#my gameplay: doo doo save

[flamingspaghetti]

Goth Rotation/Spring Year 1

Cassandra Goth has been struggling with her mother's death and all the mysteries surrounding it, with all her digging all signs point to a little town named Strangerville right outside Oasis Springs, she packed up her bags, said her goodbyes to her worried family and booked a long term stay at one of the only hotels in town. After talking to the strange dude at the curio shop she's been led to the library and now to an abandoned science facility what she finds in the front entrance is horrifying, her uncles remains...something horrible is truly happening here she needs to get through those sealed doors and find the truth. Playing with the goth family in @coolpuppy12 doodoo save! I had to take out 99% of my mods and all my cc recently and this save has made me fall in love with the vanilla game again <3

[alvivaarts]

About Separate Ways (Spoilers)

Wow, guys. I was super excited to get gameplay footage/input from friends about Separate Ways (too broke to own the base game myself) to put into my longfic, but aside from some super cute Luis/Ada moments, I am... dissapointed.

Capcom hire me, at least I can keep the plot consistent because what the actual fuck.

Will discuss below to avoid spoilers (much more story than gameplay, but gameplay wasn't great either), but I'm not going into insane detail save for some things. READERS BE WARNED!

I'm also specifically looking at this through the lens of my own fanfic, Simulation Swarm, which is my take on how Las Plagas works and infected!Leon (in addition, infected!Ashley and a lot of Leon's unacknowledged trauma and relationship issues throughout the game series). I was majorly excited about Separate Ways because it implied that Ada also gets infected- which I really want to still implement even if it changes a LOT of major things about the fic.

I'll go over the good stuff first. AKA, stuff I'm keeping, and not retconning.

1- Luis' characterization was still amazing. It was really nice to see his character balance out Ada's, how he's still as chipper as he can be. Additionally, it's VERY clear how much he cares for Leon and Ashley alike, and he goes out of his way to get Ada the suppressant and still respects her throughout that process. 2- Pesanta/IT/U-3's design with slightly more of a scorpion shape. That was sick! 3- The fact that Ada was aware of most of Leon's movements and a lot of what happened, and in a way was following him around and handling things he couldn't/wasn't aware of. * 4- Ada didn't help Leon into the chair, Ashley did. But that scene isn't even shown. 5- Luis and Ada def had chemistry, and it was so cute!

Well! Short list. Now for the bad stuff. AKA, shit I'm retconning/ignoring/pretending never happened (most of the DLC).

1- Ada's infection is weird as fuck. She got... shot? And infected? And then, infuriatingly (because I've spent WAY too much time thinking about the physiology of Las Plagas and researching w/ the help of others how the infection would work) PUKES UP her plagas?!?!? HELLO!? This in particular drives me insane because like. Las Plagas nests and develops behind the sternum, between the lungs, where it can attach to the nervous system along the spine. It is TOO BIG for a human body to fight against, it's growth shoving lungs out of the way is why people cough up blood. It's nowhere near the throat or stomach and clearly it's extremely well engineered/evolved for human hosts not to end up in conveniently the wrong location. And if she did puke it up, at that point, miraculously, after two days? Her intestines are fucked. She's dying of internal bleeding. I don't fucking care how much of a bad bitch Ada is because at that point Wesker wasn't gonna help her. The fuck? Capcom, know your own lore challenge. 2- We got NO backstory, not even HINTS about Ada's past and origins. Again. 3- * Seriously made Ada's character into a very flat character and removed a lot of the urgency/clear want for her to help Leon from the original DLC. Seriously, she does not gaf about anything but her mission and making it more convenient for herself. Everything she does to help Leon is sheerly coincedence- which, honest to fuck, does not line up. Especially considering she appears to completely lack empathy until... uh oh, Wesker wants to kill a bunch of people? Like sure, she has that BRIEF conversation with Leon in the boat but like... what happened to the people she has history with, the people she could've ABSOLUTELY been saving to spite Wesker and allow her to have her own motives until whoop-de-doo, uh oh, gotta stop a genocide! Be so for real. 4- Bonus: After Luis helped her and she'd made the deal to get him out, he, still dying, calls her with a warning about Krauser. It took a long time for him to die. She SHOWED UP after witnessing the fight and pretty much just... left him. Despite all of that. Which I get from a 'not fucking with canon' standpoint, but seriously. 0 effort. 5- Krauser literally fucking gets away when she fights him???? 6- Wesker keeps making appearances. For some reason. It's not even clear why, he literally just shows up to be intimidating and to threaten Ada into doing the job but like. At that point, honest to fuck, he could've done it himself? Also it was majorly hard to empathize with Ada considering we STILL KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HER OR HER MOTIVATIONS. 7- Luis has no distinct fire trauma. (Okay. Revoking this after the discussion, I just had a no media literacy moment after everything I was taking in. Luis' response was actually pretty good and honestly? Should be appreciated. Though it does bring up another point- while I love Luis, I guess I was walking in with it more being an expectation for it to be 'Ada's Story'. We didn't get that, though the Luis background was great!) 8- Ashley's interaction with Ada was a single line asking for help and Ada just. Walks off.

Anyway, everything I've seen first hand and have discussed with others has left a sour taste in my mouth. Boo, @Capcom. Good thing I can make up my own stupid little stories and pretend that none of that happened.

[simkuza]

After wrestling with getting my game working this weekend, I've had the awesome opportunity to playtest the amazing Doo Doo Save file by @coolpuppy12. Its VERY lovely. The builds are detailed but not too cluttered and are truly made with gameplay in mind. Here are some screenies i took :D

[bluepoodle7]

#Househuntedgame #Illbleed #IllbleedAu #MyIdeas

If I knew how to photoshop I would photoshop Eriko holding Maison Talo's business card.

4:24

John Doe - HOUSE HUNTED - All 4 Endings (game is created by the John Doe dev) No Commentary Gameplay - YouTube

5:15

Snek plays Illbleed (No Commentary) (Sega Dreamcast 2001) Part 1 (The Homerun of Death) - YouTube

I can see Maison Talo hiding in the Dreamcast trees behind Eriko thinking about seeing his haunted house while he sees Eriko's friends run off to go see Maison Talo's house just to be missing for Eriko to save them before Maison Talo eats them.

Maybe her hiding a gas mask similar to the True Ending mask for why she wasn't knocked out from his enzymes.

