Mostly playing Conan Exiles and buying my time till Shadow of the Erdetree DLC comes out.

Finally beaten Elden Ring! Though I bailed on the final boss of the DLC, I still beaten the main game's final bosses and compared to what I've been through it was a breeze! Time to finally put this game to rest and mark this as the first Souls game I've beaten!!!

Congrats Reaps!!

(link) Another Train Simulator screenshot set from me. (link) All images are manipulated to look old and damaged.

That is neat. I like you added not just the sepia tone, but the scratches and other bits of noise.

That must be so relaxing, this train simulator game.

Agreed. That adds so much


Like SimCity 3000 for me

Thanks. Playing through NG+ and man I'm beating bosses up like they're melted butter.

Duke Nukem 3D


This game seems to have an almost endless supply of secrets. I've been playing it for 25 years and just yesterday I found, thanks to the Duke wiki, the last hidden level; Faces of Death. This level is so hidden it requires you to play through The Abyss twice and Launch Facility (another hidden level btw) once in order to gain access. On top of that, if playing the original copy of the game you also have to use the noclip cheat. No wonder I haven't found this level sooner!


In addition, thanks to the wiki I've also found a hidden room, a hidden exit button and a couple of hidden teleporters in the second level; Red Light District. These teleporters don't transport you to anything special so they're quite needless. But still; more secrets!

Look I'm not saying it's Rastan but yeah---it's Rastan...ish.

Ha! So I had been toying with the idea of playing a little bit of Oblivion for a little bit, and then Saki mentioned considering it also. I decided to start a new game, the Xbox 360 disc version on my Xbox Series X. I had almost forgotten how awful the chargen is. You tweak one thing here and something over there moves dramatically. Then there is the body coloring. I’ve spent most of my time trying to get my character to not look like they have had a head transplant. I finally got one I could live with, the Emperor got deaded, and I just chose the class (custom class I named Paladin, can’t remember the major skills I chose, but I was mindful of the weird leveling issue). Might post pics later.

Do you mean to say that you are playing Oblivion without mods????

As for the chargen, I actually prefer that awkward Oblivion face editor to the spanky shiny modern one like in Dragon's Dogma 2 or Elden Ring. There you have five different sliders in three different subsections to modify the same one thing... Too complex and as a result nearly impossible to create the face you have in mind. Well, it's nearly impossible in Oblivion also, but at least you don't get the idea that it should be possible somehow...

Yeah. I have the game on GOG, but I just don’t feel like dealing with setting up mods. Also, I need another computer chair, lol

Oh, I know how you feel about just wanting to play without the bother of mods. I just started Dragon Age Origins on Xbox 360... Yes, it still lives! I haven't got an Xbox One, we opted for PlayStation 4 & 5 instead. But my 360 is still working fine, and the only thing I am missing is being able to take screenshots. But that's what cameras are for! Photos of your TV...

Yeah I have an Xbox360 (it died), skipped the XboxOne for a PS4 before the 360 died, got an Xbox Series X back in January to play Starfield and anything that will work backwards compatible.

I think I should be able to get some screenies with the XBSX. I’ll test that this weekend and post the results here.

You're not the only one who loathed Ob's chargen, CheshireKhajiit, I can remember lots of gamers hated it.

Personally, I love Oblivion's character creation tools! Especially for creating females. I can pull & shape & direct a new person's face in a variable way, rather than the fixed pieces Skyrim uses. How does it work in Starfield?

Anyway, congrats, Khajiit. I'm in the (slow) process of rebuilding Oblivion from scratch; brand-new hard drive and all. I've got a modded game, but the good thing is I've never been the sort who adds hundreds and hundreds of plug-ins, my mod-list is medium-light, I guess.

What am I playing? Baldur's Gate, today. Maybe some Morrowind later; heya.

Playing Elden Ring on PC, I'd play Dark Souls but I don't have them on my Steam account. Anyway I made an awesome achievement the other day before my controller kicked the bucket, I managed to slay Malenia in just two attempts! Anyone who knows how difficult that fight is knows that's no small task .

You know, it’s weird. Starfield’s is kinda hard to explain, but I’m going to attempt. You start with a preset that you are stuck with throughout the game (you can pay a service to tweak the fine tuning options in the major cities, but not the preset). The preset is where most of the heavy lifting of getting a face the way you want it happens. Once you’ve picked a preset, you then have your typical menu for individual face parts, skin tones, and features (features include things like blemishes, scars, tats, piercings, etc). Under each face part there is a submenu with 10 or so shape options, and then a submenu for each of those options. So for example, say you pick to work on the nose. After selecting the nose, you pick one of the options on the first submenu (1-10) and then press a button that opens the second submenu that lets you refine the option you chose on the first submenu by choosing sliders that do different things (these things include moving the bottom part of the nose up and down, moving the nose backwards and forwards, bringing the nose tip up or down, etc). This second submenu also provides 10 or so sliders that let you add in some features of the other options from the first submenu that you didn’t choose, so you can mix them up for different looks. Changing to a different option on the first submenu resets the fine tuning options. I hope that makes sense.
As compared to Oblivion, it’s a lot more straightforward. If you move the slider to make the nose longer, that’s what it does. It doesn’t potentially move other areas on the face. Also, there isn’t any of the weirdness with skin tones. Your skin tone is even across your character’s whole body, unless you choose certain derma aesthetic choices (for instance, you can opt for vitiligo spots, or weird skin textures). I really do miss Oblivion’s RGB sliders for hair color though.


Congrats! Sorry about the controller though.

Nice, thanks for detailed answer, Khajiit. So it sounds like you set the basic features of your new person in the beginning but can perform plastic surgery in cities.

