twofer Tues– i mean, winsome Wednesday of 13th Feb 2k19!

my word, mr. chattersworth, what will the gossips at the ton think?!

solitaire game just like any other, except it’s got a plot ripped from one of the more traditional Georgette Heyer books sliding through via placecards. i swear to god i’ve read a book that had the same plot but damn if i can remember who wrote it or what it was called.

the game has good mechanics, my first and only run-through was on hard difficulty and took approx 9 hours without it getting tedious. a protip tho: if you play the game first on hard, in order to get the “win game on normal” achievement to pop all you need to do is switch the difficulty down and then play the final chapter again. i don’t know if the reverse is true but that’s the method i used without going through the entire game again for one measly cheevo.

something something floating roombas with arms who apparently procreate something something

a very nice puzzle game that i am glad i got to play. didn’t absolutely have to look up solutions until i hit level 98, though i was sorely tempted at level 96 cos holy crap that one was hard. this is the kind of game where there’s a set number of different ways you can approach the issue, and so long as you keep varying what you do you’ll stumble upon the solution eventually.

OKAY, SO: i’ve been going back and forth first from the hospital where my mother was held and now to an in-patient rehab center while they try to get her recovered from a shitstorm of a kidney infection. doesn’t leave a lot of time for gaming, though i have finally begun my replay of Final Fantasy VII on her cheapass 1gb RAM netbook to keep myself entertained while she sleeps off the drugs. i am almost back to the point in the game where on my last playthrough i realised i had missed the Ramuh materia and thus would not get an achievement, so hey, progress.

when at home– and not sleeping off nursing home crud, oh my god my immune system is taking a pummeling at that place someone please save me– i’m working on The Turing Test (will probably finish the story parts of that one next, so look out), Infinifactory (wow this game is hard! my brain is leaking from my ears! why do i do this to myself!), and Grim Dawn (not really enjoying it and don’t know why yet, since it has all the elements that i normally like????).

i’m also trying to force myself to finish The Walking Dead: Michonne but it’s so hard to load up the game when i would literally be doing anything other than giving time and attention to another Robert Kirkman enterprise. blech. i’ll get there eventually, but expect the summarized write-up to be a lot of screeching in pain.