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Y'all are making me wanna play FFIX again. Stahp, I don't have the time! XD (In all seriousness, I'm so glad people like the game these days, people used to « Cow Poopoo » on it constantly, but now it's more widely liked which warms my heart).

Been dabbling in Dragon Ball: The Breakers and it's hilariously fun in small doses. I've never played Dead by Daylight but it's clearly what it's inspiration is. I like playing as Bulma because she's got a free mount with a cooldown so I can get to my objectives quicker. Haven't played raider at all yet because I don't really want to? I mean, I'm sure it's fun being a villain and nuking the plebs, but it's just not my style for this gameplay. The stress/rush of escaping the raider, especially when your comrades aren't braindead, is incredibly satisfying. Game really isn't backlogable as it's more of a 'play for a little while a day' structure. Also, it needs more content. The game IS only $20, but there's only a handful of playable characters meanwhile Xenoverse 2 is practically an MMO at this point. I know it'll evolve as time goes on, these games always do, it's just not as enticing as it could be.

I also started Atelier Ryza 2 because I felt like a relaxing JRPG jaunt might be a good change of pace. Atelier games rarely challenge you outside optional super bosses, so I'll take this one slowly. I never really got attached to Ryza's cast + world in the first game, but I do remember enjoying the music + gameplay a lot. So far both are delivering and the game itself looks beautiful with native PS5 resolution. Depending on how much I like this one will determine if I buy Ryza 3 next year. I get that Ryza's thighs sell more copies, but I was really hoping the next Atelier game would be a 4th Dusk entry. We have 4th entries to the Arland and Mysterious series, so it only seems fair at this point. Welp, I'll allow Ryza to have her rounded trilogy at least, but I want more Dusk, please and thanks.

I managed to get Nilou in Genshin after being Qiqi'd. I about lost my mind when the zombie girl stole my pity AGAIN. At least give me a freaking Mona! I was out of Primos but the hubbo let me spend some dosh because he knows I don't usually hardcore pull unless I plan to use them + he got a raise so it was something we could afford. Got her on the next pull, thankfully, and with my leftover primos I tired to get some Albedo constellations and got my first Diluc instead. Why. Literally only missing Mona and Tighnari from the standard pool now. I'm not planning on pulling heavily again until Baizhu releases sometime next year (hopefully) and he's already paid for thanks to a friend who lost a bet~ >:3c

New Relic Weapons release in FFXIV tomorrow, so I know what I'll be doing this week. I'm one of the people who's thrilled that their tied to the Hildibrand questline because I adore the slapstick. Can't wait to see what the weapons look like! Not looking forward to the grind...

Bluie wrote: ↑Oct 17, 2022 4:52 amWelp, I'll allow Ryza to have her rounded trilogy

Snrf. Rounded trilogy indeed. 'Thiccest' Atelier heroine ever, bottom and top...Atelier leads are usually pretty waifish. Not necessarily a bad shift, but thiccness doesn't motivate me, though, so nah.

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Got home a bit before dark last night but was waaaaaaaaaaay too tired to play anything. I kept falling asleep sitting up and jerking back awake when I started to nod off. We got another 1.5 rows done on the foundation, though! They've got to mark the doors in on this level, so it'll take longer to complete. I think they told me they have to do 6 rows, so one more needs done before the concrete is poured for the foundation...but I'm a little confused about that. Marking the doors must mean more than just drawing a few lines.

I do want to continue Zero, though I started to get annoyed with them shoving relentless variations of 'KeA is sooooo adorable!!!' in my face, which makes the story less appealing, now. I'd have liked her, if they hadn't done that. If you take all of that away, she's actually an okay character. But because they did, I can't appreciate her...I find her annoying. This is probably why some don't like Rean. The writers continually shove his harem in their faces, put a really fine point on it, and since I love Rean, I'm okay with it...but if you didn't have really strong feelings for him, it'd probably be as grating as I find the whole let's-all-die-for-KeA's-cuteness schtick they have going on in Zero.

