Put a full shift’s worth into MechWarrior 5 this weekend, and now I have my own Watermelon Squad! I’m really enjoying it so far.
OMG MELON GEAR
Cracked open MechWarrior 5 for the first time! Pimped my ride, found some mods (Steam and Nexus). It’s already consumed three hours, that’s a good sign methinks.
Ohai Big Ben
Now that I’ve destroyed the livefeed to Big Ben, the Space Kangaroos won’t know what time it is… giving me vast amounts of time to plot my next move, or something.
Open Thread… So Soon?
In other news: IT’S STILL FUCKING COLD HERE. It’s really made me appreciate warm tea all the more though. I crushed demons a little in Doom Eternal before bed to warm up the place a bit, and vent a little. I got a tiny bit of animation done, but nothing worthy of screenshotting. But now I’ve taken my hibernation pills and it’s time to rest for another day of fuckery.
Open Thread!
Attempting Deadpool On Steam Deck
Attempted to play Deadpool on Steam Deck this evening. The good news is that it runs! The bad news is that it includes a free game of connect the dots. Either that or Deadpool is trolling me.
Evening Open Thread
It rained today. I enjoyed a day’s worth of tea, and prepped for upcoming SFM scenes:
Other than that I messed around on my Steam Deck tonight, played a small game. I would have played on my desktop but wanted to cycle the battery. It didn’t get much play time last week and I wanted to make up for it. Meanwhile, my gaming laptop doesn’t get much use nowadays. Throwing 17 pounds onto my back has added up after awhile, and the Steam Deck has been a better traveling companion. I won’t be getting rid of my laptop, but I’ll probably convert it to a full Linux laptop. Almost everything I use works fine under Linux, and if I went that route that would leave my Desktop as the one last dualboot setup.
These are projects for another time though. It’s time for me to get some sleep while it still feels warm and comfy.
Viva la Voxels
Spent the day continuing my exploration of Nevalis. Grabbed even more achievements, met more colorful characters, and found more colorful clothes!
I was searching for batteries to power a lift, and I kept finding trendy outfits instead. There’s still quite a bit for me to find, but I’m thinking a playthrough or two from now – and I’ll start on the City Of Ghosts DLC. It feels weird completing quite a few of these games, and it’s still February!
Aaaaaaaaaand Another One Completed!
Finished my first playthrough of Cloudpunk! I’ll have to play through it again to get missed achievements and to see what happens if I make other choices.
Cloudpunk takes place in a dystopian cyberpunk world made entirely out of voxels. You play as a delivery driver for the company Cloudpunk. It’s quite simple: Make your deliveries, and don’t ask questions.
Cloudpunk has a beautiful city-scape with tons of areas to explore, even after finishing the game. There are also a lot of interesting characters you meet along the way, and well written dialogue that is surprisingly relatable. You also have chances to make your own decisions during your travels, giving it replay value. My only complaint is with some of the voice acting, and that’s only for a couple of the NPC’s you meet during your quests. For the most part it’s actually well done.
I’ve played this all in between my Steam Deck, Desktop and TV, and it looks stunning on all of them. It also remembers your screen resolution on each device! I can play it on a handheld without it changing the resolution on my other systems.
I give it a 4.5 out of 3.
Achieving A Good Evening
Didn’t have time to do much playing, but I did advance the plot in Shantae: Half Genie Hero! The Dynamo has been built, an achievement has been acquired, and more quests have popped up for next time.
I also finished up another part of my ongoing animation project! It’s currently keeping the room nice and toasty (and not just in universe!). It’s looking like it will still be rendering when I go to bed, and it’s cold enough tonight that I have no qualms about using my RGB space heater. Next time I touch SFM I’ll begin prepping the next stage. I’m anticipating another month of strange imagery on the horizon.