Okay. Back home from Thanksgiving Dinner with the family. Going to take a nice, cozy post pigging-out nap then see about a CV1 PB.

Hot take: If someone routinely submits runs to an SRC Board without following the submission rules, after a certain number of rejected runs they should no longer be permitted to submit runs. Repeatedly ignoring rules, despite being asked to, is insulting to all those who do follow the rules.

I want it to be stated that I hate stupid people who don't have any motivation to learn or better themselves and just want things handed to them.

Hard to get a good photo with my cellphone when it's chilly out there and you are surrounded by trees, but in person this is much more impressive as it's kind of pulsating and waving. In the picture, the green is more apparent than in person. Mother nature is on some trippy drugs.

Premiering this Friday evening - 11/14/25 - on my Youtube Channel! youtube.com/@arcticayeka

I've got dinner cooking (home-made pizza) and will be enjoying that in a bit. After we've got the food in my belly, I'll go live and we'll do some more Castlevania 1 PB Attempts. Been having a lot more runs going deep of late so any session could result in a big PB. www.twitch.tv/jdurg

The weekend is here! Castlevania 1 runs went great yesterday, so tonight I'll do some more. Will go live when I feel like it! www.twitch.tv/jdurg

HAHAHA. Suck it Republicans. I love seeing all the MAGAts and conservatives out there crying like itty-bitty widdle children because they got their ASSES handed to them in the elections across the nation last night. It's so great seeing this. LMFAO.

Am I the unreasonable one? A few weeks back, some IRL friends and I made plans for this evening that was supposed to start at around 5:00 PM locally. At around 4:00 PM, my friend calls me and says that they now plan to go to a bar to watch a cover band play, then "we'd all Uber back." (1/X)...

Hey Folks. Round 2 of the CV1 PB attempts may be on hold. Just getting too cozy and comfy here watching others.

Building this was a lot of fun. So fun in fact that I ordered a "Haunted Castle" marquee as well. Once that arrives I'll get a lightbox created for that too! Should be much quicker this third time around.

Today at 1:00 PM Eastern on Retrogaming Live TV, I'll be participating in the Castlevania 1 KONOT Tournament. (A.k.a. a "Race the Bear" elimination tournament). This will be fun! www.twitch.tv/retrogamingl...

Will definitely be streaming later this evening. It's Friday and I have energy. Just not sure exactly when. Will just go live when I do. :)

Got informed by my employer that someone tried to file for unemployment using my SSN and name. Looks like one of the many companies who decided to give away my SSN has led to this. I hope the person committing fraud gets cancer and loses a loved one to a horrible disease before they themselves die.

Going to go munch on dinner, but then I think I'll fire up a stream and see if I can get a Castlevania PB. Going through controller fights at the moment, but aren't we all?

Happy 40th Birthday to the Nintendo Entertainment System! Don't tear your rotator cuff like I did!

Survived into the weekend. Let's see if I can finally put together a good run of CV1. Live now. www.twitch.tv/jdurg

Okay, hear me out. Was short on cash for the day and needed lunch. Domino's has cheap coupons and a good deal so I picked up a pizza. I'm smiling as I look at the box since for some reason today the local Dominos is using the 1980's style pizza boxes. It made me smile.

No questions. This version of the lightbox is 1000x better than Version 1.0. Version 2.0 has MUCH more solid coloration and richness to it. I love it!

Fixed the issue of the light bleeding around the edges. (Thank you 2 mm black tape). This looks stunning.

After I built Version 1 of my lightbox, I knew I could make a better one. The 1st version was done expecting a few mistakes I could learn from. This is version 2. Made with a MUCH higher quality print from This Old Game and some 1x3 pine boards. Still have a bit more to do on this, but almost done!

It's Friday. Finally. Just tinkering with some things. Might stream later if the mood hits me right. We'll see.

Work is done, so the fun has begun. Castlevania 1 runs. Live now. www.twitch.tv/jdurg

Man. This was a bunch of hard work, but the lightbox I made out of scrap stuff lying around turned out great! Already have ideas regarding V2.0 of this that I'll make soon.

I love making things. Made this lightbox out of an inexpensive arcade marquee print, some leftover scrap wood, some PVC backing board, LED Lights, and a plexiglass front. (Aside from paint, glue, filler, etc.). This is the first of two I plan to make. Using lessons learned from this on my other.