I can see Maison Talo use the lure body try to lift up the mask of Eriko's face to wave the enzymes gasses in Eriko's face to knock her out but finds his own face as a mask that Eriko was wearing underneath to spook this plant person to protect from the enzymes gasses.

Then have Eriko take off the other mask like a Scooby Doo villain being unmasked to reveal her true face to later fight but might get spooked first before getting up.

I imagine this Au is like a scared true end Eriko trying to get her fearless nature back.

I wanted a gif of Eriko taking off the mask of her face to have a mask of her dad.

https://gifmaker.me/video-to-gif/viewimage/20240917-12-mh7E94w9425IlIaG-sQ4R7j-hnet

13:17-13:18

Shutting Down Illbleed: The True Ending - YouTube

But you can have Eriko just not save her friends and let Maison Talo have a buffet.

And if my art style was super good I would re draw the level 4 poster with the buyer holding the REALTORs business card with the REALTORs lure body in black and white.

VideoWitch on X: "@NicRNack @kokoronis Here they are https://t.co/SK1PJvZv8x" / X

My Illbleed Au

#Illbleed #Househuntedgame #ErikoAndFriendsIfAREALTORsWasAIllBleedBossWithMechanics #MyThoughts If the Illbleed cast was in a... – @bluepoodle7 on Tumblr

Got a gif of the Illbleed invitation card falling on the ground with Eriko picking it up to hold the Illbleed invitation card in hand.

https://gifmaker.me/video-to-gif/viewimage/20240901-10-AjFRinnfb3mwT6B6-Q3ZzaO-HNET

[thescoobyscholar]

Here's a Scooby-Doo card game I picked up off Facebook Marketplace. I've played it a couple times and it's really fun! I'll give you a tour of the pieces, how to play, and some of this game's quirks that I've noticed. (Notice the textured metal cover -- so cool!)

The game contains an instruction card, 14 large Group Photo cards, 4 plastic card stands, 72 playing cards, and a score pad and pencil.

Each player gets their own Group Photo which shows 6 characters arranged in front of a background from the TV show. Here I've sorted them by background.

You can tell that a lot of creativity and thought put into these arrangements. Characters will interact with each other, strike unique poses, and hide behind each other or pieces of the background, which I can't imagine was easy to edit in 2003 when this game was made. Here are some of my favorite Group Photos:

It's also in these photos that we see the first few of this game's quirks:

In the first photo, Captain Cutler lacks color.

In the photo with Velma searching for her glasses, the Wolf Man has a black nose, but in the photo with Shaggy scared in the foreground, the Wolf Man's nose is uncolored. I would guess that when they were designing these photos, the designers were pulling from a digital library of character art; when the scans of the characters were being uploaded to digital, one of the artists missed a glance at the reference sheet. And they thought I wouldn't notice!

Some crazy size inconsistencies: see how tiny the alien is next to Redbeard, and how huge the Zombie is next to the Wolf Man!

My favorite card is definitely the last one, with Velma shushing Scooby while 4 monsters are approaching behind. I haven't seen this official art of Velma, it's very cute! I think the movement lines are fun.

Now, to the gameplay!

The object of the game is to get the 6 cards in your hand to match the 6 characters in your Group Photo. You do this by drawing and discarding 1 card every turn. Here's an example of a winning hand that has Daphne, the Creeper, the Witch Doctor, Scooby, and two Wild Cards.

There are 3 types of playing cards: Character Cards, Photo ID Cards, and Wild Cards. The winning hand above happens to have 2 of each type of card. Character Cards show an zoomed-in picture of a character; these are the most common card. Photo ID cards have captions in blue and are harder to find. You need at least two Photo ID cards in your hand to win the game (unless you have a certain Wild Card -- more on that later).

To collect all 6 of your characters quickly and to slow down your opponents, the Wild Cards will be very helpful. There are 4 types of Wild Cards that all have different functions:

Camera Shy can be used in place of a character card.

Say Cheese can be used in place of a character card, and also counts for one of the 2 Photo ID cards you need to win the game.

Red Eye lets you search the discard pile and draw any card. It also reverses the direction of play.

Overexposed can be used to switch out your Group Photo card for another one, or to force another player to switch out their Group Photo card! (If you save this card for late game, you can make enemies fast.)

When a player has gathered a winning hand, they lay down their cards and say "Frame it!" All players earn points based on who finished first, the types of cards in their hand, and how well they match their Group Photo card.

Winner bonus +6

Photo ID card matching Group Photo +2

Say Cheese card +2

Character card matching Group Photo +1

Camera Shy card +1

Photo ID and Character cards not in your Group Photo +0

Red Eye card -2

Overexposed card -2

Here is the winning hand I showed before. If this player finished first, the winning hand on the left would be worth 15 points (1+1+2+2+1+2+6). However, if you are strategic, you may wait to lay down your hand and try to replace your Character Cards for Photo ID cards, and any Camera Shy cards for Say Cheese. The hand on the right, which shows the same characters as the left but with more valuable cards, would be worth 18 points (2+2+2+2+2+2+6). It doesn't seem like much of a difference, but if you play over multiple rounds, 1 point can mean everything! (I would know -- in my last game, I lost by just 1 point!)

Overall, "Scooby-Doo: Group Photo" is a fun game. It can start to drag if players are drawing unlucky, but the rules are simple enough that players could make home modifications without too many complications. This is one of those games that's hard to explain but easy to pick up and quick to master.

Now that the gameplay is done...

More card art!

Here are the Photo ID cards for all the members of the gang. Some fun details:

Shaggy's caption describes him as being reliant on Scooby, but Scooby's caption makes no mention of Shaggy and only mentions his love of Scooby Snacks. Wowwww.

Daphne wants to write for a detective magazine in the future (little does she know, she's going to have her own talk show!).

They really did Velma dirty with her photo. Justice for Velma :(

And here are some Photo ID cards I thought were interesting:

The inclusion of one of the aliens from Alien Invaders (2003) among all of these original series villains (1969-1970) is an interesting choice... That movie came out 3 years before this game did, so maybe it was for promotional reasons?

Regarding the Alien's caption, I don't remember it being part machine...

I sincerely don't know where this mummy is from. It's not the "Coin, coin!" mummy, I can tell you that much.

The inclusion of the Mystery Machine as a character. This was ultimately a good choice, I think, because it really livens up the composition in the group photos.

Another recurring quirk: missing eyebrows on Character Cards!

