Tfw you're just awake in the middle of the night, worried about all the things and you just wanna sleep and not have to human anymore

oprainfall Week in Gaming: Dec 28 – Jan 3 operationrainfall.com/2026/01/05/o...

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I was just thinking about how me bothering to cover games anymore, not that I'm even keeping up with game news lately, as my peasant nobody self with no money or current consoles, is pointless. But honestly, my whole existence is pointless😂

Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (December 17 – 23) #ACNH #AnimalCrossing operationrainfall.com/2026/01/02/t...

Only spending $30 and tax on Three Hopes, I'll still have enough to get a full priced $60 game like Fantasy Life i or the DQVII remake if maybe that gets good reviews and I decide I want it. Or, I'm still gonna get one or two other cheaper games I've missed out on previously.

I may buy FE 3 Hopes before this one $30 European copy vanishes. 3rd party CA seller and only 3 left. I know I want the game eventually and physical copies, cheap ones at least, are starting to vanish. Then I'll probably sit on the rest of my cash longer. Still not sure what I want otherwise.

Clearly I long to have a flip phone again that fits in my pocket. But even if such a magical one side screen one side extra stuff, resizing itself, etc. type flip smartphone existed, it'd be stupidly expensive too lolol😩

...also could be resized and like folded out for folders or notes or something? And I think there was also a more notebook sized larger horizontal screen that like disappeared the top emote keyboard. Then you could fold it back up & shrink it down again. So yeah...a bit fantasy & unrealistic🤣

I had a dream this morning I wish was real, but parts of it were a bit more fantasy, lol. I got my hands on a really cool flip smartphone. It had mini notification screens on the outside and on the inside one full smartphone screen on the bottom & some kinda cool emote keyboard on top. But it...

The atmosphere in #Bustafellows is just so good😍 Idk that any of Idea Factory's Switch #otome have atmosphere done this well. Not that I haven't enjoyed plenty of their otome by now, but there's just something about Bustafellows' style. #NintendoSwitch

I forgot it wasn't just the start of chapter cinematics @pqube.bsky.social didn't bother with subtitling. There are also these background voice bits as well🤦‍♀️ This game got a recent patch out of the blue too, but it's still the same😩 I still love the atmosphere & overall style of #Bustafellows tho💜

Oh actually, on the bright side, if I replay via my main account, I've already unlocked each guy before. So I don't have to keep going back to speed through the common route and unlock the next guy. I can start with whoever after I've re-experienced the common route story just once🤔 #Bustafellows

...there is no simply skipping past just text I've already read. I'm gonna start over & refresh my memory, but the game thinks I remember all the text/story I already read 4 years ago🤣 Maybe I should replay on my offline profiles instead?🤔 I've made two of those for the European & Japanese eShops.

...Mozu's route. I had to left and the final answers revealed route left to go. I still think I'm gonna fully replay this though since #Bustafellows Season 2 has 0 recaps apparently I wanna remember everyone's Part 1 stuff. But having already read half the game's text makes it difficult. Like...

I see why #Bustafellows was kind of hard to replay & get to everyone's different routes. Well actually it's mainly the 4-5 chapters long common route. Also, I think I either missed Scarecrow's bad end, or I didn't do his Side B?🤔 And I was wrong, I completed Helvetica & was at the beginning of...

I do think I would love Fantasy Life i, like I don't think it's not worth $60 + tax. But these days I'm rarely sitting on a chunk of mandatory fun cash & I've had a lot of games rotting on my wishlist for ages. It'd just be nice to take some stuff off the list. Obviously I wanna enjoy what I get tho

Near full price Virche Evermore being just under $50. Not full price as in $60-70. I mean I could always go all in on otome and get that before it's gone plus the $30 sequel. But usually Aksys published otome is reprinted eventually🤷‍♀️ Can't decide what to finally remove from my wishlist this time😩

I can get a like new copy of Paper Mario TTYD (old fave, I have it on GameCube but not Switch) for about $35 & a European new copy of FE 3 Hopes for $32🤔 But then there's also stuff on my list like the near full price Virche otome that's disappearing, plus FF8 I still wanna replay fully on Switch.

