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This week I played some Endacopia.

Endacopia is point and click adventure game that is just bazar. I played the demo for it a few years ago on itch.io and was fascinated, but at the time it was just a demo with no release date. But having released late last month I got to play some.

It’s definitely one of the more surreal games I’ve played, with some horror elements mixed with a little bit of Pajama Sam silliness. Every screen feels like a different idea that got stitched together at the end, not in a haphazard way, but in a trying to make every screen interesting and fresh, which appeals to me.

I also very much enjoy the casual switch between 2D pixel art and 3D modals.

I feel a bit bad not talking about anything that happens in the game, but I wouldn’t want to spoilers it, and I don’t even fully understand what’s happening in the first place.

How’s everyone else doing this week?

Episode 9 of Girls und Panzer: Last ditch effort! starts with a flashback: the Japanese Ministry of Education and a bunch of other stuff, Bureau of School Ships, has decided to consolidate schools to save money.

The bureaucrat meeting with the Oarai School Council tells them the Ministry is starting with schools that have no notable achievements or programs. “Oarai used to have an accomplished Sensha-do team, but that’s been gone for a while…” which prompts Anzu to respond, “Oh! So we’ll restart the Tankery program! You wouldn’t shut down the school with the winning team!”

Continue reading ⟩⟩ “Girls und Panzer: Last ditch effort!”

Paige Francis He/him

In addition to Dark Souls and Dave the Diver I’ve been playing All The Mods 10, the Minecraft modpack. I have probably thousands of hours of Minecraft experience but I’ve never worked through a big modpack like ATM10 until now. Recently I had a realization, though. I had spent dozens of hours in this pack optimizing and automating my way to being incredibly overpowered without doing much exploring. I can now wander around one-shotting basically everything. There’s no challenge anymore. I’m bored.

Continue reading ⟩⟩ “The Masculine Urge to Ruin My Own Playthroughs”

Ethan Rodgers

This week I’m too tired to write much words.

Multiple extremely busy days and little time to rest.

But I still want to know what everyone else is doing. So, what is everyone doing?

Issac Young Youngest child of Shamus Young. He/Him

I’ve been playing a game called “Dave the Diver” a lot as of late. It’s an indie game that oozes charm from its graphics and art style to its writing and sense of humor, it’s just a really awesome presentation with gameplay that I really enjoy. However, when you spend 20 minutes to a half hour exploring the ocean depths capturing and harvesting fish and then just get stuck in a bad spot where a shark combos you to death before you have much chance to react, it pisses me off. I don’t like wasting my time.

Continue reading ⟩⟩ “Difficult vs Punishing”

Ethan Rodgers

This week, I don’t know.

I know I played a bit of Stardew valley. But this week was busy, so it’s kind of a blur.

Something of note is that I’ve been working on getting my GED. I’ve been enjoying learning math, most notably surface area and volume. Currently working on radicals, not as fun, but still interesting.

What’s everyone else doing?

Issac Young Youngest child of Shamus Young. He/Him

I’m the gamer who plays certain titles to death, multiple replays exploring every option. While this makes sure I squeeze every ounce of enjoyment for every dollar I spend, it also means I miss a lot of games. Last month PS ran a sale on old titles (probably to increase digital sales do they can justify banning hardcopies) and I finally got around to buying Red Dead Redemption. I’ve been hearing about it for 16 years, so I figured I should get around to it.

Continue reading ⟩⟩ “What is an RPG?”

Patrick Young I was part of a dare where a friend had to get 'psycho killer' tattooed on his ass. His name is Chris and lives in Alabama. To be clear: He's probably not an actual psycho killer.