For more info on the game, here's the official rule card:

[pretty-sweet-plums]

I'm playing BG3 for the first time and I am so full of regrets

So its my first time ever playing something like Baldurs Gate. My friend gave it to me because we planned to play DnD in the future and it would be sort of like an intro class to me. Well, I am happy to say I am enjoying so much, we have an inside joke that it is ruining my life. Glad I'm currently unemployed so I can play it on hours for end (blessing in disguise????? Haha)

Anyway like I said its all a first time for me. And I DIDNT KNOW YOU CAN ROMANCE PEOPLE UNTIL LAEZEL JUST CAME AT ME, a mostly conservative, easily shy, filled with religious trauma bisexual woman who blushes at anything remotely sexual irl, AND I PANICKED.

I didn't know about approval ratings, I just thought I was choosing the right options and that was just a thing so they could give you a perk if its high. I was too focused on not dying every single combat that I MISSED MY SHOT WITH KARLACH.

I was in Act 2 by the time I was like, wait, I can romance other people when Wyll made the moves on me too???!?!?! (Then I realized Halsin was also tryna flirt with me at the party i think and I did not say yes to Wyll because I said yes to Laezel. I basically blushed and squealed and covered my eyes for most of it with my friend laughing beside me because Laezel was oh so forward. But also because I thought, I could break up with Lazel and be with Karlach when the time comes.) I was working so hard on getting Karlach's approval but by the time I spoke with Dammon (I DIDN'T USE ANIMAL SPEAK ON HIM ON ACT 1 HUHUHU) on act 2 and got her the infernal engine duct tape, my approval wasn't really high enough. And i didn't realize that I missed the romance option for Karlach in Act 1's party (when I finally googled it like, ten minutes ago), i did say I liked her but my approval wasn't enough and she brushed me off. Anyway I'm currently 97 hours in, first playthrough, and I was like, WHY CAN'T I ROMANCE KARLACH YET, I already broke up with Laezel and I kinda missed out on all the lines on Gale by accident when I thought, hey how come I can't romance Karlach yet? And then I checked on my approval and was like wtf this should be okay now??? Everytime she calls me soldier, my soul dies a little bit so like, why can't i be with her yet???

(My friend has started making fun of me saying I'm treating BG3 like an otome game with some battle mechanics and like, hell yeah man, I really wanna be more than friends with Karlach)

And so I decided to finally google, and now my soul has left my body because I've missed everything. I was even thinking of romancing Gale to like, ease the pain while waiting on Karlach to like me but ultimately my choices were doo doo for him but I was like, no biggie, we want Karlach anyway. Its fiiiiine.

But nope. Everything is not fine according to my research. I have to erase maybe 70 hours of gameplay or try to cheat my way in (if I could ever understand the instructions) and be willing to gamble with my saves.

And now I'm just really very sad. I did not try to romance Astarion or Shadowheart or Halsin because my playstyle didn't really require me to bring them and I wasn't really interested in them.

So now I'm stuck at the end of Act 2, loveless and full of regrets.

When I try to see if I can get back together with Laezel because even if she was way too forward, she was good to me, I can't do that because my approval is too high with her. Apparently I have to make her mad at me and then build it back up?

Sigh. Idk, I just wanted to vent out the sadness.

[levinbolts]

get to know me tag !

rules: answer the questions and tag people you want to get to know better.

favourite color: mint green & lavender

currently reading: scum villain self-saving system & the silmarillion

last song you listened to: some song on the jazz hop cafe's trick or treat playlist i wasn't paying attention to the titles

last series you watched: scooby doo where are you ?

sweet, spicy or savory: sweet AND spicy

craving: mango habanero chicken wings from pizza hut

tea or coffee: both !

working on: building a casual gameplay save for caem separate from my main oc save

thank you @kazuaru for tagging me !!

idk who all has already done this, so if you have, ignore this i guess !! i'm gonna tag: @wooldawn, @pralinesims, @peonypyxels and @vampirepill

[puff-world]

I'm gonna rank every skylander and ripoff @jelloapocalypse

This will not be based in gameplay but design because fuck that noise any how les go

