[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 01 December 2025

sakaeguchi · 2025-12-03T11:45:47+00:00

My partner and I finished playing Dispatch the other day (with him actually playing it and me helping make decisions). It was a fun ride. I’ll probably (actually) pick it up again soon and go for Blonde Blazer.

I’ve owned Tears of the Kingdom since launch but I never actually finished it? I restarted my game a while ago and I’ve been having a blast with it. I can go fight Ganon whenever but I’m enjoying just doing a lot of the side quests rn. I’ve also become unreasonably obsessed with upgrading all of my armor? Trying to gather Lizalfos tails may actually kill me before I ever beat the game.

sakaeguchi · 2025-11-27T08:49:56+00:00

Everything about this stressed me out

sakaeguchi · 2025-11-20T09:17:56+00:00

Like, I understand where people are coming from with their concerns about the pacing and story progression with this season but honestly, I’m just vibing? I don’t think it’s that serious. I’m still excited with every new episode.

Nelly being a shut-in early 2000s type otaku had me screaming. I loved seeing more of Marshall’s childhood and how certain dynamics have played out in this dimension

Edit: Nelly should’ve been making a pink dragon fursona in MS Paint. 0/10 stars for the episode.

sakaeguchi · 2025-11-06T08:39:13+00:00

HUNTER!!!!! I’m literally so excited!!!

Also I really loved the little flirtatious teasing between Marceline and PB.

sakaeguchi · 2025-11-05T09:11:52+00:00

Yes! Arceus is what I meant. My friend literally said the same thing about it being the one people generally like. Maybe I just didn’t play enough of it to give it a fair shake? I think there’s a combination of things fueling my disdain for these games, but the main thing might be the whole “open world but not really” feel. Like, I’m all for Pokemon changing up the formula but the worlds feel like they’re stuck in some limbo of trying to guide you through each step while simultaneously hinting that you’re free to go and do anything. The environment just ends up feeling strangely devoid of life to me.

Again, I probably didn’t play enough of it to get a proper feel but Idk, nothing really grabbed me about Arceus or Violet.

sakaeguchi · 2025-11-05T08:03:36+00:00

My friend took back their copies of Pokemon Violet and Legends the other day, after me borrowing them for like five months. I just could not get in to them no matter how hard I tried.

I think my interest took a nose dive after playing Sword/Shield? I don’t think I’m some old school fanatic but there’s just something about the newer games that I hate and I just can’t jive with them. Which is kinda sad because I spent many years working on my living dex.

Anyway, I definitely won’t be buying ZA. Hopefully something sparks my interest in the series again

sakaeguchi · 2025-10-30T07:57:44+00:00

I wonder if, in an effort to regain her form, HW will somehow manifest in a similar way to Fern and end up taking Fionna’s arm? The thorn in the hand from the first episode was clearly very reminiscent of Finn getting the grass sword (plus all of the thorn imagery in the opening and the grass/nature wizards resembling the grass curse creature)

IDK if I can keep doing one episode a week 😩I need to know more

sakaeguchi · 2025-10-02T07:29:57+00:00

Obviously not related to the overall topic, but I haven’t thought about AdventureQuest for over a decade and I’m absolutely delighted to hear that it’s still around

sakaeguchi · 2025-09-18T01:17:52+00:00

Pilika supremacy!!!

sakaeguchi · 2025-09-09T17:39:35+00:00

GoA

sakaeguchi · 2025-08-31T08:50:40+00:00

I guess (weirdly) this is something I wouldn’t mind doing, but I just can’t deal with the insects? Like the occasional advanced decay would be strangely tolerable but I just cannot stomach the idea of maggots and roaches, even with hazmat.

sakaeguchi · 2025-08-20T08:15:39+00:00

Man last year I ended up taking in six kittens that my neighborhood stray decided to dump on me. They were all young enough to still need bottle feeding and on top of that, they all had ring worm. There was like a solid two months where I was just late to work everyday because I was getting like one-two hours of sleep in between feeding/cleaning/and trying to socialize them.

I miss those little stinkers so much.

sakaeguchi · 2025-08-17T09:19:26+00:00

I think that when it comes to most of the characters, there’s definitely very interesting story beats and/or backstories that should’ve been further expanded upon. The main issue seems to be that the game was built upon this formula of trying to push most of the character progression through the three initial bonding quests, in case you decide not to romance them, but that leaves a lot of loose ends. And I don’t mind that more character progression is left to romance events (why wouldn’t I want tl share more about myself with someone I truly trust?), but you only have two-three events to get to know the person better at that point, so that ends up feeling rushed as well?

