I hope everyone got to enjoy some games over this Winter-een-mas week. Let me know what you got up to in the comments below.
I finished a basic RE2 playthrough, and also finished the last five hours of my RE7 game. I also took the opportunity this week to jump back into Sea of Thieves to check out all of the new stuff they’ve added. Sailing around and getting up to pirate shenanigans is just as fun as it always was, and they’ve made a lot of great improvements to the game so far. Looking forward to what they do in 2019.
I did dabble with the Anthem VIP beta this weekend. I played the game last year during a closed beta and I really enjoyed it. I wasn’t planning to do the demo this past weekend because I’m not pre-ordering the game on principle (EA, and all that), but someone gave me a key so I got to experience all of the infinite loading problems first-hand.
I really hope they can work out the connection conflicts for this weekend, because I think it’s a fun game when it works, and people will stay away if it sounds like they’re going to buy a game they have trouble playing.
I also want to hear that they’ve actually got their endgame in place at launch. People need something to do once they’ve ranked up, and too many games launch without the end-game ready to go. That’s poison for a game like this.
By the way, today is the LAST day to order of the Winter-een-mas shirts/hoodies, if you wanted it for the winter or to have ready for next year.
hmm, did you forget to upload comic itself?
houston we have a problem.
Something glitched out in the middle of creating the post. I had to re-do the blog post, it didn’t even occur to me to check that the comic was still attached.
Its a wintereenmas mid round suspense builder…. transmission will resume shortly.
At the hospital waiting for my daughter to be born.
Congratulations!
*To the young Ms. Arron* Let me be the first to welcome you to life and, by extension, humanity! Congratulations. We’re a species full of many weird, awesome, scary, and amazing traits with lots of accomplishments and achievements but just as many things that we’re not so proud of. But hey, if you just avoid the twin subjects of politics and religion, you should get through everything just fine 🙂
For the impatient, the comic is here: https://cad-comic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ENG_20190130.x60343.png
Since Wintereenmas coincided with the start of a new Season in Diablo III, that is where I have been. My Crusader rose from obscurity, as he battled the forces of darkness all around him.
I’m playing a Thor’s Hammer build this season, making use of the new buffs they gave to the Seeker of Light set. As of yesterday, I was trolling difficulty Torment 10 looking for gear, and am somewhere in the vicinity of Paragon 300. Not bad for a guy who never plvls and does it all the hard way
Or you could play PoE.
Path of Exile? Or Pillars of Eternity?
Good to see your character coming along nicely. Having a ball with wizard so far but am very tempted to start a crusader too, hammers are one of my favorite playstyles.
I suspect the comic image has been removed for National Security Reasons. I’m sure the great leader would find a way to link it to immigration, Democrats, conspiracies, and the mainstream media….
cheetoface is just salty he wasn’t picked for the bowl
Comic’s not loading on my end
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Its their but broken, re-commented as don’t think it allow me to post the full link.
Where can I get a hat like Lucas’s?
I need that konami code beanie
Second that!
It’s… not the knoami code !
Konami code is ↑↑↓↓←→←→BA
On the beanie here , it’s ↑↓↑↓←→←→
I am ashamed for my lack of knowledge on this holy gaming holiday.
In CONTRA, there were 2 codes. The main Konami code, but also a second one, which, if my memory from 25 years ago is correct, is the one in Lucas’ hat. One was infinite lives, the other was for the gun upgrade I think.
So who got the crown this time? Was it Caitleen or is the game games bowl not over yet?
I played some Dragon’s Dogma. Slayed me a Reaper-like dude, a bunch of skeletal warriors and sorcerers, a gargoyle, a coupla cyclops, a chimera and a Griffin. I also helped prove Fournival’s innocence, escorted a guy to a graveyard by the sea and geared up my main pawn and got thrown in the dungeon for macking on the Duke’s lady. Good times.
Ohh I loved Dragon’s Dogma.
I’ve been playing lots of Monster Hunter World. I bought it on Black Friday for 50% off and I haven’t been able to stop playing the game since haha. I tried to make playing this week extra special though =P. Started playing a couple new weapons to keep the game fresh, including the Hunting Horn. I think I can get at least 100 more hours out of it if I play that horn haha.
I played pickup maintenance simulator where you get to change the oil and give the truck a tune-up. If you do it wrong the truck runs like SH*T and you get a low score.
Oh wait that wasn’t a simulation…
Considering that farming simulator exists you got me for a second 😉
I, also, was gotten for a second.
Not to mention to PC building simulator game
https://store.steampowered.com/app/621060/PC_Building_Simulator/
Did a playthrough of Fable 2 to celebrate, and my dude did end up wearing a crown at the end (See The Future DLC). Still squirt a few tears when Lucien *SPOILERS* towards the end of the game, but then I beeline to the Cheet-Ur’s Crypt on Knothole to fix that issue.
I have been playing PUBG Mobile all week, don’t have a PC or console to play games on. Still having fun though!
Was anybody actually scared by the RE2 remake? Apart from the guy in the trench coat I wasn’t really scared, and that was more because I couldn’t actually kill him than anything else. I don’t do well with things in games I can’t put down.
