The Mind Of OverlordTomala

All Play and No Work Makes For One Relaxed Overlord

First day of vacation and it rains! Fortunately, I slept in, read a bit on my tablet in bed, then made an energy packed breakfast and stayed warm with hot green tea and gaming! Did more Sidequesting in Kiwami 2, and even got a little hooked on playing darts and Virtua Fighter. It was a cozy kick back with a controller kind of day.

Have you ever launched a game, just to play the mini-games inside that game? I never intend for it to happen, but sometimes it’s kinda funny to just go about your business and escape into a game within a game.

It was also a Sunday… which means Yutram and I sacrificed some of our time to The Almighty Shader Dragon and continued our adventures in the Wonderlands! Where we went hunting dice, crabs, the undead and redneck goblins. We did do some sidequests, with one leading us to a chest with an interesting bow in it.

On our next playthrough we are looking forward to a slip n slide. Something more adventurers should all look forward to.

Friday Evening Open Thread

I’m not in much of a posting mood tonight, pretty tapped out. But I’ll have plenty of time to make up for it over the next couple of weeks. I’m taking some time off to have a little me time, give my body a break from all the hustle and bustle of daily life and do all kinds of nerd shiiiiiit.

Open Thread!

SPLOSIONS!!!

Ah, Counter-Strike Condition Zero: Deleted Scenes… the real reason I upgraded to 4K! Actually I started playing it on my Deck, and decided to play it on my desktop to bask in the amazing 4K experience! For reasons…

Maybe since it’s more portable now I’ll be able to will myself into finishing it. I made a touch menu on Steam Deck for quickloads/saves.

Painting The Town Red… With You

I finally made my way past the Meat Packing District in BloodRayne 2! Made my way past the boss battle, and now I’m a couple levels farther than before! It’s been a rainy day, cosy vibe, ass stabbing kind of day with plenty of chamomile to get me through all the destruction. I got an achievement for committing 50 carnage kills, apparently that’s a rare achievement? I get the feeling not many people have played it, at least post achievement update.

This Bunny Delivers Bullets

Happy Easter! I celebrated by adding this old game onto my Deck! I have it running through the Steam branch of RetroArch with the DOSBoxPure Core installed. It feels so right having it in the palms of my hands, and the nice thing about old retro games is looooong battery life! Maybe now I’ll finally be able to beat all the other episodes!

Kena: Photo Mode Edition

Another adventurous evening was spent in the Pixar-Perfect looking world of Kena: Bridge of Spirits! I discovered Photo Mode and it all went down hill from there.

Hanging With The Fam

I’ve made more rot friends, destroyed the Wood Knight, and slowly mastering archery!

I’ve mostly been playing it on Desktop. It runs ok on Steam Deck, if you don’t mind playing at 30FPS. 99% of my gameplay has been with a controller, but for some of the trials I had no problems playing keyboard and mouse.

It’s nice to have the option to choose between the two.

Piercing The Soul

Got to learn archery tonight in Kena: Bridge of Spirits. It was a fun reward for beating a boss battle.

The bow also allows you to grapple to unreachable places if you happen to notice a large blue flower. It helped me reach a nice meditation spot. Great for permanently increasing your health, AND a good spot to call it a day. There’s another boss up ahead that has convinced me to call it a night.