{"id":10266,"date":"2023-06-30T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=10266"},"modified":"2023-06-28T10:44:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T15:44:52","slug":"monthend-video-game-wrap-up-june-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=10266","title":{"rendered":"Monthend Video Game Wrap-Up: June 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">~ Game Over ~<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Peglin<\/strong> (PC) &#8211; Well, it&#8217;s a roguelike. And therefore highly replayable. Especially since it&#8217;s got a mode that adds a new handicap every time you beat it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Inhabit<\/strong> (Switch) &#8211; A cute puzzle game about taking care of yourself. It took less than two hours to beat, so it was really just a li&#8217;l appetizer of a game, but it was fun. Also, I recorded my playthrough <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLczsZoy5wC6fYkNYv6Ymd4Ns56Bae2PnW\">for YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gargoyle&#8217;s Quest<\/strong> (GB) &#8211; An action-RPG spin-off of the Ghosts &#8216;n Goblins series, and much more enjoyable in my opinion. While it&#8217;s got blind jumps and cheap deaths for sure, I did have fun revisiting this one for the first time in well over a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Elli<\/strong> (Switch) &#8211; Isometric puzzle-platformer about a 600-year old lady who needs to recover precious crystals, else the time-space continuum will collapse. Yeah, it&#8217;s pretty okay, but sadly didn&#8217;t leave a very strong impression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pok\u00e9mon Crystal<\/strong> (GBC) &#8211; Did you know that this is the first time I&#8217;ve ever finished the North American version of a Gen 2 Pok\u00e9mon game? Yep! After many, <em>many<\/em> false starts, I&#8217;ve finally done it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Picross S7<\/strong> (Switch) &#8211; It&#8217;s another picross game. What do you want me to say? The only notable thing about this one is that I finished it whilst trapped in a vehicle for a great many hours. I really don&#8217;t understand the appeal of road trips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">~ Now Playing ~<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<\/strong> (Switch) &#8211; 3 sages recruited<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Final Fantasy XVI<\/strong> (PS5) &#8211; Literally only played the combat tutorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">~ Purchases ~<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inhabit<\/strong> (Switch)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Elli<\/strong> (Switch)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Inscryption<\/strong> (Switch)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fitness Circuit<\/strong> (Switch)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Moonlighter<\/strong> (Switch)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Layers of Fear<\/strong> (PS5)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Final Fantasy XVI<\/strong> (PS5)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>~ Game Over ~ Peglin (PC) &#8211; Well, it&#8217;s a roguelike. And therefore highly replayable. Especially since it&#8217;s got a mode that adds a new handicap every time you beat it. Inhabit (Switch) &#8211; A cute puzzle game about taking care of yourself. It took less than two hours to beat, so it was really &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=10266\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monthend Video Game Wrap-Up: June 2023<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,49,23,20,27,6,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-final-fantasy","category-monthend","category-pokemon","category-retro-gaming","category-spooky","category-video-games","category-zelda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10266"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10290,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10266\/revisions\/10290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}