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Bought some stuff today on trade-in credit. 

In my desperate attempt to make it to the End City on Survival Mode in Minecraft, I have been beaten and battered so much that I became willing to do just about anything to get there. So I had Mark do a "Mission Impossible" on the Mansion to steal every book in there. He cut a hole in the roof and snuck in under the noses of the Vindicators to rob the library. While he did that, I dug into mines and grabbed diamonds and obsidian. Together we built the enchantment table and put the glow on our armor. Then we laid waste the Nether Fortress and pulled the blaze rods from the living Blazes as they died. Neither Wither, nor Ghast stood in our way; each felt the sting of our flaming arrows and expired. 

Thought to go back to Red Faction Armageddon today but played Minecraft with Mark instead. I had a hell of a time in the Nether again. I swear they must’ve tweaked some of the gameplay because it just seems harder. The fire damage seems to rip your health faster and the enemies seem super aggressive and have some extra moves on them. I could be imagining it though.

Minecraft set to big biomes and reduced variety of biomes creates a much more realistic looking world. I’m trying to stay in the same seed and make steady progress towards my goal of getting into the End City. Yesterday I got my mine cart railway built and put up the Nether portal. Today I explored the Nether and built a brewing stand. Eventually I overextended myself and got killed in the Nether. I really shouldn’t stay in there too long when I don’t have anti-fire potions, but I was trying to find some way to use the fortress as a kind of base to venture out on the plains to hunt Endermen and Magma. Luckily, when I died, I had turned off auto saves so I could reload from right before I entered. It’s a little cheat I allow myself now in order to keep from quitting out of frustration. I did quit today, though, but didn’t abandon my save. I’ll go back to it next time.

I had some time today, so I got together with Mark, and we played some games. Wednesday is Games with Gold day on XBO, and the new one this week was Red Faction Armageddon. I had to download and install it though, and that took about 3 hours. During that time, I played some Minecraft.

Played Minecraft with Mark most of the day today. We played two different seeds. In both I got to the Nether and couldn't find the Fortress. It's kind of important to find that thing to advance to the End Portal. No, I mean it's essential. That's the problem with random generation sometimes. I really should find a good seed and stick to it, but I don't want to enter that terribly long number every time. 

Jumping around quite a bit this weekend. First off, pickups. I got that new Pikmin amiibo and the NFC reader/writer for 3DS, and Disney’s Bolt for $10, all on my trade-in money. I wanted Batman Arkham Origins too but Gamestop wanted $20 for the Xbox 360 version. No way! Here’s a pic.

Got it new too. I notice that amiibo symbol on the top of the box there. Too bad I have the old 3DS and can't take advantage of that. I'd upgrade if it were possible for me, but it's not. I still want that new Pikmin amiibo anyway just for display purposes. The Gamestop I went too wouldn't let me have it because they said they were holding it for someone. Bah! Another reason I dislike going there anymore. Allways unfriendly, always wasting my time. I'm glad I'm not renewing my membership after this. I'm seriously considering going online for all my purchases, retro or new. 

I’ve changed my mind, or at least altered it.

I got myself overwhelmed with game choices again, and so I’ve got a new plan to get things under control.