i do not like the sims
11-06-2024
but i sure as hell will play it for a blip to get out my desperate need to make them. it's this itch i have to scratch, man. so, that's what i've been doing lately.


most of my driver for downloading sims again was me wanting to try to make bruce wayne and grayson. i'm not entirely sure how well i did at making bitch wayne accurate to any one of his portrayals, but i like him regardless.

bruce wayne sim. maybe bad

i dunno. i looked at a decent amount of reference while i was doing it, but i'm never confident in these things unless it's an OC. if you want a CC list i am sorry i'm too tired right now, but i might do something for that sometime...inthenextfiveyearscough. i'm exhausted, man.
grampa plays roblox
10-23-2024
sorta. i'm not huge into the game. don't think i played it back when other virtual worlds were still around. mostly because i was too busy with Fantage and Woozworld.

now that i'm not active on any of those old places anymore, my endless craving for customized avatars is forever gnawing at me. that is the motivation i had for making a Roblox account.

i made it a bit ago, but just like an elderly person, i was confused, slow, and tired while trying to figure out how to use it. i didn't understand anything and i didn't want to play with other people. last night/this morning i took the time to play a game for once (My Hello Kitty Cafe Tycoon) and sort out a new outfit. bought everything for around 780-790. not too bad, i guess. i'm not sure what is good pricing in the game. still an old coot who doesn't know what she's doin'.

꒰ if you know any other cute, chill, or otherwise fun singeplayer games on Roblox, drop a message in my guestbook. i'm desperate for good games. ꒱


i enjoy outfit making, so i'm likely to spend most of my time making them even if i never plan on wearing the stuff myself. i think i'd like the game more if i could sort through and look at singleplayer modes more easily. playing with others isn't so bad though. i went into a keroppi race semi-accidentally. didn't realize others would be there since the game was advertised as being one player, but there were people.

despite my reservations, my love for obstacle courses, parkour, and racing greatly outweighed my anxiety and i played a few rounds. finished in last a few times because i kept falling into the void or i wasn't navigating the map efficiently, but i got second place a few times after learning the maps more. that was cool.
minecraft mondays
08-27-2024
been playing minecraft lately. i've always been the sort to start a world, play for a day, then trash the save. minecraft is one of those games that i enjoy the aesthetic of but find boring in practice. that being said, i have been finding reasons to keep playing this newest save and that's fun.

normally i'll go ahead and do the basic "defeat the dragon" quest, but i wanted to start building and sorting my stuff before all of that. the point of this new world is for me to practice building since i am in love with cool minecraft builds despite being bad at making stuff myself.


a big thing i've been doing is stopping to make little texture additions. like this one for the typical crops when they reach their full growth stage. i find it difficult to tell the difference between the last two stages unfortunately, so i had to do something to see it.

another one was the marshmallow twist sugarcane swap. just for fun since i was getting bored of the sugarcane texture. originally, i wanted it to be golden but i couldn't get the colour right. later found out that that was because of an overlay. i changed the parent block thing to something untinted so i'll probably try the golden sugarcane again.

if you're interested, you can download both the packs here. i've got them hosted with catbox, so the zip has a random name that i can't change. not a big deal. just unzip and put one or both folders into your resourcepacks folder.

let me know if it doesn't work right for some reason. i've tested it back and forth, but i always get paranoid about my stuff not working.
first time back on palia in a bit
07-31-2024
so, my last post was about Palia. i was playing it pretty obsessively when the Hotpot craze took over and i dropped it. thought i would ride out the plushie thing and pop back on when things were better.

i'm still not sure when the prize wheel fever will go, but i got on anyway. when i first loaded in, i wasn't sure what to expect out of the Underground... but an empty server wasn't it.


not a soul besides myself. i ended up enjoying a nice few games of hotpot with the AI! had some good games with people after that. didn't feel rushed. no one was mad at me. good shit.


oh, and i got the loot in The Tower. i went in by accident while looking for an exit to Bahari in the Underground (not sure it exists). decided to try it out again. took a few runs to get to the loot, but i'm getting better.


gonna try to tackle the second half later on.z
it's actually good
06-26-2024
i've been playing hella Palia in the midst of my increasing proximity to another meltdown. it's done a lot for me, to be honest.



made a lot of progress in my relationships with the villagers and i've cleared a decent amount of quests. i haven't gotten around to decorating my house yet because i don't have a ton of excess gold, but hopefuly i'll find a solid money making strat to get me there. until then, i'm holding off and making note of what i like of the furniture.



so far, i like the game so much that i'm planning a cosmetic purchase. i don't have the money for it now, but i think i've got at least two outfits in mind. i'll only be choosing one, but either would be nice. the royal purple fiscal free colourway for the buccaneer set is great and i like the baker/cook top.

i'm choosing Reth as my shepp because i'm big on cooking IRL, so i think i'll end up with that one later if i get the pirate one first.
quivering in quickplay
06-11-2024
guess who just jumped into OW quickplay and has caught a major headache somehow! this guy.

user sleepycub has refused to comment on the quality of this video.


ah, Overwatch. it was around 2018 when i bought my first computer with a GPU to play it. fast forward some years and it is now 2024 and we have Overwatch 2. i don't have any strong feelings about it, but i do have strong feelings about co-op FPS in general. those feelings are mad anxiety.

