Candyfloss & Dreams

A blog by a witchy book lover that loves to rant about politics and diet culture

I finally finished a Savage tier in FFXIV

I finally finished a Savage tier in FFXIV

This was a long time coming. My first experience of savage raiding was in Endwalker and my experience taught me a lot about raiding and how to play a couple of jobs on an 'okay I can clear savage' level which really just made extremes and normal content a bit more straightforward for me. I was never able to finish a tier. Some of that was my own lack of skill, some of that was group dynamics and my complete rejection of raiding in party finder and some of it was just bad luck. However, ... Read more

The Hundred Line – Last Defense Academy

The Hundred Line – Last Defense Academy

The Hundred Line - Last Defense Academy has been a surprisingly enjoyable visual novel style game with tower defense combat to jump in and out of over the last couple of weeks. I've got around 60 hours of playtime with one full playthrough and I am currently making my way through NG+ to unlock some of the various endings and reveal more of the truth of what is going on. I didn't actively follow this game but instead saw a tweet from Sandfall Interactive (the team behind ... Read more

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an exceptional game

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an exceptional game

I first saw this game advertised as an upcoming release on Xbox Game Pass in March I think and was curious about it so went ahead to read more. It looked like the sort of thing I'd enjoy with an interesting narrative premise, a creative art style and one of my favourite things in video games; turn-based combat. I pre-installed it so that I could try on its release on 24th April and for the last couple of weeks I have been immersed in and captured by this wonderful game. Usual spoiler ... Read more

Trails Through Daybreak II Character Builds and Quartz Sets

Trails Through Daybreak II Character Builds and Quartz Sets

Trails through Daybreak II finally got it's English localised release on 14th February 2025 and since then I have been all consumed by the latest installment of the trails series. I'll be honest and say this was far from my favourite game of the series but I enjoyed the experience nonetheless. There will be spoilers in this post, but I'll try and stay relatively on topic. It took me 86 hours and 3 playthroughs to get the PS5 platinum trophy for Trails through Daybreak 2. I play ... Read more

Why I Decided to Electively Home Educate my 14 Year Old

Why I Decided to Electively Home Educate my 14 Year Old

This has been something I almost new was a certainty but didn't want to admit it. Home education has been a back and fourth in my mind, and in conversations with my daughter for a really long time and the first week back after the January term started I finally made the decision and deregistered my daughter from her secondary school. This blog probably wouldn't have started, or not how it did, had I not been a parent. Much of my early days writing involved my daughter and learning ... Read more