What Is TheGamer Staff Playing This Weekend?

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Is it weird to be nostalgic for the end of the world? Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Part I remake has me thinking back to the first time I met Joel and Ellie way back on the PS3. However, I don't have 70 bucks to spare at the moment, so while some members of TheGamer staff have been diving back into Sony's modern classic, I won't be headed back to the apocalypse just yet.

This weekend, our team is spending time with a wide spread of games, from new releases like I Was A Teenage Exocolonist, to PS2-era gems like Final Fantasy XII. There's something for everyone. Just no The Last of Us Part I for me, unfortunately.

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Look, I have a bad habit of using this column to say I'm going to finish a game over the weekend, then not getting anywhere close to finishing it. Two weekends ago, I thought I would finish Cult of the Lamb. Three weekends ago, I thought I would wrap up Stray. Both are still on my PS5, unfinished. I would like to say that this terrible trend ends this weekend, but I'm going to be true to myself and admit that it probably won't. Instead, I'll just try and play some stuff. I started I Was A Teenage Exocolonist this week, and I'll put a few hours into that. Plus, I'll play a bit more of COTL and Stray. I would also like to play more Cyberpunk 2077, The Outer Worlds DLC, and Triangle Strategy… and I'm getting overwhelmed by options again. You know what, though, last weekend, I said I would finish a game I couldn't talk about. That game was Immortality. It was great, and I did, in fact, finish it. I'm counting that as a win.

I didn’t.

After finally finishing the best game in the world, I’ve officially moved on to my next endeavor: The