#ost appreciation hours

[justplaggin]

riveting spine-chilling breathtaking incredible showstopping spectacular

[aqqleshiqqing-archive]

guys i hope you know this is just the first song and it's already ruining my mojo by the way he laughs so maniacally

[nyupuun]

Its one of those nights were you have to listen to Yugioh 5Ds OST and let all of your neurons activate at once

[anti-social-anthem]

my cousins out here having children and here I am upset there is no legitimate TOTK OST on Spotify

[xitsensunmoon]

Finally done with this oughhhh... the timer says i worked full fucking 24 hours on this😭

School game animation... Obviously I couldn't work on it if it didn't have my blorbo so here he is. They work together seamlessly as well hehe I would appreciate you sharing this post because I'm dead

Each of those took 8+ hours to make aha ha how I love. How I love animation... It was worth it tho! My fav is the attack sequence with claws :) the way his tendrils move just scratches something in my brain

Also I made a lil video of how my animation progressed since 2022 if anyone is interested it's under the cut<3

The song is from Happy Meat Farms OST Tony Ashley - Mother :)

[noxtivagus]

a night will never not be complete without me rambling abt ffxiv huh

[vanade]

IT IS DONE 📢

The Dawning may be over but it's still on in my heart...

Spend a few days with my guardian Ceph, helping him figure out cookie recipes with Eva's 1st gen oven. Will you befriend him? Spend every moment flirting?? Will you EAT THE FORBIDDEN DOUGH?

Features:

10.7k of text (10-15 min per playthrough)

lots of dialogue choices

customizable player name (pronouns are unspecified/gender-neutral throughout the game)

be a human, awoken or exo (changes some flavour text)

original OST by my sister

too many cookies

Play it for free over on itch.io ! Windows, Linux, OSX and Web-Playable! (download recommended though) Also if you enjoy it I would really appreciate if you could leave a rating!! This was a solo project for #WinterVNJam2023 and it was a work of love (and insanity)

[ai-megurine]

HOTD S2 episode 2 "Rhaenyra the Cruel" reaction

• This OST! Djamin Rawadi is a god

• Can we appreciate Aegon's friends? Staying with him despite the state of madness he's in and closing the door to make sure he has some privacy

• oh so that shot of Aemond was him realising that he was the target!!!!

• I'm sorry I'm not that sympathetic to Alicent's tears? I just wish we could see more of Helaena grieving. I love the dress though

• ALICENT B&C IS NOT ABOUT YOU

• Otto shut up.

• Get Tom an Emmy, an Oscar and every single award in the world. His "what?" of disbelief to Otto stuck with me, dunno why

• In love with Larys' entrance. No one notices him until he speaks, he's in the background. Perfectly suits him

• "Bitch Queen of bastards" lmfao

• Love that the Council is shutting up and just letting Aegon rant. They're all scared of him in a way

• Who knew I'd ever be happy to see Larys?

• "I'll kill him myself" feed him to Sunfyre pls. Or Shrykos

• Aegon losing it every time Otto speaks is such a mood

• Jasper Wylde has a lign! Who knew.

• "We know our enemy!" with the little hand thingy was funny, I'm sorry

• Tyland!!

• "you're already seen as weak" oh fuck you Otto

• Why would anyone think that Rhaenys committing mass murder means Rhaenyra should be Queen???

• Aegon "my little son's body" broke me.

• Alicent calling Aegon "my darling" was sweeter than I thought.

• oh so Helaena can be a spectacle but not you??

