I admittedly never knew much about the Tomodachi series to begin with, and based on all of the posts I've seen about Living the Dream, I still have no idea what it's actually supposed to be about beyond the character creator aspect (and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible).

I *think* I fixed my recent streaming PC issues, which is good in the short term, but I ultimately think this desktop's days are numbered. With the PC market being what it is now, and my personal circumstances, I'm not sure when I can feasibly build a new one, but it's on my radar now more than ever

NMH 1.5 is the one piece of the series that still confounds me. Despite being an interquel between the first two games, it doesn't quite gel with NMH2 in tone/continuity, and it doesn't do much to recontextualize it, either. At best, to me, it's just the footnote explaining what happened to Lovikov.

NEW DEOGIE HERE! tinyview.com/deogie/2026/...

Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be https://theonion.com/area-man-passionate-defender-of-what-he-imagines-consti-1819571149/

ピカチュウ「ケチャップもっと！！」

I've been wearing a face mask at work and most public places consistently since 2020, and besides a few curious comments, most people don't care. That said, I almost wish someone would get on my case, because I haven't had the chance to say "I'm not a monster, it's only a mask."

Other good tidbits:

I frequently think about this Suda 51 interview from *2015* where Suda basically describes the conceit of Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes, well before the game was even announced. www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-x-button...

Thinking about Frank Miller's Daredevil, and issue #191 "Roulette" is still my favorite part of his run. I had already known about the issue well before ever touching a Daredevil comic, and I was still left reeling.

Here's an interview of Akira Yamaoka from 2010, having just left Konami to join Grasshopper Manufacture. He found it surprising that his departure from Konami was "big news." He also talks about the possibility of returning to Silent Hill. About that... www.originalsoundversion.com/gdc-2010-aki...

Laptop corrupted, again, managed to get to System Restore after ten minutes of looping restarts. Windows 11, man...

This video of the PS2 version of Killer7 still haunts me to this day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiPJ...

Having some aggravating issues with my streaming PC, but if nothing else, let this post serve as a notice that I am getting ready to stream again in the near-ish future (assuming nothing outright breaks at this point). Might shift some plans, too, but I'll be doing something Suda, no matter what.

I rewatched Tucker and Dale vs Evil a few weeks ago, and I'm still chucking about a few bits even now. The sentence "You're strong and you're smart and you're not as ugly as you think you are" has been rolling around in my head since then (and it also helps that it's inspiring in its own way).

As far as his contributions to NMH2 go, based on VGMdb's information (vgmdb.net/album/21376), Akira Yamaoka used the pseudonym "Machine Head," which actually has two credits for the soundtrack, for Subuta.2 (www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2SW...) and Subuta.1 (www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcCM...)

Though I rarely ever visit Tumblr, 99.9% of my exposure to the site coming from screenshots usually meant for jokes, I've had the phrase "my gf who works with clowns" stuck in my brain for the past five years or so.

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Besides the Demon Gun, the Killer7 collab included a bunch of decals, one for each Smith (letitdie.wiki.gg/wiki/Skill_D...). They mostly fall into the "fun novelty, at best" boat, but the Harman Smith decal enabled Killer7-esque blood spray, which is pretty cool. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6vf...

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IT'S DONE

Here's an interview of Akira Yamaoka from 2010, having just left Konami to join Grasshopper Manufacture. He found it surprising that his departure from Konami was "big news." He also talks about the possibility of returning to Silent Hill. About that... www.originalsoundversion.com/gdc-2010-aki...

Lately, I've been playing quite a bit of Necrodancer. After beating the monolith that was Tears of the Kingdom last month, I wanted something more bite-sized, and Necrodancer hits the spot. My goal is to beat All Zones with every character, but I only have the more challenging ones left.

Ooka talking about Raymond Chandler being a major influence is particularly delightful to me because I'm actually a big fan of Chandler, and you can absolutely see that hardboiled influence. He talks about it more here: (www.gamedeveloper.com/design/unpac...)

I never quite bought the criticism that Chrono Cross "killed off all of the Trigger characters." Not only does that oversimplify the story, the game is about alternate timelines/universes (and the existential ramifications therein). Lots of space to fill in the blanks there.

This headline is pretty much always rattling around in my head. theonion.com/jesus-what-i...

I'm still salty that the Let It Die Killer7 collaboration happened *before* LiD released on PC (limiting the content to early PS4 players), but maybe the offline version will allow for mods to add them back. Still wishing I could wield the Demon Gun in the Tower, but at least I have my Beam Katana.

Now we're cooking.

Here's an old interview (from 2010) of Masafumi Takada, the musical legend himself! www.originalsoundversion.com/a-blast-from...

In the DS version of Flower, Sun, and Rain, doors never actually open, the game usually fading to black instead. For the most part, this isn't a big deal, but it results in a funny moment in R00 where Edo dramatically shows you a closed door to start the game proper. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni8P...

I tend to balk at any "nobody talks about [blank] anymore" assertions because they tend to be self-defeating; not only does it inherently spur conversations right there, we all exist in our own spheres, and it's all but guaranteed that a sphere outside of your radar is probably talking about it.

Chuck Schumer: ‘The American People Deserve A President Who Can More Credibly Justify War With Iran’ https://theonion.com/chuck-schumer-the-american-people-deserve-a-president-1835697625/