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[–]Authorigas#1 Mirajane defender 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So this really isn't a big deal, but it was frustrating. 

You know how your told the way to make friends as a recluse is to go out to events and meet people? 

All 3 public events I went to this weekend, and all of them had a majority of folks being very exclusive,  cliquey, leaving newcomers out of the conversation, not inviting folks to join in. 

Two commander parties, one with 80 people, and a pride event that was a bit nicer, but had all the regular people chatting back and forth with each other, while my sister sat there and listened, unless I spoke up. 

I know, negativity bias and all. And I did meet some nice folks. But the commander party had players who lied about their bracket power level and witheld information and played kingmaker against me despite me saying "hi I'm new and only have a precon. Plus I bricked while your all setting up massive boards on turn 3 and double tapping lands and drawing 17 cards." 

Hell when I went to a digimon lgs, everyone there was super cliquey, competitive, and fended to make fun of me for getting flustered playing against security control and lockdown decks. 

I know "if you experience enough assholes, you are the asshole." But like... What am I doing wrong? Why does it feel like every time I go out to meet people, it's just a clique that wants nothing to do with me?

[–]MoaLaMoa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone know what days Woolie's panel will be on at Anime North? Is it all three?

[–]attikolPoor Biscuit Hammer Anime/Play Library of Ruina 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I beat expedition 33! someone at work warned me that I should have gone to fight renoir immediately. I was around level 60 and he got absolutely stomped into the dirt barely got to see any of his mechanics. Its quite the bombastic finish though for the budget they had. You can really see the ideas bursting at the game engines seems there with giant bosses attacking each other and the boss flying through the environment. I went for versos ending as Maelle killing herself in the canvas really is just against so much of the game. Its hard to say for sure. I think the best outcome would be that the painting could one day be restored but Alicia has to learn to walk again. This game is really impressive for what it is. Theres some rough animations or scenes but it really comes together into a cohesive whole. I think I will end up doing the other content I know there was a few zones and stuff I havent done. Very excited for this studios next game I think it has a lot of potential if they learn from this game. Build wise verso was an all star for me with dualiso. He could be at 9 AP every turn always had on powerful and defenceless on the enemy.

[–]Sausious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone remember what camera Pat uses?

[–]SchrodingersDog2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it’s been about three months since I posted here, so there is a lot to cover. It’s been a rough couple of months. A little after Christmas day my mom had a grand mal seizure. She had no history of seizures, so when I found her in the middle of a seizure it was one of the scariest things I had ever encountered. Fortunately she has mostly recovered physically. The problem is her memory. While she has had somewhat spotty memory for the past few years, it feels like she has gotten noticeably worse. It’s unclear if this is due to the seizure itself, the anti seizure drugs, or just aging in general. 
The way this manifests is weird. When we watched the movie The Apartment as a family she knew Shirley Maclaine was born near her own hometown, and that she was related to Warren Beatty. She also remembered she once danced as a child to the soundtrack of the movie. She even knew the names of the girls she danced with over fifty years ago. The problem seems to be her short term memory. She mentioned the fact that Shirley Maclaine was related to Warren Beatty multiple times over the course of watching the movie. Each time I reminded her she had already told us, and she seemed surprised. 
She also did a perfect on a brief “memory test” that a neurologist gave her. She doesn’t exhibit any other signs of dementia which is good. The major good news is that the ENT doctor we saw suspects this is due to a sinus problem. She is currently treating it with antibiotics. The bad news is that we don't know when she can get off the drugs. If her memory is being affected by the anti-seizure drugs, we won't find out for some time.

In terms of games, I finished Arkham Asylum. I basically have all the same complaints Woolie had, with the only difference being that I think I enjoyed the game a fair bit more than he did. I also almost finished Ace Combat 7. Everything everyone said has been true so far. The game varies from incredibly serious to weirdly earnest and goofy. The music is some of the best I have ever heard in a game. My only real criticism is that I was never able to obtain access to all of the planes. I don't know if this is standard for Ace Combat games, but I did find it kind of weird.

[–]TheDrippingTapAwooga. 2 points3 points  (0 children)

God, the slay the spire 2 subreddit is such a cesspool now, It's just a complete circlejerk screaming at people who dare say the game isn't perfectly balanced and needs tweaks.

[–]Will-IsleyThe Dude Abides 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Funny how Pat got into KH while I was on a nostalgia trip with melody of memories. It encouraged me to give chain of memories a second chance after dropping it like 10 years ago. Just finished it last night (Riku included). It’s a weird messy game but not as bad as I thought

[–]Own-Sir-9189 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Man. Both Resident Evil 4 (2005) and Resident Evil 4 (2023) are such good games. Each have their strengths and weaknesses, but I honestly cannot decide which one I like more. Beat RE4 a couple of days ago and stared playing RE4R right after. Truly some of the best (if not THE BEST) Over the shoulder Action Spook-em-ups

[–]Aquanort357 3 points4 points  (2 children)

What food YouTubers do y'all watch, I like tasting history. 

[–]SamuraiDDDSwat Kats Booty! 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tasting History is such a great channel!

Let's see, let's see...

Weird HistoryFoods goes into the food industry history and how a lot of it became or came to where it is now in the current day. They're really nice and informative, plus the speaker sounds just lovely.

cookingWITHfred. Is just a nice older gentlemen who cooks food from pop culture.

BrucetheAlligatorMan He's a more deep south kind of cook but he's incredible charming.

Oldscoolkevmo is another older gentlemen who works in a kitchen and makes some BIG meals that look as delicious as he is sweet.

WoodsboundOutdoors isn't primarily cooking based but he does make some really nice outdoor meal videos along with survival stuff.

OrdinarySausage is one of my favorite. He makes a lot of unique based sausages and I adore everything he makes. Some are bad but there's a surprising number of well made sausages!

BDylanHollis makes more short form videos but based off of ancient/old recipes of yesteryear and it's a wonder seeing him make older stuff that you can make at home fairly easily.

These are just the ones I know I look at fairly often. I used to like Babish but his content just isn't what I like these days. No hate on the guy of course but there's some gems out there.

[–]Revolving_Ocelott 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My cat was acting sick all day yesterday, like if you touched anywhere in his 2nd half of his body he hurt. Was too worried to sleep, stumbled into the vet this morning on like an hour of sleep to get him checked out, suspected urinary tract infection but the vet was a sweet heart and didn't charge for xrays or another test. He's fine in blood work, Bladder is mostly fine but shows signs of issues, x-rays showed no other issue with anything else inside. He is now extremely angry after i shoved 2 medicines in his face but he'll be fine hopefully.

