So I played Deathspank past midnight, checked socials and found... the stock market has crashed... um ok, this is what.. the 4th major event that happened while I played a video game passed midnight?

This is news that I stumbled upon last night on tumblr, through the old tumblr tradition of getting news, via way of destial meme.

It seems that through countless years of saying "the economy is fine!" while pouring money into worthless scams such as crypto, nfts and ai-gen, the wealthy have woken up to find that the economy is not fine, if anything its fucked.

I dont have much of an opinion other than fuck the rich. This will likely effect alot of people, mainly those who make their money off of stocks. Im not the type of person who watches the economy so, hey, maybe stocks will be more affordable once this peters out?

Lets talk about games, im more versed in that.

So Deathspank is an action rpg diablo-like that was developed by hothead games and published by EA and it brands itself as a haha humorous kind of arpg. A lot of that humour comes from Monkey Island series creator Ron Gilbert who covered the writing and a lot of the games humor does carry that vibe. Deathspank himself fits the mould of idiot hero, very bombastic and confident yet also moronic. Think Earthworm Jim or The Tick. Hes also voiced by Michael Dobson who was Supreme Kai and Nappa in the dragon ball z ocean dub. Just an interesting fact to know.

So controlwise, you have 8 quickslots with which you can equip a weapon or an item to use. Your incentivised to equip and use a variety of weapons to build up a combo, dont use the same weapon twice and you'll increase it along with your damage and gain more "justice" which fills the big skull thing thats on your health. A feature that can be simplified if you just use two weapons and make sure not to use the same one twice.

When the skull is full, you can use a "weapon of justice" which is any weapon that has a rank and purple quality to perform a super attack. You can also block attacks and its VERY necessary since any enemy close to your level can take a chunk of your health if unblocked. Also if you block as an attack hits, you do a perfect block and get a full charge of justice.

You'll also find runestones which can unlock another super attack for you to use when your justice meter is full by using botb a Weapon of Justice and an elemental weapon at the same time. For example, a justice cleaver and a fire weapon for a fire cleave.

Healing comes in two flavours, using a health potion for a burst of healing or eating food which comes in stronger variants as you progress, recovers health slowly and can be interrupted. Eating food, can be very grating because Deathspank makes a very exaggerated messy eating sound as he eats. It sounds like an ass lover was starved of rump, gets presented with a juicy peach and goes to town on it. If you're using a lower level food to recover a lotta health, you are going to hear that sound "a lot"

The game doesnt really have any skills outside of perk cards when you level up which are mainly just buffs. More melee damage, faster run speed, longer lasting block etc. Armour is also simple since theres no item sets for extra benefits and what you do get is just extra health with some small elemental resistance. You have a toggle on your inventory to equip your best armour automatically and you may as well leave it on. As for any old armour or items, you have a personal grinder that lets you turn old gear into cash which is kinda nice.

I had a nice enough time playing Deathspank, its humor may not illicit belly laughs but it aleast got a grin out of me every now and then. I think while it is sparse in some areas, the combat mechanics do make it engaging enough and are worth exploring. It does have two sequels, thongs of virtue and the baconing but theres not much word nowadays about the Deathspank series since Ron left after Thongs of Virtue and Hothead moved onto mobile games. Currently acquiring these games is troublesome. I tried looking the games up on the playstation store but couldnt find them, xbox 360 store closed down so thats a no go although thongs of virtue is backwards compatible so its still playable on one and series.
So far it looks like steam is the one place all the games are currently available on.

Its kind of a shame really, i feel like of all the games that get remade or remastered, Deathspank is atleast deserving of it. Theres not as many games nowadays that mix humor and action that it doesnt feel forced. Also these games have coop, thats kinda neat too.

Vanquisher of Evil
Dispenser of Justice
Hero to the Downtrodden
Crasher of the Stock Market because i am 100% blaming him for the economy being fucked.

Anyways, see you all tomorrow. Feedback is appreciated, anons are currently on.