XBOX Remote Play works a treat

One of the main problems with having the Xbox plugged into the proper TV downstairs is that of an evening other members of the family tend to want to watch “Call the Midwife” rather than me playing “Yakuza - Like a Dragon”.

The good news is that I can use XBOX remote play to sort this. I’m using it on an iPad with a Bluetooth Xbox controller that I bought a while back. It works a treat. It means that as number one wife is stories of newly born babies coming into the world I can be happily despatching bad guys at the same time.

Microsoft Flight Sim on the Xbox Series X

I must have been a good boy last year, because I managed to wangle an Xbox Series X as part of my Christmas present. I got a notification that Shopto had got some in stock so I pounced. The machine arrived on Christmas eve, two days after I’d ordered it, which was most impressive. I’m now going to have to sell the old console and a bunch of other bits and bobs to pay for it. The machine is super. It works a treat and I’ve loaded all my Game Pass games onto it, including Microsoft Flight Sim.

I can’t believe how good Flight Sim looks. And the loading times are pretty speedy so that it is very easy to go for a quick flight during a coffee break. The only slight snag is that I’m having to control the plane with an Xbox controller, but the good news is that the flying skills I’ve picked up from my weekly flying sessions on the PC have transferred across. Although I still managed to plant my aircraft into the runway a couple of times in front of everyone.