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It's interesting that feeling when you go from a superficial experience to a deeper one. Suddenly things get more interesting and intense. I wouldn't say Power Wash Simulator gets much deeper but it does help with engagement when you can think about more things than just hosing down an object to wash it. 

How can I maximize my plays, I ask myself? Why by limiting myself to a single achievement per game. When an achievement unlocks, it's off to the next game. I'm currently third on the leaderboard of my Xbox friends. I'm right behind number 2 but far behind the leader, PhantasyStar77, who has clearly been achievement hunting from the begining of the month. I'm not so much hunting for them as using them as a goal marker, or playtime limiter. Anyway, here are my plays so far this week:

Alright, games be gettin' me outta control again, but I have a solution: narrow it down to one game I would buy day-one at full-price per season. I reserve the right to increase the number of games if I'm really, really excited about them. So, here's my summer 2022 list with some reserves (because I have them free on Game Pass or are free-to-play). Then I'll get into what I played on Thursday before I came up with this list. 

Got some Happy Meals at McDonalds to get a few Thor Love and Thunder toys just for fun. I had a lot of rewards points for using the McDees app, so why not? I had hoped the figures worked a bit like Skylanders on the Happy Meal web site, but I couldn't get the one I got to work. I think the "game" just plays a song tied to the figure anyway. Then I played some actual Skylanders on 360 and then switched to Series S for the usual routine. I skipped out on the Switch that day not wanting to plug it into my TV, which only has two HDMI jacks. But I have Triangle Strategy and more Mario + Rabbids to play there.  

I'm trying to get more pics into these blogs. I've figured out how to do screenshots on my phone, and in conjunction with Onedrive, I can get these pics over to Pixlbit. 

I dipped my foot in a lot of games over the July 4th break. I was still on my random kick but also played some for rewards points, some gladly so. I have to admit, I have been using streaming in order to get Game Pass rewards points on games I mostly don't want to play. I only had to start them for the points anyway. Anyhow, here are the barrel-full of games I played. 

Studying 70s culture and media this month. What about gaming?

I got totally fed up with Minecraft the other day. Mark and I had just turned the game from Peaceful difficulty (no mobs) to Easy (mobs with moderate damage) in order to hunt Endermen. In less than a couple of minutes my outdoor camping deck with trees for walls was surprise attacked by two creepers, one after the other, in broad daylight, destroying part of my deck and a chest full of stuff. I got so fed up, it led me to erase everything on my hard drive and start anew with random selections from my owned games, Game Pass, EA Play and Games with Gold. All of these groupings have a little button that says, "surprise me". I grabbed one from each section in turn and the resulting chaos is recorded below. 

It's about all I can do writing a blog in the short time I have, take a shallow dive into games I've sometimes barely played. Here's what:

June through August 2022, these are the games I most want to play.