Instead of doing anything halfway productive today (instead of showing up for work… and leaving) I futzed about in Skyrim with console commands. Originally I planned to do an impromptu stream, but dinner ran late and I ended up having fun doing weird things to my Skyrim install! Unfortunately I don’t have any pictures, but I now have some ideas for a future stream. :v: Tomorrow is my Friday, perhaps I’ll indulge a little. :melon:
Once again we arrive at a time where I am given one chance to poison my family by preparing something most sinister. Behold:
I made a warm German/American potato salad with bacon. The saltiness of the bacon mixed with the sweet yet tart flavor from the apple cider vinegar all coming together on the holy canvas that is the fucking potato. I’ll have to remember to make this again sometime.
Instead of doing plain ol hot dogs I invested in some nice chicken sausages with fancy cheeses mixed inside. They were sauteed alongside some peppers, onion and garlic with some splashes of Marsala for a little more flavor.
I also opted to get Hawaiian hot dog buns. It feels kinda funny having food like this during the winter, but then again it’s all nice, warm, and different from the everyday hot dog and cold potato salad. It’s also less salty despite the bacon’s involvement. 😛
If you haven’t seen these videos yet I highly recommend doing so. This is by far the best telling of the Star Wars saga ever done, and should be considered official canon.
I look forward to their own spin on the newer Disney films should they decide to include those in this amazing story. There are six episodes in total so far, all of them glorious.
I’m trying to at least write a post once per day (or at least have one scheduled), but the last couple of days I haven’t had a chance to. I spent most of yesterday in bed not feeling well, though at least this time around I was able to at least sleep it off instead of spend the day in agony. It was an entire day stuck inside my own imagination… it’s as horrifying as it sounds. Perhaps I should consider writing about some of these brainchildren that accumulate deep within my psyche… but where would I begin? :morty:
Ok… I guess now that I can move properly I can go back to doing Overlord shit. :melon:
I was going to get some stuff done today, but ended up feeling uneasy for most of it. I ended up napping while it stormed outside. Perhaps I’ll have better luck tomorrow, though I anticipate between how I feel and the weather I may have a nice long extended date with a bed and a controller assuming I don’t awaken with motion sickness… hopefully the cookies and cream will take care of that. Maybe if I’m feeling good and get some things done I’ll do a livestream of some sort, or play a multiplayer game, or both? We’ll see where this goes…
I got curious yesterday evening and ventured around the internet to find if there were any mods for the Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy, and I was not disappointed. I’ve already installed a mod that bypasses the annoying start screen, meaning it will only play the optional cutscenes. You can download this mod from the Nexus. They have other model swap mods (like swapping out regular Crash for Bker Crash or Scuba Crash for example) too plus an edited level by the looks of it. I didn’t see many mods, but it would be cool to see if this is further expanded upon just to give more replay value on top of the replay value that’s already there.
One of the things people have been talking about a lot in the gamer realm recently is Soulja Boy and his totally legit non ripoff console that came bundled with a bunch of roms. It was later found out that the console was actually already being sold as a generic classic console, and was changed up slightly to fit his brand. Of course when it was pointed out to Soulja Boy that it miiiiight be a bad idea to have Nintendo’s game rom’s on his console without Nintendo’s permission he couldn’t give two shits…. until Nintendo forced Soulja to bend over.
Rapper Soulja Boy seems to have had a change of heart when it comes to advertising his ‘consoles’ and putting them on his SouljaWatch website. He has since taken them down presumably because of an impending lawsuit. The ‘consoles’ looked suspiciously like other consoles on the market and included games from retro Nintendo platforms and others, which he didn’t have permission to sell or obtain.
I still have to wonder though, how did this shit get passed Soulja Boy’s PR people? I don’t think you’d need to be a gamer to think about the copyright aspect of it, especially as often as Nintendo is brought up for being the Oprah of lawsuits and cease and desist orders. I just don’t see how something like this could have been instantly marketed, the damned console looks like a ripoff XBone.
Now that we’ve arrived at the doorstep of 2019 I feel this would be an opportune time to post about what my first plans are for starting out the new year:
I’ll be possibly looking into redecorating the blog. Last time I designed this place I was minus a tablet and had no idea how it would look on mobile, fortunately I did quite well designing it as it looks just fine whenever I go to check on the blog via my Kindle. I haven’t decided yet if I’ll tweak the current theme or to move onto a different one. I’d also like to add back in a feature for clicking on images, something about this theme seems to prevent it from happening. But if anyone has some suggestions for what I could change feel free to post down below.
There will also be videos coming, especially now that the Holidays are over. It should be noted that they will take longer now to produce since I will be putting animated scenes and other stuff into them. The intro for my current project has taken up most of my time so far, but I think it will be worth it once it arrives at completion. I want to pour as much of my imagination into this as possible. Linux videos are still in my quiver too.
