#crooked-mantis

[thankskenpenders]

When you decide to get back to covering the comics after any break, do you make an effort to recap the events of the series to the current point? And if so, by what means? Do you ever review the 'sparknotes' via your own blog or do you always flip through the comics themselves? Is it the kind of thing where you only actively look back after you come across those little editors notes that point back to prior issues?

Anytime I come back from a long hiatus, like the one I'm on now, I tend to reread the whole archive of the blog as a refresher, yeah. Archie Sonic is way too continuity-driven, especially in the Flynn era, for me to go in with hazy memories of what was going on. I can't comment on how ongoing arcs are handled if I only vaguely remember what had been set up before my hiatus

As I've gotten further into the series, though, this has become more of an undertaking, which is the main reason why this hiatus that started because I needed to finish SLARPG is still ongoing a year and a half after the game released. At this point I think I'd also like to reread all of the old Archie comics on top of rereading my archive. I wouldn't go back and cover every single issue again, but like, I wrote much of this blog in my early 20s, and now I'm 30. I engage with things differently now. I have different opinions on some things. There's a difference between going back and rereading the actual comics for myself, vs. just rereading what I said about them on here when I was 20. (I especially feel the need to do this for due diligence before I really get to work on that Penders video essay, which I swear is still happening.)

[ha-youwish]

🎶 for the ask game

ask game

🎶 if your hyperfixation has songs/an ost, what is your favorite song from it?

im literally caught between so many hyperfixations that i have to choose uhhhhg ffxv. easy choice listen to wanderlust RIGHT MEOW

[anonymouspuzzler]

I finished both Myst and Riven recently and I think I like a good 'multi-switch-flipper' puzzle, especially if it means guiding a substance through a pipe or pathway in set stages. Do you have a favorite brand of mechanical brain teaser?

i been wanting to try myst one a dese days! i didn't start pc gaming outside like, putt-putt type stuff til was well an adult, so I missed lotta that era of puzzlers. as for favorite brand of puzzles i don't think I usually lean especially to one type, it's more about the chosen kind being executed well, yknow? i have some trouble with long form cause n effect type puzzles tho, like big slide puzzles or puyo puyo pop