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Not As Relaxing A Saturday As I'd Like
Mar. 7th, 2020 11:16 pmWhich I shall put down to a combination of Dad getting a little pissy, as we got our new house valuation for tax purposes in the mail (what the fuck am I supposed to do about this -- we've MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE HOUSE, the damn value is going to go up!), not having a good time at the end of my Fallout 4 play session (I HATE SUPER MUTANTS WITH MINIGUNS), and generally being a little PMSy. I swear, the time before my period is laden with little annoyances that all just gnaw at my nerves. . . Not to mention I was really stinkin' cold most of the day because of it. Stupid hormones. . .
Despite everything, though, I did at least accomplish all the items on my little to-do list:
-->Cleaned my room, as foretold by prophecy -- interrupted by lunch, as the parents were home this morning, but they went out afterwards, so I was able to get the dusting, Swiffering, and vacuuming taken care of without incident
-->Played Fallout 4 -- My exploration of South Boston with Ada was interrupted by having to help out with a feral ghoul attack in Sanctuary -- took the opportunity to offload some junk, then stopped by Graygarden to give them some more defense. Where I SHOULD have gone was Oberland Station, as -- after FINALLY reaching the damn General Atomics Factory after all these detours and slaying a few of the Mechanist's robots, I was suddenly called down there to help defend it against a raiding party.
Of super mutants.
One with a minigun.
And one with a missile launcher.
Yeah, uh, I died. A lot. Not helped by the fact that you always spawn into locations facing a certain way, and said way faces AWAY from where the attack was coming in. And THEN, I actually managed to KILL the bastards -- but they killed one of the settlers there, and I got a little guilty, and then I remembered I have a missile launcher too, so I ended up stupidly reloading to try and save the settler and put the missile launcher to good use. . . Yeah, all that ended up doing was making me rage-quit shortly before supper from the moment just before I fast-traveled over. . .and then, after supper, roll back to an earlier save in a different location (a little factory with goodies along the way) in the desperate hope that the stupid sidequest won't even TRIGGER when I next play. Worked when I had that bugged-out "kidnapping" quest! At the same location, no less. . . I have decided I don't like Oberland Station. *sigh*
-->Posted the next chapter of "Secundus 2" -- Too Many Awkward Meetings To Count! Lot going on in this one -- meeting the McFlys, dealing with the old-timers in the Palace, putting Gordon Tannen in his place, hiding the surprise Grasshopper Teapot from the mayor. . .you know, the usual. :p I hope it's at least enjoyable!
In addition to the above, I also watched four CallMeKevin videos and one OXBox one (while enjoying a hot chocolate and the last of my marshmallow dunkers, because hopefully the cold is coming to a slow but steady end and I won't be needing hot chocolate pick-me-ups soon):
A) Kevin playing The Escapists 2, about escaping from various strange and wild prisons -- Kevin had Jim get turned into a reluctant circus performer, and escape via cannon! XD Also one of the fellow prisoners was named RTGame because of course he was, and Kevin abused him mercilessly because of course he would. XD
B) Kevin playing MySims, the "Animal Crossing but Sims" game we all know and possibly love. Kevin, of course, made the creepiest character he possibly could with the character creator, then proceeded to make the world's worst house, a podium literally made of apples, a modern art piece made of his next-door neighbor's rage, and a "table" that's really more of a sink cage. XD I really want to see more of him wrecking the town, frankly, it's amazing.
C) Kevin playing Made Man, a truly awful PS2 mafia game -- only you spend less time in the mafia and more time fighting gators in a swamp and having 'Nam flashbacks. No, seriously, part of the OPENING LEVEL is your character hearing a helicopter and having a flashback. (Which, given the framing device of the game, is a flashback WITHIN a flashback, sooo. . .) Kevin was quite impressed with how bad it really was.
D) Kevin playing Hitman 2! Already delightful, and made even more so by his decision to see what happens when you kill every killable NPC on the map, but NOT the targets. It's, uh, pretty hilarious. Particularly since Kevin started out in the clown outfit, as all good Hitman players do. XD Let's just the penalty for non-target kills was over a million and leave it at that. XD
E) And from OXBox, more Easter eggs in games that made fun of glitches or bad choices in a previous version/installment: commenter edition! Featured Conrad from Mass Effect 3 commenting on how he could mistakenly recall you pulling a gun on him even if you hadn't in your particular save file, and Bruce Campbell telling Spider-Man in the third game based on the Raimi trilogy that he's not good enough to stick his webs to nothing -- unlike in the very first game, where he could literally swing on air. XD Ah, good times, good times. . .