PART 1: MAGIC

Wrecking ball: [insert dead joke] -6

Voodood: dood you are like totally forgettable 3

Spyro: [insert joke about his face] 6

Double trouble: despite being forgettable, you survived -6

Pop fizz: he drinks mountain dew, truley a gamer 7

Ninjini: ok your fucking cool 8

Trap shadow: who 1

Star strike: yall remember those egg theives from spyro? 7

Hoot loop: CRAZY ASS -8

Dune bug: my apologies to trap shadow, who are you? -1

Enigma: you look like a wow boss 9

Deja vu: cute pigtails lazy name 5

Cobra cadabra: COBRA COBRAAA 7

Blastermind: kaos what are you doing here 4

Splat: dranie bob Ross 6

Pain-yatta: how are you magic dude: 7

Mysticat: eh 1

Buck shot: and eh 0

Over all score: 5

PART 2: UNDEAD

Hex: who's goth gf is this? 7

Ghost roaster: why did they scrap you? 7

Cynder: why are you here? 6

Chop chop: he has a bone to pick with you 7

Freight rider: you look like a common enemy 5

Eye brawl: ok ngl really fucking sick -9

Roller brawl: my bad this is the goth gf 5

Rattle snake: yall ever watch rango? 7

Night shift: I dont get it 7

Grim creeper: dopey but cute -6

Short cut: hesh gonna gecha! -7

Krypt king: chop chops top boyfriend 8

Funny bone: play dead! -6

Bat spin: bleh both literally and figuratively 4

Fiesta: drip 9

Wolf gang: London 8

Pit boss: this sssssucks 3

Chopscotch: your pun name is your saving grace or grave -1

Over all score: 8

PART 3: LIFE

Zook: [insert soldier tf2 quotes] -5

Stump smash: neat -7

Stealth elf: porn bait 6

Camo: you're not very camouflaged 4

Tree rex: man going hard 9

Shroom: mama mia -7

Zoo lou: uhm 3

Stink bomb: gross 5

Grilla drilla: isnt a drill counter active to the eco friendly drip 5

Bumble blast: [buck bumble theme] -7

Tuff luck: furry bait 4

High five: hesa pupper 7

Food fight: trigger happy rip off 5

Bushwhack: whack off! Wait? 3

DONKEY KONG: DONKEY KONG 9

Thrillipede: he gives a 1000% 8

Crash bandicoot: WOAH 9

Chompy mage: dr livesly walk 9

Boom bloom: coolio 7

Ambush: not expected 7

Over all score: -7

PART 4: FIRE

Sunburn: sqwaaaaa 6

Ignitor: kinda lit 7

Flame slinger: the writers were blind making him 4

Eruptor: I finna puke, in a good way 7

Hot head: kinda dopey but also really neat 6

Hot dog: stop drop and roll over: -5

Smolderdash: yall watch moana 8

Fryno: I'm kimda loving it -6

Fire kraken: he so dopey I love him -7

Blast zone: ignitors top boyfriend wait didnt I make this joke already 7

Wildfire: anduin if he liked fire 7

Trail blazer: my little arson 7

Torch: she hot literally 7

Ka boom: compensating much 7

Spitfire: lit but not in the good way 5

Bowser: look up @were-Ralph 9

Tae kwon crow: is this a fried chicken joke? 5

Flare wolf: furry bait 5

Ember: she was better in danny phantom 7

Over all: 7

PART 5: WATER

Zap: alotta spyro ripoffs 6

Wham shell: dont look at me with those big ol eyes 6

Slam bam: for being so chilled hes kinda hot 8

Gill grunt: this man goes hard 9

Thumpback: thumpback mountain 9

Chill: not really cool tho 7

Swash buckler: disney lawsuit 9

RIP tide: here comes the crimson chin -7

Punk shock: kinda cool kinda forgettable 5

Freeze blade: "I like your cut g" 7

Snap shot: yall play pokemon 7

Lob star: is mayonnaise an instrument 5

Flip wreck: [vulgar dolphin noises] 4

Echo: zap became a goth gf 6

Dive clops: scooby doo vibes 7

Tidepool: meh 5

King pen: 7

Grave clobber: excuse me what 0

Over all: 7

PART 6: EARTH

Terra fin: did he get fatter over time 8

Prism break: the pun was under utilized 8

Dino rang: picks up phone* "what's your favorite dinosaur" 7

Bash: awww rock pupper 8

Flash wing: theres the spyro rip off 5

Crusher: blag blag blah prism breaks top boyfriend 8

Slobber tooth: a pale imitation of bash 6

Scorp: sorry I'm a scorpio -6

Rubble rouser: uga uga -7

Doom stone: sorry but naw 4

Wallop: furry bait 5

Rocky roll: a lil guy 8

Head rush: I want her to kick my ass 9

Fist bump: hows it going bros its [insert n bomb] 4

Smash hit: yall watch ice age 3? 6

Tritip: pick up the phone a lil kid wants to talk dinosaurs 5

Golden queen: yasss queen 8

Barbella: once again hit me 8

Over all: 8

PART 7: AIR

Whirlwind: spyro ripoff again 4

Warnado: I like turtles 7

Sonic boom: good show 6

Lighting rod: move that cloud so I can see that lighting rod: 7

Swarm: buck bumble literally 8

Jetvac: kirby still better 7

Scratch: again 4

Pop thorn: oh hey it's that balloon I lost -7

Free range: I thought it was a piss joke

Boom jet: human??? 6

Thunder bolt: lighting rods less slutty brother

Gusto: oh my 6

Flip kong: MONKEY!!!! also Nintendo lawsuit

Storm blade: she so pretty 8

Wild storm: I dont get it 4

Bad juju: why are you here? 0

Air strike: bird shit every where -6

Over all: 6

PART 8: TECH

Trigger happy: he has a gun -8

Drobot: another one 4

Drill sergeant: show me your war face 7

Boomer: pfft 7

Sproket: kenzie from saints row 8

Bouncer: DR LIVESLY IS ALIVE AND HE IS AN IRON GINAT RIPOFF 10

Wind up: hit him so hell shut up -8

Spy rise: [sam Fisher voice] 8

Magna charge: yoooooooo 9

Countdown: soccer fans be like -6

Tread head: how do you drive that -5

Jawbreaker: he looks like an orc made him 9

Gear shift: robo waifu 7

Chopper: dinosaurs!!!! -7

High volt: he has a little blue line flag on his car 5

Robow: ok this goes hard 9

Dr neo cortex: jaundice 9

Dr krankcase: gangrene 9

Chain reaction: robo viking 10

Over all: 9

PART 9: LIGHT

Spotlight: must I say it 7

Knight light: palidins be like 6

Astroblaster: the only space themed skylander 8

Blaster tron: what's light about you? 0

Aurora: at this time of day in this part of the country 8

Over all: 7

PART 10: DARK

Knightmare: death knights be like 9

Black out: despite being a spyro clone hes really cool 9

Night fall: Lovecraftian ass 9

Starcast: slam bams emo cousin 7

Hoodsickle: you should be undead 0

Over all: 9

PART 11: KAOS & OTHERS

Kaos: DESTROY US ALL DESTROY US ALL DESTROY US ALL 10

Cyclops snail: theres a reason he was scrapped -10

Over all: 10

PART 12: RANKING TOP 10 AND WORST

10. Cyclops snail

9. Eye brawl

8. Head rush

7. Jaw breaker

6. Chompy mage

5. Fiesta

4. Black out

3. Kaos

2. Chain reaction

1. Bouncer

THE WORST: buckshot

PART 13: thoughts over all

So..after ranking every skylander, no I will not do enemies or trapped bosses, I can kinda get a method with them

Magic are based on religions and the arcane

Undead are often dead or malicious

Life are based on flora and fauna

Fire are based on fire, magma, and explosives

Water are based on ice and marine life

Earth are based on rocks and Crystal's with a few rough boys

Air is based on flight, avians or weather

Tech is based on machinery, metal and demolition and man made things

Light is based on holy and benevolent forces

Dark is based conversely on lovecraftian and malicious things

I originally intended on looking at all scrapped skylanders too but I realized there were too many so I only covered the one that was most well known scrapped skylanders

I also noticed some of the sensei's in imaginators were really independent of their element

And another thing was that some skylanders were dropped. In the original generation they had 4 skylanders and then replaced one for giants then again for swap force but the ones they keeped were given ultimate versions that sometimes looked wholly different and then in superchargers some where brought back again ang given new armor.

Anyway I hope you enjoyed this look into skylanders history thank you and have a nice day

[geekgemsspooksandtoons]

Continued thoughts on RE8

This was copied when I was making my DeviantArt journal about this. And ah, thank goodness, I don’t need to space out shit. Guess DA using numbers like that helps me out lol.

Hope the title is creative enough. But...the game has been out a month. But I'll tag spoilers anyway. So I got done with the game at 12:04 or well, I put my PS4 into rest mode to charge my controller. I'm gonna say three things.

