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[psychicreadsgirl]

Pick a Novel: Keywords/prominent themes in your life

Pick the novel that draws your attention the most. If you can't decide between two, then look at the 2 readings. This is a general reading, so not everything will apply. Please take what resonates and leave what doesn't behind!

#1

Keywords: love, lust, passion, fun, temperament, cafe, sweet, bicycle, pen, books, music, loyalty, winter, sofa, furniture, thoughts, light, intuition, soulmate, art, obsidian, cake, carbonated water, skincare, socks, cooking

Celebrities/Public Figures: Audrey Hepburn, Min Yoongi, IU, Claude Monet, Angela Merkel, Andrew Carnegie, John Johnson, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Howard Schultz, Sam Walton, Amancio Ortega, Queen Elizabeth I, Jane Austen, Jennie Kim

Countries: Italy, Canada, South Africa, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Greece, Madagascar, Qatar, Sweden, Zambia, Taiwan, Solomon Islands

Numbers: 11, 1, 5, 9, 80, 888, 6

Brands: Hermes, Tiffany, Apple, Instagram, Taobao, Lamborghini, Deloitte, Microsoft, Chopard, Givenchy, Patek Phillipe, Chloe, Alaia, Kraft,

Kpop songs: Young Forever by BTS, Shine by PENTAGON, Me Gustas Tu by GFRIEND, Run to You by DJ DOC, Love Lee by AKMU, Deja vu by TXT, Back Down by P1Harmony, Love shot by EXO

#2

Keywords: economy, job loss, new opportunities, play, drama, anger, frustration, lost, compass, computers, battery, feet, head, brain, summer, pearl, avocado, junk food, fried chicken, challenge, frugal

Celebrities/Public Figures: Grace Kelly, Billie Eilish, Keanu Reeves, Rosé, Jung Hoseok, Salma Hayek, Pablo Picasso, Princess Diana, Thomas Edison, Sergey Brin, Mary I, William Shakespeare, Lee Nayeon

Countries: New Zealand, USA, Maldives, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Lithuania, Nepal, Portugal, Poland, Lebanon, Mali, Netherlands

Numbers: 4, 99, 101, 33, 13, 14, 0

Brands: Masion Margiela, Amazon, facebook, Shein, PWC, Missoni, Moschino Couture, Toyota, citi bank, Chaumet, Polene, Pizza Hut,

Kpop songs: Love Dive by IVE, Shangri-la by VIXX, Sweety by Clazziquai, I NEED U by BTS, The Chaser by Infinite, Magnetic by ILLIT, My House by 2PM, ICY by ITZY

#3

Keywords: tales, gossip, lies, funny, movies, theatre, cell phone, cool, kpop, magenta, ancient, history, claws, cats, tiger, fall, jealousy, games, aquamarine, lemons, makeup, pencil, groceries

Celebrities/Public Figures: Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Morgan Freeman, Kim Seokjin, Jang Wonyoung, Matt Damon, Napoleon Bonaparte, Shinzo Abe, Steve Jobs, Voltaire, Kim Jisoo,

Countries: Ethiopia, France, Russia, Ireland, Argentina, Afghanistan, Libya, Rwanda, Nigeria, Pakistan, Morocco, Malta, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Iraq,

Numbers: 2, 7, 69, 25, 55, 79, 1182

Brands: Saint Laurent, miumiu, Starbucks, Mercedez-Benz, Nestle, Oracle, Tod's, Bulgari, Rolex, KFC, SUBWAY, Carrefour, Kellog's

Kpop songs: Supernova by aespa, Maestro by seventeen, Not by the moon by GOT7, Alone by Sistar, Hip by MAMAMOO, Good Day by IU, Bite Me by ENHYPEN, Work by ATEEZ, The Feels by TWICE

#4

Keywords: foreign, spicy, peppery, rice, no, objection, resistance, control, storms, thunderstorms, shower, tension, crush, pop, paper, mango, legs, fragrance, emerald, clothing rack, tomatoes, defeat,

Celebrities/Public Figures: Judy Garland, Margot Robbie, G-Dragon, Jeon Jungkook, Pharrell Williams, Emmanuel Macron, Bill Clinton, King Charles, Warren Buffet, Cleopatra, Kim Mingyu

Countries: South Korea, Philippines, Scotland, Spain, Albania, Guatemala, Malaysia, Iran, Romania, Honduras, Georgia, Croatia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Gambia, Guinea

Numbers: 31, 75, 412, 43, 486, 640

Brands: Chanel, Prada, Bentley, Gucci, Samsung, Disney, BMW, Hyundai, cisco, Van Cleefs & Arpels, Dior, Loro Piana, Shake Shack

Kpop songs: Gee by SNSD, If you by BIGBANG, Antifragile by LE SSERAFIM, Up and Down by EXID, OMG by NewJeans, Lion by (G)I-DLE, Hello by TREASURE,

#5

Keywords: death, mystery, mirror, reflection, shadow, black, grey, white, funeral, video, sprint, pool, gym, streets, metro, subway, chocolate, broken, knees, moon, ruby, surgery, teeth, race

Celebrities/Public Figures: Marilyn Monroe, Barack Obama, Kate Winslet, Kim Taehyung, Aamir Khan, Marie Antoinette, Elon Musk, Robert F Kennedy, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, Edward VIII, Charles Dickens, Abraham Lincoln, Park Bogum,

Countries: North Korea, China, Vietnam, Brazil, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Germany, India, Israel, Laos, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Congo, Cuba, Egypt, Mongolia

Numbers: 3, 97, 17, 19, 52, 98

Brands: Ralph Lauren, Celine, Ferrari, Huawei, Uber, intel, UPS, Calvin Klein, Piaget, Guerlain, Berluti, Pepsi, Cadbury

Kpop songs: Shut down by Blackpink, Seven by Jeon Jungkook, God's Menu by Stray Kids, Love Love Love by Epik High, Very Nice by SEVENTEEN, Birthday by Jeon Somi, Psycho by Red Velvet,

#6

Keywords: travel, toxic, break away, departure, memory, dreams, truth, unveil, diary, journal, coffee, jacket, shoes, hands, social media, news, competition, autumn, diamonds, electricity, TV, cheat, fashion

Celebrities/Public Figures: Jane Birkin, Kim Jiwon, Gigi Hadid, Charlize Theron, Park Jimin, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Maximilien Robespierre, Bill Gates, Queen Elizabeth II, Vladimir Putin, Henry Ford, James Joyce, Lalisa Manobal

Countries: Japan, Australia, Mexico, Iceland, Finland, Eritrea, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Bolivia, Botswana, Bahamas,

Numbers: 8, 646, 152, 37, 49, 22

Brands: Louis Vuitton, Lexus, Tesla, Fendi, Walmart, Nike, Siemens, Google, Cartier, Burberry, Ferragamo, Burger King, Unilever

Kpop songs: ROCKSTAR by LISA, Cherry bomb by NCT 127, Move by Taemin, Dramarama by MONSTA X, Love Scenario by iKON, Get a Guitar by RIIZE, Replay by SHINee, Candy Sugar Pop by ASTRO, Mr. Simple by Super Junior

[arconinternet]

Jenny of the Prairie (Apple II/DOS, Rhiannon Software, 1984/1985)

One of the first video or computer games made for girls. You can play it in your browser here.

[randomlonelymusician]

Lacey's Petshop - Attempted Transcriptions

Most of this was guesswork and running things through so many image manipulators, but here's my first attempt.

Content warnings for disturbing imagery, mentions of abuse. Also spoilers for Lacey's Petshop.

Text from the "loading" screen scene:

[nightmares come and nightmares go... I... then again and again...pull my hair and my nails... then pretend it was never real... what happens through the night never did.]

(Image update since my friend was able to get this one way better than me.)

I can't figure out the faded text at all. But most of the slightly legible paragraph was just squinting and checking, so please correct me or give your guesses.

White text from the mirror scene:

[...and it sucks and it smells oh i bet...now someone melted here... remains enter my pores blood red...and rests of an eye i suck it all up...my legs smell and turn yellow...]

(Images updates since a friend caught a few words.)

Red text from the mirror scene:

Left: [Hello child. Do you like playing on your computer?... the real girl games... the real girl games...]

Right: [I made lots of games for you. But with none of those...]

This is spoken, but it's quite hard to make out. I can not tell what she is fully saying at 11:40 and 11:43-11:53. If anyone knows, please say.

Text from when Lacey goes upstairs:

[Uncle, have you seen Puddles anywhere? I can't find her... I checked everywhere... Everywhere...stop...laugh...]

