Your Buddy's Waiting On You (Day 3545 - 8/9/19)

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Stephen and Mallory stayed up slightly late yesterday and decided to sleep for 30 more minutes after their alarm for 8:00 AM. The cats have gotten used to the schedule of them waking up at 8:00 AM and they also heard the alarm go off. They have also gotten used to being fed at 8:00 AM, so they started meowing and pawing at the door.

Kepler started jumping at the door and he somehow hit the lever door handle which opened their bedroom door. Both cats didn't immediately realize that they had opened the door, but Kepler soon realized the door was open and came in. He was really happy to see Stephen and Mal and jumped onto their bed. So, Stephen and Mal just ended up waking up anyway to feed them. Stephen says that he always thought Sagan would be the first one to figure out how to open the door, but Kepler ended up doing it out of desperation in order to be fed. He also mentions that they do have door handles that are easy for cats to open.

They are currently getting ready to do a gaming stream, so they have to quickly eat dinner. Stephen says that they have been able to wake up and go to sleep at consistent times. But, their working blocks have shifted a lot because sometimes they can't stop in the middle of what they are working on. For example, sometimes Stephen can't stop in the middle of recording for the end of a work block, so lunch and dinner time end up being shifted to later. They have been to have tea time everyday though. Then, he talks about how they plan to start doing 2 gaming streams a month now instead of just one a month. They finished Super Mario Maker 2 - Story Mode, so they are playing 2 new games.

Later, they finished the stream and Stephen mentions that they didn't announce what games they were going to play so he was surprised by the amount of people that still showed up to watch. They finished 2 games in 3 hours. The first game was Paratopic which Stephen describes as a weird, 45 minute long, avant-garde tech demo art piece that resembles a PS1 game. It has a confusing story told from the perspective of possibly multiple people and has just enough creepiness to make it interesting. Stephen describes one part where the player is travelling alone and stops at a gas station to get gas. The player talks to the clerk who asks if they are done filling up and then tells the player that their buddy is waiting on them. Once you turn around, there is a shadowy figure next to your car. Otherwise, the story is hard to follow and people had mixed opinions about it.

The second game is A Short Hike which Mal played through by herself. Stephen compares the game to Animal Crossing on the DS and the objective of the game is to climb to the top of a mountain. In order to do so, you must collect feathers so that you are strong enough to fly over gaps. Along the way, you can stop and talk to other characters. Stephen says that the game is cute, wholesome, and short. You can get to the top of the mountain in about 1.5 hours. He says that this game reminds him of Portal since it's a short game that you can recommend to someone that can be played in one sitting. Mal is continuing to play the game after the stream and she lends a fox some feathers, so he can get to the top of the mountain.

They were able to finish the stream before midnight, so they were able to stick to their block schedule. Stephen says that he still hasn't put away the lights he put in his office bathroom.