Dark Reaper: I don't know Elden Ring, but What brand controller? You know it's funny. I've got the basic Microsoft black Xbox controller for PC, the thing is now 10 years old and it still works fine! The d-pad makes funny creaking noises sometimes, but the actual device still works. I might just replace it soon though just 'cause.

It was an off brand XB1 controller, I had it for years. It just had a lot of wear and tear on it. I'll try to get a new one next week.

DRIVER for the PC. Good ol' DOS game which is still fun as heck. Thankfully I have all cities and cheats unlocked so I can just race along any city and steamroll cop cars out of the way while trying to find something that makes my car flip over

I played that a while ago back on the original PlayStation. It was pretty fun from what I can remember.

What's so funny is engaging the handbrake, which is something you're supposed to do to stop the car from rolling away, is treated as a felony

I got several games going:

1: Elden Ring NG+.
2: Honkai Rail.
3: Zenless Zone Zero.
4: Starborne Frontiers.

(link) Captures from yet another Train Simulator "heritage" passenger run. (link)

Nice shots. Very atmospheric trip through jolly old England.

I decided to finally retire Elden Ring, I've beaten it enough. Now I'm just playing mostly mobile games for poops and giggles.

Reaper, are you still playing Conan Exiles?

I play it from time to time. Sadly not much goes on in it to keep my interest .

Drova: Forsaken Kin on the Nintendo Switch. Drova is a 2D pixel art open world action RPG inspired by Celtic mythology. You play as a young man/woman who find themselves in an “Otherworld” called Drova. Your initial goal is to bring an object to some Druids at a certain settlement, but it’s rather free roam, similar to a Elder Scrolls game. While exploring you’ll fight and talk to people to receive quests and level up your skills. It is also available on Steam and GOG. I’m liking it so far!

Still playing Elden Ring! Started a new game with a different character class. I'm trying to be more magic based but still use swords up to two handed swords but easing back on the colossal weapons.

Anyone playing on Wii these days?

Lol I don’t know anyone who does. That Mariokart with the little steering wheel accessory was the shiz back in the day though. We’d have beers and see who was the better racer.

Just played game number 30303 of Chess Titans

That is a most pleasing palindrome, I must say!

Yeah I love it!

I spent the last half-week doing something I've not done in a couple of years, create a YouTube video. It's not a "real" video, but a compilation of screenshots taken during a Train Simulator drive on North London & Goblin Lines. Thirty-five minutes worth of screenshots! I gussed it up with captions, background music, and one short video clip at the beginning. My local copy looks halfway decent, not as good as the original captures, but okay. YouTube processing removes some sharpness and luster. It is what it is. (LINK) Here it is. (LINK)

Decrepit, your YouTube video looked pretty good. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks. As it turns out, my complaint about its YouTube visual quality was in error. Dum-dum me didn't realize that, on that initial viewing, the video defaulted to 720p. Viewing at the correct 1080p improves things.

Has anyone played the New Super Mario Bros on the Wii? Looks like quite good fun actually.


Edit: Just realized I asked about the Wii earlier

Decrepit. Liked the video. Is South Action and Action Central your typo, or the route supplier's? They both should be Acton without the "i". It was at least consistent throughout, so anyone who has not lived in the area would not notice.

Thanks The Action/Acton error occurred when I titled the individual image files some days prior to creating the video. I've now pinned a comment with the correct names below the video. Being at least somewhat familiar with the area, how well does the game route depict reality?

I have to remember a long time back, but the older buildings haven't changed. The extra rails for Southern region electrics, and Underground were all where they should be. It just looks too clean.

I worked in Richmond for a couple of years, but commuted in from the south-west, rarely using the station there. It did look right, from what I remember, although that was before the Overground routes were established. All the tracks existed, but mainly carried goods traffic back then, so I never traveled over that route. It passes through areas I lived in during and just after my college days, so I would have seen it from different angles, on Underground trains or roads. It's all quite consistent with what I recall.

I think we had it at one time. My sister played it a good bit.

Responding late but I got a new controller about a month ago. Haven't read thru this thread yet but getting it to work was a challenge! Let me know if you have probs.

Gonna watch Decrepit's video as I do some paperwork. Let's go for a train ride. 🚂

Started playing Star Control Origins on the PC, not a bad little game. Speaking of which Steam now has Star Control 1-3!
The first game came out for Amiga and the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. It kinda has a campaign but it's mostly just a ship battle game with no story.

Star Control 2 is the prize in this collection! AKA Star Control The Ur-Quan Masters has you pilot a ship as you rebuild the old Alliance of Free Stars meanwhile you're on the clock as war with Kor-Ah and Ur-Quan draws to a conclusion and the victor wipes out all life in the galaxy.

Star Control 3: Same as 2 but different plot and is considered the black sheep of the series.

Star Wars: Rebellion

Yes! I have started another playthrough, a bit earlier than usual. You know the drill; Empire, starting with three sectors and ignoring the other three.


Off to a good start but I do expect some difficulty soon enough.

Star Wars: Rebellion

Had a lengthy session today; 3 hours and 20 mins to be exact during which I managed to take the three sectors I started with. I did hit a setback just at the very end of the session where one planet was assaulted and that will be my focus next time. Alongside building buildings, fighters and capital ships of course. It's everything at the same time in the early stages of a playthrough of this game so it's quite hectic before I'm strong enough so that things settle down a bit.

Hey, SubRosa! Did you see this? After I finished laughing, I thought of you!

LEGOS does Aloy

Wow, that is cute. I don't own a console, so I won't be playing it. I am still waiting for HZD: Forbidden West to come out on Gog.