Well, this reinforces what everyone thinks happened to her dog. And the dog's name is Puddles.

Text from the interview in the beginning that is hard to read and I found interesting:

[Submitted by Jenny, age 9. Honestly you should just give up. This is utter fucking trash. Did you really have the courage to send this over? You thought Lacey would like it? Well she doesn't. In fact, she hates it. It's only displayed here so other kids can laugh at your terrible work. Never draw again.]

Is this from Rocio? A response to a kid's fanart?

And bonus:

The most legible version of this I can find.

[I've always known what you are. From the moment you first touched me to when I found myself stepping over remains of your skin glued to the floor. You have no regards. I had none either. You squealed like a pig. Just like a pic. This had been my childhood dream. The one you took from me. I collected all those bruises for years. My spine hurt as if a needle went through each seg(?) once I got use to it I didn't think about it anymore. But you make me think about it forever when you make that mistake. You made a mistake. You took my angel away. You took my angel away. You took my angel waya tyou took my agengel waway you took my anegl away you took my angelegaway you yto...]

[futbol16]

Back From Lyon  • Alexia Putellas

Word count: 2,1k

Leaving Barcelona wasn’t a decision you thought you’d ever have to make, but you had to. It wasn’t that the team or the manager didn’t want you there, no, they asked you to stay and although you would have loved nothing more, it simply wasn’t something you could do.

 You found yourself in Lyon  for the 2019-20 season winning the UEFA women’s champions league scoring two of the four goals against Barcelona. It was bittersweet having to beat your former team, a team you called home.

 All you wanted to do was wrap all of the Barca girls in a big hug and apologize to them but you knew you couldn’t, instead you watched with tears in your eyes as Alexia cried on the grass.

You were called over for a quick interview, still on the field and you stood in front of the camera with a small smile.

“La Víbora and La Reina are rejoining their forces, what do you think about that?” the reporter asked you after your last match with the club. You laughed at the use of your nicknames, a piece of your hair flying in your line of sight due to the wind.

“I'd like to think it’s a good thing, you know Alexia and I grew up together, this had been our first time in different clubs, apart from her one season at Levante. Yeah, yeah it will be nice to get back home to Barca.” you nodded at your own words before confetti is thrown at you by one of your teammates who drags you away from the interview.

Your return to your hometown was well awaited by the fans and your teammates as you had promised your manager to only have one season away from the club. He was reluctant to agree but upon hearing your explanation for the sudden want to leave, he understood that it was more than football. 

You were just as excited to get back, though there was a nervousness sitting at the bottom of your heart, wondering if the distance helped resolve the conflict you once had.

The Barca team sat in the meeting room as their coach and manager introduced the new signings. It was secretly made into a game by the women, competing to see who could guess the player first, based on the introductory video they’d play. 

Three of the new players were brought up from the B team and as the last video ends, Mapi exclaims worriedly.

“Where’s Y/N?” she looks towards the manager who opens his mouth but is cut off by multiple of the women.

“Yeah, she promised she’d be back!”

“She’s not staying in Lyon, right?”

Coming to the conclusion that the only way he could silence them was to show the video, he types away at his computer before the cheering of the crowd fills the room as the video starts.

“RAS RAS RAS” the crowd chants as you make your way out onto the field.

“She's quick. She's smart. The take-off power she has, her speed with the ball.”

“We all know her strengths, she’s undoubtedly one of the best in the world.”

Your Barcelona and Lyon coach both speak into the camera, clips from interviews.

The Barca girls watch your skills shown on the video with knowing looks, smiles and the three new signings with looks of amusement and adoration for you.

“She became a role model, children all over the world love her. Y/N gets purple boots, then the whole world gets purple boots.” Ada Hegerberg, your now former teammate, comments with a laugh.

“She plays with flair, she plays with passion. Everything she does is for football.” Your best friend, Alexia says.

Alexia looks down to her lap, playing with her fingers and she feels eyes on her, no doubt Jenni or Lieke’s.

You soon enter the room with a blinding grin and quickly catch the two women that throw themselves at you. You hug Leila and Mapi once you’ve managed to set them down. 

Your teammates are quick to greet you, all trying to catch up with you and voicing how happy they were about your return.

“Please welcome back Y/N Ras!”

On your first match back with Barcelona you show the fans again just how good you are and it’s obvious that you still have the strong chemistry with your teammates that you had before Lyon. It’s like you never actually left. 

The game ends with a wonderful win to Barca, something that doesn’t surprise anyone too much. 

Sitting in the locker room you pull Mapi and Leila into you, laughing away at one of the comments the girls made. You don’t see Alexia looking over at you, or maybe you just choose to ignore it, but it doesn’t go unnoticed by Jenni who nudges the brunette next to her.

“What’s up with you? Normally the two of you would practically be sitting in each other's lap after such a win.” Jenni raises an eyebrow at the silence that follows her words, Alexia not daring to open her mouth. 

Jenni sighs at her. “Have you talked to her yet?”

Once again Alexia stays silent, though she shakes her head. Jenni pulls her into her side.

“Well promise me to speak to her during the next week.”

It’s now your turn to turn to them, eyeing their closeness with a frown, you knew they were close, they always had been but you’ve never seen Jenni look at the girl like that before. 

Throughout the next week every hangout soon turns into team bonding, the girls wanting to spend as much time with you as they could. Your routines and habits with Leila and Mapi continue to be, the two of them haven’t left your side since your return.

Jana, one of the girls from the B team approaches you, grinning and saying something about a wall with your face. You look at her confused and she directs you to one of the hallways of the training facility.

It seems that while you were away the club had turned it into some sort of hall of fame. Large pictures of former and present Barcelona players are painted onto the wall ranging from Lionel Messi to Melanie Serrano and your eyes widen as you stumble upon your own picture. 

Walking closer you read the Individual achievements listed under your jersey number.

Ballon d'Or Féminin: 2019

The Best FIFA Women's Player: 2018, 2019

UEFA Women's Player of the Year: 2017-18, 2019-20

UEFA Women's Champions League Midfielder of the Season: 2019-2020

World Soccer Women's World Player of the Year: 2017, 2018

Catalan Player of the Year: 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019

Spain women's national team Player of the Year: 2019

Fútbol Draft Best XI: 2010, 2011,  2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018

These were only a few of the listed titles and you look up abruptly at the sound of cleats hitting the floor. You spot Alexia walking towards where you stand, she as well looking at your picture.

“Pretty nice, no?” she asks, but you don’t look at her, eyes still skimming over the list.

“I don't remember getting so many..”

“Well I guess it was hard to keep count of.” you look at her with distaste and with a click of your tongue you shake your head at her, turning and walking away.

“Wait, Y/N!..”

You weren’t going to have this conversation again. It was why you had asked for a loan in the first place and you thought the distance between the two of you would help, but clearly it hadn’t.

Alexia doesn’t manage to find you and she gets to the pitch out of breath, Jenni looking at her weirdly, She doesn’t pay Hermoso any mind though, her eyes locked on your form now leaning against Leila. 

The next time Alexia finds you alone is after your extra practice with her, something that had been a normal occurrence for the two of you since before Barcelona. 

Although your chemistry was undeniable and the two of you played better together than ever before, it seemed as though you had made it your mission to avoid the brunette whenever you could. 

She thinks you’ve already left when she takes a quick scan of the field but instead finds you sitting on a ball, already showered and wrapped in a hoodie, staring into space. 

She softly lets her training bag slide down her shoulder and fall to the ground with a soft thump and she gets her own ball, silently sitting next to you. She hopes you won’t leave as she scans the side of your face, but you continue to stare straight ahead.

“I’m glad you’re back.” she states honestly, but you only hum at her words.

“I missed you, you know.” you turn towards her at that, trying to figure out if she’s telling the truth. She gives you a small nod and you let out your own “I missed you too.”

You expect the next question even though you wished she wouldn’t bring it up in a calm moment like this when the two of you finally talking to each other.

“Why’d you leave?” you don’t answer her. “I mean come on Y/N, you were great here, the team was complete, there was no reason for you to leave!...Did I do something?”

The look of disbelief that crosses your face makes her almost fall off the ball she’s sitting on and you stand, fists balled in anger. She’s quick to follow you, ready to reach out if you were to leave her there again.

“You accused me Alexia! How can you forget that?!” she recoils at the hurt expression slowly taking over your features. 

She wants to reach out, to smooth out the furrow of your eyebrows but she knows this isn’t the correct time for that. 

