I mainly tried to collect more enimga codes to unlock assassination missions today. I'm down to the last four of them but I have to replay missions to get more codes. Along the way, I'm picking up collectibles, attempting perks (which are just stats on particular types of actions), and doing any side missions that pop up in the submarine base.
Get ready, because I’m going to shower you all with game reviews I’ve written recently over at GamerDad.com! Please click on the links and read as many as you can, and maybe post a ‘like’ or comment or two. I’d really appreciate it.
I've been liking a lot of what Sega is doing these days, especially compared to their spotty track record of years past. We're now getting Yakuza games like clockwork, Valkyria Chronicles is getting a console sequel, they're bringing over a few other games that were stuck in Japan. Maybe it was the acquisition of Atlus and the success of Persona 5 that got Sega going.
I gave myself a challenge in Minecraft and then finished Wolfenstein II today.
Chris Yarger, who I talk to every day on text, finished Zelda. He got a Switch about two months ago, and is kind of a Nintendo hater... it was a present for his sons. But I told him Zelda was good. He eventually changed his mind. But the other night he told me he was facing the final boss, and a little while after that he told me it was done. I'm way behind in Zelda, but I hope to get back to it eventually.
So the week is almost over and I finally get around to a What Is Chris Playing Blog, but better late than never, right? Last night I took another game off Mount Backlog which is good, but then I stayed up way too late roaming through the free play but more of that in a bit. For now let’s get started.
I spent some time in Minecraft before I finally pulled myself away and started Worlfenstien II today. Some details follow.
I came back from PAX on Sunday since I didn't have Sunday Badges but it was a really good time and a different experience.
Wolfenstein II took all day to install but mostly because I kept pausing it so I could play Minecraft with Mark. Minecraft online gets really laggy if you are installing a game at the same time on Xbox One. So it never did complete, but it will be done tomorrow. Here's the other stuff I did instead.
Okay so I blogged nearly a whole month and then preceeded to take a whole month away. Everytime Id get on here whether it was to write a comment or post a blog Id instantly delete it. I kept trying and trying but my brain has been particularly cruel to me of late. I feel like anything I write is stupid or not worth reading. Ive beaten 6 games this year and I have not a single review to show for it. I dont know what Im gonna do in that area yet but Ill figure it out in the coming time. Ive mostly been playing my Switch and 3DS. My PS4 gets played but on a low key basis since I cant play it as much during my work week. My 2 big game focuses right now are Atelier Lydie and Suelle: The Alchemists and the Myserious Paintings on Switch and Pokemon Yellow on 3DS. I swear as a child I had the patience of a saint because playing threw Pokemon Yellow has made me just crazy. Not even the nostalgia trip helps. For its time it was a great game....but now......oooooh no. Nope. No Way.
You know the chore that I absolutely hate? Laundry. Don’t get me wrong I love clean clothes but I hate having to drag the laundry basket out and then sorting clothes. The past couple of years I’ve been getting dark t-shirts because of this but I still have other shirts and its pain. Anyways guess what I am currently waiting doing while typing this latest edition of Quick Hits. Yep.
I jumped around quite a bit in my gaming today, but all along I was thinking of the type of game I most wanted to play and found it at the very end.
I was listening to Black Dahlia Murder's "What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse" earlier (title is a Castlevania II reference) and it got me thinking about what songs I like that are inspired by video games.
...it wasn't bad. I even capped a fool. And then I got killed. It gagged a little, cause I have an iPad Air 2, and I imagine on newer phones of iPad Pros it runs great. The touch screen wasn't terrible. I don't know if it lets you play with a controller cause I haven't tried mine.
I finished up with Letter Quest, played some Game & Watch games, checked out the new update in Minecraft, tried to complete Dead Rising Case 0, and got deep into Cars 2. I also started the install of Halo Wars Definitive Edition on Game Pass because I might want to play that again. I'm pretty sure it has a whole new set of achievements from the 360 version too.
It has uhhh... been quite some time since the last blog I see....wow I honestly fell off the face of the earth for a while there. Honestly, life the last few months even before last year ended was not the best for me. I was under a lot of stress and I was not in a happy place at all mentally and basically just pretended everything was fine till I suddenly broke down at the beginning of March and just realized I am not okay and I need to escape. Thankfully a business trip I had coming in March helped a lot more than I realized it would have and seriously got me back to a much better state of mind. I'm more positive and better managing the stress still in my life.
Recently I got The King of Fighters XIV for PS4. A lot of times when I get a fighting game, I like to talk about the characters in it. But there are SO many characters in this one that there’s NO WAY I’m going to do that! So we’ll just look at my favorites, OK? And none of these are in any particular order.
Word hunting continues in Letter Quest. I've got 4 achievements left. I think I can finish the rest the next time I play.
Or so I've been telling everyone. What I've actually done is ask others if they've seen any offers and try to whittle down my grading pile while I'm still teaching.
Maybe I havent played platformers or shooters in quite a while, besides maybe Fortnite, but I was surprised at how bad I was at playing Ratchet & Clank. Geezus Krist!
This is my monthly library buy. I got it at Gamestop for $15, as a result of my GS membership discount. I got it new even though it was labeled used. That's GS's little trick for pocketting all the money, but it benefits me since I got a new game for a used price. And not just a new game, a day-one edition. Or, maybe it's a collector's edition, I'm not sure. But take a look:
Earlier this morning I was supposed to go to the dealership to get the oil on the truck changed. Instead I moved it back a bit because I may have woken up a tad bit late due to watching not only the West Coast late airing of Billions (best show on Showtime) but watching the end of Fast and Furious (F&F 4) on another Showtime but then finding the original F&F was on yet another Showtime channel, probably their action one. Instead here we are, not at the dealership or at my usual spot, on a treadmill complaining about weird guy who dipped himself in Axe Body spray, I am here in front of a laptop typing out my thoughts for games I played this past week including one game I finished.
Saw this movie today and really liked it. I was afraid it would be drowned by nerd pop culture references, like the book seemed to at times, but I think Spielberg saved it from that and made a really engaging story with strong characters.
I was ready to type up this latest entry a couple of hours ago but I got caught up in cruising the World Wide Web, reading random articles, message board posts, and other time wasters and before I knew it, here we are. I had a couple of things to write about this week and I wanted to share my thoughts but when I was trying to organize them that’s when I got caught up in the time waster. So before I get caught up in a random YouTube video let’s get started!