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A Legend 20 years in the making
I watched Avengers Age of Ultron today and played Banner Saga and Dragon's Crown Pro.
Well good morning Pixlpeeps! I am going to try and type this up as quickly as possible so I can jump on some pre Thanksgiving errands before all the crazies start filling up the stores. It is 8:22am right now and I hope to have this finished and the pictures edited before 9 so I can get the day going. So let’s get started with Chris’ Early Black Friday or as I like to call it Gray Wednesday!
I finished my Halo book and starting another one. I decided my favorite car in Forza Horizon 4 isn't the BMW X5 suv but the Porche Cayenne suv. And I attempted to replay all of Banner Saga 1.
For Thanksgiving I’ve prepared for you all a smorgasbord of game reviews I’ve recently written at GamerDad.com for you all to chow down on. Please click on the links and read as many as you can, and maybe even post a comment or ‘like’ or two. I’d appreciate it. After these reviews you should all have nice plump little bellies! Bon Appetit!
So here I am on Saturday morning typing up what usually is a Friday blog because I got lazy on Friday. Actually I started the blog but then I got caught up in other important business (I went to pick up some Mexican Food for breakfast) and then went about my day without updating you good people. Anyways let’s get started.
I did the weekly challenge in Forza Horizon 4. There are also daily challenges, but I largely ignore those since I don't play every day. For the weekly, you are tasked with four challenges using the car they ask you to drive. For doing it, you win credits you can spend on special Horizon Edition cars, clothing or wheel spins (random rewards). The rewards are in a special store and use the currency you can only get through these challenges and periodically occuring Forzathons, which are multiplayer challenges that take place at different locations on the map. It's fun. I'll do it every Thursday when they drop, I think.
I was riding around the country in Red Dead, as I tend to do, when I came across a man fussing with one of his horse's rear shoes. Deciding I'd help him, I came over, but as I got off my horse, his kicked him in the head, killing him. I looted the body.
Atari Flashback Classics Vol. 3 is MIA at Gamestop and everywhere else at the moment, so I'm still waiting. I played Banner Saga 1 for a while and then saw my friend Mark playing Victor Vran (a Games with Gold freebee recently) and saw a Diablo III look-a-like. How could I resist that? I switched, and we both played it the rest of the time.
I'm down to four achievements I can't make any headway on, so I'm quitting until December's DLC drops.
So, I'm playing Banner Saga 3, and I get cheated out of a win, yet again, by this game. Twice during a battle I'm not allowed to make the attack I want because of some technicality I wasn't aware of. Do I have to read a book to figure this game out? Well, I'm out. I quit.
So I just got back from Costco because I figured if I get there when it opens, I can breeze in an out with ease. Well me and apparently everyone else had the same idea but at least the little tasting stations weren’t setup yet so the grazers didn’t get a chance to leave their carts in the middle of the aisle. We are at the point in the year when you can tell who the locals are and who is from Canada. It was 69° degrees outside and the locals were dressed like it was snowing. The good people from Canada: shorts and a t-shirt. I was wearing a hockey jersey because it is cool enough to wear one outside. Anyways’s while I’m eating my fries let’s catch up with what I have been playing.
Good morning Pixlpeeps! It is a cool Saturday morning here in sunny Southern California, and I am currently taking a break from Christmas music to catch up on podcasts that I didn’t get to listen to over the past week. Why? Well more on that in a bit, but here I am, a day late, a buck short (there was a problem with my pay so I have to wait a bit, but no big deal), and well at least it is Saturday right? Let’s get started.
Any of you folks play Pokémon GO? Like, actively play, not you downloaded it once and it's on your phone somewhere. My wife has been playing for a while and finally got me playing it and now our two oldest kids are playing as well (though the four-year-old only understands enough to catch the Pokémon lol). Some days we'll just drive around spinning Pokéstops and battling in gyms. One of my current research goals is to make three new friends and while it is easy enough to find strangers online to friend, I thought I'd check with you guys I actually know somewhat first.
I knocked off a few more achievements today. It looks like I'm nearly done for the time being until the big DLC drops in December. Here's a breakdown.
I have nothing else to say, so here are my reactions to the first section of the most recent NWP podcast out of context:
I preordered Atari Flashback Classics Volume 3 today at Gamestop. It comes out on Friday. Weird how they don't announce anything in advance for this game. But I'm thrilled to get it so soon. I also picked up Culdcept Revolt for 3DS again because it dipped below $20. I've played it before, but I wanted it in my collection. The game's AI frustrates the heck out of me, but I love the basic gameplay of the game so much, I'll play it again anyway. Here's a pic.
In my defense, I DID work on the recording for My Brother Rabbit yesterday, but when I went to edit it I noticed my laptop humming sounds like a jet plane constantly trying to land in the background when you listen through headphones.
Forza Horizon has change of seasons, rain, snow, and a day/night cycle, but no extreme weather. Wouldn't it be nice if a Sharknado blew through sometimes?
I've written a rough draft of My Brother Rabbit and I think it's short enough that a video review shouldn't take TOO long, so I think I'll buy a proper mic to record with, edit some footage together and all that tomorrow and hopefully post a review by Wednesday.