I know February is a very short month, but I have to admit it took me by complete surprise this time
I was already working on a different post to write about and then I realized that I havenāt even shared my summary for February, so here I am typing this now. Somehow itās March already, what in the world?
Podcasts
I listened toā¦
Into The Aether for 27.4 hours. Listened to every episode released this month, and a few more from the backlog. Every Wednesday is a bit of a treat, itās almost the extra push I need to finish the work week at this point. Fanstastic show.
Welcome to Night Vale for 11.6 hours. I no longer sleep listening to it because I made a music playlist to play every night instead! Still listen at the gym and some nights though.
Retro Game Time Machine for 9.9 hours. Always a joy to listen to, they did a top 5 games of the year as well which I listened here and there during the month.
Eye of the Duck for 5.9 hours. They did a series on alien invasion movies, their episode of The War of the Worlds was great but I was a bit annoyed they barely mentioned the book at all!
Dungeons and Daddies for 4.3 hours. I lost the thread a little bit and I havenāt had as much time to focus on it sadly, still lots of fun.
Movies
Mufasa. A prequel to The Lion King we went to watch because it was free, not as bad as I expected actually, but it wouldāve been better animated.
Godzilla x Kong. Fun time, Godzilla is pink and Kong has a metallic fist now, turn off brain, big monster fight, cool.
Back in Action. Typical Netflix spy movie where they hide and retire and have kids and they are on the run now. The kid character was cool, he enabled 2FA on his devices.
Shrek 2. Shrek 2 is the perfect sequel, the teaser for Shrek 5 sucks.
Reading
The Space Merchants I read to chapters of the book, I like it and wanna read more, cool sci-fi stuff with a guy who is bad since he works in an advertising company that basically runs the world now. They wanna colonize Venus and make people want to go there with ads, even though itās a wasteland and barely worth it, sounds familiar?
Manga
Hunter x Hunter is all Iāve been reading this month, I donāt think I touched any other manga this month. I am in chapter 328 now, which means I also got to read the Chimera Arc Ant, and that was really one of the most intense and subverting arcs I have ever read in a manga. I really donāt think JuJutsu Kaisen compares at all, they are in completely different leagues. All the previous arcs were great as well, but Chimera Ant really surprised me. 10/10 you should read it from the beginning.
Anime
Mashle: Magic and Muscles is a fun time, itās a total parody of Harry Potter merged with the style of One Punch Man. A ridiculously strong guy with zero magic abilities joins a magic academy and tries to become the top student there, a āDivine Visionary.ā Itās pretty funny and has some cool action sequences, it doesnāt take itself very seriously which I like, itās a nice time.
Gaming
Do I really have to write about every single game I have been playing? Itās just too many, check my weeknotes for this month and youāll see, I will list most and just write about a couple others.
Finished
TOEM. This was a short little game about taking pictures and fullfiling tasks given to you by people, which grant you stamps that let you travel to other places and take more pictures. The goal of the game is to travel to a mountain and take a picture at the top to show your grandma.
It was a charming cozy game with a nice artstyle and music, I played it on my laptop this time around, and it was a very nice time.
God of War: Chains of Olympus. This is a game I started ages ago on my PSP, and since I have been doing a lot of PSP gaming recently, I returned to this game and got to the end of it. Honestly, a fantastic handheld experience that is still impressive today.
Ongoing
Dragon Quest XI: I played a bunch of this early in the month but lost a bit of steam simply because other games showed up. I am loving it every time I play it and I canāt wait to return to it in March.
Ys: The Oath in Felghana: I made a bunch of progress on this game and Iāll definitely beat it in March, I only have one dungeon left so I figured I would try other games in the mean time. The combat, the story, the music, everything just works and itās like, the quintessential action rpg experience! Except flying enemies.
Triangle Strategy: I returned to this game after ages late in February, and I like it, it just has too much story bits and not enough action moments where I can play and do fun stuff. I like it much more now and have gotten some new characters to play with, I will try to make progress and experience more battles.