• HELAENA MY LOVE

• LET ME HUG YOU

• DAEMON WHEN I CATCH YOU

• BALERION HIMSELF COULDN'T PROTECT YOU

• Oh my lord she's holding Jaehaerys' clothes 😭😭😭

• She's grief personified I can't breathe

• Phia is an angel

• THE TEAR ON HER CHEEK

• AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH the "I don't want them closer I don't know them" breaks me. She's my angel, I will fight the world for you

• ALICENT WHO CARES YOU'RE BANGING COLE. IT HASN'T BEEN 24 HOURS SINCE JAEHAERYS DIED

• "This is for my boy" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

• The toy horse 😭😭😭😭

• The music is so good

• (when did they have the time to make all the uniforms and banners??? Sewing ladies have been doing overtime)

• Blood IMMEDIATELY giving up all the information was low-key funny but it really showcases who he is. A big bully who uses his strength to hurt people weaker than hip (women and children) but the second he's caught? He folds like a coward.

• Lmfao Larys' face. Even he was like "damn dude I didn't even start"

• Who the fuck is the herald? I thought Otto would be the one doing this

• OH MY GOD THEY SEWED THE HEAD BACK?????

• ANGEL, BABY, I LOVE YOU

• DAEMON I WILL KILL YOU MYSELF

• The little circlet on his bead 😭😭😭😭

• why barn owls on the shroud? I mean it's Helaena and she's flawless so I like it anyway

• So the death of Jaehaerys has FINALLY been acknowledged as kinslaying as well

• Blood's face when he understands that Aegon is coming and that it's going to be painful

• Noooooo, I wanted more pain for Blood

• Oh no my girl being so overwhelmed. She's in pain 😭😭😭

• Oh Rhaenyra's reaction to B&C

• I mean why wouldn't they accuse you? Like? Bestie? Who would it profit to kill Aegon's heir?

• Is Daemon actually smirking???? This man istg

• Rhaenys immediately knew, this woman is too good for these people

• Rhaenyra's realisation

• "Killing it"??? IT???? WOMAN.

• DON'T YOU FUCKING LAUGH. If you felt any ounce of remorse, you would be screaming in rage about it

• "you have wounded me" BESTIE A CHILD DIED WE DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR STANDING

• JFC the way she reacted when he broke that glass!!! She's obviously scared, it's definitely not the first time.

• Emma the actor that you are. Rhaenyra looks ready to rip Daemon's head with her bare teeth (which she should do, it would be iconic)

• You are a monster dude

• Oooh that silence

• "because of your virtue" hshshsjsj

• Bestie Viserys named Rhaenyra heir out of grief and guilt

• "You're pathetic" is so iconic, love it

• Baela exists! That coat is atrocious though

• So no risking Jace but Baela is fair game huh? Bitch (and I don't even like Baela). Good scene though

• Behold, Daemon runs away from his family

• HELAENA STILL DOESN'T HAVE A GUARD???? WHAT???? AEGON HAS TWO HE COULD SPARE ONE

• Oh god her and Aegon. Grieving, broken, but unable to connect. I feel like she wanted to reach out in the stairs, but he runs away because he's on the verge of breaking down and be can't have that in public.

• The nodding???

• NOOO THE BED

• I mean, I know it's better but

• Oh god the mattress covered in blood

• The juxtaposition with Rhaenyra being with her son is heartbreaking. The way she realises that this is what Helaena lost, that Jaehaerys was that age

• ALICENT STOP THINKING ABOUT YOU BANGING COLE NO ONE CARES

• Also Cole should be guarding Helaena and Jaehaera

• The religious trauma of consensual sex

• I wished the Alicole storyline would take less screen though, I mean good for them but that mess of a relationship shouldn't overshadow Helaegon's doomism and greek tragedy right now

• Cole needs to stop beefing with the rest of the world, Arryk isn't responsible for it

• Love Arryk for calling out Cole

• LMFAO THE OTHER KINGSUARDS NOPPING OUT. Valid ngl

• YOU'RE MAD SER. Love him

• Cole's hypocrisy is a delight. He's a terrible person, but he's so interesting

• Why don't they use poison though

• Laenor being mentioned? Neat. Him teaching the boys about fishing and Sea Shanty is pretty fun

• Damn that scene is actually good!! A shame I couldn't care less about Baela and Rhaena

• Oh so that's the famous brothel scene?

