I started Alan Wake 2, and man, I forgot how terrifying and fun it is. I’m having a blast. And since the last time I played, they added photo mode! I’m particularly proud of . But idk if it’s just me, but after having fairly recently played the first Alan Wake, this game feels like there’s a lot less enemies? Especially when walking through the woods. Like a couple will pop up here and there, but a lot of the walking from one place to another is just… walking. Maybe I should have bumped the difficulty up to Hard lol. I’ve also already gotten through two of the Night Springs episodes, since they added them in game, which I thought was pretty cool. I’m really excited to get to the Lake House expansion.

Found all the collectables and filled out the ability tree in Control! I’m a little sad to put this game away, but there’s not much more I can do in it. I could try maxing out the weapon mods, but there really is no reason to do so, so I’m moving on.

I was holding off on restarting Alan Wake 2 until after the Thanksgiving holiday, so I’ve been back at it again with Subnautica. I’ve got three bases so far, and now I’m working on building out a bunch of ion batteries and power cells for my equipment and Cyclops sub. I really wish you could get the ion stuff earlier in the game, since it’s fairly close to the end, but I’m going to see what more I can do before finishing this out.

I finished the main game for Control, and the DLCs and the side quests, and got all the outfits, but I’m still not ready to put it away, so now I’m just working on finding all the collectables and filling out the ability tree.

Popped in to Diablo 3: Season 33 for a little bit. Chose the Crusader this round, but I’m not feeling super motivated to get through the season quickly.

Finally got through the final boss in Quantum Break. I really wish there was a sequel. Beth deserves the best.

I’m not sure how canon Alan Wake’s American Nightmare is for the overall Remedy Universe (the game itself says it’s kind of a alt reality, like a dream within a dream), but, like with Quantum Break, there are references to it in Alan Wake 2, so here we are lol. Besides, it’s a fun, short game, so why not. I was a little sad I couldn’t re-pick up documents (as I’ve played this a couple times before), but going back through them there is a surprisingly large amount of lore that’s dropped if you do consider this canon. Overall, I’m glad I played it.

Currently working through Control, and I’ve made a surprisingly large amount of progress story wise. It might be a bad idea that I am doing a replay, since I’ll want to collect every single little thing again, and that might take a while, but I love this game, so I won’t complain too much. Also, I absolutely forgot that they straight up mention Mr. Door. When I first played this game, it was before I played Quantum Break, so when “Mr. Door” popped up I was very confused, and by the time I got to Quantum Break I had forgotten the comment, I didn’t make the Door/Hatch connection. So it was a cool light bulb moment that makes me glad I’m going through the Remedy games again.

I finished Max Payne but idk how I ever got through the first couple times I played it… I had so much trouble this round that I would be seriously stuck if it wasn’t for console commands T_T I briefly thought about playing Max Payne 2, but thinking about the final fight in that game is kind of off putting, so I’ll leave it be.

I originally wasn’t going to go through Quantum Break again, but since I had already decided on playing Max Payne and Control, I thought, what the hell, it’s a great game so I’ll go another round in it. Besides, Alan Wake 2 technically does reference it, so… lore! Plot points! The game is still great fun, incredibly underrated, but I am a little miffed that I now had to install the show episodes to watch them. Not a huge deal, but having to stop and wait a few hours for all the versions to download took me out of the moment.

Started a new playthrough of Subnautica to do between Remedy games. I’m trying to explore more and utilize the beacons and the scanner room, and man, I’ve already come across stuff I haven’t seen before. This might end up being a game I put on regular rotation as a “filler” game, like Mad Max or V:TM Bloodlines.

Yeah, same here. The mount was pretty neat, but I couldn’t get the Butcher to spawn either. I should have put “event” in quotes, because it really didn’t feel like I did anything. I kind of wish they had done something like the Midwinter thing they did last year where you had to complete world events for currency for the cosmetics.

Popped back into Diablo 4 for a couple nights for their Halloween event.

Finished Alan Wake and its DLCs! I always forget how much I love this game. It makes me very happy to have replayed it again.

Next on the Remedy list is Max Payne, which I just started last night. I also love this game, but man, I always forget how terrible I am at it. I don’t know if it’s because it’s an older game or because I play with mouse and keyboard, but my coordination is absolutely abysmal. But, I’m still having fun, and that’s all that matters.

That’s kind of where I am now: I have T3 unlocked, but I’m not happy with the rate at which I’m killing stuff at that level in the Pit, so I’m upgrading what I can until I’m more comfortable there.

Oh, that’s good to know that the drop rate isn’t just me then, haha. I’m on Torment 2, and thought about moving up, but if the drop rate isn’t any better, I’ll just stay where I am for now.

Technically finished out the season journey and “campaign” rewards for Diablo 4: Season 6, now I’m just going for 100% completion and the rest of the battle pass rewards. I’m thinking it might take me a while, since for whatever reason ancestral items don’t drop that often for me, and the last thing I have to do is salvage 100 of them. It might have to do with the Torment level I’m on, but since the season doesn’t end until the end of January, I’m not too worried.

