The Games I Played in January 2021 (Day 4074 - 1/19/21)

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Stephen begins the vlog by panning over the pizza him and Mallory will be eating for dinner. He talks a bit about the toppings on the pizza and then sits down with Mal to eat.

Stephen did a First20 stream today and started the stream off with Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & The Blade of Light. Originally released for the Nintendo Famicom, Stephen played this game on the Switch. He says that the game was good, but noted that it's dated and that the game lacked information that could only be found in the manual. He also points out that he enjoys playing these games as it can be treated as a history lesson of the "Fire Emblem" series. The only complaint he has is an audio issue, most likely due to the emulation.

The next game he played was Forager, an idle game. He goes on to say that it's a hard to explain game as it's an idle game combined with aspects of adventure/exploration games. Stephen continues to say that the game is "straight dopamine hits" because of the progression system in the game and would like to play more.

After Forager was One Step From Eden, a strategic deck-building and real-time action game with rogue-like elements. He describes the game as "frantic" as there are many elements in the game that need to be focused on at once. He did have fun with the game, but says he found it difficult.

Smile For Me, a first person point-and-click adventure game, was the last game Stephen played today. He says it's an off-putting game as it uses 2D models in a 3D world. He says that this was intentional as there are horror elements in the game.

Stephen intended to play another game today, but the game had not released yet. He also thanks the viewers of the stream as they helped vote on the games.