I kinda want to play a builder, like KSP or give Cities: Skylines a second try.

But no gaming in the near future for me. I'm "job shadowing" on my weekend at my potential new employer. Learn more about the organization, see if I mesh with the team, etc etc.

Next week I'm teaching at the local college on behalf of my current employer. It's a nice change of pace, but still a 45+ hour week. Afterwork, I'm doing certification validation with my new employer and doing some emergency home repair (plumbing).

I feel I'll be a little grumpy and game deprived in a week's time, lol. So a calm builder seems nice. Maybe RimWorld. That's a lot of fun.

Though I had plans to get a bunch of gaming done last week, unfortunately it didn't work out that way, and I didn't get to play anything at all! So, my gaming goal for this weekend is to play the titles that I had hoped to get to during the week, those being;

Bomberman '93 (TurboGrafx-16, via desktop RetroPie
The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game (Steam, via Proton)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (Steam, via Proton)

I should be able to finish (or at least get close to finishing) the first two since they're both fairly short, and I'm very close to the end of the first game in the latter collection so I might clear that one as well. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy is one that I'll be chipping away at over time, since it isn't short, so expect to see it pop up during these weekend threads for the foreseeable future!

I'm also having a "Need input!" moment right now, since I'm currently reading through Linux For Dummies 10th Edition. I've been using Linux exclusively for 14 years, but there's plenty that I don't know because it's simply never come up for me, and I want to improve my fundamentals not just for myself but also so that I can show my younger relatives, who are starting to show an interest, that there's more to computing than the product-placement/dependency classes that still pass for computer education in British schools today.

It's the first For Dummies book that I've bought, though I did so because their website proved to be useful when I was learning how to crochet a few years ago; I find their documentation to be a good fit for how I pick things up, and I feel that it was worth the money. I'd recommend it if you're explaining Linux to anyone older, or just old-fashioned like I am, who learns better with text in-hand to refer to.

Last edited by Pengling on 20 August 2022 at 10:23 pm UTC

Quoting: denyasisBut no gaming in the near future for me. I'm "job shadowing" on my weekend at my potential new employer.

Quoting: PenglingThough I had plans to get a bunch of gaming done last week, unfortunately it didn't work out that way, and I didn't get to play anything at all!

Seems like a busy time of the year for everyone!

Been going deeper into board games and card games. I think I am losing my video game way in terms of personal computer formats completely.

A friend got me a VR headset but I need a lot more time to see if that is worth my energy. Really looking for home versions of rail gun stuff. Those games really hit the ticket for my wife and I along with a good amount of my friends.




After 2 week of playing this with friends and family we have come across a flaw in it. The manaul refers to gaining morale but so far every card leads to defeated morale. Perhaps we have a misprinted copy but after researching it seems to be a flaw in the original release but the betas had a way to gain morale and without it's a game where you pretty much bleed out every turn even with ppl working together. There are house rules for it but that left a sour taste and so I'm putting the game up for sale to reduce my clutter. Otherwise it is a great looking game.



Cthulhu Fluxx has been a major hit with all of the groups I play with. It's been the most played game since I picked it up. I'm putting up my Firefly Fluxx while cute the rules are very monotone and I rather not have it collect dust. I'm looking forward to trying out Monster Fluxx and checking out some of the other games by this company. This one ROCKS.

My group is getting back into D&D and so I am super excited. Everyone has made accounts to get with the new update and we will be doing some online video chats to organize places, adventures and timing for the next 6 months.

Hello Everyone its a glorious Sunday here right now........ The best day we have had in months!!!!

Its been raining and miserable here most of the week...... Only been able to talk the dog out for a walk once this week.....

I bought myself a treadmil last Monday to help lose some weight around my gut..... Its the only place thats fat..... I have skinny arms and legs.... But I have a keg where a six pack should be..... And apparently that has been causing some of my back issues...... I have been using it for 1 hour everyday and I travel 6.5 Kangaroo Metres (4.0 Freedom Miles) in that hour.... I havnt lost any weight yet according the scales but when I measure my gut it is smaller..... I think im building up my leg muscles with the walking..... I dont think I will ever replace the keg with a six back but I would like to flattern the curve a bit.....

As for gaming well I have been doing a lot of that cause of the weather..... Since the last thread I have completed.....

Console

Rocket Knight Adventures (1993 Konami) - Sega Mega Drive - Platformer
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (1990 Konami) - Nintendo Entertainment System - Platformer
Super Mario Land (1989 Nintendo) - Nintendo Game Boy - Platformer
Streets of Rage (1991 Sega) - Sega Mega Drive - Beat 'em up
Streets of Rage 2 (1992 Sega) - Sega Mega Drive - Beat 'em up


Arcade

Chiki Chiki Boys (1990 Capcom) - Platformer
Mega Twins (1990 Capcom) - Platformer
Pocket Gal 2 (1989 Data East) - Sports (Pool)

After some advice from Pengling I completed
Neo Bomberman (1997 Hudson Soft) - Neo Geo - Maze

Incase anyone is interested when I play Console games I use my 8BitDo SN30 Pro+ and when I play Arcade games I use my MadCatz Street Fighter x Tekken Arcade Fight Stick....... I have also put an Octagonal Gate in the Fight Stick..... Since im a gate riding peasant I like the octagonal gate better....