Brave Story: New Traveler: Started it on a whim after it was mentioned on ITA, I had already played it before but I didnāt even get to the gameplay part. Turns out it plays like Dragon Quest does which is, like a traditional turn based rpg. Itās simple and it plays great and itās not super unfair or difficult, Iām liking it.
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade: I beat a few chapters this month and itās been pretty fun to just open my SP, play a few turns and then do other things, itās a great gameplay loop that gets interrupted everytime I have to start a new battle and get ready, thatās the only bit I dislike which itās a bit weird honestly. Still, good time.
UFO 50: A friend gifted it to me in the middle of the month and I have played like 4 games of it, itās fun and super interesting but didnāt get into it as much as Iād hoped. I want to clear some other games before I return to it. Super promising though.
Dungeon Antiqua: A retro dungeon crawler that looks like Final Fantasy, enjoyable, fun and quick. I havenāt really played a lot of it yet, only an hour or so, but I like the simple gameplay loop and it plays just great on my Anbernic SP, since itās a python game!
Super Mario Bros Wonder: I returned to this one day on a whim and completed the Lava world before Bowserās final world, I advanced a few levels too and completed some with missing collectibles. Just a great time.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky: I started this over on PC and really like some of its QOL features, but I decided to continue on my PSP and made some progress in a few ongoing quests. I should return to it but other games kept me busy.
Dredge: Played a couple hours so far, interesting game and mechanics, weirdly relaxing yet scary. Playing it on my Laptop too hoping it captures me like TOEM did, even if they are totally different genres. I will play it a bit more soon.
Batman: Arkham Asylum: I had this on Epic Games and played it via Heroic, it was a bit hard to get it too run because but no problem once I figured it out, I wanted to see how good it was and I think I will play it more later in the month.
Mario vs Donkey Kong: When I donāt feel like playing a JRPG, Mario vs Donkey Kong is there, a couple levels a couple times a week! Super fun and simple puzzle platforming.
Ridge Racer 2: After the great time Iāve had with Ridge Racer, the sequel turns out to be the same game but with more tracks to choose from. So I decided to hop on to this one and keep going!
Minecraft. Played it early in the month with some friends in our personal server, simply Minecraft.
Ember Knights: Returned to this late in the month with a new DLC with some new enemies and boss fights, doing 4 player co-op was very fun, we got to the very end but the final boss beat us. We unlocked some new power-ups though which was nice, will probably play it again tomorrow.
Axiom Verge: Only played like 40 minutes and Iām struggling to figure out if I should buy this on Switch or try and port it to my Anbernic SP. I want to play it properly one of these daysā¦
LocoRoco: I only played one level of this one and I think itās fun, a PSP exclusive to this day! Super cute and charming too, weāll see how it goes.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Played online and with friends a few times, thereās a tournament going on at work too, so far so good, but my friends have managed to beat me more often which makes me feel old.
Mario Party 3: Played a single match with some friends on NSO and that was a blast. CPU Wario beat us of course, evil stuff.
Tyrantās Realm Demo: A souls-like roguelike that I tried for a bit, honestly quite nice, I have never played Dark Souls but now Iām considering it, not right now though.
Device usage
Laptop
I used my laptop for 61 hours. Thereās a lot of gameplay time that ActivityWatch didnāt really pick up though, I wonder whatās up with that, maybe Steamās Big Picture mode kills it or something, so, some of the time is obtained from Steamās Time Played instead.
Firefox for 32 hours
Alacritty for 7 hours
Minecraft for 3 hours
Steam for 2 hours
TOEM for 7 hours
Dredge for 1 hour
Batman: Arkham Asylum for 41 minutes
Dungeon Antiqua for 40 minutes
UFO 50 for 34 minutes
Trails in the Sky for 31 minutes
Tyrantās Realm for 27 minutes
Phone
I used my phone for 167 hours
YouTube for 48 hours
Mihon for 25 hours
Discord for 22 hours
WhatsApp for 11 hours
Tusky for 9 hours
Firefox for 9 hours
Signal for 8 hours
Bible for 4 hours
Final thoughts
THAT WAS A LOT OF GAMES WOAH.
But hey, they are all good games at least. Anyway, the month was crazy, work is crazy, Hunter x Hunter is crazy, itās all crazy.