I really want Fantasy Life i, but idk, I still think it might be smarter to take a few additional cheaper games off my wishlist, that are actually physical copies. Just having a hard time deciding.

Took a picture of the inside of Bustafellows 2 cause it has the mini booklet💜😎 I thought first print copies might be gone since Amazon sold out for weeks during the Black Friday sale. The gel pens I had on my list as another coloring supply thing. Been lacking fun stuff for coloring metallic details

Got a late gift from a friend💜 Now wondering, should I get that $60+ Fantasy Life code w/ my xmas Amazon cash?🤔 The FE 3 Hopes American copies are starting to dwindle & are up around $41 for reputable seller + sealed. But there are some European copies at about $31. Maybe that plus Fantasy Life?🤷‍♀️

No cheating-repost with the most recent picture of your pets Meezy being the cuddly loving cutie face that she is🥰💜

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I can't believe #FantasyLifeI doesn't have a demo. I mean geez, at least let me run around and do some random quests to see how it runs on my old #NintendoSwitch and find out if it's worth blowing $60+ on a measly code😑

January #promosky What up! I'm Mike. I like... ❄️ Anime ❄️ Books ❄️ Cats ❄️ Sci-fi ❄️ Wrestling ❄️ Animal Crossing ❄️ Elder Scrolls ❄️ Fallout ❄️ Kiseki / Trails ❄️ Legend of Zelda ❄️ Mass Effect ❄️ Metroid ❄️ Persona ❄️ Xenoblade ❄️ Yakuza / Like A Dragon

I'm messing around in the FE 3 Hopes demo now for the first time finally, never played a musou before. But I don't wanna play too far since I read it spoils a lot of Houses plot early on & I've thus far avoided spoilers for the other Houses routes.

...universe, the characters, story, music, etc. But much like I need to replay Bustafellows 1 first before starting the sequel, I've got every other route still left in 3 Houses (besides Blue Lions) before I'd start Hopes. Fantasy Life I can't do w/ Bustafellows, unless Bustafellows 2 goes on sale.

Tbh, I know I want Bustafellows 2, it's just a matter of, I'd rather grab it on sale if it'll go on sale again. Then I'm undecided between whether I wanna spend $60 on a measly digital code & get Fantasy Life i, or a cheaper physical game I've missed out on like FE 3 Hopes. I love the FE3H...

Happy New Year🎉 I was zoning out at midnight last night, not sure I was conscious at the start of the new year, til like half an hour later🤣

January #promosky repost I Like... ⛄Xenoblade ❄️Shadow Hearts 🌨️Yakuza/Like a Dragon ⛄SMT/Persona ❄️Tales Of 🌨️Turn-Based Square Enix ⛄Modern SRPGs: Triangle Strategy, Unicorn Overlord, etc. ❄️Star Ocean 🌨️Etrian Odyssey ⛄Atelier ❄️Riichi Mahjong 🌨️Otome ⛄1st Party Nintendo ❄️Dot Hack 🌨️K-On ⛄Farm Sims

Already getting burnt out on #OctopathTraveler and I only just went back to it😩 Even above the recommended level, everyone's 4th chapter bosses are hard and seem to take the perfect planning & setups. Maybe I should just jump into Octopath 0 after all & enjoy the easy beginning of a fresh new game🤔

Gonna be a boring New Year's Eve of my usual doing nothing, I suppose. Though tbh, what's there to celebrate? This whole decade has been garbage and will continue to be garbage 🥲🤷‍♀️

Sunday was such a satisfying, comfy, content and cozy day. I wanna go back to that. A perfect yet average day I'll never get back😩

