Good morning Pixlpeeps! I just want to tell you my good internet friends, Merry Christmas (if you don't celebrate Christmas, Happy Holidays!) I wish you folks nothing but the best, enjoy the time with good food, good people, and good games....and then go back for more good food. I'm thankful that you let me ramble on about stupid things here, games that I've been playing for years, and whatever I may buy. Thank You! Also thank you to the good people that gave us a home here on Pixlbit. You guys/gals/little green folks in outer space are the true MVPs.
After several days of installing over 100GB of COD: Modern Warfare, I finally got to play it. Then I returned to finish the new DLC in Borderlands 3.
I may or may not have got drunk and argued with IT people about PC vs. console on Facebook. I may or may not have said something fairly ignorant about what ROG Strix (part of my laptop's name) means exactly.
I got caught up in the sales again this weekend and picked up a bunch of five dollar games and one amiibo. I also played some New Super Mario Bros U and more of Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story.
Another messy week of gaming, jumping all over the place, playing any darn thing that pops up and trying to match whatever Mark is playing so we can compete or talk strategy.
First of all, I've been SLOWLY playing Dragon Quest 11 on the Switch. I finally reached the point where I was on PS4. It was worth getting the Switch version... there is the 2D mode (had a sidequest in that) and the orchestral soundtrack is great. Plus, I can play it on TV or handheld mode. At this rate though, I should finish the game in like five years - I play it maybe twice a week for an hour or two.
Before I get things going I’d like to update you good people on what I have been playing…spoiler it’s the same couple of games. Yeah I’m boring like that where I’ll casually play some stuff and then go about my day. Actually I should do a combo blog because I have other things planned for Friday (if I actually write out what I want to share) anyways let’s get started
Well, my brother arrived to Arizona yesterday, so Xmas is in full swing now. I bought him Greedfall for his pre-Xmas gaming present, but he hasn't opened it yet (he's taking the dog for a walk), but I imagine he'll play it all day while I'm in the other room watching football. He also asked for Fallen Order and Death Stranding, but he doesn't know he's getting Greedfall (though I know he wants it). The other two games will wait until Xmas day.
I'm getting caught up in the holiday sales. I'd better reign it in after this weekend. Here's some of the damage below. Also, I've been playing Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story on DS. So far it's great.
Back at the beginning of 5th gen, I got a N64, and was looking forward to games like Zelda 64 (Ocarina of Time) and Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon. I remember being impressed by screenshots from the N64 prototype of Mother 3, which Nintendo Power called Earthbound 64. The realization that it was going to be vaporware and games like Quest 64 were going to be representative of what the N64 would get for RPGS eventually drove me to get a PS1 and Final Fantasy VII. Mother 3 ended up being a Game Boy Advance game, and of course Nintendo still shows no signs of localizing it.
I got encouraged by a friend at work to keep on going with Death Stranding. Luckily, I forgot to return it, so I was able to get back in there and solve my problem. Then I realized I needed an achievement on Xbox to get the daily rewards points, so I switched systems and played several different games there.
What I played on my relevancy list, and Game Pass, was Walking Dead Seaon 1 and Yooka Laylee. Then I bought this game on sale for $5 called Gas Guzzlers Extreme. Both Mark and I were playing it and enjoying it. Then I cooled down with a few levels of Gnome's Garden 2.
and that as Annie says is only a day away.
Good morning Pixlpeeps! I saw this yesterday on Reddit and I thought I would share it with you good people. So the good people at QubicGames are giving away 10 free games
I rented this today from the library as part of my new objective to play games that have the highest relevancy. I'm using Metacritic's Best Games from the last 90 days list. I wrote down 10 games I might be able to play without a lot of money.
Merry Christmas everyone! It’s time once again for my annual Pretend Christmas Present Party! Here’s how it works: in the comments section, you give me a pretend Christmas present. It can be whatever you can imagine. It’s the thought that counts…literally! Then when I reply, I’ll give you a pretend present as well! It’s fun when it’s fun. Also, I have some more presents for you! New game reviews I’ve recently written at GamerDad.com! Just what you always wanted, right? Anyway, 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, and seriously, doing those things is just as good as any old present you could give. So let’s get started!
I got Zombie Vikings on a sale last week. Today I played it a lot. Then I hooked up my Starlink toys and played the first hour or so.
Before I go on any trip where I won’t be sleeping in my own bed that night I go through this weird phase where I want to bring all these random things for me to do, to keep me busy because I don’t want to be bored. I’ve always done this and it happened again when I went to Vegas. At one point my carry-on bag consisted of the Switch, the 3DS XL, the Vita, and the mini laptop filled with every emulator and rom from the 8-16 bit era. This isn’t including the iPad that had a bunch of games, the Android tablet that is all books, with all the same stuff as the mini laptop, the phone, and the Android Music player that had basically all the same stuff as the mini laptop. This isn’t including the video content, the Spotify Downloaded Music Playlists, and digital books. Crazy, right? I knew I wasn’t going to use all of this but still I had this weird obsession but I finally paired it down to the mini laptop, the iPad, the Switch, my phone, and the Android Music player. Guess what I used the most on the entire trip? The stupid Android Music Player that surprise I listened to a bunch of Podcasts that were downloaded.
I saw Starlink toys and game on sale today and couldn't resist. I've been playing Advance Wars Dual Strike on my DS here and there. And I'm at the next island in Wind Waker, and stuck again at the Deku Tree. Thank god for wikis.
I almost bought the Star Ocean game on PS4 after not seeing it in Coming Soon on Switch but I waited and lo and behold it popped up under new releases on Switch yesterday.
Good morning Pixlpeeps! So I was at the local Treasure Hunt yesterday and I found a bunch of cool stuff, that surprise involves gaming so I’m gonna share that with you. Spoiler this is going to be just a pickup blog and if you want to know what I watched (Mandalorian = very good, Jack Ryan S1 = excellent, MTV’s The Challenge = very good, all sorts of rastlin’ = hit and miss) or what I listened to (tons of podcasts), or what I read (zip, zilch, nada) that can probably be found in next week’s blog. Today it’s all about my finds because I want to hit the bank, grab some breakfast, and maybe check out a thrift or two today. Let’s get started.
X-Cloud is in preview right now and I'm thinking about trying it out, but I have a problem. I took some of my Xmas Skylaners for a spin and I tried several of the latest additions to Xbox Game Pass.
I played several different games for rewards points today. Here's a breakdown.