rabb1t's ramblings

rabb1t's ramblings is a gaming podcast that sounds like one player thinking out loud, and it makes no attempt to hide that. The host has described the usual method as a few bullet points and a ramble. When there is more to say, a script appears instead, as it did for a Marathon server slam weekend that seemed to call for careful notes. That Marathon verdict is blunt without being hostile. A squad kept fighting a crowd of AI enemies after the host urged a retreat, and got wiped. Going it alone was no better, since the solo queue fills with players who attack on sight. The episode title puts it plainly: '(New) Marathon; probably not for me'. Destiny 2 gets a more mixed hearing. Under 'Ewok sized Destiny 2 chat', the host reports clearing the Renegades campaign on Legendary, finding it the easiest yet and very short, and still spending about two hours on a lightsaber quest step despite watching a guide. Summoned bombing runs and walker rides get ridiculous quickly, so the plan is to drop to about three days a week once tier five drops arrive. Chasing a god roll is ruled out. Tainted Grail lands more warmly. Bought as an early bunny day gift during the Steam Spring Sale, after a free patch added weapons and armor, it is measured against the Elder Scrolls games and praised for music that sounds Celtic or tribal and for a spread of small passive skill trees. Price keeps coming up. In 'Wishlist top 10+1', the host counts down a Steam wishlist from most wanted, leading with a science fiction shooter called Defect, and marks one choice-driven single-player game as a buy at 30 or 40 percent off because it may be short and light on replay value. Another pick is waved past as too adult for the show. The host admits to an occasional itch for a collectible card game, yet a new Magic the Gathering expansion lasted about three games before a shortage of packs ended it. Upcoming releases get a fair shake. When High Guard drew community backlash before launch, the host asked for patience while calling the studio's near silence a baffling misstep and sketching the trailer push it could have run. Life outside games slips in too, from kidney test updates to trouble with gluten. Episodes close on familiar housekeeping: Facebook, YouTube, a Patreon with a monthly amount of the listener's choosing, a reminder to type the 1 in place of the i, and a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Derivatives license. What a listener gets is an honest picture of how one player decides where the next hours and money go.