Today’s game is Old School RuneScape. I went through and did the stronghold of security today. I completed control, and wanted to do something a little lighter so this is what I chose to do.

I hadn’t realized the Stronghold was the kind of thing where you just run through and hope not to get swiped at. I assumed you had to level up to do it, but nope. Still though those extra levels came in handy. Gave me a few extra points to avoid getting swiped at.

Getting over there was a bit of a pain in the ass because the count wouldn’t teleport me for whatever reason. So I had to make the tedious walk all the way over there to start the dungeon. I at least benefited because I got some stuff i can sell for a decent amount of money (like poison)

Anyways, to end off I headed to the exchange. I wanted to pick up a Mithral Scimatar as I’ve been making my way down the Steam Achievements as a “Things to experience in OSRS”. I don’t think holding a Scimitar is really that big of an experience, but may as well do it for consistency sake

Today's game is Control. I went back through the Ashtray maze today and got a series of photos i really like. I did a lot of stuff with lines and light which i really like how they turned out. I'm just gonna quickly dump them here because there's not a lot i have to say about them other than "I think they look cool".

Anyways, Reflections. These reflections are so damn sexy. Like, i legit spent a solid 5 minutes playing with the photomode and checking out the reflections. I think Control has to have some of my favorite reflections i've seen in a long time. It makes me want to see how Alan Wake 2 fairs... I'll hold off on another playthrough though. For now at least. I've done quite a lot of playthroughs of that game and i should work through other things in my library.

I finished the Foundation DLC today and started the AWE expansion. I didn't get far but i primarily wanted to talk about Hartman. They fucking nailed it with him as an enemy. I love how he's this sort of Dynamic Threat you can't fight off. You can only really ward him away for the time being. Getting in that elevator especially was terrifying because it traps you in there and you can't do anything as he inches closer and forces the door up. My experience with Alan Wake had me really going "I wish i had a fucking flashlight right now".

Anyways, the DLC appears to be short so i'll probably make quick work of this game and then move on to the next game in my backlog. I might try a few sidequests though that catch my attention.

Today's game is Old School Runescape. I got approached by a wizard who asked me to solve his maze. I love mazes so i figured why not. I have to admit though it threw me for a loop with how trippy the walls are. It made navigating it difficult. I managed to make it through though with around 60% rewards left so not too hard.

Honestly, that brings me to my main point. I love how Runescape isn't really grounded. They'll just throw shit at you and i love it for that.

I've spent the last few days just running quests and trying too get my levels up. I hope to take on the Dragon Slayer quest next. After that though i'm not really sure what my next goal is. Maybe i'll travel somewhere i havent been yet.

Anyways, a lot of these quests have kept me hovering around Lumbridge. I neglected a lot of my earlier skills so these are perfect for leveling up everything i had ignored.

That's probably all i'll end up doing for the rest of the evening. Tomorrow i think i'll go back to control. I finally caught up to my save last time i played and i don't want to let that go to waste.

Today's game is some more Control. I started the Foundation DLC today for the second time. Let me tell you, i forgot how much this cube puzzle pisses me off. I tried to do it once i got far enough that i could. Went and tracked down what i thought was all of them, then spent maybe 30 minutes trying to place them correctly. Only to find out i was missing one. I don't know if it got knocked off the cliff on accident or what but i couldn't find it. I had just given up and decided to move on though.

Seeing the Nail is really pretty. It's one of the most memorable parts of this DLC to me because of the area surrounding it. It gives a really pretty view. If i remember correctly too, as you progress it will get taller which will be fun to watch.

I ultimately didn't get as far as i would have liked with this one. As the enemies somehow feel harder. I suspect it's the melee guys now being there to close the gap. So it means a new threat to deal with. I'm trying to avoid touching the difficulty settings though so i'll try something else instead to get through. Maybe a different weapon loadout.

Today's game is some more Control. I went through and finished it for the second time tonight. It's definitely just as good the second time. Especially the credits. I think a lot of the feelings i felt that it felt a little rushed are still there. Like, it felt like we were in the middle of the action, then bam, climax hits. It doesn't detract from the experience but it does feel like it's a surprise though. Then again, for a game like this i'd say it deserves to lend itself a bit of realism.