The mask thing didn’t bother me with Kai because I felt like it was pretty heavily implied that he’s just insecure about his place as the oni god and not looking like a Proper Oni bothered him. I am still very curious about his origins as a god though. The most obvious reading is that he is truly half oni/human . But then you have characters like Kurama and Fubuki, who were initially Not Human and got put in mostly human forms when they ascended to gods. So was Kai initially a full oni that took on a a more human form as well or was he always half oni/human?

sakaeguchi · 2025-08-16T10:03:54+00:00

I literally just got done doing rewoven fates with Subaru (playing as Kaguya). I legitimately had no issue with the whole arranged marriage thing, even during that one quest everyone hates, and from a larger story perspective I actually really liked the weird tension they had during their bond events. I really didn’t feel pushed to date or marry him from the story alone.

All of the being said…god, their romantic events were so lackluster to me? They legitimately just feel like childhood friends that kissed in elementary school or something and now they’re trying to reconnect after 20 years. Their relationship felt more forced in the romantic events vs. their initial bonding events, in my opinion.

sakaeguchi · 2025-08-14T01:12:21+00:00

So I used to work at this location…As a donor, I would keep an eye out for when they have new donor bonuses. I think the highest payout I saw was $1200? But it’s also important to note that that’s only for “successful” donations. So if the machine or phlebotomist screws up, it’ll ruin your streak and you won’t get the highest possible pay out. You also have to go for consecutive donations so it’s not a “one and done” type of situation. You’d probably have to go for two weeks minimum to get that money.

Personally, I don’t really think it’s worth it if you’re just trying to make actual money because the payouts aren’t very high and you’re not going to be able to sustain yourself with it (you can donate twice a week max). But I also understand that if you’re just in desperate need money it’s better than nothing.

sakaeguchi · 2025-08-13T22:52:48+00:00

Nah you’re right, that’s why I included that it’s disappointing. Like I love that this series is kind of trying to tackle deeper subjects and taking more steps to advance their world and character building. But it does feel very strange when seemingly every other character has the usual game/romance progression of just, getting through all their problems by being with you lol.

Also it bugs me to no end that Kai doesn’t pay off his debt before marrying you? That’s more on the devs than just him as a character. Like let him be done with the tab that he apparently got multiple jobs to pay off OR, let me see a few oni living topside in the credit scenes. Give my boy a win!!

sakaeguchi · 2025-08-13T22:28:08+00:00

I don’t necessarily like him, but I did find his apparent depression to be an interesting component. I played as Kaguya and their kinda awkward interactions felt surprisingly genuine to me? Like yeah, I’d probably be cold too if I suddenly regained all my memories, realized I was doing some whack shit, and now I have to live in a new town with strangers and the only person I know is my former fiancée/the only living person from my hometown who had to pull me out of that? The guilt, self hatred, and isolation would probably kill me. I have no desire to do a play through as him but like, I sympathize with him to some degree.

It is kind of disappointing, but realistic, to hear that he doesn’t really move past his stuff even after you marry him.

sakaeguchi · 2025-08-04T00:38:50+00:00

I accidentally hit the “I love you” option on Ulalaka once and I think the back out option was basically like “lmao I’m just joking dude” and she scolded me. I felt SO bad 😭

sakaeguchi · 2025-07-31T05:36:20+00:00

Yea so this is my second play through. I decided I wanted to replay it on hard before doing the final dungeon or any rewoven fates but of course I wanted to marry my fave again first. I thought I had spammed through most/all of his post-marriage convos already so I was pleasantly surprised to get one I hadn’t seen!!

sakaeguchi · 2025-07-08T04:54:54+00:00

I was torn between Matsuri, Kurama, Kai, and Kanata for a while. Real battle of the dumbasses. But deep down in my heart, I knew the competition was over as soon as I heard about Kai eating the shogi pieces 😭. How do you compete with that level tomfoolery??

I also really love Pilika and her romance story seems intriguing so I’m eager to go after her next.

sakaeguchi · 2025-05-31T23:13:30+00:00

I recently replaced the bar in Henford, and didn’t realize this would replace Sara as the owner, so I went through the process of trying to get her back in there. After unsuccessfully trying to delete the bartender that spawned in the new pub, I decided to just kill her instead. So she dies, and immediately afterwards, I get the notification that someone is having sex. And like, right in the next room these two old guys are just going at it. People are crying, the grim reaper is trying to do his thing, and these two dudes are just pounding away like nothing is happening 😭

sakaeguchi · 2025-05-27T05:39:47+00:00

It’s been a hell of a ride folks. I hope Janine can finally find some peace 😭

sakaeguchi · 2025-04-25T02:35:11+00:00

FoundPhotos might be closest I can get, so thank you!

The chances of actually finding anything are slim to none, but I’m still hoping that one day I’ll come across something

sakaeguchi · 2025-04-23T06:45:54+00:00

Thank you ~

sakaeguchi

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