Hollow Knight and Smash. Back and forth.
Been playing Subnautica as much as I could. Managed to build all three vehicles, explored the world, and almost peed myself when a Ghost Leviathan snuck up on me!
My 3 yr old got me back into Skyrim…I hate that I enjoy that game so much. Game time was limited this yr, but what I did play really piqued my interest in PS4 VR….so I can play more VR Skyrim.
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Went back to AC:Unity, a little DA:Inquisition, the Spider-Man DLCs, and played through Hitman 2
My Wintereenmas was playing Smash, playing ps4 exclusives on my new Ps4 the wife got me, and playing Overwatch with my wife. Overall, a great week!
I got Super Nintendo Classic for my birthday this weekend soooo…Donkey Kong Country all week for me lol
Rimworld… lots and lots of Rimworld.
And PUBG, surprisingly enough.
My wife and I cleared the third act of Divinity: Original Sin 2! That was good fun, arguing over who would get to click on the well and then laughing when we realized it *mumble*mumble*spoilers*…
Oh! And we played through several rounds of Mario Party on the Switch with the kids! That was pretty awesome too. Lesson learned – a six- and a four-year-old really aren’t good at paddling and should never be on the same side of the raft.
I have been dumping an inordinate amount of time into Pillars of Eternity as I get ready for the end game. This included beating a 15-floor optional dungeon. Good stuff.
I finally finished Spider-Man on the PS4 (the story, anyway — I think it wouldn’t take me long to 100% the game…) I’m probably going to try out the Stormdivers beta this weekend and probably Kingdom Hearts III.
I’ve been meaning to ask, did Ethan invent Winter-een-mas in this continuity as he had in the older continuity?
No, I think Winter-een-mas is actually a world-wide holiday in the continuity and Ethan had nothing to do with its creation.
Ahh there is the over the edge, Ethan-logic plan I was waiting for. I was a little worried Tim, he seemed to be taking this rejection a little too well.
I guess this city isn’t anywhere near that polar vortex, what with all the exposed skin in this comic. ?
Related: I’ve been inside about 5 minutes and I’m still cold.
Oddly enough, it feels like Lucas and Ethans friendship is even stronger than the previous arc. Everything they do flows much more organically.
We threw our annual Winter-een-mas LAN party. Games played this year included our LAN staple of Aliens versus Predator 2 : Primal Hunt, Alien Swarm : Reactive Drop, Torchlight 2, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (I know, not technically a LAN game, but still fun), and Heroes of the Storm.
Spent wintereenmas on MH:W (PS4), Etryian Odysey 5 (3DS), Minecraft (360), Skyrim (360, PS4, PC), and Twitch (watching other Wintereenmas events)
(Weird, not sure why my original comment was deleted…)
We celebrated with our annual Winter-een-mas LAN party. Games played this year included:
– Aliens vs Predator 2 : Primal Hunt (A staple at our LAN’s)
– Alien Swarm : Reactive Drop
– Torchlight 2
– Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (Not technically a LAN game, but still fun.)
– Heroes of the Storm
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Did a run of all of the 3 GBA Castlevania games, with no items. I considered having it be no Soul/Sub-Item/Cards, but that’s even more of a pain.
AoS was no Red Minotaur though, so no giant whirling axes of power for me.
I’m learning how to play Jon Shafer’s At the Gates, which I backed on Kickstarter ages ago when I was still stupid enough to back video games on Kickstarter. They take years to finish, and when they’re finally released, you don’t usually save that much from the release price, which will inevitably be reduced in sales. I saved two whole bucks – well, $1.99, so one whole buck and one almost whole buck. It looks like it’ll be a fun game, and I got a great start situation. Two of my three starting clans have the Loyal trait, which makes… Read more »
I’ve been hearing a lot about that game this week.
That doesn’t look like a face of “damnit” on Lucas, rather it looks like a “Why not, dark side points!” sort of expression.
The kind any good friend would have when they learn of your plans of course.
It could also be a “I knew it!” expression, like he said in the panel.
This Winter-een-mas I spent with Technobabylon. Awesome point-and-click cyberpunk adventure.
Recently returned to Star Wars The Old Republic & leveled a sniper through to 70 currently half way through the Knights of the Eternal Throne Expac much fun!
Do they still do the thing where you gain XP at half the rate unless you pay the subscription fee?
I broke out my old copy of leisure suit Larry Magna Cum Laude. So much fun!
Can I second a previous poster’s request?
Where can I get a hat like Lucas’?
I dunno if my store can embroider around the circumference of a beanie like that… I’ll ask.
Spent most of Winter-een-mas playing through .hack//G.U. Last Recode on PS4, was a good blast of nostalgia 🙂 Made it through Vol 1 and 2, plus most of Vol 3.
I finally decided to buy divinity 2 original sins and well… I allmost forget to feed myself for 24h.
Good times!
I was pretty sick all last week. The flu evolved into pneumonia. Not super enjoyable.
But I was home from work so I got nearly 40 hours into BattleTech. Which I am enjoying immensely.