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Odin 3 - Powerwash Simulator 2

Album: Late Registration

Song: Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix)

Artist: Kanye West

Device: TrimUI Brick

This song is definitely my favorite off LR, followed closely by Hey Mama and Touch The Sky. Kanye's verse about the blood diamond trade is one of his best.

Thank you u/DoomEngine1 for the Brick and the giveaway I got it from!

Shoutout to my carpet for absorbing all those throws

Device: AYN Thor

App: Auxio

Headphones: Koss Porta Pro with Yaxi earpads

Peak platforming on the PSP.

Daxter is a 2006 platforming game for the PSP, developed by Ready at Dawn, who also developed Okami and the God of War series. A spinoff of the Jak and Daxter series, the game focuses on Daxter as he fulfills his role as an exterminator, while searching for Jak.

Daxter is at its best during its expansive levels, when it uses both platforming and combat together. The level designs are varied, although they reuse elements, but I did feel they did stretch on a bit much. Often, levels would stretch on unbearable amounts of time with room after room, without even a boss fight at the end.

I quite liked the zipline-like sections where you hang on a rail and avoid obstacles, and the train sections where you ride on the top of a train and dodge obstacles and hop over lasers as you move through tunnels. In addition, the great freedom of movement afforded by two jumps and jetpack-like use of the bug sprayer let Daxter maneuver through long sections of air well.

At first, I disliked the vehicle sections, but I grew to like them. The vehicles physics are floaty and the vehicles retain a lot of momentum, so tight turns are difficult at full speed. As I played through more sections though, I grew to appreciate the vehicle sections, and now welcome the driving and vehicles.

However, for all its faults, the technical achievements shown in Daxter are impressive. A full 3D platformer on a handheld with PS2 quality graphics was revolutionary for the time, especially comparing to the hardware of the DS, the PSP's foremost competitor. When I played Daxter on my Thor, it looked beautiful upscaled to 1080p.

Device: AYN Thor

The other games I've covered: r/gameoftheweek

One of the greatest fighting games ever made.

Def Jam: Fight for NY, is a 2004 fighting game developed by AKI Corporation, and the direct sequel to Def Jam: Vendetta. Def Jam: Fight for NY is a hip-hop themed 3D fighting game featuring real-life rappers, set in New York City.

Unlike the previous game, Fight for NY has greatly expanded fighter choices, fighting styles, and story.

As well as having rappers such as Snoop Dogg, Slick Rick, Scarface, Ghostface Killah, Mobb Deep, Xzibit, Ludacris, Sean Paul, and Busta Rhymes, the game also uses tracks from these artists as background music, which I found some new songs from.

Fight for NY also expands the amount of fighting styles to 5 from its predecessor, now having kickboxing, martial arts, streetfighting, wrestling, and submissions. I personally liked the strike-heavy style of martial arts.

Finally, Fight for NY's story is the best I've ever played in a fighting game, weaving New York hip-hop culture and underground fighting rings into a compelling story. Games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate often sacrifice development time on the story to improve the balance and characters, which leads to a more party style, competitive game. The decision to go the opposite way with voice-acted cutscenes and narrative-focused gameplay, rather than just a series of fights, makes Fight for NY have the best fighting game story. 

As a rap fan, I long have wanted to have a hip-hop themed game in Game of the Week, and Def Jam is both an amazing game and a great representation of hip-hop. Fight for NY encapsulates the bling era style of the early 2000s, along with New York's rich history of being the birthplace of rap

Device: AYN Thor

To see the other GotW's: r/gameoftheweek