• Aemond's mummy issues on fill display 🙏🏻

• I love the relationship between him and the madame ngl. Like I know he pays her for it but her gentleness with him seems to be at least partially genuine. Her facial expression when he doesn't look at her are pretty telling

• Hugh Hammer the return! Fuck if I care but hey, I'm not against them developing the Dragonseeds. I wish Nettles was around too. I guess Hugh will join TB after his family's death? Or he'll be a spy for TG? Dunno

• So we know Baela ends up with Alyn, and he looks so much bigger and older than her 😭 Like it makes sense but DAMN

• I genuinely cannot begin to care about Corlys to save my life

• WAIT RHAENYRA DIDN'T KNOW WHO MYSARIA WAS???? THIS IS SO FUCKING FUNNY

• Mysaria being a good character wasn't on my bingo card but I don't dislike it

• Seasmoke following Addam around like a lost puppy is so funny to me. Also his sounds are so cute. I guess Laenor died off screen?

• The focus on the smallfolk is great. It reminds me of Varys' quote about the smallfolk always being the one to suffers.

• Cheese didn't suffer enough and I wish that dog a very nice "find a better owner"

• "Oh, I had them hanged" is so fucking funny.

• Otto is right, though. Like, this was a terrible idea.

• Ooooh mentioning Jaehaerys was a dumb move. You should Aegon isn't going to be rational about it

• Aegon, you can show strength by, you know, USING YOUR DRAGON. Honestly a public execution of Blood would have been better

• Otto's "wtf" face is so funny. I love him. Tom and Rhys are carrying this entire episode. Phia too, but she's less present

• Otto, do you REALLY think Aegon gives a single fuck about Viserys???

• Otto being fired for upteenth time is so funny. This man files for unemployment every three weeks

• Otto's last act of defiance was great

• Yeah, Mysaria isn't exiting the show

• Oh, that's how she'll stay

• Elinda Massey exists!

• I'm glad they didn't make Rhaenyra fight Arryk like some believed. It makes much more sense for her to be genuinely scared for her life. Like, Arryk is a grown ass man in armour and literally one of the best knights of his time

• They deserved better

• Otto unknowingly dissing his daughter's bf right in front of her was peak irony.

• "Petty revenge"? A FOUR YEAR OLD CHILD WAS DECAPITATED

• FUCK YOU ALICENT. Your son isn't "valuable", he's YOUR SON

• DAERON MENTION!!!!!!!! VICTORY!!!!!!!!

• The generational trauma of zero communication 🙏🏻

• Aegon sobbing and breaking down

• Nooooooooooo

• My love

• Let me hug you

• He's so beautiful

• A fallen angel

• CRISTON LEGIT SITTING ON HER BED WAS SO FUNNY LIKE WHAT

• HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WAITING

• ALSO WHO IS GUARDING HELAENA

Conclusion :

Tom is a god, Phia is an angel, I will start a cult for Ramin Djawadi. The acting in general was top notch, but Tom and Phia have ascended to god-like.

Helaegon's doomism and Greek tragedy will be my death, I love them your honour.

The focus on the smallfolk was very good, and I hope they do it for both sides.

[alexanderwales]

I wish I could sit down and explain things to the algorithms.

"Hey, look, you noticed that I was searching for stuff related to Final Fantasy 7, and I appreciate that. I was talking about it, tagging it, reading some discussions, and at the time, yeah, I was interested. But I'm done with the remake now. I'm not permanently in need of more Final Fantasy 7 stuff. I've moved on to other things. The fanart and fanfic is sort of falling on deaf ears here. You showed me that picture of Aerith fingerbanging Tifa and I won't lie, it definitely activated some neurons, but what I'm interested in now are some critiques of the last season of Umbrella Academy. Or give me some game design thoughts on Factorio. We're done with the Final Fantasy 7 stuff now."

