Games

I don't know anyone IRL I can explain this to, or discuss this with

Played Dark Souls for a little, but not much. Elden Ring, I beat and loved.

With Demon's Souls lately, and this week... I spent no less than 4 days going the wrong. fkn. direction.

Got my little mace, a shield, and a wand for spells (I like being a battle mage, sue me!)

This Maneater boss was beating my ass, so I needed some help.

Found out about a spell I could buy if I could save a witch. So, I went to that level and headed for where I thought the witch was, but I had the world tendency of black, so the game was so much harder and I couldn't get past these double-spawning black phantom fat officials.

So, I needed some help. Didn't even understand world tendency, had to Google that a couple times Found out about a way to reset neutral in the first act, if I got rid of some executioner lady. I go back, but she wasn't there. Needed pure black world tendency, I guess. I go get my little stone to resurrect my body, got killed and then cheesed the executioner by accident because she fell into a pit after she spawned.

Okay, reset to neutral. Go back to area, past where the black phantom fat officials were, and fought my way to a fog door. Where was the witch?? Oh. Oh no.

I had to open a door, behind me the whole time to get a key for a gate nearby the spawn where I'd start each run, for the past four days. Before resetting my world tendency. AND I already had the dang key.

Okay. Pop myself in, get the next key, rescue some joe schmo?? Find out where the witch actually is, through a gate and up some stairs. Well, I've already had the dang disguise to get the guy to drop the stairs and could've rescued her so easy.

Got her, got the spell. But... Needed another memory slot, so I grind out 3 levels for 18+ INT and can now cast a big fire storm, thinking minimal damage. The spell destroys everything, and it's fkn awesome.

I take that spell and go burn the man-eater boss dudes with ease in my second try, after fighting a black phantom mind flayer on some stairs and getting my ass kicked 4 times.

Man-eater dead, I can finally move on.

I now understand why folks said Elden Ring was so easy. Still, climbing castles and whipping spells and smackin' heads with a mace is so freakin' satisfying. I bought Dark Souls 1 & 2 on sale and I'm so excited to play them. Getting lost and back tracking and figuring out NPC quests, giving up on all that and googling just to find out it's even easier than I thought or waaayyyyy more confusing is part of the fun. But a mace and an epic spell is all I need, IRL.

I fkn LOVE fromsoft.

My YouTube feed is filled with nothing but overwhelmingly positive reviews. All I did was watch the trailer a while back, then a review with gameplay from some influencer that got early access.

I'm a huge doom fan dork, since the 90s. I'm old. But the trailer and gameplay had me thinking... meh.

I'll wait for a sale. But I'm curious if anyone else feels the same. Anyone normal play it? Specifically fans of 2016. Are these influencers getting paid to hype the game?

Anyone normal who bought day one, tell me I'm wrong and the hype is warranted. Just curious.

Today is some more oblivion. I don't know what it is but it feels like i went from crashing like maybe once a week, to multiple times a day as time has gone on. Welcome back Fallout New Vegas for the PS3 i guess. I did go ahead and knock out a decent portion of the Mages guild intro though without crashing which is nice. I did about 4 of the recommendation quests before a crash took me out.

The gold road one i spent like ten minutes just walking up and down it because the NPCs just would not show up. I walked past the same guard like 20 times. He must have thought i lost it. Eventually though the lady showed up and i killed her, completing the quest.

During the quest where you save the guy from Zombies, the lady behind the counter's legs were just straight up missing. No clue where they went but i guess she decided she didn't need them.

I don't know if this relates too the slow down and crashes i've been having but i went by the Imperial city to drop off the ring of burden (i decided to keep it as a keepsake) and the trees refused to load for a good few minutes. They eventually loaded in but for a while they were this blocky mess.

While out i also ran into Glarthir. He grew a beard. I don't like it. I normally would do his quest on the spot but i was in the middle of a Mage's Guild quest and wanted to finish it before i crashed, so i held off on doing his quest for now.

The games look great even to this day. I'm personally a huge fan of PS2 graphics and how it forced artists to rely on style rather than "realism."

It's pathetic how resources will need to be wasted on making a remastered version of something that doesn't even need it just so a new audience can participate in a mini hype cycle.

Maybe it won't be until we're 60 and we realize that the best games are the ones that stand the test of time, similar to movies. Too many people are still in their adolescent phase of gaming where the only things worth playing are the things released current year.

I just dropped the trailer for my upcoming game, There is someone in the attic. Please go check it out and give me feedback on the video! Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55rn6-6Nmys

Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox handheld, likely releasing by 2027, may feature a Switch-style docking system, allowing both handheld and TV play. Reports suggest two handheld projects: one by ASUS (possibly 2025) and a "true" successor by Microsoft (2027). The latter may use Qualcomm chips, support games from Microsoft Store, Epic, and Steam, and could even run PlayStation titles—a first for Xbox. However, details remain unconfirmed. Release timelines vary, with some pointing to 2027 and others to 2028.

Valve has now published a statement confirming that "the recent leak being reported did not breach Steam systems" and that Steam account passwords aren't affected.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/533224478739530146

Today's game is some more Xbox 360 edition of Minecraft. I left my treehouse unfinished last night and wanted to give it a proper job so i spent like a whole hour working on it. I discovered it was right nearby the Mushroom island which is great. I plan to eventually take a trip over there to get a Mooshroom.

I built this little rooftop patio to chill on. I don't know what i want to place there yet, but it's nice and chill. Maybe i'll do like a rooftop garden or something or try building some lawnchair or something. Really give my house some nice details.

The inside is looking pretty cozy too. I did some windows that go around the whole building. Don't worry about the lighting, i got that taken care of a few minutes later lol.

My doors jut in a little bit which bothers me, but i'm not really sure how to fix it without either blocking the stairs or reducing my floor space by placing blocks inward. I could go from a double door to a single door and place some blocks next to the door, but i feel like that would look a little weird. I think this best option is just to try and ignore it

While the inside looks really nice, the outside... not so much. I need to clean it up and make it look nice because as you can see it looks like i just spat some blocks into a tree and called it a day. I'm thinking maybe some log trims and maybe some support beams too (also probably logs).

I've got some stairs heading further up to the balcony i showed off, which i have as an open door. I don't think many things will be getting up here so it's a nice sight. With the lack of phantoms i believe it's mostly safe though. I guess i'll find out the hard way though if not.

I think the next thing on my agenda for this save is too go get some more iron, and hopefully diamonds if i'm lucky. Then i can pop into the nether and explore around there. I also want to build a wall around the neighboring village to help keep them safe from Zombies. I feel bad leaving them undefended, so i want to help them. Maybe a few iron golems too. And a metric fuck ton of torches.

Bungie has issued an official statement, they are throwing an artist under the bus and pledging to make it right with the original artist.

This is a developing story.

You can see the writing on the wall for FairGame$ and Marathon from a mile away, and this can't possibly instill confidence in the people still working there.

I can't imagine playing this without a mouse honestly. It seems like the type of game where you would be 3 menus deep and alternating quickly between cookie clicking and managing buildings & upgrades.

Oblivion has been giving me issues all day and crashing, so i ended up just going to play Minecraft Xbox 360 edition instead. I found one of the old desert temples that use wool instead of clay. It makes me nostalgic. It made me realize nostalgia is also a hell of a drug lol. When i was younger i'd kill to get the latest updates on console with all the cool new things like horses and guardians. Now here i am going back to the version i started with. It's just ironic to think about is all.

With my luck the Temple was right next too a Village with a blacksmith too, which allowed me to get the iron pick in the screenshot above. Overall a sick setup.

My first night fell and i found a village in some plains nearby. I camped out in this house full of villagers and got surprised by a zombie because i forgot they could break doors on easy in this version. I put a block down in front of the door and we all hunkered down.

I ended up finding a jungle and built a tree house there. I haven't done a good tree house in a long while so i figured why not. If you look closely you'll notice i placed a block on the stairs. That's because for some reason skeletons kept coming up and nearly killing me. It ended up being a waste of time though because a spider got me instead.

Luckily i was able to get my stuff back and even got back with some wool for a bed. I lost all my logs though so i'll need to gather some more to keep working on my treehouse. Right now it's... something alright.