What is going on with videogames?

That's what that title sounds like, lol. The kids were watching the Nintendo announcement video yesterday to see what kind of shenanigans were going on in Switchland. I sat and watched it with them to see if there was going to be anything worth $500. The short answer to that is no. The long answer is eventually. The video starts out like so many other Nintendo Direct's with one of the big wigs from Nintendo stoically announcing upcoming titles and showing a little snippet from each one. The first several titles were almost all the exact same thing - a solo fantasy game set in an open world filled with bosses that require you to minmax a build in order to beat. Even if I recognized the series the game was from, the gameplay acted the same. Everything looked like Elden Ring and Expedition 33 had a surrogate baby with Final Fantasy XIII. Sometimes it would throw in farming and crafting for the lulz. Then there were the outliers, like the Wii Sports and that awkward thumb wrestling game.…