October 2023 - My First Late Post

Games played this month

• Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
  

  45 hours playtime

  36 of 36 achievements

• The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
  

  3 hours playtime

  no achievements

• The Jackbox Party Pack 4
  

  7 hours playtime

  7 of 20 achievements

• Bloons TD 6
  

  17 hours playtime

  25 of 146 achievements

• Kingdom: Classic
  

  33 minutes playtime

  1 of 34 achievements

• Left 4 Dead 2
  

  15 hours playtime

  38 of 101 achievements

Gameplay Summary

This month was another month where I was fairly busy, though strangely I was more productive in my gaming with the same time, so that’s a positive. For the first time, I am actually a week late with my post since I was celebrating Halloween with my sister, and I only realized now that I failed to make a post. I hope you didn’t miss too much without an update.

Completed: Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

A new DLC came out for PPDS, so this month I went and earned all the new achievements as part of PAGYWOSG. There were some interesting duck interactions, but there’s not too much I can say about a mostly idle game given the time I have spent in it. I did like the fun mini-game that was added as part of the latest DLC, so I’m glad I tried it out.

Completed: The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

This free game was an absolute gem. I can see why it has overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam and is regarded as one of the best Sonic games. It is an interesting mix of visual novel with 2D light platforming levels (though these do get a bit tough toward the end). It only takes a few hours to complete, so I highly recommend playing it since it comes at the absolute low price of $0.

In Progress Completion: The Jackbox Party Pack 4

I revisited Jackbox 4 again this month, but this time it was with a much larger group. I was hosting the game for a virtual happy hour at work, where we were able to completely fill the 16 slots for Bracketeering, and we had loads of fun. In fact, many of my coworkers plan to buy other games in the series to host themselves for other virtual happy hours. I even managed to get a rare achievement during the test session with a few coworkers to make sure I can properly display the game. We will be playing the game again in November for our next happy hour, so I’ll fill you in on that next month.

In Progress: Bloons TD 6

I played another couple of sessions with my friend on BTD6 this month. At the beginning of the month, we powered through to get me the achievement for completing 10 maps with only primary monkeys, which was pretty easy. Later in the month, we tried our hand as a recently added boss balloon, which was an interesting challenge. We beat the first version of the boss, but we failed quickly at the second one.

In Progress: Kingdom: Classic

As an entry for PoP, I started to play this title to see how it works. I made a little progress on my first playthrough, but ultimately failed when I went too aggressive pushing into the forest. I have learned my lesson, and I plan to try to actually beat a session at least once. I read a guide for how to play since the in-game instructions are lacking, so I feel much more prepared to play.

In Progress: Left 4 Dead 2

My friend and I had a session of L4D2 as well. It was another session of achievement hunting, and I was able to earn a couple of achievements, including a rare one for killing a witch with only melee weapons and no incapacitation or death. I actually earned it on accident, so it was nice that I never need to purposely try it again.