But no, the algorithms just pick up on what you're currently talking about, searching about, etc. You watch one Youtube video on some of the worldbuilding of Midgar and suddenly there are just dozens of suggestions for five hour long video essays and OSTs and a bunch of stuff that I do not care about.

If the algorithms are here to stay, I just want them to be better, or to have better ways of talking to them.

"Please only play me Everclear's 'Father of Mine' when I'm in the mood to be sad/angry about my relationship with my father."

"I care far more about entertaining storytelling than subject matter, I will watch a five hour video on anything if the writing and production is good."

"I sometimes engage with people who are wrong on the internet, but I do not endorse this, and do not want more discourse that I've only dipped my toe in because someone said something that was incorrect, and all that searching and reading I did on the topic was to see how wrong they were."

If I had any faith in AI as a tool, I might hope that the algorithms get good enough to sand away some of these issues. But of course I don't have faith in AI, and of course the algorithms are designed for maximizing advertising dollars by way of increasing engagement, and I'm left grumbling at my computer every time the algorithm has clearly gotten the wrong impression.

[doshmanziari]

Two (relatively) recent and worthwhile considerations of FromSoftware soundtracks

As I mentioned a few months ago, I supplemented and republished an older essay on the music of Demon's Souls, the Dark Souls series, and Elden Ring, which you can read here. And I figure it's worth bringing up again, since I'm recommending two videos on the same general subject for a mini-post here.

To begin: Loopine, one of whose videos I've linked before, came out with a video, entitled "How Elden Ring Surpassed the Dark Souls OST", arguing that Elden Ring's clearer and deeper sound design puts it above Dark Souls 3's score. I find Loopine's analysis according to production unusual, appreciable, and clearly articulated; and, contrary to most media criticism solely being the self expelling thoughts, Loopine also conducts a small-scale experiment with other people regarding musical recognition — an experiment that, were it to be applied on a large scale, could yield very interesting results. Even so, the final thought I continue to have here is that the scores to Elden Ring and Dark Souls 3 are so comparable in their aggressive roteness (or rote aggressiveness?) that sound design can't possibly make that large of a difference.

Let me kinda diverge for a moment to remark on the trend Loopine mentions of "REAL CLASSICAL GAME COMPOSER CONDUCTOR REACTS TO DARK SOULS/ELDEN RING MUSIC" videos, just to say: first, how weird that videogame culture at large continues to suffer from this sort of media envy, awaiting the representatives of "real" art-forms to recognize an Undertale theme, or whatever. There seems to be the presumption that a certain kind of professional occupation necessarily yields novel insights; and that such professional appreciation somehow enforces an objective qualitative status upon the art. Did Bach admire the work of Vivaldi? Sure. Does that mean that I have to "admit" that Vivaldi's music is great? Uh... no. But, more than that, I find these videos confusing, given their emphasis on the quality of effectiveness — because a large part of my critical argument is that most tracks for the Dark Souls sequels and Elden Ring are highly ineffective.

A possible reason for this stark divergence of opinion is that, perhaps, most of the people featured on these videos haven't spent much time with the games, and so they miss the more particular details; and they also do not examine the soundtracks as a whole, both internally and according to FromSoftware's relevant catalogue, and lose sight of a bigger picture which reveals the tracks' interchangeable identities. On its own, Yuka Kitamura's theme for Lady Maria might seem extraordinary, and specially suited to that confrontation; when played right after the two-dozen others like it from Dark Souls 3 and Elden Ring... well.

