to like, comment, subscribe, and share this with your friends.

Cleffa

[.] Grasping Draw: Draw cards until you have 7 cards in your hand.

Clefairy

[P][P] Slap Slap: 30x damage. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage for each heads.

Clefable ex

Ability: Lunar Zone
Each of your Pokémon that has any [P] Energy attached has no Retreat Cost.

[P][P][P] Wondrous Moon: 170 damage: 170 damage. Move any number of [P] Energy from your Pokémon to your other Pokémon in any way you like.

Snubbull

[P] Gnaw: 10 damage.

[P][C] Double-Edge: 30 damage. This Pokémon also does 10 damage to itself.

Granbull

[P][C] Confront: 50 damage.

[P][P][C] Wild Tackle: 160 damage. This Pokémon also does 30 damage to itself.

Mawile

[P] Mischievous Crunch: 30x damage. This attack does 30 damage for each [P] Energy attached to this Pokémon.

Spoink

[P] Splash: 10 damage.

[C][C] Ram: 20 damage.

Grumpig

[P] Power Step: Search your deck for up to 2 basic Energy cards and attach them to your Pokémon in any way you like. Then, shuffle your deck.

[P][C][C] Zen Headbutt: 100 damage.

Sinistea

[P] Cold Tea: 10 damage. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Polteageist

[P] Antique Collecting: Put up to 2 in any combination of Item and Pokémon Tool cards from your discard pile into your hand.

[P] Pour Tea: Put 5 damage counters on your opponent’s Active Pokémon.

Houndstone ex

[P] Big Bite: 30 damage. During your opponent’s next turn, the Defending Pokémon can’t retreat.

[P][C][C] Last Respects: 160+ damage. This attack does 10 more damage for each [P] Pokémon in your discard pile.

Board Games and TCGs

Obsidian Flames: Dark Type Card List and Translations

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In preparation for the release of Obsidian Flames, I’ll be sharing the card list in sections by type. Today’s focus will be the Dark types. Make sure you check out the rest of the previews as well. Obsidian Flames comes out August 11th, make sure you go put in your pre-order at your LGS or TGC Player if you don’t have one. And if you’ve been enjoying these updates, don’t forget to like, comment, subscribe, and share this with your friends.

Charizard ex

Ability: Infernal Reign
When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon during your turn, you may search your deck for up to 3 Basic [R] Energy cards and attach them to your Pokémon in any way you like. Then, shuffle your deck.

[R][R] Burning Darkness: 180+ damage. This attack does 30 more damage for each Prize card your opponent has taken.

Paldean Wooper

[D] Spit Poison: Your opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Paldean Clodsire

[D] Poison Ring: 20 damage. Your opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. During your opponent’s next turn, the Defending Pokémon can’t retreat.

[D][C][C] Mud Hammer: 100 damage. Discard the top card of your opponent’s deck.

Houndour

[D] Bite: 10 damage.

[D][D][D] Darkness fang: 70 damage.

Houndoom ex

[D][D] Evil Claw: 90 damage. If the Defending Pokémon is a Basic Pokémon, it can’t attack during your opponent’s next turn.

[D][D][D] Hound Fangs: 220 damage. This Pokémon also does 30 damage to itself.

Salandit

[D] Suffocating Gas: 10 damage.

[D][C] Scratch: 30 damage.

Salazzle

[D] Suffocating Gas: 40 damage.

[D][C] Gentle Slap: 70 damage.

Mabosstiff ex

[C][C] Daunt: 30 damage. During your opponent’s next turn, the Defending Pokémon’s attacks do 50 less damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

[D][C][C] Pride Fang: 100+ damage. If your Benched Pokémon have any damage counters on them, this attack does 120 more damage.

Board Games and TCGs

Obsidian Flames: Electric Type Card List and Translations

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In preparation for the release of Obsidian Flames, I’ll be sharing the card list in sections by type. Today’s focus will be the electric types. Make sure you check out the rest of the previews as well. Obsidian Flames comes out August 11th, make sure you go put in your pre-order at your LGS or TGC Player if you don’t have one. And if you’ve been enjoying these updates, don’t forget to like, comment, subscribe, and share this with your friends.

Magnemite

[L] Ram: 10 damage.

[C][C] Speed Ball: 20 damage.

Magneton

[L] Tackle: 30 damage.

[L][C][C] Electro Ball: 60 damage.

Magnezone

[L] Magnereject: 50 damage. You may have your opponent switch their Active Pokémon with 1 of their Benched Pokémon.

[L][C][C] Thunder: 180 damage. This Pokémon also does 30 damage to itself.

Tyranitar ex

[F] Mountain Bash: 120 damage. Discard the top 2 cards of your deck.

