This week, as you can see, is the beginning of the Builder’s Games schedule, which will involve a lot of building. I want to try to build on-stream for as much as possible of my Builder’s Game builds, so you all can participate in this journey. Depending on when I get eliminated from the Games […]

SimNaNo is still going well – as of this post I’ve got almost 14,000 words officially published (on my blog) out of my goal of 25k. (I did drop my goals to reduce my stress). This week has some interesting changes: if you notice, I’ll be doing two games this week for Thrall Game Awards […]

SimNaNo is off and running successfully – as of this post I’ve got almost 10,000 words officially published (on my blog) out of my goal of 30k. I’m sure you’ve noticed the influx of fun catch up posts on a lot of my stories… which has me very very close to being 100% caught up on all of my post backlog (I believe there’s only one post left in that list).

This week should go off without any interruptions, because the tooth is fixed… but we’ll see how that works out! 🙂

SimNaNo is off and running successfully – as of this post I’ve got 2846 words officially published (on my blog) out of my goal of 30k. Included in this total is my brand new story’s “Sliding Sideways” Prologue, and I’d love to hear your thoughts on it!

Hopefully this week’s schedule will work without any interruptions due to tooth pain, but since I STILL haven’t gotten the stupid thing out of my mouth yet, it’s possible it could interfere – so just be aware, and watch Twitter for last minute updates.

First off, this past week was a resounding success. The stream-a-thon was hugely successful, and I made a ton of new friends and had a wonderful time! Will definitely be participating in further stream-a-thons! This week will be back to my usual schedule. I hope next week to bring back the end of Season 1 Asylum on Wednesday (by finishing up the in-progress channel point builds this Wednesday). There also may very well be an Honorable Mention stream sometime on Sunday. Also, note that July 1st I will launch the next shell challenge (#thrallshell13) called “Underwater Paradise”. (Don’t forget to read the “more” section below, I do have news about this blog as well!)

I figured, as a resource for everyone else, I’d provide a list on links to the different mods I’m using during this challenge. Reminder: the first set of links are for my usual mods, the second is ONLY for this save. Normal Mods: MC Command Center – Deaderpool MC Settings Profiler – Deaderpool TOOL – […]

This week is (again) going to be a weird schedule, Friday-Sunday I’ll be participating in the Cozy Island Safe Space Stream-a-thon! Should be a fun week!

This week is going to be a very weird schedule, as I’m taking time off to install some new things for my stream and set up my new Labyrinth overlays! Then, Saturday, I will be doing an 8 hour celebration stream for the debut of both my graphics, and starting my Supernatural Saturday Series. Also of note: My new shell challenge is now live – search for #thrallshell12 on the gallery, or check my Twitter for details – it’s a LOT of fun! Don’t forget that next week is (again) the Gimme Shelter tours – we moved them by a week (although the actual tour date is still up in the air, I’ll let you know as soon as I do!) Again, Highlighting: Monday’s stream will start at about 3, so be aware that it will be a bit later than usual. (Will be watching my Labyrinth build be toured on sim_michele’s channel on Twitch.)

Hi all! My new shell challenge is now live – search for #thrallshell12 on the gallery, or check my Twitter for details. Don’t forget that next week is the Gimme Shelter tours (although the actual tour date is still up in the air, I’ll let you know as soon as I do!) Highlighting: Monday’s stream will start at about 3, so be aware that it will be a bit later than usual. (so everyone, including me, can watch sim_michele’s tours at 12-3 (est)!!) The next streaming week after this will be focused on Sims again! (although, depending on when my new overlays come in, I will be cancelling a couple days to get my stream set-up upgraded, so be aware of that.)

I cannot even begin to tell you how many hours my family has lost to this game. Now, let me follow that up to say that none of us – me, hubby, or son – have every FINISHED the game. It’s that hard. However, it’s also super easy. At it’s heart, this is a match-3 game much like Bejeweled (which I probably should have included in this list, too…) .. but that’s about where the similarity stops. There are SO MANY facets to this game. Taming creatures, learning spells, fighting monsters, training your mount, forging new weapons, building your castle, leveling your character, and, above all, participating in an immensely engrossing story. And – even though most of those things involve doing match-3 puzzles, they all feel different enough – and challenging enough – that once this game gets into your head, it’s hard to put down again.