When Will Gaming Blogs Return?

              So I have addressed this on stream as I did an update stream which I deleted and regret ever doing it but as you know I have started a few new projects with Minecraft right now but nothing too interesting right now. I have played other games like The Binding of Isaac Rebirth, Teardown, some GTA5 side stuff but again nothing too exciting to report right now actually. I know the gaming content is lack lustre right now.

             However when something interesting happens then I will post it to the blog but for right now, there is nothing to report at this moment of time. I can say two of the projects consists of a building being created in the middle of nowhere and is used for exploding purposes with my nephew but will take a while for me to build as it is going to be a 15 floor. I can report I am on floor two at this moment and kind of work on it when I want to. I do have some glass wrapped around the floor. Also a subway has been started but has since been abandoned. Anyways that is the reasons why I haven't update and that is the post for today and will talk to you all tomorrow!

Chris

List of Games I Am Currently Play!

            This is a list of games, I am currently playing:

- American Truck Simulator: Playing for a while now

- Car For Sale 2023: Just got it and buggy, will talk about it tomorrow's post.

- Contraband Police: Got it not long ago, kind of stuck

- Enter The Gungeon: Just got it and haven't played it yet. 

- Euro Truck Simulator: Play it from time to time will more on stream eventually. 

- Farming Simulator: Been playing it for the last several years and play it from to time.

- Fornite:  I do play it from time to time and maybe I will play on Stream perhaps but it will depend how I feel.

- Goat Simulator: I play it from time to time and probably a game that will not be streamed when I start to stream more. 

-  NBA 2K23: I do play it and not sure if I will stream it on YouTube, just concerned about copyright with the music and getting my channel shutdown but I do not plan on monetizing my channel anyways!

- Minecraft: There is some loose ends I want to finish up with the server before I call it wraps with the video game all together as I am planning to stop playing unless it's a modded Minecraft. 

- Spelunky 2: I want to try and play the game on stream and get further as I have struggled.

- Stardew Valley: I want to continue and get more achievements on the game, a lot of things I need to work on with it.  

- The Sims 3 & 4: Due to copyright last time I tried to do the game on YouTube they slapped me with copyright. So will be off stream.

- Teardown: Fun game but will be playing it off stream on my own time. 

- Thief Simulator: Another great game and definitely will be stream worthy especially I start to rage a bit. 

            But those are the games I am playing and I'm sorry for the long post but hey you guys get a bonus lengthy post but as always talk to you all tomorrow.

 

Chris

Minecraft Updates [01-25-2022]

         It is time for another gaming update. I know it's been a while since an update and could of been last year the last time an update has come out but the house has been rebuilt with a small chunk of the old 2nd house was used for the building of the new house adding on a second floor going back to the old original structure. It only had 2 floors originally as the 3rd floor was an addition and as you can see in the picture the bell was moved from what was suppose to be a permanent spot back into the house on the right side as you go over the bridge to the bedroom area.  So that unit that held the bell remains there as a memory now. 

With the house done and with a roof I moved into the lower half creating a massive space for a farm, growing wheat, carrots, potatoes, pumpkins, melons and also Nether Wart as well so we can do some things in our lab below the farm mid section. Windows and crops have been grown and I believe the last time I check they are fully grown already. It's a massive farm but also the barn is completed and it's massive as well. Anyways that is the post today I will talk to you all tomorrow.

Chris

I Messed Up on Stardew Valley!

               Yeah the title doesn't lie. I have spent way too much bloody gold or money on Stardew Valley. I mean between 20 - 40 grand each time something had repair something in the town, the old town hall now a warehouse for one mart on the game at the far end of the town, I don't remember the name of the mart, Joja Mart, I do not remember the actual name. Also fixing bridges around the entire town, rebuilding my greenhouse which actually good for the winter seasons as I really wanna keep growing and I have but I need to keep getting quartz and clay to make the plant boxes to fill the entire greenhouse so that is still work in progress. Also I got rid of this glimmer near the entrance of the first cave which I do not know the purpose of it honestly. However getting the bridge fixed opens up a new area with trees and rocks and got some neat gems from the rocks including iron as well. The other thing is fixing the bus that's been broken down since day 1. Now going to the desert I got some neat items and seeds I never get but there is a cost per travel tho.

