July 6, 2013

Today was a pretty good day off. A relaxing one. I got to sleep in a little bit before the dogs decided it was time to randomly bark at nothing. After getting up and around I spent the first part of my day burning DVDs and watching YouTube videos. I also randomly checked the Cube World website because the open Beta became available in the last day or two but it was so popular that the store kept getting pulled offline. So from time to time I would go back to the page and refresh it until finally it came up and I was able to buy the game.

It has been compared to Minecraft because it is a boxey, infinitely generating, open world game. But Minecraft is more focused on mining and building things. Cube World is more of an old school RPG game, focused on killing random mobs, collecting loot, conquering dungeons, and exploring the giant open world. The graphics are so simple but it is a really good looking game. And a lot of fun. I'm not sure how many hours I put into it today but it was at least several. I went with a Elf ranger with green hair and a giant crossbow. And I have repeatedly had my ass handed to me by spell-casters so I kind of want to try that next. I spent a lot of time trying to take a dungeon, in the form of a giant castle, but it was a complete failure. I would make it past the first few groups of bad guys but the last few groups before the boss were awful. And several times I got hung up on them long enough that when I would die and spawn away from the castle, the first groups would have respawned by the time I made it back. I only made it through to the boss once, and I held my own for a bit but I didn't have any health potions and there wasn't enough time to eat anything. I leveled up due to my efforts and I got a little better at the game in the process so I'd say it was worth it. It would be fun if I knew other people that played games because Cube World would definitely be a lot of fun with a group of people.

Other accomplishments for the day include returning some of my rented DVDs and doing my monthly report for my volunteer thing. So not a bad day. Not necessarily that productive but I got things done. And now it is very late and I want to sleep. So I am going to do that.