Into the grove...

I have been dancing around the idea for a long time. Over the years, a few people asked if I had a tip jar online, so I eventually made one.

I will use it as a neutral ground to post updates about my mods.

Things I would love to filter my games by on Steam:

Hours played but in reverse order. Hide unplayed games and show me games I barely played first.

List only unplayed games

Random! Pick a game I haven't played yet.

Sort games by recommended play time. Is this game something I can finish in a weekend or will it cost me half of my year and a part of my soul?

Once again, another year dominated by games that never end.

Can someone explain to me like I am 5 how to get Tumblr on IOS to keep displaying notifications of new messages when I only selected direct messages as the option for notifications?

It's that time of the year, when I finally have enough downtime to catch up with piles of unread discussions for my Skyrim mods, review the list of issues I should be working on next and make plans for the next updates.

This is the third year the same pattern repeats itself, in part due to work and family demands, burnout from mindless testing of the same obscure issues in mods, and other games to play or updates (looking at you CDPR and Cyberpunk 2077).

Zoomed out, cropped, framed shots, playing with lights.. I forgot how beautifully cinematic this game is.

I keep thinking what Cyberpunk 2077 would have looked if CDPR had kept this art direction.

Since the last season didn't scratch my Witcher itch, I went back to dusting off my copy of The Witcher 3, that I had not touched since the Next Gen version came up.

I had started a new playthrough with mods just as the new versions came up and broken everything.. five years later, it took me about a weekend to sort out which mods were still broken and which ones were new.

It also took me a while to re-learn how to use Script Merger and how to avoid the same mistakes with it (do not install mods that have to merge with half of your scripts or more).

Of course, No Man's Sky managed to maintain the cycle of pulling me back for another round of mindblowing updates and expeditions.

fortunately, the last two expeditions, 'Voyagers ' and 'Breach' were as short and forgettable as they were fun to go through. The corvette system is so good it will easily make this the only space game I need for a long time.

After five months of tinkering with Cyberpunk 2077 (again), to update my mods after an update (the last one, promised, for sure this time.. again), I have to say I am very happy with my current set up this time.

I am getting a very high ratio between scenes I want to take a screenshot of and scenes that make me itch to pop open the hood and fix something.

The soundtrack of Arcane (the songs mostly) meshes really well with the backdrop of V and Night City.

There are obvious titles like "Paint the Town Blue" (definitely a Mox song), "Hellfire" (wouldn't be out of place in a Maelstrom club), or "Gun for Hire" (perfect fit for the James Bond feel of Phantom Liberty).

And if you listen to the lyrics of "Ashes and Blood" and "The Line", the message is all about transformation, becoming something else, and struggling through that change.

Sounds familiar.

Forget vibe coding.. vibe fighting is better

Remove the crosshair. Remove their healthbar and yours.

Enjoy pure fights where you missing and arrow or a spell is actually down to your own skills.

Lots of great mods out there already, but my favorite in the past week has been Hide UI - UE4SS - the closest thing we have of a photo mode for Oblivion Remastered.

And paired with mods like Removed Crosshair (Sneak Eye Option) , being able to play without any icon and marker is a great upgrade for a more visceral gameplay.

You have to remember which spell is equipped or pay attention to onscreen blood to improve your health or make a retreat.

I will have to see if there is a way to remove the health bar above NPCs heads too.

The Mysterium Xarxes is secured but at what cost.

Was it worth going undercover in a bloody Daedric cult? worth the life of a sacrificial offering?

Ironically, it was the special envoy of Dagon himself that helped her eliminate the cultist, duty bound to give her weapons and armor while her belongings had been taken away for her initiation.

On one terrible night, she lost her faithful horse to a pack of wolves and a troll, but she also found Clancy, a fierce pup and a very good boy.