What I Played Today: May 6

Fez, Xenoblade Chronicles

I have given up on Fez and started looking up hints and in some cases, explicit answers. There were only a couple in which I needed to be told exactly what to do, one of them didn't make any sense, and apparently the owls can talk. A couple of things were just me not being able to figure out which button to push, but I managed to get all 64 cubes, and saw the second ending (which was not as good as the first ending) and then started again to see what the deal was with the beginning, since I can read that language now. All the dialogue continues to be absurd!

While I was waiting for that damn clock in Fez, I switched over to Xenoblade to dick around town. I did an NPC quest, in which someone was getting blackmailed for money and being tricked by his girlfriend, and I managed to chase the debtor out of town by putting poison in his pocket. I guess that's illegal? (shrug)

What I Played Today: April 22

Fez

Feeeeezzzzz. I have figured out all of the puzzles I think I can figure out. I got the alphabet down, the number system, I figured out what I need to do for the majority of it, and there is still some crazy bullshit that I do not goddamn get. Owls. A weird image on the ground. Some jackass's name. I don't know what I'm going to do besides throw my face through the screen. Six anti-cubes left. SIX (although I know how to solve one of them, just have to find the...time. Get it?)

Very mild spoiler after the break.

What I Played Today: April 17

Fez, NoNo Sparks

I am apparently not at all done with Fez! After listening to a group of okay gents spend half-an-hour talking about how Fez is blowing their damn minds, I had to get back in there and start looking around. So I jumped in and immediately went for the one room that I knew I could do something that I couldn't do before. Well...turns out I didn't even need to be there, because I already solved the puzzle attached to it by virtue of having an iPhone. Good for me.

So, I continue to wander around, eventually find a room that explains what the shit is up with those weird pillars (well, one set of those weird pillars), and it really starts moving. Knowing that, I open up a room that takes me to a room with a valve, which lowers the water level in like seven different stages, giving me even more places to wander to. Some of these new areas are trippy as hell too.

Also was pretty pleased with myself when I wandered into a room with pretty much nothing in it, and I totally remember seeing something somewhere, and what do you know that was exactly what I needed! I felt pretty smart.

I also feel stupid for continuing to play this dumb NoNo Sparks game, and brothers, it continues to get dumber. For some reason we needed to make Adam and Eve twice (the second time they don't look like monsters, so that's nice), but after that, there's a really short puzzle in which you make a leaf, and it's labeled Adam 2.8. I started at it for a few seconds being really confused, and then realized that it is...a longer leaf than the one Adam is currently, ahem...wearing. Goddamn awful.

What I Played Today: April 14

Fez, Guild Wars

Just really hunkered down into Fez. Kept on knocking out those cubes, going into each area, taking a big look around, and when I get even mildly confused by a puzzle, move on to the next zone. It was pretty methodical, and I boosted up to the level where I'll be able to get through the next giant door. So I walk in and I guess I beat Fez? I don't know, the standard ending is the standard definition of a huge trip. I was not sure that I was not slipped some acid five minutes beforehand, but, if you are watching someone get to the ending of Fez, I suggest blazing up. Might be fun. Then on to the new game plus to get the rest of it, to really dig in and solve the puzzles.

Two things, I knew there was no way in hell that there wasn't a QR code puzzle in the game, based entirely on how it looks, and I was right. Feel sorry for anyone without a smart phone. Also, once you jump into new game +, you'll be shown a moment that will resemble a popular Internet meme, and it will force you to tell the obvious joke on Twitter. I'm not happy about it.

I also just got straight up cornfused by Guild Wars today. I don't know what my problem was, I was downloading some codes for my heroes, but I just...couldn't handle it. I have no idea how I'm going to beat this damn level and get on with the Beyond material.

What I Played Today: April 13

Fez

Have you guys heard about this Fez game? Yeah, it's something else. It's not too complicated on the surface, just look around for somewhere else to go, figure a few uncomplicated puzzles, and just hang in there. But there's a lot of clues everywhere about something bigger, a number of puzzles just waiting for me to figure them out. Of course there's a stupid cipher that will be difficult to translate over and over again, and a lot of objects that you walk up to and have your fairy say, "Hmm...wonder what this is about." But it's pretty good so far.