On and off these last few weeks I’ve been tinkering with loading DMC5 through Vortex Mod Manager. Everything was going soooooo well until it deletes my save data every time I launch DMC5 through it. My NG+ stuff is gone and everything. I’m not entirely butthurt though because I didn’t get too far into my 2nd playthrough, that and I’ve been having fun with mods. Here are a few that I can recommend starting with the Ichigo reskin featured above:
I gave V a Saint’s Row type of reskin, and also gave him a Death Note book, after all this is basically Kylo Ren in his more upbeat years (this is my universe and I can deem it as such dammit).
I also replaced the Style Announcer with Solid Snake, and they actually got David Hayter to record custom lines for this mod! How cool is that?!?! When I first downloaded the mod I thought it was just audio ripped from other games (as that tends to be the trend with these announcer mods) but was surprised when Snake said my style was “Dummy Thicc”. That is just too awesome for words. I could almost picture Snake sitting on the couch next to me just randomly yelling these lines while I play… almost.
Since I indulged myself on caramel with my breakfast I went with ALL OF THE FRUIT!!! plus some maple syrup and brown sugar. This and some toast held me over til lunch, which I actually made today!
I had some kielbasa and peppers with onion and garlic mixed with quinoa. It was so good that I had to have seconds. Should have enough for some after work munch tomorrow too. My stomach is feeling much better, just in time for me to go back to work I guess. :assy:
I have made another attempt to have portable oatmeal for my work adventure tomorrow… This week I’ve decided will mostly be overnight oats in the morning. Aside from Caramel Banana Mach II I’ve also made a cherry vanilla matcha and mexicocoa cherry oatmeals to enjoy!
I wasn’t feeling too well last night. Around lunch time yesterday I couldn’t find my overnight oatmeal breakfast. At first I thought I left it in my backpack but it wasn’t there, and I doubled checked the fridge at work but couldn’t find it either. I automatically assumed that I left it at home by mistake and decided to buy some sushi for myself and figured I would have my breakfast lunch for actual lunch when I get home… but at the end of the work day when I got my groceries out of the fridge I noticed it was in there at the forefront ready to be consumed :morty: . I know I didn’t miss it at lunch, there was hardly anything in the fridge taking up residence. My first thought was that maybe I left it on the ground in the locker room by mistake (not that it would matter since it was insulated) or one of the asshats at work tried to pull some form of prank (as is tradition among asshats at work they refuse to fire due to poor hiring rates). I reluctantly disposed of it… always hate seeing food go to waste but I didn’t want to take any chances.
My meal choices weren’t really that… great yesterday. The sushi tasted good, but it was too spicy for my work morning, lunch was homemade nachos from the night before, and for dinner we were too tired to make anything and ordered Burger King. That was enough for my stomach to flip me off this morning; sleeping was terrible… I got about 6 hours on and off due to waking up with stomach pain constantly. I finally got over it after making myself some caramel banana oatmeal to make myself feel better after losing out on trying the overnight version. That cured my belly and caused me to go into a two hour coma to make up for lost sleep. I started my day later than I wanted to, but hey at least I felt better. Not so much now though. :zorak: I might have to do more oatmeal therapy in the morning.
Decided to chill in the cinema tonight. We usually have a small “after party” after we finish watching videos with activities; such as riding a crazy couch from the lobby. It was nice just to chill tonight after a rough week of dealing with mental and physical agony. I look forward to being unconscious for as long as possible. :zorak:
I didn’t have enough yogurt to make a parfait and felt now would be a good time to start experimenting with that whole “overnight oats” concept I’ve been hearing about. I currently have this particular experiment sleeping in the fridge til morning. I didn’t include the protein powder, although I did add some peanut butter on top. I also used frozen blueberries, grated frozen ginger, three berry granola and shredded coconut. It smells really good, and I added enough matcha to satisfy both the palate and the eye. I’m thinking of getting some bananas tomorrow and making this caramel banana one for Saturday.
