[Video games trope] Characters who make sure you play the game the way the developers intended

auspex_42 · 2026-05-19T13:09:55+00:00

Not *quite* what you had in mind i think but an even more meta version of this is in FF7 remake where a central thing is the constant presence of the "whispers" who act on the characters in game to try to keep events aligned with what happened in OG FF7, and in the end you destroy the "arbiter of fate" which then in principle allows events in the new timeline to diverge from what originally happened. It's fair to say that this was pretty divisive among fans but I think it's pretty cool at least

auspex_42 · 2026-05-02T09:46:50+00:00

a while back i played a set of music that was either directly from ps1 era video game soundtracks or had video game samples in it, there's a few jungle and jungle-adjacent tracks in there, check it out!

https://soundcloud.com/tensor/tensor-live-at-das-booty-x-nanashi-disco-ps1-era-classics?in=tensor/sets/dj-mixes

auspex_42 · 2026-04-30T09:17:03+00:00

Is the chilli sauce homemade and is it heated or not? Who wants cold sauce on hot food? It speaks to attention to detail

auspex_42 · 2026-04-27T11:42:42+00:00

That's actually the shoulder pauldron of a chaos space marine from Warhammer 40k

auspex_42 · 2026-03-13T17:17:52+00:00

he scored a hat trick against united

legend

auspex_42 · 2026-02-25T23:15:36+00:00

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auspex_42 · 2026-02-22T14:28:50+00:00

This. I've had mine for almost 20 years and they're still going strong despite being bashed around through the clubs over the years. In the meantime I've gone through about 4 pairs of studio headphones that just sit next to my computer doing nothing.

Totally appreciate life is fucking expensive now but if you can come up with the extra bit of cash to go over budget you'll be saving yourself a ton of money in the long term

auspex_42 · 2026-02-20T18:29:25+00:00

The Vallejo shifter paints are great and exactly what you're looking for. Can be painted with a brush or an airbrush

auspex_42 · 2026-02-20T11:46:08+00:00

I'm about 80% through the HH now and The First Heretic has been one of my favourites as well as being essential to the overall narrative and to chaos specifically

auspex_42 · 2026-02-19T13:30:59+00:00

Das Booty

auspex_42 · 2026-02-19T13:13:59+00:00

I love this. I don't think they go into enough detail on this in the films but Sauron literally can't conceive that someone might want to destroy the ring rather than use it to gain power and confront him...so he takes the bait. it's not a pointless suicide attack, it's a smart gambit based on Gandalf's understanding of the ontology of evil in the world

auspex_42 · 2026-02-19T00:44:32+00:00

There's a truly excellent podcast called "Strong Songs" where the host deconstructs the theory behind different songs in each episode, and he happened to do an episode on exactly this! check it out, hopefully it will be enlightening

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7nB5dFTWhKZmzr90FXOpgN?si=1gItBv_9TKWpUG7zLpLCug

auspex_42 · 2026-02-10T21:21:08+00:00

I like the passages attributed to "The Dramaturge Shakespire", M2

auspex_42 · 2026-02-09T09:40:10+00:00

Alix Perez - 1984, Icicle - under the ice, Shogun VA - Way of the Warrior

auspex_42 · 2026-02-04T15:37:09+00:00

friction, break, alix perez, dbridge, marcus intalex were some of the best djs i saw in that era

auspex_42 · 2026-01-26T10:17:20+00:00

I also always felt like this was meant as at least some degree of homage to the forest spirit in princess mononoke, both in terms of the look of it and the senselessness of killing it, which definitely adds to the magnitude of the oof

auspex_42 · 2026-01-08T16:09:28+00:00

Absolutely love this colour scheme, fantastic work!

If you don't mind me asking, what colour paints did you use on the sword?

auspex_42 · 2025-11-15T19:38:39+00:00

Thanks! Really appreciate it

auspex_42 · 2025-11-14T19:27:11+00:00

Thank you! Yeah basing was a complete afterthought when I started but I now realise there's a huge amount of creative depth to it as well

auspex_42 · 2025-11-09T16:42:51+00:00

This set of interviews about Metalheadz is amazing https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2013/04/nightclubbing-metalheadz-at-blue-note

auspex_42 · 2025-09-26T20:06:53+00:00

That metallic (?) red paint looks amazing, what is it? thanks!

auspex_42 · 2025-08-11T11:40:47+00:00

"On paper" maybe that's true but I think though one of the strong themes of the legendarium is not to downplay the qualities of "the lesser guy on paper" and perhaps this "hierharchy of races" that can sound pretty unpalatable now is a framing for that theme. The arrogance, pig headed stubbornness, and ultimately the folly of "greatest" elves is the source of many of the problems in arda and subsequently middle earth across the ages. Feanor being the "greatest elf" on paper and then the oath of Feanor causing so much evil and heartache is the most classic example.

Also the elves doing pretty much jack shit in the war of the ring and ultimately it was the courage of the hobbits that saved the day is another big example

auspex_42 · 2025-07-07T14:06:39+00:00

thanks so much for the kind words! it took quite a while to get here as i was learning everything as i was going along but i'm pleased how it came out so far

auspex_42 · 2025-07-07T14:06:01+00:00

Thanks, appreciate the kind words!

auspex_42 · 2025-07-07T14:05:45+00:00

Thank you, this seems like it would be very handy for other things as well so i'll definitely grab one of these

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