We started our Tiny Tina Wonderweekend a day early! Still playing through sidequests and went down some fun slides. We ended the night by dancing atop a giant flower… seemed like a good idea at the time.
Firsts for Everything
I made my first poll on Mastodon! Since I’ve been getting some engagement over in the land of John Mastodon – I’ve decided to experiment with a bit of a poll. It already has a couple of votes, we’ll see what the final results are tomorrow evening! Giving me enough time to start my weekend!
Too Wicked To Rest
I don’t get it… I went to bed on time, had a good meal, a hot shower and home spa treatment… and yet I couldn’t get to sleep last night for work. I haven’t even napped yet. I’ve been awake since Wednesday Morning! Hopefully I’ll have better luck tonight. I don’t have the energy to play anything, but I haven’t been tired enough to lie down… until now.
Think I’ll go lay down before I break something.
Wednesday Evening Open Thread
Well, tomorrow I return to reality… The tea is prepped and my clothes are at the ready! But it was nice to get away from it all for awhile, I needed it. I feel like I have enough energy to make it to the Weekend, which is just a few days away for me. :v
I didn’t go anywhere fancy, and I didn’t even get to finish my games or finish my video! But it was nice to just relax, get some things done around the house and let my body rest a little. I might take some time off again next month, but just a smaller bit. I’ve racked up a lot of time that I haven’t used over the years and my body is telling me to have a little fun!
Lootage and Shootage
Upgraded my Backpack SDU tonight for carrying more lootage! They really pour it out of everything in this game.
Where Lord of the Rings Meets Spinal Tap
I have a problem. I want to play games on my 4K Desktop, but when I go through my library my eyes have been landing games that make me think “This would be fun to play on my Steam Deck…” dammit!
One thing I did find interesting about launching Brutal Legend on Steam Deck was that it launched with Proton instead of the native Linux build. For the heck of it I launched the native build, and it seemed alright apart from teleporting NPC’s in a couple of cutscenes, and it was getting a nice solid 30FPS. Not bad I’d say, right? Then I replayed the first chapter again through Proton and there were no teleporting models AND the framerate doubled! Translating it from Direct3D 9 to Vulkan instead of using the native OpenGL build seems to give it a nice boost! Pretty interesting since I’ve played this before under regular Linux desktop, that was quite awhile ago though.
Maybe now I’ll actually finish this title! It supports cloud saves, that seems to be helping me in between devices.
Another Evening of Pirate Booty
Another successful adventure through the Wonderlands!
I unlocked an assassins mask (among other things), rolled some bones, TROLLED some bones, and freed a couple souls from their bones.
All in all a good evening! We even rounded out at Level 30! Good time to call it a night.
Booty Quake!
A couple nights ago I learned the art of Booty Quakin’! I’ve been making another lap around the entire island, still finding things that have yet to be found until finding them.
Aside from uncovering gems and abilities, I’ve also been tasked with finding buried statues with my new found power. That always seems to be the appeal with any of the Metroidvanias I’ve played thus far; you learn new things and then you get to go allll over the world again to find all the things that were juuuuust out of reach from you before.
I almost opened up Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon on my Deck, but slapped my hand and continued onward through Seven Sirens. It makes sense for me to continue while I still remember all the controls. Maybe if I get stuck at a certain point.
Suddenly Wonderlands
Sat down tonight for a surprise game of Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands! We leveled up a couple of times, and did a few sidequests.
While I’ve been digging the game so far, this game shits loot out at any given crevasse when given the opportunity.We’re constantly going “shopping” to sell tons of loot that was shit out from two different characters. Also, for some reason, I notice the purple and blue weapons will sometimes have really shit stats. Even if the weapon is a higher level it doesn’t mean anything. Another complaint I have is when getting knocked down in the game it doesn’t really go out of the way to alert your friends around you. We’re usually too busy trying to survive to voice out for help and then we respawn. Other than that the game has been loads of fun!
Late Night Open Thread
More efforts were made this morning to purge my wardrobe! After getting rid of a bunch of things I’ve rediscovered the things I really like! I think I’ve found a better way to organize most of it for easy reach, especially my work clothes.
I’ve also been helping some friends get into the world of PC Gaming! I spent the afternoon getting their computer ready for them, getting their graphics settings up to spec, set them up with some cool demos and mods. They mainly play on XBox, in fact they were mesmerized when I plugged their controller into their computer and showed them that yes, you can play on PC with a controller. I also set them up with some freebies like OBS, Shotcut and a couple others. We’re waiting for the monitor to come in, and then it’ll all be in their hands.
Other than there, a little bit of Shantae on Steam Deck! Going to get cozy and play a little before calling it quits. It takes energy being a fashionable gamer… :v