Markoff_Cheney: I finally got my battlestation moved to it's own room downstairs with the house clear of all roommates, a man could get a whole lot of nothing done in this chair.
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That's one hell of a setup. I'm hoping to iterate my aforementioned new build with stuff like additional monitors, HOTAS, Fight Sticks etc, but after the initial purchase, most of the shared family income is going to stuff to help LucklessWifeder's health situation (new wheelchair ramp, most prominently)

Extra Virgin Geek Olive Oil: LucklessWonder: I created my party with useful descriptive names in the hope I might remember their classes/roles:

You couldn't come up with better names?

Brock Punchface
Elisa Cutpurse
Merlin McFlamus
Healana Feelgood
Ginsu Cutter
Mara Kidneykick

Last time out, I went all Space Mutiny (Roll Fizzlebeef etc.)

As ever, my video game habit manifested itself in quick micro doses of games played as I slowly, slowly work my way through my backlog. Part of that is that my long-planned/wish-listed/waitlisted/et​c. new desktop build looks like it might actually finally fall within my budget this time next week, which is exciting, even if a Ryzen 5 3600/GeForce RTX 2060 Super is nobody's idea of a cutting edge rig.

First, as ever is good old Star Wars: The Old Republic, where my Jedi Knight finally is doing missions on Hoth. Eventually, the goal is to scavenge plans for the current Sith Emperor's fortress-ship from an ice-preserved wreck. Unfortunately an Imperial invasion force has delayed that somewhat, so I'm currently sabotaging artillery emplacements:

Those have now been disabled, and increased Imperial activity around the aforementioned ship crash site is about to get some lightsaber diplomacy.

Moving on from Hoth to what the localization team is certain is Definitely Not Japan, I decided to play Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All, the second game in the franchise after I had enjoyed the loopiness and insanity of the original game last year. Despite the game opening with Phoenix getting assaulted with a fire extinguisher and arguing the opening case with head trauma induced amnesia, I was disappointed in how relatively sane the first case was. No parrot cross-examinations here, just this jerk who never shuts up:

Who might qualify as the most annoying opening witness yet.  I did successfully defend my client and send this dude to trial for the murder he basically confessed to. Now off to have "burgers" in an American noodle stand (and definitely not Ramen in Japan) with Mia Fey before the second case.

On tabletop, both my Dungeons & Dragons games got postponed due to scheduling, so to scratch that Rime of the Frostmaiden itch, I busted out the OG Icewind Dale game again. This was the only Infinity Engine series I never really played much back in the day, so I'm playing the Y2K-era interface here in 2020 and getting mildly aggravated by the QoL improvements that simply don't yet exist. I created my party with useful descriptive names in the hope I might remember their classes/roles:

And on to the prologue in Easthaven. I did all the initial side quests (fighting beetles below the bar, rescuing the boy's fish from goblins, clearing a wolf from a workshop and reuniting a river spirit with the descendant of her true love) and rested a bunch between each, since I'm both not trying for a speed run, and also recall how lethal 2^nd Edition D&D combat can be.

That done, it's off to the caves to try and track down what's happening with the trade caravans:

Which I think becomes the first part of the main quest when I report back to Hrothgar in town and the expedition begins in earnest. All I remember is that the next location opens with a surprisingly large Orc force as the first encounter. So it's time to get stabby.