Hello all and Happy Easter!
Play -
State of Decay 2 - Become obsessed with this again. There is something about the creeping sense of dread and material and resources drain that I find mesmerising. Missed completing the game on two of the maps it seems to gone back to try and do that.
New consoles - Yesterday I picked up an Analogue Duo from the games place in Sheffield, and I already have a Retron 5 and a Evercade new and sealed up. So it's time to get them all opened, wired in and then played. I don't actually have an PCE or TGFX games currently though!
Want
To sell my father-in-laws house. He recently signed a 6 month term on a flat that is just shy of 15 minutes walk from us! He moved in on Wednesday and was here till yesterday. He is going to be moving between places as was looking to see how he coped leaving the house he lived in for 50 years with his wife, and I know he struggles with the fact he takes flowers to her grave every Sunday but would be 2 hours away from her if he moves full time. But it's been so nice having him here and seeing his enjoyment of being close to family. My kid has never lived near a grandparent so has been loving just walking over to see him. His house is in really poor condition and basically needs to be gutted and completely modernised, and he also has way too much stuff but has already come around to the idea of moving on or parting with some of his books. Which I didn't think he would, he did bring 4 laptops with him to Sheffield though! So god knows how many he has back at the house now.
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Exam and coursework season - It's Easter Sunday but I need to dedicate part of today and tomorrow to marking students work. I shouldn't complain too much as it's nice some of them have actually finished this early for a change.
I have looked at getting a second unit to have in my cellar/gaming space. But they are just so stupidly expensive. The Digital PS5 is currently up on a few ebay sites refurbished for about £280. And you can then add a cd drive to that.
The cheapest Series X I can find is also refurbished and is £380 and is the locked off non disc version. New you can't get one for less than £479.99 it seems.
This aged spectacularly badly then didnt it. Considering a PS5 has since become a billion pounds.
Just completed Call Of Juarez Gunslinger. Grabbed this for like £1.79 in the pre Xmas sales which I am sure has really added to my enjoyment. A pretty decent 6/10 romp.
Given the backlog of retro titles I own I would cancel my GamePass if it wasn't so used by my kid. If it gets any more expensive next year I will be giving it serious consideration for cancelling.
As I type I have a stack of at least 40 games I have purchased since Xmas I haven't even tested to make sure they are all working. A lot of it has been ebay and charity shop grabs, but been playing hardly anything again it seems.
We have been away multiple weekends and my midweek game is always devoted to my football playthrough stuff (just broken 1100 subscribers so that's been a nice milestone given how niche it all is)
My missus dad (we are somehow still not married) has this weekend just signed for a flat in Sheffield for 6 months though. He is a tad overwhelmed by it all and going to be keeping his house back in Leigh but this is a big first step towards the idea of getting him to move his full time and seeing more of him. So am excited by that. It's been particularly miserable the last 12 months with him being isolated by himself and then when he does come and stay we have to sleep in my kids room and this is clearly starting to annoy her now she is older and then I am just not in good enough shape for multiple nights on camp beds etc.
big mean bunny