#SKATE STORY

[1mm4d13]

Unpopular opinion but I’m really excited for Skate Story.

[theindieinformer]

Devolver Digital Distributes Delays In Delightful Direct

Skate Story and The Plucky Squire are only a couple of games Devolver announced delays for into next year. Check out the rest of the delays and what's still coming in 2023 here:

Prolific indie publisher Devolver Digital released a new video today announcing the delays of a handful of its upcoming slate to 2024. Mind you, only some things are moving into next year, but a hefty chunk of games will be cooking a bit longer before they are released. In the video above, cheekily titled “Devolver Delayed,” some highly anticipated games previously intended to launch this year…

[b3crew]

TOKYO GAME SHOW 2024 | "Skate Story" | B3crew.com

Unlike the Tony Hawk games, Devolver Digital's Skate Story is on the search for something more meaningful than an attempt to spell “S-K-A-T-E”.

[thefreecheese]

What's Left for 2024?

Last week I wrote about the 2024 game releases that I had already spent time with along with the games that have released that I’d wanted to check out. I ended up completing Ufouria: The Saga 2 and buying Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island as my next big game. This week, I’d like to look ahead at what’s coming in 2024 and share some thoughts on each game and why it…

[rick1iron]

[hardcoregamer]

10 MIA Titles That NEED to Show Up at Summer Game Fest ‘24

This is when the magic happens when it comes to announcements, and there are more than a few games fans have been dying to hear about for years now, some so much so that another year’s absence would be absolutely devastating. Seriously, we've got to hear more about all of these really soon!

Check them out!

[purplecowbell]

"Why do you skate?" A demon asked me.

"What do you mean?" I ask. "I'm the skating demon. Haven't you heard about me?"

"Just because I know you skate doesn't mean I know why," they said.

I shrugged. "People skated when we were alive, why can't I do it here? Nothing's stopping us."

The demon, frowned as best as they could with their geometric face of glass panels. I'm sure they'd be able to contort their lips well enough over time, but they weren't used to it yet. "You don't feel the pain? We're sinners, the true demons," they waved their hand at the orb of blacklight constantly turning inside-out, "designed our experience to be made of pain. I can barely walk around without crying and collapsing into shards to be remade. Why the hell are you skateboarding?"

I did my best to smile. "You get used to the pain over time. One of the plus sides here compared to life, is that you only have to worry about pain, not injury. Back home, pain was a warning to stop before you accidentally cripple or kill yourself. Here, where any damage smashes you into pieces and reforms you whole, it's even easier to ignore it. The pain is no longer a warning, it's just a bullshit punishment."

The stranger (I really shouldn't refer to them as "the demon." All of us down here were demons one way or another) shook their head. "No, I know that demons get used to pain over time. I've seen some of them transformed and walking without a care in the world. But they, they don't look human anymore. How can you be so used to the pain that you fare as well as those who've lost their humanity in death?"

"You think demons have a monopoly in pain? We don't, and pretending otherwise is what makes the whole thing worse. I don't know how those demons handled it but I'm just going to do what I want to that I never got a chance at life."

What I didn't say was my hunch about the true demons. When one of us transformed into less humanoid forms, I've noticed that the true demons, the ones that never had humanity, stopped paying attention to them. Sure, it's hard to tell with their lack of eyes or face, but in spaces where the transformed demons congregated (to fight or torture each other or whatever) there were fewer of them. And this might just be my ego talking, but as I'm moving through the underworld with purpose, with determination and humanity, I feel like their unholy light focuses on me a bit more than others. I don't know if I'm a threat or passing a test, but if I want to get out of here . . . "So that's all you want to do? Just skate around and torture yourself for eternity?" "We're being tortured for eternity regardless, might as well get something out of it," I said. The stranger stopped for a second, their stained glass in the approximation of eyes looked away in thought.

"Hey," I said to distract them from their mental rabbit hole, "Want to see if I can pull off a Christ Air?"

