MyNameIsAtticus

Today's game is Just Cause 4. I wanted to take it easy after an exhausting week of work. At this point i doubt i'll make much of a dent in Alan Wake II by Halloween, but it's better than burning myself out and not having fun.

I picked Just Cause 4 because it was the one i had installed. I have more nostalgic memories of Just Cause 3 and dicking around in that. But Just Cause 4 is a lot of fun too with the balloons and stuff. I ran around and did a few missions and tethered some guys and their cars to some Balloons. You're seeing the after effects here.

I also had a lot of fun strapping the boosters to the bottom of a car with balloons and getting in and turning it on. The car took flight and would crash into other cars. Has the same kind of chaotic feel as Red Dead Redemption and Wagon Surfing.

Today's game is Phasmophobia. Me and my Friend decided to celebrate finishing our midterms by playing this.

We found out we actually have turn on the motion sensors, and then i watched my friend stumbler out into the front yard and get choked to death (I took a photo of the ghost while it happening and got some extra cash though! So really who won?).

In another job my friend was bitching me out for taking photos because they're "useless". Jokes on him though because the $12 dollars we got after failing to guess right came from my photos of the sink.

Here's a bonus photo of my friend up in my face while i'm trying to steal a cat photo from the house:

Today's game is Lethal Company.

We recently got back into the game after a few updates. When we landed on this planet we were faced with what can only be described as the wrath of god and the U.S. air force teamed up, as my friend was nearly struck by an explosion. We barricaded the door of the ship until we figured out what was going on. The screenshot is of me peeking out of the barricade.

We also got Bee Suits which is the best part of this game. Sadly we lost them though when we failed to meet quota after getting hit by these weird insects, and then i had my neck snapped by this baby thing while backing away from the bugs. Right after the insects latched onto my friends face and killed him. Then after we could only afford one flashlight, so my friend went in while i watched the monitor. He got a ton of things but got killed by a plant man. We couldn't afford another flashlight so he went in blind and i had to navigate for him without one. He fell to his death.

After that we had to go back because we ran out of time and we failed our quota. We got the joy of leaping into the ocean though since we were going to fail anyways.

Today’s game is Zomboid. The screenshot is of a Shed that I built.

Me and my friend took Jerry and Cable to look for some Nails because we were running low and I wanted to get Jerry’s Carpentry Skill up by building a Shed (as all Suburban Dads do).

We went by a Storage Unit and ran through all the open units trying to find a box, but didn’t end up finding any. My friend did find a blue Taxi he ended up taking home and I found a storage unit full of Zombies I nearly died in.

We went next door to a Factory next and searched there too. We found 5 boxes of screws and also a few things of food we went ahead and took home. After that we drove home and I got to work on the shed.

Nearly 2 days of tireless work later of decimating the local ecosystem and sawing it into logs and I built this wonderful shed. I couldn’t put a roof on it yet due to needing a Staircase, but that’s okay. I still love my shed regardless.

Today’s game is Alan Wake. I got back to it and finished Episode 5. Tomorrow the power will be out and I’m hoping to clean through Episode 6 entirely and start the DLCs (possible thanks to my Steam Deck).

Episode 5 ramps up the difficulty a lot I feel like, but not to an unfair level. I think the only part I struggled with to an unfair degree was a jump while being chased by the tornado in the screenshot. The power plant is also really fun to play through because you can push enemies into powerlines to kill them.

I also found another red chair out of bounds in the start of Episode 6. The player could never see it in normal play through I think. I’m wondering if maybe it’s a twin peaks reference or a developer in joke.

Today’s game is Animal Crossing New Horizons. I was stuck in a car for 6 hours and when I got home just wanted to relax. So this is what I turned on.

I caught a tilapia I named Todd, and took this screenshot out front of my home after putting him in my home. I don’t spend much time on this game as I struggle with games that need commitment (I think that much is obvious though), so my game is not very far along even half a year in. I just got to the point where I can construct the house for the three villagers moving in today.