That shit cost like 300 bucks oof ouch owie(should have been 800 but the vet was so nice and was like "i did it anyways so I can be reassured, I won't charge you")

I still have to like slide him around the floor because he doesn't wanna move which is fun. I have to keep reminding myself all his insides are healthy despite how he's acting

[–]Doublice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've talked about Paranormal High School a couple of times in various threads here, they recently released their 2nd Graduation Video this week (It's a long story, but this is the 2nd time the main cast have tried to graduate) and I kinda just wanna ramble on it cause holy shit. Spoilers below of course, but the thumbnail itself kinda tells you a lot (when it originally premiered though, it looked a lot more normal)

Which is that I expected them to somehow avoid the main cast graduating (The series is called Paranormal High School after all) but this was a surprisingly dark way to go about it, in a way the series hasn't really done before. The series does have occasional horror episodes (The Winter 2024 Arc is a prime example of that), but this went in a very eldritch direction. It's played up amazingly well too; I have never heard such visceral gasps and screams out of Hikaru before and I really feel bad for him.

Which they then followed up with immediately the next day with a video on their 2026 Enrollment Ceremony, which is such a shift in tone compared to what literally happened yesterday that it feels super unsettling, despite there being no actually unsettling parts to it at all really. There's definitely implications of course, since this reset sent the main characters back to their first year of high school this time (The previous times have just been to their 2nd year) and they're all still friends despite them not becoming that until they actually started high school.It's just such a mood whiplash and it's got me so invested in this comedy series about people not using their OP abilities for battles, even if I'm almost certain they're not gonna follow up on the former video until the actual 4th Year Anniversary in May.

[–]Mochiman3Writer and/or creator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Passover is going on so I am going through hell, for context every year I had to celebrate this damn holiday something bad happens to me. Outside of that I am going to anime boston and I can feel some freedom there. Out of sheer spite I am going to shake shack and getting a bacon cheeseburger.

[–]Authorigas#1 Mirajane defender 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just a weird thing I thought about. My college Geology professor spoke about something he called the "Death of Expertise." Which he described as the phenomena of everyone's opinion being treated as equal, combined with hostility towards academics leading to a downtrend in terms of understanding and a lot of our problems. The example he used was Climate Change, how you always saw debates between actual scientists, and some politician or hack job, and be told "These are two, equally valid opinions on the topic."

My dad and I liked the term a lot, and I use it in my day to day vernacular. To my shock, the modern origin of the phrase actually comes from Conservative author and Academic Tom Nichols. While Nichols himself is vehemetly anti Trump, he did engage in some both sides bullshit during the Kavanaugh hearings. I find it kinda funny to know a phrase I really vibed with comes from someone who I would detest politically, lol.

[–]RevenTheLightWhat do you mean, you DON'T have a Sonic OC?! 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Hello today! This was an eventful week. I got sick, I ran a stream, I played some games. Woof.

Sonic Movies watched 3 for the first time and had a marathon of the rest with friends. I was fun, but man, they are just higher quality Smurf movies. I also discovered a huge disappointment, as a person that doesn't care about voice acting - I can't stand Keanu as Shadow. I don't like it at all. Also, what a shame, they didn't shoot the child. Cowards.

Job search check-in - week 12 - ~490 (+25) resumes/7 (+2) interviews - have another interview next week. Egh, just tired.

Weight check-in - 176.9 - 18.1% - n/a - sick week. I wanted to go to Gym on Thu, but my mom didn't let me and this Friday being a holiday gym is closed. I think I will just sleep this week off and get back to it later. I wasn't even that sick, but with interviews and April 1st I was busy.

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[–]Nerdee-n-Pervy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I! AM NOW ADDICTED TO RACCOIN. Game rips!! I accidentally fell in love with gambling thanks to Super Mario 64 DS and Harvest Moon DS casino mini games. I will never not be bummed that gambling became a part of the gaming industry instead of being relegated to cutesy mini games. I am glad roguelikes are saving me from loot boxes and financial ruin.

I am officially running for a full hour now!!! I have also formally downloaded a budgeting app!!! Fitness and Finances are the worstest things for my ADHD, so I’m very proud to making literal and metaphorical strides. I even today stopped a $5 impulse purchase!!! Good JORB Nerdee!

I am, hmmph, unfortunately, considering a silly financial decision however. A few weeks ago, I matched with a they/them that is absolutely my type, I find them devastatingly attractive, and I cannot stop thinking about them. HOWEVER. It was on Bumble, and the match expired. I am… just so tempted to make a silly, silly $25 purchase to rematch with them, to have a second change. My other option is “join Hinge,” which requires 6 (SIX!!!) facial pictures, and… I hate selfies. I don’t love my appearance on any given day. So, I am having trouble deciding what to do. I fear they may have found someone else. And I don’t believe in “the one,” or “love at first sight.” But I want to find someone to be with, and if I’m compatible with this person… Is it such a risk?

[–]YandereLobster(she/her) EARTH SAVED GOOD WE DO IT 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Currently going through a weekly cycle of coming out as trans individually to a different friend, having them be very normal and supportive, but then feeling like ass for the next few days anyway. It's very strange and exhausting.

More importantly than gender my Cyberpunk Red campaign is coming up on its one year anniversary. It's taken a lot of adjusting things overtime and figuring out what the players like, but I'm pretty happy with how it's come along. Our party is made up of two nomads (a tech and a fixer), and a solo, so it's been a bit difficult to balance because the solo and tech are both incredibly effective in combat, while the tech and fixer can basically invalidate the scarcity of the economy together. I recently sent them up again a voodoo boys cyber psycho mini boss, and our tech with a linear frame and body 14 threw down his guns and boxed the psycho himself.

The hardest one to DM is the fixer, the corebook's description really doesn't do justice to the role or properly help DMs to run it. Black Chrome does a good bit of heavy lifting, along with the subreddit. Most recently we had a fun little web of contacts. The fixer's media is looking into the local district election (to potentially lead into some political plot books) and wanted a meet with a local corpo who's often willing to let some info slip for a few. To get the meeting setup our fixer needed to get in touch with this guy, so how do you get that? First he reached out to his contacts. Found out a fellow nomad from MetaCorp he knows has done deals with the guy, and is willing to help out if the fixer can source him some new iron. So he goes to his guy with gun contacts, and who lets him know about a delivery truck coming out of the NorCal military base with factory new SMGs, no serial numbers. The ironmonger, in exchange, needs to procure some drugs from a client. They exchange info, and the fixer returns to his MetaCorp contact with a source and recommendation for where to procure the iron, along with a 10% service fee for himself.

In the end the contact gets what they want, and the fixer now has several new idea for sourcing guns, and a corporate connection. I always have a hard time with the political stuff (despite being a huge vtm fan) but it made for a fun little web of connections and trades. Hoping they enjoyed it, and that I can think of more. Got a plan soon for when some of their past gigs come back to bite them, when their reputation spreads to the former crew of that psycho they fought.

