Stardew Valley – Randomizer Mod (PC, Steam)

Yeah, apparently the call of 16-bit farming is too strong to resist.

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Overall: This play-through made it clear to me what I would want from Stardew Valley 2: More of the same. New bundles, achievements, townspeople personalities and things to find/grow/make, but exactly the same gameplay style and graphical layout.

Birthday Weekend!

• I actually kicked things off on the Thursday before my birthday, seeing Beetlejuice: The Musical with my mom. Updates a bunch of the source material, deviates where necessary, adds a lot of wit. And it has a sandworm. Highly recommended.

• I had a birthday BBQ on Saturday. I need to remember next time make more smoked pineapple. And more smoked onions. (I wonder if they’re like homemade guacamole, where there’s no actual upper limit to how much I can make and people will consume.) The disparate kids groups all got along together (nobody cried, everyone had fun, and we only once had to dispatch the fleet of daddies), though apparently we might need nametags for the adults if we’re going to keep mixing friend circles.

• Sunday was the trip to Farmingdale: I spent a surprising amount of it doing random chores—I got my suit for Sammi’s wedding and helped her clean out boxes of stuff from her old room and also put together gift bags for the wedding. But I then ate a ton of shellfish and chocolate cake, and took a nap, and that’s most of what I wanted from the day, so it all evened out.

• Coming back on Monday was a shockingly easy drive (it was early and the weather was nice), so we ended up meeting Mithrigil for burgers for lunch, then ARR and Jethrien went to the park for a while and I dealt with a lot of random tasks. Then they came back and ARR and I defeated the Dragonlord.

• Gifts: Several bottles of exciting German wines, a few new books (that I’m already burning through), a set of personal trainer sessions, and a set of Wesley Crusher-themed Star Trek drinking glasses.

So this is 38. Not too bad, really.