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Disney Dreamlight Valley – Part 2 of Storybook Vale and the Treasure Hunt Event

I had hoped to get this post up sooner, but I haven’t been doing too great and also expected the teased Treasure Hunt Event to happen a lot earlier than it actually did which I had been waiting for and well… At this point, it was best to just wait even with how late it took to get here. Despite the delay of this post, I did actually play the update right away. So, July 9th, we finally got the…

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Disney Dreamlight Valley – Mysteries of Skull Rock

So, as usual, I am starting this off a bit early to talk a bit about the patch notes! The update arrives tomorrow (though, it’ll be out when you see this post). For the most part, I feel like I covered certain things in my last DDLV post, so I won’t really retread on most of that, but I figured I’d at least talk about anything that stood out to me from the full patch notes. Valiant treasure…

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It's time to excavate! (Pokemon Fossil Excavation Kit)

If you follow me on Blue Sky, you may have already seen me talking about this, but either way, I’ll be talking a lot more about the process and stuff here while going over everything so there will be something new for everyone 🙂 Pokemon announced in May a brand new “Cave Dwellers” Campaign that featured, well, Pokemon who usually can be found in caves. One of the items, however, is an actual…

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Games I'm looking forward to from 2025's Not!E3/Summer Games Showcases

As I mentioned in my last post, I decided to make a single post this time discussing everything. Though, I will be unsurprised if most of this ends up being from Wholesome Games’ Showcase. This list is solely in the order I saw them during showcases. That said, I’m sure there are games I may have missed whether it be due to the speed of Sizzle Reels or just trying to keep up with everything.…

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Blog-related things & DDLV Interlude: Frustrating Events

So, while this will mostly be a Disney Dreamlight Valley update to talk about recent stuff and discuss the new developer update, I did want to give a bit of a blog update! In general, posts have slowed down partially due to time issues, but also just due to some health things and stress as well. You may have noticed I haven’t made posts for not!E3/Gamer Christmas yet and I’m debating this year of…

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Disney Dreamlight Valley – It's time for Wonderland Whimsy!

Before we get fully into the update (as technically I’m writing this first part a couple of days early), I wanted to talk a bit about the patch notes for the update. I feel like it’s been ages since we had a realm release back-to-back. I suppose it’s because the biome stories are done now. Still really not fond of the “weeks to unlock a character” thing. I didn’t enjoy it with Stitch, HKIA has…

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Whenever I'm having a really rough time, I usually will spend a lot of time hyperfocusing on something from when I was younger and it seems that is currently Neopets with how much I've played recently. I usually still log in at least once a month, but I've been playing nearly every day for the last few weeks which it's been years since I did besides like... Advent Calendar stuff.

Ended up getting some brand-new pets, worked hard to trade some old items for some new things as well (and also got many things thanks to some really great friends so thank you all).

I don't know if I'll get more pets anytime soon or not (there are maybe one or two I'd consider but unless something new I super like comes out, I might be set). That said, it's entirely possible some new Styling Studio one could end up testing me or some of the like... accessories. Like they recently did new ears/tails for Gelerts and if they also did them for baby gelerts and more colors of each style, I feel like it'd get me to finally get a Gelert.

My only big goal, besides wishing I could re-get some items from when I was hacked when I was little, is to get an Old Beaten Chokato Chia Plushie so I can finally finish my Chia Plushie Gallery.

If anyone has suggestions for any of these pets customizations to look cuter, let me know @-@ Finding dresses that look nice on Chias is hard and there is unfortunately an issue where certain color-customizations cause the hair to still stay visible even when putting on a wig.

I would say the only thing I'd like to change in the future is my Royal Chia's dress, but all the dresses I liked so far have been blue or purple and I really want a pink one to happen.

(Ordered them in the order I've gotten them essentially-- My Maraquan Yurble was thanks to ZYDP T~T <3)

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Disney Dreamlight Valley – The Tales of Agrabah Update

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Let's talk about Hello Kitty Island Adventure!

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Disney Dreamlight Valley – Interlude before Tales of Agrabah update

Disney Dreamlight Valley – Interlude before Tales of Agrabah update

Like the last few times, I haven’t really been doing much. I’ve been poking in at least once a week just to check the Premium store and any other limited event stuff like some of the new things for Christmas/Winter. While I still need stuff from Scrooge’s shop, I’ve just been kind of discouraged to keep checking it, especially having to check it three times instead of just once. Regardless, I’ll…

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Let's talk about Infinity Nikki!

Let's talk about Infinity Nikki!

It’s been a while since my last post for various health reasons, but I’ve been asked a lot about my thoughts of the newest game in the Nikki series and how it lives up to the tagline of “Coziest Open World”, especially as I’ve been playing it nearly every day since release. Before I start, I want to clarify that I have only played the game on PC so everything I say will be based on my experiences…

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Disney Dreamlight Valley - Sew Delightful Update

Disney Dreamlight Valley - Sew Delightful Update

Despite the Expansion only being a couple of weeks ago, we have another new update bringing in Sally and the newest Star Path… which also has bonus items now because it needed to give me more reasons to dislike it, I guess. In general, I just dislike “bonus” items because sometimes the recolors are nicer than the original ones and I have so many friends who have struggled with the Star Path,…

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I wish Animal Crossing Pocket Camp Complete had been an option from the start

The game dropped about a day and a half ago now and honestly; after playing for like… a full 24 hours, I really am happy with it. Some new things aren’t explained super well (I probably would have spent some of my Complete tickets on the catalog items if I found them sooner) and having my crafting time reset kills me, but for the most part, it feels like a much more relaxing experience. I do miss…

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Disney Dreamlight Valley – Time for Part 1 of the Storybook Vale Expansion!

Disney Dreamlight Valley – Time for Part 1 of the Storybook Vale Expansion!

I still have mixed feelings on the whole splitting up parts of the Expansion, but at least it’s just two parts this time. the patch notes had been put out yesterday and the biggest highlight for me, as most other things I already spoke about after they were displayed in the showcase, is each of Scrooge’s stores having different stock. Hopefully that will help find more items. Before I fully dive…

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Disney Dreamlight Valley – Tiny Interlude and Showcase Thoughts

Disney Dreamlight Valley – Tiny Interlude and Showcase Thoughts

So, this is honestly mainly to just talk about my thoughts on the Showcase that happened today! I don’t actually have too much to share this time so I’ll do that first really quickly. For one, the Trick-or-Treat event started. We got a book for the new crafting recipe, so I wonder if it being in my list already was a bug? I’m not really sure. That said, we also received two other pieces of mail…

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Let's talk about Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete!

Let's talk about Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete!

If you haven’t heard yet, a 12 minutes long video talking about what to follow with Pocket Camp’s closure and the new app you’ll be able to transfer your data to. I’ve honestly been pretty excited for this. While I will miss being able to interact and help my friends more, I’ve honestly really wanted a non-microtransaction Animal Crossing. There are so many beautiful backdrops and items, the…

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Do you know how to do the Teddy minigame in the current My Fluffy Life event?

Essentially whenever a carriage or Teddy shows up (even carriages without him count), you need to click them. It will have a light glow (like if you shined a flashlight) if you clicked correctly.

That said, I find it doesn't always notice my click so I often just spam click until it "lights up" essentially.

You can see me play it in my very first Halloween video for the game.