[F][F] Thor’s Rampage: 150+ damage. If any of your Benched Pokémon have any damage counters on them, this attack does 100 more damage.

Tadbulb

[L][C] Thunder Jolt: 40 damage. This Pokémon also does 10 damage to itself.

Bellibolt

[L][C] Electrobullet: 70 damage. This attack also does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Pawmot ex

[L] Zap Kick: 60 damage.

[L][L] Lightning Strike: Discard 2 [L] Energy from this Pokémon. If you do, this attack does 220 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Pokémon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Miraidon ex

[L] Quick Draw: 20 damage. Draw a card.

[L][L][L] Techno Turbo: 150 damage. Attach a Basic Lightning Energy from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

digimon tcg

This week in the Digimon TCG: July 9th

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This week we got a lot of reveals for the upcoming Versus Royal Knight set, and the cards look very cool. Versus Royal Knights is set to release July 21st, but it isn’t available for pre-orders yet. Until then, I guess we will have to settle for looking at the card art longingly until we can add them to the collection. If you have been enjoying these updates, don’t forget to subscribe and share this with your friends!

Versus Royal Knights Box Topper

I’ll start off with one of the set’s box toppers. Box toppers are unique promos you can get for buying a booster box of the set. While it isn’t guaranteed you’ll get a WarGreymon Ace, it is still very cool card to lo look at. I’ve never gotten lucky with the box toppers.

Versus Royal Knights Spoilers

In Store Tournament Promos (July – Nov)

The in-store promos are so cute! I wish I had enough time to make it to locals. I would love to start using my collection to play games, but there simply aren’t enough hours in the day. I just hope this game gets enough traction to get an online client so I can play it as much as I play Pokemon now.

That’s it for this week. This set is cool looking, but its not as cool as Alternative Being was. I am not sure I’m convinced enough to buy into this set, but there are some cards I am going to need to update some of the decks I have kicking around. The art is fine, but there hasn’t been a card that excites me like the previous sets have. Maybe they’ll win me over with the full arts? See you next week.

Board Games and TCGs

Obsidian Flames: Water Type Card List and Translations

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In preparation for the release of Obsidian Flames, I’ll be sharing the card list in sections by type. Today’s focus will be the water types. Make sure you check out the rest of the previews as well. Obsidian Flames comes out August 11th, make sure you go put in your pre-order at your LGS or TGC Player if you don’t have one. And if you’ve been enjoying these updates, don’t forget to like, comment, subscribe, and share this with your friends.

Lapras

[C][C] Hail: This attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent’s Pokémon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

[W][W][C] Freezing Wind: 100 damage.

Buizel

[C] Quick Attack: 10+ damage. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 more damage.

Floatzel

[W] Whirlpool Tail: Flip a coin. If heads, put your opponent’s Active Pokémon and all cards attached to it into your opponent’s hand.

[W][C] Waterfall: 60 damage.

Froakie

[W] Try Bouncing: 30 damage. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.

Frogadier

[W][W] Strafe: 40 damage. You may switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

Greninja ex

[C] Ninja Shuriken: This attack does 40 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Pokémon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

[W][W] Raging Rapids Strike: 120+ damage. If your opponent’s Active Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 120 more damage.

Wiglet

[W] Rain Splash: 10 damage.

Wugtrio

[W] Tangle and Squeeze: 50 damage. During your opponent’s next turn, the Defending Pokémon can’t retreat.

Finizen

[W] Courageous Evolution: Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Then, search your deck for a Pokémon that evolves from this Pokémon and put it onto this Pokémon to evolve it and shuffle your deck.

[W] Razor Fin: 10 damage.

Finizen

[W][W] Tail Smack: 30 damage.

Palafin

[W] Jet Punch: 30 damage. This attack also does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

[W][W] Justice Kick: 210 damage. If this Pokémon didn’t move from the Bench to the Active Spot this turn, this attack does nothing.

I am loving the theme for this set, all the cards are so pretty. I’ll be back with the electric types as soon as I can. Don’t forget to subscribe!

Board Games and TCGs

Obsidian Flames: Fire Type Card List and Translations

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The more I look at the card list for the upcoming Pokemon set, Obsidian Flames, the more excited I get. The cards look so good! The set releases on August 11, so make sure you put in your pre-order at your LGS or TCG Player if you don’t have one. Until then, I’ll be posting the card list and the translations by type. This post I’ll be focusing on all the new fire types. If you enjoy the updates, don’t forget to subscribe and share this with your friends!

Charmander

[R] Heat Tackle: 30 damage. This Pokémon also does 10 damage to itself.

Charmeleon

[R][R] Heat Tackle: 70 damage. This Pokémon also does 20 damage to itself.