Falcom is prone to this kind of a thing...putting too fine a point on something they think is lovable or clever, trying to force us to take on their view, and making it aggravating thereby, instead of showing us the lovable/clever/wonderful thing and letting us make up our OWN minds...they shove it down our throats. I need to play Sky again, as I've forgotten a lot of it. Did they do something like this in those games, too?

I'm at least half done, anyway. Should be more like 60%.

Kikki wrote: ↑Oct 17, 2022 5:22 am

Bluie wrote: ↑Oct 17, 2022 4:52 amWelp, I'll allow Ryza to have her rounded trilogy

Snrf. Rounded trilogy indeed. 'Thiccest' Atelier heroine ever, bottom and top...Atelier leads are usually pretty waifish. Not necessarily a bad shift, but thiccness doesn't motivate me, though, so nah.

I'm surprisingly OK with Ryza being so thicc, but from the few hours I've played, they're playing it up more in the sequel. During her introduction the camera panned around her thighs/« Mr.Gourmet's hat » before going upwards to he boobs then face. When you crawl under something, the camera makes sure her « Mr.Gourmet's hat » and thighs are in full view. There's a scene where she lies down on her bed and you see more of her legs than her face. GUST isn't new to fanservice material, the Nights of Azure duology, especially the second game, went is way too hard on the jiggle physics and general fan service to the point it was laughable and the games themselves just aren't very good either. The first Ryza game caught more people's attention thanks to the artwork and now more people are into the series than ever. People came for the girl and stayed for basically everything else, which is fine. GUST then went and made her sexier for the sequel and ehhh, it's more laughable than, er, 'hot'? At least she's twenty now. If they had treated any of their other protagonists like this I'd probably raise an eyebrow, but as it's all part of Ryza's appeal I just roll with it. I have an Arland artbook and the furthest they've gone is put them in tasteful sleepwear and swimsuits, which is the norm with 'waifu' bait. One thing I cannot forgive though it that even with those massive thighs, Ryza has a thigh gap. Absolutely impossible. She can already barely fit into her shorts, there's absolutely no way lmao.

Anyways, I hope the next Atelier protagonist isn't overly waifu or sexy. I'd kill for a male protag again, but I don't see that ever happening again.

While I like looking at thicc girls (and guys, depending on the type of thiccness), thiccness can't do anything to motivate me to play a game...not by itself! But women are definitely not Gust's target player audience...very aware that they don't give a hoot what *I* like, lol.

Woo, so...Trails to Azure has a date! March 14th. (In N.A...17th for EU.) Nice to have that as I close in on finishing Zero. Though I'm not able to marathon anything any more, so it's taking me a while to get through this. It'd be great to find a game that makes me disregard common sense, again...that I play obsessively until I complete it, unable to convince myself to put it down for anything that isn't urgent, like the first Xenoblade, Tales of Xillia, or Cold Steel I and II. But I think that's because I'm just too old, as a gamer. There isn't anything NEW for me, any more. I've seen and played at least a little of everything. There are no truly new ideas left in the gaming world for me, it seems, so nothing can really dazzle me like it could ten years ago. New takes on old ideas, once in a while...new flesh on old bones, so to speak...but nothing I can't recognize the structure of.

I doubt it's that gaming's gotten worse, I've just become jaded by 36 years of gaming experience. (I count from my first Tandy 1000 experience, not my first time playing Breakout on Atari 2600. I don't feel like that was real gaming.)

I posting a bit recently because I've made a bit of progress when it comes to gaming. Nothing major or anything, but it's better than the last time I posted and at a pace that is calming me. I'll say though, things will likely go slower, because this week I really need to focus on my coding class. I'm behind...

Anyway, in terms of gaming, I'm still playing Animal Crossing. Believe it or not, I actually restarted again, but this time I'm taking my time again and not just farming for nook points. The reason why i restarted was because I just didn't really vibe with my town and honestly I felt like I rushed things too much. Now though, I'll try and play like how I did during the Summer. I will say, when not farming for nook points or rushing things, the game is once again relaxing and it isn't so bad at starting at the beginning again. I also got two nice villagers.

