Lol, of course all #WoW servers would go down just as I finish up my add-on/UI adjustments and start playing. You'd think after 20 years Blizz could figure this out 😆 #CoSoGaming

Today's Mission: face my #WoW addon addiction and see what I can *wince* live without? I def have a heavy UI and need to pare some stuff, as I get pushed into swap by 50% in a few play sessions. I do so like my UI so I hope I don't have to cut any "true UI" addons but rather extras (like say AllTheThings, tracks literally everything you can do in a zone but is a memory SINK). May get serious about SpartanUI, used it before but it's not quite what I want. Sacrifices must be made tho. #CoSoGaming

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So I dig the new Evoker class so far, still getting used to it. Feels odd to play a caster with such short range tho. Also, I either have to go in and fiddle with the graphics settings, mess around with system settings, or just try to play at times most other players aren't around lol. Couple times my frames dropped into single digits with all the particles and players around heh. And leave it to Blizz to launch new content full of bugs. Again.

#CoSoMusic deepklod - Sky's Despair

https://youtu.be/FeeVWSkvtts

Well, it took me 2 hours of attempting to upgrade graphics drivers. Failing, checking what's going wrong via terminal, realizing my dependencies were old. Installing new ones. Running the upgrade again and succeeding. Rebooting, then finally succeeding reinstalling Bnet launcher. Updating #WoW. Logging in, then another hour killing add-ons throwing errors. But I finally made a purple dragon lady and quested thru the starting area and ended in Stormwind. The things I'll do for my #CoSoGaming fix.

#CoSo bracing for impact

https://pentiment.obsidian.net
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Pentiment (Xbone, Game Pass)
As a history buff this point and click adventure game absolutely speaks directly to me. I'm almost done with the first act and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. The medieval manuscript art style, the text fonts, the scratch of a quill on vellum with each text box, the music (even a Gregorian chanter), well written, tons of references, it's all great. The first act is a "Name of the Rose" style murder mystery. Looking forward to the rest.

The Xbone really struggled to keep up, frames dipping into the single digits, the sound getting crunchy. I persevered tho, and rolled credits... But it's got several endings, so I'll likely go back to it soon. It's got a good simple art style, and the sound design is great. Metacritic has it at 73, and that feels right. It's good, worth the 4ish hours, but def a little rough around the edges.

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Somerville (Xbone, Game Pass)
Wow. This debut game from Jumpship feels like the sequel to Inside. No surprise; Jumpship is co-founded by ex Playdead CEO Dino Patti. Play as a dad having The Worst day ever, trying to escape an invasion and find his family, acquiring strange powers along the way. Like Limbo and Inside, this is a no dialogue puzzle game. Unlike those, this outing feels unpolished. One hard crash that even crashed my Xbone. Several moments... 1/2

Late #caturday post. Here's 2 of our 4. On the left is Beans. He's being used as a pillow by Mack, his cousin/sister? (it's a long story lol).

#CoSoGaming More #LotRO this evening. Hunter main hit lvl 64 woo. Still in Moria, lol. Have finished off all the "regular" quests except the leave this dank place already one. 3 more of the Epic Book quest chain (that prob lead to more so I got a little more to do). GF due home soon and needs to go to bed right away, they scheduled her close/open, boo. So I'ma hop off the PC, free it up for her #Futurama or #BobsBurgers white noise. Think I'll get on the #PS5 and some #DCUO before my bedtime.