It might not be a weekend, but we made time to go to the casino tonight in Borderlands 3. We’re still playing the Handsome Jackpot DLC, still finding side quests and new areas. It was a nice escape for the evening. 🙂
A Village Reunited
Feeling a bit better tonight. Did some closed captioning and then found the last two missing villagers in Order of Ecclesia. Now I just need to grind at all the remaining quests, do a little treasure hunting and then I can go off and fight the final boss… I think? It looks like this might be the first in The Dominus Collection that I’ll finally be finishing, though it’ll have to wait a few more nights if I want full completion. I have a feeling the grinding alone to find certain items might take awhile.
Lara’s Got Her Green On
Happy St. Patricks Day to those who celebrate! I didn’t do any drinking, still not feeling well enough to do that. But there was plenty of minty green tea to drink, and Tomb Raider 2! We successfully installed the new TV and I’ve already performed the ceremonial ritual of playing a Tomb Raider game on it.Played a little bit of Unfinished Business, then took a break and jumped into the sequel.
I should feel well enough to return from my weekend by tomorrow… unfortunately. It sucks spending the entire weekend feeling ill, makes me wish I could take an extra day, well… I could… but there is one person there worth coming in for.
Cozy Castlevania Sunday
Been playing more Order of Ecclesia – so far I’ve destroyed three different bosses. Been pretty much taking it easy today. It’s raining, and I haven’t been feeling well. It’s a good time to rest under a nice warm blanket, enjoy some blueberry tea, and play games that won’t make me motion sick. So far the Castlevania games are pretty good at not making me hug The Porcelain God.
Foxy Lady
I’ve been checking out a game called Kitsune Tails. It’s basically Super Mario World but with a gay love triangle. It has a cool level editor, and I’d even say the voice acting is anime quality. The levels themselves take some serious skill to get through unscathed. Luckily there is a shop you can spend yen at for power ups. It’s one of those games where you pick it up and play until you get frustrated, and then come back to it again later to progress a little more. I have to admit it is a pretty charming indie game.
YAAAAAY TV ARRIVED
Had a surprise delivery today! New TV arrived a day early, and this time IT ISN’T BROKEN!!!! Which is incredible because the box it arrived in looked like it was mangled by Satan’s anus, and a corner of the box suffered water damage. But we got it up and running with only a minor scratch on the protective film. I foresee a future weekend of cinematic gaming.
Tonight though, it’s a turn n’ burn. Gotta grab something to munch, take some sleeping pills and knock off until the morn’. Fun can wait until tomorrow. I’m just glad we finally got a TV in the house, safe and sound.
All That Clunk In The Trunk
Last night I settled on Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness, and immediately remembered why I never finished this one. Out of all the classic Tomb Raider games this one had the most clunk controls. Her rolls are slower, and she feels harder to control compared to the previous 5 games. I get that part of it was in an attempt to make the game seem more realistic, and given this came out on PS2 hardware they were trying to utilize newer features, but the previous games did movement far better. She also has to become stronger through different movements, like breaking doors and other tasks.
At least this time around they included more cut content from the original release. I remember reading this game went through serious pain from all the crunch time they had to do (something all the Tomb Raider games have an unfortunate history with). Now it just comes down to me eventually willing myself into playing through it.
Tonight is not one of those nights.
Tuesday Evening Open Thread
Did some more closed captioning tonight after getting off of work. Continuing my promise of doing CC stuff on nights where I’m not doing video editing, it’s just one less thing for me to focus on before releasing a video. It’s also kinda fun inserting things in there you won’t see in the actual video from time to time.
Other than that it was a nice day, even at work. Finally got the broken TV situation sorted, and have another TV coming this Friday, with hopefully a slightly less broken screen. I’m really jonesing for some cinematic TV game time. Totally gonna have to make some couch time to play some Horizon Forbidden West. Until then I can only dream, and play on a plethora of other devices. I’m thinking tonight is an indie night on Steam Deck, or maybe some Tomb Raider Remastered… hmmmm.
Open Thread!
Rainbow Road But We’re Playing Resonite
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