#star citizen gameplay

[thatdeadaquarius]

I have a random idea for some sagau crack loosely based on my dynamic with my friend so Im giving it to you because I have been enjoying your sagau language stuff :D

Imagine there are two readers that are two different people. Like, not as in clones they are just two separate people that are rlly good friends on earth. They both really like genshin and play the game, and they both have self aware teyvat citizens. Reader 1 is a whale. They invest a l o t of money on the game, have all the characters, and all the characters have five star weapons. They are like the usual sagau reader you see. They have used up so much money on getting all of the characters, and I mean A L L of them, best weapons, constellations and put a lot of care into it. The place where they really get to show off is their knowledge and love for the lore, and are really invested into it and read all of the artifact descriptions and books. They know about primordial one, the four shining shades, random useless facts about items and often rant to reader 2 about their theories. Their quest bar is always empty because they did them to check out the lore of the game, and are always searching for more lore. They basically play everyday and are always reacting and talking to the characters out loud, unaware that they can hear them.

Meanwhile, Reader 2 is a f2p who is only interested in the archon quest lore and the lore of their fav characters. Because they are f2p, their options are limited so there is some blatant favoritism. They choose their fav character to save up for, and then pull for them. After they get the character they want, they will no longer pull and save up from there. Because of this, they only have like 5 five stars and only have zero five star weapon. Their favourite character is their main(*cough* wanderer *cough*), and unlike reader 1 who uses all of their characters regularly, reader 2 sticks to this character for most of their gameplay unless they need to use someone else. However, reader 2 takes almost an entire month to finish building a character, because they go overboard with the artifact stats. You would expect to normally have a 50 180 crit ratio, but reader 2’s dps characters always, and I mean ALWAYS have 50 200 crit ratio or more. Like, their main (it doesnt have to be wanderer but Im putting him here anyways) has 70 and 200 crit ratio, is crowned, full 4 pc best in slot, and is even crowned and faruzan only needs like 200 er but reader 2 gave them 300. (Im totally not putting this here because this is what I did/j) Reader 2 is also the type to never speak while gaming, so the first time they spoke everyone turned it into a national holiday to be celebrated. They also play a lot less than player 1. Player 1 plays everyday while player 2 plays for a month straight and then takes a long break to wait for the content to pile up.

So these two gremlin besties are always speaking with each other, and are always on coop. Whenever player 1 needs help making team comps or building characters, they just ask player 2 for help. And whenever player 2 needs help understanding the lore of the game, they ask player 1. But all I can think abt is the first time they cooped. Imagine player 1 was using childe and then when the coop starts, both childe and wanderer are very confused as to wtf is going on. Like, childe is confused because he sensed a strange aura coming form them like whenever someone gets controlled by reader 1, and wanderer is confused because reader 2 seemed so excited that they were talking, but its just childe? Reader 2 always skips childe’s banners.

Thats it lol, hope this wasnt too long.

Not long at all! Or more like, I like long asks so feel free to share! :D

IM SO SORRY ITS LIKE MONTHS LATER TO GET TO YOU I PROMISE I LOVE UR STUFF AND AM SUPER EXCITED TO SEE IT,

IM JUST SLOW AND GOOFY 😭😭

Said friends in genshin like: ^^^

this kinda inspires me/reminds me of @mists-reading-nook soldier/poet/king post, you should check xe stuff!! Gave me brainrot to this day tbh, like im imaging how that “3rd King style of worship” would look like even now lmao ive been down bad 😭

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Sun: 2 Readers! (as desc. above), (you/they/them)

Orbit: Headcanons-ish

Stars: wanderer/childe, mentions of others i forgot to focus on any one character or nation :/

Comets & Meteors: Content Warnings: mild cussing language, & Trigger Warnings: none known.

Please comment if I missed any. /gen

dual symbolism everywhere, obv you both thought “for the twins” but it just kept getting out of hand the more the game updated over the months lol

like shrines/temples/churches showing up more often in new countries/areas and always identifying the same 2 gods

obv the for-the-lore player picked up on it first, and by the time the trickle-down effect happened, where characters/NPCs were outright talking about these gods, the 2nd was asking the lore knower to explain lol

the 2 gods kept getting referred to by a few names, like “The Soldier and the Scholar” or “The Sage and the Warrior” or “The Keeper and the Pursuer” etc.

after awhile of comparing both of your games, you realize that some vision users/gods tend to use the soldier/warrior/pursuer titles more often when talking about one of you, and the other gets the sage/scholar/keeper more often

u both get excited, maybe its bc you chose diff travelers or some other reason, but when u try and post abt it or otherwise ask other players u get a lot of negatives/”hasnt happened for me”s??

u both just think the games glitched or some dev is playing a prank on you two maybe,

it gets weirder when u both realize the lore player be over here getting random gifts from all the characters in the mail all the time

and just as grinding players like “ :’( my favs don't like me?? but they have the best artifacts and maxed friendship levels..”

they get flooded with multiple gifts from their main characters, most of which benefit the grind tbh lmao (like a bunch of cheaper materials or crystals to level up artifacts/weapons or to ascend that character = no more slaughtering every samurai on sight for their handguards or collected a fuckton of those blue layered mushrooms for wanderer)

god u were both grateful to this glitch ngl, it saved a lot of dumb misc tasks and was just a nice touch

no but the amount of confusion inside the game from when u first started playing together, like each of ur games began with stuff abt 1 god, then as u co-oped moved onto 2 gods (like said at the beginning)

the lore player is blabbing away like you do, which begins to be heard by the other player’s game world

like it starts as whispers in battle, then all the time, then a quiet convo in the background all the time, until they can just hear u out of earshot esp word for word when they focus!! at first the vision-users/gods got all excited bc their god was speaking!! finally!!! until I'm sure they heard narration that didn't fit/it was there sometimes even when their god’s presence wasn't?/voice sounded “off” to them/didnt fit their god…??

ok ik u were joking abt the national holiday,,, but I’m not. 😈

THE FIRST WORDS 2ND SPOKE BEING IN A PROPHECY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT IS THEY SAY.

Player 1, playing as Childe, steals a singular (1) sweet flower from Player 2, who has Wanderer out:

P2: “I seriously hate you. Listen to what I’m saying, I can’t stand you.”

(Wanderer panicking that its abt him- Childe freezing bc he managed to piss off a god that feels as powerful as his own- the PROPHECY LMAO- )

P1: “… you miss me.”

(everyone else: 💥vine boom sound 💥😦😨😰???)

P2: “I hate you.”

P1: “You miss me and you love me, why must we fight??”

(everyone else: 💥vine boom again💥🤨🫠??…)

P2: “I hate you-”

P1: “-we gotta good thing going on, you and I, why must we tussle??”

(everyone else: 💥yet another vine boom💥 💀💀)

(the absolute deep anxiety/pure confusion as the two harbingers heads just ping pong back and forth towards the voices lmao)

u two scare the shit out of any characters u do this with lol

they do get used to it as u talk, and the characters even manage to interact (thru hacking magical shenanigans and discord)

to send thank you gifts to player 1 for getting player 2 to talk more lol

along with sending copies of any lore books that player 2 has gotten that player 1 hasn't!

and it becomes common/tradition to exchange gifts like this to thank or appreciate the other god, like player 1 characters sending thank you gift copies of rare materials or ascension stuff that player 1 had that player 2 didn't (esp making sure to send during resinless hours lmao)

overall, 10/10, whats better than 1 god that plays one way? 2 gods that compensate for each other and now u have 2x the worshippers

(i wonder how meeting alternate versions of themselves would go, bc id like to headcanon that each of ur behavior towards them/ur unique influence has changed them a bit comparing, like they arent carbon copies anymore, not like they used to be…)

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hey sorry for slowing down guys!!

i just feel bad its taken me forever to get to these asks, so i wanted to take what time i could lately and charge thru them so i could spam post lol

I've also been working on fics! so that's delayed things by a lot, bc fics take longer to “respond to” than short asks or replies

my poor bsd fic

Anyway thank you so much for sending this in!!! I'm so sorry i took forever to get to it, and i hope u enjoyed response/my brain shitting this out lol

have a good weekend!! :D

Safe Travels Anon!!