Streaming is also another thing that I keep telling myself that I want to do more of, but again… time constraints. Yesterday I had a lot of fun streaming Skyrim, and would love to do that again with different games too. I don’t think I’ll have a proper schedule for streaming, or even videos for that matter. But I will try to stream if everything comes together, like if I have the right game and friends for example.
Of course with every new year we just have to take it one day at a time, and if anything noteworthy appears I’ll be sure to put it up for all to see. :v:
We arrive at that time of year again where I go over games that I’ve actually finished, yes! I actually found time to finish a couple!
I picked up The New Colossus late last year during one of the steam sales for an excellent price. I never finished The New Order, although I did play enough of it to get the idea of what I was doing PLUS the game does a good job rehashing enough of the previous installment to get you where you need to be. I completed the game on the Fergus timeline because I found his personality to be more entertaining (although I’ve been doing a replay on the Wyatt timeline to see what that’s like). In The New Order you have to sacrifice either Wyatt or Fergus to the Nazi’s, but unlike the previous game your choice can make all kinds of differences in cut-scenes, enough that it really is worth playing through a second time just to see another perspective. The gameplay itself was a whole lot of fun, and I’m glad they finally gave us the ability to save wherever we want instead of relying on autosaves and checkpoints… that was one of the reasons why I got annoyed with the first game, especially when trying to stealth my way around a really active area. I enjoyed finding the original game in its entirety, Wolfstone3D instead of Wolfenstein3D. I really enjoyed the story too, though I’ve listened to a lot of people complain about the overall story-line being similar to a Quinton Tarantino film, not being historically accurate, having a “mouthy” black chick join their ranks, and of course my personal favorite to poke fun at Nazi Fatigue… apparently having Nazi’s in a Wolfenstein game is a concept lost on some. :zorak: Another excuse I’ve heard in similar vain is that there are too many games where Nazi’s are being shot, and somehow that’s a bad thing. To me it had a message; stand up for what you believe in, don’t let your friends or your spouse think for you, analyze a situation or a story for yourself… you might even find something that someone else missed. Also nazi’s are bad, that was the shorter message. :v:
Then of course after finishing the New Colossus I was still in a Nazi killing mood but didn’t feel like doing an immediate play through again of the same game. A lot of people that I read were butthurt by the sequel to this game said this had the better story of the two, and that it was much more serious… did they forget the part where BJ drops acid and has a drug trip? Of course that also depends on which timeline you choose… but I actually enjoyed the stories of both games, despite this port not running as smoothly as its sequel. I’m definitely intrigued by the new Wolfenstein game Bethesda announced at E3, and I’m hoping they don’t screw the pooch with it as they’ve done with Fallout76 thus far… though this is a different property to them I will still wait for the final result. The great goddess Beth Esda works in mysterious ways.
When I heard about the Devil May Cry HD Collection coming to PC I was stoked enough that I bought it for day one release, in fact it was funny because I was contemplating buying a copy for my PS3 so I could see what I’ve been missing out on from that particular era. Everyone that played the series always told me that 2 was the worst and I never understood why, now that I’ve had a chance to play it I fully understand. I knew there was a problem when I managed to beat the game. Contrary to what at least two people might think, but as much as I love this genre I’m terrible at it, and I’m willing to admit that. So I was surprised that I was able to hack, slash and shoot my way through the game in no time flat. Everything from gameplay to story to how everything was executed was just wrong. They made Dante too serious, and they made the game easy enough to a point that you could probably beat all of the demons and bosses while blindfolded six feet under the earth in A DARK ROOM. I haven’t worked up the nerve to play as Lucia yet, perhaps I’ll pick it up again if I find the right amount of medication to play a game that would even bore grandma with its game mechanics.
I played the Landmark Edition. It’s just like the original… moving on.
As someone who enjoys the Homestuck comics, this was something that I highly anticipated. You don’t have to read any part of the comics to play or understand this game (although in some cases it might help already explain things, like what are the grey children doing with candy cane horns?). Hiveswap is a love letter to the 1990’s, including Easter eggs scattered throughout the game pointing to older games of that era, such as Myst. Much like Homestuck, Hiveswap does an excellent job nailing that 90’s aesthetic. My only complaint was that I found it to be too short, though I look forward to the next act when that eventually comes out.
That pretty much covers what I’ve finished this year. All other titles I’ve played are games that are not played to be completed, like Skyrim or Quake Champions, or I’ve been replaying games for the sake of replaying them, or for testing under Linux via Proton… or both. 😛 I hope everyone has a Happy New Year, and if anyone wants to share or reflect on something you’ve played this year feel free to write it down below.
Happy New Beers!