Finding a site that has an Xbox One controller in stock was harder than I thought it would be. No go at Amazon, Best Buy or even Walmart. Going right to the source, Microsoft actually ended up offering the best price, reasonable shipping rates and speed and a great looking model to boot.
Mouse and keyboard are great for most PC games but when it comes to games involving fighting, driving or side-scrolling, a more precise means of control are called for. These are the games that forced my hand, so to speak (forced it right into my back pocket to pull out that wallet yet again), games that I believe absolutely require a high performance controller:
Bloodstained
Dead Cells
Forza Horizon 4
Forza Motorsport 7
Killer Instinct
Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite
Minecraft Dungeons
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Street Fighter V
That's where this sexy beast comes in...
While I was in that bluetooth frame of mind, I pulled out the fairly new set of wireless D-TechNY headphones I'd bought last year for the Xbox One X, paired them up with the new laptop and I was golden. They'll come in handy for the next five months, two large cushioned cans that will allow me to hear things over the nonstop fans and air conditioners I'll no doubt have running during yet another upcoming soul-crushing east coast summer. I couldn't find any pictures of them online so you'll just have to take my word for it that they look fab in their fire engine red scheme.
Short of turning a corner into batshit insane uber-dork VR headset-wearing racing wheel cockpits, I can't think of anything else a top of the line gaming laptop needs in 2020. Except the proverbial non-stop supply of great GPU-singeing games and that's exactly what I'm already getting with Microsoft's PC Game Pass subscription. Maybe I'll point out a few of the recent highlights in an upcoming post...
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