Game Mode On: What’s On Tap for this Weekend

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Game Mode On: What’s On Tap for this Weekend

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Game Mode On. Image Source: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY2jy8AzUzk

Word Count (What I’m Writing); Updated every 2-3 Days (mostly)

Project Ship of Shadows (Graphic Novel) Page Count: 20 (+1)

Goal = 5 Pages a week.

Actual = 4/5 Pages done so far this week. I added a page to the 1st issue last night.

Whale Song Revision (Fantasy Short Story) (2nd Draft)

(Researched an article on Whaling, No Writing so far)

Currently Reading (What I’m Reading); Updated Weekly (mostly)

For Fun:

Transhuman edited by Mark L. Van Name and T. F. K. Weisskopf

Just started this anthology – it was given to me at a LibertyCon some years ago, but I’ve just now gotten around to reading it. I may not finish it/read all the stories, but so far, I’ve read the first story and liked it.

Traveller RPG: FINISHED!
For School:

Afrofuturism (by Ytasha Womack) : This book describes the academic genre of Afrofuturism (essentially African American Science Fiction that deals with social issues in culture). I just finished Chapter 3 today and I’m at the beginning of Chapter 4 (this book has 10 chapters).
For Research/Personal Development:

Great Aircraft of WWII by Alfred Price and Mike Spick (for Project Skye)

Great Aircraft of WWII is a book that I’ve had in my collection for sometime–I’ve glanced at it periodically, but never read it cover-to-cover. Now, with Project Skye, I intend to do just that.

Quick Update

So this is a fairly short blog post on the quick update on what I’m planning on playing this weekend. It may be a shortened gaming weekend, but I’ll try to update you next week on what I actually managed to get through.

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands

I was able to clear a “province” last week, meaning that all 4 star difficulty provinces are completely done. I only have 5 star difficulty provinces left (and one that has no rating, but due to its difficulty and number bases, might as well be a five star difficulty region). I still estimate that I have a month or two of playing on this one before I get to the “final” boss. I’ll probably “rant” about open world games in a future blog post, but while I like value for content, I feel this one is a massive game extension type of open world that isn’t necessarily respectful to the player’s time.

Ratchet and Clank (2016)

So, I’ve already covered this in another blog entry, but I managed to finish this game this past weekend. It was a fun reboot/reimagining of the series. I did forget to give it a grade in the blog entry so for anyone who may be wondering, I give it an A. I am very intrigued by what they will do with the upcoming Spider-man game.

Costume Quest 2

I was able to make progress on this game and to move the story along significantly. I’m currently in a “hub” world of sorts where I need to clear out various structures in the world before the next major section opens up. It feels like I’m coming up to the resolution fairly soon, but I can’t quite tell just yet.

Final Fantasy XV

So, re-installed this one on to the hard drive, and am looking forward to trying to make progress on it. I’ve gotten stuck on a section that involves stealth and I keep getting seen and failing the mission. I’ll try it a couple of more times before resorting to a guide or YouTube walkthrough to get past this difficult bit. Yes, I like trying to get past barriers on my own, but I don’t think I’ve played this one since February or early March because of this mission and I like to think that I was getting fairly good at it.

Well, that’s all I have for now–will (hopefully) return next week with another gaming update.

Sidney