Good Morning Everyone! Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready.

How frightening oldbroad! I hope you are right and the issue is resolved. Draclvr 90 degrees! I sure hope it cools down today!

We are expecting another mostly cloudy day with some rain overnight, but I'll take that...no 90 degrees here!

Welcome to Friday...enjoy!

Gerry

Rest in peace, Mary. You will be remembered fondly by your GameBoomer family. My sincere condolences to her friends and family.

I've done VR about 6 years since the Quest 2 came out. I can't do it too long or too often because I get seasick, but I absolutely love it and would play lots more if I could!

Very cool, thanks Ana

Thank you, BET 🙂

OrleansBelle ... nice finish!

Steam Autumn Sale has started - ends 10/8

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Self described as a "disturbing first person Lovecraftian horror adventure," after about 2 hours of play I can say that seems fairly apt.

You are a paranormal investigator, who arrives in a forest to find the other two members of his team missing and a body nearby. Shortly after, a bright light appears in the sky and the game 'rewinds' 24 hours. To an office, where a bit of exploration will set you on the path to the residence of the Thorne brothers and the game proper begins.

As noted it plays in the first person, utlising both the mouse and the keyboard. Use the mouse to interact with the world, to look around and to 'steer' your character and the keyboard for everything else. A small white dot centre of screen represents your curser and slightly larger white circles in the environment indicates something to interact with. Just click and see what happens; maybe gather the item, read a note, zoom in for a closer look or simply examine and put back down. There is a lot to do, much of it to add depth, but some of it essential.

Relevant notes you pick up will automatically go into your journal where they can be reviewed at any time. Inventory items will be used automatically if you have the right one, and to date I have only ever had a single item at any time. I quite like this approach, as it allows you to get on with things without the need to quiz the inventory.

It is a big world even in the early stages, and a fair chunk of my playtime has been scouring the locations for needed items. I am minded to go everywhere anyway when I start a game, but missing an item comes with a degree of hopeful re-exploration.

It looks and sounds excellent, the lighting being particularly impressive, although there is little movement in the game world. What there is though is more impactful as a result.

I am aware that there are things that can kill me, and whilst my only fatality to date has been the result of falling in a hole, the potential hostility of the environment has been apparent more than once. I am also aware that stealth will be a factor, but can't tell you anything more about that yet. I can tell you that you can choose to play on Easy, so hopefully that will assist, and that if you die you will start again from the most recent save point.

In that regard, the game exclusively autosaves and not on exit. How frustrating that might become when I have to avoid death remains to be seen.

More to come when I have moved on.

One of the greats, Lady K

Could say you were a revolting student, Cheryl

In the film, flotsam

Koala / soot - tied it up nicely

There are 2 SpaceX launches scheduled for Thursday Oct 1st from Florida

1. Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s 13th operational human spaceflight mission (Crew-13) to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Launch is targeted for 11:10 am EST. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage will land on Landing Zone 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Watch on NSF

Dragon .... On the pad

International Space Station ...... Livestream of Earth from the ISS

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2. Falcon Heavy’s launch of the NROL-97 mission from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 11:53 pm. EST, a night launch. Following stage separation, Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters will land on SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Watch on SpaceX and/or NSF

Falcon Heavy

NROL 97 - Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office. This classified mission is operated by the National Reconnaissance Office, the U.S. government agency responsible for designing, building, and operating reconnaissance satellites. NRO missions support national security by providing critical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities from space

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Inspections have begun after Starship Flight 14 - Starship Live