MyNameIsAtticus

I picked up Payday 2 for me and a few of my friends for the winter sale. It was only about $2.99 and i've heard good things about it. Me and one of my friends decided to boot it up ahead of the others. We know nothing about the game so figured having half of us have some semblance of an idea of what to do so we can guide the others would be a good idea. The screenshot is from my friend's no Mercy loadout. He picked something only a "professional thief" would pick. This is what he chose.

We ended up fucking up the stealth and having to fight our way through the equivalent of an army just to get to patient 0. I loved the detail of the virus worsening over time. It was really seeing a piece of Left 4 dead like that in the game, even if it's not cannon.

We also did the bank heist. I bought a silencer for my pistol so i went on ahead on the roof. There was a guard who patrolled the rooftop, so i crouched and waited to take him out where no one would see. My plan was to shoot him before he walked into the camera's view. I spent a long time waiting.

Overall the game was a lot of fun. I'm excited to walk my other friends through how to play so we hopefully have a full party. Maybe then stealth will be easier so we can split resources and communicate better.

During the winter sale today i picked up State of Decay 2 for me and my friend, so that's the game for today. From what i understand the multiplayer is frowned upon due to the tether, but it was a lot fun for us to play together regardless. I really like how this game does it's "story" too. The way it's very dynamic is fun and allows for you to have a original story every go around in my opinion. When starting, I took some survivors after skipping the tutorial. Right now is my favorite is Gerald:

I like his jaw. I'm a bit disappointed none of my Xbox saves transferred over, but i'll live.

I went ahead and cleared out three plague hearts while i was at it and moved my base. I appointed Gerald as the leader after helping out two other factions and then went and moved bases.

Me and my friend had to hike back after a supply run because the car ran out of fuel. On the way back we ran we ran into a tank and had to fight it with only a few rounds and a melee weapon. We managed to beat it with a sick ass animation when it got downed And then got home with the building supplies and built some barracks.

Today's game is minecraft. I played some more with my friends on the Cobblemon server. When they weren't looking i snuck off and found the stronghold. Unluckily the entire thing was empty, so i plopped in the two Eyes of Ender i had and went home. I found one ender pearl on my way home, but i need to gather 9 more.

Interestingly the Stronghold was kind of ripped apart and i got out in this cool mushroom cavern thing added by a mod in the modpack. It's probably Oh the Biomes you'll go that adds it but i'm not sure.

It almost makes me wish i had shaders because i'd love to see how this looks with them. The blue glow would look pretty i imagine.

On my way home i saw 4 polar bears in a row. There's not much too this one. I just thought it was funny seeing 4 of them in a row:

After i got home i worked some more on my base. I didn't get screenshots but i have this awesome perimeter wall going around it. I spend a good 30 minutes building it. I eventually want to build a second one and expand that out more so i have a large courtyard area. Maybe to put a ranch to watch my Pokemon.

Zomboid build 42 released today and i decided to give it a try. My character is Darren Floyd. He's a young 20 something Night Guard for the Knoxville Mall. I spawned in a house and made my way into town on foot, eventually making it to the Gas Station in the screenshot. I ended up clearing it out and making my base in there.

I also went down to the Basement of the Gas Station and checked it out. I found a lead pipe down there i took to replace my Baseball Bat and then sat on the stairs eating canned peaches.

The game added a ton of Ambience which i love as it adds to the feel of the game. There's wind wipping around and i'm pretty sure zombies make ambient noises. Doors swing open and the lighting has been expertly redone. While exploring the gas station i had to go into a dark hallway and used a lighter to see.

The way the lighter lit up the area raised tensions in an exciting way, as i didn't know what was down the hallway. For all i know there could be 10 zombies and i'd only be able to tell when i got close. Luckily there was only one though.

After taking him out back using the new dragging mechanic, i buried him and took his ID. I've started keeping a collection of IDs. I feel like it's something Darren would do to try and cope with it. After that though it crashed, which is to be expected for an Unstable build. So i ended up stopping there.

Today's game is Red Dead Online. I had a bunch of screenshots but Rockstar makes it annoying to get ahold of them. So i had to supplement for some clips i took instead.

Lately i've been wanting to play RDO, as December is one of my favorite times to play this game because the entire map is covered in Snow. Me and a friend got on and took a ride all the way up to Ambarino. After messing around at the waterfall for a bit (see exhibit A)

We rode up to Saint Denis. I would like to say i got some really pretty screenshots of the city, but Rockstar's Social Club compresses the camera photos to hell and back. So instead here's a clip of me trying to climb some scaffolding in the city and falling to my death:

After that we went to Valentine and got into a Shootout with the cops. Here's a Screenshot from outside the Saloon after i discovered how to obtain Molotov Cocktails and Dynamite. I try to avoid involving other players unless they join in, so no one else was shot at (or in town really for that matter). I know that's like the whole antithesis of a wild west outlaw-like game like this, but i try to treat other players how i would want to be treated. so i try to avoid actively picking a fight.

After that we went to Annesburg to hang my Friend's Horse for crimes against us during the shootout:

As it turns out. It is very hard to get a horse in the Gallows. After that we chose to sign off, as my collision was doing some wacky stuff and it was late anyways.

Silent Hill2 kept crashing, which is a shame because i planned to be almost done today. So instead i picked up Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb which i got from a Humble Bundle that i bought for a bunch of Lego Games. I didn't play much after i got a bug in the first level where i got caught on some collision.

