What are you playing (or have finished)?

[alyshkalia]

I'm interrupting my obsessive BG3 streak (I just started playing for the first in November and have barely been able to put it down since) to play a bunch of games from the Interactive Fiction Short Games Showcase! I have three of my own in there, and there are a bunch I've already played from jams/events I participated in throughout the year, but there are also a bunch that are new to me. (And yes this is a shameless plug in case anyone is interested in checking it out; they're all indie text-based games under 30 minutes, and many much shorter than that! Seeking ratings and award nominations through January 15.)

[xolta]

Sonic X shadow generations for the xbox series x.  It is shocking to me that sonic team managed to make a almost bug free decent video game even if its built on over a decade old game. 

[Emil]

I just started playing Wizard101 again... I'm lucky that I remembered my login info from my 2009 account! I had to email staff to enable freechat and they were super helpful  There's so much new stuff....

[Hoshi]

I have so many unfinished games that I can't even remember, but the main ones for me right now are Super Robot Wars OGs and my playthrough of Emerald, both of which I have not touched in over a month. I was really enjoying both games, so I definitely need to pick them up again. Balancing hobbies is such a pain.

[CATBYTE]

in late december i finally decided to give Balatro a spin! i now play it nearly every day x3... probably the only roguelike or deckbuilder(ish) that's had any hold on me!

i've also returned to stardew valley to continue one of my saves with my partner! it's not really a game i play a ton, however every couple of years i find myself crawling back to it for a month or so. i also find it one of those games that feels good to leave and come back to!

two games with solo indie developers.

[solbeth]

right now i am playing a couple different games:

- darkest dungeon: it's a roguelite, turn-based combat game about exploring the dungeons of a fallen into ruin estate! i am challenging myself to work with a limited amount of heroes and i am naming each hero after one of my friends. it has lead to many funny screenshots!

- infinity nikki: it's a simgle player, open world fashion gacha game. it's one of the comfiest games i've ever seen. it's fairly new, but it already captured my heart. it's full of beautiful locations, clothing items and fun minigames!

- disco elysium: i've played this game so many times and yet i always want more. if you want a narrative rpg experience with a heavy dose of existentional dread, this one is for you. i am finally playing in 'hardcore' more, though i am unsure of what it means for me yet, lol.

[wintermel]

Currently obsessed with Balatro and The Binding of Issac, got balatro only a couple weeks ago, but played tboi for bouts a year now....
and i am close to finishing it, but Blasphemous is just great. 

See I like rougelikes I think, but I dont know many... if youre reading this and know sum then pleek let me know.

I will also say that I have a terrible habit of not finishing games and I don't know why; currently have left to finish:

• Borderlands 2
• Disco Elysium
• Skyrim
• Blasphemous
• Slime Rancher 1 AND 2

getting a bit crazy here 

[Capybara]

I bought a handful of discounted games on the Nintendo eShop on Christmas, but one that's got my attention is Cavern of Dreams. I want to do a full review of this when I'm done, so I won't give away all of my feelings, but it's really lovely so far. It really feels like playing a N64 game during the late 90s on a modern console, and I love it for that. I wish it existed when I was a kid...

[BlazingCobaltX]

I should be continuing Bomb Rush Cyberfunk but I had a major itch to play Pokémon over Christmas, so I booted up both Pokémon Crystal and Pokémon Scarlet.

The latter is... Iffy so far. I can see the vision but I also feel this degree of vastness isn't exactly for me. Maybe my judgement would be different if the game had BOTW-like graphics, but now with every stutter I am reminded that the team overshot themselves in terms of overworld design. I hope they learned from this for Legends Z-A.

[xolta]

in late december i finally decided to give Balatro a spin! i now play it nearly every day x3... probably the only roguelike or deckbuilder(ish) that's had any hold on me!

i've also returned to stardew valley to continue one of my saves with my partner! it's not really a game i play a ton, however every couple of years i find myself crawling back to it for a month or so. i also find it one of those games that feels good to leave and come back to!

two games with solo indie developers.

 Balatro is  massively addictive.  Have over 110 hours in that game and I want more.

[candycanearter07]

Balatro is  massively addictive.  Have over 110 hours in that game and I want more.

Agreed, and I've also taken to modding the game (and contributing a bit to the mods) too :)

[Rosaria Delacroix]

I uncovered my old 3DS, and a handful of games that my middle brother and I used to play as little kids- Starfy's a good one, and I have a bunch of Pokemon games. I was feeling nostalgic- I haven't really touched the device since highschool, when I used to bring it in to play with my friend at lunch: and I booted up a new save of Soul Silver, since I love Mareeps, and find it super adorable how the pokemon can follow you around and you can yap at them or check in on them periodically.

Was planning on making a little shrine on my page to catalogue my adventure- and then I came down with pretty violent symptoms of illness running around town, so I laid in bed sleepily playing and crushed two gyms in short succession, only for the Farfetchd quest to drive me absolutely up the wall- I'm so bad at puzzles! But after battling enough weevils to literally level up, I did indeed manage to bypass it. Pretty low energy at the moment, but I've been taking some pictures with my phone and jotting notes on status.cafe for things I might cobble into a more coherent narrative at some point on my website.

[xolta]

Agreed, and I've also taken to modding the game (and contributing a bit to the mods) too :)

How easy is it to mod?

[candycanearter07]

How easy is it to mod?

Pretty easy, if you just want to add a joker or something. There's a whole framework now, and its (somewhat) intuitive.

[xolta]

Ah thanks. been wanting to try the vinesauce mod and will ask around about it.