Charmeleon

[R][C] Hot Magma: 20 damage. Your opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Burned.

Charmeleon

[R][C] Eruption: 50+ damage. Each player discards the top card of their deck. This attack does 100 more damage for each Energy card discarded in this way.

[R][R][C] Steaming Stomp: 120 damage.

Victini ex

[R] Strafe: 30 damage. You may switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

[R][R][C] Victory Flame: 220 damage. During your next turn, this Pokémon can’t attack.

Litwick

[R] Firebreathing: 10+ damage. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 more damage.

Lampent

[R] Flare: 30 damage.

[R][C] Alluring Fireball: Switch in 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon to the Active Spot. This attack does 30 damage to the new Active Pokémon.

Chandelure

[R] Burning Chain: 10+ damage. This attack does 50 more damage for each Energy attached to your opponent’s Active Pokémon.

[R][C][C] Heat Blast: 150 damage.

Larvesta

[R] Flare: 10 damage.

[R][C] Take Down: 40 damage. This Pokémon also does 10 damage to itself.

Volcarona

[R] Flame Cloak: 30 damage. Attach a [R] Energy card from your discard pile to this Pokémon.

[R][R][C] Heat Blast: 130 damage.

Eiscue ex

[W][W][W] Piping Hot Block: 160 damage. Discard an Energy from this Pokémon. During your opponent’s next turn, the Defending Pokémon can’t attack.

Charcadet

[C] Light Punch: 10 damage.

[R][C] Combustion: 20 damage.

Armarouge

Ability: Scorching Armor
If this Pokémon is in the Active Spot and is damaged by an attack from your opponent’s Pokémon (even if this Pokémon is Knocked Out), the Attacking Pokémon is now Burned.

[R][C] Steam Artillery: 70 damage.

That’s it for the fire cards, I will be back with the water types as soon as I can. See you next time!

Board Games and TCGs

Obsidian Flames: Grass Type Card List and Translations

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Paldea Evolved was an amazing set with beautiful and powerful cards. If you are a collector or trying to start your collection, Paldea Evolved is a great place to start. I can’t speak on the monetary value of the set, but the cards are so pretty. Paldea also brought a lot of fun decks to the standard worth trying out. I’m working towards a Noivern Deck because I pulled the Ultra Rare.

Look at how pretty it is!

But since it is the beginning of July, it is a good time to get ready for the upcoming set, Obsidian Flames. Obsidian Flames releases on August 11, so make sure you put in your preorders at your LGS or TGC Player if you don’t have one.

To prepare, I thought it is a cool idea to go through the set list, starting with the green cards and their translations. If this is something you’d like to continue seeing, make sure you like, comment, subscribe, and share this with your friends.

Scyther

[C] Agility: 10 damage. Flip a coin. If heads, during your opponent’s next turn, prevent all damage from and effects of attacks done to this Pokémon.

[C][C] Cut: 20 damage.

Surskit

[C] Lunge: 20 damage. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.

Masquerain

[C] Frightful Look: Flip a coin until you get tails. For each heads, discard a random card from your opponent’s hand.

[G][C] Bug Buzz: 70 damage.

Foongus

[G] Vine Design: Search your deck for a Basic [G] Pokémon and put it onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck.

[G][C] Beat: 20 damage.

Amoonguss

[G][C] Dangerous Spore: 60 damage. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Bounsweet

[G] Stampede: 10 damage.

[G][G] Reckless Charge: 30 damage. This Pokémon also does 10 damage to itself.

Steenee

[G] Aromatherapy: Heal 30 damage from each of your Pokémon.

[G][G] Razor Leaf: 60 damage.

Tsareena

[G] Queen’s Heel: 60 damage. During your opponent’s next turn, the Defending Pokémon can’t be evolved by playing a card from your opponent’s hand.

[G][G] Spinning Kick: 160 damage. This Pokémon also does 20 damage to itself.

Smoliv

[G] Absorb: 10 damage. Heal 10 damage from this Pokémon.

Dolliv

[G] Sunny Wind: 30 damage. Heal 30 damage from this Pokémon.

Arboliva

[G] Healing Fruit: Heal all damage from 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

[G] Oil Shot: 90 damage.

Toedscruel ex

Ability: Protective Filament
Prevent all effects of attacks from your opponent’s Pokémon done to all of your Pokémon that have Energy attached. (Existing effects are not removed. Damage is not an effect.)

[G][G] Colony Rush: 80+ damage. This attack does 40 more damage for each of your Benched Pokémon with [G] Energy attached.

Man this set is so cute! There are some cool looking cards, and some cards I will probably end up playing with. Let me know what you think about the set so far. I’ll be back with the red cards as soon as I can. Don’t forget to like, comment, subscribe, and share this with all your friends.