because of the new progression stuff and my itch to see if i'm not straight up garbage, i hopped into QP after literal years of being too scared to play. always told myself i would go when i was ready. guess i was ready today. for one match, anyway.

since i don't have Junkrat unlocked (damn this progression shit), i played my secondary boy, Reaper.

my aim was not great. probably due to the shaking, panicky jumping, and also bc i cannot see properly with the atrocious quality i have to play in to make OW run on my laptop. still went cool. i got some good kills and we won both rounds on Busan. fun even if it was scary. had some nice and cooperative teammates. we were a little scattered at times, but we pulled through.

today's lesson


what i've learned is that i have tons of improving to do... and i will probably not do it. i still can't stand playing QP without someone to hold my hand. dunno when i'll do it again.
the beginning with palia
06-02-2024
i've been on the hunt for new chill games for a while now. something with farming, romanceable NPCs, cooking, clothing, etc.

had my eye on Palia thanks to some youtube videos sharing new and upcoming cozy titles. after avoiding it due to its MMO style of play, i decided it was time to try it out.


i'm not far into the game, having only just finished my house and gotten my glider earlier today, but i can firmly say that i like it so far. there are a few pros and cons, but that's not unexpected.

some things i like

  • the characters
  • resource gathering methods
  • decoration possibilities
  • movement/how your character gets around the map
  • the NPCs not being stuck in one spot

some things i don't like

  • (initially) resource collection in regards to other players *1
  • lack of a good outfit shop for non-premium in-game currency
  • having to pay to fast travel *2
  • no minimap in the top corner
  • not being able to mass-cook

꒰ 1 ꒱ the whole shared looting system is not for me. i wish they had a different one where if you're within a certain radius of another player who is mining something, you get the resource (or partial since you didn't do the work). or perhaps an easier marking system that anonymously calls out the exact location of nodes and highlights them for everyone in the server when a player finds it. instead of players flaring and typing into chat.
i asked about all this on reddit and a bunch of people notified me that i can be my ol' closed off self and not bother unless it's a big flow tree or a grove. i am now satisfied with that.

꒰ 2 ꒱ you can fast travel using the boards at different stables, which i was excited for at first, but i realize you need currency to do it. a bit bummed because i'm broke, so i'll be running and gliding everywhere lul.


overall, i think i'm gonna keep playing. it's nice. i'll get over the clothing thing and work on decorating my home after i get rich instead.
it's over, dawg
05-11-2024
started up MWII again and got into Ghost Team properly. not sure if the newer graphics driver update fixed it or what, but i'm both glad and upset that i got through it.


despite replaying being a thing, i'm never quite ready for a game to end. there's just something about finishing a storyline that rips my heart out and stakes it. it may not even be the best story ever, but it's oddly bittersweet.

i swept through Ghost Team without much issue besides a few hiccups. mainly due to stupid accidents and mispresses.
the only part that gave me trouble was

the Graves tank battle. mainly because of the Shadows chasing me around. the tank itself was more of a lazy opponent.



i eventually made my way to the building with Rudy and set up at the second floor. lobbed C4 at the tank, like, twice and it was over. caught me off guard 'cause i thought it'd take a little more than that. turns out an RPG and a few bombs works fine.


Countdown was fucken awful. not because of difficulty (note: scumbag Bear mostly played on Regular), but because i hated Alone solely due to it being scary. i love horror games, but i do not like playing horror games. Alone and Countdown can suckle my jewels.
it was bad enough crawling around the rain-soaked streets trying to get Soap to the church. as soon as i saw the ability to pick up materials in Countdown, i was cursing whoever decided to turn the game into Resident Evil.


that being said, i probably got caught only once. i'm not sure if i'm surprised at how easy the game was or what. i am still quaking in my boots over those two missions, though.

so, yeah. it's over. i've officially finished the MWII storyline. i am now sad. i don't want MWIII because some asshole spoiled the big thing in a stream chat as soon as they could.

i know i'd be miserable if i tried getting through it. i haven't even bothered watching any more playthroughs and won't because of that decision. what i will do is never see it for myself and acknowledge only the version of the story in my head where everything is fine and dandy.



behold, my only achievements
modern warfare II
05-07-2024
i got MWII on sale a while ago, but my laptop was terrible. laggy as hell and the graphics were atrocious. decided to update my graphics (iris xe (￢_￢)...) and clear my space. downloaded the game again and fired it up. turns out i can play it.


my fps count was horrid on paper, being only 25-35 most times, but it's been a mostly smooth. lag spikes have been a rarity. i'm glad, too. my favourite mission so far has been Recon By Fire since i tend towards sniping in shooters. i'm almost sorry if you hate snipers in PVP. i can see how they're not fun to play against, but crisp shots take skill and i do love a challenge.


the mission wasn't hard, though. probably will be on anything other than regular, but i want to get the whole storyline down before upping the difficulty.


the price and gaz missions were great. pretty chill. well, aside from the one where gaz has to hop vehicles and what not. that one was a little more energetic, but it was still fun and not too hard.

i did get annoyed when i tried hopping trucks and the truck i was originally on decided it was sonic and wanted to outrun the other :o|


unfortunately, i haven't finished the campaign yet. i stopped at Ghost Team because there was a weird glitch where i was seeing a blinding light while moving forward. apparently, it's not just a me thing. still haven't found a fix :o\

if you have a fix pls comment on my profile. i don't have a comment box set up yet (;￣ー￣川