Things I did today

I decided to finish my 80 Days playthrough. I left Turkey for Ha'il Saudi Arabia to sell some goods that are valuable there, and to pick a southern route from Ha'il to get to a water route around Qatar or Oman.  However, we were traveling via camels with a group that wanted to find a magical temple at Rub' Al-Khali in Oman and apparently, the magic temple had a magical priestess that had the power to Star Trek style atomize us to southern Russia instead! Off we go, on a land based route, but at least in the right direction. We take the Trans-Manchurian route to get to Pyongyang in order to sell some more expensive goods. Went to Manila in order to head to Honolulu! Except Mr. Fogg contracted cholera when we arrived in Manila which had him bedridden for three days. Knowing that any route across the Pacific was going to be long, I hoped I could speed through the United States and get back to London in enough time. I grabbed a harmonica, hoping my route through the US could be...

This week, I focused on two new genres. Interactive Fiction and City Builder. My three games: Firewatch, 80 Days and Banished. Firewatch: After the intro, which was a choose your own path, but all paths lead to telling a similar story as the beginning of the movie Up, you're dropped into a state park, where you have decided to take a job as Fire Lookout in Wyoming, hiking to people doing dangerous things and telling them to knock it off, and investigating things that seem unusual. There is a mystery that starts in the game - you find a backpack belonging to a kid and your supervisor (that you radio often) seems wistful and and tells a few quick facts about a father and son that used to backpack and hike the park often. You've found that kid's pack. And a really large fence. And I just wanted to go back to my fire tower, but there were other things I needed to solve, first. But I felt myself being bored, so I just didn't, and quit the game. I expected a little more struc...