The Occupation Added To Prime Gaming

With next week being the start of the month, I honestly have no idea how things will work out. Still, the games added from the beginning of this month state they will not be changing over until the 13th of November, and of course, Twitch/Amazon/Prime haven’t publically stated why or how next week will take form. The only thing I can guarantee is that I’ll be here running it all down, including what replaces Darkside Detective with your Prime Gaming subscription. This week, it is the same old guff as usual, along with the game that was added in the past week.

Speaking of same old guff, let’s get to that talk of skins, almost like we were a Welsh cannibal that played Pope Benedict. League of Legends players can once again pick up a mystery skin shard, the third of a collection which when combined with the former two, can be traded in for a permanent skin. Yes, I understood about as much of that as you would of quantum mechanics, which is to say very little. The three mystery skin shards available right now will disappear on the 29th of October, with no word if this offer will continue through November.

Continuing on with things that affect the games very little, Valorant is once again offering a little charm. It is akin to what Rainbow Six Siege does, though with an arena shooter in the color grey. This month is one of those memes I hear so much about from the kids, something about an F key and paying respects with a gun. That sounds like something that would only be accepted by mental people who think guns and war are fun. The tiny trinket of tripe will disappear on the 18th of November, just after Call of Duty kicks the Cold War bucket for the paranoid again.

Since last month’s Starlight kit for World of Tanks, I’ve actually sat and watched a bit of Amazon’s The Boys. It is not bad, though not as brilliant as some make it out to be. For the second month in a row, Amazon has teamed up for a themed World of Tanks bundle based, this time, around Queen Maeve. This time Maeve is a unique commander, 2D style, and comes with the usual bundle collection such as: 1-day’s premium membership, new missions, XP boosts, an exclusive medal, rental of tanks, and so on. This offer ends on the… 5th of January? I had to wipe my eyes like the Coyote off the edge of the cliff when I saw that.

Ahead of the next expansion for an MMO that’s gutting itself to add more tripe, Prime is offering some cosmetics I’ll never understand. I’m sure I’ve previously called some of them adult toys, and I’m not saying they do, but one of them this month does look like a robot’s nipple clamp. The Cryptomnesia bundle (answers on a postcard) includes one titular sparrow, a flare gun emote, “Ada 1’s lone wolf” legendary ship, and one peerless precision shell exotic ghost. This offer ends fifteen days following the release of Destiny 2‘s Beyond Light expansion on the 10th of November, the 25th.

I still don’t understand high fantasy RPGs on mobile. If I wanted to play an RPG on-the-go, I’d probably playing The Witcher 3 on the Switch. Nonetheless, people will ruin a perfectly fine idea with mobile gaming and Epic Seven, won’t they? This week you can pick up the “Lv 85 Epic equipment set (critical, 4-parts, excluding accessories);” and I’ll be honest, I’ve yet to work out what any of that means. If it is critical to the game’s progression, why is it beyond Amazon’s subscription service? Anyway, whatever it is, it will leave Prime on the 4th of November.

From one load of fertilizer to another, Big Farm: Mobile Harvest continues to bore humanity to death once again. This offer is “Building Effect Items Super”. I know what those words mean on their own, though together it is a mess that makes no sense what-so-ever. If I had to hazard a guess, I’d assume it was something to speed-up the wait timers in an awful tripe of a “game,” though I’d have to use a lifeline to guarantee that one. This offer ends on the 2nd of November, and good riddance.

Let’s go back to skins to calm down, as Smite has updated for the second of its nine skin offers. This month it is the very purple skin of the cosmic power Anubis, which you’ll recognize even if you aren’t an Egyptologist/Stargate SG-1 fan. He’s that 90% human and 10% cat-thing, which I think means he can clean himself. You can pick up this over-designed anthropomorphized cat with a god complex (that’s all cats, really) until the 24th of November.

Oh, how I wish it was the Last Day on Earth, then I wouldn’t have to write about this every bloody week. This week you can get a police “armor set” and you’ll get an in-game M16. Much like everything else I’ve spoken about today, I’ve covered this for several weeks now, and I’ve still to find a reason to play it. Your chance to get the police “armor” set and the M16 ends on the 29th of October, for all it is worth.

Speaking of a lack of worth, “Entry to Prime Plays: Last Man Standing Qualifiers.” Jeff Bezos couldn’t pay me enough to play Old School or normal RuneScape just to promote this. I think we all know he makes enough money to pay me quite a bit for that. Again, Prime has provided very little; in fact, all they provide on the last man standing tournament qualifiers is what is quoted above. This and the two umbral chests from last week’s article are available until the 10th of November.

For the first time in a long time, I actually know what Prime has up its sleeve for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, and it is more crap. Yes, just like every week, you will get an Amazon Prime chest. However, this week you’ll also get 7-day hero trial cards for Angela and Franco with Halloween-themed skins. I’d have done better not knowing if I’m honest. This offer ends on the 3rd of November.

There are two things I’ll never understand, mobile gaming and baseball. To be fair there is probably quite a lot more I don’t understand, but the joke only works if I only list those. MLB Tap Sports continues to be the world’s most boring mobile game, that is until someone makes “Ashes: Cricket Simulator,” but we’re not there yet. In the 6th of a possible 12 drops for the mobile game, you can get two bonus player boxes and 40 bonus games. This offer, for what little it is, ends on the 28th of October.

I said it the other week, I said it last week, and I’ll say it once again. I don’t care who you are or who you prefer; if you are eligible to vote, you should be doing so. Amazon thinks so too, as they teamed up with Democracy Works’ TurboVote to remind voters of when and where they are voting. It is a quick process of adding your information, answering a couple of questions, and deciding if you would prefer reminders via text or email. If you are a US voter and are unsure where you will be voting next week, this will give you a quick reminder. The good thing is, if you are unregistered before the next election TurboVote will remind you then as well.

Finally, we are onto the game for this week, and it is one I have had my eye on for a while. White Paper Games’ 2019 journalistic investigation thriller The Occupation. It is a ‘fixed-time’ stealth game where, by my understanding, you will replay it several times before getting through it properly. Maybe when I find the time to travel back in time to North West England in the late 80s, I will stumble, break a vase, and swear that I need to restart the game again. That or just listen to The Dream Academy.