So she listens to you instead.

“You accused me of one upping you in everything, in wanting to take away your glory or whatever. My last year at Barca was spent listening to your complaints about me getting each award before you, you didn’t understand why I was the only one getting the recognition when we came from the same clubs. You made me feel like I didn’t belong here, that I didn’t deserve it.” you take a deep breath, angry tears sliding down your cheeks.

“You called me selfish Alexia! That’s what happened.” you attempt to pathetically wipe away the tears, failing as more just keep appearing. 

She’s crying now as well and for a moment you feel guilty, but she deserved this. You both knew it. 

Your best friend has turned against you, forcing you out of her life for those few months. You didn’t only lose Alexia, you lost your family too. Alexia’s little sister, Alba, was also very close to you and their mother had practically raised you. 

Alexia pulls you into a hug, one you don’t fight as your emotions come crashing down and you grasp her jersey tightly as you hold onto her for dear life.

 She lets you cry, herself quietly crying into your hair. The two of you stay like that for a while, unknowingly calming each other and when you pull away from her, the defeated expression on your face makes her heart break even more. 

“I'm so sorry, God I’m so sorry Y/N I wish I had never said those things, I’m so sorry -” she’s ranting but all you can focus on is the way the lights of the pitch make her eyes shine even more and suddenly you’re back to your younger self who’s crush on her best friend was obvious to everyone, except to said friend.

Her words die in her throat as you reach out to tuck a piece of hair behind her ear before your hand moves to cup her face and she leans into your touch. 

“Just promise me to never do it again.” you whisper, you had forgiven her the moment you left but she didn’t know that. 

Alexia slowly moves closer to you, your bodies flush.

“Never ever again.” she nods truthfully and you pull her closer, her own hands holding you impossibly close by your waist. You contemplate for a second, wondering if this is the right thing to do but as you gaze into her eyes, all your doubts vanish.

Both of you melt into the kiss and Alexia savors the moment, it had been something she wanted to do since the two of you were 16 and making your international debut together.

“I love you.” you mutter on her lips.

“I love you endlessly.” she confesses before pulling you into another kiss and the two of you stand in each other's hold under the few lights lighting up the pitch.

You were definitely more than happy to be back from Lyon.

[electriopenguin-21]

Concept for a nicktoons unite promotional reboot game

What I mean by promotional reboot is that the game is still a sequel to the previous nicktoons unite games but it is a reboot in the way that it reintroduces players to the series.

Plot:

An evil wendigo like being known as Nyx threatens the worlds of our heros by creating minions of fire, ice and electricity, including making copies of some of the various villains from across those universes. Jimmy Neutron, in order to stop this threat calls upon the help of heros from other worlds, both old and new.

Gameplay:

For the gameplay, the game will play like volcano island, attack of the toybots and globs of doom, being a 3D platformer with combat elements, however, I will be taking a couple things from nicktoons unite. The 2 things I would take from nicktoons unite will be 1, give each playable character different play styles and 2, allow you to upgrade the character abilities as you progress throughout the game. The game will also allow you to take whoever your want in each level like in attack of the toybots instead of forcing you with a set of characters like volcano Island and globs of doom. I would also include unlockable secret levels to test each characters abilities.

Playable characters:

SpongeBob ( SpongeBob attack using bubbles and KA-RA-TE. He can also absorb water and use it to solve puzzles)

Danny Phantom ( Danny will use multiple ghost powers, including possessing enemies to temporarily take control of them, shoot ectoplasmic blasts, and phase through certain walls.)

Timmy Turner ( Timmy, with the help of Cosmo and Wanda will be able to hit enemies with powerful magic blasts or use Cosmo as a slow but powerful hammer. Timmy can even power himself up, becoming cleft, the boy chin wonder.)

Jimmy Neutron ( Jimmy has a variety of gadgets that can help him in many situations, such as a shrink ray to shrink objects in his way or shrink himself down in order to find hidden goodies, a jetpack to fly to hard to reach areas, or even summon out Goddard to sniff out hidden collectables.)

Aang ( The Avatar will use the powers of the elements to help him in combat, whether it be fire to do damage over time, Earth for powerful hits, water for comboing, or air to get enemies off of him.)

Jenny Wakeman ( This teenage robot is able to use her immense strength to fight off enemies with cannons, fists, and drills. She is also able to extend here limbs out to reach places other characters can't.)

Miko Kubota ( Miko can trap enemies in cat bubbles, use a hammer for attacks and even summon her glitch pet Ally to deal with foes for her.)

Lincoln Loud ( Lincoln is able to throw cards as projectiles, and use other toys to fight with such as a yoyo and spin tops to keep enemies at bay)

Zim ( Zim would use gadgets such as the plunger of doom and gnomes to overwhelm the enemies and can even steal their attacks by replacing there body parts with stuff.)

Tak ( Tak uses various Juju powers such as turning enemies into harmless sheep or give himself temporary buffs)

Levels:

Level 1: Bikini Bottom

Level 2: Dimmsdale

Level 3: Pupanunu

Level 4: Temorton

Level 5: Royal Woods

Level 6: Retroville

Level 7: Bailey

Level 8: Zim's Town

Level 9: Amity Park

Level 10: Fire Nation

Level 11: The Void

Bosses:

Giant Frosty Jellyfish

Flamming Vicky

Electric Traloc

Tri elemental Cluster

Burning Morag

Elemental Computer Virus

Sparking Chomp Kitty

All Mighty Coldest

Ember and Technus fusion copy

Frigid Hama

Nyx ( Final Boss)

So that is my idea from a promotional reboot for the Nicktoons Unit series, what do you guys think? What do you think I can do to improve this concept?

[andiatas]

Prince Carl Philip & Princess Sofia launch game in Minecraft

After two years of hard work, the Prince Couple launches their own world in the computer game Minecraft. The game aims to encourage children to read and write, mainly children with dyslexia, but everyone can benefit from it.

- This gives me goosebumps, I think it's so cool, says Prince Carl Philip.

Photo: Ida Åkesson/SPA

With several big bangs and lots of confetti in the air, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia launched a whole new world in Minecraft Education at the gaming company Mojang's headquarters. Dexi Ville is a game that will increase children's and young people's curiosity about words, letters and reading.

- I had somehow hoped this game had existed when I was your age. I needed something that had awakened my desire to read and my curiosity about words, says Prince Carl Philip from the stage and turns to a school class in the audience.

- Because it is not easy, and I think you know that too, to feel the desire to read when the letters jump around or that it takes a very long time to find the willingness and peace to start reading, says the prince.

Faced many prejudices about dyslexia

The prince says that he has encountered and had to deal with many of the misconceptions and prejudices that people have about dyslexia and what it means for individuals who have dyslexia.

The idea for the game was raised during a meeting at the Royal Palace. Dexi Ville is a development of the prince couple's foundation's method game, "The Big Adventure," which they worked on extensively a few years ago.

- We put so much energy and effort into that game, and it turned out to be a great initiative, but nobody found it. So it was obvious that we had to find someone we could ally with, someone who already has the children and the target group, says Kim Waller, secretary general at the Prince Couple's Foundation.

Photo: Ida Åkesson/SPA

Got to play with the kids

The latest PISA report shows that Swedish children's reading skills are declining sharply. Kim Waller emphasizes the importance of supplementing traditional teaching with more methods.

A while later, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia get to test Dexi Ville together with some children. A block is broken, and Prince Carl Philip quickly builds a new wall. He sits concentrated in front of a computer screen and plays Minecraft.

- This is super fun, and you're super good at this, he says to a young guy who plays with him.

This is Dexi Ville

Name: Dexi Ville – the Wordcraft Adventure Target group: all children between the ages of 8 and 10. The game is currently available in Swedish and English. Developer: Prinsparets Stiftelse, together with Minecraft Education and Shapescape. Microsoft and Nordea are enabling partners. The purpose of the game: to promote increased reading habit, expanded vocabulary and reading fluency, increased curiosity and reading comprehension. Where to find the game: It is available to all Minecraft Education license holders.

Translation and editing for clarity done by me of an article by Jenny Alexandersson, Royal Reporter at Aftonbladet. The article was published on May 30, 2024.

[ndconceptarchive]

Wired Interview -

Secret of Shadow Ranch Mobile Mysteries with Megan Gaiser

This interview was done in promotion for the Secret of Shadow Ranch Mobile Mysteries and published on March 10, 2011, by Jenny Williams for Wired magazine.

It contains some of the highest-quality images I've been able to find for this game.

I recently had an opportunity to interview Megan Gaiser, President and CEO of Her Interactive, the company that makes Nancy Drew computer games and other related titles. Megan is a force in the gaming world, helping the company receive 20 consecutive Parents' Choice Awards, and being a very influential woman in the game industry. Millions of copies of Nancy Drew games have been sold.

As we've written before at GeekDad (and also at GeekMom), Nancy Drew computer games are great fun for kids and grown-ups alike. There is enough help built in for kids to play (age 10 and up, perhaps), and enough difficulty and logical thinking required to entertain adults.

In addition to creating the beloved computer games featuring Nancy Drew (and sometimes The Hardy Boys), Her Interactive has recently developed Nancy Drew Mobile Mysteries® for the iPad and iPhone/iPod Touch, the first of which is Shadow Ranch. It seems to be set in the same location as one of the Nancy Drew computer games, but the new playing environment has given the opportunity for plenty of new game functionality. From what I can tell, it's one part Choose Your Own Adventure-type book, one part game and one part puzzle, and completely awesome.

GeekDad: Obviously these games are based on the Nancy Drew books and need to include the intrigue and suspense, but why is there a need to make the music scary and have people jump out and surprise you, especially since these games are intended for children?

Megan Gaiser: We make lots of different types of mystery games. Some have more adventure to them and others we try to make them a bit scary. We try to use music that both immerses the player and also adds to the story content. We use scary music at the appropriate times and we’ve found that most of our fans like it.

GD: Which games do you recommend to those who prefer less scary fare?

Nancy Drew Mobile Mysteries. Image: Her Interactive

MG: I think a good rule of thumb is to pay attention to the ESRB rating. Our most recent release, Shadow at the Water’s Edge was our scariest game yet, but we try to create games with more adventure like Warnings at Waverly Academy, The Phantom of Venice, Treasure in the Royal Tower.

GD: How close to the original books are the games?

MG: We do take inspiration from the Nancy Drew books. For instance the new iPad game is based on the best selling Nancy Drew book “The Secret of Shadow Ranch.”

GD: Which game is your favorite? What do you like about playing the games yourself?

Nancy Drew Mobile Mysteries. Image: Her Interactive

MG: Right now I’m very excited about our new Mobile Mysteries series for the iPad/iPhone, Shadow Ranch. With our modern twist on the interactive storybook, you’re not just reading a Nancy Drew mystery – you’re engaged and making decisions about how that mystery unfolds.

GD: How will the upcoming Mobile Mysteries compare with the PC versions? What similarities and differences will they have?

MG: The Nancy Drew Mobile Mysteries Series of Apps from Her Interactive is a mystery gaming adventure that introduces a new category of interactive entertainment-on-the-go for the 21st century by innovatively merging books and games so that players discover a new adventure with every turn of the page, mini-game played or decision made.

GD: At what age do you feel kids can do these mysteries on their own? I've done them with my 9 year old daughter for a few years, but don't feel she'll be able to figure most of it out on her own for a few more years yet.

MG: Many of our games allow players to choose difficulty level. They can choose to play as a Junior or Senior detective which allows players of all skill levels to solve the mysteries. Some mysteries are more challenging than others and we think it’s okay for kids to play along with their parents. We are working on ways to make these PC games more accessible to welcome a broader audience.

Nancy Drew Mobile Mysteries. Image: Her Interactive

GD: Will there be more Hardy Boys games coming? They bring a different feel to the gameplay.

MG: There are no plans for Hardy Boys games at this time, but we often have male characters in our games helping Nancy solve the mysteries. Stay tuned!

GD: What type of research do the game developers do when developing the games? Do they travel to ranches and oceans and the desert to get a better feel for the setting?

MG: We take pride in the fact that we do a lot of research using the internet, books, photos, etc., to ensure we create authentic settings. We also learn a lot about the culture so we can incorporate cultural discovery into our games. For example, in Shadow at the Water’s Edge, there is calligraphy and tea ceremonies.

GD: How long does the average adult player take to finish a game?

MG: 5 hours.

GD: Some games are more interesting than others. Do you have more than one design team?

MG: There are around 30 employees at Her Interactive, several who have been with us since the beginning. Everyone on the team contributes to creating the game. I am proud to say we have mastered the art of creative collaboration. We have the designer, creative director and art director who set the general direction and the look and feel, the writer who gives the story life, the artists who create the beautiful environments, the sound and music directors, the programmers, etc.

My daughter and I have played half a dozen of the Nancy Drew computer games. They're fantastic for playing as a team or a family, since there is something for everyone to do. There are puzzles to solve, decisions to make, information to write down, and conversations to have. If you're looking for several hours of a family (or individual) challenge, check out Her Interactive. To get more information, visit the Her Interactive website, or try out some of the games in the Nancy Drew franchise!

[thatcatbasil]

so, first impressions with endless ocean luminous

there are a lot of changes i absolutely Do Not Like but i would be lying if i said i wasn't having a good time with it so far

unfortunately i'm not gonna have screenshots in here since my phone quit letting me download pics from the switch and i don't feel like going through the hassle of tryna figure out getting the microsd into my computer right now

so first, stuff i don't like just to get it out of the way

yeah elephant in the room is the randomly generated maps. when the first trailer came out i did a lot of mental gymnastics to arrive at the conclusion that the veiled sea was just one map that was randomly generated and we would get other maps that were not but Nope you're only in the veiled sea and it's all randomly generated. makes you really miss the established locations from the first couple games. it feels really ephemeral now and the locations don't really stick with you as much

really miss the hayley westenra/celtic woman tracks. the ambient music's okay but i think the appeal of endless ocean's soundtrack has always been the licensed music to me. 30 mins in i unplugged my earbuds from my switch and put em in my laptop so that i could put on carrickfergus. then i put on jenny nicholson's evermore park video and had that playing for the entire rest of the time i was diving

the main menu's UI is kinda plain compared to the previous games. i miss the marine encyclopedia being an actual book you could flip through. this UI's a lot more sleek and modern but it doesn't have the same charm

no zoom mode makes me a little sad. i miss the little detailed environments! i miss looking for the coins in them! i like that the coins made a comeback as salvage though.

haven't played too much of the story mode cause i was mainly drawn to the solo dives buuut yeah hasn't really gotten hooked me yet. i've only done the first 3 parts of it so far so we'll see if i end up liking it more down the line. i think since it's just the first chapter(?) they're treating it more like a tutorial. i like david though he's silly

there are. a lot of legendaries huh? i do very much like the fact that they brought back the ones from the first two games (ran into ancient mother on my first solo dive and i was like !!!!! there she is!!!!!) but you see them so frequently it kinda takes away the feeling of them being "legendary" in a way? ive done three solo dives and cacao maharaja has shown up in every single one. on my third one i saw three grave diggers all in the same location. i've seen five different apollos. feels like there should be more of a distinction between the new "rare" creatures (the ones that just have funny patterns like the white orca i've seen several times) and the more unique named legendaries where the legendaries spawn a lot less often. but then again i could see that being an RNG nightmare for completion when it's combined with the randomly generated maps.

text to speech lady. i muted her as soon as i had the opportunity LMAOOO. maybe i'm just too used to the previous games not having any voices at all. oh shoot maybe that's why there's no licensed music tracks? cause text to speech lady would distract from them? damn.

not really into the customization. looks like you can only change the colors of your equipment and there's no unique gear

but excluding all that the creature models and most of the environments have been absolutely fantastic. i say most of the environments cause there's been a few situations where the map would have these decently big areas of empty sand with nothing in them (reminds me of manoa lai f-5 and e-4 that kinda area leading out of deep valley around where the pirate ship can spawn where it's a lot of empty sand and no critters except for the pacific white-sided dolphins) and i didn't find it as interesting as the actual coral reefs wrecks etc.

but the creature models! they're really awesome! they look great! i guess it's to be expected since it's on better hardware but it's still so cool to see the improvement.

also on my third dive something that was actually pretty cool happened. so i came up with a system for exploring the maps where i would just go around the perimeter and then go in like a spiral so that i could get a general sense of everything. when i reached the bottom right corner of the map the water turned green and i was like Oh this is the water color from the prehistoric areas in the trailers. so i go down a little deeper and run into an icthyosaur (forgot the specific name. could've just been icthyosaurus). and i felt like this

then i turned around to see a GIANT icthyosaur (shonisaurus) and i felt like this

the prehistoric critters in this game are COOL AS HELL. since we only got three of them total in the previous games (and couldn't even see em up close since they swam outside the boundaries of their respective maps!) it's really awesome to get to see them up close. and so many of them, too! excited to find anomalocaris later on. i love anomalocaris

miscellaneous other observations/comments/etc

honestly i don't really mind that the animals attacking you from the second game was omitted. it does feel a little weird to run into thanatos and not get attacked though (especially since he was doing the exact attack animations from the second game. side note i always thought it was a lil funny that all the creatures would slap you with their tails instead of biting you)

on my third dive i ran into the okeanos's guardian in a cave and i really like the glowing eyes effect it has now. thanatos was chilling down there too. shark party

i'm guessing that you can have creatures follow you? haven't gotten the chance to do it yet though cause i don't have enough points to get the creatures i want to follow me haha. i need to make friends with the orcas

oh yeah this game does have its own unique named legendaries! i found the seal that likes to wear jewelry that i unfortunately can't remember the name of right now. that was cool. trying to find all of those critters to get it to appear is a bit of a hassle but i guess that's why there's so much emphasis on the multiplayer.

but yeah. tl;dr it's absolutely no blue world but luminous does have some good things in its own right. maybe i've just been starved for endless ocean content for the past 14 years though

i think i'll do a proper full write-up for this game that i'll put on the neocities site at some point after i finish up the story mode and do some more solo dives and really let everything soak in. might be some time before that though since it's finals season and i need to work on stuff. see ya

[fourseasonscomeandgo]

The Jealousy Playlist: That One Twice Song About Jelly.

Pairing: BLACKPINK Jennie x gn!reader.

Word Count: 1.2k

Genre: Fluff.

When you first started dating Jennie you felt a little out of place. She's so elegant, surrounded by her life full of luxury and her high-class friends, dressed in the best brands, going to events where she rubs arms with rich people.

But as time goes by, you start to get to know your partner more in depth, and so you realized that, in the end, she's just a normal girl, who would rather stay at home with her dogs, order food and watch Friends with you than go to a Chanel party. She's much simpler than you imagined.

Naturally, you feel more comfortable after years of dating her. But you do admit that you're different types of people.

You know what I mean, right?

Like nerds and populars, like elite people and middle-class people, those kinds of distinctions. Well, Jennie is refined, delicate, a typical popular girl, but chill and nice. While you're a gamer.

An addicted, smelly gamer, who disappears for days because you're playing Valorant, whose room is a mess, and who wouldn't react if their very famous, very hot girlfriend showed up naked in their room because you don't want to get killed in the middle of your perfect streak.

You're a gamer who fulfills every stereotype.

Is there a cliché of the cool girl who dates a freaky?

That's why when you met the other members of Blackpink, the click with Jisoo was instant. You two are just pixel junkies who prefer their favorite character in Genshin Impact over real humans.

Since you met, you passed your phone numbers to each other and started contacting from time to time to start a game of anything. Eventually you became very close, as you're always playing together on call.

On friday you went to visit Jisoo, brought your computer and both of you started playing League of Legends. Of course, before you went you let your girlfriend know that you were going to visit her member.

But when sunday came and Jennie went to get a pair of shoes from her friend's apartment, and it was you who opened the door, she couldn't help but get a little upset due to the fact that she didn't know you were there.

"What are you doing here?" She questioned entering the place and taking off her sneakers to exchange them for slippers.

"We're playing LoL, I had already told you." You commented simply.

"Yes," she stated, turning to look at you "on friday you told me you were coming to play LoL." She clarified.

"Yes." You nodded your head.

"You've been here since friday!?" She exclaimed, somewhat frustrated.

"Yes." You repeated.

Let's see, you weren't planning on staying at the older's house for three days, okay, but you didn't think your girlfriend was going to mind either. I mean, you and Jisoo got together to play League of Legends. It doesn't get any less sexy.

The worst part is that now Jennie was mad at both of you and was telling you a lot of things, but you and the blackhaired girl were too sleep deprived to be able to pay attention to her.

Is that a red flag?

You can see Varus in her face.

You ended up gathering your things and going back to her apartment. The moment you walked in you went straight to throw yourself on the bed and fell sound asleep.

You woke up the next morning, barely understanding anything, but you put the pieces of the previous day together one by one.

You were playing League of Legends with Jisoo, you were having an amazing winning streak, you are an amazing Varus, but Jisoo as Rengar is out of this world, she should be playing in the world championship. You had just finished another victorious game and there was a knock at the door, to which your gaming partner, vaguely, already very blinded by sleep and the amount of hours of playing, remembered that your girlfriend would go to get a pair of shoes for some reason. You opened the door and after seeing you, she got mad, and then you ended up here.

Oh, and you haven't had a bath in about four days.

You got out of bed and rummaged through your partner's closet to find some of your clothes left there from other times you've stayed. Finally gathering enough, and a towel too, you headed for the bathroom.

As you left the room, you saw your girlfriend sitting eating breakfast at the kitchen counter, she glanced sideways at you for a moment, but then diverted her eyes to her food.

"I'll take a shower." You notify, but no one responded.

Now clean, you went out and sat down next to her, who was now on the couch. You stared at her, but she was too determined not to pay you any attention at all.

"Jennie."

There was no response.

"Jen."

...

"Love?"

Nothing.

"Did I do something wrong?" You asked in an innocent tone, almost scared or disappointed in yourself.

Jennie turned her head towards you, with a concerned and tender expression on her face.

"No, my love..." she hastened to say, but cut off her own sentence "yes, yes you did do something wrong." She sentenced, as if she had remembered something just then.

"But," you began "I can't apologize to you if I don't know what I did wrong."

"Y/n!" She exclaimed, incredulous "You really don't know?"

"I really don't know." You assumed.

"You stayed three days in a row at Jisoo's house and didn't even tell me." She explained.

"Yes I did tell you!" You protested.

"The first day! You forgot the part where you stayed 48 more hours." She attacked back.

"We were playing, I didn't realize." You explained, softly "Sorry." You added.

"It's not enough."

"Why?"

"Because..." she sighed, stressed "What if you fall in love with Jisoo because she likes the same things you like?" She expressed nervously "My sexy partner spent three days in a row at my sexy friend's house, alone! Anything could have happened." She added.

"Jennie, no one thinks I'm sexy." You said expressionless.

"What are you talking about?"

"All I talk about all the time is games and gamer gear, I never leave my house, I dress in the first thing I find, which sometimes doesn't match, and if I walk too fast I get very agitated and sweat a lot." You explained, to which she made a face of dislike "The day I met you, I told you about the complexity of the Zelda universe and confessed that I've gone as long as eleven days without a bath because I wanted to complete a game."

She brought her hand to her face, covering her mouth, pretending to get emotional, then wiping away a fake tear.

"Baby, that's so hot" She replied sarcastically.

"I know you love me, God! I'm so damn lucky you love me, I'm thankful everyday because someone like you cares for me so much, I would never dare to lose you." You confessed "And less for someone like Jisoo, babe, I've seen that girl pick up takis with her toes to her mouth just to not let go of the joystick." You made a disgusted expression.

"You're right." Assumed your girlfriend, as if falling into reality again now that she was no longer blinded by jealousy.

She moved over to you and hugged you, kissing your cheek, then snuggling up to you.

"But let's be honest," She spoke again "you're an attractive gamer, okay?" You smiled at her observation "You have the most beautiful face and the brightest smile. Honestly, you could be nastier." You both laughed.

—O—O—

okay, i may have exagerated it a little bit, but this was so fun to write. the idea of jennie dating a weird dirty reader for some reason was so cute to me, this is a representation to the smelly part of the gamer community, okay?

sorry if you don't identify as a bathless, antisocial gamer, i still hope everyone likes it<3

—ica.

[earanemith]

Promises made: Chapter 2

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Chapter 2: Pen and Paper

Eli was annoyed when Officer Tuvia left his office. He had big plans in place for Ziva, missions she was vital for. He had finally been able to convince the new director at NCIS, Leon Vance, an old friend, to send his daughter back to him. The recently deceased director Jenny Sheppard had been a big pain. Being to loyal to Ziva to care for the politics of not sending her back. After Ziva's first year at NCIS he tried and get her back but being stonewalled every time. He had wanted his best agent back for some time. And now this, when he finally had her back. He had read the reports. Knowing officer David was off duty and should have let the active agents and police handle it.