                However now, they want 500k from me for an entertainment centre in the town so I'm thinking how in the world am I going to get 500,000 dollars, that is a ton of money and I need to actually keep earn money for the upkeep of the farm to buy seeds and add buildings. I do not even remotely know if I will unless I earn a million bucks then yeah maybe perhaps I will give the town some more excitement but after that I am done giving them the money but who knows I haven't gotten that far and I haven't reached past 52,000 bucks but I am now saving like no tomorrow and seems this game is at a no end at this moment. I'll keep trucking at this game and still got some challenges to finish and need to learn how to fish still on there. Anyways that is today's post I will talk to you all tomorrow!

Chris

Minecraft-- End of an ERA & New World!

             Well it is an end of an era for the long running Minecraft server that has had a lot of twists and turns, 3 different railways in 3 different directions, the massive compound that we had built with a glass dome. I ran out of things and ideas to come across to building so after discussing it with my niece and nephew, I have saved the world on my USB key and decided to start over with a different type of world, more of a flatland which you cannot dig too far down or you fall out of the world.  I will get to that shortly as I wanna finish up my update on the old world. I redid the entire end house in the northern region from wood to complete stone and I believe there is still stone there for expansion above but that isn't happening anytime soon or ever. I am ready for a new and more innovative project in this world at this point and like I said I ran out of ideas on the server as there is so much you can do over time. 

            Now the new world is going to be the building of a city starting with City Hall which will be definitely like my city hall, I plan on trying to replicate the city hall we have here and it will be quite difficult to replicate and I will try the best I can to replicate it. I had to remove one of the beams that I have built because I wasn't happy with it whatsoever as it wasn't big enough for me and I want it a little bigger. There will be a library and would be neat to replicate the city hall and Memorial Park here like we have but we'll see how things go, the city hall is the first project which will take a while to build and what I will have to do is do a skeleton of the first level and the rest should come all together from there on out. That is my post for today, hope you enjoyed it and in a few weeks, I will update again but for right now, I have to work on this for a little while. I will talk to you guys tomorrow.

Chris

Minecraft-- Got A Minecart Theft & Abandoned Railway

                Recently I have caught a zombie taking one of my niece and nephew and mine minecart in the act and I do not know what right they have to stealing our cart. Who knows where the carts disappeared to cause there are 3 directions the carts can go into the main North and South or East and West the cart could be at any of those directions and I would have to go take a trip down all 3 lines to just see if there is a cart. I am not sure if this has anything to do with an update to the game and it could of been that but the buggers had the nerve to go on a joy ride on my cart. Now I cannot even trust leaving a cart on the rails without the carts taken out on a joy ride so now I have to go looking for it and dunno how many have been taken out and I will have to see and will be funny how many they've stolen on me.

                Now the other part is the abandoned railway in the north end of the railway as I consider the front south and the back north but the north side at the now bigger wooden house since I have expanded and it is now more spacious then it was before and has a facility that houses a storage unit on the downstairs. I am not yet done with it, just been dealing with this zombie joy riding problem on there. Anyways beyond the end of the line at this wooden house which eventually I wanna try and relocate the house closer to the railway but beyond the wall where the button is an abandoned railway.  When I built it originally it continued on and it went far beyond this island. There are rails placed down on the bed of the railway so I guess it was suppose to been used when the railway was first put down is my guess but the power rails are not powered. So right now it is abandoned. Who knows if I will use it but it's sitting there unused at this moment. That is my post for today, I will talk to you guys tomorrow!

Chris

Minecraft Server Updates for 08-11-2021

                      Got another massive update and this only part 1 of 2 of the updates with the second part coming next week on the same day and time. Anyways I wanna provide you with a two of the updates that I have for you guys today:

Nether Railway: It's not big  or long and it spans all the way over to the Fortress and that's it. Haven't really made any other plans to expand on the actual railway and go elsewhere as it is very easy to actually get lost in the Nether and not find your way out of there and it's happened to me before and I am lucky I can keep items when I die as I did the /kill command on the server and I ended up back where I was and had to go back in to wherever and whatever I was doing at the time.