Speaking of Diablo, I was going to complete Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred with my OG campaign Necromancer, but I was having so much fun with my seasonal Rogue that I started working on and finished the DLC with her instead. Not sure how I feel about the ending of the expansion, since leaves a very big opening for more expansions (or d5?) and doesn’t really feel finished as far as the story goes.

Since The Lake House DLC came out this past week for Alan Wake 2, I’ve decided to replay (most) things Remedy, starting with Alan Wake, of course. I’m playing the remaster, which looks a lot better than I remember playing it for the first time. And while replaying it after having played AW2, I didn’t realize there were SO MANY references they stuck in referring to the sequel. Hell, even the QR codes that were just fun little things in the pc port have been turned into straight up references. It’s been so fun to replay.

Finally started in on Diablo 4: Season 6, and it was a little bit of a pain leveling up with the new system, but once I got into the paragon boards, man, things really took off. I am in love with my Dance of Knives Rogue. She is mowing down mobs like they’re nothing. It’s only been a week and I’m already on the Slayer chapter for season objectives. At this rate I’ll be done faster than my Necromancer last season.

Played Amnesia: The Bunker (again, lol) one night for a couple more achievements: never dropping/storing an item and playing through the whole game without saving. I was also trying to go for three with one about taking out a bunch of rats, but for some reason I could never get more than a group of 4. Oh well.

I second Quantum Break. When I first started that game, I wasn’t sure if I would like it, but it was fantastic!

I was addicted to Sam’s Hatch Chile Cheese Flavored Peanuts from the first time I tried them while walking by one of their many sample carts. They were a limited run, so I was very sad when Sam’s stopped carrying them. But, they did start stocking the seasoning itself, so I got that going for me.

Every time someone does that it weirds me out because in the 90s telling (and asking) people those things would have been such a suspicious, sketchy move.

And now it’s come 180 in that some see it as a red flag if you don’t give up that information. I had someone on a different social media site accuse me of being a bot because I wouldn’t give up the specific town I’m from. I’ve seen it happen to others too. It is both fascinating and insane how viewpoints have changed regarding identifying yourself online.

I haven’t had much time to game any this week, but I have been working on what I have left for Diablo 3: Season 32 during down time. I’m not confident that I’ll complete it in the next week when the season ends, but that’s ok.

I’m really eager to start Diablo 4’s Vessel of Hatred, but I think I’m going to work on Season 6 first this next week.

I’ve been trying to cross off some of my “in progress” games, ones I’ve been working on off and on over the past few months, so I can make room for new ones.

After sitting on it for months, I finally got around to finishing my second playthough of Lies of P. I went for the “Real boy” ending, and man, I really had to fight the urge to start a third round. I really like the combat and 99% of the characters.

Cleaned up the rest of the map for Mad Max, with the exception of collecting all the vehicles, since that’s kind of a pain to do. Much like Lies of P, I was a bit tempted to start another playthough lol.

Maxed out all the glyphs for my Scorcerer in Diablo 4: Season 5, so it’s set aside until I come back from a planned vacation this week. I’m not sure how I’ll handle a new season and a new dlc, AND a new leveling system all at the same time, but I’ll figure it out.

I’ve into the goth scene for about two thirds of my life now, and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked if I’m sad or depressed. Back in college I showed up to class with some elbow length fingerless gloves, and the dude I usually sat next to practically tore them off because he thought I was covering up cutting myself. His defense was “I have a friend who dresses kind of like you, and they were those gloves to cover up scars.” Well, my dude, I am not your friend and you now no longer have a study partner. I sat elsewhere the rest of the semester.

I’ve started working on portion control. I don’t necessarily eat “bad” food, but I tend to gorge out when it comes to meal time, which hasn’t been great for my weight. But I’m finally sick of not being able to wear some of my favorite shirts anymore, and it’ll be good for my overall heath anyway.

Working on a last hurrah for Diablo 4: Season 5, just finishing up max leveling glyphs for my Scorcerer before I completely set it aside for next season.

Right when I was getting bored playing Sims 3 in my current save, my eldest… disappears. I mean, I saw her die, the Grim Reaper showed up and got her, but that means nothing to this buggy mess of a game. She left no tombstone or anything. So, my current save now is now at four generations, due to an adoption. But, I’m at a point where I want to play other stuff, so this game’s going back on the shelf for a while until I need another reset.

Finished Amnesia: The Bunker and managed to get a couple achievements out of it. I might do some serious achievement hunting, but I also kind of want to play a new game, so we’ll see how this week goes.

The biggest complaint I’ve had lately is that it will randomly alter my route without letting me know when or why. More than one it has told me to turn when the route it showed me before I hit “start” did not have a turn at that point.