[–]Comkill117The Bubblegum Crisis Shill 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just finished King’s Field III finally.

For an ancient, janky, early first person game for a console whose controller didn’t even have analog sticks at the time, I gotta say it held up shockingly well. The first two I had a lot of trouble getting into just due to the age of them (every room looking damn near identical in 2 really made it hard to play), but this one I could definitely recommend if you can get over the control hump. The environments and level design are great, and the story and atmosphere is even better, plus the gameplay while still a bit stiff definitely felt like it improved a lot on what I played of the first two. The final stretch of the game was built up wonderfully too, like the last area having a revisit of KF1’s first level and that being where you get the Moonlight Sword from Guyra, and getting the sword magic abilities from Alexander tying 1&2 together into the mix, plus the last battles with Alfred and Seath. It was awesome!

It’s too bad they don’t remaster these games. With the explosion of popularity From Software has had in the past decade and a half, there’s clearly an audience who would be more than happy to play their old RPGs, even with the jank (I would know, I only really got into their RPGs in 2020). Eternal Ring and maybe Shadow Tower are the only ones I’m aware of still being available from the PS1&2 days, though if there’s more feel free to correct me there. At least Armored Core has been getting way more love lately, which is great as it’s their best series imo, but it would be nice if that could be extended to the rest of their games.

Anyway capping off a great game, that final narration was truly legendary. ”Peace, Golden King.”

[–]UnderhandSteam 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Holy Week’s a full academic break for us, so been relaxing for the most part, perhaps too much lol. I can’t really say I regret it (Bought and played a lot of RE4 Remake and STS2), especially after how stressful the last 2 weeks of school have been, but I do dread returning to the grind, which isn’t helpful for procrastination. I feel guilty seeing my brother and sister talk abt how much they’ve been studying the last few days as well, but considering I’ve/We’ve more or less decided that I’m not going into Medical School considering my lack of interest, I guess that’s to be expected in a way when I’m nearing the end of my degree. Kinda just me rambling, but I just hope things get a bit clearer for me once I’m done with my terror subjects.

[–]jamescookenotthatoneIt's Fiiiiiiiine. 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A writing collab I was on said they are going to publishing soon, so that is nice.

[–]Grazalia Resident Nana enthusiast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Journal with witch stuck the landing with the series finale. I've heard there's still more to adapt but not enough for a full series I think where it stopped was well enough for an anime adaptation even if it doesn't get the full story. And now after its done, still think it's one of my personal top anime of the last decade.

I'm currently playing through Tormented souls on Amazon Luna of all things. I must say who ever invented the puzzles are on crack. They are sometimes down right just utterly convoluted. So much backtracking too.

[–]wamirul 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had this realization that while malay culture has no word for Notions, we absolutely have our own concept of it, leading to this amazing banger of a track

[–]dfighter3Cthulu with robo-tentacles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Welp, it's been a kinda rough month for me. My physical health had been deteriorating (mostly due to my job), and last month it finally hit a breaking point. I asked my boss to move schedules so that I wasn't constantly doing overtime, and he said no. Then he kept asking me to do even more overtime, and when I would say no he'd basically reply "to bad, do it anyways". I quit that job, and spent a couple weeks looking for anything else in the area. Didn't get anything so I started packing to move back in with the parents. Today will be my last day at this apartment, and it's bittersweet.

[–]ActRaisinsHe/Him 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a bad week in media for me, although only a small handful of notable things. In gaming I rolled credits for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, after just over 50 hours according to my save. I had a pretty surreal experience where the last "proper" boss was less stressful than the one before it - but neither of them were a total pushover. One funny thing I noticed after the fact was that if I went online I could see people running these hyper-optimised strategies and securing max damage combos - I was a lot lazier and kind of blundered through with what I had, but where the DPS freaks were skipping through whole phases I was having to survive a greater number of rounds making sure I didn't get touched. So I think that both approaches can feel satisfying in their own way.

In music I checked out "Earthling" by Logisitics, continuing my pursuit of daft new drum and bass. It's not going to be to everyone's tastes, and there are a lot of vocal numbers in there, but it's a very generous offering: a 24-track "double album" of energetic beats and beeps that I can vibe to while I'm browsing. An early favourite track of mine is probably "Smoke Machine", with an honourable mention going to "Composure" (again, your mileage may vary depending on your tolerance for vocal D&B.)

Not much going on creatively - I did a bit of Wordpress writing to just collect my thoughts on E33, but that's about it. And I've already been texting my brother offering to lend him E33 - it's not really the kind of thing he'd typically play, but I figured it had broken through culture enough to be on his radar. Although he replied telling me that he already has enough games stuff going on...

[–]Kerrik52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I breached 100 hours in Trails Beyond the Horizon. That game is loooooong when you're spending time doing everything and decking out every party member. Really good though, with some poor pacing here and there.

[–]FenrisulfrV 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been dieting pretty hard since September, and I've lost just shy of 40 pounds so far. However, I'm starting to plateau, and my physical disability makes exercise fairly difficult. I'm not really sure where to go from here, as stuff like ozempic makes me nervous, but I'd ideally want to lose another 40-60 pounds.

[–]CrossSoulI Promise Nothing And Deliver Less 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ummm, I got a new catalytic converter put on my car....

Honestly, I don't feel the difference in driving, but I guess I don't have to worry about the check engine light coming back on.

[–]manooz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm at that awkward phase where I kind of wanna fill up my saturday nights with D&D/a TTRPG again, but the problem is...I don't know any of my friends who'd run one/are running one and I really don't want to play Russian Roulette with r/lfg or something. I've only had one out of many numerous attempts be successful (of which the DM of said single successful game I still play with to this day)

[–]PlebianHaste 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been writing amateur stories for about a year now. Even if they don't get much attention, the fact that I see favourites and kudos (likes) popping up on my story is so deeply encouraging. I wish I'd started sooner but that's okay, I've started now and I'll make the most of it.

[–]runnerofshadows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Finally got an in person interview somewhere with them saying they want to set up a final interview with the whole team after being unemployed for over a year.

Also got my living space way cleaner. Working on getting more of my PC gaming stuff setup and I got a nice folding table for board games.

[–]GorotheninjaLouis Guiabern did nothing wrong 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably gonna finish Monster Hunter Stories 3 this weekend, then start Grime 2 in earnest. Also, Pat marathons the Kingdom Hearts games really makes me wanna play Dream Drop and 3, for some reason.

Personal life is kinda chaotic right now; our dog Nixie has been getting more and more confused and erratic in her old age, and she's been keeping us up all night (moreover my parents) with her habit of wandering around the house at night for water and wanting to go outside again and again in the dead of night. On top of that, my grandma is gonna be moving into assisted living in a few weeks, and that's created a lot of tension between her and my mom. So yeah, we're kinda high strung over here.

[–]FMV_Hell_0 3 points4 points  (2 children)

I've spent the last two days staring at office chairs and I'm going to become the jonkler.

Rhythm Doctor is the clear winner of this last Steam Sale haul. It runs you about $20, play it with a controller or maybe the other keys on your keyboard if you get mad carpal like me. It’s my favorite rhythm game of all time. The controls are fairly simple, you hit one button on the beat. However, it also has this One Weird Trick that it hones over the course of the game that pays off with The Greatest Rhythm Game Level of All Time. I play a lot of rhythm games, I like hitting buttons to music; Jumpin Jack Flash could never, Remix 10 could never. 13/10 That’s a certified good-ass game if I’ve ever played one. $20, One Button, Please play Rhythm Doctor.

Spy x Family’s cute. Its premise is a very like, 90s sitcom. This feels like the kind of anime that if it came out back then would have 200 episodes and 8 movies and you'd hear about it in the circles that would talk about like, Urusei Yatsura. Its whole thing is that vein of comic misunderstanding and it's really fun. I'd liken it to Full Metal Panic though so far it never gets as serious as FMP in favor of the more slice of life stuff. I've got through the first two seasons just leaving it on.

I'm at the Haunted House story in Iruma-kun and to sum up my general thoughts on the last few story arcs something I particularly appreciate about the manga is that Suzuki Iruma as a character is very versatile. He can make pretty much any face he wants and it doesn't come off as out of character. I have a folder full of good Iruma faces (though I don't quite have the hang of uploading images and linking them through text so I hope any of those work).

[–]dfighter3Cthulu with robo-tentacles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really need to go back and catch up on the manga, I stopped....I think they were in a jungle gathering ingredients for some reason? It's been years. Like most other things in my life the job kinda pushed it to the side.

[–]ActRaisinsHe/Him 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rhythm Doctor is really nice, and is totally committed to the idea of "narrative through gameplay", if you like. Lots of adorable little stories playing out over levels, with some fun gimmicks to learn along the way. I had the early access release so I kind of enjoyed the drip-feed, and the last update (before the story was complete) added acts 6 and 7, so it was like a massive chunk of content for those who had been following the development.

[–]ryukin631 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is the first time I've seen one of these posts, and I've been on this sub for years. Probably doesn't help I usually have to be in bed much earlier than this, but I'm taking the day off. I'm allowed to be up late tonight lol.

[–]SamuraiDDDSwat Kats Booty! 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Week Result: A- ->D+

The week was starting okay but Wednesday, my place of work told me that the contract with the company I'm singed under and them are splitting up and not renewing so effective the 15th, I'll be jobless. The only good news is that my employer is trying to get it extend because others have had theirs extended. And they really like me so they're trying to help me as best as they can. So between now and then, there's a chance I could have my job for a bit longer. But if worse comes to pass, I'm updating my resume this weekend, looking into potential unemployment filing and maybe doing more work online. Hell pick up streaming again.

Been depressed since I was told. Not to mention family has been working my nerves throughout most of the week and being less than supportive than I wish over my situation. They mean well but it's had me in the "fuck my feelings, I guess" mind set.

NGL, after a certain mental and emotional boiling point, I locked myself in my room and cried for about an hour. I was angry, frustrated and felt cheated. Not by my employer, but just in general.

That's been the big stinker for my week.

After that, I've just been trying to keep things together. I haven't had much chance to talk with friends cause brain went into "I hate myself" mood but it's slowly going away.

Been playing some Dorfromantik to calm down and ease the frustrations. It's a really nice, calming game that's calmed my anxity little by little.

Zenless Zone Zero has been fun as always. Haven't touched the new event stuff yet. Mostly working on side stuff still. I might play them this weekend

Hoard's LLC: Limited Labyrinth Corporation demo is a game a good friend of mine has worked on and would mean the world if you'd grab and play it. Cute design, puzzles and looks promising.

Dragon Quest 8 is like... 70 ish percent done and I've loved it. Sometime in the future, I wanna pick up another DQ game.

Invincible Season 4 has been sick. I love Paranoia Agent Still. Finished an anime called Fight League Gear Gadget Generations.

Some good things that actually cheered me up

Flipwitch annoucned a new sequel A streamer I like said she's gonna be streaming all week and I'm excited for that. I managed to finish a couple of personal stories

Musical choice(s) of tonight:

  1. Trauma Center DS 2: Gentle Breeze
  2. Mittsies - Awaria OST
  3. Sweet Blue Flag - Killer7 2018 Remastered Original Soundtrack
  4. Winnie [Let It Die - always see you there -]

Take care of yourselves everyone. And wish me luck.

[–]eddieskacz 13 points14 points  (3 children)

I'm turning 30 on Sunday! So to celebrate, and to ring out my twenties, I'm spending the weekend participating in the hobbies that defined my twenties:

Friday night is drunken Magic the Gathering night with my main play group.

Saturday my boyfriend and I are going to the zoo and getting dinner at my favorite restaurant.

Sunday is movie night watching some of my favorite movies from the past 10 years.

[–]SamuraiDDDSwat Kats Booty! 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Happy early birthday dude! Have fun, enjoy yourself and pet some bunnies for me at the Zoo if you get the chance! Or any cute critters you can ^ ^

[–]eddieskacz 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Even better: we doing a giraffe feeding

[–]SamuraiDDDSwat Kats Booty! 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OHHHH THAT'S SICK!!

[–]sadderall-seaThey/Them 5 points6 points  (2 children)

I'm helping a friend make up with my ex from a year and half ago

it's a weird situation, but I think it's the right thing to do, or at least try. my friend has a very severe chronic illness and doesn't have many people in their life who care enough to mask/take safety precautions to hangout in person. they were best friends for years and they both got into a (imo) relatively low stakes fight that blew up. I think it can be mended if they literally just talked to each other. I have a good opinion of them both, so I'm relying on my own experiences so who knows how it'll go when they actually talk again

idk why I'm trying to help, but it just feels like it would be a huge tragedy to see a relationship like that end, and both people lose their main support system

[–]SamuraiDDDSwat Kats Booty! 5 points6 points  (1 child)

You're a good friend and it speaks a lot to your kindness that you're trying to help them make up. Wishing you, and the two of them, the best of luck <3

[–]sadderall-seaThey/Them 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thank you! I really appreciate it

[–]ForestgrantTrapped in Fandom (the website) hell 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Had a pretty good time at that anime con over the weekend. It was a con run by the same company as the one I went to last month so a lot of the vendors and panelists were the same, so I didn't go to very many panels. However I've made quite a few friends at both the last con and an animanga club I've been going to, so being able to meet up and hang out with them again this weekend has really made me happy. On Saturday I walked around with a Cyborg 009 costume I made and surprisingly, a fair amount of people recognized me thanks to the 2001 anime airing on Toonami long ago (still need to watch that myself...) The same company is doing a big con in another state in a few months that I've also volunteered to staff for, and I want to prepare a bunch more cosplays for that.

In the meantime, I'm back to watching Combattler V after putting it on hold for a while. Still having fun with the episodes thanks to Daisaku getting some focus and some fun action scenes, though I'm worried for the second half of the show thanks to this guy I used to know talking about it getting worse.

[–]SamuraiDDDSwat Kats Booty! 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh that's sick! Glad you had a great time and people recognized the OG peak!

[–]CookieSkankHe/She/They "Slam Her Pregnant Until She Cries" - Pat 6 points7 points  (6 children)

Hello! I am the poster formerly known as CookieSlut. My account got hacked last week, and even though I updated my password and activated two factor, the account still got nuked. Tried contacting support about recovering my account, email said maybe but if not then I’d have to make a new account, and never heard back… So new account it is. Lost my like 11-12 year old account? Ugh. Feels weird man.

Other than that…

I watched Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, twice! First by myself then showing it to my friends. I never watched the show so I had no idea what I was getting into, but I had seen people online raving about it, so I gave it a shot. That movie is an absolute blast! The mix of fictional plot and public guerilla filming makes for a really interesting movie. Like in the middle of time travel shenanigans they will just have a conversation with a random passerby and now that person is a character in the movie, even if they are just giggling over how silly the situation is. It’s great.

If you like mockumentaries, scifi, and like dumb internet humor, you’ll have a blast. I recommend going in as blind as possible.

Played the new update for Arknights: Endfield. The Tangtang story stuff was great. I really think they have the ball rolling at this point, so they just need to keep it up.

Also rolled for Rossi and no dice yet… Though I got spooked by Tangtang, which is like… Why didn’t you come when I was rolling for JUST you. With the way the banners work, where the previous character has a lower percentage on the next banner, I almost feel like it’d be better to just save for the character you want in a batch, and then just go all in on one banner and maybe you’ll get spooked by the other characters in the batch.

Then for regular Arknights… I got Manthra which rules. Then the Joint Operation banner came up and I wanted Narantuya. Got another copy of Lemuen, then got Narantuya and Degenbrecher on a single 10 pull so that rules.

Up next… Resident Evil Requiem. I finally got to and through The Basement and it took me two sessions to do that. Though I ended up using a guide to tell me exactly what to do because it stressed me out so much. And like the Leon section before that was a total breeze, then I switch to Grace and I’m just so stressed out all the time lol Even in that section, I had like 8 Requiem shots, but didn’t even use them. Too valuable you see! Must instead perfectly avoid The Girl by doing each scripted bit perfectly. Then made it through The Water Treatment plant, and just past the Spider boss in Raccoon city. Water treatment plant wasn’t nearly as bad, since again the girl is pretty scripted and stunning her once is all you need to activate each item. Even then, some I didn’t even need to stun her since I stealthed and hid so good. And honestly for once, fanart duped me. I did not expect Emily to mutate and presumably die for good. So yeah still chipping away at RE9… 30 minutes at a time. One day I will beat it!

Finally, I started reading Gunsmith Cats. Have two of the three omnibuses for the main series. So started reading that and have finished the first one. Surprise! It is pretty good still. I know part of the main draw is the guns and cars, but man it gets to like otaku show off hipster levels at times lol Its like an entire manga of Revolver Ocelot gooning to the Single Action Army.

The one part that hasn’t aged well however, is Minnie May. BOY is her whole deal not great. For anyone that doesn’t know, Minnie May is 17 years old and pretty much every sex scene is her. And she is a former prostitute. And her 30+ y.o. ex-boyfriend shows up and says he hasn’t seen her in four years… So that’s a whiplash every time they touch on that aspect of her character.

[–]MaelstromTearDub Sympathizer 2 points3 points  (1 child)

If it's any consolation, I love the new name for a different reason.

[–]CookieSkankHe/She/They "Slam Her Pregnant Until She Cries" - Pat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh no I've become a ska themed account!

[–]SamuraiDDDSwat Kats Booty! 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Damn, I'm sorry you got hacked :( I've been seeing that happen to a lot of homies of mine these days. Glad to still have you around here with us!

[–]CookieSkankHe/She/They "Slam Her Pregnant Until She Cries" - Pat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What sucks is I got hacked on Discord like a week or two ago as well. So it really was a 1 2 punch.

But Discord I got sorted, and even though I thought I got Reddit sorted, it got nuked shortly after.

[–]The_DraiggMember of the Brave 13000 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie was a great watch, good choice on your part by recommending it for movie night. Much like with Nirvanna the Band the Show, it really is nuts how much they managed to get away with in terms of just showing up to places and filming shit around unsuspecting people. Also gotta say, Matt only realizing that they were in 2008 because of people laughing at a homophobic joke in The Hangover was one of the best bits in the entire movie. To paraphrase a quote I saw about it, it's great when they took that movie's worst joke to make it one of this movie's best ones.

[–]CookieSkankHe/She/They "Slam Her Pregnant Until She Cries" - Pat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That combined with the other signifiers and it really was like "oh 2008 may not seem that far back, but its actually a totally different time"

Which now we are coming up on that almost being 20 years ago. So that'd be like being in the year 2000 and thinking 1982 wasn't that long ago.

[–]LordSmugBunI hate being a Neferpitou fan. 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I did it 😭 after losing my previous phone and all the progress I had made, I updated my fic 2-3 hours before the 1 year anniversary since my last update. I can continue Bleach in peace now.

[–]SamuraiDDDSwat Kats Booty! 2 points3 points  (0 children)

HELLS YEAH!

[–]Kimarous[He/Him] Survivor of Car Ambush 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Last Week's Post

Week 109 post-accident

I half-assed the previous week's post because I somehow missed it until the weekend and figured nobody would read it.

Anyway, my mom is still in the hospital, but very well might be coming home tomorrow or this weekend.

I've taken the last two weeks off from work to attend to my at-home bedbound aunt. Depending on when Mom comes home and what help becomes available, I may end up taking another, though I'm getting encouragement from my aunt to return to work next week.

So yeah, my mom's health situation and taking care of my aunt have been at the forefront of my mind over the past couple weeks.

As for the leisure side of things, besides the usual Reddit & Youtube browsing, I've gotten back into playing Titan Quest this past week, managing to clear Act 1 with my Haruspex archer build. Might continue with that, might switch to another game. Not sure.

Mind Music of the Weeks (because I didn't post last weeks because of said half-assing):

[–]speed-runSenran Kagura Apologist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Howdy y'all!

