9: Disco Elysium: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMIE...
What a fascinating application of a TTRPG system. Certainly earned its accolades. Also, only half as long as I expected going in, so I'm already back in for a Hardcore run.
More RPGs could use narratively interesting consequences for failure!
I was definitely starting to struggle around 0.005, but this was a neat, probably one-time exercise.
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8. CiniCross: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG-y...
An engaging take on nonograms, as a roguelite, using time pressure as the difficulty mechanic. It could still use some minor updates around some item descriptions and difficulty balancing, but it's great for challenging yourself through logic puzzles!
Jalapenos are a normal part of any balanced breakfast
Kickstart your metabolism for the day (I'm not a nutritionist, I don't know how that all works)
7. Look Outside: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgDX...
I heard about this on a podcast, and it's a great little horror RPG. There's a lot that you can dive into, and it's quite well constructed: there's a good amount of tension, mixed with curiosity. Might be one I replay on a harder difficulty someday.
6. RV There Yet?: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2CN...
I occasionally play "campaign"-style social games with one of my friend groups, though sometimes it's really just me and one other person constantly herding cats. π
The physics were occasionally janky, but that chaos only really added to the fun!
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5. Bad End Theater: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzT2...
I don't remember how I stumbled on this, and it's coincidentally appropriate for Valentine's Day, lol
A fun bite-sized take on visual novels!
4. Fate/Samurai Remnant: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av6e...
The global F/GO & F/SR collab reminded me of this. A nice adaptation of Musou into Fate, but the Switch performance is pretty bad, unfortunately.
I did enjoy the journey to the 1st ending, but I still have a ways to reach the "True Ending."
3. Vanguard Bandits: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9gu...
As part of an exchange with a friend, I agreed to play through Vanguard Bandits (or Epica Stella). It's got that early-2000s anime charm, and while the tactics system is relatively simple, there's a decent amount of depth for casual play.
2. Paradise Killer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBZm...
I'd been curious about this one for a while. I knew was that it was an investigative game, but I didn't know how interesting the setting was really going to be.
I don't know how it'd work narratively, but I'd love another game with Lady Love Dies.
1. StarCraft II: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_1U...
I've gone back to max out all of the co-op commanders, prestiges included, and it's finally done. Co-op was always my preferred playmode, since it requires being engaged, but isn't overly stressful most of the time. An easy way to fill 20-30 minutes.
Stealing an idea of posting games that I'm playing this year.
Besides Final Fantasy XIV and Warframe, which continue to be mainstays anyway.
It's been about a year since I started collecting Eeveelution cards, which has been a fun way to enter the local community, and has made for some fun mini-adventures!
In that year, I've collected 135 out of 398 cards, so a little over a third!
Maybe I'm just imagining it, maybe I just need to switch up the shampoo/conditioner I use.
Maybe it's a long-suppressed fear made manifest π
I have finally hit that point of my life where I am concerned about my hair thinning out. :/
Final setup:
Bartz: Monk / Equip Swords (Brave Blade)
Lenna: Summoner / Equip Shields (Aegis Shield)
Faris: Knight / Two-Handed (Excalibur)
Krile: Berserker / !Summon Lv5 (Rune Axe)
b/c of Knight, I went Brave Blade (though I gave it to the Monk). Since I avoided running, everyone was about lv40
Monk / Knight / Berserker / Summoner
Unlucky Grand Cross, inflicting berserk then zombifying Bartz, and instant KO on Lenna & Faris.
Berserker Krile finished it off though!
Monk using !Kick while equipped with the Brave Blade is pretty good, actually
A Final Fantasy 5 Four Job Fiesta defeating the final boss
@FF5ForFutures #victory
Break a leg!
Excuse me sir, I believe you have forgotten about Resonance of Fate
I've been looking forward to running the Worqor Lar Dor EX fight, and it only took two evenings to clear!
I'm really glad to have found this group, it's been a ton of fun running the harder content with them. #FFXIV #Dawntrail
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Didn't grab too many new cards, because one of them was certainly a bit more expensive. The price has been going down though, and I probably would've spent that much opening an ETB or a bunch of packs to get one, so it worked out.
A Jolteon EX card on an Eeveelution notepad
Some Pokemon cards, including an Espeon EX SIR and an Iono's Bellibolt gold card
Got a Jolteon EX and a cute notepad as a birthday gift from @mightisuggestagame.bsky.social , and somehow got 4 hits in 4 packs! 2 from some JTE packs I won during the PreRelease, and 2 from some PRE I bought a month ago.
2 SIRs down, 7 to go?
Maybe I stole some luck from @yunaverse.bsky.social π
If the trend continues, I assume Play-Asia will have one in a few months' time
Based on the trailer, the backgrounds are certainly higher resolution, but it doesn't seem to have the AI-smoothing effect, at least as far as I can tell, anyway. π€·
I figured the SaGa Frontier 2 remaster was going to be announced soon, but I didn't think it would just get shadowdropped today!
I guess that's something to commemorate hitting another prime number π
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It's been a busy few days at GameStorm, but I still took a little bit of time for card hunting!
I didn't expect to find a PokeKyun card, so that feels pretty cool β₯οΈ
I also need to see if there's a card list for these Sanrio cards, so I know how many Pochaccos I'm looking for, lol
Went to my first Pokemon TCG Pre release event, and somehow went 3-0, which is 3 more than I expected to win today π
I'm not looking for any cards in the Journey Together set, but it was still a good time!
A Prismatic Evolutions Tech Sticker Collection, Glaceon version
One of my LGS got a small restock of the tech sticker collections, so I was finally able to get the last one I needed!
I got the Leafeon on release day at a nearby Target, and the Sylveon a few weeks ago at a card show, so it feels nice to have all the promos, even if it got a bit pricey later on.
Last week was a very large haul, and this week is a very small one! (Let my wallet recover, lol)
Pulled a regular holo Espeon, and picked up another Trainer Gallery card from the card show today.
Still looking for the Flareon, which is definitely the most adorable of the bunch, with Blue.