It’s a shame though I can’t stay with this game. Because I love the early game. Pole vaulting around is awesome and satisfying. The wild but chill vibes I get from the game are nice too. I have the soundtrack saved to my iCloud music library just so I can play it while working.

Link’s now been an indoor cat for 7 years

Today’s game is Zomboid. Me and my friend continued the adventure of Cable and Jerry.

We went and looted a farm building for crops and hoping to find a watering can. Sadly we didn’t find any but we did walk away with 8 sacks of stale potatoes. After that we decided to gear up for Louisville and make a journey to the Military Base there.

The car we were going to use had a broken window though so Jerry cruised into town and ripped apart all the cars he saw to get his mechanics up and then got into a scuffle with some zombies at the police station after they caught him stealing their car seats.

After that we spent all (in-game) night looking for a single fucking window for the car that wasn’t already destroyed in a wreck. Finally nearly a hour later we found the right one outside a school. I stole the window and sped off home to install it to our cargo car.

After that we packed the car and drove off for Louisville. We had to briefly make our car a train because the bridge was covered in burned out wrecks so we turned onto the railroad bridge. After merging back onto the highway and plowing our way through zombies, we made it to the military base.

It was surprisingly empty, but we loaded a ton of Ammo and Guns into the car and an extra generator. On the way back we made a trip to a gas station, filled up our Gas Tanks, we got lucky and found the Watering Can where we didn’t expect, and then robbed a liquor store and sped off because the alarms on the window called the horde.

Once we got home, I got to work leveling up my carpentry. I built a shelf in Cable’s rooms, and he put his pet Rollypolly he called Pipsqueak on the shelf. I took a screenshot of the shelf and if you zoom in far enough and look past the JPEG artifacts you may be able to see Pipsqueak (the gray speck on the bottom left corner of the shelf)

Today's game is Slime Rancher. I just came home from a concert, and i was wiped. So i decided to take things easy and just play around in my Slime Rancher Save.

As you can tell, I clearly don't have a favorite slime. And they totally don't have a entire dedicated chicken farm next to their pen that i use to feed them every morning (I then proceeded to fill the pen with a ungodly amount of Tabby Slimes shortly after)

I got back to the Grindstone today with Alan Wake and started Episode 5. The screenshot is of the Diner.

I wanted to get an achievement where you complete the entire segment without dying, but I was cursed to fail by walking backwards and somehow through an invisible wall and dying (not before getting Alan stuck on some scaffolding though and trying to break him free).

I have too say this episode is my third favorite (First being Episode 4 with the Lodge and Farm and then Episode 1 just for being an Amazing introduction), the whole fight through the town and then the ending is amazing. Tomorrow I’m going to take it easy so I probably won’t be playing Alan Wake, but after that I will go back to part 2 of Episode 5, and then get to work on Episode 6 and the DLC levels.

Today’s Game is Old School RuneScape. I felt like shit after pulling an All Nighter last night for an Assignment so I didn’t want to start Nightmare mode of Episode 5 of Alan Wake. Don’t get me wrong, I love the Challenge. But I wasn’t in the mood for it today. On top of that my Usual Friends I play multiplayer were gone, so I decided to dick around in OSR by myself.

I don’t play very often (as you can see by my amateur armor and equipment) but I like the vibe of the game, and the Soundtrack is one of my favorites. I love how it sounds, specifically Newbie Melody, Yesteryear, and Sea Shanty 2. And the graphics have a charm to them I love with their rudimentary polygons.

I took the screenshot in a little village market I spawned in, before teleporting back to the usual spawn, and did a quest where I had to help this chef guy gather some things. Then I ran around the castle stealing boots. I then took a walk over to a big city and fought some bandits. Overall I think I got my relaxed day.

I’m hoping to get back to Alan Wake tomorrow, but the day after I think I’ll probably take it easy again because I’m going to a concert that’s running late.

Alan Wake - Screenshot - PC