Played more Visions of Mana. Got the final party member and I’m surprised he joins this late. Especially since he’s the dedicated healer! Well, my party is established and I really have no use for him at this point. It’s hard to tell how much longer the game is, but I think I could power through this weekend. Except of course…

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is finally here! Only played the first two levels to completion today and it’s exactly what I expected. I got very strong Pokemon Snap vibes! I’m curious how the general reception to the game is going to be, though. Anyone who wasn’t paying too much attention and is expecting an actual platformer is bound to be disappointed.

My Fallout 3 journey is now taking me southwest. Taking care of an unmarked quest I’ve had for a long time on my way to the next story segment, which I remember very well from my first attempt of playing the game. I’m looking forward to doing Tranquility Lane again, easily my favorite part of the game (that I know of).

Did a little bit of everything this week.

Explored the desert area in Visions of Mana. It’s a good thing I like the style of the game, because there are long stretches where really nothing interesting is happening. But I was also really happy that Vuscav the turtle still makes the same weird sound that he did in Trials of Mana on the Super Nintendo. Back then I assumed the sound was bugged because it’s just so strange!

Did a little grinding in Monster Hunter Wilds, worried I got rusty after not playing for a few weeks. I’m fine, and I got two Lagiacrus Sapphires in a single hunt. I did complain a good year ago that this game made the rare drops too easy to get and they really overfixed that with the monster added in updates later. 1% carve, 2% quest reward, no other sources, I needed 13 to make all the equipment. Only one more…

Played some more Mario Kart World, Free Roam. Some of the challenges are really insane. I had to look up one of them because I didn’t even understand what my fingers were supposed to do to jump across multiple pillars sideways in a wall-ride.

In Fallout 3, I finally got the last part I needed for the Railway Rifle. I’ve picked up 800 Railway Spikes so far, so I’m set for a long time. I don’t think I used this gun on my first attempt to play the game and the description says it can pin enemy limbs to the wall, which sounds fun.

Haha, of course it’s 64 again! XD

But I haven’t played any of the other remakes and reboots since the original and this one looks really nice, so I guess this is the one for me.

April sucked for me and i haven’t played much in weeks. I was laid out by allergies and lost a lot of sleep, plus other things I’ll keep to myself. But that’s all behind me and I’m ready to pick everything back up.

Last I played Visions of Mana, I swapped classes so that physical attacks regenerate MP, so my Palamena can use magic more aggressively. I’ve always liked playing mages the most in Mana games.

I actually did play a bit of Mario Kart World again before things (and me) went down and I hope to pick that up again, too. The changes to Free Roam were long overdue, but now it’s finally playable for completionists.

Fallout 3 was the only game I kept going since I record it. Followed up on the main story again and visited Rivet City. There’s a little more to do in the vicinity and then it’s back to roaming the wastelands again!

Students are creative; if they can’t walk out, they’ll all bring headphones.

I don’t expect to actually finish the crowns, to be honest. I still have other grinding to do and resetting the world for crowns is a good excuse to get a Lagiacrus with a guaranteed Sapphire drop to spawn.

Silver and gold crowns are markers for a monster’s size. Especially large and small monsters are marked with these crowns in the compendium, which has been a stable in the series for a very long time. It doesn’t give you anything except an achievement, but it’s also much easier to do in Wilds. Previously, you learned a monster’s size after you hunt it. In Wilds you have binoculars that reveal this information beforehand, so you can just quickly check every monster in the area.

Mostly Monster Hunter Wilds this week. I’ve been grinding for gold crowns, which I have never done in another game before. I can’t explain why I’m doing this, some bug just bit me and made me do it.

In Fallout 3, I’ve done everything in the metro maze I’ve been wanting to do for now. I’ll still have to go through one soon, but what matters is that I’m back in the actual world!

Speaking of being bitten by weird bugs, I’ve been wanting to play Mario Kart World again for the first time since release for no apparent reason. I haven’t done it yet, but it’s on the table…

In the book, what got him in the end was using a baby as a human shield from a would-be assassin. Be honest, would Trump’s supporters care?

AFAIK they’re optional, but I’m sure there’s some kind of reward that’ll be worth it.

Made more progress in Visions of Mana. I wish the game had more boss fights and fewer trial battles with time limits. I started lowering the difficulty for them because I just don’t have the damage output to finish them in time on Hard. And I don’t think your party members are very good at fighting, either. Bosses are fun because you actually have to dodge attacks. Normal battles just don’t have any depth to them.

I’m lost in the metro network of Fallout 3. I remember not liking it when I first played the game, but the DC city area with its isolated sub-areas you can only access via sewers and metro lines is an absolute pain in the rear.

At least I have the Anchorage quest behind me, the Fallout DLC for people who wish they weren’t playing Fallout. Crazy rewards though, I now have armor that makes me invisible when I’m crouched. I knew it existed, but I expected it to have some kind of limit or cooldown. But it’s just busted and its base defense is on par with what I had before, too. I almost don’t want to use it, but invisibility has always been my favorite power, so I find this very entertaining~

JD Vance comes out in orange face paint and it will work.