I've also dived back into Story of Seasons Mineral Town. It's a good game and I'm enjoying what I playing so far. I'll likely have to put off playing it till later this week though and use that time for my coding class, but it's been really fun playing it again. I'm going a bit slower, but it's relaxing and that's what important.

Also, I restarted Blue Reflection 2, but this time on the Switch. I beat the game last year and enjoyed it a lot, and so I've decided to try it again. This time, I'm hoping not to rush anything and do all that I can. Got past Chapter 1 yesterday and hopefully will have chapter three done by the end of the week. Like Animal Crossing and Mineral Town, I'm hoping to take my time with this.

Another thing I'm redoing is Digimon Cyberslueth. Honestly, I think I really love this game because I've been replaying it a lot this year. I likely will skip certain dialogue though because some parts of the game have bad pacing and story elements. Still really love it though.

As for Xenoblade, I'm either going to restart or pick it back up. No matter what I choose, I likely pick it back up this weekend. The reason for why I may restart it is because I want to redo how I set up my characters. Sometimes, I have to restart games in order to fully get not only the gameplay, but make my characters stronger. Not sure on this.

As for Trails in the Sky FC, it's on hold for right now. I'm still not dropping it though. With any luck, I'll play some of the game before the month is over.

Anyway, that's all my gaming news. I know I'm going back and redoing old games, but I need this honestly. I haven't been feeling the best lately and these games calm me. Still, I'm hoping I can progress Xenobalde and Trails this month. I really want to get back into these games again.

I read a review of Olympia Soiree that made me want to play it. Before all reviews made me NOT want to play it, even though the art is beautiful.

I decided back before it came out that I didn't want it, because it sounded almost pure romance when I prefer that otoges lean into the story more (basically the point of it is that she needs to find a soulmate to have a child with, so...the whole point of the game is 'romance'.) But the thing is, I stumbled across a gamer blog of a girl (woman, dunno her age, probably an adult, though!) who markets herself as a black gamer. A lot of the time, you have no idea what the race/age/etc of online people are, but it was even right in her blog's tagline ("a dash of black girl magic in every review"), so it was impossible to miss...and she mentioned that she felt Olympia Soiree dealt very well with ideas of racism, though it's a fantasy version. (The characters in the game appear to be grouped by family 'colors' and they have a kind of caste system, from what I vaguely understand.) She said often these things are meant well but the execution doesn't feel right, but Olympia Soiree's actually does. To her, at least, and certainly she's more qualified than I am to make that judgement. So...now I'm more curious about it. Plus the character she liked most of all appears to have been the heroine herself, and that's a BIG plus in an otoge, for me.

So I may end up trying it out after all.

Haven't been gaming, but finally made myself a spreadsheet today to keep track of my pills...I've been screwing them up really frequently because I have NO IDEA if I took them or not. I absolutely can't remember it with my brain so I had to make a spreadsheet checklist. Threw stretches and exercise onto the sheet, too, to track when and how much I'm doing of therapy and cardio stuff, so I don't fool myself as to how often I'm really doing them. (I'm supposed to do stretching a LOT, and anything I do multiple times every day I just can't keep track of.) I feel more organized already, lol.

I've got to get back to Zero but it's less appealing now that they've turned the game into a choir of people singing of KeA's cuteness all day long.

Today my manager called me in at 4 am to cover a shift that I didn't need to cover because he « Snuggly Bunny » up and forgot he needed it for tomorrow instead. So there I am at work five hours before my actual shift starts. I'm not about to waste gas and go home, so I just decided to hang out in the break room. I went and bought myself a phone charger + some « Cow Poopy » earbuds and set myself in a corner to play the new NieR Reincarnation chapter. Per usual it's confusing, intriguing, and soul crushing - right on Yoko Taro's brand. This one's cliffhanger is the most confusing of them all so far, but I'm looking forward to the conclusion whenever the next chapter releases. I also realized that Fio + Mama are getting a Nendoroid so I informed the Hubbo who'll inevitably get it for me for Christmas/Birthday. He's so happy buying gifts is so easy for me cause he's just gotta find NieR merch and there's TONS of it these days. I hope they make a Rion Nendoroid next because he's my favorite in Reincarnation + I'd have my full party in Nendo form (Fio+9S+Rion). Oh, also, my other manager took pity on me around 6:40 and told me to clock in a 7 so I didn't have to sit around for two more hours. It's my day off tomorrow and I will strangle someone if they try to call me in again. Just let me rest and figure out your « Cow Poopoo », mmmkay Mr. Incompetent Manager? Mmmmmmmkay.