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[6ixtoru]

SINFUL WATCHERS | 06

pairing // s. geto x fem! reader // w.c 2.8k

synopsis: Geto Suguru, moulded by the hefty hands of the Lord himself, and his brazen suggestion for him and distant friend/classmate L/n Y/n (Satan's favourite poem and existence opposed by heaven's residents) to anonymously post a video of their lewd entanglement on twitter proves to be more hazardous than one would think. Who knew one viral video could overturn God's plan?

warnings: 18+, heavy smut, modern!uni/alternative!AU, forbidden romance (?), fwb, angst, uploading of NSFW content by characters (basically Twitter p0rn stars), blasphemy, religious imagery/symbolism

a/n: the smut yall been waiting for, it only get's filthier from here

series m // chapter 05 // chapter 07

WICKEDNESS DEVOURED RESIDENTS brainwashed by the normality of videoing moments when a man and woman indulged in cannibalism (an effortless kiss that triggered a feast of sensual consumption).

Geto himself couldn't rebut his curiosity revolving around footage of venereal performances committed between the two parties who shared an intense commitment to debauchery, which ultimately led to a blinding luminesce pooled around her bedroom. Such bright illumination scintillated her dim figure kneeled in front of Geto, and his nude body relaxed against her heather grey headboard.

A handsome canvas blessed with a celestial facade was now ruined by smeared scarlet streaks of ignoble feelings – a masterpiece graffitied upon.

Strangled streams of concupiscence formed intrigue whenever pinned by the lustrous presence of his classmate. That foolish curiosity he formed resulted in his sighs of anticipation, carelessly prancing around the borders of her secluded bedroom.

Imprisoned by the defamatory flames of hell, Geto was supposed to be Y/n's saviour by portraying the water produced within the holy domain above, formulated to drown her self-destruction into ashes. But alas, he failed to perform such a task when lured by her mellifluous dialect spoken with ease and the significant liquid dried preparatory to caressing her blotchy skin; his purpose to purify others fell short.

He craved a taste of the lecherous freedom she boldly flaunted under the glinting canopy consisting of cosmic elements displayed outside, which stimulated their sexual climb and reflected in their drive to achieve spews of white.

Delving into her unholy persuasion concluded their flirtatious gameplay.

"C’mon," Geto gulped down the bundle of despair, attempting to ascend from the walls of his parched throat, "just mouth fuck me.".

Y/n's widened irises brimmed with feigned innocence and nearly tricked Geto into thinking she was the epitome of such. The mischief blanketed beneath obtained a timer which was soon to end.

Before reaching the current scenario of Geto slouched and Y/n languidly trailing her soothing palms up his bare thighs, applying more pressure the further she advanced – thrill had surged throughout the desperate male once peeling her undergarments away, handling the bra he adored and its resemblance to a melancholic skyline with extra caution; afterwards marvelling at the navy patch infused with her translucent arousal saturating her thong before ridding of them too.

Yellow blotches swarmed Y/n's already hazy vision; the harsh flash that belonged to his phone was roaring to capture such lewd acts below the female's eye level. Their secrecy was intoxicating for the lens to record.

Her partner's throbbing cock prodded her jutted bottom lip and failed at a forced attempt to feel relief upon her slippery tongue. Her sensual eyes bored into his shadowed gaze, cloaking the usual glum skies assembled around his stygian pupils.

The decreasing distance between her mouth embracing the spotlight and his bulbous tip weeping to be attended to was a juxtaposition to their distance in public; physical contact was out of the question when surrounded by nosy citizens.

An airy blow of her shallow breath engulfing him forwarded a hair-raising shudder down his spine and briefly jostled the camera's focus.

"You just had to enjoy torturing me," His slender fingers softly gripped a tuft upon her head to direct her mouth where he needed her – another dire try for her teasing lips to surrender and invite the entirety of his cock in as she finally settled a lingering kiss against the base of his shaft, initiating a route that left a few pecks against the few veins dancing along the surface.

"You have to earn rewards in this world," she prefaced, discarding a wet stripe against the side of his stiff dick, "I could be treating you much worse.".

"Patience is a virtue," she added as every remark he uttered earned him her tricky tides of riddling lines, ramming into his bloodline from how she purred with sophistication.

Geto permitted his head to tip back slightly, the crushed velvet supporting him of no comfort for the ache swelling within his lower half, anticipating more. The urgency to feel the Heavens of her mischievous tongue curl around him was painfully evident as his slit steadily frothed from her foreplay.

Scanning the demure male through half-lidded eyes, Y/n brushed against his flushed tip and relished the salty tang of his pre-cum trickling from the frustrated head.

A heavy sigh deflated his shoulders when she utilised her warm mouth to tease him. Barely grazing the head of his stiff manhood with a ball of saliva bubbled at the start of her tongue made him nearly unravel too soon.

"Thatt'ss ittt." He stretched his gratification and glowed crimson, bewildered by the sudden beguiling rose garden within her mouth, slurping around his girth.

A guttural groan escaped, savouring how her mouth satisfied his cock with inviting warmth which was contradictory to the glacial chill from refusal to blanket him moments ago; the differing actions and ignited dominance submerged him deep beneath a flood of active lava cocooning his tanned body and gifting him a sheer sheen of cherry blossoms dusted across.

Visualising strangers aroused by their public acts of immoral deeds, had Y/n's thighs tense before she temporarily canted into her sex with her free palm to alleviate the heightening ache in her core as the other felt content resting against Geto's thigh. Geto, for the most part, retained a steady composure, knowing Y/n was more than capable without his help and used his thumb to caress her cheek dented with the bulge of his cock.

"Just a bit more sweetheart," he warmly encouraged her of the last two inches awaiting to be moistened by her excessive drool to facilitate his member's visit.

Y/n's mouth was just about capable of handling him by itself, the corners of her swollen lips stinging from the abrupt stretch of its perimeters being tested by the ongoing travel of his slickened shaft. Her tongue applied pressure to the underside before the tip of her nose was squashed against his pubic area; his faint cologne merged with the light scent of his sweat, deliciously overwhelming her senses as Geto forced her head still for a few moments and jutted his hips forward, her gag a riveting feature he needed to hear more of.

Thus, Geto began to batter the back of her oral cavity by bucking his hips, her throaty hum convincing him to claim his release whilst claw marks prettied his tensed thighs.

Momentarily screwing his eyes shut, Geto rasped at the abrupt, overwhelming sensation of having his dick trapped between the narrow enclosure of Y/n's throat. His eyes widened at her brief truce for a few necessary inhales before she snuck a glance of resolute and resumed suckling on the slick length.

"J-just like that Pretty—! Your mouth feels so good, meant for me." he sputtered with knitted brows and a crinkled nose when the invasion of her tongue dove between the thin slit.

Having him surrender was effortlessly achievable as Y/n knew when certain gestures should occur. For example, when to suck harshly, when to hollow her cheeks and when to pump the base of his dense cock as an alternative to her tongue's tormenting tactics.

"Go on then, let loose." She cooed before unannounced ropes of obscenity purged the heart of her mouth. Undoubtedly, she gulped down every drop, fuelling her tragically sweet soul and flashed her empty tongue; his aftermath flushed away.

Y/n insisted she remained perched above by shoving him back down against her headboard, now accustomed to his weight embracing the material against his back – her oral performance not enough to satisfy the missed opportunities of creating memories together during the break.

