PixlBit

That's what my week looks like most of the time. I only had a half-day to game the other day because of being called in to work to cover for someone. 

Lost Kingdoms II (GameCube): This is a From Software game (people who make the Souls games) that has somehow become slightly rare and so worth a few bucks. I'm in the process of selling this on ebay but, because of some unremovable grime on the disc, I had to make sure the game worked. It worked without a hitch, and I played for a little while.

Gameplay is unique. You use cards to conjure monsters in real-time as you fight and explore in third-person view. Some of the cards give you a direct attack instead of a spawned creature. I prefer to spawn creatures and watch them do the job. The action becomes a bit chaotic with direct attacks thrown in. I would stand back from the enemy to spawn a creature, then dash in to attack directly. If I could lock the camera down or pull out to a more isomentric view, I think it would work better. Fun game, though. 

Video Time: I needed bing searches for rewards points, so I started checking out whatever was shown on the bing homepage. I ended up watching a lot of youtubers showing epic fails and other stupid human tricks. I even watched some wrestling highlights (same thing?). None of these netted me many bing searches but at least it was fun to watch. I think I won't bother doing something really boring like making searches with each alphabet letter (been there, done that). I've got 10k this month already anyway. 

Bee Simulator: I fought a wasp. The battle uses a tiny rhythm game mechanic. Super easy. I landed on a lollypop to regain super speed energy. Tasty. I talked to the queen bee. I think she should be bigger. An achievement unlocked for something, and I stopped for now. A small dose of a small game is satisfying. 

May Downloads Galore: I was near the end of my current summer list of games, so I looked through the May 2022 releases and downloaded anything interesting like Destroy all Humans (cause DLC dropped in May), Pac-Man Museum +, Sniper Elite 5, Floppy Knights, Umurangi, We Were Here (second one was out in May), and Eiyuden Chronicle. I didn't get to any of them this day. I'll tackle them next week. 

Gems of War: Always a good game to play while waiting for downloads. I raced to finish the campaign tasks for the week and just did it by the end of the day. I created an all summoner team for one task. As soon as I lost one character, I would summon a new one to take its place. Then I had to create a Blighted Lands team. I loaded it with Daemons and found it a very fun team to play with. Lots of fire. But, I returned to my original team because I can wreck house with it. Once I get rolling, I create whole screens of skulls that can take down multiple enemies one after another. So satisfying. 

Microsoft Solitaire Collection (Android): I discovered where the achievements are listed in the app. I'll now be focusing on those. 

Hunt and gather those rewards points.