Yesterday I managed to do one relic weapon in FFXIV and start the new tribe quests. I feel like tomorrow is either gonna be a binge anime day or a nice time to get further into Ryza 2. Haven't been in the mood to touch my Switch recently, especially with how horrible the netcode is in Splatoon 3. Also, the only stages left in my Splatoon 3 story mode all time trials and I hate those, a lot. While I love a lot about Splatoon 3, it's (so far) disappointing compared to 2. It may be one of those games I hit harder later, because as of now I only want to play Splatfests and not much else. Only other game I have on the Switch that I'm picking at is Let's Go Pikachu which I'll finish when I feel up to it. Right now, Ryza 2 is the most enticing because Atelier games are super comfy and I just wanna relax~

Side thought: I really want to play LIVE A LIVE sometime soon. I don't own it yet, but I can buy it whenever. What's stopping me is I wonder if it's going to get ported to other platforms eventually seeing as HD-2D being a Switch excusive is becoming less of a thing with Octopath being on Xbox and Steam and the sequel launching on PS4/5 and Steam alongside the Switch version. I plan to get Octopath II on PS5 next year unless there's some AMAZING save data bonus from playing the first that'll force me to get it on Switch (I doubt it though, probably just some currency and equipment). Playing the game on PS5 would be preferable, but it's not set in stone that it'll release outside the Switch, so I might just bite the bullet if the wait becomes too much. I hope the Dragon Quest III remake gets a date soon AND it confirms it's coming to all platforms.

Hello all, I've got an update on my backlog:

Baldur's Gate 3: I've managed to catch up to where my roommate is with the story so I'm ready for our multiplayer file.

Beacon Pines: I beat it! it was a fun, short game with some twists and turns. Definitely recommend.

Coral Island: I've finished what's available in early access, so I'll be waiting for new content.

Disney Dreamlight Valley: I've been focusing on unlocking new areas instead of new characters because I need more resources for some quests I'm already taking. I'm just missing two locations now. I can't wait to interact with Scar in the new update.

Potion Permit: I ended up returning it. I didn't really like the social aspect of the game and, unlike farming sims, there isn't a whole lot to do in the game.

Hello all!

I've been busy with Coral Island. It gave me a lot of memories from my time with the Story of Seasons games and Animal Crossing New Horizon. I'm still in Summer and enjoying much of it. New content will be a while for the roadmap so I might consider transitioning from other games soon once I finish most of the content available. I'm deciding whether to sell Rune Factory 5 Switch and buy RF 5 on PC instead while I wait for my anticipated games for 2023.

My Dragon Age 2 playthrough went on hold because I've been playing long RPGs for a good chunk of 2022 so I might be suffering from RPG burnout but I hope to push through and finished it soon!

Also, looking forward to the final chapters of Errant Kingdom in December. Can't wait!

I'm also eyeing Judgement when Black Friday comes... Been branching out my comfort zone in terms of the genre I played. It's been a while since I last played a male protagonist so I look forward to getting Judgement soon!

cinnamon_yuki wrote: ↑Oct 20, 2022 5:23 amI'm also eyeing Judgement when Black Friday comes... Been branching out my comfort zone in terms of the genre I played. It's been a while since I last played a male protagonist so I look forward to getting Judgement soon!

