MyNameIsAtticus

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.

Today's game is Pokemon Platinum. My steam deck decided today was a lovely day to have a stroke and crash so hard the power button won't respond. Seeing as how I had a whole day with nothing to do and with me being in a Pokemon mood the last few days, I elected to play Platinum to get a Sinnoh dex to add to my Unova Dex.

This screenshot was taken south of Sandgem town on the coast. I love this game's entire region as it has that lovely Moody feel winter has with the snow everywhere. I also love how the region is split in too and you need to pass through the mountains to get to one side too the other. It's the same feel as that scene in the LoTR films with Caradhras.

My party passing through Mount Coronet

I've so far caught 4 Pokemon for my party.

as you can see, so far on Dillon II remains standing after the first route. This is because Dillon II is better than Dillon. Dillon II will not fail me like Dillon did because Dillon II is better in every conceivable way and carried the entire time with just Tackle. I also called my starter Harold and the Bird Steven.

Today's game is Cobblemon/Minecraft(?). I got invited by some friends to play with them on a server they set up, and immediately took off like it was a contest. Currently i've got a Munchlax (soon to be a Snorlax) named Uncle Tony, a Meowscarada, Buizel, Primeape, Jolteon, and a Lopunny. Most of them are just temporary placeholders i snagged on the go (Uncle Tony is going to stay for sure though as he's iconic). The screenshot is of Uncle Tony on the Stairs of a 100*100 Pinwheel Mine i setup at diamond level.

I have a running theme of doing different castle/fort types for my bases, and after doing a Series of Trench fortifications last time i played with these friends (we had ice and fire which made them very warranted), i decided to try the one Castle type i haven't touched so far, which is a Japanese style castle. I'm still doing research into them because i love to make them as authentic as possible, but this is what i have so far:

I used Macaw's paper sliding doors, but i plan to swap those out at some point as they just don't look right when compared to any proper castles as far as i can tell. Right now they're just a placeholder for when i get in and out (and so my friends will stop complaining about my lack of doors).

There's also a lower perimeter wall thing i'm trying to find the proper name for just below this level, along with a moat. I also want to get my hands on some different blocks as the current blocks i have don't look authentic. I plan to look into what kind of materials that are usually used in order to make it more in-line with the real deal, hopefully.

I also got this creepy ass photo of a Endermen with a Pokemon Resource pack i got that makes him look like Gonzo's Tall Purple cousin. I think it's supposed to be a Haunter?:

Today's game is Silent Hill 2 Remake. I had a whole post typed but accidentally closed the tab before submitting. I finally finished the Hospital after two days of putting it off. I'm hoping the prison will be swift and painless because that part is terrifying with the large open ceilings, even with the Chainsaw.

I like making the screenshots much more of a display with the Photo mode mod. It really showcases the beauty of a game like this i feel like. For example: Exhibit A.

I love how the Tiles here reflect the light back. This is almost exactly how IRL tiles would. Maybe this is a lot less impressive to me due to being used to low-spec gaming, but i love it. There's also this one that really looks realistic imo. Something about the lighting sells it:

Finally, there's one of my favorite picture types to take, pyramid head pictures. Here's one of the Big Guy himself with his Big Ass Spear:

Today's game is Mario Kart 64. I wanted to kick back today, so i booted this up and drove a race in Toad's Turnpike. I wanted to get some more progress in on SH2 before the motivation i have burns out, but oh well. Worst case scenario i shelve it and pick it up sometime later.

I have fond memories of playing this against my sister on the N64. We'd always play on either Koopa Troopa Beach (the race was always decided by who could make the shortcut jump with that ramp) or Sherbet Land, though my personal favorites are Rainbow Road, Toad's Turnpike, and Wario Stadium (which i'm upset we haven't seen a return of). All the courses in this game are amazing though. there's not a single one that i don't like. We'd use this game to settle so many bets. I still have the original cartridge (though i emulated it here). It's a Hand me down along with the N64 itself, the cartridges for Super Mario 64 (My favorite 3d Mario), Golden Eye, Mission Impossible, and Snowboard kids. So they're all a bit like Family Heirlooms.

I'd always play Toad (i thought/think the way he sounds in Mario Kart 64 is fucking hilarious for some reason) and My Sister would play Yoshi. Ironically enough when playing Solo Yoshi is the one that gives me the most trouble, so ig the old sibling rivalry has stuck around.

I ended up getting second place, which isn't bad considering i don't play Mario Kart often and wasn't really trying to be competitive. I clipped the whole race and uploaded it. It's a bit crunchy (this motivated me to look into peertube) but i'm having fun sharing clips from things i do. You can tell i'm a bit rusty at Mario Kart lol

I had another day where i just kind of Wanted to take things easy, so i booted up minecraft Wii U edition after discovering i had a ROM backup on my external SSD. So i fired it up in Cemu along with the latest version and booted into a survival world how i would when i was younger. Easy mode, bonus chest, and the Gamma cranked way up to max. If i really wanted to be true to when i was younger i would have played Xbox 360 edition and played a older version, but sadly none of those were accessible to me, so i played with what i had on hand.

