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Only one more half-day game-day left for me this month, Monday. I've been deep into Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel this week but also other stuff. Here's 'bout. 

Time Sinks

Borderlands The Pre-Sequel:  I bought the Legendary Collection for $10 on a sale because I didn't have Pre-Sequel digitally. I've been playing it for achievements I didn't get before. This week I got the one for getting 100 kills with Athena's Aspis shield. I had almost beaten the game when I finally got it. Then I started playing with Nisha the Lawbringer to get her Showdown skill achievement. I have to kill 10 enemies during one Showdown activation. I've gotten real close but maybe on Monday I'll get it. I enjoy Pre-Sequel. Every time I restart it I refine my play style to make it more fun for me like restricting myself to two weapons only this time with Nisha. 

Quits & Casuals

Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep - After beating the game, I quit during a True Vault Hunter mode playthrough. I found the gunplay really frustrating. It's devilishly hard to get some stability in sighting enemies. Best to find a weapon that can just spray the field with bullets and hope they hit. I'm having much more luck with Pre-Sequel right now. 

Bioshock Infinite Complete Edition - I was working on a Hard difficulty playthrough and also hunting achievements I didn't have. I was making good progress, and I think I can definitely beat the game on Hard. However, I got sidetracked with Borderlands Pre-Sequel, and now I'm moving on to my next month of games. It's okay to leave it behind unfinished, something to do next year. 

Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand

This is on Game Pass. I was using it for GP rewards points but was getting quite into it. It's a bit like God of War but with an open world, better and more varied traversal options and lots of collectibles, crafting, and ability upgrades. Oh, and sand-boarding (as I call it) where you can slide on the sand as if snowboarding. I like it a lot, but I stopped because there's this thing called a Watcher that, if you get anywhere near it, it pulls you into a multi-enemy battle where I can't beat the final boss of it. I couldn't avoid that thing while pursuing the main quest out on the open sand. What gives with that? Still, very cool game. 

We Love Katamari Reroll + Royal Reverie - I love the silliness and music of this but I don't exactly like the controls. I could never quite get used to them on Xbox. 

Dead Space 2 - This is on Game Pass. I tried to use it for reward points but it wouldn't register with the achievements I got. Still, I really love this and will return to it sometime for sure. My buddy Mark was playing Dead Space 3 along side me while I watched. Great series! 

Legend of Mana - This and Trials of Mana just dropped on Game Pass this week. I played Legend and have Trials downloaded for next week. Legend looks amazing! I got the first dungeon placed on the map and cleared it but what now? I can't figure out how to progress? I'll look it up sometime but I moved on. 

Microsoft's Solitaire - Reinstalled this on my phone to see if I could get just one more achievement there and to get some reward points for playing a Game Pass game on days I don't really game. The remaining achievements I have are very annoying. I need 100 games of Spider and Freecell, two Solitaire varients I don't enjoy very much. I'm half way there already, so why not one or so a day for a while. Other achievements are tied to medals and expert and grandmaster level games which I can never win. Maybe I'll look those up on Trueachievements and see if there is a trick. 

Well, that's a month just about. Onto 2016-2018 next week where I'll begin by revisiting Forza Horizon 4.