I legit completely forgot about Black Friday. I've been living in the States for a long time now and I still forget about it almost every year. Growing up in Canada we just didn't have it, we had Boxing Day instead, so I guess my brain is still wired towards Canada this time of year. I don't expect any of my Switch wishlist to go on sale as they're all either Nintendo 1st party games or Switch exclusives that came out this year. Who knows, I could be pleasantly surprised, but I imagine a lot of my PS5 wishlist is going to go on sale. It's filled to the brim with JPRGs I haven't had the time to play yet and they're prime pickings for every sale that drops in the online store. Still not sure if I'll buy anything though as the sales are gonna have to be insanely good. Most sales lately have been like $10 off and that's not much a sale to me tbh.

I see Genshin is going to have a special update program tomorrow. I don't have much motivation to play outside of the Archon quests and weeklies, so a date for the next chunk of story would be nice. FFXIV's update hasn't been too exciting for me as I don't really care to rush the Tribe quests and the first level of the Relic Weapons is laughably easy to get in a few hours of grinding. The Variant Dungeon is cool, I'm just not in the mood atm. I'll probably just run it enough to get the music scroll and then be done with it. I'm not a mount chaser like my husband, so I don't really care too much about the new pink rat you can ride around. Wake me up when we have more story, that's basically what I'm here for.

Been mostly into Ryza 2, because I legit WANT to play it. While I can't compare it to their newest entry (Sophie 2, because I don't enjoy the Mysterious series thus am skipping it) I can see where all of Ryza's thigh money went. Gust really went ham on making the environments look fantastic. There was a rain storm which I thought nothing of until it stopped and the entire city was wet and shinning under the rising sun. It looked stunning, and there's puddles everywhere that reflect the people and buildings around it! I'm certainly impressed, but it could also be better too. While I do like that they've done to make the world more alive, the NPCs need some work. They're all braindead stuck in their walk cycles. But honestly, it doesn't super matter. Gust is just SO CLOSE to perfection. They have the stylized graphics, the good writing, the fun characters, the interesting gameplay - it's just the overall world and exploration is always rough. If they could get together with someone like Monolith Soft they could truly flourish and be up and running with other big JRPG brands. And I mean, it could happen, considering how buddy-buddy Nintendo is with Koei lately, but I doubt Nintendo will lend them out when they're already hard at work on other stuff. Oh well, it's fun to dream!

Annnnyways, I do have a bit of a backlog I haven't listed in awhile, so I'll take this opportunity to do so.

Current Backlog:
And that about covers it. I'm not lighting a fire under my « Mr.Gourmet's hat » to get any of these finished asap, but I will say that I'd like to start and finish GAAC so I can get it off my Switch home screen. I might binge it after I finish Ryza 2.

Today...now today has been a long day. Spent 6 of the last 12 hours in the car with a dog in my lap (a dog who hates riding in cars), going to see my grandma for the first time since the hurricane hit. Had the Chicory OST on the whole time, which was peaceful. Traffic was bonkers both ways though, like people haven't mentally recovered from the hurricane, so they're taking it out on people on the highway. MANY cops out, MANY accidents on the way back. There was even somebody driving in the slow lane with a flat, and no headlights on, going 20 mph (when the regular speed is 70 mph). Bad.

I THINK I'm gonna spend a little time tonight going through my Itch and Humble bundles kind of...curating them? (Sounds like a good head empty activity.) Sorting through the junk and making a word doc for the Itch stuff and adding the Steam keys from Humble. There's a bunch of good stuff, some of it completely buried, I just have to go through it. I remember Summer in Mara from one of them just because it was waaaay in the back. And I have no idea why, none of them have been alphabetized.

Haven't touched anything other than Genshin since I beat Portal 2, but I'd like to keep a puzzle game in my repertoire. Never finished Baba is You or Stephen's Sausage Roll... both are probably too tough for me in the later bits, but hey. It's worth it to go back to them.

If I'm up for the Genshin livestream tomorrow I'll watch, it's always enjoyable with a streamer. Gets me weirdly energized for the game. I still need to work on finishing main quest. (Did Tighnari's story quest instead, which was actually pretty good!) Maybe I'll get back to that tomorrow. Can't start farming boss drops until you do the story version of the fight. Sigh.