From here, then, I'm going to recommend Crunchy's comparison of the original Demon's Souls soundtrack to the remake's. Being almost 3.5 hours long, and having no script prepared, it is, in a sense, the opposite to Loopine's. The length is not necessarily to the comparison's benefit. I think the video's maker would admit that, eventually, it becomes difficult to sustain the fresh particularities of criticisms made earlier on, because the offenses are fairly consistent. Since I left a comment on the video, I'm going to just quote that comment here:

This is a good musical analysis. Most of the comparative critiques I've come across couch the difference in terms of "taste", meaning that they tend to miss the contextual dimension. I think that it can be argued that the remake's music even fails on its own terms: the elaborateness of the reimaginings suggests that you're battling highly complex bosses with multiple phases, and that's not the case at all. With some of these tracks, I feel like half of the respective boss fight might have gone by during the intro. Given the general orchestral approach, I have the impression that the composer was probably drawing on Bloodborne's OST as the standard, since that was the last FromSoftware title prior to the remake which utilized an actual orchestra for pretty much its entire score; but, of course, Bloodborne's OST is communicating something very different from the world of Demon's Souls. Shrieking, slamming, grotesquely dark horror is definitively out of line, just as the needless graphical elaborations turn a brutal and austere world into a series of decked-out theme parks. I continue to be confused by most of FromSoftware's musical decisions for these games. For instance: why hire Motoi Sakuraba as your composer for Dark Souls? Nothing about Sakuraba's résumé recommends him as a composer of any sort of orchestral music. Was he just an affordable, "reliable" option? [Crunchy provided his own response to this: "I think Sakuraba was hired mainly because he had a relationship with Bandai, who published DS1."] How so much of a game like Elden Ring can be particularly crafted, while 85% of the music is a bundle of atmospheric non-events and "epic" slop, is baffling. Miyazaki's role here seems strangely incompetent, and out of line with the image of the man who pushes these teams to exceed aesthetically generic impulses.

(Parenthetically, I'd call readers' attention to Crunchy's videos on Elden Ring. I've explored just a few, but each stands among the most interesting and informed analyses of the game's esoterica I've come across so far) — OK. That's all for now. Bye!

[venturelovebot]

Flufftober2024 Day Ten: Bet, Game, Contest

Prompt list by @flufftober! Comments, likes and reblogs are all greatly appreciated but not required! Happy reading!

Story features elements of age regression and reader is implied to have low energy. All fluff! Written in head canon format.

( collective unconscious ost - twilight woods )

🍂 "I don't want to get out of bed." You pout, burrowing your face further underneath the warm covers.

🍁 They stare at the unmoving lump of covers.

🍄‍🟫 "Tell you what. Why don't we play a little game?" They ask, sitting on the edge of the bed.

🐈‍⬛ You peak out from underneath the covers, clearly intrigued.

🦇 "I'm going to keep track of how many self care activities you do today." They begin explaining.

🌰 "Uh huh." You listen keenly.

☕️ "If you can score ten points, I'll get you a treat. How does that sound?" They proposition.

🎃 You're quiet for a moment.

🍂 "Okay."

🍁 You're moving at a snails pace, but at least you're up and moving. They know some days can certainly be harder than others, so they're not upset with you whatsoever for taking your time.

🍄‍🟫 Taking your time was much better than not doing anything at all.

🐈‍⬛ "What's the first thing we do when we get up, mi patito/a?" They ask.

🦇 You stand before the bathroom mirror with messy hair and pajamas.

🌰 "Um– oh! Brush our teeth!" You smile wide.

☕️ "Good baby! Can you do that for me?" They hand you your toothbrush from the holder on the sink.

🎃 You dampen your brush underneath the water faucet and dispense some bubblegum flavored toothpaste onto the bristles, inserting the brush into your mouth to begin cleaning your teeth.

🍂 Once you were done with that, they question you further. "What do we do next?"

🍁 "Floss!" You respond.

🍄‍🟫 "Yes! Good job!" They hand you a floss pick and let you continue your dental care.

🐈‍⬛ You toss the pick into the trash and wipe your mouth with a nearby towel.

🦇 They swipe their finger underneath your chin and smile at you for doing such a good job.

🌰 "You're well on your way to your reward, sweet baby." They compliment you. "Ready for breakfast?"

☕️ You nod.

🎃 Breakfast was the usual– small talk in between bites of cinnamon flavored cereal coupled with a little bit of fruit to eat afterwards.

