Week 87 — Free ride
- Sebastian is really close to crawling. He can plank forever, and gets straight on to his knees when we put him down. We've cleared him a little area to wander around in, but gosh it would be ace if he could wait a few weeks til we're in the new place!
- Speaking of, plaster is going on the walls this week! Super exciting times here. Cannot wait to move all the boxes we have been slowly packing and make this new place our home!
- I've been working from a co-working space in Weston Creek for the last few months (since April). Several times a week, the bus's MyWay+ reader is borked, which means a free fare in to work — and usually a free fare home too! I do feel for the folks who have to maintain the system, and I just hope this wasn't a case of ship the thing before it's ready because we have to hit some unrealistic deadline (though I bet that was it).
- I have given up on Skull and Bones — I think I did 3 different mission types in the 10 hours I played. It feels very odd that you can dress up your pirate, you can walk them around in a town, explore islands with them — but that's it? Would have been cool to have some level of combat. Maybe some cool caves to explore on an island, or some stakes when boarding an enemy ship. Oh well — it was very pretty, and if its live-service-ness sustains it, then maybe I'll check back in in a year or two and see what kind of pirate-shenanigans I can get up to.
- Most of my game time is now back on Diablo IV. It was free on PSN this month, so I'm back in with a new Season 9 character. It's kinda nice playing it on a machine that can consistently push 60 FPS (the Mac does most of the time, but also gets kinda warm). I am also keen to see how the couch co-op goes!
- We went to the NMA this weekend for a free community day at the discovery centre. Sebastian loved it! There were so many new things to touch and see, new faces to smile at too! I think he got a bit frustrated (or overwhelmed) after a while though as there was so much to look at, and so many new noises that we bailed after about 45 mins. The centre itself looks pretty neat! I just wish it had more natural light — even I was feeling the effects of the artificial lights after our time there!