Movie Reviews

Happy Madison’s The Out-Laws is a bland comedy that will leave no impressions

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The Out-Laws is one of those Adam Sandler movies you can skip because you are going to forget you watched it. It isn’t one the worst movies to come from his studio, but it doesn’t do enough to be worth your time. This movie feels like it was made to fill the quota Netflix set for Sander. The result is a lazy, poorly-written comedy that may get a couple of laughs, but not enough to earn its spot on your watchlist. 

Adam Devine, who plays his goofy usual self, is marrying a girl who is clearly out of his league. Days before the wedding, his future in-laws make a sudden appearance and announce they will attend the wedding. But their checkered past catches up to them, and now Adam Devine needs to help them rob a bank to save his future fiance from a crazy gypsy mob queen. Can they rob enough banks before the wedding?

It should go without saying that this movie has no plot. It feels like a series of skits held together by the dumb heist movie and Adam Devine. Most of the gags are unfunny and go on for too long, but there will be the occasional joke that will make you laugh. Not enough to make this movie worth watching, but enough to make it tolerable. There is a lot of singing, lazy jokes, body humor, and Adam Davine being silly to pad out a movie that already feels too long for Netflix. I get the sense that this movie might be better under the influence of marijuana, but even then, there are better comedies you could be watching instead.

The Out-Laws isn’t the worst movie that has come out of Happy Madison Productions, but it isn’t entertaining either. My issue with a lot of original streaming content is that they only exist to pad out a library. The race to create original content comes at the cost of quality, and while they may have the time to make this garbage, we don’t have time to watch it. A lot of the stuff I’ve been watching lately gets forgotten, or it’s so bad I can’t bring myself to finish it. This is one of those movies I’ve already forgotten I watched. It isn’t funny enough to watch again, or good enough to recommend. This movie didn’t break me like others have, but it also didn’t leave much of an impression. You can stream it on Netflix, but your time is better spent elsewhere. 

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My experience with Smilegate’s Gotcha game, Outerplane, hasn’t been the best

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I’ve written about Outerplane in a previous post and even voiced my excitement. I enjoy gotcha games and have been looking for a game to fill the void Dragalia Lost left behind. I’ve been playing Outerplane since launch, but today I decided to uninstall it. After running out of the free energy you get for starting the game, it becomes a grind I wasn’t enjoying. 

Outerplane is an anime-themed gotcha game for Android and iOS devices. The game has a story, but it is a generic and poorly written isakai anime that doesn’t matter. I gave up on reading it pretty early on. The only real draw this game has is the art style. If you like anime and don’t mind the fan service, this game will have something worth collecting. The problem is that the grind is dull, and you will eventually come to a point where you will need to spend money to get the characters you want. There are probably guides out there to make the grind more manageable and efficient; I suggest you look into those before starting this game. The pull rates for the banners are bad, but that is to be expected for the genre. I can’t tell you how predatory the cash shop is, but there are $30 skin packs which feel steep for me. I am not shaming anyone who buys skins for games. I’ve spent a lot of money on skins over the years. If you think this game gives you a $30 value and the skin pack makes you enjoy the game more, go for it, but I don’t think Outerplanes is worth $30 in its current state.

I found the gameplay to be too simple. The voice acting and animation are fantastic until the novelty wears off, and you realize the game is rather shallow. I encountered some frame drops and stutters in the beginning and while the performance got better over time, there were still noticeable visual issues. None of the issues were game-breaking, but they are worth mentioning. I played on an iPad Pro and iPhone 12 and encountered the same issues on both. 

As far are the combat goes, Outerplane gives the illusion of strategy with its gear, facilities, combo, special attacks, and type advantage systems, but this is all just stuff you’ll need to grind for. If you grind long enough, the strategy doesn’t matter unless you’re doing hardcore endgame content, but good luck getting to that point. I will commend the game for having a nice battery-saving auto battler mode to make the grind more manageable, but it still felt like a job to get the materials I needed to move to the next piece of content. I needed to punch in daily and let my phone idle as my team completed dailies, story missions, and farmed for materials before running out of energy and waiting to do it all over again later. I am sure that spending money makes the grind a little easier, but this game wasn’t fun enough to spend money on. I don’t spend money on Gotcha games. I’m just addicted to the thrill of pulling for a digital character and the disappointment that comes after when I don’t get it. 

Outerplane is made with a specific audience in mind, but I am not included in that group. The game isn’t fun, the story is bad, and the grind is worth the time you put into it. I suggest you skip it because there are better gotcha games out there. You can download the game for Android and iOS devices, but make sure you look up guides. The key to success in any gotcha game is efficiency.