[cat-mermaid]

looks TIGHT

[jonasiegenthaler]

"this kid's locked in" - ryan parent, probably

meanwhile:

[valtsv]

This is your formal invite to info dump about your figure skating horror murder mystery (I want to know more lol)

okay it's still a very vague outline but the premise is that a disgraced ex-figure skater whose suffered a career-ending injury as a result of sabotage by her fellow skaters becomes a suspect for murder several years later when skaters - several of whom are connected to her past - start turning up dead, apparently at the hands of a serial killer. while her career was already terminated, the catalyst for her fall from grace was when she assaulted one of her former teammates, who was involved in the sabotage, making her a prime suspect, since she has both apparent motive and a history of violence. the few people left around her who she hasn't alienated since then are unhelpful - one of her parents (haven't decided which yet) is far more interested in capitalising on the media attention than defending their daughter, and the other is absent, any siblings she might have she's estranged from, and she has no friends - so she ends up reluctantly teaming up with a trashy small-time tabloid journalist of the worst sort of kind; a person who's in it for the potential of finally landing that big scoop, but who is perhaps the only one who doesn't seem to care whether she's guilty or innocent. while initially incredible hostile, their working relationship begins to grow into something almost like caring for one another as they uncover more information about the case and learn more about each other, and the turning points in their lives where they lost their way. however, the killer begins targeting them too, trying to convince them that the other is out to get them and that it would be in their best interests to break that tentative trust. it's not the most original premise, but perhaps i'll draw some of the characters at some point. selina and jules (the dreadful duo) have a fun dynamic.

[didyougaming]

[inthedarktrees]

A Girl’s Own Story (1984) | dir. Jane Campion

[alocon]

A Warm Embrace - Logan Sargeant

Logan Sargeant x Fem!Reader

written by alocon

Summary: Ice skating double date under the stars with your boyfriend. Pure fluff to celebrate the Williams Car Launch x

Warnings and Tropes: Pretty short, quickly written, pure fluff, ice skating and stuff. No use of Y/N.

[Masterlist]

A Warm Embrace - LS2 x Fem!Reader

"Do you trust me?" You asked as your boyfriend's grip tightened on your arms.

"Of course. I just don't trust myself."

You repositioned his hands so they were on your shoulders, your hands holding onto his waist as you slowly began to move you both further away from the barrier at the outside of the ice skating rink. Logan's grip on you was definitely going to leave some soreness over the next couple of days, but you didn't mind. You couldn't think of anyone better to be ice skating with currently. You felt his gaze focus on you, as you had recommended to stop him worrying, knowing how he calmed when he was in your presence.

Looking around the rink, you caught the eyes of Lily, who was very happy with Alex's progress on the ice. He was doing well, having only fell over a handful of times and was currently looking really stable. And as you thought that, he went again. Spoke too soon, you thought.

Your eyes met the soft ones of the person you had so desperately fallen for as you slowly pulled him around the track. He smiled, looking at the way your face got slightly redder the longer he looked at you. It was like, in that moment, he had forgotten all about the ice that you were on. He trusted you. He felt safe. All that mattered in that moment was your touch, your hair, your eyes. All that mattered was you.

"I am so in love with you." His voice was quiet as he spoke.

"I love you too, Logan." You meant it. Of course you did, how couldn't you? He was a sweetheart. He would go straight to you whenever he finished a race. He would wake you up when he stayed over yours by placing soft kisses all over your face. He would risk being a little late to spend those extra few minutes cuddling in bed with you. He would tie your shoes, not because you didn't know how, but because it saved you doing it before you headed out for a long day at work. He would slice your apples for you, peel your oranges if you asked him to.

You would do things for him too. When he got sick the month earlier, you called his mother and video called her whilst she step-by-step taught you how to make his favourite childhood soup, just so he could feel at home. You would play with his hair when he couldn't sleep to calm him. You would wake up at 4am some days to make sure he had breakfast before training even if that meant being exhausted by the end of your shift once you finished, which could be as late as 10pm.

Logan was getting better at this, the pair of you gradually speeding up as you went around the rink. His focus was on you. You began to slightly loosen your grip, seeing if he was able to stand on his own on the ice now. He was. You took his hand, pulling him slowly with you, ready to reach out and grab him if he almost fell over. But he didn't. The two of you talked and laughed as he got more confident on the ice, only ending up slipping up once by the end of it.