I ended up building this cozy little shack to live in, then i went on the hunt for sheep and found my 3 victims. Returning home with the wool in hand i got nice nights rest in my bed. Not before watching the sunset though.

After that i went to harvest some cobblestone and gave my house a nice little cobble trim:

It was by this point i realized i had committed the terrible crime of forgetting to open my map. So i did that

By this point it started getting late for me, so i decided i wanted to get some iron before logging off. I set off towards the hills, I entered my first cave and ran into my first mob:

It blew up in my face, but shortly after i managed to return home with my iron, before logging off.

Today's game is Silent Hill 2. Today's post is going to be short due to not having much time today, but i managed to finish the Hospital today. Now that i know everything about it, it was way faster. I'm hoping to make just as quick of time on the Otherworld hospital.

The audio machine in the picture scared the shit out of me when i went back to get a photo i missed in my first playthrough. I hadn't got it in my first playthrough, so i had no clue it would start making static when i went by it. Then there was a mannequin that jumped my that i missed on my first go through the room. The chainsaw makes dealing with them easy but god, do they still terrify me.

I also got this shot of the roof. There's not really any fun stories behind it, i just like rain and thought the roof was a pretty shot. There's a busted fence up there of no real importance and idk what it is, but it + the rain gives me Resident Evil 2 remake vibes.

Today's game is Portal 1. I didn't really have time to start the Hospital in Silent Hill 2's New Game+, but i wanted to play something. So i downloaded Portal 1 and played through a few of the challenge maps for the Gold Medals. I've been meaning to get the achievements out of the way at some point anyways. I got Gold in 5/6 of the Portal Count categories, but stopped at the last one. This screenshot comes from my 2 portal run of one of the chambers. It was difficult because i had to bounce the pellets of the cube at just the right angle to get it into the receiver.

This one i took right before a failed run where i had to portal peek. Luckily i saved right before dying, but it was harder than i thought, especially because i got turned around.

There was also the Test Chamber with the turrets. It was hard and i had to save scum it. I ended up using cubes to shove them over and the running back into cover before they could get me. I also built this fun staircase of Cubes to get over a wall. I ended the run with two portals just to get through a mesh fence.

Today's game is the Silent Hill 2 Remake's New Game+. I made it all the way through the Apartments today, and started the hospital. I'm making good time on this run, hopefully if i'm lucky i can knock out the Under 10 hours achievement along with the gunless one and the radioless one. I got a collection of screenshots that i really like how they turned out too. Such as this one of the bar:

I also got this goofy one of James throwing the Chainsaw over his head:

One thing i found out too is that it's very fun to take screenshots of Pyramid Head. Ig he's just photogenic from any angle.

There was also this shot i did of the mannequins under behind the bars and under the sheets. I didn't realize this my first play through, but i think one of them is a mannequin (as in the enemy) rather than a clothes mannequin.

Today's game is a modded Minecraft server. After months of trial and error (and maybe just a little procrastination), I finally got it set up. This thing has Ice and Fire, ICBMs to deal with Ice and Fire, Create, Thermal Dynamics, TWO Space Mods (Mostly because I accidentally added a second one and I can't figure out which mods are the space mods), and a ton more. It's a bit of a kitchen sink modpack, but it's mostly for me and my friends to play on. So as long as everyone is having fun, then that's okay.

The ice pillar in the screenshot is where I spawned. Nearby, there were 3 ice and fire dragons, so I immediately had to book it after they saw me. After a while of running, I came across an abandoned mine colony village taken over by a dragon I nicknamed Smaug, as it seemed appropriate for him having taken over a city. Unfortunately for Smaug, he was stuck in a rock, and I had the ability for ice and fire dragons to destroy blocks turned off. (Coming home to find your base demolished by a dragon you didn't know was there can turn out to be not fun.)

After a while, I came across an Ice Tower (major upgrade from the Ice Pillar) and decided to build my home there. We have large biomes on because we have Create Steam and Rails on here and thought it would be fun to do our own little nation thing to encourage us all to set up rail systems and collaborate on things for fun. (Mine colonies and Minecraft Comes Alive will help sell the "nation" part.)

After a few hours of mining, I ended up starting to build a café terrace thing on the top of a mountain. I got the terrace part done, but the café will come later.

I also got a Cobblestone generator with a Water Wheel Setup, so I'm leaving it running while I sleep. Here's the little hole I made to AFK in while letting it run: