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Recently, I completed the story for Dying Light's The Following DLC. And it was bizarre. Without spoiling anything, lemme say that you're given a choice and one choice (the one I chose) is a logical one despite how it arguably nullifies everything you've done in the game. Of course, either way, once you beat the final mission, you can go back to the game world and finish any side quests. I'm stuck on at least one, where I have to go into a cave full of Volitales (think the Reaper vampires from Blade 2) and kill them all. It's damn near impossible, especially in the instance where I have to fight more than two (as many as five have ganged up on me eventually). I'll probably get some help from a few friends who regularly play the game in the hope of "strength in numbers". 

I finally started on my recent PS4 pile of shame with The Witcher 3. I've put close to 9 hours so far. It's a gorgeous game, very immersive. I had only a brief time with the previous game due to its confusing combat mechanics but they've improved in this game. Only the crafting and inventory menus seem scary right now. 

For really cheap, I got used DVD copies of 13 Assassins & Hara Kiri: Death of a Samurai. Takeshi Miike directed both of these and while I don't usually go for his films, these two period samurai films are brilliant, bloody, somewhat restrained (in comparison to his crazier works) and very thoughtful. I prefer the 1962 version of Hara Kiri (available to stream over at Hulu Plus) but Miike's remake is respectful and fierce in its own way. Wonder how well the 3D version of this looked. 13 Assassins has one of the most despicable villains in film history; it's worth a watch just to see this trash get his just deserts.

I also rented Steve Jobs. This 2015 film, directed by Danny Boyle and written by Aaron Sorkin, was a title I missed out on due to its under-performance at the box office, which means it didn't last long in theaters in my area. The script is one of Sorkin's best and is a unique take on the biopic: no cradle-to-the-grave approach but a dramatization of Jobs' professional and personal troubles behind the public launches of the Mac in 1984, the NeXT Computer in 1988 and the iMac in 1998. The whole cast is perfect. There's a scene between Michael Fassbender (Jobs) and Jeff Daniels (John Sculley) that uses flash-backs and the end result is an affecting snapshot of a professional relationship coming apart. Just fantastic.