♠ Update 3 July ♠

Been MIA, my bad.

It’s been two months since I’ve last posted. After the semester ended, I originally decided I’d take a couple weeks off from all non-required responsibilities as reward. Relaxation and all that.

But then I started to enjoy my summer, doing a whole lot more outdoors things like hiking, swimming in creeks etc (though this Saturday I’m going to an astronomy presentation on the size of the universe, go nerdy ass me), and only played a handful of games with my best game friends so I had nothing much to report here.

So those couple of weeks turned into a couple of months.

I do want to keep chipping away at my backlog, but I’m not sure how structured I’ll be for the remainder of the summer.

Currently on tap:

Dragon Cliff
222.7 hours playtime
69 of 70 achievements

Go go idle games! This is the most I’ve “played” any game the past two months and frankly I’ve really enjoyed it, even enough to have written a review on it which is rare for me as I’m not really into reviewing.

Currently I’m in the endgame dungeon with around 30 more levels to complete before I’ve officially 100% this title. I might possibly get there today. I really will need another replacement to see me through the season!

SpaceEngine
7.4 hours playtime
no achievements

This is not a game so much as a universe simulator, but I’ve found it so fascinating that I gifted someone else a copy so we can share coords of our discoveries and basically geek out together. You can DL a free older version online if you search, but this project is such a massive undertaking and yet so polished for what it is, I was happy to support its dev.

I have played a smattering of other games, mostly sessions with friends as said instead of linear singleplayers, but as I haven’t committed to finishing anything recently I don’t think it bears mentioning here.

Summer Sale:

I’ve sent more gifts than I’ve bought for myself, so far. I do miss the ability to keep game gifts stored on your account, summer sale is a good time to stock up on just-in-case gifts for surprise birthdays heh.

For myself, my notable purchases are Elite Dangerous (yay space, but ouch steep learning curve), Holdfast Nations At War (holy hell is this community fun), and the Monster Prom DLC cause a friend twisted my arm to get it so I can help her 100% her game.

Until next time,

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” - F.Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby