Always Something To Do

We’ve only had two days of rain, but it already feels like a weeks worth. Not that it matters much to me… I slept in today, loved an orange cat and bounced between a few games after a good breakfast and some self spa-care. Started out by playing a bit of Alice: Madness Returns in the early afternoon, and managed to complete a couple of levels. It doesn’t support cloud saving, so I’ve decided to make this game exclusive to my Steam Deck. I won’t remove it from my Deck until I finish it, it’ll give me an incentive to continue my journey much sooner rather than later. 😛

Later in the afternoon, I moved over to Dust: An Elysian Tail. I played a bit of it yesterday and got from 72% to 80%! Then today I got from 80% to 97%! Maybe I’ll finish it before the end of the month arrives! I learned a super jump ability that can be used on heavily vented areas. Needless to say I’ve been having fun using it to collect all the treasure in previous areas. I just need to do a sweep of a couple more and then I’ll return to the main plot.

Then as evening drew near, and we had full bellies to power us, we played a session of Borderlands 3 and furthered the storyline along quite a bit. Unfortunately we lost a valuable NPC due to a couple of narcissists, such is life in Space Texas.

Now that I’ve explored a few alternate realities, maybe I’ll be able to have enough energy to do something productive tomorrow! I have a lot planned ahead of me, gift prep, gift shopping, some audio and SFM stuff. Today was a nice day for recharging. 😀

My Evening Was DOOMed

How low can you go?

Tonight was fun. I did some SFM camera work, a couple of us recorded voice lines, and then I played a bit of old school DOOM to call it a night. I’m most of the way through Episode 1. I’m playing the DOOM 3 version for the hell of it. It gives me an excuse to do a little achievement hunting. 😛

Truly The Year Of Indies

This year has been a good one for supporting Indie Developers. I’ve purchased Whisker Squadron Survivor, Gal Guardians, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Lost Ember, Ultra Kill, Trinity Fusion, and Ex-Zodiac! All great contenders for both PC and Steam Deck. I spent tonight tweaking my Ex-Zodiac Steam Controller config. I enabled mouse aim in game and set the right touch-pad as mouse, and made sure to enable gyro. It feels perfect!

Ex-Zodiac is very Star Fox like. You’re a pilot named Kyuu, embarking on a journey across the Sanzaru Star System to save its planets. Each planet houses an enemy of the terrorist organization ZODIAC, and it’s up to you to destroy every last one of them… or explode trying. 😛

I never had a chance to enjoy Star Fox properly, mostly due to not having a SNES or Nintendo console. So it’s nice to see the genre branching out, if Nintendo doesn’t want my money then I’m more than happy to support indies with their own inspired visions. Definitely worth checking out if you’re looking for something similar.

Yesterday’s Adventure, Tonight’s Post

Dust discovers a friendo.

Made it to 80% yesterday! Rescued a friend, found another chest and collected some more keys. I would have played a little more tonight, but it’s been one of those days where I find myself busy from before dawn to after moonrise. I’ll make up for it tomorrow by making time to play something completely different.

Controlled My Weekend Til The End

Did a little more exploring in Control. Mostly collecting documents and winning battles. It was a nice getaway after spending the evening working on some animating. I’ve been bouncing in between two projects, and so far they seem to be tied for the lead. Tonight I worked on a lovely campfire scene, and tomorrow I’ll probably work on a comfy couch one. It’s been a nice couple days of R&R, and I know this week is gonna eat it up like a Thanksgiving Turkey.

Silent As The Night

Made it out of the Mausoleum tonight! Also have one foot through the graveyard already taken care of for next time. I enjoyed playing this while enjoying a cherry blossom field candle and cherry blossom tea. I need a little bit of those spring vibes to help counter the darkness. I’m thinking I’ll shift back to playing some more Kena tomorrow; maybe conquer more of the new area I discovered, also Photo Mode. 😛 Speaking of Photos…

November Video Schedule

Videos will start rolling out again beginning this Friday:

  • 11/17: Venturing Into The Dew (Whisker Squadron Survivor Gameplay Only)
  • 11/21: That Time We Played Totally Accurate Battlegrounds (Gameplay Only)
  • 11/27: A Perfectly Normal Set Of Skyrim Clips (Gameplay Only)
  • 11/30: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light: Season Finale (Gameplay, with an animated ending!)

Animated works are in the pipeline, but probably won’t be seen until after the new year. 🙂

Your Overlord Sez: Stay Tuned!