Finally killed it. I don't remember Primrose's final chapter being this hard, but it has been 5 yrs apparently since I last played. I was down to only one petrification cure & I actually sacrificed H'annit so I could have it for the next time Primrose was petrified instead🤣 #OctopathTraveler

Went back to the original #OctopathTraveler so I can finally work on finishing it and play 0 afterwards. But Redeye has murdered me two or three times😓 I might have to equip some characters with a stun preventative accessory, or at least Primrose, who's my healer. #NintendoSwitch

Or, I could do Bustafellows 2 & an old fave's port instead of two totally new games? 🤷‍♀️ Like I could finally get the Paper Mario TTYD Switch port. Or the physical copy of FF7 + 8 Remastered? Really enjoyed playing 8 for the first time years ago...til I found out my 4th disc was a blank trash reprint😑

I also still could always blow it on a full $70 priced Asian English PS4 copy of Metaphor: ReFantazio. But even if I wanted to drop that kinda cash on a game that drops to $34 during digital sales, the import copy's sold out again. Only a couple copies show up now & then.

I was starting to think about simply splurging on the Fantasy Life digital code and just saving the rest for when Bustafellows 2 goes on sale again. But I'm starting to question how well Fantasy Life i will run on my ancient OG Switch😩

Maybe I should just invest my Christmas Amazon cash in getting myself a box of otome. Get both Virche games or the first Virche and Bustafellows 2. I really wanna buy something but I still can't decide what. It's burning a hole...in my digital wallet🤣

I went on quite a bit in this week's Week in Gaming article. Talked about some of the gaming stuff I got for Christmas, which included a bit of my thoughts on #8bitdo controllers and I also gave my thoughts on my first few hours playing #Suikoden for the very first time.

Tom Nook’s Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (December 10 – 16) #AnimalCrossing #ACNH operationrainfall.com/2025/12/29/t...

I've got choice paralysis trying to spend my Xmas Amazon cash🤣 Since I rarely have spare fun cash these days, when I do, I wanna use it wisely & get something really good, or get a few cheaper but equally good older games or whatever I missed out on previously. Most games aren't on sale anymore too😩

Enjoyed my morning today, in sweats, didn't throw jeans on immediately after getting up like usual and first I played a little #ACNH, been decorating for Christmas/Winter even though xmas is over already😩 Decided it's a stay in sweats day & now I'm playing #Suikoden, enjoying my new 8bitdo too☺️

I took a shower last night kinda late and just stood in there at the end for a while to kill my allergy nose. Went to bed not long afterwards and slept fantastic honestly, lol. Nose is still subtly a smidge iffy this morning, but mostly just cause it's finally winter cold.

Googled it and my irritated allergy nostril is from being too dry + cold weather. I live at a high dry altitude and we're finally exiting 70° Christmas and entering 30° and below winter for a few days. My nose, one nostril, has been killing me all day with allergies and I can't stand it anymore😭

I'm not sure if I ever fully finished... Mozu's route perhaps? And I never got to Helvetica. Or maybe Helvetica is the one I barely started near the end & didn't finish. I remember though the long af common route made it hard to go back & get to the other guys' routes each replay. #Bustafellows

...like I should start my #Bustafellows replay soon, now that I'm likely gonna buy Bustafellows 2 soon. Still waiting to see if maybe it'll go back on sale, but I plan to get it I think. Need to replay the 1st one since I only did 3 or 4 routes, forgot a lot of it & I heard the sequel has no recap.

Yesterday was such a crappy day. Now today I woke up stupidly early drowning in allergies, cause my one allergy nostril that's easily irritated lately when it's too clear, is being stupid. But maybe today I can get into Suikoden more and possibly test out my new watercolor pencils. Also, I feel...

I really really want Fantasy Life i still, as well as Metaphor which has no digital code on Amazon. But I also want Bustafellows 2 which is much cheaper & I could get that plus a 2nd $30-40 game I've missed out on. I don't have enough to do full price Fantasy Life, in addition to a $40 game & tax.