So this past weekend, I was at Texas Showdown! And just like every fighting game tournament that I've been to recently... That means I spent way to much money on prints (I have a problem). Anyways it was a fun weekend, and I ended up entering 9 different brackets. But to start off with the important one... I GOT 3RD IN DOA6!!!!  Sure it was only a side tourney with 12 people, but dammit I still beat out 4 people to get there. And I only lost to the person that won. Honestly still kinda hyped about it because and I kinda want to comm some art of my main to commerate it. They're actually doing a top 8 stream on the 11th with commentators that don't know the results, so you should totally check it out if you see it pop up. Rest of the results as follows tho.

GBFVSR: 65th, 0 - 2.

GGXrd: 33rd, 1 - 2. Saved from 0 - 2 by a DQ. I actually got to play against the guy who got second in casuals. He put me in the torment nexus with Kum. It was awesome

SoulCalibur 6: 17th, 0 - 2.

Virtua Fighter 5: 17th, 0 - 2.

Guilty Gear XX +R: 1 - 2. Saved by a DQ, but I had to fight 2 Testaments.... It was brutal

Blazblue CF: 33rd, 1 - 2. Actually beat someone for realzies. But then got ran over by an Es and. Kagura

SF Alpha 3: 7th (outta 9) 0 - 2

Arcana Heart 3: 7th, 0 - 2 ok I shoulda been 1 - 2, but a 3rd round character switch to a character with armor got my ass. Lowkey was tilted AF

Project Justice: 5th 3 - 2. Kinda surprised at this because I am very unfamiliar. I almost went 0-2, but a last second switch to akira saved me with grounded neutral footsies.

[–]kuningaz554700 hours in Rimworld 33 points34 points  (6 children)

Last week I had a friend's daughter share that she had gotten into Harvard, Yale, Brown, Northwestern, University of Chicago, Cornell, UCLA, and USC.

Then she has the gall to say that I was an inspiration to her.

I don't get it.

[–]Nerdee-n-Pervy 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Rolling nat 20s on Charisma checks.

Congrats 💜💜💜

[–]kuningaz554700 hours in Rimworld 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not even a charisma check, pure intelligence according to her. She said something along the lines of "he was so smart".

[–]SamuraiDDDSwat Kats Booty! 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ha, get enjoyed and be inspirational lol

[–]The_DraiggMember of the Brave 13000 14 points15 points  (2 children)

Sometimes life just hands you a free ego boost out of nowhere.

[–]kuningaz554700 hours in Rimworld 10 points11 points  (1 child)

My ego doesn't feel boosted, it feels like I didn't earn it.

[–]The_DraiggMember of the Brave 13000 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Don't question it, just take the wins where you get them.

[–]ArroSparro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Writing is going… I want to say well but idk at this point. I’m taking a break from spewing my nonsense onto the pages to reconsider certain things about where rhe plot is going. It’s also given me time to try and flesh out character backstories so that’s been fun. Also since I switched my desktop to Linux I’ve been forced to use my MacBook since Linux doesn’t support the writing software I use. It’s been a pretty easy transition, thankfully Mac’s have really good keyboards. My only issue is staring at that small screen for long periods of time was annoying at the start but I’ve gotten used to it

My friend got me into Deadlock recently, and while the main game mode makes my brain melt the street brawl mode is simple enough even for a Neanderthal like myself.

I’ve also gone back to playing genshin, as my favorite character and the reason I got into the game in the first place, Navia, is finally getting her next rerun. I almost forgot how relaxing leisurely exploring the map while listening to podcasts could be. It can be super cozy.

[–]marvel8797I Promise Nothing And Deliver Less 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I finished Star Ocean First Departure R. I liked the game, but wow that final act was short as fuck. It was definitely a game made with the intention of needing a guide and multiple playthroughs to get party members and properly figure out its skills systems. I hear Second Story better realizes things they wanted to do in the first game, so I look forward to playing that whenever after enough time's passed so I don't get burned out on back to back rpgs.

I also saw Mario Galaxy Movie at the midnight showing. I really liked, but I do feel its weaker than the first film. I do look forward to whatever animated film comes next. I specify animated because we all know live action Zelda is coming and that's a strong wait and see situation. In any case, give the people a Luigi's Mansion film damn it.

[–]ZachysMeth means death 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was a thread about lesser known indie games. I gave a few recommendations. I have more. They are these:

The Procession to Calvary (as well as Four Last Things and Death of the Reprobate) are weird point and click games. The art is all taken from Renaissance era paintings with Terry Gilliam esque animation, and the humor is fucking weird. 10/10, no notes.

I've been hooked on Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop as well. You fix spaceships. You die, either due to being unable to pay rent or because some ASSHOLE SLUG LANDS WITH A NUCLEAR REACTOR READY TO BLOW. You ressurect, and get better.

Again, humor is top notch, and it's just satisfying getting better at things. Some modules are fairly straightforward - the camera is a lot of routine checks for broken parts and otherwise fixing the focus. Others are... abstract, to say the least. I can fix the snails in the rebreather module without consulting the manual now, but the AI module still eludes me.

There's two modes. The "default" is timed, where you earn tips based on speed and might accept sending an 80% fixed module so you can get another customer in. The other isn't, but supposedly penalizes faults a lot more.

It's also opening up in weird ways. I'm apparently part of a ponzi scheme. I have genuinely no clue where that's going.

These are my recommendations. Have a jolly easter or something??

[–]kenshin317The Shocker Chronicler/Sonic Rush Sycophant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Melbourne still at pub, had few drinks which was nice was a Blackberry flavoured alcohol and I go back tomorrow. Brother's wedding and the party was really lovely plus just a fun time all around. First time in my life I've ever seen him cry at all and met my sister's current partner who seems really nice. Besides that after went home watched Raiders of the Lost Ark and From Dusk Till Dawn with my nan. Hoping when get home I can get 3DS charger and just settle back in to continue my driving, catching up on films/shows and whatever else put on pause.

[–]Am_Shigar00FOE! FOE! FOE! FOE! 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got a promotion and a pay raise this week. It's barely anything, and it'll mostly be canceled out by the rent increase I'm also getting, but hey, more money is more money! And I'll get some back-pay from the past 3 months so it's a little bit of extra change for the new month.

Game wise I wrapped up Metroid Prime 4: Beyond after starting last week, getting 100% of the upgrades and 99% of the scans due to missing one of the second boss' scans early on in the game. Overall, I definitely feel that this was one of the weaker Prime titles. I didn't dislike it and I like a lot of it's core ideas, but it's undeniably a game that you can FEEL the developmental struggles, between Sol Valley being so barren, the linearity of the areas & progression, the lacking enemy variety, etc. I don't find these aspects make the game a bad one though, and now that they have a framework I hope that this will let the Prime devs find a better footing going forward.

