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Sweet dreams are made of these

Posted on by Shawshank

Oooh a rare second post on a week day! I know right? Well something awesome dropped today – the 3rd and final trailer for the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Lemme tell you, it seems like this game is going to be even bigger than BotW. And let me tell you, for a guy that hasn’t seriously played video games since I was like 13-15, I pretty much fell in love with BotW. It’s the first game in decades that I’ve spent any sort of time on. (I’m sure I’ve annoyed Crystal with watching videos, etc) You see my reflexes aren’t as quick as they were when I was a teen. And BotW is pretty much just my speed. Hell, I’m even getting better at puzzles. (But don’t tell Crystal, I love having her help!)

So yeah, as I was saying, the final trailer dropped this morning. And OMG, everything seems SO MUCH BIGGER. Bigger in every way. From falling from altitude, to just standing in the desert. Link seems very very small. And the world looks very very big.

But, I’m insanely excited about the release of this game next month. We’re still deciding on whether or not we’ll just get the digital download, or if we’ll travel to CapitalCity, and get a physical copy, and go to a few other places to make the trip worthwhile. I’m on the fence personally. I’d love to go into the city, and hit up Value Village, and eat “proper” fast food. But then the other part of me says “Dude it’s a 2.5 hour drive there, and 2.5 hour back. You have to spend money on gas, etc. And you’ll probably buy something that you don’t need – like more Twilight books.”

Hey, now I feel personally attacked.

I do need more Twilight books.

Also before I post my screenshots (I’m still waiting for them to upload), I really think I need a Lockup Library Video Game graphic. Don’t you? Is it silly for me to be excited about a video game? I mean I’m like, you know, freakin’ old?

He’s gotta be strong, and he’s gotta be fast and he’s gotta be fresh from the fight

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What a wild trip it’s been. The first picture I uploaded was on March 11th. From there, I mostly explored – staying on the road for some reason. Crystal was the one that went overland, and found a lot more things than I did. So I’ve been kinda playing catch-up.

But I have gotten stuff done. I’ve tamed 3 out the 4 Divine Beasts. I only have one left – the hard one. The one that took Crystal 2 days, and a couple of video walkthroughs.

I couldn’t hardly sit there and watch. See, I yell things out. I’m tasked with watching the hearts to make sure to tell her when to eat. I did that, and Thunder Blight Ganon was almost down, and I had to stand up. But she did it! She kicked his ass!

So here’s some pictures that I’ve gathered over the last month. The last one with Link on the bone horse – is a picture that Crystal took. She tamed it. This game is pretty cool. It’s the first game in a while that I’ve really sunk my teeth into.

I may not beat this one, but I’m going to come damn close before Tears of the Kingdom comes out.

But when you touch me like this and you hold me like that

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yawn. Good morning all you party people. Yep, it’s Sunday. We’re in the belly of the weekend. According to my weather app, it’s supposed to start snowing at any time here. The forecast says we’re supposed to be getting around 14-15cm of snow over the course of the day.

We play by different rules, north of the wall.

Yay. Snow.

Yesterday was a pretty good day, if you ask me. We got up, and had a damn good cup of coffee (or two), and we watch some Dateline. Crystal put her makeup on, then we took off to SlightlyBiggerTown. Crystal picked up some new comfies, and a really cute Easter bunny headband, gloves, and a tail. We grabbed some snacks, and moved on to the groceries.

We stuck to the list, which I pulled out (are we still not doing phrasing?) at the end, to find that we were right on. I paid, and we were on our way. We stopped at the weed store, and looked around. Crystal found an ounce that looked cool, and picked that up.

When we got home, we put the groceries away, and I turned on BotW. I had psyched myself up to do something crazy. After trying to upgrade, and getting a good nights sleep in Goron City, I travelled to Zora’s Domain, and (for me,) did the unthinkable. I started a Divine Beast quest.

To get in was crazy. I blocked as many ice chunks as I could, and destroyed the rest. After what felt like 20 minutes, I finally fought my way inside. That’s when the actual fun started. Puzzle time!

I will admit, that Crystal is the puzzle master, so she helped a lot. I wouldn’t have been able to finish the area without her. (She fought the beast after dinner) So hell she effectively did the zone twice. Once with me – giving me hints and a lot of help, and once on her account.

One down, three more to go. Still just as nervous! Even though I have one under my belt. We’ll see what I do next!

That’s when the DJ dropped my favorite tune

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Good morning my friends. The sun is shining, and it doesn’t feel that cold out. It looks like it could be a pretty nice day out there.

Today is chore day. I guess we started that yesterday, as we cleaned up the living room, and moved some books around. Crystal made fun of me, because we moved my Twilight books to a shelf where I can’t see them now. I asked her how can I gaze upon these books whenever I want?

Yep, she laughed and laughed about my quandary. They’re currently on a shelf hidden behind the light, but I have the paperbacks on the entertainment console.

Yesterday was a lazy lazy day here after all the organization that we did in the living room. Crystal fired up BotW, and decided to completely jump into the end game, and decided on a sneaky yet somewhat full frontal assault on Castle Hyrule. Whereas when I played hours later, I didn’t do that. That damn castle scares the bejesus out of me. I did a couple cheap ass side quests that didn’t take me any closer to the castle than I had to.

Scares me.

Like I said, today is chore day. But coffee first. Let’s do this.

But,

Coffee first.

I can see paradise by the dashboard light

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Good morning, party people. It’s dig out day. Surprisingly, the town has plows out clearing the streets this morning. I don’t think I’ve seen or heard plows out on a Sunday before. We’ll be starting to dig out, and chores a little later. I’d like to wake up a little first.

It’s bright clear and sunny out. Big difference from yesterday where it was blowing snow. There’s no wind or very little wind out there. Where the side walk is, just a large large drift. I haven’t been able to look to see how bad the tuck is buried. But we’ll dig that out too.

Yesterday was a total bonus day. We didn’t get dressed, and all we did was play BotW. It was great. I stumbled into new areas, and Crystal did some awesome flying in one area. Twice. Because I asked her to do the exact same thing on my game as she did on hers. She did it with a twist. She Leroy Jenkins an entire area, and came out of it unscathed.

She’s the bestest.

Ok let’s get some coffee, wake up. Let’s kick today in the nuts. Have an awesome Sunday everyone!