Survival Is Earned. Chaos Is Documented.
Why do you blog?
Because survival games are too good not to laugh at. I blog to turn my in-game disasters into stories — freezing, starving, or getting mauled by wolves feels a lot better once it’s written down with humour. It’s part therapy, part chaos log, and part proof that thriving is possible (even if my characters keep proving otherwise).
(Plenty more survival chaos turned comedy at Survivor Incognito.)
“It’s not replacing my Switch — just giving the wolves more ways to find me.”
Once upon a time I had a PC. Then I didn’t. Then the Steam Deck came along, and suddenly all those forgotten Steam library games started whispering: “Play us again. This time you won’t rage-quit… probably.”
The first thing I did? Downloaded Viscera Cleanup Detail. Nothing says “welcome back to PC gaming” like mopping up alien goo while questioning your life choices.
After that, I traded my mop for a lorry. Euro Truck Simulator 2 has been my chill-out spot — just me, the open road, and the occasional catastrophic parking attempt. It’s strangely peaceful knowing my cargo can’t eat me (unlike certain survival games).
My first week has basically been a buffet of Steam games:
I’ve been swapping between them like a survivor looting random cupboards: some junk, some gold, all of it entertaining.
Do I have a dock? No. Will I get one? Unsure. For now, handheld works fine — especially since the battery life is short, but honestly, I don’t mind. It’s like an enforced survival timer: finish your mission before the Deck keels over.
Also, shoutout to Prime Gaming for handing me freebies like it’s Christmas every week. It makes my library grow faster than I can play it.
The Steam Deck isn’t stealing my Switch’s crown. My Switch is still home to The Long Dark, Skyrim, and the rest of my survival disasters. But the Deck? It’s a welcome companion — giving me the chance to replay old PC titles, test new survival challenges, and expand the chaos beyond Nintendo’s snowy borders.
Two handhelds. Twice the worlds to survive. Zero guarantees I’ll survive any of them.
Survivor’s Camp Hub |
Elite Dangerous Diary |
SnowRunner Permagear Diaries
“Sometimes the smallest truck has the biggest heart. And sometimes, Red gets new shoes.”
📜 Series Hub: SnowRunner Survival: The Permagear Diaries Main Hub
🛠 Rules: SnowRunner Permagear Rules
💡 Why Permagear Works: Read the reasoning behind the challenge
Missed Day Six? Find it here.
With Pipe Dreams in the rear-view mirror, it’s a well-earned day off for Frank. Today? It’s all about Red. He’s got the boundless energy of a puppy on caffeine and the mud-crawling tenacity of… well, a Scout who’s tired of being second-best.
The target? The wooden bridge task. Along the way, I spot a trailer Red thinks he can handle. He can’t. But you’ve got to admire the ambition.
We reach the bridge and, of course, it needs wooden planks. Frank’s domain. But Red’s not done—he also picks up a SnowRunner throttle upgrade (one for himself and one for Scout). Naturally, Red gets the install. Scout remains benched.
Tempted to spoil Red with more upgrades, I decide to hold off. Then he earns them. Charging through deep mud and water, Red smashes through the terrain to grab another Watchtower like a tiny, determined hero.
Back to the garage we go—Red gets a roof rack for longer hauls and, most importantly, a tyre upgrade. That’s right: better grip, less slipping, and maximum mud-mashing potential. Watch out, Frank.
Now it’s Frank’s turn. Time to deliver those wooden planks and make that bridge a reality. He follows the same route Red scouted earlier, proving why he’s still the heavy-lifting king.
Black River is slowly bending to our will, and tomorrow we head deeper into Michigan—straight into Smithville Dam. There will be mud. There will be breakdowns. But Red’s got new tyres, and morale is high.
Want more SnowRunner? Day 8 link coming soon.
What daily habit do you do that improves your quality of life?
Playing survival games — or at least writing about them. It’s my way of turning stress into stories, chaos into comedy, and reminding myself that if I can laugh at freezing to death in The Long Dark, I can probably handle real life too.
(Plenty more daily doses of survival chaos at Survivor Incognito.)
What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it?
The crafting recipe for something I definitely should have memorised by now. In survival games, I’m always convinced I’ll remember how to make the essentials — until I blank mid-blizzard and have to look it up. Real survivalists carry manuals; I carry Google.
(Plenty more questionable survival “research” at Survivor Incognito.)
What TV shows did you watch as a kid?
Mostly cartoons where the characters survived ridiculous disasters with nothing but luck and slapstick timing. Guess I was training for survival games earlier than I thought.
(From cartoon pratfalls to permadeath playthroughs, the survival chaos continues at Survivor Incognito.)
I’ve set up a new page on the blog: Survivor’s Reel. This is where I’ll be collecting no commentary gameplay clips — short videos from my survival runs, space trucking in Elite Dangerous, ETS2 deliveries, and the occasional Permagear Diaries chaos in SnowRunner.
The main blog will always be where the stories are told. Survivor’s Reel is the side lane: raw footage, animal ambushes, lucky escapes, and the occasional accidental win.
You can check it out here: Survivor’s Reel – No Commentary Gameplay Archive
What’s your favorite time of day?
Late evening. The world quiets down, the day’s chaos settles, and I finally get to sit with a console in hand — ready to make even more chaos in some poor survival game. Peaceful in real life, disastrous on screen.
(Plenty more late-night survival disasters at Survivor Incognito.)
What’s your favorite recipe?
Nachos — because they’re basically the survival food of the modern age. Minimal effort, maximum comfort, and you can pile on whatever you’ve managed to scavenge from the fridge. In survival games I’m boiling unsafe water; in real life, I’m melting cheese. That feels like a fair trade.
(Plenty more questionable survival meals — digital and otherwise — at Survivor Incognito.)
Tell us about the last thing you got excited about.
Getting my Steam Deck. It’s like handing chaos a second console — now my survival disasters can follow me anywhere. I love my Switch, but the Deck opens the door to even more worlds to freeze, starve, or get eaten in. Excited? Absolutely. Prepared? Not in the slightest.
(Plenty more survival chaos — now on two consoles — at Survivor Incognito.)
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