The weather has been so nice that I’m spending a lot of my free time outside, so I’ve really only been playing idle games that I can ignore for a few hours at a time and then pay attention to for 5 minutes.

Reactoridle is my favorite, but I also play Swarm Simulator and Shark Game.

I do have an appointment to play Minecraft with my grandson on Thursday, so I’m looking forward to that.

• OpenRA on PC (I totally suck 😅)
• Some Mario Kart
• GTA V on PS4 again but I consider getting it for the Steamdeck 🤔

Haven’t played much this month, as I was focused on other things, but I finally played Unbeatable’s story. I think it was a bit messy, but I still liked it.

I’ve also started playing Absolum with a friend and we found it pretty fun. Meanwhile I’ve also been playing Blazblue Entropy Effect which IMO plays better but lacks the “style” of Absolum.

I’ve also started Potionomics this weekend, it’s surprisingly stressful and probably a bit too hard for me. I’ve also just started La-Mulana 2.

I don’t have much time for gaming lately, but I found a couple of minutes this weekend to try out Gnomes.

From what I have seen, I cannot recommend this game enough.

The new Moomin game is very chill (pun intended)

Also playing a lot of Below the Crown, which is a chess based roguelike from the developers of Duskers

Ah, and rolled credits on Pragmata!

Alabaster Dawn has just released into early access and it’s been absolutely incredible so far. I’m only about an hour in, but the combat feels really good, with tight movements and quick action. The story is interesting, and the graphics are astonishing pixel art. If you’re interested in action rpg’s at all, pick this one up!

Last two weeks I have been playing a lot of Euro Truck Simulator 2, very relaxing game just driving trough the new maps (It looks so much better compared to when I bought it years ago). This weekend I also started playing Core Keeper, just a few hours in so far, but it seems like a fun underground survival game.

Been taking turns with my SO playing Bore Blasters. It’s a vampire survivor like, I think, but the experience is smoother. It’s not something I’d have played for long on my own, since the constant rewards and positive feedback overwhelms my brain a bit, but taking turns it’s great fun.

Also started ship of fools and creatures of Ava, don’t mind either so far.

I keep wanting to replay Silksong but I should wait until the first DLC comes out…

I played through the most of Enderal. It’s a full on new story and world built on Skyrim. So if you own a copy, no need to buy it again. It’s free already. It’s a grimmer world with rebalanced and new RPG elements, a lot of quests. A dense, interesting world and story, good voice acting and charachters in my opinion.

I’ve been playing my favourite kind of cozy point-and-click adventure on PC… Doom Eternal. (The demons are the puzzle and you point and click until it is done.) (Doom 2016 is better, tho - no Marauders, more ammo, more upset Hayden…)

As for phone, I’ve been trying out Google PlayPass and it might be the only Google service I keep using (unless/until I find a non-google alternative). I love no longer seeing ads or microtransactions in games. Some games I tried:

• Mini Metro (fun subway/tram/train network building game with daily challenges)
• Monument Valley (puzzle game about impossible architecture, alien geometries, and regret)
• There Is No Game (looks inside, finds game. False advertising smh my head)
• Human Resource Machine (great programming puzzle game, terrible IDE)
• Machinarium (cute robot-themed puzzle game from at least 10, possibly 20 years ago… UI design didn’t age well)
• INMOST (small horror metroidvania-ish adventure thingy)

bg3. just got minsc and doing my level 12 builds. will search for endgame equipment after that.

I’ve returned to “Foundry” for the latest early access update that added trains. I haven’t played since the EA release last year. It’s shaping up to be pretty good! All the factory goodness from Factorio and Satisfactory but with Minecraft lije destructible terrain.

I’ve had a lot of gaming time on my hands being sick all weekend. I started another Sims4 game and have been playing the new Tomadochi Life on Switch. I think I enjoy the relationship system on Tomadochi life better, but speedrunning relationships does have its place with limited game time.

I’m trying a 100 baby challenge with the updated rules so I’ll see how far I get before I fail or get tired of it. Taking care of babies feels way more grind-y now since the last time I tried this.

Also, I’m super stoked for Paralives early access on May 25th.

Screamer! I’ve been wanting an arcade racing game to sink my teeth into and this is it. It’s probably the most technical arcade racer I’ve played: gas and brake are left and right trigger, no surprises there. The steering is where it gets interesting. The left stick does make your car turn left and right, but only ever so slightly. Steering with just that even in a slightly sharper bend will result with car in wall. Instead, you’re supposed to make use of the right joystick, which is basically drift on command. If anyone’s familiar with the game Inertial Drift, it’s pretty much that. You also have to m

In addition to this, the game is aggressive. After a certain point in the campaign, you get access to the strike mechanic, which is a short boost that insta-kills anyone it comes in contact with. There’s also boosting, shields, overdrive (which is the strike mechanic, except it’s always on until the gauge runs out, but the slightest contact with the wall will blow you up), etc. AND if that’s not enough, each driver has an ability. For example, one driver can get two boosts in a row, another gets bonus boosts and strikes whenever they K.O. an opponent, etc. It’s super fun.

If anyone’s into arcade racing, definitely try this out. Just sail the high seas first to see if it’s for your or not, the game unfortunately does not have a demo.

Finished my Dark Urge Baldur’s Gate 3 run. The duel with Orin was surprisingly troublesome, and it took me a few tries to defeat her, but otherwise it was a pretty smooth run. Since I resisted the urge, it was mostly the same as my other “good” playthroughs, apart from the couple of additional scenes and dialogue.

For now, I’ll take a couple of months break from the game, and wait a bit for the next playthroughs.

Then I tried Vampire Crawlers, the deck building dungeon crawler spin-off of Vampire Survivors. I’m not really into these genres, but gave it a shot because of the Vampire Survivors connection.

I think the way the different items, mechanics, enemies, levels, etc. got translated into a completely different kind of game is pretty neat, but the chest opening animation is seriously lacking. It’s the best in Vampire Survivors, and I have it as my Steam Deck boot up video, but it’s just completely missing here. A massive oversight.

Otherwise, the game is fine, the combo mechanic is fun, but it did get kinda boring and samey after about 10 hours.

Right now I’m in between games, waiting for my Steam Controller to arrive and Forza Horizon 6 to launch, so I’m just playing a bunch of Overwatch. My biggest gripe with the game is as always the matchmaking. It got better since the recent re-launch, but it’s still pretty bad.