So the past couple of days have been a bit odd here in my little piece of Sunny Southern California. Friday it was 104, a little toasty but not too bad. Yesterday I think it topped at 60 degrees and it left me with a sore throat, and my allergies hate me right now. Talk about fun. Good morning Pixlpeeps! Other than that fun stuff I played a total of one game, trying to get to that magic number of 100% and so far I ended up at
I thought I'd done all the Survival Mode achievements in the Xbox One version of the game but a few days ago a new one popped up when I tamed a horse. That almost had me looking at the achievement list but I avoided it. Today, though, I got bored trying to get to the Enderdragon and looked at the list. Here's some I got and some I didn't.
So I decided to take some screen of the campground area. I figured since several people wont be playing it again I could share what the new additions were.
Hey folks, got another batch of reviews over at GamerDad.com that have been published recently. Please click on the links and read as many as you can and maybe even post a comment or two. I’d appreciate it. Uh oh, we got Reviews Sign!
Things are just too stressfull for me this week so it was a day for Minecraft with Mark. We did the usual thing several times before we turned the game to creative mode and let loose with the mayhem. I never did get to Stardew Valley and I'm going to cancell my Gamefly membership. I don't have the money and I just can't get interested in games that I will probably have to play solo. Co-op is so much more fun and therapeutic.
Look, Metroidvania's might just be my favourite genre of all time. Games like Super Metroid, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Metroid Prime, and Dark Souls litter my top 20. I guess I'm a sucker for games that heavily encourage exploration and give tangible progression that does more than simply damage enemies more.
After playing the Mega Man Legacy Collection, I had the urge to binge on retro games. I picked up a bunch with little regard for the quality I might be in for! Well, without any further ado, here are the games I played recently:
Mark and I played a bunch of Minecraft today. We played on Survival mode as usual and tried to gather all the matterials necessary to get to the Ender Dragon and beat it. In our first try, we got into The Nether and found ourselves on a island like structure high in the air with the fortress set to one side and seemingly far below. I tried to build some stairs down but eventually just jumped for the end of a broken walkway. I somehow survived it but then had to fight off multiple Blazes, Withers and Ghasts. It was a disaster and I kept dying, my equipment scattering all over the Fortress walkways.Each time I would respawn with no gear back at the town and dash back to The Nether to try and recover my stuff. This was, of course, folly and as soon as I picked up my gear I got killed again. Mark had similar issues and after a while it got too frustrating to continue.
News: [This was supposed to have posted last Sunday but I must've not hit the "live" button]
So I have been playing Animal Crossing again. They gave it a pretty big update with adding amiibo function to it and adding the new campground area. I restarted it up and have been playing it on and off for a few days now.
GoAztecs brought up on his blog that he was starting to read books again more frequently (either way, I haven't even so much as listened to an audiobook, and I believe he has at least done that), and it led me to remember that I myself have no more emails or textbooks to read after next week.
So this is the usual morning routine: I wake up an hour before my alarm goes off. I have that extra hour in case I wake up late, which has happened, and I am not rushing to get things done so I can get going with my day. During this hour of just laying in bed, I have the local news playing, and I am on the iPad reading Twitter, checking Facebook, and maybe looking through Slickdeals. Over the past 24 hours I have had to use the “Hide All” feature on a couple of friends and this is why. Over the past year or so I have called people “Political Bandwagoners” because all of a sudden they have become so into politics this is all (most) that they post. Just like sports bandwagon guy, political bandwagon guy is just as annoying, and is only around for the ride until something else comes along.
I started watching the Leftovers and have been impressed. But it seems to me they love cliff hangers, you know the show writers.
So today Darksiders 3 got announced. Im really freaking excited and happy that its happening. When THQ closed its doors I pretty much had accepted that D3 wasnt gonna happen.
Today officially begins May, it hasnt been the best day but it is what it is. Im currently studying to get my license to be a Pharmacy Tech. While I love being a CNA, I am getting burnt out so I think a change in career is called for. If I could play video games and make money I would but alas its quiet hard to do that so I have to have a plan B. Study wise Im doing good, Its just a lot to take in. The nice thing is, you can get your Pharmacy Tech license without going to school. You can study for the test on your own and then pay to take the exam. Another way is going to a CVS or Walgreens and they help get you certified. Now from what a friend learned, they send you to school. However Im going to try and study on my own and pass it. If I fail, I might just go to school for the 6 to 12 months the program last. However saving money for now is the goal. Im hoping to take the test this summer between July and Aug.
Well hello new month. The fun and excitement with a new month begins again. I get to do fun things like look for my checkbook because bills (you would think at this point I would just keep the dang thing in one spot, but I make it difficult), filling out lists like this one
So I've been busy all day, a mix of playing some games, and sorting through my digital hoarding pile. Yeah so in the past I've said I'm a casual digital hoarder in that I like to keep random files, programs, and other digital goodies that I've collected for years. I have old (I mean OLD) papers and graphics projects from college still on some old CD-R's and now on a couple of external drives. One drive is for photos and video that I've taken...and some of my favorite memes from Reddit. The other drive is all documents, programs, zip files, and the like. When I wasn't playing some random PC game earlier today I was moving files from my laptop (and the laptop external drive) to the documents drive as well as pulling items off that drive to add to my laptop.
Hey guys, I put up a poll on Twitter to get a general idea of your favourite Nintendo Franchise. Vote here: https://twitter.com/whatsacow1/status/858138648776122368