Today I plan of finishing the Streets of Rage Trilogy by completing
Streets of Rage 3 (1994 Sega) - Sega Mega Drive - Beat 'em up

As for the rest of the week I plan on playing some Sonic games on the Mega Drive as well as playing some more Mario games and Castlevania games (I didnt play Castlevania II and I still dont think I will as im really not interested in all that cryptic shit in that game)...... Also plan to play some good ol Arcade games...... and i might even sneak in some Bomberland 64 (2013 RGCD) Commodore 64....... Depending on how good/bad the weather is.....

As for non gaming..... I am hoping to get the dog out on more walks.... She really hasnt been happy being stuck at home but I cant walk her in the wet..... I will also keep hitting the treadmil..... And then there is work as per usual....... I will also need to go for a drive to my parents and give them back their Desktop PC that I borrowed.... I put in a new HDD and I installed Linux on it for them as well.....

Sounds like im going to have a busy week.....

Quoting: StoneColdSpiderAfter some advice from Pengling I completed
Neo Bomberman (1997 Hudson Soft) - Neo Geo - Maze

Quoting: StoneColdSpiderand i might even sneak in some Bomberland 64 (2013 RGCD) Commodore 64....... Depending on how good/bad the weather is.....

Hehehehe, I think that I might be a bad influence! Did Neo Bomberman turn out to be worth a go, by the way? As you know, I'm waiting on that one until I finish the two early-90s arcade titles that preceded it, but I'd love to know how it went.

Since I'm here: Since my post last night, I've powered through Bomberman '93 (a fun one, and a rare single-player offering where the Kick ability gets used a hell of a lot once you have it, but as far as the TurboGrafx-16 installments go I didn't enjoy it quite as much as Bomberman '94), and finished up the fourth chapter of five in the first Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (the Japan-only Game Boy Advance original only had four chapters, with the fifth added for the Nintendo DS up-port that got translated into English in 2005, and since the four-chapter version was never officially translated I won't count this one as finished until I clear the fifth part). I'll dig into Frog Detective 1 later - apparently it's only about an hour or so long, so I expect to finish it in one sitting once I get to it.

Last edited by Pengling on 21 August 2022 at 5:48 am UTC

Quoting: Pengling

Quoting: StoneColdSpiderAfter some advice from Pengling I completed
Neo Bomberman (1997 Hudson Soft) - Neo Geo - Maze

Quoting: StoneColdSpiderand i might even sneak in some Bomberland 64 (2013 RGCD) Commodore 64....... Depending on how good/bad the weather is.....

Hehehehe, I think that I might be a bad influence! Did Neo Bomberman turn out to be worth a go, by the way? As you know, I'm waiting on that one until I finish the two early-90s arcade titles that preceded it, but I'd love to know how it went.

Yeah Neo Bomberman was good fun...... You were right about (ahem) bombing through it by quarter feeding it..... But what do you expect it is an Arcade game after all...... I still had fun with it tho..... I really did dig the artstyle of it too..... Bomberman looked real nice on the Neo Geo......

Quoting: PenglingI'll dig into Frog Detective 1 later - apparently it's only about an hour or so long, so I expect to finish it in one sitting once I get to it.

Yeah that lengh is about right its real short...... I watched a mate play it though the Steam Broardcast and yeah it was real short..... I think a lot of drugs were consumed during the making of that game..... Its quite strange.....

Quoting: StoneColdSpiderI bought myself a treadmil last Monday

Good on you friend! I hated doing treadmill, but I like running on the streets. I think it's the changing scenery.

I probably should get back to running too.

I spent a few days of last week setting Saints Row 2 (yes, that old game) on my Steam Deck

Naturally, like most people the first thing I did was get the Gentlemen of the Row game mod for it. Got the game + mods installed and working on my steam deck.

I've found it gets pretty good battery life (3-4hrs on average) with some steam power settings limited and the game capped at 30fps, I used proton rather than the native port since I find proton version works better and the in-game radios work this way, which is useful since one of the mods I've installed replaces the PC ports default low quality mono music sound files with the higher quality X360 stereo quality sound files. Along side other "make it more entertaining" mods

So I'll probably spend most of my free time playing that game next week also since it brings back proper (3D) GTA style gaming rather than modern GTA style gaming.

I might mix in some Saints Row 3 for variation, since that's also already installed + with mods installed.

IF, that's a big IF the new Saints Row game becomes available on Steam, I might buy it.

Outside of gaming, it's the usual boring stuff, manage my business, manage my personal & business servers, edit website code, edit application code, audit security logs etc etc etc.

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Quoting: StoneColdSpiderYeah Neo Bomberman was good fun...... You were right about (ahem) bombing through it by quarter feeding it..... But what do you expect it is an Arcade game after all...... I still had fun with it tho..... I really did dig the artstyle of it too..... Bomberman looked real nice on the Neo Geo......

It's a pretty title, for sure. Can't wait until I get to it, now!

Quoting: StoneColdSpiderYeah that lengh is about right its real short...... I watched a mate play it though the Steam Broardcast and yeah it was real short..... I think a lot of drugs were consumed during the making of that game..... Its quite strange.....

Hahaha! I breezed through it earlier and enjoyed every charming, weird, chill moment of it - it's really nice to be able to just kick back and enjoy a game that's intentionally short and easy every now and then, and this had exactly my sort of cute aesthetics, surreal/absurd humour, and everything. I'll definitely be picking up the other games in the series.

That aside, I got a little way into the fifth chapter of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, but there's no way that I'll be finishing it this weekend with less than an hour of Sunday left to go here! Still, I cleared both games that I knew I could finish, so I'm happy with that. These threads are really motivating for that!

Last edited by Pengling on 21 August 2022 at 10:08 pm UTC