He had been surprised when Officer Tuvia tried to go against him on behalf of Ziva. He remembered her as skinny young girl, playing with both of his daughters, always seeming to hang around. He never would have thought she would become as good of an officer as she had. There was however a big flaw he now found out, having hoped with the years apart that it would have faded. Loyalty. The wrong kind of loyalty not to country but to a friend. Another person with too much loyalty to Ziva not to their country.

Even though the hour was late he placed a call to Officer Hadar. Telling him he needed to be assured word of Ziva being in the hospital would not get out. Make sure that little detail would be erased from the reports both the one from officer Tuvia as well as from the ones form the police. Just as well as any mention from any news outlet that a Mossad officer had been involved in any way shape or form with the drive by. Having already send a couple of agents to deal with the perpetrators was enough.

Right before he finally left for the night he left a note for his secretary to inform the hospital to contact them when his daughter woke up. For he could not spare the time to go to the hospital. She was in a coma after all, and would not notice him not being there. Further it would not look good for the director of Mossad to spent his time in the hospital. Their enemies might get the wrong idea's. Thinking him old and ill. And trying to uproot everything he worked for. No, duty came first.

--

Late at night working on his boat, only the working light on Gibbs tried to work out his frustration. He did not like being blindsided by Leon Vance like that. With one short meeting, an ever shorter list of orders he lost his team.

Something that Gibbs would never admit to anyone out loud was that his team brought great comfort to him. After all the hurt and pain in his early life he could not deny that every single one of those kids meant something to him. That was one of the big reasons he had come back after his brief stint in Mexico.

Tony, Tim and Ziva. When the games Leon was playing had finished he would get them back where they were supposed to be. Having been lost deep inside of his thoughts something made him snap out of it. Looking at his phone for the time he saw it was time to go.

--

The first email from Abby and McGee had finally gotten through. Just like he'd thought, they had responded almost immediately to him. Something to do with his clearance level and the internet. Believing the young marine who'd finally helped him out Tony did not. The marine probably believed Tony to be bad with computers since he seemed to dumb down the way he talked after he asked Tony to type in his password to unlock the laptop so he'd be able to look at it.

Fine, Tony thought, as long as things worked right now he did not mind being viewed as a bit of a luddite. Still no email from Ziva. Why had he agreed not to call her, he was itching to do that right about now. Wanting to hear her voice, talk to her, get his head on straight. The first case on board had not been an easy one. A lot of suffering, a marine who went home just a bit more broken than before. He needed his friend to talk him through it. Finding out how much for granted he had taken her silent support the past years. Abby would not be an option. McGee would try to understand but in the end he would not fully, for the side of Tony he didn't let anyone see was the one needing the venting, the emotional release. Ziva, he needed Ziva, he needed his best friend.

"You cannot email me Tony" She'd said. Not trusting her email wasn't being watched. Even the secure and secret one she would email him from.

Not really realizing what he was doing until the first words were written down. He'd taken up a pen and paper and had started to write. Actually write a letter, a bit old fashioned maybe. As he poured all his thoughts out on the paper he hoped Ziva would appreciate his effort. Knowing her love for ready books he hoped it also extended to handwritten letters. For the first word he'd written was her name. Addressing the letter to her.

'Ziva,

Look at me, actually writing with pen and paper. Isn't that something a dashing fellow would do in one of your Israeli romance novels? Just as this.

I miss you.

Yes I know. Me, admitting to missing you. It's been close to two weeks. I still haven't heard from you. '

For a moment resting the pen, hoping that writing everything as if she'd answer him would help. He picked the pen back up and continue writing the letter, everything he needed to share with her. With her name and after the rest of the letter a new habit had formed.

Each time his head was full and he needed to share what he couldn't with McGee, each time he thought of her and all the things he'd wanted them to do and discover together, he wrote.

These letters could never be send out. Tony would make sure to save them all and once he would get back to NCIS keep them with him. One day, when Ziva and him would take their chance he would make sure to let her read them.

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[cinswitch]

Crossed Signals Character Previews

Crossed Signals production has been chugging along. This month, we've hit the exciting milestone of completing base sprites for every character that appears in the introduction to the game! This doesn't include facial expressions, alternate outfits, or additional poses, but it does lay the groundwork for what's to come.

Main Character

Just your typical college sophomore. You may see us refer to them as "Sam Laine." That's just what name I (Gunzil) picked, but when you play you can name them whatever you'd like!

Jenny Winters

A little ball of anxiety who has a hard time slowing down. She's studying to become a veterinarian and loves her cat, Rocky.

Violet Birch

A cute and popular cheerleader, often mistaken for a model. Her daddy is, like, super rich. Currently dating Eric McCoy.

Robin Larson

A laid-back sports-lover from a small town in the Upper Peninsula.

Nicole Roberts

No-nonsense Calculus teacher aging gracefully through her 40s. Recently went through a messy divorce.

Eric McCoy

Member of the football team studying computer science. Your roommate, and good friend. What a hunk! Currently dating Violet Birch.

Danny Gomez

A friend who works at a phone repair store which most certainly does not contain any cursed or magical artifacts. Spends more time playing games on his DS than actually working.

We hope you're excited to see what kinds of body-swapping adventures these folks get up to!

[just-ornstein]

15 for the Sims questions :3

15. The weirdest glitch I've ever encounter?

Oh boi... My games have a tendency to constantly break on themselves. I'll select a few of my personal favourites, cause over the years I have encountered far too many to keep track of!

For the Sims 2 it's definitely this weird glitch that both my Veronaville AND my Strangetown were thrown back in time at some point. With my Veronaville I could at least make some sense of it due to having One Drive at that time. But Strangerown... I've been playing that game on my computer specifically for Sims 2 for ages. It has no One Drive. And this was literally my back up file lol!

I am thankful for some of the gems it gave me though. As much as I'm pissed that I have to make Mambo Loa adopt a child all over again, except now she's even older and her roommate Oscar is probs gonna become the child's foster parent after her passing... Or the fact that I have to make Tristan, Optimum Alfred and Giuseppi's ENTIRE FAMILY WITH MEMORIES all over again. Plus the fact that the whole GBA/DS side of the hood got wiped but the decor is still there (and the Sims that still do exist, still have the memories to match the passing of time). OR MY DAMN STRANGETOWN CEMETERY/CHURCH... It did create a good story arc for my Strangetown which amplifies my main one about government and alien conspiracy theories plus mind wiping.

Also... Whatever the fuck happened to Loki and Circe for a brief moment. I thought their face data literally got wiped cause when I made them look in the mirror they both ended up with the corrupted faces. Yet when I exited their home and came back they were fine?? What were those two on about lol!

Also... Squishy... We cannot forget the absolute icon that is Squishy. Thank you time machine Veronaville for giving him to me lol!

For Sims 3 it is this weird glitch where as you play a town for a while people, especially children will eventually go missing. They'll still show up in the family trees, but their portraits take a while to load. But they're nowhere to be found and do not even show up in the relationship panels anymore. It's like they just disappeared one day and there's no way to get them back. Super freaky if you ask me!

For Sims 4, I constantly walk against game breaking glitch after game breaking glitch... The funniest one to me however was how Dominic and Duncan's baby kept showing up on the other side of town whenever they came back from work and she came back from daycare. These two dudes, as the exhausted parents they are, actually had to walk (cause God forbid we have cars) with close to no energy every damn time to pick their kid with neglected needs (cause daycare didn't even bother to look after her lol) up!

Another one that made me crack up was how I randomly got a pop up one day that Circe's high school graduation was happening despite the fact that this woman already had both her high school AND university degree in her fucking inventory lol! I just had to go there and see what would happen... Loved seeing her go on stage with all these teens.

Lastly I had this weird glitch that despite having my aging system follow that of the Sims 2, when I went to other households after a while of playing the Newlows and the Beakers, they just... All aged up... At once. Even those I had played for a while previously and were fine back then. This resulted in every damn elder dying at the same time and every damn Sim aging up and being depressed about a missed birthday. And since Jenny was apparently pregnant at this time she became a pregnant elder? What? I didn't even know that was possible lol! At least Patrizo and Isabella got to die together! Sims 4 is a very stable game I swear to God.

[astramachina]

OC posting? On main?

I was gonna say "more likely than you think" as if that hasn't been 50% of my deal lately. Anyway, came across a cute picrew and wanted to show off some of the original characters from Driving Through Tunnels (With No Light at the End) now that we've been introduced to most of the auto shop team!

Ricky (top left)

Jenny (top right)

Roger (bottom left)

Dean (bottom right)

(listen I tried my best to deliver "late 90s" but there's only so many choices when it comes picrew)

Some character rambles under the cut!