As you can see i've also gone and done the mold questline. This was a lot of fun, though with the color settings of my Monitor at the time it was a pain in the ass to navigate. Still turned out to be a fun time though.

I like the detail that Ahti during the nightmare sequence is the only one not "washed out" by the Hiss. It's a cool detail that he's not affected and also helps to make him pop out.

And finally, i wanted to just stop and admire the reflections again. These are really fucking good. Like, i didn't realize game reflections could get this good. I was able to see reflections in Trench's Glasses. His glasses. That's a really good attention to detail. Albeit it comes at a performance cost obviously. And these TVs? also perfect. I love the detail it adds. Sometimes it makes me forget i'm playing a game.

Today's game is Old School RuneScape. I ended up buying a month of the subscription. Just a month. To see how i like it. So far i've been loving it. I went and did the Waterfall quest and it was a blast. I climbed this mountain, got washed down a river, went and saw these weird ass Gnome guys, went and saw more weird ass Gnome guys in a cave this time, went into a cave, went into another cave hidden behind a grave, and then went into a 3rd cave with a puzzle at the end where i had to stuff a cup full of some ashes. Overall: Wild time.

The dungeon actually killed me on my way out which i didn't mean to happen. It took my necklace that let me teleport and my rope. So i had to rush to the grand exchange and replace those 2 things before I could get the back and recover my stuff. Got everything back with 20 seconds left to spare.

After that me and my friend got together and stormed the Mansion where a vampire had been living. I've been wanting to do this quest for a long time so it's long overdue to kill that vampire. We went in and took him down and turned in the quest. I even got to go up a combat level thanks to it.

Today's game is some more Project Zomboid. I dedicated today to upgrading my forge and building weapons. I've been kind of collecting everything i need off and on in the background so thankfully I'm already mostly covered. I'm glad i made all those supply runs to the local houses and have been marking them of one by one as it's built up a nice reserve of supplies to get my level up.

The first weapon i built was a small knife. Nothing crazy, but i thought our group chef could make good use of it. Or at the very least use it as a weapon.

After that i wanted to build a mace for Cable. It turned out to be way more of a setup than i expected. I had to build an advanced forge first, which while i had the supplies for i was a level short and needed to haul them all up there. After that i needed a Metalworking punch, which i also needed to track down. Finally after all that... I needed a handle which i forgot to grab. I went and stole one from another tool we weren't using.

The result was this Mace i made for cable.

I went ahead and delivered it too Cable, along with a book on growing Hemp just for the resident pothead that i found for him. Left them both right on the bed for him to find next time he's on.

After that i went to go check on the Chickens because I've been a little worried ever since we lost the chick. Thankfully they're all fine though, and they even laid some eggs which i went ahead and harvested.

Today was mostly a nice little break from Control. I hit a road block I've been struggling with and so this gave me a much needed break.

Today's game is some more Old School Runescape. I went and did some quests to farm money. Mainly this one where i go treasure hunting for this wizard. It was a bit janky but that honestly made it charming in a way. Following the series of maps and the orb blindly was a lot of fun.

I took people's advice and started farming levels on Chickens. I was at that for roughly 30 minutes before getting sidetracked and trying to cook them next.

I ended up deciding to get a better weapon. From what i had gathered Scimitars are the superior weapon in this game, so i went to this desert place to find one. It was a bit of a pain because i had to pay a toll to get in (I didn't realize i could go around at the time). But after all that i realized i couldn't even afford it.

After that i went to the Grand Market and put some stuff up for sale that i stole out of NPCs houses. It sold rather quickly and i bought a Scimitar there as i found out it was a whole lot cheaper than buying it in the desert place.

And all of this brought me full circle to farming cows again to gain exp. By the time i'm done i think the cow population will have been decimated. All this to kill a vampire and a few other enemies that have been giving me trouble

Today's game is Control. I went through the ashtray maze today. I had wanted to get a portrait of Jesse with the headphones and everything on, but i had a friend asking about the game and was focused on getting a small clip of this segment to show to him to convince him to try it. I had missed my window. From what i hear you can replay it in the AWE DLC so i'll settle for it there.

