Moldy cheese

So, I finally took some action today and started playing Crash Bandicoot 2 on my PS1 emulator. It's just as good as I remembered, my cousins had this game when I was a kid, and I played it almost every time I went over to their house. Later on I also got The Wrath of Cortex for Gamecube, but sadly my little brother lost the game disc somewhere, so I can no longer play it. Anyway, Crash Bandicoot 2 is still a very solid platformer, and it's not terribly long if you don't aim for collecting all the crystals in the game. There are many good games for the PS1, as well as a huge amount of really shitty ones, but this is definitely on the good list. I'll write a review on it later, when I got time.

I have also played more WoW as usual, I'm currently only two factions away from getting that Pathfinder achievement. I also leveled my warlock a bit more. Getting better gear has turned out to be a really slow process, and I still can't enter that new raid. Otherwise I have been continuing on Pokémon Crystal a bit, I plan on playing a lot more tomorrow when I'll go on a little car trip. I'm currently kind of stuck, meaning my pokémon are too low level to defeat the gym leader. This only means that I'll have to level them up before trying again, but it's not the fastest process. Well, pokémon games are supposed to be a little grindy at times, I'm not complaining.

I borrowed the latest Super Smash Bros today, so I hope I'll have time to try it out this weekend. I'm still pissed off at Nintendo though, since I found out that there is no other way to back up your save files in the Switch other than a paid cloud service. I just can't believe Nintendo would do something so fucking stupid, and just act like it's for some kind of "safety reasons". I really hope someone will come up with an easy way around this, but that might take a long time. Anyway, now I really have to go to bed, stayed up way too late once again.

Bleeding

The new year has started off reeeally slowly, and I feel like a zombie most of the time. It has been really cold and snowy outside for weeks though, might explain some things. This is also statistically my "worst" time of the year, so I am really not surprised. Still trying to get stuff done though, I haven't quite given up yet. During the Christmas holidays I did get my Psychonauts review done, so I am at least very pleased with that. I have also played some more Overwatch, and discovered what happens when you level past 100. Which technically means you start over from level 1 again, but you get a star in your portrait. Woop.

I have played WoW too, still just grinding rep and trying to get better gear. I am very close to revered with most of the factions now, so not much left. Tomorrow the new raid opens, but I haven't got nearly good enough gear to be able to enter that yet. I actually also started leveling my warlock a little bit, he is now 112. I thought I really would try to have a few alts at max level this expansion, last one didn't really turn out as I hoped.

I am trying to decide what game to review next, I kind of would like to go with Crash Bandicoot 2 on PS1, but I haven't decided quite yet. I am also starting to feel a little bit Fallout-sick, so I really need to pick up New Vegas again, or maybe play some more Fallout 4..? I'll get something done as soon as my energy meter goes up just a little bit. Next week we're going on a little trip, maybe after that I'll feel like a new person. (Press X to doubt)

Shaken, and also stirred

Soon it's New Years Eve, and yet another year begins. I have had time for a bit of gaming this week, mostly just continuing on Psychonauts, and more WoW. I also had a little Overwatch spree, and leveled up to 100. I am pretty confident by now that I will be able to make that Psychonauts review before the Christmas holiday is finished, if I don't encounter some impossible level or something. It doesn't seem to be a too long game, I'm already about half-way through. I have a little bit of work to do today, but after that I'll probably continue again.

Yesterday we finally tried out that Fallout board game that I got for my birthday. Just like any other mildly complicated board game, this one took a few hours to actually set up and understand so well that we could begin playing. The game certainly seems interesting, but there are a loooot of different things to remember. Just like in the video game you fight enemies, complete quests, loot stuff and explore areas. There is a XP system, companions, perks, armor, weapons and a lot of other things that make the game very diverse. The goal of the game is to collect enough influence to win, and the amount depends on how many people are playing. You can also solo this game, which seems interesting, and I'll probably try it myself later. Anyway, we are not ready with our first play yet, since it got so late last night that we had to go to bed in the middle of it. But I guess we continue tonight, and after that I can probably tell more accurately if this is actually a good game or not.

Now I need to go and do stuff, never a Christmas holiday without some work. After that I hope I can sit down again and play for a while. I thought I'd throw in a little Christmas picture of my DK, who was very pleased again with this years opening of presents in Orgrimmar. I do hope you also notice the appropriate Christmas hat and sweater :)