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OMG!!! WTAF???!!!
May. 31st, 2025 10:31 pmA year ago I was getting my hair cut, enjoying the Friday Feature, being underwhelmed by State of Play, musing on the value of feedback, and not winning on ebay - even though I won...
Today was a pretty normal Saturday, with added mother. Stepfather wasn't feeling up to going out, so she was on her own. We all got scarves - me a pink flowery creation from Lincoln, husband a shiny LFC commemoration one, and son a non-shiny LFC commemoration one. And I managed two chapters of the Constant Gardener in the bath.
After my bath, I turned my attention to COE33 and defeated a boss - a challenge but not too difficult. Apart from the lack of a map, the only thing that irks me about the game is that we have a difference of opinion on what counts as 'story mode'. This was brought home by the next boss, which I came agonisingly close to defeating but didn't quite get over the line - after 45 minutes! I tried again after tea. I changed my party up and adjusted their skills and Lumina, and got over the line. I LOVE Monoco's second tier special move (completely forgotten what the special moves are called). But the boss was definitely not playing fair - I just lifted the curse! how am I cursed AGAIN?!
Of course, one good thing about 'story mode' not being a complete walk in the park is that I'm having to actually learn how to play the game. With W3, it was the difficulty spike for HoS and B&W that made me get to grips with concoctions and so on (and bombs - I managed to get quite good with bombs) - but it was nice to be able to just play the main game without having to worry about all the nuances. Not so with COE33 - learn how to fight, or fail - even on story mode.
After the battle, there were explanations of him and her... and HIM and HER... and I think I mostly understand it, now. After a LOT of excitement and exposition, I turned it off at the beginning of Act III.
Next up was the season finale of Doctor Who. The Whoculture ups and downs video still isn't up, so I'm guessing Ellie is still processing! There was a very cute baby, a wonderful pun, a terrible costume, and an unforeseen ending. And Ncuti is pretty - we get it! I am very much looking forward to chatting to favourite colleague about it all. But coming off the back of COE33, it left my head spinning!
Today was a pretty normal Saturday, with added mother. Stepfather wasn't feeling up to going out, so she was on her own. We all got scarves - me a pink flowery creation from Lincoln, husband a shiny LFC commemoration one, and son a non-shiny LFC commemoration one. And I managed two chapters of the Constant Gardener in the bath.
After my bath, I turned my attention to COE33 and defeated a boss - a challenge but not too difficult. Apart from the lack of a map, the only thing that irks me about the game is that we have a difference of opinion on what counts as 'story mode'. This was brought home by the next boss, which I came agonisingly close to defeating but didn't quite get over the line - after 45 minutes! I tried again after tea. I changed my party up and adjusted their skills and Lumina, and got over the line. I LOVE Monoco's second tier special move (completely forgotten what the special moves are called). But the boss was definitely not playing fair - I just lifted the curse! how am I cursed AGAIN?!
Of course, one good thing about 'story mode' not being a complete walk in the park is that I'm having to actually learn how to play the game. With W3, it was the difficulty spike for HoS and B&W that made me get to grips with concoctions and so on (and bombs - I managed to get quite good with bombs) - but it was nice to be able to just play the main game without having to worry about all the nuances. Not so with COE33 - learn how to fight, or fail - even on story mode.
After the battle, there were explanations of him and her... and HIM and HER... and I think I mostly understand it, now. After a LOT of excitement and exposition, I turned it off at the beginning of Act III.
Next up was the season finale of Doctor Who. The Whoculture ups and downs video still isn't up, so I'm guessing Ellie is still processing! There was a very cute baby, a wonderful pun, a terrible costume, and an unforeseen ending. And Ncuti is pretty - we get it! I am very much looking forward to chatting to favourite colleague about it all. But coming off the back of COE33, it left my head spinning!
