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johnnybgamer faith life gaming skip to content johnnybgamer faith life gaming menu expanded collapsed about video game reviews book reviews contact a traffic jam a reading rut and a way out suddenly i slowed my car to a stop up ahead all i could see were brake lights along with the sharp strobe of emergency vehicle lights my morning commute had come to a standstill as the cars in front of me started turning around i knew that i needed to find an alternate route a detour i have been stuck in a rut lately and didn t even know it since january i have been listening to the dungeon crawler carl books on audible for anyone unfamiliar dungeon crawler carl follows carl and princess donut as they battle their way through the dungeon one floor at a time i just finished the gate of the feral gods book was bonkers but what impresses me is how author matt dinniman keeps everything moving forward by keeping all of the details at hand he seriously has to have a bible that contains plot points yet to come and plot points set into motion what i don t like are the occasional sexual jokes that seem baked in for fun but veer into the uncomfortable at least for me but i committed to finishing the series i want to know what happens but speaking of ruts in life listening to dungeon crawler carl became a big rut for me listening to the books day after day became boring and the books aren t boring at all i had just listened to one too many for months on end i decided to climb out of my rut i finished the gate of the feral gods and then put the series on pause i picked up two books the orb and the airship by jenelle schmidt the blacktongue thief by christopher buehlman both books stray away from the science fantasy and literary role playing game elements leaning instead into steampunk and traditional fantasy i have been reading the orb and the airship on my kindle this book is about two friends who are going to school gandalf and sky pirates the book has been sweet not sickly so reminds me of brian jacques redwall series and my friend scott the blacktongue thief is about a thief paying off his debts to the guild the author narrates this for audible not bad so far except for the songs i ended up detouring through back roads only to arrive at work a few minutes late sometimes you gotta mix things up take a detour don t get in an accident accidents are bad posted by bryan j hall april 16 2026 april 22 2026 posted in life reading tags audible books currently reading fantasy litrpg mix it up new books reading redwall science fantasy steampunk the blacktongue thief the orb and the airship traditional fantasy leave a comment on a traffic jam a reading rut and a way out writing prompt we should have been more careful joe had sent me a bunch of writing prompts in order to get me writing this is one of them nuclear bombs launched in a rush of words actions and unclear motives the american president had given the word to fire and his command was obeyed no questions those were to be asked by historians later within moments russia and china unleashed holy hell major cities across the globe simply ceased to exist millions of lives vaporized from existence with a flash of light and a thunderous roar stationed in orbit as the chaos rained down below the freedom stood vigil built under the guise of science the freedom was a high tech battleship sleek hi tech and packing enough fire power to level the moon the freedom s crew watched as the bombs fell in stunned silence there was no home to go back to commander commander rift cutter didn t immediately answer the light show of hundreds of detonations across the globe proved too distracting a single choice built upon a mountain of other singular choices had led to the destruction that rift was seeing on the monitors humanity should have been more careful rift thought commander multiple hostiles incoming yelled petty officer carl rift snapped back to reality can we see what we are dealing with rift said while settling into his captain s chair and can someone get me some coffee the view screen lit up suddenly with what appeared to be a squadron of starfighters twelve starfighters are inbound with weapons locked and loaded petty officer carl said unleash everest rift ordered firing everest now petter officer carl stated a blinding light pierced the blackness of space as everest was fired into the oncoming squadron of starfighters on the view screen one moment the starfighters were there then they were not we got them sir wait a minute more incoming hostiles scramble all starfighters rift stood up from his chair if there is a war they want we have nothing to lose posted by bryan j hall january 20 2026 january 21 2026 posted in writing category writing prompt tags 2026 art books let sgetwriting writing writing prompt leave a comment on writing prompt we should have been more careful let s play rakuen what was it about down the street there exists a hospital in which a boy lives this particular boy has been living here for quite sometime he spends his days exploring the hospital checking in on fellow patients and delving into the dark recesses that no one dares to tread his mom often comes to visit and when she visits they read their special book together rakuen one day they decide to take a trip into rakuen what will they discover along the way what i loved the music rakuen s score is beautiful while a few tracks loop per level at no time does it over stay its welcome it s chill what i didn t like at all everything else the story and the individual characters are held back by a game that does not embrace the video game medium instead of focusing on rakuen s strength which is its story the game focuses on needless puzzles mixed with random fetch quests puzzles are the main culprit though that feel like they are there just to frustrate i found myself wanting to progress with the games story only to find myself stuck checking a walkthrough what got me thinking oftentimes we can think that something is amazing only to find out that someone else didn t have the same experience art is subjective video games are subjective too rakuen wanted to be meaningful heart felt even but fell flat due to the way the game chose to tell its story at times it felt less like a fully realized game and more like an early student project that needed more feedback and playtesting i feel bad for not liking rakuen it s the first game josh recommended at the same time though i figure i can experience my own rakuen in a decade or two posted by bryan j hall january 13 2026 january 13 2026 posted in reviews video games tags games gaming reviews video games 2 comments on let s play rakuen hollow knight silksong sea of sorrow teaser trailer hollow knight silksong is a game that i love but will never finish the atmosphere artwork and overall vibes are perfection the game demands that you git good real good somewhere over 10 hours in i just thought i m done i ve experienced enough of silksong to know that this game is a masterpiece i will never complete i m good with that but i can admire the game from a distance and i can even be excited over the upcoming expansion posted by bryan j hall december 16 2025 posted in gaming video game trailers video games tags hollow knight ps5 sea of sorrow silksong team cherry videogames leave a comment on hollow knight silksong sea of sorrow teaser trailer press start rakuen joshua over at keepthinking emailed me recently with the idea of doing a try this game where we each choose a game for the other to play and then write about the experience i thought the idea sounded good and immediately emailed josh back i m in the game joshua picked for me to play is called rakuen this is a game that i ve been aware of but have never dug any deeper however rakuen looks to scratch my love of indie games pixelated graphics and a primary focus on story the game i picked for joshua was abzu which he wrote about here as i journey through the world of rakuen i am a more than a few hours in i m keeping the following questions in the back of my mind what was rakuen about what did you enjoy about rakuen what was frustrating to you what did it get you thinking about would you recommend rakuen to someone else why or why not i will probably finish rakuen towards the end of the month want to play with me get the game pc switch and dive in posted by bryan j hall december 15 2025 posted in gaming press start video games tags switch 2 leave a comment on press start rakuen posts pagination 1 2 3 277 older posts who we ve met 91 496 fist bumps where we ve been where we ve been select month april 2026 1 january 2026 2 december 2025 2 november 2025 1 august 2025 1 november 2024 1 september 2024 1 june 2024 2 may 2024 1 april 2024 1 february 2024 3 october 2023 1 september 2023 2 august 2023 1 june 2023 4 may 2023 5 march 2023 13 february 2023 4 january 2023 6 october 2022 3 september 2022 1 august 2022 2 july 2022 2 june 2022 2 april 2022 3 march 2022 1 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