I have increased the demand for internet censorship by publishing yet another Train Simulator video. This one sees a (British) Great Western Railway (GWR) class 3031 "Dean Single" steam loco pull GWR Concertina Coaches along Western Branch Lines, a WIP SteamWorkshop route. The video's outro got hit by an unwarranted Copyright Claim. Knowing I can't win despite being in the right, I substituted a less apt closer. It is what it is.

(video) TS2021, ep12: Western Branch Lines, GWR "Dean Single" passenger run, Part 1 (video)

In other gaming news, I played nine game of Solitile last night, winning the third.

That, my friend, is an indisputable fact.

You can play the PC version on a laptop while sitting on the toilet too!

Ahem. At least, that is what I have heard from other people.

Not on my laptop you can’t, lol

But sure, if you spend enough you can definitely play PC Skyrim on the toilet.

I'll stick with my Switch thanks...

Me too as I’ll be doing good to afford upgrades for my pc when the time comes.

I find my gaming chair much more comfortable for playing than a toilet seat.

I don't use a gaming chair. Currently I have my PC set up next to mt bed. I can game while sitting or lying down, surrounded by pillows and comforters. When I lived in Oregon Ihad my gaming computer on the floor. I had one of these soft pillow chairs to lean back on. I could stretch out in any direction. It was great.

I prefer my current setup of gaming in bed, though!

Oh yeah, no doubt!


That sounds nice! My PC is set up not far from my bed, but the tv I use as a monitor is much too small to game at that distance.

That is a crappy setup...

Budda-tst!

Played some of Outer Wilds on the Xbox and got the ending where you survive the Supernova but sadly you can't return to the system before you get one of the endings.
Click here

Well, you know, it's more comfortable than gaming on a stool or a throne. Because that would be a waste. That's what John Latrine told me before he raced his deuce coupe and came in number two.

I still think it stinks...

Been playing Driver again recently on my Millennium. It lags and some of the audio is out but it's still good fun. Love driving quietly through nighttime Los Angeles before I step on the pedal and attract every cop in the world. Always use cheats like in Duke Nukem 3D btw

So many poop puns!

Urine luck! I've got another pun!

Guys. We have a spam thread and this is not it

-----------------------------

Played some Chips Challenge this weekend and I'm currently having fun with the level called "Trust Me". It has a very complicated layout but also a very simple solution. It's a n00b trap!

Pardon me, I didn't realize you were a moderator here. I'm so very sorry to have offended you. Bah, I'm going to confine myself to posting on AFKMods and Bethesda's Discord from now on. I'm sorry I came back here.

Planning yet another playthrough of Star Wars: Rebellion once I move back home from Chez Cottage. It's addictive as heck and I just love building up my fleet of Super Star Destroyers!

Still playing ESO here. Only been 5 years and 10,000 hours in game with no end in sight. That said, when I took puter to the shoppe for its annual check up, we worked some magicks on it to provide loads more hard data storage capability so I could get and install Horizon Zero Dawn for PC if I want. Like ESO it is a memory space hog.

I bought Horizon: Zero Dawn when Gog had it on sale recently. I have not really played it yet, except to make sure it runs. I am still too caught up with other games.

Speaking of which, even though I had been meaning to do another playthrough of Neverwinter Nights 1 with January as a Paladin, I got sidetracked. I watched the live action GI Joe movies with one of my neighbors and was amazed at how much The Baroness reminded me of Hecate

So now I am playing Hecate in Fallout 4 again.

It must be a spam thread, mirocu is here.

Just finished an enjoyable 1hr passenger excursion from Portsmouth to Liss, driving an SECR class C in Southern unlined black livery, pulling five ExSECR 'birdcage' coaches in Southern Green. The trip was particularly interesting due to...

1) I bought this DTG route for around three bucks during a Steam Sale (it's an older route, from 2012) and had never gotten around to using it. Turns out, scenery is surprisingly well done, for its day. At least the part of the route I drove is. Much of it is suburban, lots of frequent station-stops, with occasional lengthy stretches of countryside to allow the train to strut its stuff unhindered.

2) After a few quickly aborted attempts driving locos I decided weren't ideally suited to the run, I settled on an SECR Class C, a third-party loco I'd not driven since early in my TS2021 stay, back when I didn't know how to drive steam locos. (As if I know now. LOL) It fits the role of a suburban passenger hauler right well, and is fun to drive.

Had one nerve-racking moment when, while off in la-la land admiring trackside scenery, I checked the HUD and found myself barreling toward a fast approaching station-stop. I had no idea if I could stop the train in time. The answer turned out to be yes, I could, without discomforting passengers. (The game measures and dings you for that). But I was sweating bullets there for a bit.

I enjoy the run well enough to consider 'filming' it for an upcoming video episode or two.

Oh, that is funny about your emergency (almost) stop!

Yeah it is ... after the fact. If there's one thing bugs me to no end, it's overshooting a station stop. (Which didn't happen in this case.) It somehow embarrasses me, even though I'm the only one who will ever see it happen. We'll, who knows? Maybe I'll include a station overshoot in some future video, if I feel it serves a useful purpose. I did, after all, publish a video where I overshoot a red signal.

And of course I've published another TS2021 video, the continuation and conclusion of the passenger run begun the previous episode. No pro-level Train Sim drivers' egos were harmed during the making of this episode:

(video) TS2021 ep13, Westbourne-On-Sea Passenger Run, Part 1 - GWR 3032 Achilles Class "Dean Single" steam loco (video)

Discounting a few TS2021 QuickDrive sessions, I remain in a gaming slump.

I am currently playing - (as well as Skyrim) - Genshin Impact.
It's very cool and I'm enjoying it loads.
Does anyone else on here play it?

Never heard of it! What’s it about?

Woohoo! N64 games coming to Switch!!