Donna's death honestly fucked me up...and not in a good way.

Moreau is likely the best boss in the game. Maybe.

Shut your fucking hole is honestly funny.

Okay but yes, I finally played more of Resident Evil 8. And surprisingly, and I wanted to save and be done with the game after I got into the confrontation with Heisenberg.

Let me be honest with you all. Resident Evil 8 is a fine game. While I am still critical about it's story and what choices they made. The gameplay is pretty fine, and I think it's an overall nice or alright experience. While I don't think this is the best RE game ever. And I do think this game got too much of high praising. It was overhyped honestly. But I do feel like it becomes I guess more enjoyable as you play it.

Now I'm gonna go over me going through the sections I talked about real quick. And no, I didn't beat Heisenberg...I haven't yet.

Donna and Angie's section is maybe the best part of the game. Gonna admit when you go to House Beneviento, it's actually beautiful seeing a waterfall beside it. And while I do think the Silent Hill comparisons are...I'm no expert. I've only watched movie format of the first four Silent Hill games. But that part is where the game is scariest at. Despite me being annoyed by the puzzle stuff in one part of this game. Luckily, I feel great I decided not to look anything up.

But I guess it's the closest we'll get to a modern Silent Hill game. But I overall loved this part of the game. Despite I was being stupid and didn't put half of a child puzzle piece into a door for a few minutes. I will admit, I do feel like the puzzles are easier than usual than older RE games...which is kind of fine with me.

Also that giant fetus baby thing is fucking creepy. Thank God I wasn't devoured by it...but amused I was spooked by maybe the projection falling and bookcases moving. Which I dubbed Scooby Doo shit.

And...I'm sorry, I was not expecting Donna's death to go like that...like wow...despite what my friend told me about...wow...just saying, I am not selling Alcina Dimitrescu's or Moreau's remains to the Duke. And I'm sure as Hell not selling Angie either. Besides, I get a lot of money in this game already. Seriously, I'm loaded.

It's just silly like...I didn't want to go to Donna's house first but I had to. Will admit, I do feel like she was underdeveloped. And that could go as well to maybe the other lords. And I did go back to Donna's place to get her treasure...where I fought this fucking giant with an axe...and I'm really interested in who the Hell is that Claudia Beneviento. Considering she died very young.

Moreau's section was pretty fine. But I think along with Alcina's section, was a pretty nice place. While Donna's section seemed a bit more simple, it was more focused on, creeping the shit out of me. Yet I was still terrified being in Castle Dimitrescu because it was my first time...and may still could be scared if I replay the game again after I finish it.

Will admit, I was annoyed I got killed by Moreau three times in the water. I think the reason I liked his part because his boss felt very classic Resident Evil. Maybe almost like Nemesis when he's fully unleashed in the original RE3. I feel like Moreau was pretty unique. Despite at first...kind of wonder if I do want him to look more a Gilman creature. Because he's likely inspired by that those kinds of films.

Also I will admit this, him popping up as a huge fish at first spooked me. Continuing on, I have been going to wells and using the crank to collect shit. Which got me to collect Alcina's golden statue of herself. Which yes...is very narcissistic of her haha! Along with the treasure from Donna...and I forgot to mention I've finished those first three...weird ball games...

Gonna admit, I strangely feel reminded of Sonic Spinball and those pinball sections in the Sonic series. I sound stupid saying that. They are interesting puzzles. I'm just glad and to me personally, Alcina's ones was the most tricky.

So after I beat Moreau, I got the Wolfbane, which was the pistol I was very interested in and it killed that weird beast(Is it like a dog turned Lycan dog or something?)...in one shot...this is maybe the strongest gun in the game. Holy shit, Barry Burton would be proud.

But yeah, I went through the Lycan's den. Turns out, Heisenberg wasn't there. Also the grenade launcher is great to use too. And seriously, the amount of Lycans heads I've blown up with mainly a normal pistol amazes me. Holy crap, I killed a shit ton of them, so many heads blown up.

After getting that last flask and finally opening a way to Heisenberg's factory, I finally get to meet the fella. To be honest, I'm not huge on Karl's voice. I've heard it before, and I know the voice actor got inspiration from Nicholas Cage...but I just imagine Karl's voice to be different. Maybe Cage when his voice is higher pitched, but I forget. Maybe if I get used to it, I'll be fine with it. Here's one of the more amusing lords and...really, the four lords and a lot of other stuff is why I like this game.

What I hate is of what later on happens and...the future of these main games.

I also wanna say that the part I saved on is when I have to escape the factory. But holy shit, how the fuck can the Duke get into these fucking places or whatever. At least the Merchant made sense and whatever else...I'm rambling on. I just find it amusing that this huge character can get into certain places that would maybe seem impossible or not.

But yeah...I'm very likely close to the end of the game. Played a couple of hours. Maybe 3 to 4 or so. While I am...critical of this chapter of the RE franchise. There are things I genuinely liked. I just strangely hate...that this is the final product and we're gonna have to live with it. This is the RE game people are making memes about...I shouldn't be very excited for the new movie reboot this year...but that's what I'm more excited for.

The 25th anniversary of Resident Evil has been going good. Despite my feelings on this new main game.

I remember now, I feel like when I finish this game and I be more detailed with my criticisms. I've heard from a good friend of mine that Under The Mayo has similar opinions to us of how we feel about Resident Evil 8...yet before I decided to listen to the usual 1 hour version of the RE8 save room theme. Which is this.

Resident Evil 8: Village Save Room 1 Hour Extended - YouTube

A day ago, he posted a video that has this thumbnail and the title of how God Of War ruined Resident Evil...I'm really wondering how the fuck is that possible. And my usual bitching is about the fact we hardly see our old characters anymore(Such as Jill who isn't such a big focus anymore), some characters are not better expanded upon or whatever else, and the future...I'm just not interested. Despite I've said to a friend I could be interested in seeing how it goes...

I just explained a little of what I had problems with. I'm just gonna say Capcom needs to be a bit more ambitious and meaningful with their storytelling now. Which may sound stupid...I just want better for this series. And when mentioning that upcoming movie. If we ever get a movie adaption of RE7 and 8, ESPECIALLY 8, I want that to be a loose adaptation and some shit changed.

[silverowlblog]

I was just wondering if u could post some gameplay pics/randoms 🥰 love seeing what u doo

Hello, lovely person! 💜 First of all, thank you so much!!  What game are we talking about? If Sims 3, then I would like to post some gameplay, I really do. I even build a fantasy save specifically for playing last year, but unfortunately my laptop can’t handle The Sims 3 for playing on decent settings without terrible lags. Anyway, I’ll definitely post more stuff soon, for both games, there’re a lot of unedited screenshots waiting for me to edit them. Some randoms too. Autumn/simblreen always give me inspiration, just need to find some free time, between work and dealing with health issues I haven’t even had time to check tumblr recently.

[oversimplify-it]

this is a SIMS blog where we talk about SIMS therefor, my thoughts on the pack trailer under the cut because i love to ramble :’) 👻

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA okay now that i’ve gotten that out of my system let me just say I 👏 am 👏 so 👏 excited 👏 this is the first spooky pack that we’ve gotten since i personally started playing (I don’t count Realm of Magic as a spooky pack, though I was playing before that) so maybe it’s just the hype of finally getting something that i so badly want, but i’m genuinely really hyped for this!! i don’t own any stuff packs, because they never felt worth the 10 dollars to me (i don’t have an income, i get maybe 50 dollars in a year so i tend to save my money for EPs or GPs) but i think this will be the first that i pick up ... granted, I’m painfully aware of the fact that this is a STUFF pack and not a game pack, so I’m still a little tentative. there’s a definite possibility that the features shown in the trailer will actually be much more limited than i - and others - are hoping for, but i’m cautiously optimistic. 

the BUILD ITEMS oh my gosh, they look so good. they look like they’ll pair really well with movie hangout stuff, but are a bit more toned down which is nice bcuz movie hangout stuff is cute imo but a bit TOO boho 70s for my personal tastes. i’m really hoping for neutral/wood swatches on things like the desk, shelves, and tables as well, because if they have them man i will use them ALL the time. they’re so good. i love the candles and lamps and things, and the new flooring and wallpaper. i know i post mostly gameplay and edits here, but i really do adore building, so build items always matter a lot to me - maybe even most, LOL

the cas items are so cute too!! i absolutely adore the hair on the main sim in the trailer, it looks so pretty, and the clothes all look really cool!!

i definitely want to make a paranormal investigator sim, maybe even like ... the gang from scooby doo we’ll see LMAO but i will certainly be using this pack a lot i think.

that said, this only wets my appetite for supernatural packs, i mean GOSH JUST LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL i want werewolves next 😔

the sims shines brightest when they’re making supernatural content, okay, i said it  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[breadknight-likes-things]

Bread’s Game Journal 06/04/20: Zoinks!

*Extremely Shaggy Voice* Like, I had to take a break from my Northrend Sub Series man, and what better way to do so than solving a mystery!  Scooby-Doo Night of 100 Frights is a game I have played many, many times, but never actually beaten.  For some reason I always stall out about halfway through, but today, i’m determined to change that!  As for why I always stall out, I really couldn’t tell you, because this game is actually a lot of fun, and has some surprising pedigree behind it!

The early 2000′s was lousy with licensed games, some great like Spongebob Squarepants Battle for Bikini Bottom (Made by the same studio in fact!  Heavy Iron seemed to have this cartoon adaptation thing down!), some awful like Buzz-Lightyear In Space Command (Two games I put more than enough hours in to know how to judge).  Scooby-Doo Night of 100 Frights falls somewhere in the middle of those two extremes, but it’s a solid time that’s worth your attention if your a fan of the source material.  I am a huge fan of Scooby-Doo, all incarnations but especially the original classic, and Night of 100 Frights pulls the vast majority of it’s inspiration from those original seasons in a lot of fun, sometimes hyper bizarre ways.

“Scooby-Doo Where Are You?”  Really set my expectations too high for the amount of obviously haunted Victorian style mansions there are scattered around America’s country roadways.

The atmosphere is appropriately that silly kind of spooky the old Scooby-Doo shows were so good at.  The main setting of the game is a large seaside gothic mansion, which seems to suggest the original series streak of being inexplicably set in the south has translated to the game in a big way.  Gameplay wise it’s a bit of a mixed bag, you play as Scooby-Doo and the platforming is a little stiff and unforgiving.  Thankfully save states exist now because if you make even one missed jump in this game it can set you back quite a ways!  It’s pretty bog standard licensed platformer gameplay, but I’ve always thought the important part here is that they really nailed the feel of the old cartoon.  It’s a lot of silly antics for sure, and for some reason Don Knotts is there (not kidding), but it’s true strength lies in just how well it translated the old shows vibe onto this obviously low budget PS2 game.  It even fully re-creates the original theme song with hilariously low tech PS2 models! 

Random Screenshot Of The Day:

You know, the models could have been a lot worse when you really think about it, even if they all have weird looking faces....Daphne especially....

Stray Notes:

- Tune in tomorrow when I get back to my Wrath In The Frozen North series, sorry if you were excited for another entry today!  I just felt like I needed a little break to write about something else and this wacky PS2 classic I’m playing as a part of a community challenge was just the ticket!

- I like how Scooby says “Ruh Roh!  It’s a *blank*” for every single monster you see, every single time.  I don’t even mean that ironically, it’s extremely charming.

- You’re not fooling me!  Cause I can see! the way you shake and shiver!

[sakiaii]

My playthroughs so far

I started innocently more interested in the new stuff while not even remembering the old base game I played without the DLCs. The result was my Private Investigator witch found a lot of annoying bugs

but at least she has a falcon

after some other not worth mentioning saves where I was just checking out stuff

I was trying out inventor and vampire, somewhat inspired by my own old idea for a game

I quit like what I’ve done with the place, the hidden bookshelf door that leads into basement xD and also hate I never bothered to actually finish the interior

Now was the time to give Private Investigator another shot. I gave up on the idea of having the assistant helper/dr. Watson as I’m pretty sure the gameplay would not let me so the girl was just writing books all day ^^;

I quit like the interior... 

(there was going to be more walls but yeah xD nah)

Return of the witch playthrough. I loved the new world map 

I would love to come back to this map

my gameplay kinda took a different turn. I freaking hate the husbands family house it comes with ridiculous bills and no space to put cool stuff

but at least she has a falcon

The next witch was the kind with poisoned apples xD The most fun I had with this game xD

Household was freaking amazing too if I was roleplaying as the Addams family chances are gameplay wouldn’t be that fun

Yeah lots of fun *cough*

I left to see how genetics works and what kind of kids you could end up (genetically speaking the simy in picture above would be the aunt if she was in this save)

Scrooge was something I started contemplating at that time. I thought about Scooby-Doo gang too and I also wanted to go for a music band playthrough (BUt apparently you can’t have a freaking singer) (and sims with guitars are also idiots they’ll play far away from everyone else... sometimes they leave the freaking house to play outside)

I didn’t really have much free time for what I wanted to really do in this save so this was more of a world map test. The map was really good there’s a perfect place to build the house and there’s also a thieving grandma with her family *cough* Ma Beagle *cough*. Originally I wanted to have Donald and nephews living on the map and have Scrooge go on world adventures. I’d also have to create Della and Donald’s mom as that’s the only way to get Scrooge as uncle in the family tree (and Donald as uncle).

But yeah I was time pressed and just gave up. I was going to just have him travel while living in already existing big house on the map

...and that’s when I found out this map has the most gorgeous sim of them ALL

and boy when the hearts popped up after they meet 

my whole roleplaying was ruined xD

[matchmadeinmaxis]

Tagged by @yuuletidesimming​!! :D

nickname(s): Kim, Kimmie

gender: Female

sign: Sagittarius

height: 172 cm

time: 23:37 at the start, watch me take half an hour to finish this

birthday: December 15th

favourite bands: sorry not that big into music apart from the occasional spotify list

favourite solo artists: as above

song stuck in my head: baby shark doo do doo doo

last movie i watched: Ant-man and the Wasp

last show i watched: The Haunting of Hill House

when did i create this blog: February 2018

what do i post: lately not that much, some edits and cc I guess but I do want to pick up a gameplay/story based save again sometime soon

what did i last google: how to spell sagittarius (oops)

other blogs: matchfoundinmaxis

do i get asks: I did because of Simblreen, yep! Otherwise I mostly get wcifs, I wish people interacted with me more..

why did i choose this url: because I wanted to make it punny, I do quite like it :D

following: 457

followers: 2211 of you crazy bastards, ilu all <3

average hours of sleep: 7-8

lucky number: 22

instrument: I used to play the guitar, but it’s been a few years so none

what am i wearing: My Harry Potter pyjamas, wrapped in a hufflepuff blanket :’)

dream job: IT-sector

favourite food: pasta

last book i read: hmmmm I haven’t read in forever, I’m guessing ready player one

3 favourite fandoms: doesn’t apply to me, never been active in any fandoms, but I guess the sims community and the HP one are nice?

I tag: @shuiisims, @racingllama, @simpassion, @twin-creeks and uhh anyone else who feels like doing this

Feel free to ignore if I tagged you!

[fatedcipher]

     It’s over.  I beat Kingdom Hearts 3, a game I’ve waited thirteen years for.  And now that it’s all said and done?

     I’m just disappointed.

     What follows is mostly my stream of consciousness impressions of the game, put to text more to organize and vent than anything else.  Be warned of strong opinions and acerbic criticism.

The Good

Roxas

It was one scene, but it was one hell of a scene.  McCartney fucking killed it.

The Sea Salt Trio finally gets justice.  Xion and Axel finally wear something besides the coat.

I had Sora walk around and take selfies while Roxas and Xion effortlessly demolished Saix.  So much catharsis.

Demyx

Yeah, I know, last thing I was expecting too.

Had exactly zero patience for series melodrama.  Every other word out of his mouth had me laughing.

Dude stabbed evil mcdarkness in the back to do the good guys a huge solid and got away with it scot-free.

Lingering Will

He was on screen for all of five seconds, but I cheered for all five of them.

Namine was the one who called him in.

Should have been him to finish off Terranort, but close enough.

Half the Disney Characters

Telling the obnoxious villains to fuck off.

Actually making them fuck off in a couple instances.

Put that Edgelord back where he came from or so help me!

Hayner!  Pence!  Olette!

Twilight Gang actually contributing to the main plot again.

Them giving a shit about Roxas when they didn’t need to.

Fucking bamboozled SoD, he just didn’t know how to react to their Scooby Doo shenanigans.

Mixed Bag

Some of the Disney worlds were pretty charming and had good cast interactions.

Frozen’s world was not.

Sora using the fallen keys was visually breathtaking and played in well to his power to connect to other people.

It was a reference to the stupid mobile game that has only polluted the plot further.

TWEWY world effectively confirmed in whatever is next.

I may not actually want to play whatever is next.

Music

It practically goes without saying at this point but, JESUS CHRIST THERE’S SOME GOOD MUSIC IN THIS VIDEO GAME

OTHER PROMISE/VECTOR TO THE HEAVENS ARRANGEMENT SLAYED ME

I LOVE YOU YOKO SHIMOMURA

The Bad

Gameplay

Plays like a janky version of 2 with a botox injection of DDD flowmotion that only makes the game feel more awkward.

Clunky melee combos have too much start-up, most have no invincibility or even armor to prevent being hit out of them.

Only a handful of the keyblade transformations are actually useful, all of which are a massive step down from drive forms.

Shotlocks still feel like extraneous instant damage and add nothing to gamplay flow.

Oversaturation of minigames leaves several worlds light on actual combat.

Attraction flow is too easy to get, not fun to use, lasts too long, and leaves you vulnerable to damage.

Worlds are simultaneously expansive by individual area and depressingly small on an overall scale.  Most of Twilight Town is inaccessible, Destiny Islands and Radiant Garden can’t be visited.

General Plot and Storytelling

Generally poor writing that fails to resolve several plot threads and introduces ridiculous retcons that only create more questions.

There’s a scene where all of the good guys are in the same room having a discussion about how convoluted the plot is and Jiminy chimes in that they should read the in-game summaries on the in-game phone.  This was when the game crossed over into self-parody for me, and not in a good way.

The total absence of Final Fantasy characters save for the mention of Cloud and Auron at the start of Olympus eliminates half the appeal of what is ostensibly a crossover series.

Awful pacing, having the Disney worlds as unimportant filler with the majority of the plot happening in the last few hours of the game, following what has depressingly become the norm.

General cutscene incompetence, from characters being effortlessly overpowered by enemies to standing around unarmed and slackjawed waiting for said enemies to cut them down.

Bad dialogue and direction clearly mandated by someone who doesn’t speak English mars a number of moments that could have been good.  The script shines primarily when it escapes that ignorant control, which is not as often as it should be.

Mass death and revival scene was entirely pointless, as were the multiple Heartless swarms everyone was suddenly incapable of even putting up a fight against.

