Kaser Focus: Ev’rybody wants to be a cat

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I spent a large portion of the week playing Stray, the cat adventure game everyone (me included) seems to have been looking forward to. It’s not quite as exhilarating as last week’s Bayonetta news, but it was still a pleasant week. I really enjoyed Stray, given that it was relatively brief — it doesn’t waste any space while telling a charming, if wistful story.

Part of me does wonder, though, how important its release date is to its popularity. It’s come out in a relatively quiet period during the year. I’m not sure even the charming orange Cat could have competed with the likes of Elden Ring.

In more recent news, Ubisoft has pushed the new Avatar game to next year at the earliest. Whether that’s for the game’s own sake or to give the other titles breathing room, I can’t say. Skull & Bones could probably use the help, either way. But I can’t bring myself to get too peeved at Ubisoft this week. I chastised them about delisting Assassin’s Creed Liberation, but meanwhile Nintendo’s taking two big stores down completely. I can’t be mad at one and simply accept the other. I know Nintendo will never accept my criticism or suggestions, but I can only hope that it’ll offer some of the 3DS and Wii U exclusive titles on Nintendo Switch at some point.

I’ll admit I haven’t been particularly excited about The Last Of Us Part 1. While I liked the original game, I didn’t exactly lose my heart to it. The announcement of a remake was more of an “Okay” moment than anything. But it seems Naughty Dog is taking exception to the accusation that this upcoming remake is a