The Mind Of OverlordTomala
Gaming

Stepping Into A Good Portrait

The last time I played Portrait of Ruin was back in December It was during a rainy lunch break, and I was just starting to learn the controls. I figured since I’ve been making progress on the rest of the Dominus Collection that I should take a stab at this one tonight. So far I’ve learned a couple new abilities and killed a boss.

Unlike the other two in the trilogy, Portrait of Ruin lets you swap between two characters with their own unique set of abilities. Jonathan is your average vampire hunter, while Charlotte practices magic. I kind of wish this game could be played in co-op given you can choose two characters. I guess it makes sense given this was originally made for a handheld… but I can dream!

Food/Drink / Hobbies

Evening Open Thread

Managed to put a couple more videos together over the last couple of days, so… one video a day? I’ll take it. Other than that I survived another day in what could better be described as hell, with tea and hobbies helping to keep me half sane. Decided to bring a pistacio pu’erh tea to work today…

I’m thinking tomorrow will be a Watermelon Oolong day, and finish off the evening with one of my chamomile blends to help take the edge off the pu’erh.

Open Thread!

Gaming

Hell Hath No Fury Like Fury

The more I play Darksiders 3 the more it feels like a souls like, an easier-ish one that will still leave you getting your ass kicked. But tonight I made some good progress. Obtained some new powers and perks.

Obtained the Storm Hollow ability, which gives me a lance imbued with lightning. This also grants me the ability to hover in tiny hurricane looking areas that I saw early on in the game. I’ve already begun backtracking, only to find more to make me stronger! I’ve decided to take a small break for now. Might play a little more on the TV before calling it a night.

Gaming

BATHE IN THE MEAT CHUNKS

We finished up another DLC in Borderlands 3. So far the DLC’s seem a lot more fun than the base game itself. The Handsome Jackpot is easily my fave, but Krieg’s DLC had us laughing despite the mixed reviews this DLC has amassed. I liked the character dialogue, it was interesting to see the differences between both Psycho and Sane Krieg. The level design was an absolute fever dream; most of it was unpredictable. If I had anything to complain about it would probably be the end boss battle, and it’s also a pretty short DLC.

For the most part though, we did have a good time in absolute chaos.

Gaming

Mastering The Art Of Enduring Clunky Gameplay

This is the farthest I have ever made it in AOD. Maybe there’s hope to finishing this game yet, though it’s too soon to say. Despite the amount of clunk in the trunk I managed to get sucked into this universe for the remainder of my evening. If there’s anything good to say though is that we at least have Photo Mode, and Krita. The Photo Mode included is basic compared to other games that offer it. Fortunately there are programs like Krita and Gimp that can help fill in that gap.

Hobbies

Bringing It All Together (Video Editing)

Did some distilling of the video variety tonight. I have enough footage from a few different Resonite sessions to make another video! I just need to do some work with the audio portion and I’ll probably have another one exported and ready to add to the release queue. I only have a few hundred gigs of Resonite footage left to go through, though something tells me it may grow again before I get through all of it.

Gaming

Overloading On Fun

A couple weeks ago I was sifting through the ol’ gaming library and thought to myself “I haven’t played Overload in a hot minute, and decided to continue my space pursuits. For the most part it was a session of remembering all of the controls, and finishing a level. Which made tonight’s run pretty smooth, for the most part. I’ve spent almost an hour in the current level just making sure I get all the secrets and to rescue all the scientists. I can only ever play for an hour, or an hour and a half if I’m lucky. Moving in six dimensions gets taxing on my stomach after awhile – I’d hate to imagine playing this in VR… I’d probably vomit in about five minutes, give or take.