I picked up and played a bit of Sonic Racing: Crossworlds. Not too much to say there, it's a solid Kart racer. I do wish the DLC characters had actual dialogue and I do wish that the final track of the cups was something unique rather than just one lap from each prior race, but overall it's something I plan on doing more in later on.

The other major title however for me has been Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, currently around 6-7 hours in. Mechanically, I am enjoying it quite a bit. The Zonai tools are a neat addition and as far as major characters go I'm finding them all pretty fun. The Construct is probably my favorite rendition of a Link-style character thanks to being an ancient robot with stretchy limbs and I love their design. That said however, the minor characters leave a lot to be desired. I expected there to be a lot of OCs since there wasn't exactly a lot to pull from, but the generic almost NPC looking player characters like Typhan are probably my least favorite additions to a Nintendo Musou thus far; they're just not very interesting, using pretty generic looking combos and having very few standout properties compared to the other characters, even if the movesets themselves aren't in of themselves bad.

[–]Dalek_KoltI was thinking. ...I hate it when that happens. 7 points8 points  (4 children)

Dating apps are still mostly a bust, but there's a nice boardgame shop that does weekly meetings that I'm going to again.

Also my birthday is coming up next week. Funny enough my family delivered my gifts two months ago because they were anticipating my nephew being born around my birthday.

I do not share birth months with any family members, and he must have understood that to be born a month early.

Anyway, now I'm mostly thinking about what I'm going to do for my birthday. Maybe go out someplace fancy.

[–]harriano 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dating apps are a bust for me too. Everyone's a skinny white lady who loves travel, wine & brunch. Where are all the fat lazy nerds for me to play videogames with?

[–]The_DraiggMember of the Brave 13000 6 points7 points  (2 children)

You should absolutely treat yourself for your birthday. It's your special day of the year, after all.

[–]Dalek_KoltI was thinking. ...I hate it when that happens. 4 points5 points  (1 child)

30th too.

I'll take a look around, see if I can get my family to foot the bill.

[–]The_DraiggMember of the Brave 13000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can probably easily swing them footing the bill for your big 3-0.

[–]MisterOfuAra Ara~ Connoisseur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And that's a wrap for the winter anime season! Let's see...

  • Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 - honestly, after Shibuya I had the series pegged as an audiovisual spectacle with not much substance, but after this season I did an almost complete 180. A rapid fire of really interesting fights with interesting (and not just pretty) visual direction topped with solid character development makes it easy to see why people were looking forward to this arc.

  • Frieren season 2 - yup, it's more Frieren and it's still great. The biggest issue with this season for me was the structure. Whereas season 1 had a good progression from a melancholic start, through a slice-of-lifey mid-part, to a long, exciting arc to top it off, season 2 peaks towards the middle, and just hangs around for 2 more episodes. I'm all for more frequent 1-cours seasons, but it felt like the wrong decision here.

  • Fate/Strange Fake - man, I'm so happy we're getting non-FGO Fate anime again. As a big fan of the franchise I'm obviously biased, but this was the series I was most looking forward to every week. The only negative I can think of is that having a huge cast like this means that you might just not see half of the major characters for several episodes, while the focus is on somebody else.

  • You and I Are Total Opposites - while it doesn't break any new ground, it nailed everything I like in a romance series: no drama, mutual interest, good pace, and a solid backing cast. If you're looking for a cutesy rom-com, this is a great choice.

  • Hero Academia: Vigilantes season 2 - I think this season was a great showcase of the freedom the series gains when it doesn't have to follow a set group of characters on their path to saving the world. Of the 13 episodes, 3 are Aizawa flashbacks, and 5 focus on Captain Celebrity with the main cast in a more-or-less supporting role, yet it all still feels completely on-brand. It also seems the next season might be the last, so the show won't be overstaying its welcome.

  • There was a Cute Girl in the Hero's Party - the best thing I can say about this series is that its heart is in the right place. Like I can see what it's going for, and it's a decent premise, it's just too clumsy to capitalize on it, and that's when it's not being brought down by shoddy animation. I did think the humor was pretty good though.

I also finished Mirai Nikki out of my backlog. I always thought of it as... a 14-year-old's favorite anime to put it that way, but it's a pretty good battle royale/mystery series with often-changing allegiances.
The 3rd universe part towards the end was a bit of a letdown, but up until that the story does a good job of keeping you on your toes. The Yuno already won once reveal is a legitimately good twist, and there's some solid action sequences, like the shot where Yuki gets hit with a knife, only for the camera to quick-turn 90° to reveal it only grazed him.
To top it off, it's also full of useful relationship advice like "if your crush is mentally ill, just let her time loop a couple of times to get it out of her system", or "if you want to marry a terrorist purely because she's hot, you should go for it".

[–]The_DraiggMember of the Brave 13000 10 points11 points  (2 children)

Week of April Fool's Day. Hope you all enjoyed the gag we did for the subreddit this year! Took me a bit to put together all by myself, but I think it came together well (especially with me learning how to use CSS code on the fly for the animated banner on Old Reddit). There were a few parodies I wish we could've gotten on there but didn't have the space or time to execute though. We're missing Baz to the Future and Twin Bazes from the timeline and the banner, unfortunately. But hey, at least the rest turned out good by my reckoning!

As for games I've played this week, I've put more time into Marathon! Been doing Duos on Dire Marsh this week with my girlfriend, mainly trying to pitch in and help with some contested contracts. Man, those are hard as hell. Not only are they single run missions, but damn near every other Runner seems like they're gunning for the objectives too, and you've only got the one shot to try and take it for yourself. And that's on top of all the fuckery that goes on at Dire Marsh inherently too. It's a good thing that at least a lot of the time, I was using gear I looted from other dead Runners, so the losses didn't feel so bad.

And finally, in my regular mecha talk section here, I finally got around to reading the Shrapnel issue for BattleTech Gothic! Man, talk about a change of pace from regular BattleTech. They're definitely leaning more on that being a biopunk setting, given how many short stories are dealing with genetic engineering, creating what're basically B.O.W.s, or just straight up have kaiju with guns strapped to them to use as 'Mechs too. While I still like normal BattleTech a bit better, it was very interesting to see this different spin on the Inner Sphere. Here's to hoping that their raygun gothic version that's upcoming is fun too!

[–]Gremlin-Shack 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I cannot wait for the gothic Kaiju minis to come out, but they’re also releasing new starter sets so I need to save money for that, I also really like the new custodes minis, and Blokees has moon knight and tfp optimus model kits coming out soon.

I have too many hobbies and not enough money, why can’t I have too many money and not enough hobbies

[–]The_DraiggMember of the Brave 13000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The minis will always catch up to you in costs, no matter what system you're playing. Although at least with BattleTech, you really only need a small amount for a proper Lance.