Death is still largely non-existent save for a few characters.

It made me more bitter and fed up with this series than DDD did and that is a fucking accomplishment.

Sora

How fucking dare you treat my precious boy like this, Nomura.

Half the cast spends half the game demeaning him and refuses to listen to him for no discernible reason, despite the fact he immediately solves every problem he is introduced to.

It’s not as bad as DDD, but he’s still written to be way less intelligent than he was in 1-2.

He’s the only one who doesn’t get a perfect happy ending and the only who actually seems to suffer any consequence to his actions, despite those consequences being utterly nonsensical.

It’s not even clear what the fucking “Power of Waking” is and he never needs it save for the artificial death scenes.

Riku

Every other line in the script is shilling him and how he’s somehow better than Sora.

This Yozora clown is literally just a palette swap of him.

Three Rikus in one scene.  It is laughable in how stupid it is.

He gets two playable sections and fights the same shitty boss in both.

He’s the one who goes to pick up Namine, not Roxas, Sora, or Kairi.

You can feel how much Nomura loves him and it repulses me.

Kairi

Her lively personality is completely absent along with any agency she might have once had.

Despite getting a keyblade and training the whole game, she gets halfway through a single fight before she’s easily kidnapped, held hostage, and callously executed.

None of her statements about protecting Sora are followed through on and are empty allusions to the first game.

SoKai is finally all but canon, yet the characters themselves hardly interact in the game and the Oathkeeper charm is never even brought up.

Namine

Her in-engine model is only ever used in the character files.

The only thing she does in the entire game is have a single conversation with Sora in the afterlife, in which he still fails to properly thank her.  

Riku is the one to pick her up after she gets a body because Nomura felt like awkwardly shifting Versus XIII’s unused dynamic onto two characters totally unrelated to it.

She’s still wearing the same white dress she has been since her introduction in CoM.

Aqua

Loses every fight she’s in to cutscene incompetence.

Seriously, you kick Vanitas’ ass in her only playable segment for her to throw herself spread eagle in front of some fireballs he throws out, it’s embarrassing.

Likewise jobs to Terranort and has to be saved by the COME GUARDIAN who is apparently Terra’s heartless?

Her single contribution to the plot is finding Ventus.

The refusal to let her age is just bizarre, the same extending to Ventus and Terra.

Antagonists

Xehanort remains nonsensically overpowered and omniscient, using time travel, clone bodies, and other contrivances to achieve his goals and have the heroes play straight into his hands until his actual last scene.

Multiple members of team dark don’t even have a good reason to work for the old man.  The former traitors are the ones to remain unfailingly loyal.

They show up to vaguely talk down to the heroes and/or wipe the floor with them before smugly disappearing without a scratch.  The only instances where this is even slightly averted are a couple scenes with the Disney characters and the defeat scenes in the final boss rush.

The majority of the villains are given cloying and contrived attempts at casting them in a sympathetic light when they have only ever been shown to be selfish, merciless, and cruel prior to their final defeats.  Xehanort himself is the absolute worst offender, being cast as a well-intentioned extremist at the last possible moment, despite this directly contradicting the entirety of his character prior.

     So yeah, Kindgom Hearts 3 isn’t that good of a game and has a story that’s legitimately quite poorly written and told overall.  Are my expectations inflated by the amount of time I’ve had to wait for this game?  Absolutely, but the series has been on a downward slope in quality since BBS and this was their big chance to correct course.  Even with the promise of TWEWY involvement in whatever is in the future, I can’t honestly say I’m interested in playing another Kingdom Hearts game after this disappointment and that’s depressing for someone who’s loved this series for so long.  There’s still a lot I want to write for Roxas and the rest of the cast, but when most of that stuff is attempting to revise the canon, it can be pretty discouraging.  All the same, I don’t want to give up on this blond haired kid and his friends just yet.  Their story’s too important to me to let it end like this.

[callgespenst]

Finished Media, October 2022

I've gotten a lot out of posting about whatever I've read/watched/played most recently, so I'm going to try doing it as a month to month thing on here. Here's what I was doing this past month!

Tiger and Bunny 2: The rare long-awaited sequel that didn't let down ten years worth of expectations. Getting stuck in Netflix jail really killed the hype, but what can you do? I think I liked the first cour better than the second, not that the second was bad, but it felt more like a movie plot stretched out into a season. Sure hope that the third season (if that's feasible, no idea what the numbers look like on this one) doesn't take as long to drop.

Scooby Doo on Zombie Island, and the Witch's Ghost, and the Alien Invaders: apparently these were direct to video so I refer to them as OVAs, which is only reinforced by the solidly Japanese staff in the credits. All good fun. Alien Invaders was my favorite story, but Witch's Ghost had Tim Curry knocking it out of the park.

Powered Armor Dorvack: a 1984 robot cartoon that I never, ever thought I'd be able to watch with English subtitles. Two of the main mecha from the series got turned into Transformers (Whirl and Roadbuster), and that was all I knew about this going in. Lots of strong character episodes and a very unique last third. Wouldn't recommend it to anyone as their very first robot anime or anything, but if you're full up on the classics it's worth a look.

Fuuto PI: Fun enough on its own, but mostly I just want to rewatch Double now. If I hadn't sworn off the roleplay toys I would absolutely buy the Double Driver again.

Shawshank Redemption: putting this in the middle of the list really makes it stand out. I got married at the cabin shown in the opening scenes of the film where the guy's wife gets murdered, that's the main reason I wanted to see this. Sure wish America still consistently made movies like this.

Castlevania Symphony of the Night: The wonky voice acting is honestly extremely charming. Gameplay is still fun and nuanced several console generations later. Definitely want to play more from the series, but I think I'll save it for next spooky season.

One Piece Film Red: This was just a Macross movie. This is not a joke or an exaggeration. So I highly recommend it.

Dragon Ball (entire original manga): Rereading this all the way through as an adult was really eye-opening. Sure, you can really tell the points at which the editors told Toriyama "what the FUCK are you doing, buddy?" But it's still a great time, I got more than a little emotional at the climax of the final fight, even. I could probably write an essay about how Goku and Vegeta are the most mischaracterized dudes in the whole of western fandom, but not today.

That's everything! Here's what might be next:

Playing: Bayonetta 3

Watching: Witch from Mercury, Pop Team Epic, Do It Yourself!, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Reading: Happy Kanako's Killer Life. I might also (god help me) try and catch up on One Piece.