I will say, it got a laugh out of me. But after having Silent Hill 2 Crash my Steam Deck my mood for video games was pretty soured.

Still, i have to say for the bugs and the graphical glitches. It's quite a pretty game. The water graphics are a personal 8/10 and honestly it looks really pretty.

I also got the experience of making Indy wield a Shovel as a weapon which was fun. Something about a man known for his whip and rarely pistol using a shovel to beat the crap out of people is funny to me.

I also had one more bug i noticed, which was Indy's hat vanishes on the Pause Menu.

Today's game is Silent Hill 2. I finally decided to get back to it since i had a full day to myself and i ran out of Nyquill to treat my fever, so sleep wasn't an option. I took this screenshot over the bridge right before the garden.

I also got this fun shot of the prison right before jumping in:

The angle took a lot of setup due to the way i had it orientated inverting the controls. I really like how it turned out though. It's really cool.

And finally, there was this one of the Otherworld Town. I love how the town looks at night, the game went above and beyond with the details. The puddles are perfect, and the lights look so realistic.

I stopped at the prison because I had finally gotten ahold of some Nyquill, but i'm glad to have gotten some shots. Especially the main one. I really like how that turned out. Here's a final picture i want to share of the pit i took for fun:

Today i decided to take it easy now that my Week is starting to lay off. I decided to Celebrate both 150 days and All my Finals finishing up, by playing a game important to me. I ended up playing Super Mario 64.

I have very fond memories of playing this on the Wii with the virtual console. The lagoon specifically seen in this image used to terrify me. When i was younger i guess i didn't understand where the water ended so it looked like a endless plane of water. I was terrified something was out there in the water. Swimming in it was a scar experience. I also have really vivid memories of the Grate nearby purely because i spent so much time here:

Another fond Memory of this game i have is King Bombomb. Something about his boss fight is so memorable to me. I don't know if it's because it's simple but fun, or just that i've played it so many times. I wouldn't mind if he came back in a new Mario game though like with Whomp's Fortress in Galaxy 2

If you notice the icons on the bottom left, that's emuchievments from decky. I wanted to try and get an achievement with it, so i did one where i have to walk to the top of the mountain. I ended up clipping it because something about it stood out to me. I think it's surreal to see mario walking around when usually he's jumping.

I only ended up doing Bombomb battlefield, but i cleared all Stars Except the 100 coin one

I woke up this morning and found that Assassin's Creed Unity, Black Flag, and Syndicate all have steam achievements

I don't know about anyone else, but i'm excited. Black Flag and Unity are some of my Favorite games of All time and i'd always wanted to 100% them, but not being able to showcase it has made it a bit hard to find the motivation. What do other people think?

Today's game is Cobblemon. I kept playing on the server my friends put together. Oddly enough I had a bug where my Dugtrio got cloned (seen above). The duplicate is still currently there. I guess it's part of the landscape now.

I also had this incredibly close call in the nether, where i walked off a cliff and just barley was saved by this gemstone outcrop from Oh the Biomes you'll go

On the return trip back from the Nether i caught a Dewgong which looks really fucking dorky.

In more fun news, i dug out some more of my quarry. Now i have a Iron Level and a Diamond level to my Pinwheel Mine, each covering a 100 m^2^ area. Every once and a while I'll have a friend pop in and they'll be astonished at how much i've dug, which is fun.

Today's game is Oxygen Not Included. Every once and a while i'll hop into this game and just build a colony. Usually they go to shit real fast though. This one i decided to try scheduling my duplicates, so i have them split between night shifts and day shifts equally.

If you'll look to the right of the image, you'll see the Piss Pit. That's where i have them dump all the dirty water until i get something to clean it. I also have them constructing a cafeteria for them to eat in. I figured they probably need one, and especially a kitchen to produce food in. I want to get a farm started too feed them better food.

I also have a "warehouse" built to the left. And by Warehouse i mean like 8 Storage containers i'm too lazy to organize. The first one is algae though so they can get to it in an emergency. I've also built a generator room, with two beds under it. that's where the generator staff sleeps, so it's harder for the power to go out. If the power goes out then everything goes bad real fast and i don't want my little guys dying.

Here's an extra picture of an older colony that my friends have taken to calling the Mess, because it's such a jumbled mess of wires, pipes, vents, and beds.

Today's game is Silent Hill 2 Remake. After the crisis with the Steam Deck I seemed to have saved it. I need to look more into how to solve my problem but I suspect it's a physical issue with the power button. Right now I have to unplug the battery if the Steam Deck shuts down in order to get it to turn on which is far from ideal or safe.

I went ahead and made my way through the Otherworld Southvale and went back to the Diner for an echo. This screenshot was taken of the Jukebox. I like this moment because I feel like it's the first real glimpse you get behind the Curtain once James starts to realize what's going on.

I also got some more fun street photograph:

The streets of Silent Hill are so much fun to photograph. There's like 30 more I didn't upload to share just because I couldn't pick a favorite. So I limited myself to two.

I ended up calling my Gaming Session short today though because I need to prepare for some upcoming things and my Steam Deck deserves a rest after it's close encounter with Death yesterday lol. I'm going to try Rubbing Alcohol and reseating the power button to see if that helps whatsoever. We'll see though, I'm hoping it's not the Actual button on the Mobo because that would be hell to repair. If it is I hope I can figure out an alternative because I really don't want to replace that button.