#Lightwood Games

[miloscat]

[Review] Pic-a-Pix Classic (PSVita)

A pleasant pixel puzzler.

I'm still recovering from Covid and need rest. One of the best ways to get me to sit still for extended periods of time is to give me a nice Picross game to play; I simply can't help but beaver away at it while listening to podcasts. Other nonogram games are available, of course, including the line of Pic-a-Pix games from small UK studio Lightwood Games.

I've played one of theirs before in 2019, one of the Colour variants on 3DS. But I prefer the simplicity of the "classic" style of monochrome nonograms, straightforward logic puzzles with frankly a more aesthetically pleasing solution image. These were particularly good here: recognisable cartoony depictions of various subjects done in simple, clean pixel art, unlike a lot of Jupiter's more recent detailed and shaded solutions. There's no colour or animation in the finished product at all, but that's ok.

I particularly like doing these puzzles with touch controls so I was hopeful for the Vita version here; sadly I wasn't satisfied with their implementation, which requires touching to swap marking mode. I ended up playing with buttons which worked perfectly well, with good choices on consecutive marks and screen wrapping, etc. Besides, on the larger puzzles the touch targets for squares are probably too small.

Puzzles go up to 30x20 over the course of the 150 selections, and even on the nice big Vita screen I had to squint at the larger sizes. Oddly these puzzles have a margin around their border; they could have zoomed in to fill the screen to make these a little more readable. Puzzles also randomly select a colour for grid squares, and some are easier on the eye than others, although a colourblind mode is available.

Apart from this options are sparse: you can toggle auto-marking of clue numbers (a must) and there's a "fix" option to check your work, but you're locked into "free" mode (not that I mind, I prefer this mode) and there's no option to give hints of any kind (again I wouldn't use them but it's nice to have). The only other setting is a toggle for background music but why would I want to turn off those cheery chiptunes? I didn't get tired of them for my whole playthrough, they're fab.

I was very pleased with this one. The presentation is nice and clean, it's very functional, and the puzzles never require guesswork. Other releases in the series are expandable with scads of add-on packs but this is just the one set of puzzles for a decent price, and there's nothing wrong with that. And check out the puzzle in the key art, it's a puppy wearing sunglasses! How can you say no to that?

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Andrew Minyard- All for the game by Nora Sakavic

Ben De Backer- I Wish You All The Best by Mason Deaver

Harold Hutchins- Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

Alec Lightwood- The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare

[mrs-kmikaelson]

MASTER LIST

Started: July 7, 2023 Last updated: Oct 14, 2024

I write for:

The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Shadowhunters, the MCU, the Hunger Games series, and Criminal Minds. I may also write for Fate: The Winx Saga, Cobra Kai, Grey's Anatomy, 13rw, Gossip Girl, and Riverdale (even tho I have no idea what's happening in that show anymore). I typically write fem!reader-insert fics, but you might see a ship once in a while. Crossovers may happen. Btw, I add angst to like everything. Straight-up fluff is rare.

a/n: just wanted to let everyone know that requests are open rn, but that might change once summer's over. i update this list every time i post.

Klaus Mikaelson

The Tribrid You're Klaus Mikaelson's long-lost daughter that he has no idea about, yet somehow you still find yourself getting entangled in the New Orleans wars, both with the city and then with your own family. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Should've Known Better After a thousand years of marriage, everything comes crumbling down, taking you with it. But you shouldn't have been so surprised; you knew that Klaus was fire, and you knew that fire burned. You should've known better. 1 2

Stefan Salvatore

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Damon Salvatore

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Elijah Mikaelson

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Katherine Pierce

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Kai Parker

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Elena Gilbert

idk y'all but i had an idea so we'll see ab this one

Steve Rogers

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Bucky Barnes

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Natasha Romanoff

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Tony Stark

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Peter Parker (T.H.)

