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Minecraft's various updates have turned that Dragon into a real terror. Last time it threw both of us off that tiny island he lives on in less than a minute. I was ready to be swatted around some but I was into orbit at the first hit this time. 

Mass Effect Andromeda is so gorgeous. I'm astonished at its underlying complexity and wealth of voice work. Cut scenes are hardly noticeable they are so well integrated into the gameplay. 

Yonder sounds fun. 

I was just talking to Mark about the difference between human common sense and the rules of a game. As games get more realistic, we apply more real world common sense to problem solving and sometimes it doesn't work because there's some hidden rule in the programing that you aren't aware of and that doesn't come under real world common sense problem solving. 

It took me forever to get a smart phone. I wonder how long it will be before I upgrade it?

Can Link upgrade his phone so he can have free calls from the desert?

Play more will not be one of my goals. I play plenty already. I'm tempted to set a goal to play less, but that will probably happen naturally once I get back to full time work. 

Some goals of mine: Continue my monthly look back at a particular year in media. This guides my book, music, film and game choices. Additionally for games, I think I'll use the first week of the month for retro and then focus on new games the rest of the month. I'm going to rent them to save money. My actual purchases will be limited to any downloadable-only titles and any I need to fufill my monthly retro journeys (most of those I already have). 

Open world fatigue. I think it should be listed in the DSM. 

Thanks. You too. I'm taking part in a LinkedIn workshop once a month this spring. I was there because I am tasked with taking photos by the library, but I decided to sit in on the whole workshop myself. It's pretty interesting. Also, it was suggested that being engaged with multiple social media sites was beneficial. That is showed to employers that you were savy with the latest technology. I'll try and use twitter more and maybe join instagram. What fun!

I'm excited to try any Ninja Theory game, flaws or no. I had a similar issue with a puzzle in Fable II. It required waiting a certain amount of time for an answer from a demon door. You had no idea that was required though. It drove me nuts. 

Here's a cool list of tips I found on Kotaku. I wish Minecraft let you mark the map like you can in Breath of the Wild. And add tags to the marks you make. It would be so helpful. 

That's my experience exactly. 

I'm not finished with FF 4 either. I'm still stuck in the no-metal-weapons dungeon.