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Monument Valley 2 – Full Playthrough

by | Aug 25, 2025 | , ,

This installment of the game felt more narrative, and it was interesting to see different vistas along the way. I especially loved the artwork and scenery on the Docks level, at least there was story to go along with these now named characters. Was a little disappointed it was shorter than the first game.

I missed it in the playthrough, but there are a few things to click on in the last level (a lizard in the Mirador). If you tag this and did everything else I played along as, you should also get 100% achievements.

Monument Valley – Forgotten Shores

by | Aug 21, 2025 | , ,

This is the second installment of the first Monument Valley game, with the Forgotten Shores expansion.

I am really appreciating the Indian aesthetic that this first game had. I’ve seen it vary in the other games as I go on, but there’s something unique and special to it with both music and visual design. The last chapter stumped me a little, but you’ll be pleased to know I figured it out on my own, without a walkthrough. So I do apologize for that, but you see the process at least.

Not bad for an expansion, considering it almost ran just as long as the main game!

Mounument Valley Playthrough – Main Storyline

by | Aug 20, 2025 | , ,

I’ve been meaning to put a playthrough of this game, and decided to lock down and get it done with the third game’s release.

This was very simple, captivating and quite fun to play. I’m surprised I didn’t encounter it earlier, but likely I wasn’t thinking about these sorts of games. To be honest, I didn’t know about this game till I saw fanart with Symmetra (also fanart like this) in the Monument Valley setting.

I got the first two games bundled in a sale discount since, and have been waiting since. Better now than never.

Air Force Thunderbirds – Twilight Zone VHS

by | Aug 12, 2025 | , ,

I ripped this from a batch of VHS tapes in 2021, and am uploading it for nostalgia’s sake. I’ve had this sitting in drafts since 2023.

The tape had degraded so much, the audio was spotty and non-existent. It took me well over a year (on and off) of searching for the correct version of this song to substitute for the original track. The fact that the VHS had degraded so bad, is part of the reason this is getting uploaded.

I’m not 100% of where this came from, but I believe someone from our church community may have given it to us back in 2000-2001. It had some other clips of a demonstration, but again the audio is degraded so you can’t understand what’s going on.

This is my hat in the ring for some media preservation, so please enjoy.

Orcs Must Die 3 #11 – A Tedious Castle Funnel

by | Mar 31, 2023 | , ,

While I’ve been posting these regularly, this is the first time he had a hiatus. So we just picked this back up in November awhile back. It’s getting a bit harder to land headshots on the bigger guys now.

This castle was a pain, and we both agreed we’ll do a redo at some both. But I got the go-ahead to release this since we didn’t lose, and so much time’s passed by.

Orcs Must Die 3 #10 – Set All Traps in the Smallest Space

by | Mar 24, 2023 | , ,

While I’ve been posting these regularly, this is the first time he had a hiatus. So we just picked this back up in November awhile back. It’s getting a bit harder to land headshots on the bigger guys now.

What was tricky with this piece, was how expansive most of the map was. So our strategy was to set all the traps near the end, then snip as people got closer. Tedious, but we could plug the holes the best.

Gears of War 01 – It’s About High Time

by | Mar 3, 2023 | , ,

I’ve been wanting to do a playthrough of this game since 2017, and have wanted to actually play this game for a lot longer. I first got a taste of this game in 2008, but was rudely told by a BCM pastor that “this game shouldn’t be in our building because of the curse words.” That makes sense, but it killed me wanting to check out the game for years.

I originally was going to do a playthrough with this in 2017 when I had the town setup, but I never got past my backlog. But now that I have my own Xbox 360, I’m starting on actual video game content. Do apologize that you had to wait 5 and some years for that.

I’ve had several audio and recording issues while putting this playthrough together, and you may hear some clicking with the audio on this; I sincerely apologize. I’ve already played the first mission over 4 times already trying to get it to work straight, and I about tossed my hands up to not even do playthroughs anymore. I’m still sorting out the hardware, the second part should be better I hope.

Stray 02 – Casual Rooftop Jumping

by | Jan 6, 2023 | , ,

We finally reach the first sign of intelligent life! Although robots who drink liquor with no stomachs is concerning.

I did get lost here a little bit, but I didn’t just want to default to a guide and was genuinely exploring the experience. So I apologize if sniffing around causes some hair-pulling.

Who Am I?

Who Am I?

My name's Janeil.

Welcome to my part of the galaxy.

Moonlight game dev, creative writer, sharing my personal experiences.