So yeah -- even if it wasn't a perfect Saturday, I still had fun there, at least. Now it's time to take care of comments and whatnot, before turning the clock forward and going to bed. Tomorrow's activities include bowling (Mom's foot is better, w000), Sims 4 (gotta finally PLAY the McFlys instead of just continually redesigning their house), watching videos on the Sims, and writing some more on "Secundus 2" Chapter 5. Again, all achievable goals, I feel. *nods* Night all!
Despite everything, though, I did at least accomplish all the items on my little to-do list:
-->Cleaned my room, as foretold by prophecy -- interrupted by lunch, as the parents were home this morning, but they went out afterwards, so I was able to get the dusting, Swiffering, and vacuuming taken care of without incident
-->Played Fallout 4 -- My exploration of South Boston with Ada was interrupted by having to help out with a feral ghoul attack in Sanctuary -- took the opportunity to offload some junk, then stopped by Graygarden to give them some more defense. Where I SHOULD have gone was Oberland Station, as -- after FINALLY reaching the damn General Atomics Factory after all these detours and slaying a few of the Mechanist's robots, I was suddenly called down there to help defend it against a raiding party.
Of super mutants.
One with a minigun.
And one with a missile launcher.
Yeah, uh, I died. A lot. Not helped by the fact that you always spawn into locations facing a certain way, and said way faces AWAY from where the attack was coming in. And THEN, I actually managed to KILL the bastards -- but they killed one of the settlers there, and I got a little guilty, and then I remembered I have a missile launcher too, so I ended up stupidly reloading to try and save the settler and put the missile launcher to good use. . . Yeah, all that ended up doing was making me rage-quit shortly before supper from the moment just before I fast-traveled over. . .and then, after supper, roll back to an earlier save in a different location (a little factory with goodies along the way) in the desperate hope that the stupid sidequest won't even TRIGGER when I next play. Worked when I had that bugged-out "kidnapping" quest! At the same location, no less. . . I have decided I don't like Oberland Station. *sigh*
-->Posted the next chapter of "Secundus 2" -- Too Many Awkward Meetings To Count! Lot going on in this one -- meeting the McFlys, dealing with the old-timers in the Palace, putting Gordon Tannen in his place, hiding the surprise Grasshopper Teapot from the mayor. . .you know, the usual. :p I hope it's at least enjoyable!
In addition to the above, I also watched four CallMeKevin videos and one OXBox one (while enjoying a hot chocolate and the last of my marshmallow dunkers, because hopefully the cold is coming to a slow but steady end and I won't be needing hot chocolate pick-me-ups soon):
A) Kevin playing The Escapists 2, about escaping from various strange and wild prisons -- Kevin had Jim get turned into a reluctant circus performer, and escape via cannon! XD Also one of the fellow prisoners was named RTGame because of course he was, and Kevin abused him mercilessly because of course he would. XD
B) Kevin playing MySims, the "Animal Crossing but Sims" game we all know and possibly love. Kevin, of course, made the creepiest character he possibly could with the character creator, then proceeded to make the world's worst house, a podium literally made of apples, a modern art piece made of his next-door neighbor's rage, and a "table" that's really more of a sink cage. XD I really want to see more of him wrecking the town, frankly, it's amazing.
C) Kevin playing Made Man, a truly awful PS2 mafia game -- only you spend less time in the mafia and more time fighting gators in a swamp and having 'Nam flashbacks. No, seriously, part of the OPENING LEVEL is your character hearing a helicopter and having a flashback. (Which, given the framing device of the game, is a flashback WITHIN a flashback, sooo. . .) Kevin was quite impressed with how bad it really was.
D) Kevin playing Hitman 2! Already delightful, and made even more so by his decision to see what happens when you kill every killable NPC on the map, but NOT the targets. It's, uh, pretty hilarious. Particularly since Kevin started out in the clown outfit, as all good Hitman players do. XD Let's just the penalty for non-target kills was over a million and leave it at that. XD
E) And from OXBox, more Easter eggs in games that made fun of glitches or bad choices in a previous version/installment: commenter edition! Featured Conrad from Mass Effect 3 commenting on how he could mistakenly recall you pulling a gun on him even if you hadn't in your particular save file, and Bruce Campbell telling Spider-Man in the third game based on the Raimi trilogy that he's not good enough to stick his webs to nothing -- unlike in the very first game, where he could literally swing on air. XD Ah, good times, good times. . .
So yeah -- even if it wasn't a perfect Saturday, I still had fun there, at least. Now it's time to take care of comments and whatnot, before turning the clock forward and going to bed. Tomorrow's activities include bowling (Mom's foot is better, w000), Sims 4 (gotta finally PLAY the McFlys instead of just continually redesigning their house), watching videos on the Sims, and writing some more on "Secundus 2" Chapter 5. Again, all achievable goals, I feel. *nods* Night all!
