January has been a rough month, it’s like 2020 said “I’m not done yet” and continued. I’m hoping February is completely different and I can get back to just normal. Nothing fancy, just normal. Wake up, brush/floss, wait the 30 minutes, eat breakfast, do work. That’s it. This past week I did get away in terms of just focusing on gaming or music for a moment here or there and just escape.
Good morning Pixlpeeps! I am currently on my second little pack of Pringles as my healthy breakfast. I’ve been eating a lot of potato chips for over the past week because last week was the first time that potatoes have tasted normal to me since before I got sick in December. Anyways it is Monday and I’ve been trying to keep with my regular schedule (or close to it) here is what I’ve been playing.
I have various plans for this year. They may seem overly elaborate, or even stupid (I had a friend say that to me once - I'm not sure I don't disagree), but I'm compelled to it by whatever is driving me. Anyway, here's a quick and possibly embarrassing overview of the month's and year's plans.
Hello Internet friends. I’ve neglected you for the past couple of weeks and for that I am sorry. There has a been a lot going on here and at times it has been a bit overwhelming. Since it is the last day of 2020 I didn’t want to end the year without some sort of contact. When I have had some time to myself I did manage to play some games. Most are of the mobile variety because I didn’t want to actually fire up the laptop or a console. Hell up until the end of last week I haven’t touched a laptop in a couple of weeks and I haven’t started up a console in longer.
Good evening Pixlpeeps! I need to reply to everyone and I’m sorry, it’s a little hectic right now because it’s almost Turkey Day and we’re getting ready here, so the day has been nothing but running around picking up last minute items, and when I got home I took a nap. I need to clean the bathroom after this so I’m gonna try and make this short.
Good morning Pixlpeeps! I had to get up earlier than normal because of the one week where the recycle guy showed up really early. Now I hop out of bed at 7am to drag the trash out, and of course the guy shows up at his normal time or maybe even later. Mind games I say, MIND GAMES! Since I am up I ate my leftovers as breakfast and tried to remember exactly what I’ve played that is worthy of mentioning.
For some odd reason my laptop’s WiFi isn’t playing well but I can’t restart the laptop because I’m currently converting some FLAC files into mp3 for my music player. Relax audiophiles it’s a copy and it’s for my big project that I seem to do yearly of making an mp3 or AAC copy of my FLAC library. Anyways while that is going on let’s get started to what games I played (I really only played 1)
Good morning Pixlpeeps! I have some time after breakfast and before a phone call meeting so let’s do a quick recap of some of the games I may have been playing. Spoiler: there really isn’t that many games I’ve been playing, hell I spent more time installing a couple that playing.
Alright I have around 30 minutes to write, edit pictures, and upload before I have to go pick up a rental car, so let’s see how well I do. Good morning Pixlpeeps! It’s a warm day here in Sunny Southern California and I’ve been MIA for the week but that’s because I’ve been tinkering with Madden as well as searching for a particular toy. Let’s start with Madden
I tried writing this over the weekend but each time I would get stuck, thought there was no real focus, and I just didn’t like them, so here we are on a Monday and I have some game stuff to talk about and I have the stuff I want to share from the pickup portion of the Quick Hits. That is one long sentence. Anyways we’re going to stop with the long sentences and go…
The past couple of months I really haven’t been buying any games. You would think with the Stay At Home order I would have stocked up on some new titles but I didn’t, yet now right before Thanksgiving I am kind of on a run and there is another one I want that is going to be released in a couple of weeks. Anyways more on that stuff hopefully this Friday and for now let’s talk about the stuff I’ve actually played.
I tend to skip around a lot especially when the games I’ve been playing don’t really have a story mode or anything really compelling that I need to finish right away. I like to believe most people are like that but I could be the one crazy in the bunch. Who knows, but I tend to make things kind of interesting. This past week there really hasn’t been a must play game with a storyline. Actually I kind of did play one but the story was really easy to figure out but more on that game later. So what did I play? Let’s find out.
Recently, Netflix launched High Score, a new documentary series on the history of video games. I thought it was entertaining enough that I wanted to discuss and review it here on this blog. So here’s my thoughts on the six episode series!
Bagels with Cream Cheese and a side of leftover WingStop isn’t the ideal breakfast but it was tasty yet now I would like a nap and it’s only 10:55am. Let’s get productive before I give in and ruin this humid, hazy (lots of smoke in the air because California is on fire) Tuesday morning. Let’s get started with things before I forget. I may have a good rant.
Shadow Score is an old board game made digital and then fused to a romance simulator. It's online, streaming, 5v5, mobile, and asynchronous; use your webcams for added intrigue. I hated it because no one liked me even when I won, and I had to watch all the other randos complete the story paring up with faeries, furrys and fembots. So I played the following three games and watched a tv episode instead.
Ok so I just finished the stage 5 (?) of the Tour de France, I didn’t take out a breakfast sandwich because last night’s Panda Express isn’t sitting well. Apparently when you ask for Orange Chicken they give you spicy chicken that isn’t sweet. I really need to find a mom & pop Chinese spot that offers Sweet N’ Sour Pork. Going back to actual gaming stuff I tried to write a Quick Hits but ended up getting sidetracked with random trips to different stores, but here we are on a Monday and apparently it’s September. Who knew? Let’s get started.
So I finished my breakfast sandwich and I found that if I wrap it the opposite way (having the ends of the paper towel meet on the bottom instead of the top) the cheese at the top doesn’t get hard. Real life mod I tell ya. I’m going to type most of this up before I head off to Target to look for G.I. Joe’s for my 4 month old nephew. He won’t play with these toys for at least 6 or 7 years but at least they’ll be ready.
Let’s set the mood: It’s currently 99 degrees with a high of 115, the AC is on, I have a floor fan next to me, listening to a 90s R&B playlist on Spotify waiting for my breakfast sandwich to defrost so I can burn my mouth. The setting is set so let’s get started.
The morning ritural: either wait for breakfast sandwich to thaw before tossing it into the microwave or wait or the breakfast sandwich to cool down a bit from Surface of the Sun to Burn Your Taste Buds Pizza Rolls hot. Oh the simple things…I have an ice cold Pepsi going so let’s catch up.
It’s the usual routine, wait for the breakfast sandwich to get to a temperature where it doesn’t burn off my fingerprints, I am here. I just noticed that the spot on my toolbar where the office program should be doesn’t have the little icon so I searched and found out that I have Solitaire on my laptop. I’m gonna play that in a bit but first let’s catch up on other games I played.
Miniature versions of classic game consoles with pre-loaded games has become very popular in the past few years. First we got mini versions of the NES and SNES, and then SEGA came out with one for the Genesis. And now we have the Turbo Grafx-16 Mini! It was supposed to come out last year, but got delayed. Because of the Corona virus, I didn’t think it would ever come out. But a couple of months ago, I got mine in the mail! I just now got a chance to play it, so we’ll take a look at all the games on it. Because there are so many games (almost 60), I’ll have to split this up into several parts over the next few weeks.
Ok so I have my breakfast sandwich (thanks Costco for selling boxes of Jimmy Dean Croissant sandwiches), and a Pepsi so I am ready to go. I’m actually waiting for my sandwich to lower in temp from surface of the sun, to just under burn all the taste buds. I live dangerously. Ok so one game took up most of my gaming time last week and that was my continuation of playing Batman Arkam Origins on Steam.