Archive for September, 2013

Guitar Status: September 2, 2013

Sep 02 2013 Published by under Uncategorized

It’s a three day weekend, and I played Rocksmith all three days. I’d downloaded a fair number of new songs this week: three-packs from The Strokes and My Chemical Romance, and several individual songs from other artists, something like 12 in total? And I’m definitely glad I had something new to play, I enjoyed the new songs more than I expected, and in particular those two three-packs were both good choices.

Some of the individual songs were a little boring, though (actually, if I’m remembering correctly, one of the songs from The Strokes fell into that bucket, too), so the flip side is that there’s a reason why I hadn’t bought these songs until now: I’m sure that there’s other DLC that I would enjoy if I gave it a try, but my success ratio is getting lower. So I doubt I’ll buy any more DLC until Rocksmith 2014 comes out; but I’m really looking forward to that, partly to get a lot of new songs and partly because I hope the game experience will improve somewhat.

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VGHVI Minecraft: August 29, 2013

Sep 01 2013 Published by under Uncategorized

I spent most of the August Minecraft session wandering around the cavern underneath the house. I was lost a fair amount of that time, but I did at least find a path from the stairs to the closest exit:

At the bottom of the stairs

At the bottom of the stairs

Step 1 of the path

Step 1 of the path

Step 2 of the path

Step 2 of the path

Step 3 of the path

Step 3 of the path

Step 4 of the path

Step 4 of the path

Step 5 of the path

Step 5 of the path

At the exit

At the exit

And some random pictures from my other wandering:

Signs that we'd explored the cavern before

Signs that we’d explored the cavern before

A bat flying around

A bat flying around

Some cows near another exit

Some cows near another exit

A random city picture

A random city picture

Watching the sunset from the alcove

Watching the sunset from the alcove

Roger was working on his cathedral; I took my horse on a trip to visit him.

Roger contemplates the cathedral

Roger contemplates the cathedral

My horse contemplates the cathedral

My horse contemplates the cathedral

Roger decided the cathedral was too short, so he extended its base:

Extending the cathedral

Extending the cathedral

A closer view of the extension

A closer view of the extension

The wall between the pillars has been torn down

The wall between the pillars has been torn down

That cathedral is really large, it wouldn’t surprise me if he’ll be putting on the finishing touches a year from now.

While I was out with my horse, Miranda was making improvements in the stable:

More stalls, and some hay bales

More stalls, and some hay bales

She also put in a sofa in the alcove for better viewing:

Sofa in the alcove

Sofa in the alcove

Watching the sunset from the alcove

Watching the sunset from the alcove

She wasn’t there for the first half of the session, though, so she didn’t get as much done as she normally does; I think next she wants to work on the other upstairs room, but she hasn’t worked out the details yet.

Contemplating her next steps

Contemplating her next steps

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