🍂 It's only when you're done eating that they remind you of your next step in caring for yourself.

🍁 "Ready to take your pills?" They hand you the medicine in a tiny cup.

🍄‍🟫 You take them without complaining, downing them with leftover cereal milk until the bowl is fully empty. They wipe your mouth off with a paper towel and smile lovingly at you.

🐈‍⬛ "You're doing so well, you know that?" They rinse the bowl in the sink for a bit before placing it on the drying nearby rack.

🦇 After that, it was time for the most dreaded and energy spending activist of them all: showering.

🌰 You pick out a comfortable shirt and a pair of shorts to wear around the house afterwards.

☕️ Now, all you had to do was take the shower itself.

🎃 Deep breath.

🍂 It's slow and uneventful, even with music. You feel your energy rapidly draining despite the fact you had just woken up and eaten breakfast.

🍁 By the time you're done, you're exhausted and ready to lay down for the next three hours.

🍄‍🟫 They lovingly help you with your skincare to keep your skin nice and soft by doing your facial routine and helping you with your lotion.

🐈‍⬛ Then, it's all snuggles.

🦇 "You smell so good! I really am proud of you." They nuzzle your face and place a kiss to your nose.

🌰 You giggle as they continue rubbing their nose against yours, giving you the bunny kisses that you both love so much.

☕️ "Did I get ten points yet?" You ask.

🎃 "Hmm. Let's see..." They recall all the things you've done today. "You brushed your teeth, flossed, ate breakfast, took your medicine, washed your body and your hair– that's pretty good work!"

🍂 "That's only six things though..." You frown.

🍁 "Mi pollito/a, that's six things that you easily could've put off for another day, too. I can't tell you how proud I am of you for practicing self care despite not wanting to." They explain.

🍄‍🟫 "I think that in itself deserves a reward." They add.

🐈‍⬛ Your face lights up. They can't help but laugh at your enthusiasm.

🦇 "How about some pumpkin ice cream as a reward then, hm?" They offer.

🌰 They scoop it out into your cutesy design covered bowl and add a drizzle of marshmallow sauce plus Halloween colored sprinkles on top for extra measure.

☕️ "I'll have some with you." They sit next to you with their own bowl.

🎃 The two of you enjoy your shared treats together as the world outside turns dark and gray. Thunder rolls in the distance, rain begins to pour and races down the window.

🍂 "Love you, sweet baby. We'll play some board games in a bit, okay?" They smile.

🍁 You nod with a pumpkin ice cream stuffed smile.

[ejamesquijano]

LET’S GET OUT SOMEWHERE FAR THIS TIME In search of kindness, purity, and serene happiness

There is this one question that always stuck with me ever since I have read it somewhere: When was the last time you did something for the first time? Such a simple sentence yet the weight of it lingers in me thereafter. Today though, I’ll have an answer to that question, this is also a simple one but certainly one for the books of this dear existence too — Another first time to ever happen in my life was that I lived in a different country for a month.

And it really warms my heart to meet you again, Taiwan.

Since I tell the stories of my life in here and if you’ve been reading them, you would know that I did have a rough start this year and it was just recently that I am slowly bringing myself up from the chaos. But in the middle of 2024, I was offered an opportunity to work overseas and I seized it immediately. I can say now that it was one of the best decisions I have made this year because I never thought that this work trip would save me in more ways than one. I was working, yes, but for lots of reasons this felt like some sort of an escapade.