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Alec Lightwood

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Jace Herondale

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Finnick Odair

Our Song and Dance You'd grown used to dancing the same dance over and over again, the victor's dance, but then you start dancing with Finnick Odair and you feel things you never thought you'd feel. So you let yourself enjoy the dance, even though you knew that every song inevitably came to an end. 1 2 3 4 5 6

Aaron Hotchner

What's in a Name? 5 times you and Agent Hotchner questionably cross paths over the years, just for him to watch you walk away (+1 time you don't). The Grey Area You meet Aaron Hotchner and he makes you see everything in colour; he makes you feel like you're the only girl in the room. But then, as you find out that you're not, you realize the colour he actually makes you see the most is grey. (a/n: very scandal based). Series Masterlist

Derek Morgan

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Spencer Reid

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Emily Prentiss

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[annn-starrr]

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cr : @evthys

[lurafita]

Tag, you're it!

Jace: "Remember that day when we were 11 and there was this sudden emergency alert, and we had to evacuate the training room and bunker down in our rooms until Maryse gave the 'All clear', again?"

Alec: "Yeah. Some malfunction with the new computer system, if I remember correctly. Why?"

Jace: "I just remembered we never finished that game of tag we were playing, and technically, you're still 'it'."

Alec: "…"

Jace: "…"

Alec lunges and Jace bolts.

[dxhxe]

Them. No hesitation.

⬇️

[whosralf]

Me when I want to talk about BBU,TMI or DBDA:

[youdontknowhowtodiequietly]

jean moreau and alec lightwood give the same vibe

[bookishjules]

tagged by @andrwminward <33

make a poll of your favorite female characters (no limits - as many or as little as you want) and see which your followers like the most!

made myself stick to a top five (and only one from each series) bc otherwise they would have easily overflowed the poll lol ..feels wrong not to have some others represented here tho :/

tagging: @potato-jem @bcyoureallthatmakessense @iminlovewithpercyjackson @helenofblackthorns and anyone else who wants to do it <3

[daily-clace]

It’s poll game night!!! 😌

[best-character-named-x-poll]

have you done your daily click

[the-ultimate-obsessive-fangirl]

*at 3am in Magnus' apartment Alec is with with a VERY tired and overworked Magnus who is refusing to go to bed and claiming that he is fine*

Magnus-im bored let's play a game

Alec- Magnus what are you 5?

Magnus-........*pouts*

Alec- fine Magnus truth or dare?

Magnus- truth

Alec- when did you last sleep

Magnus-....I've changed my mind...Dare

Alec- I dare you to go to sleep

Magnus-NEVER HAVE I EVER-

Alec- slept 8 hours???

Magnus- I don't wanna play games anymore *says pouting*

[im-out-of-it]

part 4 of season 2, episode 10 MALEC FIRST I LOVE YOU, “by the light of dawn”

42. I love how this whole time alec is unimpressed by aldertree no matter what he does or says. Aldertree breathes and Alec is like can you not?

43. it’s actually sad how traumatized aldertree is but that still doesn’t excuse his behavior in season three or really any of his stuff. and I wonder if he is trying to tell Alec that downworlders and shadowhunters don’t mix for a reason but who knows

43. I didn’t think all the aldertree stuff would cover this whole part but what do you know, it does lmao

44. to be fair, aldertree did warn Izzy of the risk of the yin fein but Izzy was set on going to the citadel. I think he can be labeled as a bad person but I think he uses his past with Eva to make sure that it can’t happen again. I think aldertree was so traumatized by Eva that he believes in a way that demon blooded creatures shouldn’t exist in a way- and I mean what he does in season three, not now. he still should’ve known better than to offer something as strong as yin fein but in a way, he’s partly right. but he should have offered something not as strong first and work his way up to that. as Alec said in the last episode, an ex medic knows better

45. this scene isn’t all together but I’m using it for this part so it’s fine it’s all fine ITS FINE

46. Alec: yeah, ok whatever. neat story, I don’t care

47. Alec appreciation because he’s so pretty

48. Alec: I still don’t trust you

49. Alec is a mood

50. it’s funny when people compare to Malec or try to say how shadowhunters and downworlders won’t ever understand each other and Malec both look so uninterested. Alec: I don’t care

51. YOU DONT LOCK AN ANGRY AND SCARED WOLF

52. Maia: thought you saw the last of me? FUCK YA THOUGHT

53. Maia: you have no idea

54. oooooo I can watch Maia smack jace all day 🥰

Maia has every right to be mad and she is right. what kind of wolf pack leader puts shadowhunters who are known to hunt wolves and kill then without reason over their own wolves? it a really fucked thing to do. a wolf pack needs to know that their leader will fight for them and protect them. how can you trust Luke if he only remembers you exist when clary needs saving and is hardly there for you?

I sure wouldn’t trust that kind of leader. there were so many avenues that Luke could have used in this scenario with valentine and the sword but he chose to punish Maia, use her fears against her, and lock her up. while it’s understandable why she’s terrified. Clary is out there while everyone knows she’s a key to unlocking the soul sword so downworlders can die. anyone would be upset about that and rightfully so. but it’s just another example of how clary goes unpunished, how she can do whatever she wants without consequences, and how everyone is desperate to save her. if I were maia, I couldn’t look at Luke the same way again. he’s shown his true colors

and just to show how unfair the treatment of downworlders is, later in this season shadowhunters get killed and they are all in like the shadowhunters are mad and make it their top priority but when downworlders die- they don’t punish anyone. Valentine is arrested for previous crimes and jace doesn’t get punished at all. he lifted the sword and didn’t use any common sense because he believes the villain. Valentine isn’t always wrong but you have to be real stupid to believe everything Valentine says.

Jace believes he’s a demon without any evidence, believes clary is his sister without any evidence, believes he can destroy the soul sword without any evidence, believes valentine in his father once again without any evidence. yes Magnus saw a vision but there hasn’t been any evidence showing that it’s jace the vision is about. Jace grew up with a fake Michael wayland but he still doesn’t have proof that Valentine is his blood. it’s funny how most shadowhunters act superior and how they’re better and how jace is the best but he can’t use any fucking common sense or investigate like a normal shadowhunter would. at least Alec uses his brain and plans shit out. and jace goes unpunished for his crimes against downworld in early season two. he’s only punished because he’s not highly devoted to the clave. if a downworlder fights back, they’re awful and must be defeated but if shadowhunters kill downworlders, it’s a okay

I have a major issue with this storyline and how things are kept from downworld so they don’t fight back. let’s not tell them that their deaths are being planned so they don’t get angry and revolt SO MUCH BLOODY FUCKING OPPRESSION TO THE DOWNWORLD COMMUNITY. they get hunted for centuries and shadowhunters are like yeah sorry about that but don’t fight back because we will make hell for y’all. some of the shadowhunters behavior is similar to how everyone treats jace and clary. have to worship them 24/7 and can’t ever be angry with them. and Alec seems to be the only shadowhunter I can think of that actually tries to change things

I’ll try to do a part 5 later today and no, we are not as close to being done 🥹

[lurafita]

Raphael is a little shit (and wow, that's an underrepresented trope in this fandom if you ask me). He especially likes to mess with shadowhunters.

Raphael to Alec: "So, what did you get Magnus for tomorrow?" Alec: "Why, what's special about tomorrow?" Raphael: "It's the anniversary of the day he became High Warlock of Brooklyn. He might not say as much, but it's really important to him." Alec, panicked: "I need to go shopping. Underhill, you are in charge!" runs out of the institute Raphael whispers to Izzy: "There is no such anniversary." -

Raphael to Jace: "You know, since Luke is basically Clary's father, and the alpha of the biggest wolf pack around, it wouldn't hurt if you paid tribute to him." Jace: "Tribute? What are you talking about?" Raphael: "You are dating someone he claimed as his child. For werewolves, that makes you pack-adjacent. It's tradition that you offer a gift to both the alpha and the next of kin to your lover. Since Luke is both, you only have to appeal to him in that case." Jace: "Isn't that a little old fashioned? Sounds like a practice from one of those regency novels Izzy denies reading." Raphael: "Oh, because shadowhunter traditions are all up to date according to the times we live in?" Jace: "Point. What kind of gift do I even have to get?" Raphael: "I'm sure you will think of something. It doesn't need to be expensive. Just remember that it has to appeal to his wolf side more than his human side. A pack of bacon, or a raw chewing bone would do." Luke is very confused when Jace invites him to a steak dinner the following evening

[cantheywinthehungergames]

Alec Lightwood from The Mortal Instruments books - he's 17 in book 1. Restrictions: no runes, weapons only what can be found in the arena. Specialises in recurve bow and is a very good shot.

Name: Alec Lightwood

Age: 17-18 (City of Bones)

Restrictions: No use of Runes and can only use weapons and tools supplied in the Hunger Games arena