Ricky Kronbach - the man, the myth, the legend. Hardly needs an introduction since he's our main guy. Ran into some trouble, stole a conspicuous purple car because of it, and because he could neither afford a new car or a paint job, he tried to proposition Roger in exchange for said paint job. Instead, Ricky got a crash course on how to fix cars, a decent job, and a somewhat stable life in his home state of Minnesota. As of 1998, he's the newest mechanic to join the team. He's a bit of a prodigy when it comes to technology, having gone to university (and then expelled for unsavory reasons) for computer engineering. How that managed to translate to an uncanny ability to fix anything remotely mechanical that he touches is beyond anyone's guess. Ricky's a bit of a sour apple, but no one can really blame him. He plays things close to the vest, and someone must be at least a LVL 50 friend in order to unlock his tragic past.

Jenny - the token girl mechanic at the auto shop, but none of the guys look down at her for it. She can and she will bench press an SUV with her scrawny little arms, and she will also crash people's place whenever they're feeling down with pizza and a six pack. A single child, she's lived a pretty sheltered life. Her parents wanted her to be either a lawyer or a doctor, but ever since she was 5 she would collect Hot Wheels alongside her impressive number of "career" Barbies. She signed up for one class during high school and it was over: there was nothing she wanted more than to work on cars. Jenny's a little put off by Ricky at first since the guy kind of materialized out of nowhere one day, but she soon realized how committed he was to learning the ropes. During his first year at the shop she tended to keep her distance, fraternizing only during Bowling Thursdays, but when weird stuff starts to happen and Ricky begins to grow agitated, she self-appoints herself as Ricky's BFF. Surprisingly, they click extremely well.

Roger - being a man of morals, he saw a desperate kid on the run fighting to survive and he gave him a wrench, the couch in the shop office, and a bite to eat. Jersey accent? Thick. Eyebrows? Thicker. A bit of a hardass at work, but a caring family man when it's time to close up his shop for the day. He's 5'2" and will not hesitate to throw down with someone a foot taller than him if they act stupid. Hardly ever smokes, but will pull out a cigarette when shit gets a little dicey. He's a pretty lenient boss when his mechanics are going through it, and he tends to keep it professional while on the lot, unwilling to overstep. But being older means he's world-weary, and seeing a face he remembers from the news haunting Ricky, a young man no older than his oldest son, he will try to keep tabs on him and make sure he's okay.

Dean - senior mechanic nearly a decade older than Ricky and loves to rub it in his face. So far the most tech-savviest of them all, and also the nerdiest. He's scatterbrained and a gossip, his improv game is off the charts (which makes him a hit at D&D tables), and will try to get beetles to unionize given the chance. His fashion sense is only rivaled by Jenny's, which usually leads to Roger griping at him that, yes, he has to wear his overalls when hitting the bays. Yes, Roger is well aware that he's not the one buying Dean's clothes but for the love of God, kid, think of how much you can save by not getting motor oil all over those fancy threads. Though he might hold his age over Ricky (and Ricky thinks that might just be because Dean sucks at bowling), and is a firm believer in having co-workers be co-workers and nothing more, Dean has and will extend an olive branch in the case where he is needed. In fact, he's lost at least one mobile phone because he lent it to Ricky prior to a mysterious excursion, but he's never asked questions. Dean's been around the block enough times to know when not to ask questions, and he knows when people need to stick together.

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Friday, August 30th

TARA: Willow's good at all that computer stuff, but me not so much. Do you really understand all that? ANYA: Oh. Well, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like, "whoa, I'm eleven hundred years old. I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans." TARA: I go online sometimes, but ... everyone's spelling is really bad, and it's ... depressing.

~~I Was Made To Love You~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Vibing by apachefirecat (Joyce, Buffy, G)

to go on living by mistyintherivers (Giles/Jenny, T)

In the Back of My Mind by thisyearsgrrl (Buffy/Faith, E)

Love by The_Crazy_Knight (Buffy/Giles, E)

Two Lawyers Walk Into a Bar by MadeInGold (Lilah/Honey Chandler, Bosch xover, T)

i’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies by HuonParticlesAreHarmless (Buffy/Giles, T)

[Chaptered Fiction]

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A Bond Like No Other (RRR / Charak fic)

After 9 months of being obsessed with them, I succumbed to writing my first Charak fic. This is bromance; this is how we know them.

Summary: BTS of 'Naatu Naatu' shooting

Title: A Bond Like No Other (RRR / Charak fic)

Creator: Ronaldofandom

Giftee: @ladydarkey

Prompt: Charan & Tarak pulling a prank on SSR on set

Relationships: Charak (purely bromance, nothing more)

Rating: For General Audience

Warnings: None

Created for: @celebrrration Holiday Swap 2022

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They loved Rajamouli to bits. They respected him infinitely. They adored him to the moon and back. The man was one in a zillion. The gargantuan storyteller. The wizard. The alchemist - turning innocent emotions into a force of nature. The myth. The legend. The one and only. 

Very rarely, though, in select moments, they wanted to throw a chair at him. Or a mic (which was his preferred weapon for throwing as well). Or anything that is close range, actually. His zeal for perfection was admirable. But it could be anal. So so anal. To the point where he was the only one to spot a perceived aberration that even computer vision could not spot.

They had been having one of those moments for the last 15 days. He had flown them to Ukraine to shoot the ‘Naatu Naatu’ sequence. He had briefed them at length as to how this would be the most pivotal and potentially most popular song of the movie. He also explained to them how this is like a movie within a movie. It was Bheem’s struggle to get to Malli, via Jenny. In his innocent ways, he would conclude that this would be the only possibility for him. This would also be a realization for Ram about how dear Bheem really is to him. This is also the beginning of the revolution - where they defeat the Brits at their own game and refuse to be subservient to them. And this would further cement how they were so in sync with each other - their emotions translating into exact physical movements. Which would play a crucial role in the key sequences for the rest of the movie.

Both Charan and Tarak were thorough professionals and were obviously fully on board with Rajamouli’s vision for the song. They were immensely thrilled about working with him again. But the man had clearly gone crazy this time. He had spent months with the music director and choreographers on this one song - rejecting multiple versions before zeroing in on the current one. They had rehearsed in Hyderabad at length - separately and together. Then they rehearsed for 10 days in Ukraine while he was shooting other sequences. Every evening, he would come to their rehearsal hall to check on their progress and point out impossible details that he wanted them to nail down. ‘Two bodies, one soul’ - he would keep repeating to them. To the point where they started hearing it in their dreams, also.

Tarak and Charan had just completed day 5 of shooting and were still only half done with the song. They reached their hotel and ordered room service. It was Charan’s turn to order this time - Tarak had plopped down on one of the twin beds in Charan’s room and refused to move a muscle. 

‘What do you want to have?’ Charan asked Tarak.

‘How does it matter? We are never leaving this country and going to die here anyway.’

That made him look at Tarak, who was still lying lifeless on the bed. Charan smiled at his friend, whose penchant for histrionics was second to none. He was zonked out himself but still managed to be amused by his friend’s antics.

‘Don’t be like that. Look - I found Biryani on the extended menu. Shall we have that? At least it will have some spice and flavor. I am sick of all the bland food we have been eating the last two weeks.’

‘Biryani? Great idea. If Jakanna finds out, he will annihilate both our nutritionists and us. And god forbid, if we end up putting on even 100 grams, he will know. And then he will scream at us for messing with the continuity of the song and the fitting of the costumes. Which would mean spending even more days here. No, thank you - I will pass on the biryani. Order the usual, tasteless food.’

If Charan didn’t know any better, he would have called Tarak paranoid and laughed away his concerns. But he knew this was a possibility. SSR was capable of making them use the weighing scale every day if he suspected any change in their build. It was better to suck it up for a few more days instead of prolonging their agony. So he ordered their pre-approved menu for dinner and plopped down on the other bed. Both were silent for a good while, just trying to gauge which all body parts were sore from today’s shooting.

‘You know - everyone on the set was so sympathetic. Olivia even got me two lemonades between the zillion takes. Karth was almost apologetic for his father’s craziness. But one person who was unfazed and unmoved by all this was Jakanna. He didn’t say a word; he didn’t even look at us between takes.’

‘Yeah, man. He is a tough taskmaster - we both knew that. But this is something else. Every time he calls us to the monitor to show the break in sync, I can’t spot it. It’s not visible to the naked eye, even to him. What is the logic of using screen freeze when people are going to be watching in real time? Does he think we are going to get an Oscar for this, or what? This could have been wrapped up days ago. Why don’t you talk to him? He might listen to you - the two of you started together, and he respects your opinion.’