She nipped on the tip of his thumb to prevent a honeyed whine via their private areas conversing and every grind of her eager hips whilst Geto studied how her desperate pussy rubbed against his erection awaiting its owner's permission to initiate damage.

Minuscule glimmers assembled within her eyes, which he witnessed; each star bundled into the next as they cramped her vision every time she whimpered his name - those escorting the sphere above, covetous.

Although determined to scorch inklings of misdeed onto her smooth skin, Geto delayed himself on account of craving a second longer to appreciate the erotic aura enveloping her limbs and summoned the duo into a whirlwind of temporal rapture.

He guided her delicate hands onto his muscular chest littered with lavender petals as preparation before welcoming his stiff cock.

Geto wasn't typically a man who indulged in kinks involving severe violence; his romantic persona, masked from others' sight, emerged in bed, which was evident in both his actions and comments.

Geto throbbed, witnessing her splashed with an amorous aroma, cheeks puffed and dulcet drool smothered across her chin courtesy of her tongue's prior meddling.

Y/n's orbs bared the hidden speckles of moon dust usually veiled by the intense deluge of neutrality as he shoved his pulsating tip against her pretty clit.

A timid sigh stroked her punctured lips once her hips fully sank and consumed the whole of Geto's yearning cock; the ringed muscles of her entrance stretched as the taut flesh of her inner walls was invaded by an inch-by-inch process. She steadily rose and gracefully slid down only once Geto crammed the entirety of himself into the hilt.

"God, you're always so tight. Do you enjoy being utterly broken?" he huffed, and the latter offered a shaky chuckle.

"You're sounding like a hypocrite," she rebuked with the ghost of a smirk loitering above her chapped lips.

Geto restrained a faint moan, tight-lipped and verbalising a single noise of acknowledgement before inhaling deeply, "far from it, " he paused, assuring her, "far from it.".

Both his hands settled upon her waist as he began to guide her riding him, her own hands now flat against his chest as she established a steady pace. However, Geto's patience soon wore thin and expectedly, he desired far more.

Rectangular indents unwillingly engraved themselves onto her bottom lip again. Her manicured nails dug into Geto's shoulder blades as the breathy mantra of his name (which he had informed her beforehand would be edited out after if either of their identities were mentioned) managed to slither up her throat and beyond each taste bud still engrossed with his fluid she'd hungrily swallowed beforehand.

He suffocated her bouncing breasts littered with identical blooms of bruises, palm slyly rubbing her nipple as his other returned to her hip, a tight grasp to keep her steady as his cock invaded her homely interior, eager he settle within her permanently.

These lewd moments were considered Geto's personalised utopia, their bodies doused with the swarm of her sweetly dipped moans, and his low grunts; poems written with rogue ink sheltered beneath their flushed cheeks emerged.

His relenting cock twitched within her sheathing warmth, never not silky and wet when clasped around him as squelching added to their vocalised rhapsody.

Devotion regarding Y/n's awareness of how to please him never fizzled.

Geto pulled himself up and nuzzled his head into the nook of her craned neck as she peaked down to study his cock vanish within her, the pair foreseeing their climaxes soon to commence.

The heated skin-on-skin contact melted any remaining dominance within her; Geto's chest lightly squished against hers in desperation to be one entity and briefly awakened his hidden zeal for clinginess.

Y/n endured an all too familiar sensation within her gut when the exhilarating rush of ecstasy invading Geto's narrow veins corrupted each of his blood cells, victims of their licentious behaviour – his only getaway was through retracing bruised clouds imprinted upon her mounds, the piece gracing her chest no prestige gallery could ever possess.

The warmth of his saliva settled against her clammy complexion as his pouted lips contorted into open-mouthed kisses, allowing curses past his loose tongue. In return, her fingers wove themselves through his inky threads as her head threw itself back, a gentle tug on his roots strengthening the flow of their synchronised movements.

The ingrained behaviour surrounding Geto's dirty mind swayed the reins on his manoeuvres. He hissed, delivering a sharp squeeze to her round ass, which seized a strangled moan out of the breathless female; eyes rolled and back arched from brazen delectation.

"Tell me you missed me," he requested, savouring the way her blissful expression snapped to meet his once he subconsciously reached between her sore thighs and pinched her sensitive clit.

"Show me you felt the same way first," She replied with a devious remark and an even more devious simper.

Geto jolted at her temerity to defy his plea. He launched another soft spank onto her ass as an indication of accepting her requisition.

Y/n enticed him into a steamy kiss as a distraction from him urgently rubbing her clit at her behest, their mouths moving in a heated tandem until Geto's free hand mushed her cheeks, infused with crumpled rose petals, together; her objection another musical component added to his personal symphony composed of her mellifluous moans.

Y/n hummed at his momentary attachment to her nipple; a familiar sting pained her puffy mouth as his teeth softly pierced the bud, calming the temporary infliction by flattening his tongue around the entire area before awarding the same treatment to the other breast.

"Feel so...so good..." she confirmed, rolling her hips that he mimicked in order to greet her thrusts before she successfully caught his lips in a weak kiss.

"Squeeze 'round me, Love," he gently commanded with the deliberate brutality of his thrust, his actions displaying less affection than his tone as the natural behaviour of his sensual mind took over, mercilessly pounding her needy hole with one arm securely hooked around her waist, dragging her with each erratic movement; consistency crumbling the nearer he reached whilst her hands steadied themselves upon his shoulders once more.

Impactful slapping of skin corrupted any remaining purity within the air. The phone, by now was caged between their abdomens, capturing every impactful plunge and Y/n's concupiscent cries that mirrored the opaque sobs coaxed around Geto's cock, his evidence of sin apparent as a gooey blanche halo veiled him and thickened at his base. Once milked, his thrusts gradually halted, allowing Y/n to recline so she could present the delicate threads sprawled not only within her worn insides but strung between her fatigued thighs.

His exhale of euphoric release pecked her ears.

A cheeky grin befriended his ragged breaths, his hands unable to break contact from her figure still crushed hotly against him whilst her walls classified him as a detainee within.

Her talented fingers smoothed back a few strands matted against his forehead as he noted her knotted hair, predictably no different from his own, and cautiously laid Y/n back once flipping their positions, her walls gingerly letting go, although his absence wouldn't be for long.

Breathing vents installed in her system were clogged from undulated tides of his complicated fervour whenever he towered over her in moments of salacity like these.

"You did good, Sweetheart," he quietly praised once freed of her compelling gaze and tossed his phone aside, uncaring of its' landing. "Think you can handle me again?".

"You know I can handle you. " Y/n replied sincerely and pecked his cheek, almost so lightly it could be regarded as imaginary.

Geto hissed into her sweat-patted hair and smoothly eased into her entrance that had quickly regained its usual shape due to elasticity; aware she was extremely sensitive although acceptant of his swift return.

"But do you deserve to? Is the question, L/n." His tone was endearing as he allocated her pulse point and stationed his provoking words beside it, a feathery kiss to confirm his usual intimacy had taken precedence.

"'Deserve' doesn't work in a situation where the questioner wants it just as much as the respondent." She replied as his fingers cradled her warm cheek, the tips of their noses skimming and lips scarcely circumventing commitment.

Those exemplary from engaging in meaningless carnality certified she was mischievous and assembled entirely from the rubble of corruption, but to Geto, she was beyond phenomenal.

Her polished nails tattooed his unadorned back with moon-crescent stamps, honouring the other appearance of the planet aligned against the soulful backdrop outside her window.

"I want you. Say you want me too, 'Sugu," She moaned under the influence of devoted infatuation as said male pursued a second round.

"Of course I want you," he grunted in response, both their tattles meaningless the morning after.

At this point, Y/n was uncertain if the string of curses slipped from her, Geto, or his fan club, which consisted of the deceased gossiping above, unsurprisingly appalled with nauseating glares.

