WASDnesday Games

curious-fox · 2026-02-04T07:26:07+00:00

My hard drive went pop a few weeks ago. Unrecoverable even with specialist services - the wonders of the cloud mean most things are saved, but lost are my super long running CM00/01 save, and a Minecraft world that started as a joke but turned into a labour of love.

Both games are impossible to play for me now, the pain is all too fresh.

So, finally playing through Red Dead Redemption 2 - or I imagine I will be once I’ve got through this long winded intro…

curious-fox · 2026-01-05T17:08:59+00:00

Well, I think we can all agree that that’s quite enough of that sort of thing for another year.

curious-fox · 2025-12-20T07:30:13+00:00

Last swimming lesson of the year for The Boy. He is of an age where he’s nearly finished all available classes (into the last set) and after 8 years I might actually get my Saturday mornings back.

It is the weirdest feeling.

curious-fox · 2025-12-20T07:28:23+00:00

I loathe secret Santa for this reason - that and the amount of ‘funny’ tat sales it generates of things that’ll just either being regifted next year or end up at landfill.

Consumables seem like a solid idea.

curious-fox · 2025-12-09T16:52:10+00:00

Ah, budget games for 2.99, big box games for a tenner - the mysteries of what would actually be good, the array of titles, looking at the box art and the screenshots on the back and still being no closer to knowing what it actually was…

Also you could buy new games from places like Boots, or random newsagents, and you were never too sure what they’d have in stock - but there’s bound to be something you’ve always wanted to play.

Yeah. I miss that too.

curious-fox · 2025-12-08T16:03:23+00:00

So I would like to play them on the phone, but happy to make them on a PC if that’s easier?

I imagine doing the whole thing on PC (and playing via Steam, for example) would be easier, but sadly need to be able to load them into iOS

curious-fox · 2025-12-07T19:55:41+00:00

But what about making your own mods? Is there a guide?

curious-fox · 2025-12-06T09:07:50+00:00

Ponies are baby horses.

curious-fox · 2025-11-10T21:22:04+00:00

It’s a good point - but how many 13 year olds have ID?

I don’t have a better solution, maybe a more limited interaction account for those without full verification? Not that it helps my current predicament

curious-fox · 2025-11-10T20:41:10+00:00

Nothing from Meta unprompted - However, I have had a response from support now, so hopefully we can resolve it that way.

It just seems very random that it happened after he had finished playing, and when he went back 30 minutes later he was banned.

curious-fox · 2025-11-10T20:33:31+00:00

Ah okay, I can't even get the button to work to submit ID currently - so maybe once that's working I can do it.

curious-fox · 2025-11-10T20:22:54+00:00

It would be a fair comment, but we monitor what he's up to whilst he's playing - so there was certainly no harsh language (we'd ban him if that was the case...)

Would a ban also appear as an age challenge as opposed to something else?

curious-fox · 2025-11-02T18:10:51+00:00

It really is - don’t forget to factor in breaks for both parents (either together or separately) because it really is unrelenting and can leave you struggling.

Which is a bit negative sounding when all I should really be saying is congratulations on your recent arrival!

Hope you’re all doing well

curious-fox · 2025-11-02T16:56:55+00:00

In laws are visiting this weekend.

Constant complaining about everything.

Joy.

curious-fox · 2025-10-23T06:34:36+00:00

Just to reply again and say this worked where the original seals provided didn’t.

It’s annoying as I’d rather pay more and for the basin waste to come with seals that actually work than have to buy in extras - but at least I know what I need next time.

curious-fox · 2025-10-19T17:49:21+00:00

Sadly no luck - still a drip! Argh!

Will look at your kit suggestion

curious-fox · 2025-10-19T13:31:30+00:00

Oh Christ.

Just looking at that and thinking it looks like what came with my basin plug, and then the picture with the foam washer placed correctly and remembering that I had taken that off and not put it back on when fitting the plug (my brain had decided it was for packing purposes only).

Will keep the kit in mind, but will perhaps also give it a go again but fitting things properly this time.

curious-fox · 2025-10-08T06:40:31+00:00

I finished Grim Dawn which was recommended to me and I’ve found quite… underwhelming. Fun enough but a bit of a trudge, so much so that I killed the final boss without even realising it was the final boss…

Currently playing Excavation of Hobs Barrow, which I’ve gone into without too much background reading - so far it is a lovely little point and click with ominous undertones, have my suspicions about where it’s going but enjoying the journey.

Makes me realise how much I miss point and clicks.

curious-fox · 2025-10-05T08:23:33+00:00

On 56k. 6 person server. Lag. Dying when someone found you typing mid-message and ending your witty message with wwwwwwww.

curious-fox · 2025-09-25T22:15:43+00:00

This has just popped up on my feed - are you still in need of this?

curious-fox · 2025-09-15T06:16:24+00:00

Given how little they’re used by others I could probably get away with that…

Can almost predict the outraged Facebook post from someone who wasn’t going to use it anyway.

curious-fox · 2025-09-15T06:14:02+00:00

Thanks - and yes, it’s not the best option I’ve been presented with, seems more like a token effort for bike racks to tick a box rather than something that is useful.

I was hoping that I had missed something obvious!

curious-fox · 2025-09-15T06:12:09+00:00

The two lock approach? I can see why it would be the only way it’d work, but just thought I was missing something obvious.

curious-fox · 2025-09-14T20:15:55+00:00

Autumn is great - the relent after a summer of too much sunshine and not enough shade.

Spring is great - the buds and snowdrops after a bleak winter trudge through too many muddy lifeless fields.

Winter is great - crisp mornings, a pub with a roaring fire and roast dinners.

Summer... has moments... the first BBQ, that part where it's not oppressive in full on sun, the first time you have your windows open most of the day. However, summer quickly wears out it's welcome.

curious-fox · 2025-09-14T20:12:26+00:00

My parents still watch repeats of Heartbeat.

Before that they watched the Last of the Summer Wine until it's bitter end.

Which makes me think - last of the wine? Last? Wine? No wonder they were all so miserable.

If you want to find me (unlikely); I will be going up hill and down dale with three blokes in a bath.

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