The Supercut:

Quick stop at Geo’s. Morning rush. Sunny flight. Hello again Taipei. Meeting the Taiwanese team. Stayed at Taoyuan. Life in Aspire Inn. Rm 3107. Ah Mu Ping adventures. Ximen Reservoir. Sesame Hotel’s grandeur. 13 shooting days. 2am Walk. Quick visit at Dihua St. Reverse Shoot calls. Nightly pagpags. Rainy afternoons. 7 Eleven nights. Google Translate. Night out at a Breeze rooftop bar. Midnight snacks at Mcdonald’s. An afternoon photowalk in Taoyuan. Digicam Memories. Fun times with actors and crew. Learning Taiwanese phrases. Appreciating new-found Taiwanese friends in the same field. 2 days in Taipei. Night biking at Chiang Kai-shek Park. Dinner x Booze night with Art Department. One bottle at Revolver. Visited Eslite Bookstore. Golden hour walks at Chiang Kai-shek Park. Foodtrip at Raohe Night Market. Booze night with Camera Department at Jellyfish Bistro and Bar. Picture wrap at Sesame. Afternoon road trip to Taipei. Quick photowalk x biking at Ximending. Visited The Red House x DVD Shop. Passed by Fong Da Coffee. Explored the roads around Ximending. Wrap Party at a KTV room in Partyworld. Sing-along featuring Meteor Garden OST. Bought treats x Xing Fu Tang milk tea at Ximending before calling it a night. Packing my stuff at dawn. 6am ride to the airport. Feeling everything at this point. Lim Giong’s 單純的人 in my playlist. Airport things. Afternoon Manila touchdown. KFC for lunch. Another stop at Geo’s before my bus ride home.

Sometimes my life seems like a blur when I am working, but as I write this and reminisce, I can actually say that I was so fucking happy. This second visit to Taiwan was an escapade indeed, and now it seems like I am coming back to reality. Well, it just feels surreal living somewhere far for a month and doing the job that I love which is making a film. What an experience, truly. And it felt really bittersweet to think that every great thing always ends in goodbyes. But I am happy, I won’t dwell in the blues today ‘cause this memory will always bring me indescribable delight.

That’s a wrap Taiwan. You will always have a special corner in my heart, so I’ll see you again someday.

*** 35mm Kodak Gold 200 June, 2024

[asteralley]

finished playing metaphor (technically not yet since I'm in the middle of the epilogue. but I'm bascially done) and I have a lot of positive thoughts about it 😌 (spoilers under the cut)

everybody's said this before but it has all of the charms the persona series captured me with and cut down a lot of the fat and issues I had previously. I really preferred not having romance options this time around so no forced moments were made with the protag and the female party members. (besides eupha but they were cute so I'm biased for them)

on the flip side, I was really disappointed with how they handled the final festival scene in eht ria where you could choose one party member to hang out with. for the female party members, when they ask what wish protag made he could answer basically with "world peace", "safety of our friends", or "for you" but when I did the event with strohl, the last option was replaced with "I forgot to make a wish". and junah also joins the scene at the very end even though she doesn't in the other scenes? like it just really felt biased against strohl in that scene.

on a more positive note, the ui and ost really brought everything to life! atlus really sticking with what they do best hehe

I really liked the reveal with more's identity as well. it tied up everything nicely 😌

fidelio's death was the first time a video game actually made me cry lol. I'm always weak to sibling relationships

the game is very forgiving with the time management aspect, which I appreciate so very much. I had like 10 days of free time after I maxed out all social stats, follower bonds, and finished all the side quests. it was amazing.

a personal nitpick I have is the in-game dictionary not being alphabetized? the contents are separated by category but they could definitely improve the organization.

also, I wish there could've been cosmetic outfits whenever you go in a dungeon. I know there's the dlc outfits but. im not paying money for that yknow.

I loved exploring each city and how the little npc side stories developed! I got like 107 hours playing the game and a lot of that was from walking around.

I hope atlus continues the trend of having a talking protagonist in the persona series! it was really refreshing, seeing him actually get a sprite. if atlus wants to continue having a silent protagonist, then I feel like the direction they went with in metaphor is a good step.

regarding my thoughts on will as a protagonist, he's pretty good! definitely one of my favorite atlus protags. I eventually came to love his design and his little mannerism of adjusting his collar was cute

in summary: metaphor was a really fun game to play and the writing was amazing 🫶 if they ever release a figure of will I'm pre-ordering that instantly

[minindo]

what was making your first siIva rip like? was it difficult to execute, did it take a long time, and was making it worth it?

after submitting it, how did you feel and how did you feel after seeing it accepted and published on the channel?

and nowadays, how do you feel when looking back at your first siIva rip?