Regardless, their reactions lacked credibility because as they scrutinised Y/n and Geto, discreetly sprouting beside their inoperative hearts was envy as the scandalous duo shone under compelling misdeeds.

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[dorothylarouge]

Citizen Sleeper 2 is such a frustrating game in a really good way. Your resources get stripped down faster than you can build them back up, and every mission throws enough stressful shit at you that I found myself literally gritting my teeth as I forced myself desperately through the last few dice rolls. The game really makes you feel like you're barely surviving, it's a really masterful melding of gameplay and narrative. After some of the contracts you really just want to hold your head in your hands and scream because my g-d, what kind of life is this?? I went on a chase for a device that could let me escape from the star system I've been trapped in and watched in horror as the possibility of obtaining it slipped through my fingers. I felt genuinely numb on the flight back to base. One of the most brutally visceral gameplay experiences I've had, and I can tell you right now this game is gonna be a game of the year contender at the people's the game awards this year

[duckydrawsart]

Yeah, your recent art posting is such a weird coincidence because I literally just finished the DMC anime yesterday and vaguely knew the premise of DMC 4 and DMC 5 because of watching partial playthroughs. I'm almost done writing a story where Dante raises Nero as his son which has been a lot of fun. I then realized I could write a sequel that was just DMC 4 with that twist. But now I need to like, either play the game or find a good play through because I don't know anything about it besides like, stuff I watched probably a literal decade ago. Nero and Kyrie seem so cute though! I'm trying to figure out a way to write their relationship when they aren't childhood friends.

How fun! Love Dante as a dad to Nero :') There's definitely a lot of story gameplays/timelines on YouTube that could catch you up (idk how it holds up now but I remember watching this one yrs ago and enjoying it)

Nero and Kyrie meeting during the events of DMC4 is so interesting! I have many thoughts!

I think if they didn't grow up together, Nero would be the first to take notice of Kyrie while he and Dante investigate the Order of the Swords. She's a public figure in Fortuna/a person of interest due to her brothers position as leader of the Holy Knights, and a songstress for the festivals. She'd be hard to miss! Kyrie would surprise Nero with her sincerity and kindness. At first he wouldn't believe she was genuinely that good-natured and it would lead him to "investigate" her (the fact that she's also very beautiful and smiles warmly at him has no influence in his interest whatsoever. nope. none at all. just business) Her willingness to put others needs above her own would definitely trigger Nero's strong instinct to protect as well. She's too kind, too giving, and the Order uses her faith to manipulate and use her like a tool to reel in more followers (and keep their star general on a leash). It would sicken Nero, and I don't think he could stop the growing desperation to help her out of it.

As for Kyrie towards Nero: Everyone she knows in Fortuna are reserved, rigid and pious. Nero, however, is unapologetically blunt and confrontational, practically demanding the citizens ire with his snarky comments, silver hair (being an outsider, they'd probably consider it blasphemous towards Sparda), dance metal music blaring from his headphones, fingers adorned with rings and bracelets and holes ripped into his modern clothes. It's...incredible to see someone so casually open to who they are, something she doesn't see often in her conservative city. He expects her to be offended like the rest of them, but she envies him for his confidence. That being said, he still flushes red and nervously scratches his nose at her smallest of compliments. It's endearing to see someone so self-assured fumble completely under her attention!

There's also the obvious fact that Nero carries Kyrie's same nature to help people. He's in Fortuna to investigate the Order, but that won't stop him from helping an elderly couple carry groceries and whatnot, even if they're not entirely kind towards outsiders. She'd admire him greatly for that. And they would def bond over art and music!

Also I think part of Nero would remind Kyrie of Credo before their parents were killed, before everything changed and they both threw themselves deeper into the Order as a means of distraction/finding purpose in the tragedy. Back when he was allowed to be nothing more than her big brother, who she could talk to freely and confide in. Nero's friendship would fill a loneliness she didn't realize she carried, and put into perspective just how much the Order was taking from Credo and her. It would be a relief to have someone who she can finally voice her suspicions and concerns to without judgment.

Anyways, I'll stop myself here because it just keeps getting longer lol No idea if this was helpful to you, esp since you're unfamiliar with the story. But it was fun for me to think about so thanks for that! Good luck with the rest of your fic! 😊

[imaginatorofthings]

Dates are included for Steam refund purposes (2 weeks and less than 2 hours of gameplay)

[artversestheworld]

In no particular order they are all fantastic in my eyes! My rating system is based on, Story, Music, Art and Gameplay. 

EASTWARD: 

Is an action adventure role-playing game. Set in a near future world in which humanity has been nearly wiped out by a toxic plague called the “MIASMA”. You play as John a grumpy old miner looking after a child thats not his, Sam on adventure neither of you planned. But boy is it a good adventure! This is another game that I really wish I could play again for the first time. This one took me about 20 hours to beat and I gave it 10/10.

BREATH OF THE WILD:

You know this one. Everybody love it. Just play it. 

OPUS COLLECTION:

Is actually two games in one, Opus: the day we found earth and Opus: Rocket of whispers. TDWFE is an adventure game focused on story and exploring the stars. There isn’t a ton to this one but the story is very cute. ROW is where the real fun is at, it takes place after an apocalyptic plague in a destitute future. You play a John going out and gathering supplies to build a rocket ship to send the souls of the departed to the moon with the help of a friend you find along the way, Fei. This one took me about 10 hours and I gave it 9.5/10

ORI AND THE BLIND FOREST:

Is a platform adventure game. You play as Ari a small white spirit on a journey to restore the forest after a cataclysmic event. It is probably the most difficult game I have on this list but the death revival is very fast so it doesn’t feel as punishing. It took me about 11 hours to beat and I gave it 9/10. 

GOROGOA:

Is a puzzle game about moving tiles around to create the correct image (you’ll get it when you see it). I don’t want to spoil too much of the story so I will just say you are following the story of a boy life. It is sad and beautiful and full of life. I also hope to forget this game so one day I can play it again. I finished this game in about 2 hours (it was develop by one dude what more can you ask of him) and I gave it 9.5/10. 

DICEY DUNGEONS:

Is a rogue-like deck building dice game. There isn’t really a story to this one. But you progress through dungeons rolling dice and placing them in weapons and shields and other elements in order to beat the creature and progress to the next level. I got addicted to this game and didn’t put it down for like 2 weeks straight. I put about 35 hours into this game before I moved on from it and I gave it 10/10. 

SIGNALIS: 

A survival horror game set in a futuristic time. The story is a time loop centred around your character Elster trying to save the woman she loves and losing her mind in the process. The majority of the game play is searching for keys, cards and other elements to help progress you through the story with resource management. The art style is amazing with its pixilation. Took me 13 hours to beat. I gave it 8.5/10. 

DISCO ELYSIUM:

Is a roll playing game written by the novelist Robert Kurvitz. You take on the role of an amnesiac detective trying to solve the murder of a hanged man with his enigmatic partner. As you progress through solving the murder you start to uncover the detectives past and affect things for his future. The game uses a dice based skills element to bring some chance and some strategy as to which skills you increase. The game is fully voiced by an amazing cast (TW the detective is an alcoholic). I finished the game in 15 hours and I gave it 9.5/10. 

PERSONA 5:

Is a turn based role playing game about the internal and external struggles of a troubled group of high school students who live dual lives as phantom thieves. After school and between their part time jobs they fight demons in what they call the Metaverse. The story to this game is very good and the turn based mechanics are very well done. I think I sunk 70 hours into beating this game and give it 8/10 but looking back it should be 9/10. 

