What I Played Today: September 14

Regency Solitaire, Desktop Dungeon, Cities: Skylines, Final Fantasy VII, The Walking Dead: Season Two

HEY! Guess what I came home to today! Oh, just my internet connection being borked enough to require a technician to show up and fix it! Hahaha, fuck you, random squirrel who the most likely culprit. So I tried to entertain myself with games that didn't require a web connection.

First, Regency Solitaire, which is a perfect fine game. It definitely still exists.

Then Desktop Dungeons, which I could not get into at all. Don't even know why I mentioned it!

I played Cities: Skylines for 15 minutes. It is definitely a city management game. I have not gotten to the part where it is interesting, and frankly I don't want to right now.

I had been stuck in Final Fantasy VII for a while at the part where you have to capture a chocobo to ride across the marshes, and it is apparently the most annoying thing ever! I had forgotten how annoying it is! I had forgotten to equip the Chocobo Lure materia (why?) and once I figured that out, that chocobo had a tendency to run away pretty much constantly, even after I throw several ghysal greens at it. BUT I finally found one, and crossed the marsh, and met up with the Turks again, who told me a whole bunch of stuff that I definitely didn't remember. (Did...did I beat up Reno?) So I stopped playing.

So I guess we see what Clementine is up to.

What I Played Today: June 18

Rogue Legacy, 12 Labours of Hercules, Mini Metro, Desktop Dungeons

Got into a Steam mode this evening. I wanted to make sure that the Xbox 360 controller I bought worked with my computer, so played Rogue Legacy for half a minute. It does, and I'm still terrible at this game. Good to know.

Also played a bit of 12 Labours of Hercules, the original! It was also a dollar! It is also worse than the second one, because the gameplay elements are similar but not quite right. I'm glad they fixed it. Also, I'm playing the hard version, which is...hard. I keep trying to get gold time and I fall short by 10 seconds like every time. It's ridiculous and sad.

Mini Metro had an update and they decided to close off access to half the levels. That seems like a poor decision. But played a bit, I'm glad that there are distinct colors for each level, that's nice.

And Desktop Dungeons is still the same, still seemingly easy until you get 10 minutes in and realizing that there is jackshit you can do to actually win the level, because you've accidentally already done everything. WHOOPS.

What I Played Today: April 23

Desktop Dungeons

I keep on trying to playing Desktop Dungeons and it keep crashing on me. Apparently there's a bug that involves drinking a potion while I have a certain effect, which is kind of balls since I'm not even sure the effect does what it is supposed to do. Harrumph.

What I Played Today: April 21

Desktop Dungeons

Yep. This monk class that they give you is kind of insane. I also keep unlocking gods, and it always a coinflip if the god is going to be helpful for you, or if it's going to completely screw you without warning. Like, I am weary when the altar I find is the Golden Guardian, because if I worship him, it also means that I can't use any health potions, which is an INSANE ask. It's a health potion. I need those! But the Dracula god seems cool.

What I Played Today: April 20

Desktop Dungeons

More Desktop Dungeons, I'm making a bit of progress. I kinda like that each class plays differently, and I also kind of hate it, because now I have to figure out how to play each class. The warrior is still the best class because it's the easiest. THERE I SAID IT.

Anyway, I managed to unlocked the daily dungeon, so...good for me.

What I Played Today: April 19

Desktop Dungeons

There was an update to a video game, which is a surefire way to make me care about a video game. All video games should have updates, I say. Mega Man X4, if you want me to give a shit, pretend to have an update, and also a reasonable way to play you, because I think the only methodology I have at the moment is a Mega Man Collection on the PS2? Oh, it appears to be on the Playstation Network, so I can download it on my Vita. Why, that's totally something I will do.

Anyway, I played a bit of Desktop Dungeons. I've talked about it before; it's a strategy game that requires paying attention to a bunch of dumb things. Anyway, I'm making a bit of progress, building up my city, unlocking classes, unlocking gods, etc. It's a pretty good idea of a game, I like it, if the humor is a bit basic. I managed to unlock a weird daily dungeon feature, so...good for me. I totally love competing with random nobodies on the Internet.

What I Played Today: November 14

Desktop Dungeons

I played some more Desktop Dungeons, it is much easier to play as a fighter, because it's a lot easier to level up opposed to other classes. I finished the first couple of quests and a whole bunch opened up and such and such. The game has this weird counterbalance where you don't WANT to explore too much, because you regain life and mana when you come over new territory, so if you're in the final push and there's nowhere in the level you haven't been yet, then you can't get your life back up to full without potions. Interesting.

What I Played Today: November 3-10

MAN I was busy. There was a conference at work and I didn't feel like it and whatever, so...highlights!

I somehow ended up playing Assassin's Creed 3 for a good twenty minutes. It was kinda dumb, I don't remember what happened. Maybe I'll just YouTube what happened to Desmond.

A lot of Rune Factory 4, I'm creating a lot of stuff, and I think I need to complete the second dungeon before anything really interesting happens.

I ended up playing a CCG based on Might and Magic, as if that is still a thing that people still give a shit about. It was decent.

There's a new game called Desktop Dungeons, and it's a rogue/puzzle game, and it's pretty neat, if dumb and hard. You've got to take it slow.

I played a lot of You Don't Know Jack, because trivia is fun. Also something called QuizUp, which is also trivia. I'm the best in Tabletop Games in Minnesota, assholes.

Swords and Potions 2 continues to be a thing I do.

And I finished Analogue: A Hate Story on a whim. I did not see the last twist coming, because I'm a stupid. But yeah, good work. I like this kind of thing. Hurray this.