Baseball Stadium: I know that was work in progress for months as it was a very very big build to do especially with 3 deck stadium to finish and been 2 weeks or more since I have completed the project and now sits on the property tall and proud and yes I visit it from time to time especially the CN Tower next to the stadium which is literally next door to the stadium. Maybe one day it will have a dome on it just maybe we'll see but I like it as she is right now its got it's own little touch but if I do end up putting in a dome it'd be a glass but I have the weather set to clear for 999999999 and no joke either. That is my update, like I said another update is coming next week with what I did and should be about enough for updates for now unless I do something really drastic to the server but I think I am done with major projects for now. More on that next week until tomorrow's post have a great Wednesday!

Chris

Minecraft Server Updates

                     I am here to give you guys and provide you an update on my Minecraft Server today. A lot has happened in the last while with the completion and fix of the ice rink with better suited lighting in there I put my attention solely on the building process once I finished the lighting in the football stadium. I started excavating dirty and placing down dirt to build the final sports stadium and start building the main structure at the bottom of the stadium. I had to remove some of the dirt from a hill side but you cannot even tell it was sliced into as it's a straight slice as it was before.  Then I put the glass on the outside you sort of can see it in the image to the right at the top popping on out and the second bowl was built. Now I am working the 3rd and Final bowl and with the water falls at the back, it will remain an open concept there there will be no seating built above the left field seating and where the bullpen is. 

              Now moving into the next part of the update, as requested by my niece as she wanted me to build a CN Tower like building and I know there is is two decks but I like it with the one  floor for right now. Maybe later I will add it to the tower but I like it as it is right now and I like it as it is and also if you can see its a glass on the floor so you literally can look down and see the ground from where you are which is definitely a cool feature to have and it has our touch to it. Maybe I made it better perhaps? Never know! Final thing I wanna add is I started to lay out the bed for the railway in the Nether and that will be the next big project to work on next is building the railway in the Nether as well. I have some other ideas for the regular world too, perhaps shops and what not added, I may see if my nephew likes this and expand the dome property to the side with shops and what not but I will have to ask him first. That is my post for today, hope you guys enjoyed it and I will talk to you all tomorrow. 

Chris

Never Hit An Villager on Minecraft, You'll Be Sorry and Here's Why!

                   If you play the most recent version of Minecraft which would be 1.16.5 version of the game and you go to a village and purposely or accidently attack a villager and there is a Golem nearby the Golem will start attacking you back for doing that. Trust me I have learned the hard way with that and actually there is a way to prevent it and that is to build your own Golems, like make 5 or 6 of them to protect the Villagers and they should be fine. How do I know this? Well that is what both my nephew, niece and I have done around the main village that I built at the start of that server, way before the hockey arena, football and baseball stadiums even remotely existed on that server. Well way before and when we first started this server month or so ago which mind you has grown remotely fast over the course of time. I find Golems very handy to have and I was going to put snow golems, however they leave snow trails behind em, little buggers... LOL.

                   So I highly do not trying to attack a Villager or Villagers on the game because you will be in a heap of problems and trust me it is hard to defeat takes a heck of a lot. A little piece of advice to use a bow and arrow, makes it so much easy to fight em off but careful more then one of them, then  you are in a lot of trouble to be honest. Their quite tough for a creature on the game. However they can be and are very useful even in your own base. As you know the base I have in my server is quite huge with an actual sports complex along the way so it helps. I actually plan to put some around the arena, football and baseball at some point of time. Anyways that is my post for today and tomorrow, I should have an update on Power Rangers Collab tomorrow indefinitely as I finished SPD this morning. 

Chris

Life is Strange Video Game (Never Finished The Game 😞)

                 The title never lies, I never finished the original Life is Strange video game as I got stuck and just gave up on it entirely. I wish I somehow figured out how to beat it and this game isn't the first of many games I never finished. Here is a list of games I did not finish:

• Spelunky
• Spelunky 2
• Life Is Strange
• The Walking Dead
• Call of Duty 2

              Those are are the games that I did not finish and perhaps I should pick it up again soon as I enjoy those games and with a bit of tutorials. Originally this post is suppose to be a video game review of Life Is Strange but as I said right now that isn't the fact due to me not playing the game as I've walked away and there are other games that I probably cannot remember the title of the game that I have quit playing but Hopefully this is a glimmer of hope for me to pick up some of these games again down the road. However I am not going to be playing these games till I get into the right frame of mine on the videos games. I also have to get into the mood to play the game and to let you guys know I do have the games still, just installed in on my computer at this moment. There is my post for today and when I have a review, I will most definitely do a review. I like Life is Strange but seem to have been stumped and I can say this, this game is really good, it makes you think at all times during the game which gives it the challenge in the game itself.

Chris

More Minecraft Server Updates [05-12-2021]

 It has been a while since an update and yes this is the new world that both my nephew and I have built. Before we had nothing, now we have a obsidian wall with water and lava falls so any creature good or bad comes back they can be burnt. No clue how. Now as for the glass, we had no choice to put that up due to this clowns with cross bows are swimming up the water falls and over which ain't Bueno which means no good in my books I never even mentioned putting up a glass wall to my nephew, I just put it up without his ok but he was cool with it. Then he said why don't we put a dome or in his words can I put a dome and I was fine, I was heading that way eventually but tore it down but rebuilt it. He helped out with some but I had extra time and worked on the roof and walls and now we have our own society. As you can see below a line of brick and that is our railway to the sand land which I will get to in a moment. We also build my niece a house it's in the back which you cannot see as the render distance is acting up. As for the lines that is the crater creeping out of the crater itself.

Now to the end of the railway part we, I mean I started to build the second house and we have a second portion coming. My nephew and I spoke in person about the ideas and we have a sleuth of ideas and things to build which will keep us busy. This house is currently under construction at this moment.  It is all work in progress and when I have another update I will be sure to provide you guys with more as they progress on but for now no more updates at this moment. I hope you all enjoyed this update and I will talk to you all tomorrow as I have an updating on one of the projects I am currently working on. 

Chris

Going To Help Chris With His PGATour2k21

              I am going to help Chris with his PGA2k21 with his game since he has officially has not gotten his money back on the game cause it was hard, he wants to give it another shot and really try his hardest to get good at the game. He was good at the Tiger Woods PGA Golf when he played those many years ago when he had that along with MVP 2003 and NHL which he is going to have to tell the story how he stacked up the teams on both of those games as a throwback Thursday story. However I am going to tell him, the more he keeps on playing the higher the level he will be on the game and probably will become a better player too. I have to tell him that he needs to make sure he knows where he is aiming the shot before hitting and that is the one issue he has had with it. Also he has to work on his putting on there too as he's shown me footage of him playing the game and it's bad and he admits it too in his commentary that he is really bad at putting. He was openly joking around that his putting sucks in the real life version of the game and not sure why he made a reference to that honestly. 

 

                I am going to do my best to help him but he has to grind, grind, grind. I admit he isn't really bad just a few things that needs to be fixed and I know he is willing to work on the issues he is having. He wishes there was no glitch issues with NBA2K21 with the weird green screen at one point so there are bugs with the game but he has gotten 2K20 to try it to see if there is a difference but we will see. I will try to help him out and will play the game with him even I think it is possible to play against each other and maybe the best way to teach him but he will get better it will just take time. This is the first time he's actually play a sports game in a 2K series and he has openly said it is very different from Tiger Woods or NHL series of sports games. 

Jim, CBOTW Admin/CBOTW Community Manager

The Binding of Isaac and Spelunky Update! [06-18-2020]

           First of all, I screwed up. I was accidentally in the other account that use to house our YouTube Channel at one point way back. Anyways I am in my main account now and that is what matters. So this post I want to provide you guys a bit of an update on the Binding of Issac. Now I got to play a bit with the game and and I got to fight with Samson and actually went all the way past Mom and Mom's heart and went all the way. I actually had a good build going and I had the nail which gave me soul hearts and truly helped a ton and helped me with the build! I actually took devil deals where it gave me damage up (DMG) and that also helped me quite a lot and I managed through it all. So that made me happy. I also unlocked a bunch of things and one of them was actually the #6 challenge which is great. I actually took a try at it and got a good length but ended up dead in Necaroplis floor but I know I will get it done.  However I am glad I gotten a bit further in the game and soon as I get every single achievement before I get After Birth and After Birth +. I am going to be keep on playing moving forward. 

