Op-Ed

Getting Up Off My Ass – Weekly Gaming Discussion for 3/15/20

My Game of 2020.

I Can’t Stop Playing This

This Week’s Gaming Thoughts

Friends, it’s been a rough week. Last week was our hated Daylight Savings Time switch — which ALWAYS knocks me on my butt — followed by yet ANOTHER cold. Before you ask, it’s not COVID-19, as the symptoms are totally in line with a cold, but still, I JUST got over a cold a few weeks ago.

So it wasn’t a great week for content creation on my part. I canceled three streams due to fatigue and whatnot, and while I HATED it, those wouldn’t have been fun streams for anyone. It’s tough to focus when you’re sick, and I did what I could. Hopefully, this coming week will be better.

What I’ve Been Playing This Past Week

Bloody Rally Show – Besides a bit of Flight Simulator, this is all I played. After many hours and hundreds of races, I finally beat my Hard campaign. Damn it felt good. The dev recently rebalanced the campaign a bit, so I’ve begun three Hardcore campaigns. Why three? Because in Hardcore you start with NO money, and have to be a pedestrian taking pictures to make money. Sadly I got run over and killed in my first two campaigns. Thankfully on my current campaign I’ve survived long enough to buy a car, but now I’ve got to crawl up the rankings from behind. I AM LOVING IT.
Flight Simulator X – After a couple more lessons I feel like I’m finally getting a handle on controlling even the most basic of Cessnas.

What I’m Planning on Playing This Coming Week

Same as above, really. Maybe some Warhammer 40K: Inquisitor, but that’ll likely be it. There are a lot of streams coming up this week, not only to make up for last week, but to hopefully entertain folks stuck home due to the current pandemic.