PixlBit

Gamed until I felt like I just wanted to quit and go home. I did eventually find a comfortable game to sink my time into. 

Grounded - This is an Obsidian made survival game, multiplayer if you want to. You play as teenagers who have been shrunk down to the size of bugs and have to survive in someone's back yard. Plants are huge, bugs are as big as you and some much bigger and as such deadly. You craft items to complete quests and discover stuff about your situation. I played it for a Game Pass quest and got the achievement I needed but not very quickly. The first time I played this I couldn't get into it but this time I was in the flow. I crafted a bunch of stuff and completed objectives. Then I got killed by a Wolf Spider by being out at night too long. The game is pretty okay. I'll keep it installed because I'm sure another Game Pass quest will use it again. 

Minecraft - My friend and I were in several different new worlds looking for that elusive Fortress in the Nether. We didn't find one in any world we started. I eventually grew despondent and then left the game with no motivation left. 

Dead Space Ignition - The first task in this game is to play a 2D game with data signals that's like an old arcade game. You race through obstacles and try not to hit things. The controls though, are weird and not very responsive. I guess it's purposeful to make it harder, but it was just annoying to me so I deleted the game. 

Nightmares from the Deep 3 - Without much hope of enjoyment I started this game which was next on my list of smallest to largest files on my hard drive. I got surprisingly into it. It's a pirate-themed puzzle/mystery/hidden-object game. There's a story and some cutscenes and you find objects that you use to start machines or open things. Sometimes you play a hidden-object game exclusively. If you don't like that you can't opt to play a Mahjong game instead. You can even skip a puzzle and let it be solved for you. I only did that once because one puzzle was just taking too long to complete. The game's graphics are appealing and colorful. The story is even mildly interesting. A mystically powered supernatural Davy Jones has your daughter and you have to help her escape the pact she's made with him. You play as her mother. It feels like an interactive Disney theme park ride with escape room puzzles to solve. I'm kinda diggin' it right now. It eases the rage, calms the savage gaming beast in me. . . for now.