Run! (OST Version) - Undertale

I started this rip around 7 AM Pacific (9 AM Central Time, where I was) during Dat Boi day, after waking up and seeing that that event was happening. Prior to this I had never been confident enough that I could make something good enough for SiIva. I don't know what got me to be motivated and think that I could email a rip for the first time, maybe it was that making a dat boi rip seemed straightforward. This is what the original version sounded like. I sent it to @chickensuitgay, who I knew solely from Vavr, asking if it was good enough for SiIva. Over the next six hours, CSG gave me feedback on fixing up the rip, very patiently I might add. The percussion, mixing, timing, pitches, compressor were all fixed from this original revision because of their suggestions. I'll forever appreciate the help they've given me.

Getting a single rip on SiIva opened doors for me in what I thought was possible for me to do. Across the rest of the day, I remember reloading the Undertale playlist over and over until a private video appeared, and then reloading my subscriptions every 15 minutes until the rip uploaded. When it appeared I was ecstatic. Chicken encouraged me to make more rips, and I did, but it took a while lol. My next two and only other SiIva rips in 2020 were during WinterFes. Looking back on the rip itself, I don't think it's super great. The lyric sentencing choices are kinda weird, for one. But it makes me happy reminiscing on how it happened and how it felt at the time, and I'll always have a fondness for that event day because of it. What a good day, and a good event too lol. Dat Boi is, I think, a perfect example of a type of SiIvaGunner meme I love, taking a silly but pure "outdated" meme and just running with it anyway. Having a character attached also helps. Most of the people who made a ton of rips for that day are close friends of mine now, it's funny how these things turn out. Finally, that rip being my first on SiIva means my rips playlist's natural thumbnail will always get to be Undertale, which is funny.

[merloksdigitaltoes]

ooooooo you wanna listen to my music so baaaddd ooooooo

hi guys, for those who aren't aware, I make music n stuff similar to video game osts and instrumental tracks! Tumblr isn't the best place to gain traction with my jams, and because Spotify and SoundCloud will make you pay money to upload music, I'm providing you guys with YouTube links! For a while I was a bit too dead to post on YouTube, but I am trying to be a bit more active with uploading my music content on there again :) It would really be appreciated if y'all would give it a listen! (Note: while i do want to be more active, a lot of my stuff is made for fun, so my schedule might not be super million miles per-hour active.) Link to my actual youtube - MilkIsVibin - YouTube Link to my most recent playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoHHS-429mKPFu8hjQDulufAppvTnSxOY&si=tU5-5iIvWuO_7p5C Please listen to my music i am desperate I'm scratching at the walls HGHRHGHRGHRHG

[chubs-deuce]

Funfact I've replayed Aperture Tag and listened to its OST enough times by now that, if you showed me a few seconds of sound from it, I'd still be able to almost immediately tell you the title of the song and where in the game it plays (I also loved one track in particular so much that I was crushed when it wasn't on the actual OST and dug it out of the game files alongside a few other audio bits that I still listen to on the regular, tag_1, tag_2 and tag_5 my beloveds)

I also know way too many of the voicelines by heart but that's kind of to be expected when you play a 3 hours max singleplayer campaign so often that it racks up your total playtime to over 50 hours

We don't even speak of the custom plushie I commissioned from a friend years ago and found important enough to take with me to my new apartment when I moved out 2 years ago

Or the huge multichapter story I've been working on for the better part of a decade and still passionately chip away at everytime I remember how much I fucking adore portal's universe

I have never been so persistently abnormal about something in my entire life and it's just hitting me in some heart-full-of-appreciation kinda way today