Category Archives: Gaming

Mobile Games primarily, but some PC games may be shown.

Game Guide: Bingo Bash

This is another Bingo-style casino game offer; it is available on Swagbucks and InboxDollars. The reward for offer completion is 2000 SB.

There was no time limit listed on the offer terms pop-up. Reach level 30 to earn the rewards.

I spent 5 days working on this offer, although it can be done in 2 days. I was doing some other games concurrently, so I was slow. Casino Games.

Offer Terms
Payout tiers

You will gain experience points for each tile that you tap on while playing bingo; they call this “daubing.”

As you progress to higher levels, you will be invited to move to a higher-tier table where you will earn more experience.

However, the chip cost of the new tables will increase, so I suggest staying at the low-level tables until you have built up a nice stack of chips.

Each bingo game has a theme and a mini-game that goes with it. I mostly played the Monopoly game.

Monopoly Bash
Jackpot

I think the Aztec board had the best return on experience points per chip cost. I was able to quickly level up on the Aztec game and complete the offer terms. I don’t recall running out of chips at any point.

Things really sped up once I started on the Aztec board, and I was getting Jackpots frequently. I think the lower-level boards have a lower chance of producing a jackpot, but that may just be my skewed impression.

Leveling Up

Pokémon Go (Shiny)

I was digging through my old media on WordPress and came across my Shiny collection from back when I played Pokémon Go all the time. I was really into it since way back in 2016. I was looking at my Google Play History and I spent around $700 on the game. In hindsight that money could have gone into dividend stocks. I keep thinking that every time I had some spare funds: Should have bought stocks!!

New SSD and Skyrim

I got all nostalgic for Elder Scrolls and since the computer was non-operational I decided to buy a copy of Skyrim for my Xbox One.

It was easy learning to do everything with a controller rather than a keyboard and mouse. My only issue is that during fights I keep accidentally engaging in “sneak” mode which slows me down.

I need to practice a light touch rather than my button-mashing Street Fighter style. I bought Skyrim on Amazon for cheap. Got a link here for that.

Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Special Edition Xbox One

I went ahead and bought a new hard drive for my computer since the last one had been destroyed. I was surprised by how small they are nowadays.

I knew the SSD was inside the computer when I first bought it but I never actually saw it until they took it out. I am really more familiar with the big heavy magnetic disk HD’s.

The Install was quick and simple though, not easy as the tiny screw was not magnetic and I kept dropping it.

I had to use tweezers to put the screw near the hole and then nudge it in before going at it with a small screwdriver.

I bought a Seagate Gaming FireCuda 520 PCIe Gen4 SSD. It is 500GB which is more than enough for my needs and it is quite fast for booting and loading. Got a link here for that.

Seagate FireCuda 520

I couldn’t find my recovery disk with all the pre-installed software and drivers for my computer and the manufacturer’s website didn’t have my model listed as it is sold through a 3rd party.

So I had to just do a simple Windows 10 bootable flash drive and go from there. Hunting down all the drivers has been a pain and the motherboard ASUS Q Installer keeps running at boot but never manages to download or install itself.

I’ve got lots to type up for my new business “Bliss in Bloom: Influencers, LLC” and my notes on the Neo Atheist League (NAL).

I have letters to write to potential models and employees, some work to do here on the blog and lastly I am going for an online degree in Business Administration.

Empire: Four Kingdom’s

I found this game listed on the Adgem with the offer term of “Complete level 20.” The Standard 30-day time limit on the Adgem offer wall applies. 2400 SB on a double-point special. Very little information was available for the Mobile game. The company operates a browser-based version of the game which has a similar name. The is a Wikia but it has little information and a noticeable lack of Spellchecker use.

You will earn Experience points mostly from constructing buildings or by completing quests. I was only getting 1 exp for each enemy I attacked. The Robber Barons (NPC) can be leveled up by repeatedly attacking them. At level 3 the Baron will have the possibility of dropping Gems. It takes 12,000 Experience to reach level 20.

I had difficulty finding out how to play the game after the short tutorial ended. Too much of the game operates on the assumption that the player already knows how to play. There were many game functions without any instructions beyond “Do this activity and get a reward.” There is a Help section in the Settings page but it only alludes to the game functions and does not instruct as to how to interact with the game.

A small camp on the right side of your castle outside the wall will have daily missions that provide rewards. The Fortune Wheel gives a free spin each day with additional spins available after watching ads. In the Store at the bottom of the list, you will find the Online Rewards for being logged in.

Early in the tutorial, you will be prompted to join an alliance. One of the Daily Activity items is to request help from your alliance. This option is level gated although it is not readily apparent and so being in an alliance is sort of useless in the early game. Another activity is to send resources to another lord and I tried this twice without it checking off as complete. After sending resources to 3 players, 1 of which was an ally it worked but I don’t know which was the triggering action.

There are rewards for reaching new-level milestones as well as rewards for maintaining an Honor Rank each week. Daily logins will get you a bonus if you are in an Alliance and if you have VIP active.

At level 13 you can capture an Outpost to provide additional resources. You want to find one with good resources. All outposts will provide food and either wood or stone. The ratio you want is 8/8 between food and the stone/wood.

