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Find My Frogs (Steam Deck): COMPLETED!

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You’ll never guess from the title of the game what sort of game this is and what you’re supposed to do. No, not punch Nazis (although that would make a good game), it’s finding – get this – frogs. Incredible.

In a dramatic change from the ten thousand “hidden cats” games currently available, this is a large, scrollable image with hidden frogs in it. Click on them to “find” them, and when you’ve got them all (and all the gnomes, and worms, and various other things for… reasons), you win! Oh, except some of the frogs are toads. How can you tell frogs from toads? Frogs are slimy and green, and toads are toadaly different. GONG

(Actually, there’s no real different between frogs and toads – toads are just a types of frog)

Where was I. Yes, finding frogs. It was an enjoyable hour or so. I’ve nothing against those cat games either, by the way – and have played a few – it’s just there’s only so many hidden cat games you need, and it’s nice to have a change of art style and animal for a bit. Also, the frogs are very cute.

Unboxathon (Steam Deck): COMPLETED!

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Unboxathon is a simple, relatively short, clicker game. In this one (and I feel like I’ve played a lot of these recently), you buy boxes, open them, and sell the random contents. As you make more money and collect more stuff also found in the boxes, you can buy and unlock better boxes with higher value contents.

There are upgrades which do things like improve the chances of rarer items, or allow you to open boxes with fewer clicks, or, well you know – the usual sort of things you’d expect in a numbers go up game. Higher and higher numbers which generate even higher and higher numbers.

There’s nothing special about Unboxathon, and it didn’t really have the hook that some clickers (like Gambler’s Table or Timber Rush) seems to have, but it’s OK to kill some time, I suppose.

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark (Steam Deck): COMPLETED!

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More of the same, blog post done, PUBLISH.

Which, really, is true but a little shortchangey. It is more of the same, at least in terms of the style and the humour and the types of puzzles. One big difference is in how you don’t have your (usual) partner – Dooley – for some of the game as he went missing (spoiler, sorry) at the end of the previous game and much of the plot of this sequel is trying to find him and get him back. You do get given other characters to fill the story exposition/discussion for the benefit of the player roles, though.

I noticed more easter eggs this time round, with references to other stuff like Simon the Sorcerer, Tron, Nightmare on Elm Street, and – I’m pretty sure – the deer thing from Rusty Lake’s games. Anyway, yes – game good. Play game. Thank.

June Update – oh Sony!, you bunch of idiots!

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Play

Prey (PS5) - Completed 

I've mainly been distracted by the World Cup but I did manage to complete Prey, the ending sequence is tense and has you making some big choices. 

 

I still hate Mimics!

Seas of Stars (PS5)

A shame, see bin

Like A Dragon:Pirate Yakuza (PS5)

A full game with nothing but Majima! I've completed chapter one and unlocked the ship, I need to understand the mechanics of sailing around the opening area to develop my skill/experience.

A RGG game is like your favourite blanket

Animal Busters (Android)

Still playing but I'm getting bored of it so will bin it soon.

Rogue Legend (Android)

This is much more enjoyable than Animal Busters & has regular updates with new content.


2026 Gaming Resolutions Update

1. Purchase no more physical games, yes this resolution is even tougher now!

Another good month, nothing purchased.


2. Focus on PS+ Extra Backlog

I got annoyed with the Sony news and decided to start a physical game instead in Pirate Majima.


3. No more PSN Credit!

Not keen to give Sony any more money given their recent news.


Backlog

PS+ Extra (12) - Cleared out a lot of titles that I have lost interest in playing

Digital Games (46) - Another month with no further additions

PS+ Monthly (13) - Nothing new added

Physical Games (12) - Again, no more purchases

Total = 83 Games


Shopping

2026 Target is spend less than £100 - Total spent £66.00  

No change, nothing purchased
 

Want

Added Momento & Calame to my wishlist.


Bin

Where do I start?

Sony - The death of physical games 

Let's go with Sony news of the end of physical media in 2028.

My initial reaction was what a bunch of idiots! & I still feel angry.

My game shopping process since forever is to buy physical media over digital for all AAA game releases. I don't keep games; I play them and then sell them on to buy the next game.

Digital game shopping started with the Xbox 360 and indie games (my first purchased games were Marble Blast Ultra, Puzzle Quest & Geometry Wars). I don't think I purchased anything on the PS3, and on the PS4 I continued to buy indie titles but did purchase AAA games when they were on sale. To date, Red Dead Redemption 2 was the only game I purchased fully digital on release because I knew I would play it forever. 

So how will not having physical games change my gaming habits?

For now, it doesn't. I have a massive backlog of physical/digital games to enjoy. I'm not buying any more physical or digital games, but going forward I'll continue to purchase older titles on my wishlist on physical media and everything else when it is on sale digitally.

I will be reducing my PS+ subscription down to essentials from premium, mainly because too much choice is dangerous!

After 2028, when AAA games will go fully digital, I will set myself a budget and stick to that; currently, for physical games, that is £25 (occasionally I break this). For digital, I'll probably set the limit lower, like £15 & wait until they are on sale.

I've been a PlayStation gamer (slight blip with the 360 but I ended up finishing that generation on the PS3) since my first JAP imported console, so I'll probably purchase a PS6 console at some point, but if the astronomical figures of £1000! is true, then my day one PS5 console is going to be serving me a lot longer.

 

Sea of Stars (PS5)

A lovely "old school" JRPG with beautiful visuals and a lovely soundtrack but an old school save system that resulted in me losing about 3 hours gameplay because I went exploring and ended up down a cavern surrounded by ant bruisers who kept on re-spawning & eventually died.

For now I've not gone back to the game because to combat this save system I will just end up grinding levels to be over-levelled to ensure I don't die and lose gameplay time.

The Darkside Detective (Steam Deck): COMPLETED!

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I don’t know how many times I’ve seen this in my library (in multiple libraries, in fact) and thought, ooh yeah, I’ll play that… just not right now. Tens of times. Finally, its time came!

The Darkside Detective is a point and click adventure game with big chunky pixel graphics and silly puzzles and characters. The premise is that you’re a police detective, but your cases mainly revolve around ghosts and the occult. Spooky occurrences, portals to the Darkside, a sentient toilet, Santa working in a greasy spoon, and a sidekick who is an idiot. And your non-ghost-case detective rival who always gets the kudos.

It’s funny and pleasantly surreal, and the puzzles stay away from rubber-chicken-pulley territory so they’re pretty much all logically solvable. A very enjoyable game, and almost always incredibly cheap (or free!) so if you like the genre there’s no excuse to pass it up.