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I’m replaying Stardew Valley again (Beach Farm + Krobus as my roommate this time) and my husband, Frank, asked me what would happen if I gave my assigned Feast of the Winter Star villager coal as their Secret Santa gift…
I had no idea! I’d been given coal as a gift FROM a villagers before but I’d never even considered GIVING coal TO someone!!
Here are the results!
I challenged myself to achieve “Perfection” in Stardew Valley (AKA do everything on Mr. Qi’s tracker) and I finally did it today, July 4, 2023. Note: The video above has Stardew Valley spoilers.
I was playing as Tina (our cat… with her cat named Lauren lol) of KoolKatz Farm. She’s married to Sam (they have similar interests – Tina loves music, eating, and plants) and they have a baby named Flex (Tina’s real-life kitten). My farm was looking a little shabbier than usual because I achieved Perfection right at the start of Fall and all of my Summer crops were shriveled up and gross on the grounds, but I was too excited to bother fixing it up lol. Oh, and I planted Amaranth because it was the last crop I needed to ship to get the “Ship 15 of Every Crop” in-game achievement. (I’d even painstakingly managed to ship 15 Sweet Gem Berry – oof! – but somehow I’d forgotten Amaranth was even a thing!!).
Anyway, I’m very excited and wanted to share. Next up… My Joja/Corporate run!
Big thanks to ConcernedApe for making one of my favorite video games of all time ♥
–Lauren*
I was contacted by Hunt a Killer and sent three of their murder mystery games to play and review. I wasn’t paid in any other way and I was encouraged to be honest with my thoughts. I am not an affiliate and I won’t receive any kickback for telling you about their games (if you want to support my writing, please do so via my Kofi page).
I’ll be reviewing the other two games I was sent in a separate post. For now, here are my thoughts on Nancy Drew: Mystery at Magnolia Gardens!
If you’ve spent any time online, you’ve probably seen at least one ad for Hunt a Killer’s games. They’ve been around since 2017 and started out with a subscription box-style model where you’d pay each month to have a mystery in a box (or a chunk of/clues for a mystery in a box) sent to you.
Hunt a Killer still offers these mystery “loot boxes” where the loot is quite literally A MYSTERY (lol) for folks who want FULL IMMERSION and a slow drip-feed of clues coming in the mail to solve a massive case. However, they now offer OTHER styles of mysteries as well!
If you’re not a subscription box lover and/or like a faster-paced night of fun, they have one-off smaller cases that can be done in a couple of hours as well as Premium Cases that may take a couple of days. And they’re even offering previous subscription boxes after their campaigns are over so you can apply the “binge watching” mentality we all have now for streaming TV shows to your mystery gaming! (ie. you can sit down and solve six months/six boxes of mystery at once!).
The Hunt a Killer mysteries I recieved were all from the Premium Games & Small Cases collections. Meaning, my parents, my husband, and I were able to tackle them each in a night. And HOW are these mysteries tackled, exactly? Good question!
Continue reading “Nancy Drew: Mystery at Magnolia Gardens (Hunt a Killer Game Review)”
I’ve been wanting to make more stop motion animation videos and I’ve put together some jointed dolls to do so with. The lil guy in this video was made with a doll body I received from Amazon and half of a “Vinny the Victim” head/face (my dad had some for some reason lol). Since the face was just a flat half, I used air-drying clay to build the back half + hair for his head. Twice! I had two faces available so I thought having one on a body and one on a “green screen” painted popsicle stick (so it could detach and float around in weird/silly ways) would be cool.
I’m not the best at color-matching flesh tones (this shouldn’t surprise you if you’ve seen me apply makeup/foundation lol) so I ended up with way too much paint mixed in my attempts. Rather than waste it, I used it as the base for a lil painting of “Nobody” from the video game Nobody Saves the World. My husband and I have been playing that game on our Xbox together and love it 🙂
The music is just me noodling around on my ukulele! I only know a few chords (C, Am, F, G, G7, and D) because I’m very much still a beginner. I’ll get better in time!! haha. My Kofi supporters will have access to my ukulele learning journey (I got a uke on Oct. 13, 2022 and have been keeping track of my progress learning an instrument for the first time ever!). Hopefully this video’s music isn’t too bad. Having sensitive ears myself, I do worry! Anyway!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Talk to you again soon!
–Lauren*
I was given a copy of the new horror game Anglerfish by Professional Villains and I played it through from start to finish! 🙂
Check out my (spoiler free!) review on HorrorFam.com at https://horrorfam.com/anglerfish-game-review/
Get your own copy of Anglerfish on Steam at https://store.steampowered.com/app/1613670/Anglerfish/ (Not an affiliate link; just sharing to give credit/show support/help out) And check out Anglerfish’s creators, John & Maria, at https://professionalvillains.com/ Big thanks to Professional Villains/John & Marie for sending me a copy of their game to play & review! And for not only accepting my policy of honest reviews, but actively encouraging it! It’s so rare for someone to submit something and say “share what you thought, even if you hated it.”
As for this video… This probably goes without saying for a complete playthrough, but: SPOILERS AHEAD!!