Don't really feel like firing up a stream today. (Been busy getting ready for stuff I need to do this coming week) so will likely just do some off-line stuff. Will be back live tomorrow as I'll treat firing up a stream as my new "job" to keep me from getting lazy. See ya then!

Now that I've joined the land of the unemployed, figure I'll try to make streaming a bit more routine. This way I can stay in a regular routine of a work-week for when I finally get employed again. Will go live in the next hour or so. www.twitch.tv/jdurg

This is my first day without a job in nearly 14 years. While I'm still raw from being severed, I'm now realizing this is for the better. My former company was toxic. Leaders calling employees "fucking retarded" for not being able to understand complex process changes amongst other flaws. (1/2)

I will try to get a stream going at some point tonight. It's not like I have to worry about getting up in the morning for work anymore...

Just had an impromptu work meeting with my line manager and a special guest from HR. I now am unemployed. This came out of nowhere. Honestly feel a bit nauseous right now.

Hey folks. Another super busy week at work. Just haven't had the energy afterwards to fire up a stream. Once work settles down a bit we can get going again. Sub-11 is in the future!

Work was pretty hectic today so my brain is just not into it to do any runs tonight. Will likely be back tomorrow!

Last day of staycation. Let's play some CV1. Live now! www.twitch.tv/jdurg

Let's get back at the CV1 Grind. Live now! www.twitch.tv/jdurg

Going to do a late night stream here. Castlevania 1 Races were fun and I'm wide awake. Give me 10 minutes or so and we'll be live. www.twitch.tv/jdurg

This here is why I didn't get a stream going today. Cooked up this baby and then afterwards took one hell of a long meat nap. I feel really good after eating this, and have leftovers for tomorrow! Nothing fancy. Just salt and pepper.

Taking the night off from streams. Too many cool people doing streams that I'm watching. Catch ya tomorrow.

1:00 PM Eastern Time Today. We'll re-visit the past a bit and do some Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! for some Single Segment PB Attempts. Haven't done this in a bit and my brain just says 'try it today'. Live in about an hour: www.twitch.tv/jdurg

I'm really hoping to go live later today with some CV1 PB attempts. Just picked up a little stomach bug the past few days which has REALLY sapped me for energy. Today I'm feeling a tiny bit better so hopefully that holds up.

For the love of god, I'd kill for a law to go into effect that would allow us citizens to sue the ever living hell out of any place that leaks our personal information. Maybe that will cause companies to take security of sensitive information more seriously? I'm sick of all these leaks of my info!

It is still windy as all hell with flickering lights. Not looking like I'll be able to get going tonight.

I'm thinking of doing a stream later tonight, but I need to wait for the weather to calm down a bit. Lots of flickering lights and many power outages in the area. It's nasty out.

Cannabis being rescheduled to Schedule 3, while not as great as de-scheduling completely, is still a step in the right direction. Doctors who have been uneasy about prescribing a Schedule 1 substance can now prescribe to patients without fear of losing their license. Next step, full legality.

I just invented a new term for speedrunning. It's called "Getting Hanson'd". It's when you get bopped by multiple people in short succession on the SRD Leaderboards. Mmm BOP!

As the holiday season comes up, I want folks to know that it's okay to not feel good mentally. To think the worst of things. To misunderstand each other. We'll all pull through. There are good times ahead. I hear you though. Don't worry.

This. Feels. Good. On Friday night I got a PB but had an awful Dracula fight. It felt pretty "meh." Today, I avenged that failure by finishing off essentially the exact same run with a 2-cycle. Top 10 on SRC now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrV8...

Yeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh. You see, I've had enough of this stuff. So Old Man Winter? Pull your pants up and go home. You've overstayed your welcome.

I have to say, AI is pretty good right now. It's so absolutely awful at what it does that we can EASILY identify the people who are too stupid and too lazy to do any research of their own and just rely on ChatGPT. So AI is helping us identify the dumbest of the dumb.

This. Felt. Good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4slo...

I surpassed my YouTube goal of 500 subs (and hit 4,000 watch hrs)! As a result, I've already put lots of work into my next speedrun world record video history! It would still mean a lot to me if you'd watch and share my Castlevania III and Castlevania II videos! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Something I've taken notice about videogamers. It seems like gamers refuse to accept that the industry no longer is targeting them. I always hear complaints when new games in a series come out that try to get new players into the game. Folks bitch about various features or design aspects.(1/x)

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.