After getting off the ice, the four of you sat at a nearby restaurant, outside, to have food. It was delicious. You twisted the pasta up on your fork before passing it to Logan as he had asked to taste it. He then did the same for you.

"Today has been so fun," Alex said, smiling as he ate. "We definitely need to do this again."

You agreed. It was perfect.

You felt arms snake around your waist as you brushed your teeth, ready for bed. Your boyfriend kissed your forehead, gently swaying the pair of you as he left kisses all over you. Your forehead, your shoulder, your cheek, your neck, everywhere. He whispered sweet things into your ear about how you're his favourite person. You're his everything. He wants to spend his life with you.

All day he had seemed nervous, you didn't know why but you figured it was because of your venture onto the ice. "Can I ask you something?"

You nodded, "Of course, anything."

"Do you want to move in with me?" You span in his embrace, looking into his eyes for any sign of that being a joke. It wasn't. He continued to speak. "I was just thinking, you spend a hell of a lot of time here anyways and we've been together for a year now and waking up in bed with you is one of my favourite things. Obviously if you don't want to, you don't have to. I was just-" he went silent the second your lips met his.

You pulled away, feeling a shiver run down your spine from the low temperature in his bathroom. "Of course I will, I would love to."

His hands traced your spine through your shirt as his hands travelled to your waist, placing a kiss to your lips before wrapping you into a warm embrace. His warm embrace.

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youruser: Double dates are my fave x

tagged: logansargeant, lilymhe, alex_albon

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logansargeant: I love you ❤

youruser: I love you too ❤

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alex_albon: We need to do it again soon, also stop trying to steal Lily from me!!

lilymhe: She didn't need to try, she already had me 🤭

logansargeant: ????

alex_albon: ????

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lilymhe: adore you x

youruser: miss you already, beautiful x

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user: the girls flirting in the comments is giving me life

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williamsracing: Our favourite grid couples!!

youruser: Love you guys, next year is our year

williamsracing: You've taught her well logansargeant

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user2: cuties

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arthur_leclerc: Gross x

youruser: alr just because you don't have a girlfriend doesn't mean you get to run your mouth x

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oscarpiastri: Double date with us next???

youruser: Absolutely!

-The End-

[Word Count - 800-900 not including the comments on the post]

Hi All, I know, it was very short. I will make a longer Logan story at some point, however, I am half asleep and it's 10pm and I wanted to write something quickly before bed. I wrote this in about 15-20 minutes so enjoy. The Williams looks beautiful this year!! And the suitsssss 😍 Not edited btw sorry for spelling errors Have a lovely day. Another Lando story soon, maybe? Either him, Max or Charles I'm thinking x Alocon

[whaliiwatching]

in a queer way, right??

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sunny brown belongs of course to @brown-spider <3

[alwayshappyhoursomewhere]

Grand Prix Final 2023 | Shoma Uno and coach Stéphane Lambiel at the end of Shoma's short program performance

From Shoma's post SP interview [x]: --You also did a fist pump, which is rare. Uno: Stephane gave me a fist pump, so I responded. Stephane was also very depressed after the NHK Trophy. I think he was sad because he saw my daily practice and I performed in the best way possible, but it ended up looking as if it wasn't that way. However, I was really happy that Stephane felt like that, and I am approaching this competition with the hope that I can respond to him with the same kind of performance again from now on. [...] -- Regarding the fist pump, you said it was because coach Lambiel did it, but wasn't it because of your own joy? Uno: It was more like a "whew" feeling than a fist pump. Like, "Well, you did a good job." But I thought it would be nicer for viewers to see a fistpump as an expression of joy. Maybe it will make it easier to write a headline (smiles). I didn't mean to do that, but when it comes to the results, skaters should just be happy. There's no benefit in being too hard on yourself. It would make viewers happier if I smiled even if my performance was bad, or if I was honestly happy if my performance was good, but I don't do that (smiles). [I did it] because I was thinking about how Stephane would feel.

[godsfavoritelitlesilly]

Teacher au anyone???