Next up in my trek through the consoles is the PS2. This will take a while because I have a lot more games for it than previous consoles and the games are a bit longer, reflecting the improvement in technology. But first, two games I forgot to play in the previous weeks. 

Another year has come and gone. 2022 was a great year for games! I was able to beat 29 games this year. Keep in mind that some of these were old games that were fairly short (such as the original Castlevania and Castlevania III for NES). There were some standout games this year. I'm going to talk about my favorite games that I beat this year (some of which didn't come out this year, but some certainly did). Then I'm going to give 3 awards: Best Game Collection, Best Soundtrack, and of course, my Game of the Year. So let's get on with it. 

I read two new game related comics and set up my toy train set and Christmas village. 

Expansion Pass 2 Game #4/Blog a Day #24

It’s a couple of days before Thanksgiving, which means Black Friday deals are hitting the internets, which is nice but I do kinda miss strolling into a store watching people go nuts on a cheap TV/laptop while the DVDs were located in the clothing section of all places or my personal favorite next to the milk (you crazy Walmart). The past couple of years my Black Friday shopping has been online because I’ve either been visiting family, or just lazy.

Sooo what did I miss?

Good morning Pixlpeeps! Apparently it’s Friday (I thought it was Thursday), and I’ve been not here for maybe two weeks? Probably two weeks. Anyways let’s catch up with some of the non gaming stuff I’ve been doing.

So I am currently waiting the 30 minutes post floss/brush before I can eat breakfast so here I am updating you good people on the games I’ve been playing this past week. Spoiler: it’s only been a handful of games, but I’m playing and that’s all that matters. Oh and it is a breezy Southern California morning.

Good morning Pixlpeeps! I am about to head out to Walmart but I thought I'd share another video some swingin' video game music. Have a good one!

I swear this week I’ve lost track of the days and apparently it is Friday. Crazy. Well since I remembered, it’s still morning here in overcast/rainy Southern California, let’s get started.

Good morning Pixlpeeps (It’s still morning here). For some reason it’s really warm today so the heater is off, the sliding door is open and I’m enjoying the weird January weather. I don’t know what else to say here really so I guess we should start.

So I had a Quick Hits blog written last week, but I scrapped it (no idea why), and then on Monday I had a regular blog about what I played but again scrapped it (again no idea why), but now I am convinced that I need to at least write this one and make sure it is posted before Turkey Day (my Canadian Friends celebrate with us with some Turkey) just in case I don’t update you good people with my gaming plans for Thanksgiving. Let’s get started.

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)

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…

So for the most part my week of gaming has been pretty bare. The only real excitement happened yesterday but more on that in a bit. I really wasn’t in a gaming mood even though I think I did fire up the PS4 at some point last week. I can’t remember why but I did. Like I said there wasn’t a lot until yesterday.

I’ve been up since 5:45am after going to sleep around midnight so I’m ready for my power nap all so I can watch guys on bicycles in France. This will only go on until Sunday when the Tour de France ends which is sad but I am grateful to have it because for the most part it felt normal. Random crazy folks on the sides of the road, dressed up, and having a good time felt like pre 2020. I had breakfast, and finished off my Breakfast Pepsi but I could really go for an iced coffee (not the Starbucks coffee milkshakes, but actual coffee with ice) Until I decide to put on shoes and jump in the truck I will sit here, type and see if I can remember all the Quick Hits stuff I did.

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.

I finished my breakfast sandwich, and my Pepsi is almost empty which means I should update you good people before I go about the rest of this hot as heck Friday. It’s going to be a “cool” 117° and I will be inside. I would go to the pool but you know everything is closed and besides that water would be warm too…although I could buy a kids pool and some bags of ice. Hmmmmm. Before I make a random trip to Walmart for a kids pool and bags of ice let’s get started.

To not just post a blog but to finally join all the cool kids and acquire a Nintendo Switch Lite. That's right, the stimulus money finally arrived and I got lucky with this purchase. It wasn't even planned on. The original plan was to get a new Xbox One controller; I didn't even care about dropping $170 for an Elite controller. When the local Walmart had nothing in stock in regards to controllers, my eyes wandered to the Nintendo Switch cases. There was one box for a Coral skew/version/skin Lite and I made the choice right then and there. Who knows when an opportunity would come again.

You would think that since I have more time for games I would mix in more games into my routine but that is not the case. I’ve been alternating my free time like this: one day I’ll do nothing but sort my music files, add songs to my music player, etc. The next day I will do nothing but sort through my trading cards, doing a priliminary weeding out of copies and then do something else. Actually I know I have a couple of hockey boxes floating around somewhere that I need to find. Those days usually alternate with a random Netflix binge watch, WWE Network binge watch, or my favorite I build a little pillow fort, stick my head inside and take a nap. Here’s the games I’ve actually been playing:

I wanted to type this blog on my phone because I didn’t want to get up off the couch but apparently Flickr is a pain to use on mobile (seriously it’s 2020, websites should be seem less on both mobile and PC) and currently it is taking it’s sweet time uploading six pictures. SIX! Well it also seems that Flickr has hidden or removed the share to feature so that sucks. Anyways let’s get some positive vibes going

You know today I was going to be nice. It’s Friday, the weekend is here, I was going to just mess with my audio files, maybe sort through some cards or something and then I get back to back scam calls. I didn’t answer the first but when the second hit a minute later it was game time. Of course it’s one where it’s voice activated and I never say the first word so a lot of silence. Now I’m in game mode and I’m about to be called some funny words while asking them where it all went wrong. Good morning Pixlpeeps! Today for Quick Hits I’ll just go over mainly some pickups this week.

I have about 15 minutes until I have to officially get up but I’ve been up since 6:30am just listening to the radio. Currently I am typing on the iPad and man if someone ever creates a keyboard with a trackpad I’ll be a fan for life. I’m thinking about trying to get back to reading the newspaper and the local paper has a special where I can get 3 months of their digital version for a $1. Not bad but I am in a small town so stories would most likely be palm tree on fire (this was an actual news story on the local news right after the main story of the day).