Too tired to form a proper post. Something something fireworks.
Open Thread.
Another Day, Another Scorcher
We had some record breaking temperatures here at Overlord HQ today! A whopping 43CĀ when I got off work today! It’s JUST starting to cool off tonight, with the scent of sulfur in the air. Mostly took to the tablet and played DOOM 64 on my Steam Deck and chatted with friends across my collection of small devices. It’s a good thing I don’t have any videos planned currently, wouldn’t be able to get them done.
The weather is supposed to be like this for a couple weeks. I wouldn’t mind it so much if it was just a few degrees cooler, or time off to reeeeally enjoy the weather.
Meanwhile in Hell
I think I built up enough rage at work today to clear Elysium on tonight’s Hades run. It felt good fisting demons and the dead after a long day of MAGA morons that can’t handle me wearing a fucking mask because of my allergies. Fuck these people with something hard, preferably rolled in tar, glass and salt.
First Open Thread Of July
Last night I had a dream about playing over at the home of a friend I never had. We played tag, hide n’ seek, climbed trees and anything else kids did before cellphones and Fortnite took off. Then I remember when the kid’s father came home and wanted to know who I was, making me realize the friend I was playing with, was never anyone I knew. I told him that they needed someone to help them with a few games and he shrugged as I packed up my things and went on my way.Ā As I walked away I could feel myself aging to modern time, and before long I woke up to a warm summer morning and distorted summer memories with an imaginary friend.
I made myself a hearty three course brunch that isn’t as fancy as it might sound, listened to a couple podcasts and did a little couch gaming until even that started feeling too hot. Spent a good chunk of the warm day reading on my tablet in a few shaded areas about shady shit from the Imperial Court, and a few cat and meme pictures in between to give my brain a break to parse the bullshittery that will be unfolding in the upcoming days ahead.
The Wild Bluegleam Yonder
Finished a few quests in the Frozen Wilds tonight. Finally got all the materials I needed to trade for a bluegleam map, and have been making my way around the frozen tundra harvesting bluegleam aplenty. It’s a blue machine gem that you can trade for special valuables like weapons and outfits. So far I’ve claimed over 50.
I would of had more screenshots to share, but for whatever reason the screenshot key wouldn’t save anything while I had screenshots set to a custom folder. After disabling the external folder option I was able to take screenshots again. Strange that it still made the camera noise but didn’t take a shot…
I’m thinking of continuing tomorrow to try and finish up the DLC, might even play it on the big screen! Haven’t turned on the TV PC in about a month, maybe enjoy some cinematic adventures during tomorrow’s breakfast. š
Saturday Night Open Thread
The weather was kind today, it gave me a nice summer day to start off my weekend! I made a large salad with a nice tangy dressing, and stuck with my tablet and Steam Deck for entertainment. Felt weird not turning the main desktop on at all today, but it was hot enough that I didn’t feel like adding to it. I’m perfectly fine murdering Nazis in handheld mode, and I have a tablet and a laptop I can blog from to my heart’s content.
Speaking of gaming, the Steam Summer sale is in full swing; I’m seeing a bunch of steam friends buying alllll kinds of swag. Me? Nothing yet. I’m gonna ponder it while working through what I already have. š Got an achievement/trophy tonight for 86ing a Nazi cunt. With fascism currently being in style at the moment it wouldn’t be hard to write a new BloodRayne sequel.
Anyways… Open Thread!
Return To Ex-Zodiac
They recently updated Ex-Zodiac and added a new level, some new enemy ships and up’d the difficulty a bit on the earlier levels. The boss battle in the latest one allows you to fight a bull and his bull mech. If the battle doesn’t give your hands carpel tunnel you can at least cause the boss to cramp up if you fire enough ammo at his fists.
I’m thinking of streaming it one of these nights, adding it to the potential list of streamworthy games along with Whisker Squadron Survivor and a few others.
Survive, Prevail
I’m getting closer to the end of the Frozen Wilds DLC methinks. I found all the pigments and banuk figures, and I have some hunting to do before I return to the main game. I wish I could say more, but I don’t feel like including too many spoilers in this post. I can only hope the next game will be just as good.
Some Kind Of Wonderful
Ah, The Wonderful 101. I remember trying to play it a couple years ago but ended up raging when I couldn’t quite hit the sweet spot on my Steam Controller. I played it on my Steam Deck and it went a lot better.
The Wonderful 101 is definitely one of the more, different hack n slash/brawler types. You mainly play as Wonder Red, and you can round up/rescue citizens to temporarily become Wonderfuls that fight along side you. The more people in your army, the more powerful you are. Now that I have a better idea of what I’m doing I’ll have to see if I can tweak the Steam Controller to respond more like an analog stick… either that or switch to one of my other controllers, assuming they even work. š