castaway paradise

Bargain Bin:

Jay’s Picks:
Lego Worlds – $5.99 (80% off 29.99 – matches previous low)
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition – $10.49 (65% off 29.99 – matches previous low)

*^{Oops. My bad. As a tycoon, I hope I have insurance and lawyers.}*

Em’s Picks:
Castaway Paradise – $2.99 (85% off 19.99 – lowest price ever)
Speed Dating for Ghosts – $2.09 (70% off 6.99 – matches previous low)

*^{Only the best for my dates (Speed Dating for Ghosts)}*

What we’re playing this week:

Jay:
The First Tree
Chicory: A Colorful Tale

Em:
Pokemon GO!
Lumbearjack
Lake

*^{(sigh) I want to be a mailman in the PNW in 1984, too. (Lake)}*

Reality TV of the week:

Married at First Sight (premiered July 6th/Lifetime): SEASON 15?!
The Floor is Lava (2 seasons/Netflix)

*^{I want to sink to the bottom (of this off-putting orange game show lava) with you.}*

Explore.org Katmai Bear Cams (Brooks Falls – Alaska)
The Brown Bear Cams (and don’t worry, you can watch highlights!)
The Wiki

🏖Vacation Gaming Guide by Em and Jay:

*^{Just over here trying to play outside with my Gameboy.}*

🕹👾Video games:
Jackbox (Drawful, Quiplash, Trivia Murder Party, Blather Round, Devils and the Details, Push the Button, Joke Boat, Split the Room, Fibbage)
Family Feud
Tetris on the Gameboy
Nintendo64 bolted to a wall
Pokemon on the Gameboy

🎲♟Board and Card:
Monikers
BANG!
Telestrations
Play 9
Business Walrus
Carcassonne

*^{The Business Walrus is a demanding creature.}*

Miscellaneous:
Dance Dance Revolution

✉️ MAILBAG:
Pete from NY wrote to us about his love for his Ice Blue Gameboy, Pokemon Red, and disdain for being fooled into buying a Rollercoaster Tycoon knock-off for the PC on vacation. Thank you for being far out, Pete!

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Happy Women’s History Month!

Bargain Bin:

Jay’s Picks:
Far: Lone Sails (80% off) – $2.99 (reg. $14.99)
Pan Pan (60% off) – $2.00 (reg. $5.00)
The First Tree (80% off) – $1.99 (reg. $9.99) (lowest price, matches previous low)

Em’s Picks:
Overboard! (40% off) – $8.99 (reg. 14.99) (lowest price ever!)
Turmoil (80% off) – $2.99 (reg. $14.99) (lowest price, matches previous low)
Castaway Paradise (75% off) – $4.99 (reg. $19.99)

Currently playing (March 2022!)

^{Wait!! I see someone standing in a forest…
Or am I mistaken? Perhaps that’s just an oddly-shaped tree…?}

Jay
Cozy Grove
The Gunk (But where does the gunk go?)
Metroid Dread (not cozy, but strong female protagonist!)

Em
Cozy Grove (mobile! Bear ghosts on the go!)
Neopets, always
Unforeseen Incidents
What I am NOT playing: Elden Ring (least cozy game of all time)

Our favorite female protagonists in video games:

Jay

Samus Aran (Metroid)
Chun-Li (Street Fighter)
Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)

A windy day in the fjords

Kathy Rain (Kathy Rain)
Ruth (Milkmaid of the Milky Way)
Rosangela Blackwell (Blackwell Series – 1. Legacy, 2. Unbound, 3. Convergence, 4. Deception, 5. Epiphany also mentioned Technobabylon from Wadjet Eye games)
Florence (Florence)

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Friends Are Far Out!

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