The Mind Of OverlordTomala
Gaming

Being A Total Diva

Today has been a sleep in kind of day, with an orange cat persuading me to lay in bed with him… that and feeling motion sick for most of the day. I cleared a little over 100GB of video footage and contemplated what to play, something that wouldn’t make me dizzy would be ideal. As I scanned my library of infinite entertainment I settled on being a Diva, or Divas. Luka, Miku, Rin, etc… In one form or another they were all on stage.

If you’ve ever played any of the Yakuza Karaoke games, then that’s basically the entirety of this game… only with Vocaloids in place of Yakuza. I mainly played in Rhythm Mode tonight, with the easier songs (which can sometimes go from easy to HOLY FUCK). Managed to get about five achievements tonight, not a bad start IMO. It was also nice to listen to some of the newer Vocaloid songs, as well as revisit some old ones that brought me back to my early 20’s… I felt old after listening to some of them. 😭 Still… it was a nice trip down memory lane, and I can now say I properly played a Hatsune Miku game!

Gaming

Lara The Succubus

Spent the evening playing around with mods for the Tomb Raider Remaster. Now she’s cosplaying as Morrigan and purple hair! 😛 I decided to call it a night at The Colosseum level.  Earlier in the day Yutram and I played The Game of Life together for a Couch Co-op session. It was pretty chill, and might even be worthy of a future video!

Gaming

Saturday In The Shadows

Had a very zen evening tonight. Made a large pot of Japanese Curry and some rice, drank some green tea and played Aragami in the living room while getting intoxicated on the epic aromas wafting from my cauldron. Made it through Chapters 8 and 9, survived a boss battle and earned four achievements!

It took me awhile, but I did nail the captain after about 100 retries. In order to defeat him you need to destroy a light barrier switch that protects the Captain, then you have to backstab him and repeat the procedure two more times. You are then treated to an epic battle cutscene. I went from gritting my teeth to being proud af to just get through the damned boss fight. It was so intense that I almost thought I would beat the game tonight! But alas, three more chapters will have to wait for another time. My eyes feel waaaay too shot for me to continue. Time to finish off the rest of my tea and call it a night.

Gaming

The Misadventures Of Lara Croft

Oops…

Apparently in the new Tomb Raider Remastered Trilogy if you leave the butler in the freezer for too long he’ll actually ice over! Also there’s a Photo Mode!

Lara’s Breakdancing Skillz

I’ll have to take a more careful look at my surroundings, just to get any good photo opportunities stored away. Definitely puts a new spin on an old game!

That Mummy Is Sus

Made it out of Qualopec’s Tomb with the first part of the Scion before calling it an evening. I’m thinking tomorrow night I’ll pick some form of Metroidvania to pad out what remains of my evening.

Gaming

Downtown DOOM

DOOMGuy looking how I feel.

As usual I spend the last bits of the evening playing a lil’ game before calling it a night. It’s one of my favorite escapes after enduring another day of stupidity in the workplace. I took out my frustrations on Demons begging for bullets. I’m about halfway through the Downtown area but decided to call it a night, motion sickness was starting to set in. That bobbing back and forth gets to me after awhile.

Gaming

Another Day, Another Achievement

Finally beat my personal record! Also made it to Level 20, apparently only 8% of other players have that achievement – So that makes me a rare falcon I guess. I earned a triple jump power up, allowing me to save up to three jump upgrades for when I REALLY need to get high.

It was fun! Fun enough that I can move along to something else tomorrow… perhaps something a little more hellish.

Gaming

Down The Wavy Corridors

It’s been a couple months, but I moved the plot along a bit in Control tonight. I started the Prime Candidate Program; only died a few times, and I learned a bit more about Jesse in the process. My next task is finding a way to rotate a large platform, that’s where I decided to call it a night. More photos can be found over at Mastodon.

This is one of those games that doesn’t seem to get much discussion at work whenever we decide to converse about after work activities. It’s mostly Nintendo games and Final Fantasy I usually hear about, maybe a few COD games from a couple of the dudebros. Although I do have one friend that’s really into the Remedy Cinematic Universe, we have a lot of fun talking about Control and other Remedy titles. He was too young to experience Max Payne, but I’ve shown him some vids. Even back in the early 2000’s Remedy knew how to make a bone chilling experience.

Gaming

Came For The Game, Stayed For A Movie

Last night I went to play High on Life, and ended up having a Movie Night instead. I purchased a Warp Disc; Warp Discs allow you to teleport other worlds to you. This particular one allows you to visit a movie theatre. Yes, an ACTUAL MOVIE THEATRE.

With a full MST3K style heckling to boot. I wasn’t planning on staying for the whole thing, but I had fun listening to the commentary of Demon Wind. There are also 3 other full movies that can be watched in game, something to save for other nights. I wanted to get back into bounty hunting and finding chests of intergalactic pesos.

Aside from obtaining a few achievements tonight, I also made a new gun friend during my adventures. She has the ability to control time and can fire gems that are as explosive as her attitude. I think I have one more weapon to befriend and I’ll have the full set.

Open Threads

Friday Evening Open Thread

Don’t have much to write about tonight, work was calm today, weather was bleh. I extracted some audio and exported it into SFM, will probably start animation some time next week. It’s a couple minutes worth of audio, which will probably keep me busy for a few weeks. My weekend starts tomorrow and I want to chill a little bit before tearing into any animation. Gotta have a bit of play so I can be in the right mood to work! 😛

Open Thread!