Scarlett drew this back in September when the kids were playing a lot of Spelunky. It’s interesting to see which parts of the game imprinted on her mind.

https://youtu.be/ut91HIMsROs

It was a pretty busy year for me in 2017 as I got more into cooking as the twins got older and I didn’t have as much time to myself. I felt I hadn’t nearly played as many games in 2016. But when I started gathering the stats, that’s when I realized just how much less I’d played. In 1016 I’d played 132 hours of video games compared to only 42 hours in 2017. And over half of that was in Civilization VI - once again proving to me that it’s the one game that’s worth spending my money on as I’ll always go back to it. Just writing this makes me itch to get back to the game.

Things are busier now, especially as the weather warms up and we begin to do more outside, so I’m switching from keeping track monthly to doing so quarterly.

Vertical Drop Heroes HD (3 hr 15 min)

https://youtu.be/NcjpCmkKb9c?list=PLEJrELYLxNgXBv5HxeZNUxg5AWWM9QGJb

Finally beat this game. It was a lot of fun and I’ll probably play some New Game+ this year if I find the time.

Contraption Maker (1 hr 20 min):

https://youtu.be/Yezzplk2dYs?list=PLEJrELYLxNgULZsu5WJW6Xyb1Hc4XPK_X

Scarlett loves when I play this game and it’s always fun to go through the brain teasers to try and figure it out.

https://youtu.be/Z4ba48jOSBs

What a year for gaming. I tried to take advantage whenever I could to get a chance to game and I was able to do a nice mix of newer and older games. I also made a bit of a dent in the list of games I got as part of a Humble Bundle. Well, let’s get into it.

Civilization VI (27 hours)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEJrELYLxNgWZ4TsugA53ODOuSvnraSVu

Another five years passed and so and so another entry in the civilization franchise was released. This time they made what is probably the biggest change in the series thus far, they exploded the cities out onto multiple tiles. That really revamped the planning and for once I couldn’t just make every city make all the same improvements. I’ve enjoyed it and hope to get more time with it in 2017.

Took advantage of MIL’s presence to get some gaming done before I would be too busy to game for a while.

Civilization VI (18 hours):

https://youtu.be/9eHVWDntw4g?list=PLEJrELYLxNgWZ4TsugA53ODOuSvnraSVu

This time around I play as Greece and try for a cultural victory while also getting more involved in the religion part of the game.

Vertical Drop Heroes HD (1 hour 25 minutes):

https://youtu.be/2VyexAVIwEY?list=PLEJrELYLxNgXBv5HxeZNUxg5AWWM9QGJb

On Extra Life game day I end up further than I’ve ever been in the game.

Civilization VI (9 hrs)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEJrELYLxNgWZ4TsugA53ODOuSvnraSVu

The latest iteration of this series I’ve been playing for the past 25 years was released and the changes have made the game more dynamic and, for the first time in the series, have really made it so that I can’t just do the same thing every game because of how much the terrain makes a difference. It’s been neat and with the reduced gameplay over the past two months, it’s displaced all over games. Civilization III  (15 minutes)

Vertical Drop Heroes HD (2 hours):

I continued to be addicted to this little rogue-like. I’m getting pretty close to level 10 and the hinted reveal.

https://youtu.be/chJaJcP8J68?list=PLEJrELYLxNgXBv5HxeZNUxg5AWWM9QGJb

Civilization III (2 hours):

It came a bit later than I wanted it to, but I started playing Civ III in an attempt to play Civs III-VI between the end of September and the end of October when Civ VI comes out. (Unless things went horribly awry, it should be out by the time this post is published)

Civilization V (2 hrs)

https://youtu.be/FNgKcM7jf6k?list=PLEJrELYLxNgVwd6MWpI64II_fu14o3KpB

A few more turns in our multi-player games.

Team Fortress 2 (2 hrs)

https://youtu.be/pV8-jgg1G6Y?list=PLEJrELYLxNgWsp76cFb5sqedFrKP9qQLw

I decided to play a little more and work on creating an overlay that allows the game to be full screen while also still presenting my Extra Life information. After a of couple tries, I like where it ended up.

Vertical Drop Heroes (2 hrs)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEJrELYLxNgXBv5HxeZNUxg5AWWM9QGJb

I thought this was just going to be a quick Eric Checks Out, but it turned out to get me really addicted to the point where I wish I was playing it every night before bed. Of all the rogue-likes I’ve played, I feel like this one gets the best mix of allowing you to die without it hurting too much.

I forgot to do June last month, so a double header this time.

Contraption Maker (4 hours)

https://youtu.be/5n8bItGIx_k?list=PLEJrELYLxNgULZsu5WJW6Xyb1Hc4XPK_X

I continued to play and entertain Scarlett with my puzzle-solving skills.

Spelunky (17 minutes)

https://youtu.be/GMOYZa2XKLc?list=PLEJrELYLxNgWMg_f07_y0pI4m6GonK9hs

Dan donated to my Extra Life charity drive and forced me to do a butt-load of pushups. (An arm-load, really)

Civ V (1 hour)

https://youtu.be/OqLnHl_xlf4?list=PLEJrELYLxNgVwd6MWpI64II_fu14o3KpB

I barely advance our multiplayer games as the timing just doesn’t quite work out between the three of us to go any faster.

Civilization V (8 hours):

https://youtu.be/IpCdWi0w0U8?list=PLEJrELYLxNgVwd6MWpI64II_fu14o3KpB

I started off playing the same multi-player games we’ve been playing for years now. Then I heard Civ VI comes out this year and so that inspired me to play a solo game.

Contraption Maker (1 hour):

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEJrELYLxNgULZsu5WJW6Xyb1Hc4XPK_X

I started off just intending to check out this this game. Then Scarlett saw me playing and asked me to play some more.

Always Sometimes Monsters (1 hour):