I've been stopping and taking in the Hotline calls this playthrough too. One thing i noticed was Trench is awfully close to Max Payne. And i don't just mean that in the way they share a VA/Actor. I mean it literally. Wife is gone (either dead like Max or Gone like Alex Casey), similar tone and habits, wielded a gun, works for a government agency of some sort (NYPD for Max and FBC for Trench).

Something else i missed in my first playthrough were some of the control points that are way out of the way were made by Ahti. I was in a hurry and missed that they were all made out of Cleaning Supplies which i thought was a cool detail.

Anyways, i was a bit short on time and went through the Ashtray maze today. That's where i left off. I want to actually finish this tomorrow and start the DLCs too. So that will hopefully be tomorrow.

Today's game is Control. I went Anchor hunting today and did that whole questline. I can't believe i had never done it up until that point. I would have expected me to easily have a run in with that location considering how accessible it is.

Nonetheless, I escorted the guy out. Then went back, found out i needed the levitate ability, progressed the story far enough to get it, then went all the way back to get it.

With this playthrough i'm not rushing through as much either. As such i've found so many references to Alan Wake that i just missed on my first playthrough. Such as this page with a narration by the man himself. There's also a Coffee Thermos and a few pages describing people going through events similar to Alan's Dreams.

I also found out i can pick up the projectors. There's nothing interesting about this, i just thought it was cool. I feel like a lot of games would just tie the projectors down rather than rendering a whole extra thing for rotating them and such. It was pretty cool.

I made my way through the whole Ordinary AWE site and i'm about to head over to the Research wing to mess with the projectors. This was about the point i remember last time getting too before the last "push" and finishing the main game. So i may very well finish it tomorrow and move back to the DLC.

Today’s game is Old School RuneScape. I was left with an urge to play today, so I booted it up and decided to focus on a task instead of my usual wandering.

My first idea was to do the quest where you kill the Vampire. Only. Problem. Turns out I’m far from a high enough level to pull it off. The guy is like level 20, and I’m level 6 (4 at the time of attempting it). So obviously I was gonna run into some issues.

I did the first thing I assumed I could do and went to killing things. I found this farm full of Goblins and just started mowing them down until I got low on healthy. Turns out the goblins are Semi comparable fighters. I went until I got to 2/10 health.

I then went on to try and slaughter some cows to gain experience. Because surely the cows won’t fight back. Plot twist, turns out they do and I got my ass kicked by them too after killing 4 of them. I didn’t have food so I’ll have to run into town.

Finally. After that I went to the pond in the main picture. I meant to kill some ducks, but they were just too harmless to kill I felt like so I left them be. I doubt they’d offer much EXP anyways. So I’ll just stick to healing and killing cows for now.

Today's game is some more Control. I was playing around with Aspect Ratios trying to see if I could get some interesting ones to work with in Photo mode. Unfortunately the highest 4:3 the game supports is 1600x1200 I could use gamescope to jump up to 8K 4:3, but that was lagging my game even if I dropped the resolution majorly. I decided to just have my fun with 1600x1200 and then stick to 16:9.

I also figured out how to get a good balance of Resolution w/ Raytracing. I capped it at 30 FPS. But a stable 30 FPS is more than tolerable for me, so I'm more than happy sticking to that.

My first thought was "Damn, these are some amazing Reflections". My second thought was "Damn, somethings are a little fuzzy". Still, not too bad as far as I'm concerned, especially getting to see those amazing reflections on windows and stuff. It brings it really high up in quality.

The Physics simulation is pretty too with all the shattering glass. I spent a little while trying to get a good shot with the glass and I got this one which I rather like.

Anyways, enough about graphics. Let's talk about Ahti. I love the guy. Genuinely he might be one of my favorite characters to come out of a Remedy game. Something about this Janitor with an air of mystery and power is just so fucking cool. Plus his role in Alan Wake 2 is even cooler. I just hope he doesn't get too tied up in everything to the point it starts being like marvel movies where you need to watch another franchise to understand the other. Granted, for that I think we'd need like a "Ahti the Video Game" or something like that, so maybe I shouldn't be too worried.

I made it to the research department and got sidetracked playing with the camera mode before my time for the day was up. I'm hooked on playing this again so I'll definitely be playing some more tomorrow because I missed this game.