Day 8 of Spooky Season Save Room Music. A YouTuber known as Hokabane occasionally makes some ambient RE- and SH-inspired music. This one might be my favorite. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w9s...

Day 7 of Spooky Season Save Room Music. The last few examples haven't really been that spooky, so let's add an unsettling one from Death Mark. This actually is the game's safe room theme, so prep up before you go hunt some ghosts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ-D...

This thread got a little unruly since I haven't updated it in a while. I'll jump back into it, though, and have now made it through Volume 20. Halfway through! Here's my current breakdown based on what I've viewed thus far. Might be of interest to you, @optimstie.bsky.social :

Day 6 of Spooky Season Save Room Music. I've been a fan of Drackfreee's Silent Hill arrangements for a while (I might include more of their work later). Fittingly, I beat Shattered Memories last night and thought it was a nice addition to the SH Universe. This track includes a still from the game.

Day 5 of Spooky Season Save Room Music. This RE track isn't spooky at all. In fact, it's so peaceful that it's on my sleep playlist. I discovered this channel before I went to Japan last year, so I imagine that I'm waiting for the train in Tokyo while I listen to it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0xv...

Day 4 of Spooky Season Save Room Music. I picked up the first Persona back in 1999 on my birthday. I was immediately blown away by the OST due to the game's atmospheric, haunting, and alluring setting. Case in point, the song "Mystery" that occasionally pops up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szk8...

@darthbluesky.bsky.social, you might need to share this picture since it's Halloween. Extremely terrifying movie, though.

"This fall, Agent Dirk Saint Hightower must strike a pose. It could be his last. Dress You Up in My Death. Coming to a theater near you. Fashion slays. But so do they..." www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOhJ...

Day 3 of Spooky Season Save Room Music. Since I beat Resident Evil: Village a few days ago (currently replaying), here's a track from Survival Spheres. This is an image of Castle Dimitrescu featured in the first half of the game (it's certainly not this peaceful): www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2_i...

Day 2 of Spooky Season Save Room Music. This is from Death Mark 2. It maintains the oppressive atmosphere of the previous two games and the first game's cast, but (for better or worse) it added 2D movement across the screen. A great game to play this Halloween. www.youtube.com/watch?v=10v4...

An image from a spooky, noir, Avant-garde horror film titled Where Are My Treats? It's an incredibly rare film that originally debuted in Paris around 1956. However, it was far too scary for viewers, so it's been buried since then.

To usher in the Spooky Season, I'll post a song a day throughout October. This time, however, I'll share songs that either come directly from or remind me of survival horror save rooms. First up is Massimo Catalano's "Foggy Night": www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Vr...

@optimstie.bsky.social, I watch this at least once a week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vBl...

Time to play some spooky/atmospheric games from my backlog this October. I've owned some of these for years and never finished any of them (I think I spent the most time with DP). Will I be able to knock them all out? Most assuredly not. However, I'll give it the old college try in 2025.

I thought last night that a game I'd really like to play is a Japanese animated football game set in college that plays like NFL Blitz and has RPG and dating elements. Basically the setting of MLB Power Pros/Jikkyou Powerful Major League with Captain Tsubasa aesthetics and NBA Street mechanics.

If this is the music the sound team composed for a character like Star Lord, the Marvel Tokon OST is going to blow me away next year: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKBd...

I lived in Japan when this came out. Rad poster. One of my favorite animated movies. Over time, this became one of my favorite tracks from the album: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnBv...

Powering through Dragon Quest 11, and the humor is pretty adorable at times.

I'm going through my gaming backlog and recently finished Atlus' 13 Sentinels. 9.5. It's a love letter to all things science fiction. The intertwined adventure game narratives complement the real-time strategy mech sim (with RPG mechanics to boot). A tough one to replay, but this OST. WHEW!

As a Wyoming grad, you're welcome for Josh Allen, Buffalo.

Look. You know you're in for a good time when one of the opening scenes is Mike and the boys in their PJs jumping on a couch, and then you see Crow's legs in the air as he tries to do a trick on said couch. Top 5.

Hey, @darthbluesky.bsky.social. After a few months together, the boys now sleep like this regularly.