             Now to the Spelunky side of things. I have started to play a lot more and getting further but still dying like crazy so there is still work to do. I have learned a lot through Dan Gheesling's Spelunky runs and taking spiked shoes and the jet pack. I have started getting those when I can and it has helped me a lot. I still got a bad habit fighting the shop keeping or hitting the shop keeper which I have died most of the time even tho a few times I have won against the shop keeper in the past which means free items technically.  I have also used the shotgun on the game and it has helped me on my journey. However I haven't gotten passed the Mines level as of yet but I gotten to Mines 3 so that is definitely a good start for me to be honest. I am progressing and learning every time I play and excited to continue my playthrough of the game. I wanna get every item in the book to 100% this game as well. Anyways that is my gaming updates I do got another update this weekend on The Sims 4 and what I have been up to with it recently so stay tune for that. Until tomorrow's post, have a good day and I promise you to be on time tomorrow as I have been off schedule recently. 

Chris

Euro Truck Simulator Video Game Review

                 Here is my Euro Truck Simulator video game review. As you know I started with American Truck Simulator then moved over but I play both games, I'll rotate from time to time. However I have had fun with both versions of the game and the Euro Truck Simulator a bit more because you end up taking a boat and train for travel with the truck so it makes it a bit cooler really. This one is a bit different from the American version as the Euro you drive on the opposite side of the road. Honestly it took me sometime to get use to it and yes there was times I was on the wrong side of the road but that's OK. Either way I enjoy the game it is fun and gives me something to do on my spare time. Now review wise I'd give this a 8 out of 10 because I find it hard with directions especially with using the train or the ferry so I found it really tough to do that but either way I am happy. 

                 Overall I am pleased with the game and I know I didn't give it a full 10 but I cannot give all these reviews 10 all the time really. However it still deserves a fair rating and that I did for sure. I found the price of the game was very reasonable on Steam and if you like driving games this is the game I recommend to play this. Not much more I can say but this game is fun and you can spend hours driving around and deliver the trailers. I found a way to turn off the speeding tickets so now I can speed at my own risk and you can imagine how fast I go, sometimes 80 - 90 miles per hour... LOL. Anyways I hope you guys enjoyed this post and I will see you on tomorrow's post. 

Chris

No Secret I Have Been Trying To Revive CBOTW Gamers Podcast

          I know two podcast posts in a row but a lot of podcasting news from the CBOTW Studios but keeps you guy up to date and everyday something seems to change or happen. Now to today's post, it is no secret in the past few weeks, I have been working on ideas to get CBOTW Gamers Podcast back up and running once again. I will give you a bit of a back story to the podcast. I had a co-host for the podcast but it did not work out and the podcast was shelved. they also hosted the podcast originally, then it was cancelled, followed by a revival then shelved for the last almost 3 years now. I just recently decided to start working on bringing it back with me as host but right now it is quite difficult to do with me running both Everything About Reality TV & Collaboration Podcasts but it will eventually come back and is on hold for the meantime. Least in the meantime, I can start working on much newer ideas for the podcast itself and if it isn't the gamers podcast that returns it could be something else but like I said to Eric, I sure have options and I think CBOTW Gamers can be something to look into even on a monthly basis which isn't as much as bad or every second week could work out too for the podcast but I haven't gotten that far in the production side of planning that. But eventually I will and yes I have been looking into streaming it live but again not gone that far with it as of yet. Plus once the website is fixed to the changes I am making to it with the site which I have briefly have mentioned it on Twitter and Instagram a bit so I will have room for an additional tabs to the site but I am definitely thinking of the future for CBOTW Gamers Podcast which can be a thing down the road especially. 


               This podcast has a ton of potential and I know that and I knew that when it was originally in it's original run with the original host who I will not bring up as we are not on good terms but it is what it is as sometimes friendships goes their own ways sometimes. Anyways I am totally taking over this project 150% of this project and I am planning on having guests on the podcasts down the road too and plan on setting it up so I can take calls through my mixer board. So still a bunch of work to do and money to save up but come June, I am working on that side of things. I am getting way out of hand on other topics on this post now aren't I? I plan on even having segments Happenings on YouTube, Twitch, maybe a Gamers spotlight of the month or week added in there too. New games coming out on various different platforms and much more on the list! The podcast is going to be an hour long per episode or per month or whatever the schedule permits but again the scheduling and format has yet to be put together but I plan  on making a template and all I have to do is write in the notes each and every episode. I am excited for this new opportunity down the road and soon as I am ready to go an official announcement will be coming down the road. It will not be on YouTube as I said before, I am very much retired from that platform and the way it's going I am better off elsewhere at this point. I gotta do what is best for me and the podcasts as well. 



Chris

Walking Dead Game: I Am Still Stuck On It!

             I admit it I haven't touched the Walking Dead video game in a few months as I am completely stuck but will have to watch YouTube videos to how to beat being in the back of the truck scene I believe at the hotel or motel, whatever you wanna call it.  I am or got very frustrated with the game so I put it to the side for now but I need to get back into it if I am to ever beat it. I should keep on trying, just like I do with The Binding of Isaac. I just do not know why I let the frustration get to me and maybe it is time I just keep on trying and like I said one thing I find helpful is YouTube which got me through Grand Theft Auto 4 and the hard decisions I had to make in the game. This is one of the toughest games I have played yet but I do enjoy the challenges that is behind a video games and makes me think on my feet too when it is time to make those tough and painful decisions. I am planning to to re watch Dan Gheesling's play through of The Walking Dead and learn what I need to do to move forward in the game. He is probably the best person as I do remember his play through of the game and I think it will be very helpful. It is like a tool for me to help me to succeed in the game.


              Video games can be tough but also the challenge is what I like in a video game is the challenge and toughness of the game. Look at Minecraft it took me years to beat the Ender Dragon or The Binding of Isaac that has taken me years and years to beat it and yet I am not there yet but getting so close! It is tough and I know and realize I am a fast learner but when learning a game such as The Walking Dead, it does take some time to learn and learn the keys that are involved in the game. Every game has different keys to learn whether it is Minecraft, The Binding of Isaac or Call of Duty, I am always trying to remember each and every key that there is in the game and trust me when there is many games like when I play tons of games on my list right now I am trying to knock off my list and I will get it down in time and The Walking Dead is one of the games I will get finished.


              I consider playing video games a learning curve for me and it can be a point of me giving up like I did recently but that will be changing as I plan on getting back into it hopefully this weekend as I plan to take some time off as I got plans with the family this weekend and I will have time between the family time. I am now going to work hard to continue on with the game and watch YouTube videos to help me with beating this game. I just gotta remain positive and just keep on trying and if I cannot do it keep on trying. There is a cut off point as I need to stop for the day and I will always make sure to stop if I just get so overwhelmed or frustrated with the game. But in time I will get it and able to continue on with the game I need to continue to be patient.



Chris

Not Afraid To Take Risks In Video Games

              I came into this topic from playing The Binding of Isaac which I will be doing a separate blog post on a progress update but I was playing the game and I am not afraid to take risks with the game, I am able to take a risk for example if I want to take a devil deal and take a damage up upgrade, I will not be afraid to take a risk, yes it is a risky move especially if it take you down to 2 red hearts and a bunch of sole hearts but I noticed even with that I managed to stay on the right track with that but eventually did die. Also the machine that takes hearts but gives you coins for it, if I have a ton of hearts and I am not afraid to try and break the machine to get the blood bag to get more hearts and I am getting actually pretty good at this too, I have figured out when the right time to do it and the wrong time to do it.


               Also there is the nail item that gives me sole hearts and I took that item and I kept on giving so many sole hearts, it really helped me and got me right to the end of the game and I actually beat mom, beat mom's heart and completed the level all together. I am even taking risks with the challenges as well and trying to figure out what works and what doesn't work for me in the game but sometimes it doesn't and that's OK if it doesn't. I can actually admit that I am a risk taker, I am not afraid to actually risks, I love it actually. I love to take the risks in the game, just call me a risk taker honestly. 



Chris