Kaser Focus: Team Frye, Team Shiver, or Team Big Man?

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Nintendo Directs are one of a very short list of things that can get me out of bed early in the morning, and I’ll happily chug some caffeine to see what’s new with Splatoon. Though I will admit, the major thing I retained from the Splatoon 3 show this week was the new group, Deep Cut. Apparently I’m not the only one, either. Since we’re all friends here, let’s discuss who we like best. I’m a Big Man fan myself, but I won’t judge anyone for preferring Frye or Shiver.

In other news, it feels like we’ve had a number of game delays the last few weeks: Gollum, Arc Raiders, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Marvel’s Midnight Suns and now Hogwarts Legacy. I’m guessing we’re reaching that point in the year where developers know for sure they’re not going to hit the holiday season release window, hence the flood of game delay announcements. Suffice to say, the 2023 calendar looks a bit more meaty than it did even a few months ago. As long as I get Bayonetta 3 and Slime Rancher 2, I can stand to be deprived of other games.

Speaking of recently delayed games, Forspoken got itself a new trailer this week. I wouldn’t be the first one to tell you it’s bad — the whole internet raked this thing over the coals until it was crispy. I’m hoping it’s not representative of the game as a whole. But if it is, I think the developers have a twisted concept of what makes a “relatable” protagonist. I get they were going for a fish-out-of-water, modern character in a fantasy world, but she certainly didn’t have me at “So let me get this straight…” Funnily enough, this actually