I don't know why, but as I got tired of playing just about everything, I've been somewhat revived by puzzle games.
Professor Layton and the Last Specter: I played this a fair amount during Christmas. Usually, doing puzzles gives me great anxiety. It reminds me of exams at school. But since I've been taking exams at school this last year and a half, it doesn't bother me as much. I also like not having to do anything in real time. I think I might be getting seriously stressed by continuous school and part time work; I never really seem to take a break.
I love the Prof. Layton games. The graphics are great, the stories are great, and the puzzles are generally fun.
It's weird, but lately the New York TImes Book Review podcast has been using this string quartet theme music, and it remined me of the music in Prof. Layton. That's why I've been wanting to play it for weeks. I couldn't get the latest one, but I dug into my collection for this DS game that I think I played once, but not to completion.
The Witness: I only just started it tonight for about an hour. I unlocked the laser in the beginning of the game. You do a lot of circuit puzzles. I think that's what they call them. They remind me of the ones in Bioshock. These in The Witness have many more variations however.
I like the way the game just begins: no story, no tutorial, nothing, just figure it all out. Very cool. I'm enjoying it so far.
Other stuff.
I watched Avengers: Infinity War (I liked it) and Ant-Man and Wasp (fine). I played Solitaire HD on Xbox One. This is a trial version that gives you 20 games and no achievements. It's not terrible but there are no frills to it. It doesn't even clearly tell you a score and save it, although, I know it does, just in a tiny section on the main menu. I want my score to be prominent so I can get a sense of progression. I played Minecraft with Mark a lot. I got the Forest Mansion map and went searching for it. Turned out it was 5600 blocks south and 15,000 blocks East of our village. WTF! That takes well over an hour in real time to get to by foot and by boat. Too darn far! I think I hate proceedurally generated maps right now.
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