I can attest to that. As a Canadian, I never think of Black Friday, ever, unless someone else brings it up, and then I remember that by the magic of internet, I do tend to see very good sales on e-shop games around that time. (I also always forget that US Thanksgiving is so, SO late in the year. I always associate it with full fall colour, which is long gone by late November.) Hmm, if there IS a good sale, I do have some casual games I'd like to pick up. Games that could be fit in to just play whenever...not story-based stuff that I'd feel compelled to complete.

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I've been helping with construction, so haven't been getting any gaming done. I haven't the mental or emotional strength to donate to Zero, right now, particularly with the entire cast harping on KeA's cuuuuuuuuuteness non-stop. I vaguely recall being annoyed the same way when I first did a read-through of Zero, years ago. KeA herself is likable, but they make her such an annoying presence with the way they constantly inform me of how cute they believe I am obliged to find her.

When I get home I'm too sore to do much, so I idly play some DQB2, which is my default I want to play something but my brain is so empty game. I'm just working on the Tablet Targets before heading off to Moonbrooke, and decided to do the pet breeding one. The dogs become annoying when they love you (when you get them to 100% happiness, which you must in order to breed them) because they follow you around all day and continually throw useless items at you, like seaweed, pieces of wood, and shells, filling your inventory with junk. Thinking of them being annoying, I named the first one Rufus, because, y'know...barking noise in name form. Then I decided that the second one should be named Osborne, since those are two men I can't help but want to curbstomp whenever I think of them.

However, for some reason, I forgot to take into account that that meant I would get this screen at least three times before I could move on from that Tablet Target.
Not a pretty thought! I mean, it's alright for Rufus, who is only frustrating rather than enraging, and who also happens to be probably the prettiest fella in the whole game, but just the idea of Osborne makes me wanna But hey, the target is done, I have my mini medal, and I can move on.

I may not be in good enough condition to do any more helping out on construction tomorrow, so perhaps I'll be able to get back to Zero if I manage to start out well-rested. Which means I need to hurry up, take my meds, do my stretches, and go to bed.

EDIT: Yep, my leg is pouting about being used for labour two days in a row (!!!) so I have some mandated sit-still time, so maybe some Zero, today. Though I reeeeeally want to try my new bike seat, and there are almost no nice days left for it for the next 5 months or so...maybe if I just go very gently...

As an American, I can't not think about Black Friday. Maybe it's just the media I consume, but there are ads for it everywhere. Inescapable waves of ads. (I also don't use ad block as much as I used to--a small pittance for the Youtubers and such that I don't throw money at.) There are no ads right NOW, but as soon as the election is over I bet they'll start up.

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For whatever reason my road trip just sapped me of all strength so I haven't done much gaming. I got Piku Niku installed from one of my charity bundles and haven't had it in me to start it. Maybe tomorrow. (I also finished the Itch bundle games list yesterday...20 just from Itch, which is pretty good, considering I've already played a few. 50+ pages on one bundle, and 30+ on the other... And I fell asleep part way through. Happy day off everybody.)

I DID watch the Genshin 3.2 livestream... Nahida looks awesome. Can't wait. Looks to be an incredible support, and finally an archon with utility outside of battle. (Okay, technically people roll on Zhongli for easy mining...) Been farming friendship and dendro artifacts while we wait.

For the last few days I've kept to dailies and watching a few main quest cutscenes to soothe my aching brain. (I'm only doing the Raiden Shogun weekly boss since Cyno and Dendro Traveler require mats...and I got 3 this week. Good to know that can happen occasionally!) At this point I'm into part 4 of the Sumeru story... 3 was shorter than I thought it would be.

Anywho. Back to the Blender mines.

Had Sunday off, but it was half filled with errands and then when I got home I ended up watching the Cyperpunk anime because the hubbo + friends would not shut up about it. I can't play the actual game due to it being locked to first person (causes vertigo) but hubbo has been OBSESSED with it since watching the anime. I think he's on his second or third playthrough atm. Anime was fine, I like Trigger so I was going to enjoy it by default.

