• Stream Schedule for ChestnutPlays on Twitch week of April 11-17, 2022
    DBD,  Stream Schedule

    Stream Schedule: April 11-17, 2022

    Stream Schedule I’m chancing a stream schedule post today because I’m feeling better with my medications. Granted, I have a psychiatrist appointment tomorrow, so she might want to change things again. I think I’m going to refuse this time, though. I’ve had enough jerking around with meds for now. Normally I try to keep my streams to one of three days. But this work week is a busy one. I also don’t have the weekend available for stream because I will be spending it with Manthing. So I decided to stream on a day that I might not normally—Friday! And it’ll be DBD shenanigans. Friday night DBD just feels like…

  • DBD survivors loading screen
    DBD

    Finding Some Favorite DBD Survivors

    DBD Survivors I started playing Dead by Daylight (DBD) sometime in mid-September of 2020. And despite finding it enjoyable, I never really found a survivor that I adored. In DBD, suvivors and killers each get unique perks that can be learned by other suvivors or killers. Killers also get unique powers. DBD survivors, however, end up being purely cosmetic once you’ve unlocked all of the perks (since they have no special powers). Once I started getting to a spot where I could treat my survivors more as a cosmetic skin rather than the skills they came with, I couldn’t really find a character that I wanted to “main”. Folks that…

  • The words Currently Nerding with a pair of glasses underneath
    Bujo/Planning,  DBD,  Reading,  The Sims

    Currently Nerding, December 2021

    Nerding Out Over Reading So far this month I have finished six books… which is more than most months this year, and I still have a few days left. Granted, one or two of those books were a DNF read (did not finish), but I’m also trying to be better about giving myself permission to DNF books. Which may or may not become another post in the future. I also got myself a new reading chair! I used to have a papasan chair there (it’s now in the living room), but it’s just not comfortable for long periods of time. I’ve been eyeing these oversize circle/oval chairs for a while,…

  • Stream Schedule for ChestnutPlays on Twitch week of December 20-26, 2021
    Animal Crossing,  DBD,  Nintendo Switch,  Stream Schedule

    Stream Schedule: Dec 20-26, 2021

    Stream Schedule After a stressful month at work, I have some time off. Which means a few more days on the stream schedule this week! I’ve invested in a VPN finally, so I put some DBD on the schedule for the first time! I’ll be doing some DBD Thursday night after a day of working on content. As I mentioned last week, I don’t really celebrate Christmas, so I’ll be doing some cozy Animal Crossing on Christmas Eve evening into the night, with more DBD on Christmas evening into night. New Years Streams? I’m not sure what my plans look like for New Years, yet. I’m sure I’ll be spending…

  • Midnight Grove DBD Event login announcement
    DBD,  IntPiPoMo

    2021 Midnight Grove DBD Event: Completed

    The Midnight Grove DBD Event The Midnight Grove event is still live in Dead by Daylight. Pumpkins spawn in possible totem spots and award bonus Bloodpoints when smashed—both for killers and survivors. Tangled generators and hooks have made their way into the land of the Entity, granting even more bonus Bloodpoints when completed and used. And a new Event Tome has been added, playable only during the Midnight Grove event. The Tome includes lots of fun cosmetics for the new survivor, Mikaela Reid, and The Doctor killer. There’s also three new charms obtainable in the Tome. The Midnight Grove DBD event is live until November 11, 2021. So be sure…

  • The words Currently Nerding with a pair of glasses underneath
    DBD,  FFXIV,  Reading

    Currently Nerding, August 2021

    Final Fantasy XIV I mean… that’s kind of it right now for games? I haven’t played a lot of DBD lately because I’m just enjoying FFXIV so much. Like, way more than I thought I would, honestly. Maybe it’s currently my cozy game of choice? I should probably spend some time in DBD at some point soon, though, to make the most of the rift pass I picked up! Audio Books I’m dealing with a lot of stress, and it’s making it difficult to feel the desire to read. I still want to read, mind, but just sitting down with a book is not as appealing right now as it…

  • Blaugust,  Dating Sim,  DBD,  FFXIV,  Otome,  Visual Novel

    Five Games for a Year

    Back in 2019 Naithan at Time to Loot talked about picking just five games for a whole year. I saw the post, and thought it was a great evergreen prompt, so I tucked it away to pull out at a later date. Today just happens to be that date! The Rules He starts with five rules for this exercise. The more detailed explanations can be found in his post. The consequence for playing a sixth title? Playing anything outside of your pre-selected five titles will result in any gaming device you touch spontaneously combusting. (I mean, not truly, this is a thought-experiment!) Selections aren’t limited to a certain platform. All…

  • Blaugust,  DBD,  Dev/Creator Appreciation Week,  FFXIV

    Developer Appreciation Week: Games

    This week is the start of Developer Appreciation Week! Bel defines this as follows: The D.A.W. or Developer Appreciation Week is an event that used to happen in our blogging community but fell by the wayside. The idea behind it was it was a week to show our appreciation to the people that make all of those games that we love. The thing is over the years we have grown past just being a “gaming” thing, so for other communities it might be a time to reflect on your favorite Authors, Musicians or just Creatives in general. I’m going to do a few different appreciation posts throughout the week, but…

  • The words Currently Nerding with a pair of glasses underneath
    Bujo/Planning,  DBD,  FFXIV,  Reading

    Currently Nerding, July 2021

    Dead by Daylight Right now, Dead by Daylight is just really my go-to game on weekdays. It’s great for end-of-night gaming so I can intersperse chores and content creation tasks in between matches in a variety of ways. I mainly either do a match then walk away to handle a chore, or do things while I’m sitting in queues. It depends on the time of night, and if there are any events going on. Until they implement MMR, anyway. Queues seemed to be fairly quick during the MMR test they did a few months ago. FFXIV I’m really enjoying the story! I’m having fun working my way through all the…

  • Zarina Kassir DBD wearing fifth anniversary crown, gold shirt, and black skirt
    Achievements,  DBD

    DBD Anniversary Crowns, Get!

    I did it! I got all of the Survivor and Killer crowns for Dead by Daylight’s 5th Anniversary celebration! It was a bit tougher than I expected. Not only due to killers being jerks to survivors, but also for the fact that I just… couldn’t remember what characters were licensed or original. Not all of them mind. Just I sometimes forget that Jane Romero or The Trickster aren’t actually licensed characters. Or I forget that The Pig and Bill Overbeck are actually licensed characters. It’s a thing. I did end up creating some quick tables in my journal—one for killers, and one for survivors. I listed out four columns: Licensed, Non-licensed,…