Less dull: I dug up 4 potatoes from a random hanging basket. I never planted potatoes in there so that was a fun surprise.

Mm. Still dull.

Every time I have spare time to play computer games I just cant be arsed loading up a Baldurs Gate or Warhammer or whatever that involves an 18 hour time commitment to embrace the story etc.... so I just end up playing a few rounds of TF2, or a level of a Vampire Survivors type game. And then the PC gets turned off again.

How the heck did I used to find time to play 6 hours at a time? I want that life back.

Boy, this post made me feel spoiled. I guess over the years I’ve structured my life in such a way that I always have more than enough time to sit down and enjoy a game. Doesn’t hurt that my job is only four days a week, pays me enough to get by, and lets me go home early if I get all my assigned work done. They still pay me for the full day, too. I lucked out, for sure.

I love my Valheim server. I can spin it up and pop in for a round of farming and planting, maybe build a new lil storage place when my boxes are filling up. Maybe go mine a lil for some ores I need. Cook food, mead, make some portions to stock my supply box. Play ten minutes or a half hour and set myself up for a journey when I have time for one.

Or I can grab portal mats, choose an icon from a quest in an area I’ve never come close to exploring, and go on a two hour quest to put teleporters on every continent on the way and eventually find out if Killfuck Gronkblaster is a souped up golem with an army of star golems… or a boar. (I could look in my menu to read about K. Gronk, but ruin the surprise?)

Hey, a giant tower! Can’t seem to just walk in… better go grab some stacks of wood and make ladders and platforms to scale the outside and OH GOD WHAT IS THIS PLACE

I know you weren't looking for reqs but, if you like colony building type games, I recently found one called Timberborne. You queue stuff up and watch the beavers build. And it autosaves (quickly) on exit, so its perfect for playing when you might get interrupted at any moment.

Should've played stardew valley lol.

I just bought Gnomes this weekend since I had a day off.

It's an interesting tower defense. Honestly, its the first time I've played a TD that felt original in years.