Had yesterday off as well and I fully intended to just do a Ryza 2 binge fest, but I remembered I forgot to do my Genshin weeklies so I quickly did what I could before reset and then did them again. I thought that'd be it, but in looking through my unfinished world quests there were a handful not connected to commission chains and I went around and did them for the extra reputation. I ended up bumming around Tsurumi Island (which has it's fog lifted but I'm currently time gated out of the last quest) and it's up to 96% completed. I'm probably missing a few hidden chests or something, but after everything was done, I gained a level and a half of reputation, which leaves a level and a half left until I'm done with the Inazuma glider grind. When I unlock the treasure compass next week, I'll finish up Tsurumi Island and then maybe work on the Thunder Sakura if I feel up to it. I also managed to pull Dori and Kujo Sara (right after one another) from the standard banner because I had a few blue fates and they're really not worth holding onto imo.

I'm avoiding the patch trailers from now on because the last one (3.1) spoiled far too much for my tastes. After quitting the game for a year and coming back to knowing nothing about what was going to happen next was kinda magical. Like, I legit almost cried as the Chasm conclusion, it was so good. I'd rather just let myself keep being surprised then seeing 70% of the upcoming plot in the trailer.

Back to Inazuma for 1 second, and I'm mostly just rambling here, but, if the commission chains I need for the remaining world quests don't manifest themselves by the time I'm done 100%ing each island, I'm giving up on them. Whoever decided that a chunk of reputation was to be held back by daily RNG is a moron, full stop. RNG gating your lore is stupid. I can get over the time gating even if I think it's irritating, because it's set in stone that I can still do it, I just have to wait. With RNG gating it's all up to the game and I have zero input outside redoing one of the quests if it shows up in the pool again, IF. I can just grind reputation weekly anyways so why!? Why go out of your way to frustrate completionists!? I DON'T GET IT.

Siiiiigh. Next day off is Friday. Not sure where my mood will be gaming wise by then.

I got Aqua TV for my Switch. It's not a game...it's basically a screensaver; a virtual aquarium. The selections are pathetic. You can choose either a tank (same thing in small, medium or large) or the ocean. The tank you can customize the gravel, wallpaper, and floor decoration. For all of them you can choose your fish, and for the sea you can view multiple camera angles.

It could afford to have a LOT more customization. It only has one very boring 'zen' tune...it should have multiple tunes, imo, and more varied decorations and etc. However, it functions like I thought, and I wanted something peacefully pretty to run idly on my nice new huge monitor. Aqua TV does that well enough.

Played a little more Zero and saved and quit halfway through a dungeon, ugh...Zero is infuriating for not including any map of dungeons. Makes my hated task of completing dungeons all the more hated, by ramping up the tedium and annoyances. Game's still good and all, but not liking the dungeon-crawling stretches.

Leg has recently gotten considerably more painful, but I have no idea if that's even a bad thing or not. Might even be a good thing. NOT enjoying it, but can't afford to react too much to it. Will contact my health care people after I've been on the full dose of baclofen for a full month to get some answers on if I can ever expect this to get better or if I'm taking the drug for no clear reason. I can deal with it even if it doesn't get better, but I'd like to know what I should be expecting.

Well, it's nice to have some good games on hand, anyway, and the kitchen's fully stocked on veggies, so I can make tasty healthy food for a while without having to grocery shop for a while. I've gotten used to the stretching and strengthening exercises. Baby sister's construction has entered the next phase...the foundation was poured today and backfilling will begin tomorrow! Will go help on the walls next week. We think we can get far enough along to get roof trusses up to be able to put a temporary roof on so that interior work can continue through the winter. It's going really well; inspection yesterday didn't have a single note for needed changes; it was perfect as completed Pretty great for all done with just themselves and some family and friends as extra hands.

I want a new match-3 game. My leg's been bothering me since last night (but it was okay for a few hours this morning!) and match-3 is like morphine. I may not wait for a sale. Or I could just go back into Gems of War, though it had gotten almost too difficult for me already. I do quite like it, though.