So I'm not saying my Gisa and Geralf #MTG#Commander deck is an aggro deck, but it did get my opponent to 5 on only 3 lands.
(Note that my commander and most of the deck is 4+ mana)
Turns out, Gravecrawler, Diregraf Colossus, and Corpse Blockade are very good friends.
(Ignore the fact that my opponent played no relevant spells for the first 5 turns of the game).
New episode! This week we're digging up Mort the Dead Teenager, one of the strangest comics Marvel ever put out in the 1990s. Joining us to talk about the book is zombie expert and comic creator Will Robson!
These are my most played with monsters for RPGs, but never got painted. They're Reaper Bones, the white material, and cleaning them up sucked! I ended up slicing as much of the mold lines as I could, then I covered the rest with some thick layers of primer. I took this opportunity to try some speed painting techniques. I used contrast paints (xpress) and oils, but also traditional acrilycs as a final step. Despite my frustrations with the material, I'm very happy with the result (for the time it took) so I think I might try to replicate this process on some other appropriate models (plague bearers??)
I don't have any specifically Easter-themed music, but... #Jesus was apparently some kind of zombie; probably a lich (zombies that can do magic). So I suppose "The Inevitable Zombie Apocalypse" is a good themed tune for today. Have a listen and see if it doesn't put you in the #Easter spirit!
So I'm listening to the zombie apocalypse audiobook and the survivors just found out one amongst them is a serial killer known as Billy the Butcher.
Some of the survivors are officers and recognize him and want to lock him up but one of the other cops doesn't want to because Billy, a grown man, has become friends with his 8 yrs old daughter and he feels Billy would do anything to protect her.
Currently listening to the below and I'm wondering have we reached the end of zombies. Can there be anything new or are we just recirculating the same group dynamics in different places?
David Moody's Autumn series was different in the first book because of the way the bodies changed. It lended some eeriness that people walked around, feeling like rapture had happened for several days, then slowly, zombie automation started.
Then The Last of Us with a fungi virus was different.
But have zombies reached the end? Is there anything new?
I'm not one for "New Year's resolutions", but I am one for overly ambitious projects.
For 2023, Project365 is "One New Game Per Day".
Given that I have 634 unplayed games in my Steam account and {mumble} unredeemed bundle Steam keys, there's a reason my unplayed collection is tagged "Pile of Shame".
I'll pin this to my profile, and give a brief summary here each day (or x, if I miss x days due to work or stuff).
I'll play 15-30 minutes of (at least) one new game I've never played before (or played less than 15 minutes of). I'll give every game at least 15 minutes, even if I hate every minute of it.
I'm also open to suggestions; if you reply to this thread with a game, I'll schedule it, or tell you what I thought of it.
One of the things that's come up is that I have a bunch of games that I've played once, and not touched again.
February 26, 2024 - Day 422 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 458
Game: Undying
Platform: Steam
Released: Dec 7, 2023
Installed: Dec 20, 2023
Unplayed: 68d (2m6d)
Playtime: 30m
Undying is an isometric zombie survival game, with a twist.
Undying is set in the immediate aftermath of a zombie outbreak. With survivors having been shepherded into safe zones, the survivors are being extracted, one safe zone at a time.
Anling and her son, Cody, are in one of these safe zones, which is overrun by zombies during the extraction. The extraction fails, and Anling and Cody make a run for their lives, finding a car, and returning to their home.
Their home becomes their survival base, with all of the standard trappings of any number of other survival games, just with extra zombies.
With one catch - Anling was bitten by a zombie while escaping, and needs to teach Cody how to survive before she turns.
This adds a somewhat melancholic layer to the game, knowing that (playing as Anling), you're on borrowed time, and as a parent, this affected me quite deeply.
As you go through each step of building and repairing items, you encourage Cody to observe, which levels him up, allowing him to do more of these things himself.