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Gaming

Revival Dance!

If you haven’t been following my Mastodon feed – I’ve been plinking away at Shantae and the Seven Sirens for the last few days. It’s really easy to pick up on and put down, especially on Deck. The weather has been great these last few days, and it’s nice to go out and get a little fresh air while getting some achievements in. Aside from game to my heart’s content I did do a little more spring cleaning, this time through the wardrobe. I have a modest bag of things to donate, plus I got rid of any raggy looking items. I still have a few other things to go through, but I probably won’t be throwing away much else in terms of clothing. I’ve also been continuing the purging of my tea collection, though I’m not sure if it counts if I’m drinking it!

Maybe if I plink away a bit more at this game a little before bed I’ll play something else tomorrow… or be empowered enough to continue.

Gaming / Hardware

Steam Deck vs the Asus ROG Ally: Pros and Cons

The Steam Deck is finally getting some interesting competition! Asus is coming out with their own PC Gaming Handheld for their Republic Of Gamers line, and it actually looks pretty interesting!

It boasts a Full HD 1080p 120hz display, whereas the Steam Deck is 1280x800p 60hz. It’s a little bit thinner, the analog joysticks look more similar to the Nintendo Switch in terms of placement and it has a small bit of RGB going on for it! It’s also missing the trackpads and two back buttons, meaning that if you were to choose between the two PC’s you’d have to choose between Screen Res and Refresh Rate, or buttons and more customization.

As much as I like the more updated screen I like the Steam Deck for its customization, the track-pads make for great touch menus, and in FPS games I tend to favor the right trackpad, although I am learning how to play with the right stick with the gyro enabled. Still, it’s nice to see other variations being made!

It’ll be interesting to see what the cost will be at launch.

Gaming

From Grim To Fabu

I’m impressing myself with how quickly I’ve been able to move through this today! I traversed the inevitable sewer section (why is there always a sewer in these action games?) and fought with the Original Karen!

She was an absolute Mother to deal with. I had to fling the suicide bombers that she was flinging at me back while giving her a nice bath. Not my usual idea for a Sunday evening, but hey… at least I didn’t have to pick pieces of vampire colon out of my hair today.

Of course, we made time for our Sunday Tradition: Wandering the Wonderlands of Tiny Tina’s imagination!We’re in the Level 26 region now! As usual we had fun trying different weapons and spells. I’ve upgraded my little Dragon to deal chain lightning damage, among other things. Some of the dungeons were more rough tonight, but we didn’t mind the challenge.

Gaming

The Longest Journey: My First ScummVM Game!

Newport, Venice

After playing Dreamfall: The Longest Journey the other night I got to thinking about playing the original before getting any further. If you buy this game it will not run properly out of the box – fortunately ScummVM is a thing. I used the version bundled with RetroArch on my Steam Deck with positive results! I just downloaded the game, located the executable and ran it with the ScummVM core, and bewm… I was pointing and clicking at an old adventure that’s new again, to me at least! 😛

April Ryan paints.

The Longest Journey is an old school point and click puzzle game where you play a young woman named April Ryan; who currently resides in Newport, Venice. She’s studying art, and working at a fancy cafe! At least in the waking world… in the land of dreams it’s a whole other adventure.

Imagine Dragon

Out of the massive collection of games I grew up on as a kid, this one was not among them. It wasn’t until a good friend of mine recommended the series to me years later that I decided to pick it up.

I think I’ll file this under my chill games list, kinda like ending the night with a bit of a bedtime story, y’know?

Gaming

4/20 In The Wonderlands

Today was another successful day of organizing/spring cleaning! I finally have the energy to take on stuff that I haven’t had time to spruce up and it feels nice. I went out earlier and got some of the good shit, since we celebrate 4/20 around these parts. Plus I celebrated with Yutram in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands! So far the weapons have been a lot of fun, and the spells!

All in an Overlord's day / Gaming / Hobbies

Tales From The Overlord’s Desk

Today was a little more work than play. I did some office keeping and organized my paperwork and writing stuff. Got rid of a bunch of paper, pictures and other items that are no longer of any use to me, and as a result I’ve freed up an entire cubbyhole! I figure while I have some time off I can get some extra tidying done.

I’ve been working on one large scene these last few days. One that requires quite a bit of time to look even halfway decent. I probably won’t finish this by the time vacation ends, but I’ll inch myself just a little closer to what feels like a never ending finish line in a sea of imagination.

I still made time for a bit of gaming on my Steam Deck! Continuing my way through Freedom Planet 2 on my Neera save. Just got to the Serpentine boss fight and decided to take a break. The Boss Battles in this game are much more of a challenge than the previous versions – and I’m still getting a handle for Neera’s Ice Staff. I might pick it up again before bed, if I don’t decide to scroll my RSS or Mastodon first.

Gaming

Zoe of Arcadia

Picked back up on Dreamfall: The Longest Journey! Today I started in Venice, and called it a night when I made my way to the other world. Getting here took me awhile, but I only had to look up help a couple of times – and it mainly had to do with the game UI. The more I play, the more I think I’ll put this on pause and crack open The Longest Journey, since it seems to reference it quite a bit.

Gaming

I Promise Not All Of My Vacation Will Involve The Yakuza

Made it to Chapter 11 after an accidental Kiwami 2 binge! This series is unlike anything I’ve ever played. It has a serious looking aesthetic, yet it has no problem throwing a Super Sentai Bus at you with its creative writing. Sometimes I go in just to play the minigames.

Originally I was going to get back to work on some animation, but I wasn’t feeling it and it’s always fun wandering the streets of any Yakuza game!