#bc afaik it’s mostly finger picked

[zodiacsea]

okay but how different is playing a lyre from like a guitar or ukulele. they’re all zithers. i can probably play the lyre if i had one

[panterasnarl]

5 video games your muse would enjoy

( he's definitely tried a few! he'd like any where you can pick up a weapon and swing it, but also those with abilities to master. a lot of them. he gets bored easily, and needs a lot to keep him entertained for longer.

warframe is one i can think of that he'd like! but it requires an internet connection, and he doesnt actually have that aside from on his heavily modified smartphone, which. cannot play warframe. but, with dozens of frames, each with their own abilities and some even with their own weapons, he'd probably have a lot of fun trying to become the best at any of them. all of them, even. (my personal favorite rn is dagath, but i think he'd like her a lot less bc she is kinda overpowered the way i use her? which is mostly for the survival/waves missions. wyrd scythes are not to be taken lightly! though he would appreciate her hole for a face).

i think he might like the fallout series, too, even though it lacks powers. open exploration, plenty of cool melee weapons to pick up and hack and slash with, and he can customize his character to have whatever perks he wants. he would always choose violence.

he likes horror, but only if he's watching, or is able to fight back. games like outlast, where you have to avoid getting caught and run and hide, aren't fun for him to play. he thinks it's cowardly, and doesn't like having to plan an escape route. dead space is a good option, because it does offer some abilities, and, while it's mostly a gun-centric game, you can stomp. you can stomp on the aliens and stomp on loot boxes.. satisfying (:

also, on the note of open world games - the outer worlds! also some fun melee options, and he gets to say "fuck you" to capitalism specifically. he prefers five-finger discounts to buying anything, anyway

the overlord series, could be hit or miss. on one hand, he'd like being able to have abilities and be an evil overlord, but on the other hand.. the overlord itself isn't exactly that great in fights, and you're supposed to strategically utilize your minions instead? and he might find that frustrating. the prototype games, however, would be great. destruction, various abilities, carnage.. hell, you can steal tanks, too.

bonus idea: whiplash. this was a game from my childhood on the original xbox that was never even made playable on the 360, let alone the one or the x/s. not entirely surprising, really, but it was fun, and also full of destruction. and you were a weasel that used an intelligent and indestructible rabbit as a weapon. it was ugly as hell and only playable on an original xbox or a ps2 (afaik, though my searches are only proving me right). god i loved it.

anyway. )