Another TS2021 video, my third on Western Branch Lines (Steam Workshop route). This one has two strikes against it from the get go. First, I've a copyright claim on the intro music. I chose not to dispute it despite being in the right. Second, YT processing isn't only kind to visuals. I rendered out a second upload copy in case the issue was on my end. Nope. After upload and processing, it looked every bit as distorted as the first, possibly a bit more so. It is what it is.

(video) TS2021 ep14: WBL, Westbourne-on-Sea to Waywell - GWR "Dukedog" locomotive (video)

I've done next to no game playing for over a week. Been too dedicated to reading. However, a new TS2021 episode reached its publish date this morning. My fourth episode devoted to Western Branch Lines, Steam Workshop route. It's a short run, quite scenically pleasant. Only after upload and processing did I realize that my conclusion as to when the locomotive could have been loaned to WBL is very likely incorrect.

(video) TS2021 ep15, Western Branch Lines - 0-4-0ST (saddle tank) "Invincible" steam loco (video)

I need to get back into playing that but I'm so far behind on DLC.

If y'all want some Fallout games from GOG, now is the time. I just bought Fallout 1, 2, 3, and NV for $23 and change. Plus, they throw in Arena and Daggerfall for free.

Recently made my first visits in forever to Trainz 2019. Can no longer drive its steam train in expert mode. It doesn't help that the sliders for Regulator and Reverser are reversed from how TS2021 placed them. Worse, the game kept crashing on me. I later notice that my Trainz 2019 install was somewhat out of date. After scratching my head over this for some time, it dawned on my that, early this year, I opted into the SP2 beta. The game is now on SP4. Digging through the game's Steam properties, I found the Beta opt-in box, cancelled out of SP2, and voilà, Trainz 2019 automatically updated to SP4. The one SP4 session I played since then didn't crash, though I didn't play long enough to truly test stability. On a happy note, during that session, choppiness seemed substantially reduced.

Related, one of my fave Trainz routes, Healesville, is getting a total makeover to Trainz 2019 standards. Alas, it's such a substantial redo that it's considered a separate product, not an update to current Healesville. Thus, I'll need to pay full price for it. It's 'very' tempting. The first Trainz product that's tempted me since switching allegiance to Train Simulator.

(link) VR Healesville 1913-1920 TSR19 (link)

I'm playing RingFit Adventure for the Switch. My sister got it for me to help me lose weight. It's a fun game to work out to.

Just played game number 21458 of Chess Titans. Nothing special about that but I just won game number 20000 and thus saw it worthy of mentioning

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on my Nintendo Switch! Happy Khajiit!

I understand Khajiit is happy, that game is well famous for being excellent

It’s in the top 3 on Khajiit’s “Nostalgia Colored Glasses List”!

Azur Lane on mobile. Its a weird shmup which features humanized female naval warships. Now I got a strong urge to join the Navy and date Naval Battleship .

My ever lengthening gaming slump continues. Only, now it's more than a simple slump. In a sense it's always been a more than a slump. The difference now is that I have physical limitations that make gaming impractical (but not impossible) even should I want to resume it.

Looking back, I believe this current slump began when I received notification of YouTube's upcoming 2-step verification requirement. At that point I had (and still have) footage 'in the can' for one further Train Simulator episode plus three long-delayed Transport Fever 1 episodes, as well as firm plans for capturing two further TS2021 episodes. But when 2-step rear its ugly head, I lost all incentive to work on any of these projects, or play games just to play them. This lack of incentive didn't change once I discovered that 2-step likely doesn't apply to me.

Now that my right hand is messed up, gaming is even less tempting. I can still use mouse and keyboard (duh!) as is obvious, if awkwardly. But, I've discovered that my hand brace digs into my mouse pad. This might not be a dig deal except that my pad is also my mouse recharging station. A rather expensive mouse/pad combo I like very much. I don't dare damage the pad. I'm as careful as I can be using the mouse due to this, but know I'd lapse while seriously gaming. So gaming is out for now, at least until my followup appointment, when it will be determined if my damage will heal on its own over time or require physical repair. Hey, no one ever said being decrepit is easy.

Damn D, that sucks! I’m sorry

Here’s hoping that follow up is good news!

Thanks to Renee forcing me to, I am now playing January in Morrowind (rather than Morroblivion).

I now have this strong urge to join the Navy!

Edit: I'm also playing CoD: Vanguard on the Xbox Series S and so far it has some pretty awesome graphics and---.
Players: HOW DOES IT PLAY!!!
It's Call of Duty there's not much to speak of.

Just bought KotOR for my Nintendo Switch! That’s going to be handy during my vacation this coming week! Going for a whole week to the Florida gulf coast!

This morning, I drove an LSWR (SR) M7, hauling passengers, on Riviera Line in the Fifties, Train Simulator route. Not sure why it is rated three marks. There's nothing to it: a circa 30-minute run with two station stops. The 70min passenger run on North Lincolnshire I drove the other day is, if anything, a tad more complicated, yet is rate two marks. Not that difficulty ratings matter in the least, so long as I enjoy myself, which I did in both instances.

I am pleasantly surprised to find the M7 pleasant to drive. I've not driven it since early on, and recall it being a hassle. I suspect my issue with it back then was that I was not yet used to 'reverser lock/drift' and didn't understand 'brake-lapping', both of which the M7 implements.

Watch out for the Rad Toads and the Gatorclaws. Not to mention those Swamp Ghouls.

Heh, will do!

Currently playing KotOR! Running a scoundrel named Saryn S’antiles, who I plan on holding at scoundrel lvl 4 and then leveling the rest of the way as a Sentinel after Jedi training.

Lost some files at work due to... Gods know! Some computer smartness. Time to blow off some steam! In comes the Naughty Bear!!