What Is TheGamer Staff Playing This Weekend?

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Everyone knows there’s nothing games journalists hate more than actually playing video games - we’d much rather cancel them for not being woke enough to satiate our political bloodlust. Since the people who really believe that are absolute morons, I’d like to stress for the record that it was, in fact, a joke. Here’s what we’ve been playing this week.

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I’ve just moved house so I guess I’ve been playing Unpacking but like, in real life. With no internet connection set-up and most of my consoles still in boxes, I’ve been relegated to playing offline matches of FIFA. Once everything’s in place next week though I’ll finally be able to enjoy The Quarry on my new TV. Spoiler alert for next week’s column, I guess.

Magic: The Gathering, obviously. Why play anything else when the best game to ever exist is right there? However, in a break from my usual weekend splurges on MTG Arena, I’m actually leaving the house and heading to Commandfest Birmingham to play it in person!

I’ve got my decks already kitted out and ready to rock (Kwain, Hamza, Isshin, and a pre-con for good measure), and hopefully I’ll not make a complete tit of myself and maybe even win a few games. I’m also looking forward to meeting MTG artist John Avon, and hopefully spending a frankly disgusting amount of money on yet more cards.

Despite being TheGamer’s Verified Card Boy, I’ve only ever played Magic in person with a very small group of people thanks to the pandemic. Being able to go and see friends I’ve made through the game is really exciting, although I am expecting to be humbled very, very quickly. How do you play Magic?

Coming in slightly late to the party as usual, I’ll be exploring the Minecraft 1.19 Wild