Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019)
Storypost | 2021.05.26
The backyard terraces need fencing. Since there are two terraces, it almost made sense to connect the two and create a verdana/gazebo/pergola/palapa over the middle terrace.
Rather than pick and haul 24 4x6es, 10 2x6es, etc., I did flat rate delivery and figured I might as well cache the materials required for the remainder of the murder room upgrade.
Infopost | 2021.04.13
Fire Emblem Three Houses post. That is all.
I finished my Edelgard playthrough. The final battle had an interesting and challenging mechanic, but climaxed in an arduous slog against a *gasp* dragon who could oneshot pretty much anyone. How did my well-considered maddening-difficulty plans fare?
Storypost | 2020.04.05
The uncertainity of two weeks ago has given way to various stages of compulsory home isolation.
Our March GBES event was bookended with the staff telling us that breweries and dine-in would be shut down statewide starting the following day.
Still, for the scale of the change, everyone's seemed to carry on in a reasonably professional manner.
Friend groups have organized video chat kickbacks, including a screening of Velocipastor.
Infopost | 2020.03.01
The last week of February was one to remember. Or forget.
This coronavirus thing has been a weird mix of sensationalist news/stocks, people quietly buying out canned food and masks, and a completely unchanged day-to-day.
We had made a date for the next installment of Pandemic Legacy S1 with Seryan (portmanteau) about a month ago.
Not willing to tempt fate, we decided it'd be best to innoculate ourselves using a combination of homeopathic remedies.
Infopost | 2020.02.15
At last I finished playthrough 1, so here's some screencaps, stuff I learned, and ideas I'm taking into new game+. Gameplay and plot spoilers are at the end, so some things might look a bit out of sequence.
I went into my first playthrough purposefully in the dark; it was a combination of hubris from being a series veteran and the desire to have an unspoiled experience. As mentioned in gamefaq.
Storypost | 2019.12.29
We headed up the coast for some holiday time with the family.
We played a lot of Codenames, spent some time at the beach, and roamed between the parents' house and Ted's.
There was tons of food, both of the home-cooked variety and the restaurant variety.
By far the highlight of the entire holiday was stopping by California's own Potbelly in Irvine. Why even go to the east coast anymore?
Storypost | 2019.11.30
Winter has arrived, it's cold and wet. But that's why there's egg nog and 500W graphics cards.
We took Lola and Kafka up north for Thanksgiving. I stumbled upon - but did not try - a culinary revelation: corned beef taquito. Now I need to go back to Glendale.
On the last 85 degree day, the GBES trekked from Circle 9 (home of an amazing pilsner) to Quantum, with a stop for grub at Common Theory.
Storypost | 2019.11.10
Friendsgiving this year was up in Santa Cruz. On top of the usual fare (kids, turkey, burned killa bread), there was great beach weather.
Airports and airplanes meant some actual stick time with Three Houses. It's been one of the best in the series, but they may need to tighten the gameplay up in future releases a la Civilization.
Review | 2019.09.14
Fire Emblem: Three Houses