No movie in cinematic history has messed me up like Event Horizon. I watched it in theaters in 1997 without knowing anything about it. It ROCKED me (but also introduced me to some cool anime to cope). With its new resurgence, including the comic, do I dare watch it for the first time in 25 years?

This last year or so, I finally watched Cyber City Oedo after owning it for about 15 years. I also watched Pet Shop of Horrors, which was a delightful josei romp. Both were awesome, although they were short OAVs. Even now, Pet Shop's OST is worth a listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A1L...

Haven't golfed in a while, but I was able to get the rust off reasonably quickly.

Started the new season of King of the Hill last night...and didn't stop until I finished all ten episodes. It takes a few episodes to get going, and there are some plot points/beats that need to be polished in the next season, but it's great to see the band back together. 4/5

It dawned on me that I had the figures to make this bad-ass Marvel Vs. Capcom team!

Mine is a work in progress and subject to change, but here are mine (in no particular order right now): Hobgoblins Final Sacrifice Pod People Space Mutiny Boggy Creek 2 Soul Taker Time Chasers Beatniks Werewolf Cave Dwellers/Warrior of the Lost World/Devil Fish

This. Absolutely play this.

Oh, me too! I'd like to play along too, so hopefully I can share some songs after some likes.

Been about a month since I've fired up some anime. I watched this blast from the past today: Iria: Zeiram the Animation. Check out the alt text for a longer post.

I get it (it is good, though), but we can't deny that all of those mechs looked bad-ass. I have every 1/144 and 1/100 scale kit.

Let's go up 30 pounds.

Looks like it's been a pretty eventful day on Bluesky. In addition to everything else, it's my beautiful dog's birthday, so you get a majestic picture. Also, this gorgeous statue of Chun Li arrived today. She's quite the stunning addition to my collection.

I was cleaning out my garage and I found Rey McSriff's rookie card. Just kidding. It's my high school baseball photo I haven't seen in 20+ years.

I look forward to my dogs' report cards after I have to board them for a few days.

Oh hey Hulu released the new King of the Hill intro I boarded

Night Is Short: Walk on Girl: This was a wild trip. It was also the best anime I've watched so far this year. I won't spoil anything, but the vibe check (IMO) was Spirited Away meets Beerfest meets Can’t Hardly Wait meets 22 Short Films about Springfield meets random Like a Dragon sidequests. 9/10.

Hey, Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans. I've been using these uncertain times to go through every episode (follow along via my pinned post on my profile). However, I thought I'd also evaluate the source material while I'm at it. Things are subject to change, but here is where I place each flick.

I was taking inventory and I realized that I need to play these PS4 games at some point. With the exception of Royal and Death Stranding (I may or may not return to both), I haven't started any of these.

Well, Capcom Fighting Collections 1 and 2 arrived today. If these came out between 1998 - 2000, there is a 95% chance I wouldn't have left the house.

The visual novel Raging Loop. I played it a couple of years ago, but many of the plot points are still wild to me. Worth a shot!

Late to this party, but I stumbled across an obscure josei OAV last year called Pet Shop of Horrors that I finally watched last week. I really liked it. The dub was so delightfully cheesy that it added to my viewing experience. bsky.app/profile/prof...

Cowboy Bebop: I mean, what can I really say 20-ish years later? Still slaps. Hard. Jarring at times, but that's intentional. The ending all these years later is lackluster, but Ed and Ein leaving kind of allowed the ending to materialize like it did. Sidenote: Some songs slap at 1.5 speed! 9/10.

I'll go ahead and start a new threaded discussion since the last one was getting a bit unwieldly. I'm still on Volume 14, but I am watching the absolute riot-fest that is Soultaker. A good time to start a new thread indeed! This one rules. Ten minutes in, and it's already a Top 10.

Dusting off the Billy Madison speech for my proposal module in my summer course: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiyv...

I can tell you the exact choice I made during Christmas 1997. Sony PlayStation with FF7, Bushido Blade, and Warcraft 2. 1998 turned into arguably the most epic gaming year in my lifetime.

Currently watching a show called Cowboy Bebop. Has anyone ever heard of it? Any good? Har har. I know. Still, another show I haven't seen in its entirety in about two decades. This will definitely be fun.

Are we watching the same team? Mike Truk isn't the same player he was three years ago.

So getting this for my next shirt: