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Update 14 December


Newly acquired games this week:

  • Tombeaux
    Tombeaux

    0 hours playtime

    0 of 6 achievements

Tombeaux: Could not resist, it’s just a perfect storm of interests for me: based on real world history, an educational walking sim that lets you wander around and explore, created by one single guy under an artists program, and 100% of the profits goes to the charity this sim is based on.

  • Beat Hazard 2
    Beat Hazard 2

    6 hours playtime

    no achievements

Beat Hazard 2: Just was really wanting something similar to Audiosurf, which I was a big fan of years ago as a chill game for stressed out nights. Sadly Audiosurf is unplayable for me since I’ve long moved away from MP3s and instead only use streaming for music. Beat Hazard 2 was pricier than other games of its type, but it allows full access to music sources and it both looks and plays pretty good so far for being Early Access! Retinal firestorm and I love it, no regrets at all buying. See myself playing this a lot!

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New World: Also got accepted into the alpha test for New World, being developed by Amazon (yes, that Amazon.) It’s under a NDA so I won’t be sharing much about it (though, hilariously, there have been leaks via PornHub.) I’ll just suffice it to say that as I’ve been playing a whole lot of Conan Exiles in recent times, this game feels extremely familiar but with new clothing.


Everything else I actually played this week:

  • Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa's Rampage
    Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa's Rampage

    9.9 hours playtime

    13 of 13 achievements

Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa’s Rampage: My Monthly Theme Pick, finished and 100%. Fun at first, gets repetitive very quickly. Might have been a lot more fun in co-op. I did enjoy reading all the letters left around, a few were good for a chuckle. Most likely will never load this game up again.

  • Conan Exiles
    Conan Exiles

    114 hours playtime

    13 of 25 achievements

Conan Exiles: Still chugging along with my friend. Have not played it very much this week. A new DLC released but I haven’t bought it. Next time we play I think there’ll be a focus on dungeons and boss hunting, as those are the main achievements we seem to be missing yet.

  • 7 Grand Steps
    7 Grand Steps

    3.5 hours playtime

    no achievements

7 Grand Steps: First on my ABC Challenge list, decided to install and give it a whirl one night. It’s not too bad. Just a boardgame based on luck and very light strategy, you try to keep a family lineage alive and prosperous throughout the span of ages. RNG can be a devil, but I didn’t find it overly frustrating. Putting it on hold as I have too much on my gaming plate right now to invest myself in all the game’s instructions and rules explanations.

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Destiny 2: Spent one evening playing some of Destiny 2’s holiday festival event. I’d like to play it some more because you bake cookies for all the main characters essentially, but I’m not sure how much time I’ll get to play before it’s over.


Think that’s all I’ve got to report. The rest of the month is spotty for me; will be flying across the country for the week of Christmas and so I won’t have any playtime at all.

Have a great week!