CITIZEN SLEEPER:

Is a role playing game with a deep and well crafted narrative experience. Let’s be honest this one is a bit of a visual novel, but it is a great one at that! The characters in this story really come to life with their struggles and victories. There are multiple ending so keep going after the credits. Dice are used in th game to preform actions based on their rolls. I honestly wish I could play this game again for the first time. It took me 12 hours to beat and I gave it 10/10

[linuxgamenews]

Stellaris: Season 09 Enhances Your Gameplay Experience

Stellaris: Season 09 - Expansion Pass for the sci-fi grand strategy game on Linux, Steam Deck, Mac, and Windows PC. All thanks to the brilliant minds at Paradox Development Studio who keep making gameplay better. You can find the new Pass on Steam and GOG. 2025 is shaping up to be a massive year, and it all kicks off right now with the launch of the Stellaris: Season 09 - Expansion Pass. Whether you're playing on Linux, or even Steam Deck, this pass is full of new game content to keep your galactic campaigns fresh, wild, and full of chaos (the good kind, of course). So, what do you get in this shiny new Stellaris: Season 09 - Expansion Pass? Let’s break it down. First up, right out of the gate, you get the Stargazer Species Portrait pack. It's accessible immediately once you grab the pass. This isn't just a new look — it’s also a whole vibe. The Stargazer portraits come with three phenotypes and their own slick animations. Perfect for roleplaying a race of starry-eyed explorers who are due to dream big and reach even bigger. But that’s just the start. The real meat of the Stellaris: Season 09 - Expansion Pass is in the three upcoming content drops, each bringing something big to the galaxy. Coming May 5, 2025 is the BioGenesis Expansion. This one’s all about life — literally. You’ll be able to build living ships, terraform entire planets, and mess around with advanced genetic tools. Want to create a peaceful utopia full of happy, healthy citizens? Want to bio-engineer horrifying monsters and dominate every rival empire with freaky science? Also cool. It's up to you how far you push the boundaries of nature.

Stellaris: Season 09 - Expansion Pass | Announcement Trailer

Then in Q3 2025, get ready for a deep dive into the mysterious and mind-bending with the Shadows of the Shroud Expansion. If you’ve ever taken the Psionic Ascension path before, get ready for a full rework. We're talking new events, tough choices, creepy patrons, and a real sense of “power at a price.” Will you master the Shroud — or will it master you? The Stellaris: Season 09 - Expansion Pass is worthy. And finally, in Q4 2025, we’re getting even more with the Infernals Species Pack. These guys are built for extreme heat and chaos. Think lava planets, volcanic power, and also the raw energy of hellish environments turned into your greatest weapon. Oh, and that’s not all. Launching alongside BioGenesis is the free 4.0 “Phoenix” update, which brings massive changes. While offering new population mechanics, a reworked trade system, selectable precursors, and more. You can even jump into the Open Beta on Steam right now to get a sneak peek. All of this comes in the Stellaris: Season 09 - Expansion Pass for $44.99 USD / £37.99 / €44.99 (with a nice 20% discount if you bought everything separately). You can find the new game Pass on Steam and GOG. Along with support for Linux, Steam Deck, Mac, and Windows PC. It’s time to chart a new course through the stars—are you ready?

[oflightningandstars]

for the video game ask game - 2, 4, 12, and 30 <333

Milk my beloved <3 (From this ask game)

2. Top 5 games of all time

I know I have played more than five games this should not be this hard XD

Citizen Sleeper

Professor Layton and the Unwound Future

Undertale

In Stars and Time

Outer Wilds - my favorite game that I don’t enjoy playing, at least historically. But I love it dearly and I’m hoping it will click when I get back to playing it!

4. Best game soundtrack - Outer Wilds. Outer Wilds. 14.3 Billion Years is just so so good. The peace I feel listening to Timber Hearth. The way the music changes right before the end of the loop so you KNOW that time is up. It’s so good

12. Favorite game character - hmmmmmmmmmmm. This is a very hard question!!! Longest-term, Luke Triton from the Professor Layton games. But the characters in Citizen Sleeper feel like family, I would do so much to help them. When Lem said that he and Mina wouldn’t be going with the fleet…. That pretty much made my choice to stay for me. I couldn’t leave them.

30. Favorite aspect of a game - this is a very broad question which is nice and also torture (/lh). I like many many aspects of video games, and a lot of it can depend on the genre and the specifics of the game itself! Like in BOTW when I briefly played it I avoided combat because I didn’t like it, but I feel really cool when I do well dodging the bullets in an Undertale combat encounter.

But in general, I tend to like exploration, seeing all a world has and finding things. I also tend to enjoy puzzles and mysteries! And I love when the gameplay supports the emotions of the narrative! (Looking at you In Stars and Time) WAIT STORY I like stories in video games.

[ysolt]

If star citizen ever gets to a point where org gameplay is actually relevant I'll found a sybil org so we can fight for her in space

[jennaflare]

Nextfest Game Demos You Should Try

I've been playing a ton of demos during nextfest (going until 10/21 if you want to try any of these yourself!) and figured I'd spread the good word about some games worth checking out. Naturally, all these demos are free. I trawled mostly through the "story-driven" section, but there's a range of genres I tried. If you like games like Disco Elysium, Pentiment, In Stars and Time, or Night in the Woods, we might have similar taste! (Here's a longer list of games I've enjoyed)

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

The sequel to the fantastic sci-fi RPG Citizen Sleeper (which if you haven't played it yet, what are you doing! go! play it!). This game is a Discolike that has its own identity and mechanics. Big emphasis on space capitalism and how awful it is. This one introduces an actual crew to the familiar gameplay of the previous game, which I'm very excited about. I love the idea of actually having my own ship + people aboard it who are a continuous presence in my game. Check! It! Out!

The Rise of the Golden Idol

An extremely good puzzle game where you collect clues and fill in the blanks (literally). I still haven't played the first one (only played the demo for that too) but man! The game mechanics are fun and I love the art soo much. I love solving puzzles and I love how these are decently challenging without feeling like I'm beating my head against a wall.

The Scarlet Deer Inn

An adventure game inspired by Slavic folklore where you play as a mother and innkeeper. All the characters are embroidered!! It's so cool!!! Visually, it evokes Ghibli and Pentiment. The story quickly took a dark turn in the demo, and I am extremely intrigued to see where this project goes. Highly highly recommend checking this one out.

Keep Driving

A lowkey management RPG with great pixel graphics and fun music. You're a young person on a road trip, so you need to maintain your car, work odd jobs to buy gas, and most importantly, have fun! I can easily see myself losing entire days to this game. Fun little gameplay loop. Give it a try!

Mushroom Musume

Raise a mushroom daughter in this pixel RPG! Just in the demo, there's something like 30 endings. I've played through three times and gotten three different mushroom daughters, and the final version (out later this year) will have double the content that's in the demo. The art is great and the game is well-written. I'm going to keep playing this demo until I've exhausted it!

Loco Motive

Point-and-click murder mystery comedy on a train. Great voice acting, fun & bouncy pixel art! Had a great time playing this one. Not a lot to say about it aside from it's fun and made me laugh.

Urban Myth Dissolution Center

Ooooo it's spooky! Another pixel game with really, really fantastic art. You're a new investigator for the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and it's your job to look into rumors of urban legends. This one's also a point-and-click investigation game, though with a bent towards horror. Really looking forward to getting to play the full release for this one.

The League of the Hustlers

A point-and-click adventure game set in 1700s France. You play as the members of a group of rebels who rob & murder nobility, specifically those tied to an organization called the Sons of Sun (I think they said that was the name anyway). I'm intrigued by this one! The demo was short and some of the mechanics are stupid difficult (looking at you, swordfighting minigame), but I was able to skip the section after a few failed attempts. There was very little in the way of instruction on the minigames, so I hope they add that in. I like the art style.

The Edge of Allegoria

Pixel turn-based RPG that takes inspiration from classics of the genre. It goes a little too hard on delivering on the steam store's page promise of "this ain't no f@#%ing kid's game" imo. Like ok I get it, you say fuck a lot and murder squirrels. That said I did have fun with the mechanics, and the humor could probably work for some people. Feels like the kind of game I really would have liked between the ages of 16 and 20 because it was "edgy" and "not for kids." ymmv.

Button Man

Set in 1920s Nova Scotia, you play as an enforcer for a local gangster. I love the vintage comic book art style with the halftones and comic book panels. The controls were a little weird (for some reason I couldn't use WASD for movement) and there's like two different interact buttons and they don't explain either? Didn't get to see too much of the story, but I had fun with it.

My Party Needs an Alchemist

Extremely cute. You play as an alchemist struggling to gather ingredients in a dangerous world. Luckily, you find a party to help you out, you just have to keep them alive! I have been craving an alchemy game that I actually think is fun (aka something that breaks up the monotony of making potions with story or some other minigame or whatever) and this looks very promising! The characters I've met so far are sweet and the art style is adorable. Looking forward to the release for this one.

Rooster

Another cute one. You play as Rooster of the Chinese zodiac, sent back to ancient China to learn a lesson. About being a decent person, I think? The art is cute and the music is nice. It's a very casual experience and feels like it's meant for a younger audience.

Polismos

An ancient Greek citybuilder. It seems very intricate and could potentially be fun! The UI is a bit busy, but that's kind of how citybuilders tend to be. I didn't play too much because I always WANT to like citybuilders but I never find them all that fun. Worth a look if it's your genre, though.

Demos I played so you don't have to

Divinastros - Card game using tarot suit cards & zodiac influences. You're fighting against Olympus (often mispelled in the game as "Olimpus," though the misspelling is inconsistent). I never really figured out how to play because it felt like the rules and objectives were poorly explained. Mediocre art and the game is rife with misspellings and grammatical errors I would have overlooked if the game had been fun. Maybe you'll get the hang of it, though.

Grimfield Mystery - This one was sooo disappointing. The art & vibe of the trailer made me think of Gravity Falls, but the gameplay was clunky, poorly explained, and not really fun. Maybe the full release will improve upon what's here but for now, I don't recommend it, and I'm not wishlisting this one.

Ad Agency Simulator - Another in these weird specific simulator genre. Fun enough, if that's the kind of thing you like. Drag-n-drop ad maker thing. Possibly uses AI art but I really didn't look that hard or play that much so. shrug.

[rainspicestudios]

STARDUST★ARCADIS IS RELEASED!

[Click here to access the itch.io/download page!]

You heard me, Stardust★Arcadis is available for download on itch.io!

Stardust ★ Arcadis is a visual novel centered around life in this futuristic city called Arcadis.  In this game, you play as Erina Milani, a lounge hostess who just became a Backer – a person working in law enforcement to clear up their criminal record – while dealing with the demons of her past and the aftermath of being involved in a bank heist. Spend time working at the Shooting Star to get to know fellow citizens, deal with paperwork, and discover Erina’s story as she starts a new life in this city.

STARDUST★ARCADIS FEATURES:

Twenty in-game days.

12 hours of gameplay.

Four different main endings.

One unlockable ending per character.

Please read the CW list before playing!

Flashing lights

Parental neglect and abuse

Effects of long-term illnesses

Discrimination

Severe injuries

Drug use and trafficking

Panic attacks/depression stemming from PTSD

If you are prone to seizures, younger than fifteen,  or if you are not comfortable with any of these topics, even if just implied, then I thank you for your interest but this isn't the game for you. Take care of your physical and mental health.

If not, feel free to enjoy Stardust★Arcadis.

If you've read this post up to here, thank you. Have the loveliest of days and I hope to see you again as RainSpice Studios releases more projects in the near future! ★

[miloscat]

[Review] Sonic Colours Ultimate (PS4)

Lipstick on a pig.

Next on my Sonic chopping block is Colours, originally released on the Wii in 2010. I've played the DS version by Dimps (the unofficial "Sonic Rush 3" although I think of it more as a 2.5) and thought it was fine; sadly even with the enhancements in this Ultimate rerelease I don't think the console version even manages to get that high in my esteem.

As relayed in an opening cutscene that plays after you beat the first level(?), Eggman has built a giant amusement park... er, again. Eggmanland is never brought up once. Anyway, this one's in space! Inexplicably, six mini-planets are tethered together in Mobius's orbit and the new alien mascot blob creatures Wisps have been enslaved to power it all. Sonic and Tails team up with the non-verbal Wisp Yacker to stop Eggman's plan which involves mind control or something.

Well I say Yacker is non-verbal, but they do speak in Wisp language. Tails's role in the story is to build a translator machine so they can communicate. This leads to many (many) "hilarious" translator gags. Ugh. Colours marks the point where a new team was contracted to punch up the writing in the games, and their initial effort is a gigantic fumble. The dialogue is constantly cringe-inducing, with anaemic quips that get driven deep into the ground through repetition. I'm told that Eggman has some good lines delivered over a PA system that runs in the background of stages, but they're mixed so low that I could never make out what he was saying!

Eggman's new minion bots Orbot and Cubot exist solely for wacky hijinks, which also rarely lands. And I've now named all the characters in the game. Eggman's unnamed orbital park feels so empty; cutscenes are often just Sonic talking either to himself or an unresponsive Badnik boss, or filling the air with mind-numbing banter with Tails. This is the peak of the era of paring the cast back to the bare minimum for no reason, and the game really suffers for it. The DS version at least had a bunch of folks popping up briefly; here they're conspicuous in their absence. There's not even nameless imperilled citizens, and this is supposed to be the opening day of a theme park!

As for the gameplay, we’re firmly in the “Unleashed Day” mould, with boosting and so on. Colours is so stingy with boost though; you don’t get it from collecting rings, or doing game actions, only from white Wisp capsules (and defeating certain enemies but not others??). And it feels like later on they just forget to put boost Wisps in, so I often felt lacking. The Ultimate release tries to alleviate this by awarding boost meter for good timing on homing attacks but this only gives the merest pittance, so it doesn’t solve the problem.

The balance of 3D and 2D also feels off, with many of a given zone’s six acts being almost mini-levels that are solely in 2D. Others are a mix but it leans heavily on 2D sections. This may be a symptom of lower budget since asset-heavy 3D segments are expensive. It also is likely a concession to the big new Wisp gimmick, which give Sonic temporary transformations; the majority of them only appear in sidescrolling parts, I guess because they couldn’t figure out how to make them work in 3D. They don’t seem to have quite figured out how to make them fun in 2D either but that’s just my opinion.

The game is quite short; I just tore through it. Well, some parts of it are too long like the gruelling final level—an autoscroller with a lack of checkpoints—and certain dragging boss fights (and by the way there’s only three bosses for six worlds because they recycle the designs). A side mode offers co-op play in bland “virtual” levels, unlocked by collecting red star rings, but it doesn’t extend the play time by much.

The Ultimate version has a handful of enhancements worth noting. Lives have been eliminated (thank you!), replaced by balloons which have Tails rescue you from pits without returning to a checkpoint. A new Wisp has been added, as well as races against Metal Sonic (glorified time trials, one per world, taking place in existing levels and needing to be unlocked). A new token collectible lets you buy cosmetics but it’s a much shallower system than Forces’ fun customisation. There’s also a newly arranged soundtrack, although I preferred the original which is thankfully now a selectable option after a patch.

I can’t speak to the performance of the Wii original but this rerelease looks great and runs solidly. The cutscenes are a letdown by being quite crunchy, upscaled in some way from the Wii’s SD FMVs. But the world of Colours is very, erm, vibrant, the environments popping with, uh, various hues. So it lives up to its name in more ways than just the spectral-coded Wisps.

It feels a shame to have another misstep just as Unleashed seemed to be getting things onto a better footing. But Colours despite some artistic flair and a polished movement system is stacked with unforced errors. The Ultimate version has a bunch of tweaks but all told they don’t amount to a true and deep addressing of the weaknesses of the original game. Not to mention the additions Dimps made to the DS version not present here or on Wii: its expanded cast of friends, the Mother Wisp, new bosses and the extra postgame boss fight, special stages, more Wisps, the concept art gallery… maybe that version is the real definitive release!

[dramaticuser]

Made a Nightcat Ref, or Stargazer as CW calls them, story rambles under cut

As a pup, Nightcat's parents decided to ascend and take their child with them.

Their parents went in first, but Night was too afraid and ran away.

But the void followed them.

you know the void dreams? the ones you get as survivor and monk?

So i basically took that concept and notched it up to eleven.

The void torments Night with dreams, although torment may be the wrong word, the dreams are total peace and tranquility for nightcat, which only disturbs them further.

the actual contents of the dreams vary, but one thing stays consistent, a dark void with large bright lights.

sometimes they, and their ghostly body, are alone.

other times, the ghostly shape of their parents is present.

the dreams call for night.

but it doesn't end when they wake up, hallucinations plague their life

fear and paranoia are nightcat's most common emotions, sometimes they fear that the ground beneath them might just open up and swallow them whole.

soon night found that the dreams and hallucinations are more common and more realistic the closer to the void they are.

so up and up they went... eventually finding an citizen ID drone, and made it to CW

at first CW attempted to do their usual speech about ascension, but as soon they mentioned the creature began to chirp and yell loudly.

finding the creature to be seemingly afraid of ascension quite interesting, CW reconfigured their drone and allowed them into their city.

nightcat soon made the city its home, always sleeping at the highest point of the city. which makes the dreams and hallucinations less frequent and less "real". stargazing became a hobby of theirs, earning their nickname by CW.

of course hallucinations and dreams still haunt them, occasionally they might look up to see their beloved stars replaced by that dreaded void with glowing orbs...

Night is always doubting themselves, especially as they learned more about this world through CW, what if they are wrong?

Their parents and an entire species decided that it was a good idea to ascend, and a god finds their fear and outright trauma regarding ascension to be an anomaly. Who is he to say they are wrong?

but the fear is too great to give in, and the trauma to great to move on...

so they are stuck in a cycle, to afraid to give in to the call and too traumatized to move on. a permanent routine of leaving the skyscraper for food, maybe exploration too and even meeting CW, and then quickly coming back to watch the sunset and stargaze for a while before sleeping.

nothing changes in that routine.

gameplay wise, Night has a cloaking ability allowing them to essentially turn invisible.

but it has the drawback that any sudden or fast movements leads to the cloaking disappearing. so throwing spears and maintaining the cloak is impossible.

[sunset-peril]

As Guilt Weighs

-Author's Notes-

Based on the Oswald's History cutscene

Also based on scrapped content from EM's "Playstyle Matters" gameplay mechanic (specifically, the section where Mickey became more similar to the Blot when he made more evil choices than heroic choices)

According to the Epic Mickey book (and the opening to EM2), Mickey canonically chose to kill the Clock Tower instead of redeem him, so I included that.

An AU idea I had in middle school where Oswald had a right-hand-man like Gus was to Mickey who shared Oswald's motives but also had motives of her own. (Like the original game, everyone is neither 100% hero nor 100% villain)

Didn't have either game open while writing, just referenced the cutscene that was linked, so no promises on canon-ness.

So this was the palace of Wasteland's true king. 

It's a… fixer upper for sure. Much like everything else in the once prosperous kingdom. 

The trek to this point since being grabbed by that monster and flung into this bleak, forbidden-feeling landscape had been… disconcerting to say the least. 

He was Mickey Mouse! M-i-c-k-e-y! M-o-u-s-e! Yet since arriving here, he'd been sneered at, glared at, attacked with no mercy, or straight up ignored. 

When all the hostilities faded away, he was… forgotten. Just like Wasteland itself. 

He felt closer to being one of them than he ever could have imagined. 

At the end of this long climb up Mickeyjunk, a mountain made entirely of his likeness, he wasn't sure if he'd even recognize his own face in the mirror. 

And who could? That Mickey was bright, cheery, pure and innocent; a cheery face to brighten weary souls.

He could feel his difference to that mouse. The almost ink-like feeling of his face as almost ghostly wisps flowed from his nose back past his ears (if they were even still that round shape). It had first started, just a couple ink-like drips off the head every now and then, when he'd first been abducted by that creature. Since defeating the Clock Tower, nay, since thinning the Clock Tower, the progression had rushed by and left him wondering if there was even a face to recognize. 

And thinning was the right word to use for such an act. The Tower's deranged screeching and singing and mumbling as his mind left him; and the scraping of metal, the screaming of pain and the snapping of gears and cogs as Mickey's actions tore apart his body and left only a disfigured face as a stepping stone. 

He was no hero.

These citizens torn and worn by grief and war owed nothing to him but their sideways glances.

Many of them were kind still, in their flickers of hopeful emotion. Horace and Clarabelle… he couldn't help the guilt that wracked him at their betrayed (poorly disguised as ‘disappointed’) faces.

They were once co-workers, fellow stars, friends…

And he forgot them. 

A clearing of the throat and a swishing of a white mustache brought him back from his thoughts. 

“Are we ready to meet Oswald?” 

Gus… he was so kind. So generous and thoughtful. He had been trapped down here since the last world war… and yet he never lost his kindness despite all that had happened to him… to all of Wasteland. He was the first friendly face in this world, and was still one of very few. The little levitating gremlin was a living reminder of the hope that could be found in the darkest places. 

“You'll think he'll want to see us?”

“Ah, it's not him I'm worried about.” 

