Ok, beat Lace and found the next boss in Silksong, but knowing what I know about HK, there's no way this is the _last_ boss. But instead I went a-wandering and found a whole-assed new zone. So that feels like the more pressing task.

Aww yeah, baby, Steam finally got its shit together and I have Silksong now!

Silksong has a date! September 4! I know I'm relatively new to this waiting game, but I'm excited. This stream was just the trailer and a date. Seeing 300k+ people in chat going nuts was cool, though. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XGe...

Also idly playing Expedition 33. Beautiful game, wonderful music, talented acting. But wooden, shitty facial animations and a really aggravating UI takes a bunch of the wind out of its sails, IMHO.

Ok finally got the "good" ending to Hollow Knight (but not the hardest ending), so I've moved on to Nine Sols

So I haven't been keeping up to date here on Hollow Knight progress because I have literally no idea how far into it I am. However! I'm like 22+ hours in and I have the Dream Nail and I think I'm on the edge of getting all the stag stations.

Speaking of which "metroidbrainia" is quite probably the worst name for a genre ever. Follow me for more hot and timely takes.

Diving into Hollow Knight now. I haven't played a metroidvania in a while, so this is neat.

Finally! 100% on Steam. The Moon Berry has been collected!

Oh thank goodness the last part of the first screen of Farewell has a checkpoint. Also, I'm on the last screen where I have to fly up on jellyfish. Whew, this one is gonna take a while. Moon berry is in sight though. 🤞

Oh hell yeah! Farewell is done and I only have the Moon Berry to get for 100% (no, I'm not going for all the goldens).

Making slow but steady progress on Farewell. I'm on the Reconciliation subchapter. Above 29000 deaths.

Oh hell yeah! 8C done! That level was a lot of fun. Next I get to pass through the crystal gate in Farewell.

I got Marvel Rivals working on my Mac using Crossover Preview. I'm surprisingly happy about this, since it means I can have game nights using my laptop instead of my PS5, and I don't know why I care so much about that.

Well, this is concerning.

Anyone have ideas on what to do in Stardew Valley after you hit perfection?

Y'all. Hyperdashing is harder than I thought.

Good night for video games. Perfection in Stardew Valley!

FUCK YEAH! Chapter 7C is DONE! Fuck, that was hard. Gods, but this is a good game. :D

Update: 7C is fucking *tough*.

7C update: I've touched the second half!

TIL that Stardew Valley truffles can be "Truffle Crabs", because my Ice Rod attempted to freeze it.

Oof, 6C made me think "Oh, bumpers aren't as bad as I thought" and then made me go right back to hating them again. But it's done. I'm inching closer.

Just managed to bring up Stardew Valley in a work meeting and have it be fairly relevant.

Just managed to bring up Stardew Valley in a work meeting and have it be fairly relevant.

Yes, I've died over 20,000 times in this game, and I'm not done yet. And the worst is yet to come. But, as I said in therapy the other day, the number of times I've died isn't a measure of skill or a count of failures. It's a count of how many times *I have not given up*. I will 100% this game.

Half the time, but 50% more deaths than 3C. But 5C is done.

This year started... Well... I wish that we were all well🫂🩵🩷🤍

I had only heard about this the other day and now it's cancelled. You brought my hopes up and dashed them quite expertly.

Oh hell yeah, 4C is done. That was the easiest one yet.

Ok, 3C done.

Finished 2C. Now on to deal with Oshiro's bullshit.

Aww hell yeah. Now on to C-sides, I guess.

Aww, hell yeah. Now to contend with Core B-Side. NGL already died like 40 times and I'm on the first screen.

Current status: Flag 2 on 7B. The last wallbounce there is annoying as hell since you have to go through the whole thing to try once. I'm so close though!

Ok 7B is rough though. It's taken me all day to get to Celestial Resort section.

Huh. Celeste 6B was not really as hard as people claim it is. I mean, hard, sure. But not up to the hype.

Why does the XBOX controller have such a hard time staying connected? It's plugged in and 10 feet away from the console, but it constantly (yet inconsistently) disconnects for a second or two.

Current tally of Celeste stuff: 175/175 Red Strawberries 1 Golden Winged Strawberry 8 Crystal Hearts 8 B-Side Tapes 3 B-Side Hearts At the door after the gray heart in Farewell

I've never played Dragon Age, so my lovely spouse is "forcing" me to play from Origins. It seems OK so far, but it's not aged spectacularly well. The XBox 360 Emulation? VM? also didn't help the initial experience.