Some Love for My Favourite Pocket Rumble Character June!

Pocket Rumble‘s greatest asset is that it has excellent character designs from a visual and gameplay perspective. Even without any sort of lore within or outside of the game, these characters ooze with personality while giving players a ton of unique tools to battle with. Though the roster is small, there’s seemingly something for everyone here.

When I first started playing the game, I gravitated towards Tenchi, as he was essentially a Ryu clone with familiar tools that I could quickly grasp. However, once I set eyes on June, I knew this was the character I had to play as. Not long after, I climbed my way all the way up to #2 on the June-specific leaderboards and having a blast doing it!

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NBA 2K18 on Switch Impressions

I checked out of the NBA 2K experience a few years ago. Though I was madly in love with it at one point, the lack of meaningful upgrades from year-to-year caused it to fall out of my rotation. Ever since then, I’ve also heard that the game’s microtransactions have gotten so brazen that they drastically hurt the overall experience.

None of that mattered when I recently bought the Canadian edition of NBA 2K18 with Demar Derozan on the cover. Still devastated by my all-time favourite Raptor being traded away, I picked up the Switch version with his box art as a keepsake to that time of #wethenorth prosperity. Since I now own this game, the most curious version of it no less, I put this one through its paces to see what we’d find.

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That’s Nasty! BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Matches

stream viewer wanted to teach me the Tager match in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle by smashing me through the floor. Great.

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Blood Feud! BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Matches

An extended BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle set against a player that does not respect me based on his play style. Do I have what it takes to stand up for myself in the heat of battle?

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Playing NBA 2K18 on the Nintendo Switch

Curious about NBA 2K18 on the Switch? It’s probably too late to pick it up now with the new version on the way soon, but here’s a taste of what you can expect from next year’s version on the Nintendo platform! To my surprise, it’s pretty good! A more formal write-up of my thoughts will go live tomorrow!

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Boss Rush Plays Fortnite

Mat, JJ, Jon, and I play a few rounds of Fortnite! I like to think we got progressively better as the day went on. Yeah…let’s leave it at that 🙂

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Boss Rush Episode 5

Don’t blink! Mat hasn’t been duplicated. It’s his twin brother Jon! We catch up on everything being played within the group, discuss the rumors surrounding the next Xbox console, and play a little show and tell!

GAMES PLAYED: Fortnite, Super Mario Odyssey, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Dragon’s Crown Pro, Darksiders II, NBA 2K18, Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Edition

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Sonned by #1! Pocket Rumble Ranked Matches

Having climbed up the Pocket Rumble leaderboards, a run in with the #1 player was inevitable. They clearly demonstrated why they’re in the top spot in multiple sets of matches against me. Tune in for those matches and more with this set of videos!

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In Third Person Celebrates 9-Year Anniversary

On this day in 2008, I published the first post on In Third Person. Nine years, over 2,200 posts, and over 400,000 pageviews later, In Third Person is still here. This has always been a passion project of mine and it’s comforting to know that others come to this site every day for my random musings on video games, board games, and other nerdy pursuits. Thank you to everyone that has read a post, followed the blog, subscribed to one of my video channels, or shown your support in any other way. Your support is truly appreciated.

In Third Person will continue to carry on as long as making content continues to be fun and something I can find the time for. Of late, I’ve been working diligently on improving the video content, which I think has improved by leaps and bounds over the last six months or so. It will only get better from here!

And of course, I’ll continue to write. It’s the backbone of the In Third Person experience and it’s still a joy to sit down in front of the computer and articulate my thoughts with just the right combination of words and pictures.

Once again, thanks for your support! And now let’s get back to our regularly scheduled program!

2nd Best June! Pocket Rumble Online Matches

Coming back to this game with our eyes on the prize, we manage to reach #2 on the June leaderboards and top 20 overall in Pocket Rumble! Tune in for those accomplishments, as well as some great matches against other top players!

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