The Outpost can build most of the same buildings as your primary castle and you can use Market Carts to ship resources between them. You can also launch attacks from the Outpost on players and NPCs. The Outpost will have its own resources separate from your main castle and it will frequently run short of either Wood or Stone depending on which specialty you choose.

Gold can be used to purchase siege equipment from the merchants outside of your castle. It is also used to take on Missions at the small camp. As you increase in level the Gold requirements will increase exponentially. Gold can be acquired from most activities in the game but especially from selling unused Equipment.

At the Forge, you can combine any 3 pieces of gear of the same tier to make a random gear of the same tier. If you put in 6 items they will generate a single higher tier item. You can get better gear from quest rewards early on so I would suggest selling the junk as Gold is very useful.

It took me 10 days to complete the offer terms without making any purchases. I was not attacked by any other players during this time. I did play aggressively and frequently attacked others but found most denizens to be peace-loving types who were only interested in PvE combat.


Fire & Glory part 2

Well I gave up after hitting level 15. They add 5 new resources to the game at level 15 which meant the 2 farm accounts I had built would also need to be 15 to get the extra resources. Simply not enough time without spending money.

It is unfortunate because I recently got a message on Swagbucks for the same game but for 750 SB for reaching level 15. Disappointing.


In other news, I ordered a drone from DJI and FedEx ended up losing the package. So I am playing phone tag with DJI and FedEx trying to get everything sorted out. My $500 in limbo.

I am working on putting together a grand gallery list of all of the Consorts, maidens and heroines from all of the games I have played. Check it out here.

Fire and Glory

909 SB to reach level 21 Stronghold, I’ll give it a shot. I’ve done many like this before and mostly the resources needed dry up fast. Other times it’s the speedup items you run out of as buildings take 1-2 weeks to finish.

This may not work out, I’ve been on a bad streak with the game offers lately. I failed Pirate King and one of the slot machine offers. The lowest cost item to buy here is 5 bucks which isn’t worth it in my opinion for a 9-dollar offer.

You just get the one Hero and they can be captured at Fort level 15 and then executed at level 20. So the important thing is to not send your hero out to gather resources.

I was looking at the in-game chat and these guys were joking that one of the other Alliances had spent thousands of dollars on the game. There are regular events in the game and one of the events is called “Raise Funds.”

For every dollar spent you get 1 point, at 200 points you get the first reward of an 8-hour peace shield.

You can see the rankings on the event page, so with a little math involved you can see just how much individual players are spending on the game. My own alliance looks to have spent a little over $1,000 as of this posting.

The smallest package in the game is $4.99 which is out of my price range, especially with the reward only being $9 to play.

I’ve put all of my stat points into boosting the Heroes attack bonus. I’ve similarly focused my Research on the Hero panel improving critical hit rate and attack combos.

The goal is to be able to one-hit the Monsters on the world map. I am saving up all my crafting materials in order to get a Blue (Elite) or higher piece of gear.

You run out of Rubble (Stone) quite fast and it is needed for all of the starting buildings. I ended up spending all of my Gold buying resources to rush to Fort Level 13.

I saved and spent all of my Alliance Loyalty credit on getting the VIP points. My VIP level is currently 4th Rank and I may get it to 5th before spending the rest of my points on Hero EXP items.


Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery

Got this one on a 2x special from Adgem and have finished it on 3rd day. All Adgem offers have a 30-day time limit unless otherwise noted. It’s a fairly simple game, just tapping through screens.

If I had to do it again I would have stayed in the First year longer to farm stat boosts and Friendship levels. In the Second year, all of the friends and the lessons wanted high-level stats to get good rewards.

The Events especially had high standards to get ahead. I spent much of my time after finishing the offer just boosting my stats to advance the storyline.

Leveling up the Magical Creatures is good. The Niffler can give you 40 points in a stat at max level when you feed it. Hagrid’s quest to get a Fairy is really just to get you to buy Gems in the shop. Even halfway through chapter 2, I haven’t managed to collect enough books.

I would have liked to play as House Slytherin actually. I chose the blue one; raven something? Anyway, I ended up getting my Empathy stat way too high. Courage is more useful in early-game encounters. Knowledge is good in the Second chapter but Empathy you get for cheap from impressing the professors.


Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire

I got bored waiting around for my points to post on #Swagbucks so #Adgem had this game on their offer wall for like $14 with a double point special.

The trick with the game is simply to build Siege troops. You don’t need to do anything else. Tier 1 Siege units are all you need to hit 220k Power. I’ve also seen reports on Reddit that it credits at 200k power.

I ran out of resources right after the tutorial and was forced to stop playing 😰. I got attacked really early on by level 50+ players. Wiped out my troops collecting resources on the map and they burned my entire guild 🥶.

The game is way difficult, or it would have been if not for me opening a royal chest from the guild monster hunt event. 200,000 Gold🤩. I can buy my way to the finish line with no problem.

If you can get on an older server the rewards for completing tasks and regular events are Huge. I was able to complete the offer the same day I downloaded it, took maybe an hour.

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