I played ECHO over the weekend. It has been on my to do list of games to play for quite some time. I bought it during one of many sales, as the gameplay footage and trailer intrigued me. Here’s the rundown of what I’ve experienced thus far:
You (or En as the character is called) wake up inside of a spaceship after a looooong rest; greeted by a soul(?) within a cube that doesn’t particular care much for you. After a walk that feels like an eternity we begin the game!
En lands her ship on a strange palace planet in search of another one of her companion cubes. Armed with only a cybernetic stealth suit, a disabled pistol and an annoyed companion cube attached; En makes her way further into these ruins that seen to go on forever.
I feel like I’ve seen this in an old Doctor Who episode…
Eventually En finds her way inside the palace and discovers there is no electricity. What follows is a lot of wandering around in the dark and random tuning forks she calls “Voices”. Your suit is able to decrypt the message contained within each one you find.
Hello me, meet the real me!
Eventually you are able to get the power to come back online… sort of. The power keeps going out, and your suit freezes every time it happens. Each time the power resets things in the environment change. Flowers are suddenly decorating your surroundings, more elegant furniture appears, and eventually you start to see more and more of these strange melty beings. With each rolling blackout they start to look more and more like you. They first appear to be dead, but then another blackout rolls around and their standing up just to fall down, then another blackout, and eventually they go from staggering around like a bunch of albino drunkards to being quite nimble but afraid of water.
It’s important to stay out of their site when you can. You leave imprints of your movements around the environment that your echoes mimic every time the power resets. In other words if you’re not careful you could be done in by your own past movements. It’s quite a trippy concept. It should also be noted that ECHO runs on Unreal Engine 4, just like Death Stranding! Somehow this looks more promising though… you at least get the walking simulator part out of the way eventually. :trollface:
As of writing this I’ve only put two hours into it. While I think the intro into the game felt longer than it should have been I am really intrigued by the stealth mechanic, and I want to see what more lies to this place, these copies of En, the rolling blackouts, and what lies within this planet sized palace. Sadly this is where my journey ends for now, or until another weekend rolls around.
I took the last of yesterday’s breakfast bake and turned it into an egg, ham and turkey cheese breakfast sandwich to power me through the day, mainly getting things in line for another week in the hole, and making some blog posts ahead of time to auto post over the next couple of days, as I plan to be very busy with real life stuff and a couple other things. I also made a few yogurt parfaits. I have a nice cherry matcha parfait to look forward to tomorrow. I threw together some vanilla yogurt, matcha, chopped frozen cherries, some maraschino cherry juice, and some pulverized oats with crunchy honey almond and fruit granola.
Finally got around to brewing one of my Christmas teas! I would have gotten to it sooner, but for me every tea has its day. I always wanted to try toasted green tea, they say that it has a hinted taste of toasted brown rice. Little did I know I actually did have some before, and drinking this brought back that memory. It was actually when I was flying to Honolulu with the very same friend that gave me this tea. I remember it being the first drink I purchased once we landed and got settled in on the Island. I wasn’t happy with it then, mainly because the brew tasted really really strong. The scent of the tea found its way to my nose, and next thing I knew I was keeping a close watch on the brew to make sure it didn’t over-steep. This is definitely not a tea you would want to begin preparing and then forget about, as it can become bitter fairly quickly making even a long over-brewed black tea seem more tame by comparison.
This is the good shit.
When prepared properly this is really good though. I made some to go along side stir fry the other night instead of Oolong. If anything this kinda tastes like a stronger Oolong with a hint of toasted rice, and even seems to have chocolatey, almost caramel like undertones. Interestingly enough due to the roasting process it has a lower caffeine rating compared to regular green tea which is commonly steamed instead. That’s ok, the flavor alone pretty much powered me for the entire day. I made two full brews of it the entire afternoon to give you an idea of how much I liked it. I’ve even discovered the existence of Hojicha powder, though I haven’t ordered any yet. I want to experiment with this Christmas gift first, maybe even try and make my own lattes with it. I feel like it would taste good mixed with some milk and certain sweeteners.
