4th of July Eve Open Thread

Back from my California trip which included San Francisco, Napa and Sonoma.  Had some great meals, especially at Press in Napa, which is now a One Star Micheline restaurant, that was a fantastic experience and one I cannot recommend enough.  So no real Warhammer content (although the US does seem to be slowly morphing into the Empire – xenophobic, fractured between the rich and poor, the almost religious worship of political entities), but I am working on a series about the Orcs for future Monday Open Threads.

Instead, I wanted to talk about the time and money suck of the Steam Summer Sale.  Personally I only bought Lego Star Wars, Tiny Tina’s Wonderland, and Forever Skies.  I did get some DLC for a few games such as Frostpunk, Stellaris, and Vampire Survivors.  I kinda focused on games that would work really well on the Steam Deck as I wanted some more games to be able to play while on the road.  The Steam Deck really saved what was left of my sanity on the trip back as there was a horrible parent in front of us whose child will one day become a serial killer because someone told them no.  Little bastard screamed NO continuously during the over 4 hours of the flight whenever his mother would quietly ask him to do something, including to be be quiet or calm down.  Say what you will, but my mom bitch slapping me when I acted badly (which rarely happened) caused me to immediately behave (and is also the reason I have the ability to sob silently).  I know that this is one of the worst ways to discipline a child, but the immediate resolution would be welcome by a totally full 737.

Little off track, but playing Vampire Survivors really allowed me to work off some anger and also distract me.  Since each game is only 30 minutes, I only needed to play 8 of them to get through the flight with a minimum of rage and as a bonus, no assault charges.  I both love and loath the Steam Summer Sale as I buy stuff that is cheaply priced and are actually good games, but loathe because I may not ever play.  I mean I have 300 games on Steam, some I have not ever played and will probably never play.  They even may be great games, but right now I do not have the time nor patience to play.  So far my hope is to retire while I am still able to play these games, both the mental acuity and the physical ability.

Back to the games, everyone loves Lego and I have always loved the Lego games and they work well with the deck.  Tiny Tina’s to me has always sounded interesting and gives me something action packed to play occasionally.  Forever Skies is an exploration and base building game (although your base is a dirigible).

So what games have you picked up?  Or not picked up?

To make up for the sparseness of this post, just get ready for the Orky boys – Nobz, Painboiz, gretchen, weirdboyz, squigs, and so much other strangeness.