March 9-15, 2025
I finished two games in my last update so I started my next game Torment: Tides of Numenera. I also finally continued my co-op Tales of Phantasia playthrough! I potentially finally purchased my GPU to complete the new PC build, although it’s way more than I was looking to pay and has been stuck in “preparing” status for a few days now. We’ll see if it ships and if I can get a better deal in the meantime. Unlikely, but I can dream. This was also my last week of freedom, I’m officially back in the office full-time. I’ll try my best to keep up with the blog and YouTube channel as best as I can.
Game Acquisitions
Nothing was going to top my acquisitions from the itch.io charity mega-bundle last time. Still a handful of pickups, including the legendary Chrono Trigger (and its pseudo-sequel) which I somehow didn’t own. They were at historical lows and I didn’t want to pass up the opportunity.
# of Games: 10
Total Money Spent: $9.44
Price/Game: $0.94
Game Recaps
Only a small handful of hours played, but I feel like I’m getting into the rhythm of YouTube uploads. Right now I’m experimenting with videos that are roughly an hour long, so one gameplay session can be split into multiple videos. This helps keep the content flowing, even without me having to play everyday to make it happen.
It feels weird not talking about Final Profit anymore, that was the main topic of this blog all year. Now that I’m recording all my gameplay, there’s not as much to write about because you can see exactly what I did. In Torment, I fell from the sky, got glimpses of memories not my own, met my first companions, de-escalated my first potential combat encounter, and entered the first city. A lot of firsts obviously, it is the beginning of the game. Here’s my playthrough so far!
Took an unintentional month-long break from Tales, but my friend and I finally got another session in! Last week, we re-learned how to play (again), made our way to Euclid Village, and met our first new companion in the past!
TV/Movie Recaps
Here is everything I watched this week:
· Snowpiercer Season 3 Episodes 1-10 (still watching, show ended)
· Family Guy Season 23 Episode 4 (all caught up, show ongoing)
· American Dad Season 21 Episode 20 (all caught up, show ongoing)
· Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Only one season of Snowpiercer left ☹ Season 3 was kind of a weird one bringing characters back from the dead, people acting out-of-character, and conflicts that end shortly after they begin. Maybe this is why the original network canceled the show at this stage. I still liked it, it just felt weaker than the first two seasons. Hopefully it’s able to finish strong. I think I hyped up Close Encounters of the Third Kind too much in my head prior to watching it. I was envisioning one of the greatest sci-fi films ever made and it was…fine. No better or worse than other films I’ve seen from the time period. I didn’t expect the climax to be so orchestral though, that was interesting. And the mothership sounds were from a tuba! How fitting to write about it here.
Conclusion/Upcoming
Not gonna lie, I’m very bummed about the whole return to office thing. I know it’s going to affect me negatively, I’m just bracing to see by how much. I’m excited for the new GPU despite how much I paid for it. My computer is just falling apart from the 4K video editing. I suspect the hard drive is about to go, but the RAM, CPU, and GPU are all taking a hit too. It will be nice to utilize a fully modern PC again.
For movies and TV, I’ll be watching Snowpiercer all week. With the return to office, the number of episodes I watch per week will diminish since I can’t watch TV during my lunch break anymore. The next movie on my list is Trainspotting (with T2: Trainspotting coming next week). I’ve never seen it before but I’ve heard good things. Torment: Tides of Numenera will be on my list for several weeks, it’s a pretty long game. We’ll see if I still have time for co-op games to get a little Tales of Phantasia in too. Thanks for reading!
Backlog total: 3,158 (+7)
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