Tarak let out a snort at Charan’s innocent hopefulness.

‘Baby, he won’t listen to even God. He is a different man now. A crazy, whacky, infuriating man.’

Charan hummed in agreement.

‘So, what then? There is nothing we can do?’

‘What if we call in sick? Just one of us will do - coz he can’t shoot without both of us present. He has all the shots anyway - he is just making us redo stuff that he caught in screen freeze in his 15th viewing. He can literally just use what he already has, and that would be a great song.’

‘It won’t work - he will see right through it. On normal days it could work. But he knows how irritated we are right now, and he would expect us to pull something like this. So he won’t buy it. I won’t put it past him to send doctors to check in on us if we try this route.’

It was Tarak’s turn to hum in agreement now. They both fell silent again.

‘I have half a mind to just run away. Like literally, just catch the first flight tomorrow morning and get back. He won’t be able to find out if we take a commercial flight, not a charter one. Seriously, what’s the worst that can happen? Maybe it will be a wake-up call for him that he needs to tone down the craziness.’

Charan laughed out at Tarak’s sense of humor. But when Tarak didn’t join in the laughter, he looked at his friend curiously.

‘Please tell me you are kidding, Tarak. Say it.’

Tarak paused for a good ten seconds, a pregnant pause. Then conceded half-heartedly. He could never go through something like that, however much he wanted to. But he didn’t give up, not yet.

‘What if he actually sees us getting injured? In front of him? One of us should do a fake fall tomorrow and then cry out for dear life. Even if he calls a doctor, they won’t be able to definitively comment on muscle pain.’

Charan pondered on the suggestion - this one seemed to have potential.

‘And it should be you, baby, not me. He would never believe me. But I don’t think he would doubt you much - he thinks of you as a good, decent, well-behaved boy. Coz he doesn’t know you like I do.’

Charan turned to his side to find Tarak smirking at him, his eyes hopeful and giddy. Tarak’s child-like enthusiasm was infectious, as was his optimism. But in this case, he knew they were doomed to fail. He voiced his concern out loud, and Tarak’s face fell in resignation. He was still not ready to give up, though.

‘What if the costumes got stolen? Or misplaced? I could do that easily.’

Tarak was just grasping at straws now.

‘A - he has backup costumes, Rama ma’am told me. B - the crew will get yelled at for this, which we can’t let happen.’

‘Ok. What if we call the producer and ask him to intervene, citing budget issues or something?’

‘You and I both know we won’t go behind Rajamouli Garu’s back like this.’

‘Do you have anything to contribute here, then, other than shooting down all of mine?’

‘Well, since your ideas are as good as a 10-year-old’s, I have no choice but to shoot them down. Seriously, even Abhay would be able to come up with better plans to ditch school than all the nonsense you just spewed.’

Charan half giggled at his friend, who was pouting and sulking now.

‘Are you saying I am not naughty enough? Not bad-ass enough?’

‘No. I am saying your plans suck because your heart is not really into it. Neither is mine. Deep down, we respect that infuriating man too much to pull any serious stunts on him.’

Tarak huffed, but he knew Charan was right.

‘Urghhhhhhhhh. I will burn that costume if he asks me for more retakes. I have given more takes here than I have in my entire career. Seriously, he is destroying my reputation as a single-take actor. I can’t take it anymore. This is torture. This is a war crime.’

Charan laughed and threw a cushion at Tarak.

‘A war crime huh? Try saying that to him tomorrow.

‘Oh, I will. I most definitely will. I will also report him to United Nations Human Rights Council while I am at it. The videos from the set are enough proof of torture. And captive labor. And slavery.’

Even Tarak could hear how ridiculous he sounded right now, but he kept going anyway. Charan continued to humor his friend.

‘At least your individual takes get approved in one go. Because you are such a fantastic dancer, and Rajamouli knows that.’

Tarak was lying on his stomach, with his face buried in the pillow. He just gave a brief ‘hmm’ and didn’t say anything more. But Charan was in a confessing mood now.

‘I was nervous, you know - before we started rehearsing.’

Tarak peaked sideways from the pillow.

‘Nervous? Why?’

‘Why? Because I had to dance with you, Einstein. I even talked to Bunny about it before coming here - he gave me a good pep talk.’

‘Why didn’t you talk to me about it? Why him?’

‘I don’t know. It just felt silly bringing this up. Like I knew I must work twice as hard to match up with you. But I just hope I am able to pull it off.’

Tarak didn’t resort to any false assurances on how Charan was as good a dancer or anything. Charan would see right through it.

‘I saw you working extra hard. And it has paid off. We have both seen the shots - you are as good as me. It’s him who is the problem, not either of us.’

They both burst out laughing. Hard. All the exhaustion of the last two weeks had taken its toll, but they were glad to have each other on this journey. They also knew it was possibly the only time they would get to work together, and they relished every moment of it.

‘You know what? Enough with the gloom and doom. Enough with the rules. We only have to face him tomorrow morning. Let’s make tonight worthwhile. What say?’

Charan was beaming at Tarak now. While Tarak was intrigued yet perplexed by the sudden turn in his mood.

‘Ummm what do you have in mind, to make tonight worthwhile?’

Charan went to the mini-bar and pulled out a bottle of tequila. Tarak looked at it tentatively.

‘I don’t know, baby. We have to get up really early tomorrow and be ultra alert on set. Are you sure this is a good idea?’

‘Yes, I am. And we are doing this. Look - we are anyway going to be yelled at. He is anyway not going to be happy with most of the takes. Let’s at least get something from it.’

Charan poured the shots and handed one to Tarak. They gulped together. And again. And one more time. In 3 minutes, they were five shots down. On an empty stomach since the food hadn’t come in yet. Tarak was singing a double-meaning song from a cheesy movie while Charan was dancing to it.

‘My dear Cherry - on a scale of 1 to 10, how angry would Jakanna be if he sees us like this a few hours before the shoot?’

‘My dear Tarakuuu, he will be angry 1000 crores. Anything less than that number is not his thing.’

They laughed like kids. They laughed like maniacs. They laughed like best friends.

They knew they should have crashed like 30 mins ago, but they kept chatting and dancing around the room for a good 2 hours more. Torture awaited them on the other side, and they were building up the strength to deal with it for a few more days. At least they would be together through it - being each other’s support, cheerleader, confidante, and agony aunt. Such was their relationship - which had only gotten stronger through the course of this movie. RRR had been a blessing for them in many ways. They just hoped the love translated to and resonated with the audiences. They just hoped that the audiences loved Ram and Bheem’s bond, which was, in so many ways, a representation of their own bond, that they had built and cherished over the last 10 years. A bond for life. A bromance for eternity. A love like no other. 

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I was very nervous while writing my first Charak fic - hope this was half-decent :)

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It's clear that the YouTube algorithm is very bad at figuring out what I want to watch based on my previously watched videos, and I suspect this is true for a lot of other people. Like, I'll watch the Defunctland Fast Pass video, or Jenny Nicholson talking about the Avatar bit in Disneyland, and YouTube goes, "Ah! You want Disneyland videos. Here are three different people giving reviews of Disneyland hotels or advice for how to plan for your Disneyland trip."

I will watch hbomberguy rant for multiple hours about a game I've never played or a media property I've never watched and afterwards, YouTube will be there going, "Here are some other videos about that game/show," and I'm just, "Nah, you know what, I'm good."

I somehow started watching Josh Strife Hayes' Worst MMO Ever series because I find them a lot of fun (I think I ended up on his channel because I'd been watching stuff on cryptocurrency scams, which led me to his Earth 2 content and I decided to try some of his other videos) and then the algorithm will try to present me with a bunch of other creators who make videos about MMOs and I just don't care. I don't actually play MMOs so I'm not interested in a video about some update to World of Warcraft or someone reading out an article with occasional extra comments about something a game studio has done.

My taste in YouTube videos basically boils down to "someone interesting and entertaining talking about a subject they care a lot about and/or have researched into with a few jokes along the way to keep it fun".

You see people talk about the issues of algorithms funneling people into more extreme content and that is a serious issue, but there's a general flaw underpinning it all which is that computers just aren't very good at guessing what humans are going to be interested in. I'll watch a video on a subject and the algorithm will scramble to give me more stuff on that topic, but most of the time, it wasn't the topic that drew me to the video in the first place.