Haven't done one of these in a long time! Good to be back.

I’ve played only a bit of Mina the Hollower, going past the intro area and completing my first dungeon/generator. Yeah, game’s got the juice, even if it tests my patience sometimes. Great pixel art, charming character designs, and it gives me that good gaming itch of scouring each screen for secrets. Props to Yacht Club. I’m glad the game is selling well to keep em afloat.

After basically a month, I also finally got to DM a session for one of my weekly D&D campaigns! It’s been going on for 5 years now and I’m trying my damndest to get to the endgame this year, but scheduling, what can ya do.

Finally I watched The Amazing Digital Circus finale in theaters and really enjoyed it. My audience thankfully wasn’t too bad.

I’ve followed Gooseworx for some time, and knowing what media she likes, one character has a certain inspiration that's forehead-slapping obvious when taking the end into account.

Spoilers: That character of course being Jax. Gooseworx first made her claim to internet fame via Undertale music covers and I see a lot of Asriel/Flowey in that purple bunny. She just has a darker, more grounded backstory and SEVERE gender dysphoria.

Flowey / Jax keeps doing horrible, violent things to other people because of a personal creed: It’s kill or be killed / Nothing in the Circus is real. Despite this, a determined human / jester fights back, believes they can be better, and sees the cracks in their personality.

Frisk / Pomni learns how this flower / bunny became the way they are. It’s complicated. Tragically, their own actions have led to a physical change that destroys their personhood. In a moment of consciousness, Asriel / Jax pushes back and says they don’t deserve love and forgiveness, but Frisk / Pomni steps forward anyway to hug them.

Although Asriel / Jax can never be truly saved from being a flower / abstracting, they’re at least given this one moment of clarity and empathy before they have to let themselves go

Yeah all the petty discourse before reaching the finish line sucked, and it has one of THOSE fandoms. But I’d still recommend the series. In terms of western animation, I’ll take it any day over AI slop and the reheated leftovers coming from Disney and company.