Finally settled down and got all the stuff done I want to get done. Let's fire up the Twin-Famicom and get some practice in with CV1 and then maybe some runs after. Live now. www.twitch.tv/jdurg

It is finally the weekend. Oh my lord work has been brutal lately. Haven't been streaming in a while due to this work craziness, but I'm planning at some point to go live this weekend. Just was too exhausted when work was done today.

I think the LED light strip I picked up for this lightbox will work just fine. The LED lights do kind of show off some of the print flaws in this reproduction, but honestly in person I can't see them unless I look really close. I love fun little nerd projects.

Waiting for some deliveries to arrive today, then once I get them all sorted out we'll get going with some Castlevania 1 runs. Just working on a cool lightbox for an arcade marquee I got and want to get that ready to finish up next weekend. www.twitch.tv/jdurg

Haven't been streaming much of late, and here's why. This shelving unit has taken me forever to put together and finish. Mostly because this is in my stream room and home office, and when work is over I want to have no part of being in here. Finally though, I can start filling this in!

Probably going to go live with a stream, but not sure when. It's Saturday night so I'm not forced to start early.

Finally got the energy and time to get a stream in. Let's see if Castlevania 1 feels like giving up a PB tonight. www.twitch.tv/jdurg

Hope everybody is getting excited for NES_Fest. I know I am! Haven't been doing much streaming lately as I've been working like crazy with my IRL job, and also been focusing on finishing up some long overdue projects around the house. Will try to get something in before the event this weekend.

In only one week, my debut novel releases. I'm not anxious at all! Please check out the teaser trailer (narrated by @glasseyy.bsky.social) here. PRE-ORDERS OPEN NOW! youtu.be/Yv8QcWCuMSI?... #booksky #bookstagram #booktube #booktok #writingsky #newauthors #disabledauthors

Alright. Let's finally get going. Weather outside is pretty nasty so hopefully no power/internet outages, but I'm counting on that not happening. Live now! www.twitch.tv/jdurg

Waiting for some polyurethane and Bondo fumes to leave the stream room and we'll go live with some warm-ups and runs. It's been a while, but I'm ready to play again.

Going to fire up a stream later tonight. Likely in a few hours. Weekend has just started and i'm kind of catching my "night wind" so to speak. Let's see what the RNG says though.

A short teaser from my upcoming novel. "Echoes" #booksky #booktok #bookstagram #booktube youtube.com/shorts/KrSVW...

Looks like a Twitch update has borked FrankerFaceZ. The extension is no longer functioning on Firefox as of about noon today. Hope this gets fixed soon as Twitch without FFZ is kind of gross.

I'd say the return to MTPO has been going well. Got the Bald Bull 2 PB the other stream, was on Single Segment WR Pace into Mr. Sandman the other night, and tonight I got me a new Another World Circuit PB that was unexpected. Thank you all for the raids tonight! youtu.be/R33S2ofxDec

Don't mind me just being the first one here to report the new SMB1 Any% WR of 4:54.515 by averge11.

Gonna go live with some MTPO SS later on tonight. Been SUPER busy with IRL projects that required attention. So we'll see if the time away changes the luck. (News flash, it won't).

Take: Use of AI in videogames should be for the behavior of enemy and NPC characters, not the artwork or other sensory assets.

It's been a while since I've done this, but 5 years ago I began my speedrunning career by defeating Mike Tyson for the first time in MTPO. Figured it would be nice to revisit that game for this month and see if a PB can still happen. live now! www.twitch.tv/jdurg

@merks.bsky.social Just noticed that 1951 Bowman rendition of your profile picture. That's bad-ass.

Thanks for the birthday wishes everybody! Kind of sucks that I can't be at home and enjoy a birthday in a relaxing manner, but without work there's no paycheck, so work always wins. Be back home on Friday night and will try to go live if exhaustion doesn't take me out.

Spent today hanging with my friends JamEviler and BewfnBewm and their wonderful kitties. That was a lot of fun and quite enjoyable. Will go live later on tonight. It's Saturday, it's time for fun!

Not sure if I'm going to be able to stream tonight. Weather has gotten really nasty and thunderstorms are very bad when need consistent internet and electricity.

Been trying to get a stream going for the past 30 minutes, but when connecting to Twitch and only Twitch, I get 85% frames lost. Local recording is fine, but for some reason Twitch decided I'm not allowed to stream anymore. Sad.

Haven't been doing a bunch of streaming of late, but no worries. Just been occupied with watching others stream and other stuff around the house. One of those "take it easy for a bit" times. Don't want to burn myself out by grinding games when I'm not really feeling it.