AprilPvd in VR:

No Man’s Sky

Eldramoor Beta

Saturday

In the Eldramoor beta, I feel torn because I want to play in the beta, but at the same time I really wanna play Palworld and of course the EldramoorBeta. I think I mentioned this last week was started on Kickstarter and I paid the MMORPG started on kickstarter and I paid a little extra to be in the beta for $45 so I want to play it and I’m enjoying it. I love the mechanics you know there is the knowledge that this is just a beta.

Sunday

I figured out a few things in the beta, including cooking and mining. I went on a gathering spree to get as many of these fruit things called Haplum sorry I could level up my cooking and I actually got my cooking up to four. I also did a bunch of mining and got my mining up to five. Then I figured out something about the tree for my warrior, which was good.

Tuesday

When I logged out of the beta, I was in a different place that I’ve never been before and I was nervous about getting back. Then I just opened up the map and clicked on a spot I’ve been to before and it teleported me. I am sure there’s something in the tutorial that would’ve told me this but yeah.

Since I had leveled up my cooking and I had a recipe that required trout, I decided to try fishing again and it worked. I don’t know if they did something different or if I finally understood the mechanics, but I did a lot of fishing and it was enjoyable.

Wednesday

Happy Veterans Day to me. I spent a little bit of time and USMC in the 80s. I got a lot done that day, including organizing my mini plants. And then I got into the beta for a bit and I got my rocky pet.

PalWorld

Sunday

After playing the beta for a little bit, I needed to go back and play PalWorld and it felt like going home. I did buy some cake technology on April Pvd, but then I wish I had waited because Aprillian was going to be able to purchase the recipe as soon as she leveled. But it’s OK. It was only two points. I had found a really cool schematics for a piece of armor that increase my current armor from defense of 580 to defense of 660 and the health width from 1750 to 1925, which is pretty cool. But what it really has that Millie makes it valuable is it has level three cold resistance, which I read I’m gonna need for the next tower. I had noticed that the area that’s closest to the tower does need more cold resistance so finding this piece of armor schematics was very fortuitous. What was interesting is that I found it on Aprillian and then she made the armor and then I took it over to the desolate church where she met up with April Pvd and dropped off the schematics, and April Pvd dropped off some of those cakes that she had made.

Project Hail Mary: Journey Among The Stars

Thursday

First, I read the book or rather listen to the audiobook and then I listen to it again and again. Then on March 17, 2026 I went all the way to Boston to watch the movie in IMAX. I went to see it four more times. Then and now I got hooked on YouTube reaction videos. There was something comforting about watching other people watch the movie that I enjoyed so much. I also got the stuffed animal and a poster that’s on my wall in my VR area. I got the Blu-ray DVD and the steel book collection which I have not opened. There had been talk about a game, particularly a VR game and as you know, we always hear these rumors, but it popped up for pre-order on the Meta app and I jumped on it. Wednesday I got the notice that my card had been charged for it. $18 and it was scheduled to be released November 12. Thursday of course was a workout day. I had thought about getting up early getting my workout done so that I’d be ready when it was ready for download, but I ended up sleeping in. It turned out that it wasn’t available until much later in the afternoon somewhere around 2:30 that it was available for download. but I could not play because I couldn’t get past the Eula agreement. It turned out that the game needs hand tracking. I don’t use hand tracking so I had to turn it on and go through the whole tutorial and then it worked. It was fun. It’s it’s an MR game so you need to have a big area but not to spoil it and there are a few clips in the YouTube video if you’re listening to this on the podcast. They do a good job of putting you with Rocky and grace on the Hail Mary.