Number One

This month has been kind of hectic, and I haven't really had time(AGAIN)for that much games... Last week was kind of filled with school work, and this one has been pretty bad too. Traditionally it has been this way though, since everything needs to be finished in time for Christmas. At least I'm kind of on board with the Christmas presents this year, feels nice to at least have something sorted out at the moment. We have finally had time to host our housewarming parties too, and all the cleaning and organizing is taking a toll. I have squeezed in a little WoW though, last week was the Burning Crusade timewalking where I did a lot of dungeons, was really fun for a change..! Got some decent gear from there as well, and was finally able to reach the item lvl requirement for LFR. So I have also tried out some raids, and I kind of like them so far. Now the world quest event is in progress, so I should really try to raise my rep with some factions.

Been playing Pokémon Crystal as well whenever I have been able to, and I recently left Ecruteak City after beating the gym leader there. I booted up Fallout Tactics yesterday too, since I accidentally got to school two hours early. It seems so far like an interesting game, but it's definitely not the easiest, and you really do need some tactics most of the time. I'm only on the third mission though, so I guess I'll learn eventually.

I'm in a hurry once again, so I guess I'll need to stop this here. I think the worst will be over in a few weeks time though, and I can maybe enjoy a semi-peaceful Christmas holiday for once, with a lot of games. You can always hope, right..?

The void

At the moment I'm in the middle of so many games, I don't even know where to begin. First of all, I have played WoW quite a lot lately, still just grinding rep and gear through world quests. I have also continued playing Pokémon Crystal, I think I'm at the 4th gym leader right now. Additionally, I installed Fallout Tactics on my school laptop last week. I thought about how much valuable gaming time I waste sitting on really unnecessary lectures, so why not use that time? My school laptop is not very high-tech, so I couldn't really start playing anything too recent, but I have been wanting to try out Tactics for a while now.

I have also had the opportunity of trying out a very hot game right now: Red Dead Redemption 2. I play it on Xbox, and I'm currently maybe 10 hours into the game. It's a very beautiful and well-made game, and you certainly get the feeling of what it actually was to live in that particular time and place. But of course there are some downsides too, for example the horribly long loading times. I also get the feeling that 80% of my current game time has been spent solely on riding around on my horse. Other than that I can say that the story and the characters are quite interesting, and the missions haven't been too bad either. This game might not be my personal favorite of the year, but I can certainly see why the majority of people would like it.

Oh yeah, my birthday passed this year as well, and I got some amazing presents :) A Pachimari plush from Overwatch, a new Fallout bobblehead, some nice perfume, a Pusheen coloring book and that Fallout board game I have been waiting for <3 And as a little extra gift, Destiny 2 became available for free on Battle.net..! So it certainly was an awesome birthday again, except for the fact that I also had to get older...

I Hate Mondays

This weekend I went to a gaming convention near my hometown. It wasn't maybe the biggest event ever, but very rarely something like this happens near where I live, so I kind of had to go. The main thing I actually wanted to see was the Overwatch tournament, but just as we arrived, the tournament was over... Every time I try to do something, I swear. Well, we walked around and checked out some other things. There were of course a lot of merchandise and gaming accessories, but they are usually pretty expensive at events like this, so I didn't buy anything. There was a sofa with a small screen and Mario Cart 64, and we sat down and tried it out. I haven't played this particular Mario Cart before, and I'm not sure what to say about it. First of all, I am not sure if my controller was broken or not, but it felt like my characters were extremely hard to steer. The analog stick was really loose, so I suspect everything wasn't alright(I googled this afterwards, seems like this is a very common problem with N64 controllers). We walked around a bit more, there was also a long table with a lot of people playing Super Smash Bros, both Melee and the latest one. Then we watched a Tekken 7 tournament, and played some CS:GO in the PC section. Overall a nice little event, but I'm still pissed over the fact that I missed that Overwatch tournament.

I have been playing more WoW these past weeks, just grinding world quests and doing some dungeons and island expeditions. I just need a little bit better gear, and I'll be able to queue up for Uldir. I also played a lot of Overwatch during the weekend, the Halloween event is up right now. Otherwise I have unfortunately been busy with a lot of other things lately, even though I had a week off from school, I barely had time for any gaming...

One cool thing though, I bought a fantasy board game at a local flea market last week for a really small sum. It's called Realm of Wonder, and we tried it out quickly just the two of us. It seems pretty interesting, but there are a lot of things to remember while playing. If we have time, we'll play another round this week. Maybe I'll need to make a new section for the blog soon, we have also ordered a Fallout board game...