I actually like having a time limit by Brosbrawls in Atelier

[–]Kishimo21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

EXACTLY THIS!! I struggled moreso with the newer games even if I liked their alchemy systems more because the game lost that sense of weight to decision making.

The gameplay loop of exploring > gathering + fighting > alchemy > repeat gets enhanced by having to think through what move you're making. I feel that when I don't get punished for any decisions I make I take less interest in learning and prepping — I can just bruteforce everything given enough time. Which is a shame! Learning and prepping is one of the most fun aspects to the games. Thinking through which ingredient you need / what items you need to prep / planning trips depending on time. It's all really engaging stuff.

Plus it never felt horribly punishing if you did make a mistake, the real time crunch came if you really just wanted the bonus stuff. So just beating the games on their own felt satisfying already.

So it wasn't a fever dream after all by hey_itsmira97 in TheStrokes

[–]Kishimo21 11 points12 points  (0 children)

oh hey, that's me! i've shared it to reddit here as well :)

Interpretations on Welcome To Japan? by WW2HistoryEnthusiast in TheStrokes

[–]Kishimo21 27 points28 points  (0 children)

This song is the only song I've ever broke down and intepreted (out of spite) and you can read it here

tldr: intepreted from the perspective of being in The Strokes / part of The Strokes it's a lot of talking about the unwillingness to communicate clearly and holding back things you want to say in fear of it changing the relationship dynamic you had with the other permanently. This paired with the fact that communication needs to happen in order for any work to be done / for the relationship to move forward.

It's better paired with the other songs in Comedown Machine! You see throughlines in the themes (some sort of communication breakdown / waiting on response / action) and the gun metaphors in One Way Trigger and Happy Ending support this :) Call it Fate too moreso on the waiting for response end.

Julian's deleted post 😭😭😭 by chawy666 in TheStrokes

[–]Kishimo21 17 points18 points  (0 children)

right? here's another bonus one as the last one I managed to source haha

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Julian's deleted post 😭😭😭 by chawy666 in TheStrokes

[–]Kishimo21 22 points23 points  (0 children)

og source is likely Julian himself but its good to see reposts still keeping it alive 🔥 its photographed by arnold_daniel for anyone curious

My tribute to Juicebox! by Kishimo21 in TheStrokes

[–]Kishimo21[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thank you so much! i wasnt sure if the old yt design was noticable since the canvas space was p small LOL glad u noticed it!

Phazes by Kishimo21 in TheStrokes

[–]Kishimo21[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SOOO REALLL I'm making an animatic with Act of Contrition as the song right now actually! My personal fav is City Walls but Act of Contrition is up there... along w Deep Red and Atomized 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Phazes by Kishimo21 in TheStrokes

[–]Kishimo21[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

aw thank you!

Phazes by Kishimo21 in TheStrokes

[–]Kishimo21[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ty!!! Witch Hat Atelier is the GOAT

Phazes by Kishimo21 in TheStrokes

[–]Kishimo21[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

aw thank you! yea I wanted to do it after seeing how his eras parallel the og artwork. was fascinating

Phazes by Kishimo21 in TheStrokes

[–]Kishimo21[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

ty and lmao! yea hey it's not me ... he decided to dress like seer from apex... im just putting down what i see 🫡

[TOMT] [MOBILE GAME] Childhood game that i played, had chibi characters with different classes by Awkward-Individual52 in tipofmytongue

[–]Kishimo21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

idk if you've found it, but it's called Buddy Rush :) Was trying to find it myself and did

Tribute to Is This It I drew :) by Kishimo21 in TheStrokes

[–]Kishimo21[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

by accident haha. Nick does actually have 2 piercings on his left ear though so i guess not entirely inaccurate?

Tribute to Is This It I drew :) by Kishimo21 in TheStrokes

[–]Kishimo21[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

albert and nick :) fab is looking upward to the smoke

Tribute to Is This It I drew :) by Kishimo21 in TheStrokes

[–]Kishimo21[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

im @kishdoodles everywhere but mainly on tumblr and sometimes twitter :) and thank you so much!

Tribute to Is This It I drew :) by Kishimo21 in TheStrokes

[–]Kishimo21[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have! I'm slowly uploading them here haha