Before Mickey could protest for an explanation, an army of cards surrounded them to shepherd the pair further into the desolate bunker-esque castle at the summit of Mickeyjunk Mountain. 

~~~

“Say, uh, this is that rabbit… Oswald, right?” Mickey pointed a dripping finger at an old, faded black-and-white title card. 

“‘Great Guns’, ‘Trolley Trouble’, ‘Oh What A Knight’... Oswald was in lots of old films.” Gus pulled the title card for ‘Oh What A Knight’ off the staircase wall. “He was the first one of us to become a star! …and the first to be forgotten.” 

“Forgotten…” There was that dreaded word again, the first death of a soul doomed to die over and over. “What… what happened?”

A loud clank came from behind the pair, and the mouse was spun around, neck wrapped around a scythe, before he could greet the voice. “You happened.”

Another human, well Mickey thought it was human, snarled at him from behind a horned mask; breathing and staring him down. 

“Now, now, Sylvia,” Mickey could hear Gus’ nervous voice behind him. “There's no need for that.” 

“What is this Blotling you've brought here, Gus?” 

“Sylvia, that's Mickey Mouse, and he's very much Toon, let me tell you.”

“Even worse.” Sylvia dropped her hold on the mouse.

“Sylvia, he's not staying. He's just here to greet Oswald and get home.”

“Of course he isn't. The people love him too much.” Wings that dripped similarly to Mickey's body, although much brighter in color, flared in his face. 

“Um… pardon me,” The mouse grinned cheekily. “But, uh, who is this?” 

“Ah!” There was that tone of voice Gus had when he was about to start monologuing. “This is Sylvia, Guardian of Wasteland! She has been around since Wasteland's creation, protecting each of its citizens-”

“Until the Thinner Disaster.” 

“T-Thinner Disaster?” No matter how many times he heard the same speech, he still asked the same question. And got grabbed by Sylvia.

“Open. Your. Eyes. Mouse. Do you really think such a place as this is where forgotten characters are supposed to go, huh? A place so dark and desolate, where hope itself has died?” 

“Well, uh, you seem cheerful-”

“The Thinner Disaster changed everything.” She dropped the dripping creature flat on his rear. “Or should I say, it ruined everything.”

“So, uh, what's this got to do with me? O-or Oswald?”

“Nothing. I just don't like you. And that will be King Oswald to you, mouse.” She walked in circles around him, studying him almost, each touch of the scythe on the ground going click, click, click. “The Blot took everything from us. Our home, our livelihoods, our queen is dead because of the Blot. You think you're rough enough? Try being cast aside, dumped for decades and then having the kingdom you built with your blood and tears to prevent them from others be drowned in the likeness of acid; have a beast come raging from the destruction and end the love of your life right before your own eyes and have nothing to celebrate for your victory because your entire reason to live has been consumed by the likeness of Hell itself?! You selfish creature. Wasteland heard the screams that can never be voiced pierce her ears. Wasteland scrapped herself together after the slaughter of her queen and her dearest brethren on the lines of war. Wasteland and her king live on even when there is no queen or kingdom left to live for and serve. To think you could ever compare confirms your likeness of the Blot far deeper than this physical realm. And so help me Walt, if you did anything to bring this pain and suffering upon the kingdom of Wasteland, then thoughts of the Cartoon World will be the last thing on your mind and the furthest from the last thing you'll see.” 

A small ‘plink plink plink!’ brought Sylvia's masked face out from directly above the mouse's nose and turned to a small collection of those blue bunnies that seemed insistent on chunking him into the Thinner himself. 

“Ah, Princes!” The gentleness of her voice now was jarring. “Come here.” The three bunny children hopped into her arms and snuggled as she walked towards a large open hallway. “Daddy's on his throne, right back here, let me bring you.” Her right hand rose and a snap broke through the room. “Cards! Seize them and run his Majesty's tests!” 

And once again, a deck of cards had him surrounded.

And this time, there were no clever escapes. He was firmly on unfamiliar territory. 

“She doesn't like me, does she?”

“Not one bit.”

[katgametable]

TAZ Abnimals Episode 2: Museum Showdown

Written on 28 Jan 2025, shortly after listening, before listening to Ep3.

Seems I was wrong about a few things. The fight with Carver turns into trying to impress Carver…which Lyle does by cutting off his own arm and regrowing it. Regrowing limbs is an axolotl-based skill, which Lyle already demonstrated in the previous episode after his tail was cut off in combat. Justin said in the set-up episode that he didn’t want the limb-regrowth to be over-powered; clearly it is going to be over-used. Roger and Navy just did some neat acrobatic combat moves and a show of strength in withstanding a charge, respectively. Anyway, then a star journalist turned up to remind Carver he wasn’t meant to still be doing stuff, and it turns out that the Greenback Guardians just went into hiding in order to retire and there wasn’t anything mysterious about it after all. So Carver offers to train the heroes some time and drops down a manhole.

The heroes then spend a long time messing with the journalist. Some of it is relevant questions, like “why is a journalist not spilling the beans on this?”, and most of it is rubbish suggestions for headlines and terrible proposed team names. Hopefully they also actually told the journalist what went down with the bunnies.

They go to their “headquarters”, a favourite booth at a half-submerged diner called the Sub-Mariner with sub-standard food and a tab – a tab which Lyle decides to pay off witch his severed arm. I wish I was joking. Maybe Justin was, but Travis took him seriously. In fact, there was quite a bit of icky-ness in that scene. They have a debrief, Navy once again showcasing his professionalism. And another patron scarpers in such a manner as indicates they were spying on the heroes. Ooh, intrigue!

The heroes fail to track the spy, and decide to go see Carver. What follows was absolutely excruciating. They decide to hire an assistant to handle logistics, despite having no income stream, and accost a stranger. This stranger, a koala accountant called Deeen, is actually interested in a little part-time gig, even though it’s…really not a good job. I wish Travis had just had him say “get lost you weirdos”. Maybe it’ll work out. And then the heroes go to Carver’s hideout, the Carvery, and it looks like he's gonna be a mentor to the team, which…could work quite well, give a little structure.

And then there’s a post-credits type scene, that reveals that the spy who fled the diner is working for that walrus who’s like the first citizen, the bunnies that tried to rob the museum were hired by him, but the item the walrus wanted has gone missing, presumably in the possession of our heroes. A tape? I’m not sure I’m wild about this post-credits scene, presumably the players don’t know about it, but it’s given us listeners info that presumably would be revealed organically through gameplay.

To be clear, I do thoroughly enjoy TAZ maybe 80% of the time. I do think the McElroys spend too long on dumb tangents and have a tendency to yes-and jokes that really should be shut down, but they do build interesting characters, fascinating worlds and intriguing plots. This episode might’ve had a particularly long section I didn’t enjoy, but I’m not gonna stop listening. And like I said, maybe Deeen will work out.

[matchaisgreen]

Grafis Spektakuler! 9 Game Online dengan Visual Paling Realistis

Grafis Spektakuler! 9 Game Online dengan Visual Paling Realistis

Dunia game terus berkembang dengan teknologi grafis yang semakin mendekati kenyataan. Tahun ini, ada beberapa game online yang menawarkan visual luar biasa, dari pencahayaan realistis hingga detail lingkungan yang memukau. Berikut adalah 9 game dengan grafis paling spektakuler yang wajib kamu coba!

1. Star Citizen – Dunia Futuristik dengan Detail Mendalam

Dikembangkan dengan teknologi terbaru, Star Citizen menghadirkan dunia luar angkasa yang sangat detail, dari kapal luar angkasa hingga permukaan planet yang luas.

2. The Finals – FPS dengan Efek Destruktif yang Realistis

Game ini tidak hanya menampilkan visual yang memukau, tetapi juga sistem penghancuran lingkungan yang membuat pertarungan terasa lebih hidup. Game ini adalah game dengan grafis paling spektakuler yang wajib kamu coba!

3. Crimson Desert – Open World RPG dengan Detail Mengesankan

Dari pencahayaan yang realistis hingga animasi pergerakan yang halus, game ini menghadirkan dunia fantasi yang terasa hidup.

4. Dune: Awakening – Dunia Pasir yang Terlihat Nyata

Adaptasi dari film Dune ini menawarkan dunia padang pasir yang sangat realistis dengan efek badai dan pencahayaan yang memanjakan mata.

5. Pax Dei – MMO dengan Visual Medieval yang Imersif

Menggunakan Unreal Engine 5, Pax Dei menghadirkan dunia abad pertengahan dengan tekstur realistis dan pencahayaan yang dinamis.

6. Black Myth: Wukong – Pertarungan Epik dengan Detail Memukau

Game action-RPG ini memiliki efek visual luar biasa, mulai dari desain karakter hingga lingkungan yang kaya akan detail.

7. Arma 4 – Simulasi Militer dengan Detail yang Akurat

Sebagai game taktis, Arma 4 menampilkan visual realistis dengan efek pencahayaan dan bayangan yang membuat pertempuran terasa nyata.

8. Ashes of Creation – Dunia MMORPG dengan Pemandangan Indah

Game ini tidak hanya menawarkan gameplay yang menarik, tetapi juga lingkungan dengan detail tinggi yang bereaksi terhadap cuaca dan waktu.

9. Where Winds Meet – Dunia Open-World dengan Visual Sinematik

Game ini menawarkan efek pencahayaan, tekstur, dan animasi yang sangat detail, membuat setiap pertarungan terasa seperti adegan dalam film.

Kesimpulan

Dengan kemajuan teknologi grafis, game online kini semakin realistis dan imersif. Dari dunia futuristik hingga pertempuran abad pertengahan, game-game ini siap memberikan pengalaman visual terbaik. Mana yang paling menarik perhatianmu? 🎮✨