"That time there were no footprints beside you was when I SWEPT THAT PUNK LARUSSO'S LEG."

Caught a 2002 Conan bit about these and was really hoping there was a photo of mentioned but not show Tae Kwon Do one online, but nope. Still, "the Big J getting sacked by a ten year old" still brings the heat.

Thinking of my old joke "I'm a Warhammer 40k player who listens to third wave ska and vapes. Spare me the lecture about problematic fandoms."

Looks like the VHS transfers have jumped from 2002 to 1992, and I am all for it.

2002, the time Roger Ebert got a hug from Papa Roach

Sweet boneless spareribs tonight, with rice pilaf plus grilled pineapple and peppers. I am stuffed.

Got a another copy of a Night Flight episode I had that’s better quality but missing the final 15 minutes. Going to try and see if I can do a convert/merge thingee in Shotcut though the odds of success with this type of thing are pretty slim.

Any time I see a "one of the big AI firms signed a deal to provide services to a company" article that doesn't give a figure for the transaction, I assume that the compute costs will outstrip the money the AI firm is getting from the deal.

Dark October Fernus the Burning Martian by Joe Kelly and Doug Mahnke (2003) Evil alternate persona of the Martian Manhunter that is unlocked by the removal of his weakness to fire. #DarkOctober #ProjectDaare #DailyDrawing #OneMoreTime

New Kraken Busters! Fairly or not, sometimes you have to conduct a presidential election while your country is mired in unending conflict with sea monsters keithpille.com/the-kraken-b... #comicoop

I keep Atari Force Day in my heart all year.

"We're going to make a next-gen nGage! We're buying a stake in AMD?" seems like prudent moves by a company that *checks notes* is burning through obscene amounts of venture capital to *checks notes again* post a loss for a product with a host of issues and no compelling use case

if shitting already makes you feel as if you've entered Hell's antechamber, why not lean into the experience

And thus concludes my 29th annual October playthrough of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Next on the list:

"Well, I was doing some monolith assessment consulting for NASA but I just got offered a leadership position at Intersect. Hey, you didn't happen to see Robert Denby recently, have you? No? Damn, he's elusive."

There's a dinner party scene in this 1973 made-for-TV horror movie and all the women have pinned up hair and are wearing "Eastern" print caftan dresses like it's a meetup for Virginia Slims ad models.

1973, when domestic cars had their own zip codes.

hate it when I move into a new home in an insular community and a local wizened elder says "hey, don't fuck with that sinister-looking thing on your property" but I do decide to fuck with it

"Steve! Mattie Ross wants to opening up the sealed fireplace where the demonic entities were imprisoned! And Chip got paint all over Mike's shoes!"

Dark October Leather Animal Man by Grant Morrison and Chaz Troug (1990) After his family's murder, vegetarian Buddy Baker adopts a dark leather suit as he seeks his revenge #DarkOctober #ProjectDaare #DailyDrawing #OneMoreTime

Siblings.

"key influencers threaten GOP's 2028 odds" look, I'm thrilled the shithead corner is fighting among themselves but I think 2026 and 2028 are going to be decided by the folks who actually decided 2024 -- feckless dipshits who thought groceries would cost a penny and money would rain from heaven

Today's Made-for-TV Terror: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) Kim Darby vs. the Ghoulies

Farmed for a Valmanway/Crissaegrim drop, so time to BERZERKER BARRAGE my way through the Inverted Castle.

I miss the Konami that released Symphony of the Night, Gradius Gaiden, Suikoden, and Metal Gear Solid.

Found a fan remake of the NES Final Fantasy which added a slwer of QoL improvements, bugfixes, and adds a dozen new character classes from later FF games.

Foghorn Slivers, dammit.

Is the world so bereft of salty takes that prompt tweets are needed to solicit them? It seems to me that the opposite is unfortunately true.

i HeArD yOu LiKe ThE sTaRs WaR

MISFITS OF SCIENCE!

Marvel: Infinity War An OpenBOR fan game which lets you take one of a large roster of characters into pretty much every 90s Marvel console & arcade beat 'em up, plus an original campaign, plus Streets of Rage 2. So if you ever wanted to beat Mr. X as Hercules or Songbird, here ya go.

See also: V (1983)

Dark October Magus The Magus Saga (1974) by Jim Starlin Adam Warlock battles his future evil self driven mad by the Soul Gem #DarkOctober #ProjectDaare #DailyDrawing #OneMoreTime

Brixbridge Lego City: flic.kr/s/aHskzsQR2t

‪ Tentative spooky month game to-do list: Castlevania: SOTN Parasite Eve Silent Hill Dead Space 1 & 2 House of the Dead 1, 2, 3, & 4 Dead of the Brain 1 & 2

Maura, upon meeting me for the first time: (she actually meant to say "dork" instead of "dark")

If, by some chance, you were wondering what my preferred version of Symphony of the Night is. Version 1.2 of the Japanese release with this patch applied.

Right on, Rich.

Now that I've revisited the two Saturn exclusive areas in SOTN, I think I'm going to switch over to the fan-translation of the Japanese PS1 version. The controls for the Saturn one feel *off* in a distracting way, even after remapping them to mirror the PS1 controls on a Pro2 pad.

Something to add to your Spooky Month watchlist:

Letting the made-for-TV terror spree roll onwards with...

"Overall, the poll found that 54% of voters in swing congressional districts think that Trump’s policies have caused prices to go up, whereas just 31% think they’ve caused prices to go down." That 31% should be under supervised care for psychotic delusions.

State of mind: October 2024 vs October 2025

October 3, 1985 prime time viewing options. Pick your poison...