Thursday, October 3, 2024

Satisfactory 1.0 - 98%

 



Beautiful game. First time I made that far without any "cheats". Put in 80 hours, didn't skip the intro and played all the way to having produced at least 1 of each of the final elevator parts. 1.0 was amazing but the story could have been a bit more and there was a ton of crashes... had to have the auto save set to 1 minute cause it would crash every 10 to 15 minutes. A pain that all the good stuff was at the very very end, played 70 hours just to get to the tech that would make it more fun like teleportation and then I was burned out. Still, an amazing game. Wish the larger blueprints were not all the way at the end too. And the hard drives system is still very bad.. discourages you from selecting any trying to save for what you want which can never be found regardless. They should have made it so you can "research" any one thing you want from each hard drive. 



























Monday, September 2, 2024

GAN 5x5 Rubik's - 100%

 



Finally decided to get a 5x5 after hearing that with knowing how to solve a 3x3, 4x4, and a 5x5 you can solve a NxN. The GAN 5x5 is amazing! The weight, size, and smoothness of motion is outstanding! I can spin the middle layers easily and the magnets work just right. The quality is spectacular. Totally worth splurging for. 

New Insect Displays - 100%

 I found a couple of great new insect displays. 

Never knew that there is such beautiful verity in Cicadas. 

Always wanted a Fulgora laternaria "Peanut-headed Bug"


Oddities Show



Houghton Michigan


POE LS Slayer - lvl 100 - 90%

 

Settlers was a pretty good league. I started by following Ziz's suggestions for a gladiator spectral shield throw as the league start and I got to end game and it felt really bad. Bleed DPS was good for clear but the bossing was pathetic. Couldn't even unlock a single void stone and a good shield cost a ton. So, I found a divine and changed to Slayer using Frost Blades of Katabasis. The clear went from good to better but the bossing went from pathetic to far worse. So that was when I gave up and pressed the easy button with a Hierophant using Ice Nova of Frostbolts... After doing all the end game with that and generating a some currency.. I came back to the Slayer and switched over to Lightning Strike. So basically on my third respec it turned out OK.. 

I found a mirror shard and managed to have enough to buy my first ever Progenesis. The Progenesis is broken.. basically turns every build into a tank. 

All in all, this build cost about 80 divines and ended up fast and strong. With all the gear, bossing and clear were both fantastic.
 


Only cost 1 divine and made my EFP go up 50K!



Crafted my own claw.



I got to level 98, my highest ever so far then found this guide and decided to push for level 100. 
It went pretty smoothly, I redid my skills to use The Gull and made it to 100! Level 99 to 100 took about 5 ish hours. 


Friday, August 30, 2024

POE Nova Frostbolts V2 - 95%



I started with a spectral shield throw but the boss damage was bad so I gave up and made this character just to cheaply demolish the bosses. This build is OP and cheap. The Svalinn shield makes it a one button push tank. I got a Cloak of Defiance and 6 linked it in ~500 fuses. This build easily crushes Maven and all end game content for super cheap. I played this build last league and so I didn't really want to play it again but I did anyways cause it so broken. 
 

Thursday, August 15, 2024

Brooklyn Nine-Nine - S1 - 30%

 


Terry Crews 100% makes this show. 

I couldn't watch this if it was all that I was doing but I threw it on while I was playing POE and that was just about right. Too much goofiness and immorality. The only reason to watch any episode is that Terry Crews is cool. 

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Furiosa - 99%

 




So great. A bit too violent but amazing overall. 

Watched with my wife and it was so good that she wanted to go back and rewatch Mad Max!

So well connected. Chris Hemsworth did amazing acting.

Such great scenes and so much culture. 

Great characters. 

Just enough of a love story. 

Sure it was unrealistic but it is exactly what they were trying for!


Saturday, August 10, 2024

Suits - S1 - 98%

 


I can't believe how good this show is! 

Such great characters! So interesting, story is amazing. 

Camera shots are so well done. 

So intense. Amazing dynamics between the characters! 

Harvey Spector, Donna, Louis Litt, Mike Ross, all so well done! 

The feud between Harvey and Louis is deep and interesting.

Can't wait to see season 2! Great cliff hanger. 


Thursday, August 8, 2024

The Flash 2003 - 40%

 


Amazingly bad. Ezra Miller is a terrible actor and fit for the role. 

Michael Keaton is not a great batman. 

The saving babies scene was dumb. 

Dumb story/plot. Characters were all bad. Not worth watching at all. 

Thursday, July 25, 2024

Lego Kingfisher - 98%

 


Great build. Making the base was tedious. Good colors and size. Really like the Cattails. 

Saturday, July 20, 2024

Love is War S3 - 65%

 



The festival was and first kiss was disappointing which was followed by a backslide. 

So much focus on the side characters.. 

Should have given up on this series last season. 

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Crazy Rich Asians - 85%

 

Above average middleclass happens to fall for a crazy rich person and there is some challenging family acceptance issues. Not really all that funny. The wedding was odd with the water.. seems like it would just mess up the wedding dress. Predictable plot. Very superficial. 

Monday, July 1, 2024

POE Splitting Steel - 95%

 I was about tired of this league... but I really wanted a decent tank so when I saw this, I figured I had the currency so I would give it a whirl. It did not disappoint. Not as good as the frost nova of ice bolts.

This was the first time I ever got the forbidden flame combo.. didn't even really notice the difference. 

Solid, even without a life flask. 

First time ever to get an Effective Hit Pool of 2,439,024!

Not a good league start build but pretty good for the end. I felt like I could have taken this to 100 but I was pretty bored with the league so I quit at 97..