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Here are the variant figures I have for Skylanders Giants.

So, I was going to finish Halo 5, but I felt a little down, and so I played some Minecraft instead. I continued the world I'd started a few days ago and tried out some interesting things with Nether Portals to help me get the Map Room achievement. It was fun, but I can tell already that it is clearly not the fastest way to the goal. 

I played about 7 hours of Halo 5 today. After every level, I felt like I was near the end but that's probably because every level has a massive finale that seemed like it could've been the end of the game. It became, after a dozen levels, kind of exhausting, really. 

Friday I played Halo Spartan Assault and Halo 4: Spartan Ops. Then I started the install for Halo 5 and, after a full night and day, it's at 80%. So I played Minecraft while I waited and found myself in a strong position to go for the "respawn the Enderdragon" achievement. I also saw Pirates of the Caribbean in IMAX 3D. 

Here are the legendary Giants figures I have. All of the legendary characters have slightly better stats than their regular counterparts but otherwise have the same skills and upgrades. 

I've finally had enough of Minecraft. I'm totally sick of the incredibly annoying enemy griefing in this game. It's unbelievable. You gather resources for hours just to lose it all when a Creeper appears in the worst possible place at the worst possible time. Or, like today, when I went into The Nether very cautiously to scout for the Fortress, found it, and on the way back was absolutely bombarded by mysteriously appearing Ghasts shooting at the fastest rate I've ever experienced. It's total B.S., and in my mind, completely unfair game design. It's like, remember those monster closets game devs used by in the 90s? You'd pass through an empty room thinking your six was safe when suddenly you would be attacked from behind by a hoard of enemies that seemed to appear for no good reason and in no explainable way. That's Minecraft in survival mode.

Here they are, the Skylanders of the air from Skylanders: Giants. 

Mark and I started a co-op Minecraft session just to chill out. We both dug mines in separate nearby mountains and did our own things. He likes to clear out large areas down at bedrock and collect as much diamond as possible. I like to get just what I need to advance to The Nether and then The End to fight the Enderdragon. Today I wasn’t pushing it but I ended up making the best progress ever towards getting The End. . . Again. . . achievement.

I tried really hard at the Map Room achievement in Minecraft and came up empty but I learned a few things. Then I played a little bit more of Prey.

Here are all the Life figures from Skylanders Giants as shown on the poster which came with the game.