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johnny, reunited with his old guitar.

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if i had a nickel for every time i've fallen in love with a toxic, manipulative, brain parasite terrorist in gaudy sunglasses, i'd have two nickels

which isn't a lot but it's weird that it's happened twice

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I'm extremely high. Once I saw the cat I couldn't stop laughing.

Happy (belated) Valentine's Day, choomies!

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Doctor Meow and the Multiverse of Catness 

(Source)

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I'm down.

'cause you're the bomb

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The one where the gang finds a hand in the stew. EXU Divergence: Episode 1

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Why Ascend Astarion?

Because I'm a crackhead gremlin who's a sucker for a tragic love story. Because it's sadder this way. Because only a complete fucking psycho (me) would rather see these two idiots self-destruct rather than have a happy(ish) ending.

Why? Because this was my OTP from the 90s/00s.

This is my redeemed Durge, an oathbreaker paladin I named Drusilla. She has more than a few screws loose. She curb-stomped Orin, but helped Astarion complete the ritual, exchanging one abusive master for another.

It's so theatrical, chaotic, and fucking beautiful.

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Why do I lose my damn mind whenever someone posts artwork of young Kerry?!

kerry 💭💭💭💭

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It's their love language.

Wish you'd drop dead.

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game of the decade, 10000/10, no notes all-around

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I like to take pictures of Johnny hanging out with Nibbles.

Pretty sure they're chooms.

More after the jump.

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Does this game get better?

I'm 5-ish hours into Veilguard and bored as hell. I just finished the part where Rook and Varric talk about all the adventures they had together. I don't want to hear about cool missions; I want to play them.

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I just finished Cyberpunk 2077 and I don't think I'm emotionally ready for the game to be over.

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Games I Played in 2024

These are the games I played this year. Not all of them were released this year, but this is how I spent my game time. The list order is roughly how much I enjoyed them from best to worst. These are brainfarts, not reviews.

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Baldur’s Gate 3 - This is the best RPG of all time. There, I said it. I’ve just passed 666 hours of gameplay. With mod support released, this is shaping up to have the same replay value as Skyrim.

Vampire Survivors - I normally hate bullet hell games, but this is a font of dopamine. It’s like $2 on Steam. You unlock attacks with each level up and watch your enemies explode like popcorn. 

Palworld - Pokemon with guns. It’s SO much fun. Build a base and make your minions work for you. Be a morally dubious menace. 

Dystopika - This is a very simple city builder with atmospheric cyberpunk visuals. The soundtrack slaps. Perfect to play while stoned off your ass.

Enshrouded - This is a Valheim-style game set in a post-apocalyptic magical world. Build really elaborate bases with furniture, murder zombies, climb towers and glide across the map, grow crops, recruit villagers, etc. Great at deleting your free time.

Path of Exile 2 - I’m having a blast with early access. This game is shaping out to be the perfect successor to the original.

Cyberpunk 2077 - I know, it’s been out for ages. But I pushed it off until after the bugs were fixed and kinda forgot about it. Started a new game last week and so far it’s baller. 

A Little to the Left - a casual game where you sort items. Very satisfying. This is candy for the neuro-spicy brain.

V Rising - Valheim with Vampires. If you want to play as the bad guy, play this.

World of Warcraft: The War Within - I fully acknowledge the sunk-cost fallacy happening here. But this is the best expansion since Legion.

Tiny Glade - Cute town builder. Very intuitive controls. You can make adorable cottages and castles and take pictures of them. That’s it. That’s the game.

Terra Nil -  A puzzle game with a nature/eco theme. You’re cleaning up environments ruined by pollution. 

Last Epoch - If you’re looking for a happy medium between Diablo and Path of Exile, play this.

The Sims 4 - Another sunk-cost game. Expansions continue to be hit or miss. Lovestruck was buggy, but Life and Death was a lot of fun.

Wildermyth - Cute D&D-esque RPG with a pen-and-paper art style. 

Mind Over Magic - 2D Terraria-esque game where you build a quirky magic school while also fighting off zombies.

Dorf Romantik - Mindless tile-matching game. Love the art style.

Fabledom - Whimsical as fuck city-builder.

Claws & Chaos - Autobattler with adorable animals. You’ll need a good bit of strategy to advance in the game, so it’s not completely brainless. The units are wildly unbalanced, so half the strategy is just figuring out which units are OP and which are useless.

Crime Scene Cleaner - I was expecting a mindless House Flipper-style game, but it has a pretty sad story. You play a dude cleaning up crime scenes for the mob to earn money for your sick kid. Play this if you want some narrative with your cleaning sim.

Fantasy Map Simulator - Super stupid sim game. I name the different countries with dirty names and see how fast the “Rugmuncher Empire” can take over the “Kingdom of Incel Tears.”

Tropico 6 - It’s a Tropico game. If you have earlier entries in the franchise, just play those.

Technotopia - A fun puzzle game with an art deco aesthetic. There’s a narrative that goes with it, but I skipped cut scenes because tl;dr.

Faefarm - A Stardewcrossing game with faeries. It’s fun, but there are better titles in this genre at lower price points. Unless you want to date a white-haired faerie twink, then do play this.

Terrascape - City builder. Not terrible, but it really doesn’t have any stand-out features that make me want to pick this over similar games. I liked Fabledom better.

ISLANDERS - Minimalist city builder. Got bored after 20 minutes.

Diablo 4 - YAWN. I decided the expansion was not worth the money. I liked the initial campaign, but the seasonal content is not doing it for me.

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What is this "owner" bullshit? Pretty sure the cats are the ones in charge in my house. Sorry, their house.

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Remember these terms for professions to help encourage gender neutral language!

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Today's piece is The Lamb gleefully flicking everyone off.