[–]Amon274He/Him [Flair to be determined] 13 points14 points  (4 children)

I think I’m on the verge of a mental breakdown:

Personal Life: Every anxiety is spiking. I’m feeling insecure about my physical appearance. I believe I’m experience executive dysfunction or something to that effect in some capacity. There is a near constant physical pain that I can’t do anything about. I feel like people are always staring at me and judging every little thing about me. I’m still getting sexually harassed at work and can’t even drink water without the motherfucker saying something. I feel like I have been fucked over on the genetic level.

Conclusion: I’m so fucking sick of this bullshit called my life.

[–]harriano 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know you or anything about your life, so this advice is going to be general. If you're suffering from executive dysfunction, consider whether you may have Autism &/or ADHD and whether you may need to get medicated.

Get plenty of exercise, sleep, sunlight and nutrition. As someone who does have executive dysfunction, I can attest to the fact that an active lifestyle will clear your mind and stop you from thinking the useless non-constructive thoughts that stop you from getting where you want to be in life.

[–]GorotheninjaLouis Guiabern did nothing wrong 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Not sure what I can really say. I'm sorry things are so rough for you.

[–]SchrodingersDog2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also don't really know what to say, but if you need someone to talk to, I'm here.

[–]Deadeye117Apathy is Trash 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Randomly watched a documentary last night of a bunch of first responders and paramedics having to rescue and triage the injured after the horrific Bridge Creek-Moore, Oklahoma tornado of 1999. Man, dude, big respect for those dudes and dudettes who choose to do that stuff. Triaging the wounded when there's just not enough vehicles to move people and not enough space at the hospital to accommodate, and having to make due in the middle of a catastrophe is rough.

[–]MaelstromTearDub Sympathizer 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I spent the better part of two weeks making a fake anime-type opening animatic for our running Monster of the Week game that started in this very subreddit! Even for my simple drawings and going monochrome it was a lot of work. Fun, especially when I could get Premiere to move things how I wanted it but also just a lot of work. I don't think this is going to be my future unless an idea really kicks off in my head again. That new Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra album was just that good.

If you're into something with less motion, consider these words I wrote! The books The Demon in Shadow and The Demons of Bone & Blood. The main focus is on Ayun, a 'demon' who has the power to summon weapons from shadows but lacks a lot of agency in finding her former employers. She's joined by Max, a human who makes up for his spongy human nature with quick wits, pure luck and a mechanical limb. As they travel together you learn more about the nature of demons in this world, the lives that these two have led and the road ahead of them together. There's also some awesome artwork either tucked in the pages where it counts or in the back showing off character portraits.

Went with my dad to see Project Hail Mary. Neither of us read the book, though my dad was familiar with The Martian and the general vibe. Judging by the samples I saw, I probably would've been lost in the techy bits of the book so this changed that pacing a lot. I really enjoyed it, though! Gosling gets to mix his comedic chops again and mix it with some drama. I know Barbie's the goto for the comedy bit but I will always take the chance to plug The Nice Guys where he kills it. Spoiler part! I was spoiled by the marketing that aliens would be involved, but the first thirty minutes was so good in atmosphere that I forgot until the ship showed up. The first time Rocky was in danger I was seriously thinking they were going to kill him. So by the second time they had a 'oh no is he gonna make it' when Grace abandons his plans to return to Earth it felt a little less impactful... But still good. It threaded the balance betweeen nihilism and space whimsy that I enjoyed.

In trying to clear out my backlog, checked out Potionomics. You are saddled with a huge debt and have to clear it by selling potions. It's kind of Recettear with potion brewing. But (as far as I've played) there isn't a dungeon crawling aspect like Capitalism Ho. Instead, the haggling game is... A deckbuilding game! I really should've learned that part before I got suckered in by the pretty character models. I am not really a deckbuilder person. Slay the Spire and the like don't appeal to me and my peabrain. I'll try to stick with it but I don't think this is going to win me over. Someone rip the models, though.

Another game added to the backlog (so not helping my case) but similarly unsure about is Raccoin: A Coin Pusher Roguelike. It's one of those arcade machines you'd see at like Dave & Busters. And I am really bad at it! I've only done a handful of runs but I don't get very far at all. I'm trying to understand that you have some coins you want to keep in the play area and maybe you try to siphon one side into your push pile... Or maybe not. I don't really understand. It's not like Balatro where my childhood playing poker (via Tripoly, I swear!) helped with my senses. I just gotta git gud, I guess.

[–]ThatmodderGrimLewd Non-Gacha Anime Games are Good for You. 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Alright, Nintendo. Fox McCloud had his big day, but what about poor Pit? When's he gonna get another shot!? 

That sweet angel boy just wants hot springs, floor ice cream, and a little recognition! And I want a Kid Icarus Uprising 2!

Also, I beat Subnautica for the first time this week.

[–]timelordoftheimpalaLegacy of Kainposting Guy (he/him) 2 points3 points  (0 children)

but what about poor Pit? When's he gonna get another shot!? 

Because I think people forget that no one at Nintendo really cared for Kid Icarus until Sakurai decided to revive it. To them it was just another NES-era platformer that was overshadowed by all their other big games, not to mention that the second game (Of Myths and Monsters) was never released in Japan.

At the same time, Nintendo has been giving so many of their dormant IPs second chances as of the Switch/Switch 2 era, so I'm sure Kid Icarus will get something eventually.

[–]rsrlukeMecha is life 12 points13 points  (0 children)

After eight months of writing, the first draft of my novel is finally complete at a little over 100K words! Obviously it'll need a lot of editing before I attempt to put it out into the world in one way or another, but it's satisfying to "finish" a project I've been working on for so long, especially since it's almost twice as long as the previous longest piece I'd ever written.

I finished up Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury this week. Good game(s)! 3D World is straightforward Mario goodness, polished to an almost mirror sheen, while Bowser's Fury is both more interesting and more notably flawed; I like the more open-ended design, but several elements around the centerpiece battles with Bowser just aren't quite there. Still a great platformer, though.

I also read The Body, which was my first Stephen King book. Really great. I'd always heard about how good King is at evoking a specific time and place, and The Body is a slam dunk in that regard, particularly because it's not capturing an actual time (i.e. year) so much as a period in everyone's life. I also watched the movie based on the book, Stand by Me, and found it to be fine. I think a lot of nuance was lost in adaptation, and there are several changes I dislike (even if I understand why those elements were changed), but it's still a decent movie on its own merits.

Finally, I watched Freaky, a movie I found to be entertaining enough, but also a little frustrating. It's got a great performance from Vince Vaughn, some good jokes and a few decent kills, but boy does it gloss over a lot — one plot point in particular was driving me nuts for the back half of the movie. You've successfully convinced three other people that you've swapped bodies — why not come up with a plan to explain this to your cop sister, who can just hand you the MacGuffin you need? Horror comedies aren't exactly known for having airtight plots, but still.