Games

I played Balatro with my brother (we put in up on a TV)

To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day

Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say

No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip

For the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip

Big iron on his hip

Witcher 3 (but there's still time!)

Path of exile 2

X4. The economy must flow.

System Shock, the remake by Nightdive.

I'm old enough that I bought and played the original SS back in the day, and it was transformative.

Guild Wars 2

Elden Ring, just beat the dlc and helped a few others do the same.

The Legend of Zelda (og, on retroarch w/ shaders)

Chess. Nerd time

Simulacra together with my wife :-)

Minecraft. I just stopped playing about 20 minutes ago.

Timberborn! I do love those beavers.

Cracktorio

Gothic (2001). Still a really cool game!

Satisfactory

House flipper

On gamepass, and tha fully on gamepass because od never spend actual money on that game.

Spelunky 2.5

Automobilista 2 - Caterham racing around Oulton Park as the clock hit midnight.

Earlier in the evening I played the latest Mario Party and some Jackbox games with the fam.

Hollow Knight. I just killed all 3 Dreamers on my steam save. Currently trying to beat Trial of the Fool. Keep dying to the Mawleks.

Gears 3

It's been Jackbox every year for the past 8+ years. A side-effect of hosting the New Years Eve party for a bunch of gamers.

Deep Rock Galactic

Marvel rivals

Generation Zero

Finished a run in Windblown.

Fallout 4, just started Whispering Hills and my 100th something playthrough

Lost Odyssey

Rimworld, and I just found that there are tons of mods for it. I'll likely be playing it for quite a while still.

Partner and I played Mario Kart 8, was quite fun!

ARK: Survival Ascended; I run a public cluster for some streamers and friends.

Brotato, working on unlocking all the characters

Infinity Nikki! It's probably my new favourite dress up game (dethroning FFXIV)

The Sims 3. I had to figure out how to disable OneDrive backup for my Documents folder, because Sims 3 insists on keeping your saves there, and somehow everything breaks if OneDrive tries to sync them. Previously I had given in and let OneDrive sync everything because Win11 nags you if you try to avoid it.

I also have to fiddle with processor affinity to get the game to launch, for some reason.

It still crashes a lot.

Grim Dawn with Reign Of Terror mod.

Bloodborne

Got a need for nostalgia. Last game was MGS4. Before that, it was THPS1&2.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider.