Since I spent the whole month writing themed posts, I thought it would be fun to give a little update about what I was actually playing during the month of August. I stuck with some forever games, revisited some old favorites and even finished a game for the first time. Here’s how my August in gaming looked. I turned on streamer mode so I wouldn’t have to censor all those names. I mentioned before that my sister recently started playing Dead by Daylight, which means we got to experience the Summer Screams event together for the first time. We played plenty of Chaos Shuffle and Lights Out, but the star of the show was 2v8. Getting to play as a team was great fun. We won some and lost some, but it was majestic chaos all around with plenty of cool moments where we hit survivors in sync. 2v8 is supposed to be coming back again this month for a full 2-3 week rotation, and I can’t wait to team up with her again. That was my high school anthem. Hello Kitty Island Adventure is still part of my usual gaming routine, and August saw the return of two adorable events. Scholastic Celebration always shows up just in time for the new school year, and features a marching band theme this time. I love that as someone who was in the marching band in high school (I played the clarinet, just like Squidward). Of course, marching band uniforms couldn’t just be added to the game without some My Chemical Romance references, which got a laugh out of me. Jam Jamboree also started in August, which is a lovely celebration of jam-making with lots of rustic furniture to collect. I spent lots of time in the countryside in my youth, so I love decorating with stuff that reminds me of my grandma’s house. Welcome to the hamlet, ladies! Darkest Dungeon got a new DLC in August, which is kind of remarkable for a 10-year-old game. I’m always ready to dive back in for more spooky dungeon delving, so I bought The Fire’s Edge. It adds the Duelist and Runaway classes introduced in Darkest Dungeon 2, as well as the Runaway’s signature burn damage. Curiously, it works differently now and triggers after the affected character takes their turn, so it shakes things up a little bit. The Duelist’s ability to switch stances and trigger frequent ripostes is still fun to use, and continues to synergize very well with the Highwayman and Man-At-Arms. This expansion also adds new trinkets to the pool with unique usage limits and conditions, which is neat. I started a new playthrough to try this out, and have been enjoying myself so far. Slippy is the best. Finally, I played through Star Fox 64 for the first time. The demo for the new Star Fox game got me in the mood to play it. Despite it being a pretty short game, I had only ever played it in short stints with friends and never done a full run. I did that over the course of an afternoon, playing around a little bit with the different routes you can take through the game as well. It was a fun time, and made me want to pick up the new game since it’s basically another remake of SF64. That’s how my August looked in terms of video games. It was fun to play some new and old stuff while blogging every day. I’ll be back soon with an update on what I’m currently playing, as usual.