{"id":6959,"date":"2017-09-01T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=6959"},"modified":"2017-09-01T09:58:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T14:58:25","slug":"monthend-video-game-wrap-up-august-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=6959","title":{"rendered":"Monthend Video Game Wrap-Up \u2013 August 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

You might think that I would have played fewer video games in August, what with all the hustle and bustle of moving last month. However, life<\/del> video games finds a way.<\/p>\n

~ Game Over\u00a0~<\/h2>\n

Super Mario World<\/strong> (3DS) – I’ve bought a\u00a0handful of SNES virtual console games on my 3DS, but had only played Mega Man X up until now. Weird, that.<\/p>\n

VOI<\/strong> (PC) – A very fun minimalist puzzle game. In a world where you can’t throw a stone without hitting a boring minimalist puzzle game, I think that’s worth celebrating.<\/p>\n

Ever Oasis<\/strong> (3DS) – I’ve been letting this one simmer for a while, but it was time to finally hack my way to the finish line. It’s too bad the post-game is so grindy and not all that fun.<\/p>\n

Team Kirby Clash Deluxe<\/strong> (3DS) – Done enough. Anything left to do is gated behind the paywall\/waiting for daily gem apple harvests. And that’s a load of crap.<\/p>\n

Candy Thieves: Tale of Gnomes<\/strong> (PC) – Lame tower defence game that parents might put on their iPads to shut up their four-year-olds. Uninstalled after ten minutes.<\/p>\n

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~ Now Playing ~<\/h2>\n

Splatoon 2<\/strong> (Switch) – Haven’t even cleared the single-player mode yet, though I have been participating in ranked matches for the first time. But that’s a story for another day…<\/p>\n

Final Fantasy XV<\/strong> (PS4) – “The line’s gonna snap!” “We’re gonna fish this place dry.” “Turn the rod towards the fish!” “Talk about backseat fishing…”<\/p>\n

Hollow Knight<\/strong> (PC) – One of<\/del> the best indie Metroidvania I’ve played to date. Adventure deep underground and slay all the bugs! Except for the cute canapillar babies, who you rescue instead.<\/p>\n

TumbleSeed<\/strong> (Switch) – An insane roguelike where you have to roll a seed up a mountain by moving either end of the platform that it is suspended on. It’s pretty cool!<\/p>\n

Chicken Wiggle<\/strong> (3DS) – An adorable little platformer where you play as a chicken who uses his worm buddy as a grappling hook. Also there’s a very robust level creator with online sharing.<\/p>\n

Piczle Lines DX<\/strong> (Switch) – A picture-puzzle game that is like a cross between Tappingo and connect-the-dots. Good for playing with a show or movie on in the background.<\/p>\n

Pok\u00e9mon Picross<\/strong> (3DS) – Played a few puzzles to break up the almost-picrossness of Piczle Lines. Also, abandoned the challenges, because they are ridiculous<\/em> on the Mega puzzles.<\/p>\n

Monster Hunter Stories<\/strong> (3DS) – Technically, just the demo, but it’s the first few hours of the full game and progress carries over. So I’ll consider it a legit entry here.<\/p>\n

Monster Hunter XX<\/strong> (Switch) – The opposite kind of demo, where it’s just three separate hunts with preset items and gear. I’ve played it a lot<\/em> though. I miss big-screen Monster Hunter real bad.<\/p>\n

Monster Hunter Generations<\/strong> (3DS) – I just really love Monster Hunter, you know?<\/p>\n

Namco Museum<\/strong> (Switch) – I’ve never played Rolling Thunder before, but I really like it! You know, aside from the fact that it’s like, impossibly hard. Bring on the save states!<\/p>\n

Zombie Panic in Wonderland<\/strong> (Wii) – Randomly booted up while I was poking around in my WiiWare games, and I ended up playing\u00a0late into the night. God damn<\/em>, Snow White.<\/p>\n

TPB: Greasy Money<\/strong> (iOS) – I almost wish that the game were just constant events. They’re really fun, and the main game has gotten a little stale.<\/p>\n

Magikarp Jump<\/strong> (iOS) –\u00a0I finished the Ultra League, which I thought was the end, but of course<\/em> there’s going to be at least one more update for an Elite Four of some description.<\/p>\n

Xenoblade Chronicles<\/strong> (Wii) – Mostly I just booted it up to maintain the tradition of it being the first video game played when I move into a new home. But I was reminded how much I like it…<\/p>\n

Adventure Capitalist<\/strong> (PC) – I find myself compulsively opening it on Thursday evenings, and hey, there’s a new event! Then I’m sucked back in for the duration of the weekend…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You might think that I would have played fewer video games in August, what with all the hustle and bustle of moving last month. However, life video games finds a way. ~ Game Over\u00a0~ Super Mario World (3DS) – I’ve bought a\u00a0handful of SNES virtual console games on my 3DS, but had only played Mega … Continue reading Monthend Video Game Wrap-Up \u2013 August 2017<\/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":[36,12,10,32,49,23,20,60,58,6,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-final-fantasy","category-mario","category-mobile-games","category-monster-hunter","category-monthend","category-pokemon","category-retro-gaming","category-the-sbri","category-trailer-park-boys","category-video-games","category-zombies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6959","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=6959"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7058,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6959\/revisions\/7058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}