June 25th, 2024

On this Special Edition issue of game log, I bring to you ... a non video game related anecdote: I got my first bloody nose a few days ago cause I got knee'd in the face on accident, It was METAL! that is all, I wanted to add this for future me to read back on and nod and whisper: "Oh, how the time has gone..." And, also, because it's become a new favorite story to tell ... Now onto the REAL meat and taters: I went against my amazing Devil May Cry playing plan extravaganza and played a couple of Dante's missions in DMC2 a few days ago, and I have a choice few words to say. I'm sorry ThorHighHeels, but this is the one time I agree with the majority here ... It honestly was really fun at first in a kinda cheese "This is so bad" way, but after only 2 bosses I felt my brains fall out of my ears. I nearly cried of boredom. I didn't really, but I felt like it. I feel like playing it after the awesomeness of DMC3 maybe made the poop fart combat stand out way more. But I will say, I like DMC2 in theory, but not practice. The overall look and brooding-ness and "this is really bad LOL" and enemy design of the game goes pretty hard, but man ... is it awful to play OR WHAT!? So I think DMC2 is best appreciated in my mind, and with a 10 foot pole. I really like bad games in that way, cause I feel like there's still something that's worth it in a bad game ... especially humor. CONCLUSION ON DMC2: I don't think it's worth playing all the way through, but perhaps just a few of Dante's missions ... and play with some friends, cause then you all Devil May laugh together ! Or be bored together, who knows.

QUICK SUCCESSION STORIES: Part 1 on tales of the discovery that Hack n Slash may be a new favorite genre: I played some of the little freeplay mode of Onechanbara Bikini Samurai Squad with my sister and it was pretty cool. It was like cheesy stupid Japanese action movie: The Game with cowboy ladies and zombies, COOL! I just looked as I'm writing this and it seems as if the reviews are not glowing. Whatever, I thought it was fun. Yet but mindlessly so, but sometimes thats what hackin' n slashin' is all about. Part 2: My cousin gave me a 3Ds mario game and a mysterious unmarked DS cartidge that my aunt ... I think she said she found it in the trash or something. So, I already felt like a creepypasta protag. Unmarked game found in trash given to unsuspecting family member..? Isn't that how these all start? So I pop it into my Nintendogs DS lite (subtle brag, pink and nintendogs are respectable things.) And... it was a spongebob racing game! Cool! I played some of it, there was no hyper realistic blood, and it was very fun, so I am quite pleased. kind of ... I wish I was a .exe protag sometimes. Part 3: I found this really cute game called Solatorobo, so I went on Ebay expecting it to be some dirt price cause it's an old obscure DS game ... bro ... I found a listing for 1 million dollars LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

So looks like I'm dippin my toes in emulation soon, LOL. I think emulation is really cool and very, very important. But, it's not typically the way I like gettin' games just from personal preference. But, there ain't no other way at this point, 1 MILLION? ONE WHOLE MILLION DOLLARS? Most of the listings were 400 dollars, which is still more than I'm willing to spend, but the 1 million dollar listing was just so funny to me that I had to mention it. I thought it was disgustingly beautiful, absolutely horrid and grotesquely humorous. I went in expecting 30 dollars max and got putridly punched with 1 MILLION. I find that very funny. I know nothing about Solatorobo besides the characters are very cute, so even if I had a million dollars I don't think I would buy it. I'm curious as to why the listing is even a million dollars. That's more than what most people have. I want to see the day that game gets bought and that seller's life is changed, just because I think it'd be funny if the guy became a millionaire off of a game with moe dog and cat people in it. IF YOU :POINTING: DEAR READER, HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS, GO BUY THAT GAME. CAUSE IT'D BE FUNNY. That's all.

If you take a little gander at that games I'm playing currently list, ignore that TLOU part 2 has been there for like 2 months I swear I'm gonna get back to playing it I swear, you'll see that I've been gettin into MGS! I'm still playing the first game, but I'll tell you some stories about Raiden later. First, lettuce write my little thoughts: when I was little, we had the MGS DLC for little big planet, and that remix of encounter was in every single action part of every single community level ever. So, when I was playing MGS and heard encounter, I sighed a terrible sigh, and my eyes went bleary and glassy and I sighed some more: "Oh, dear Little big planet song..." Playing MGS also made me realize that a lot of things I know are actually Metal Gear Solid references. The discovery that Liquid Chris wasn't some kinda weird progress to a fart joke but was instead a reference to Liquid Snake rocked me world. I feel like one of those fortnite kids that think the guest characters are FROM fortnite. Maybe deep down ... Maybe deep down I really am.

Also, MGS is hard I don't think I can hear "SNAKE...? SNAKE...? SNAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!!!!!!!!" anymore without throwing up. OK, onto stories about Raiden: getting into DMC made me want to get into Metal Gear Rising (haven't played it yet), in which caused me to think Raiden is pretty freakin COOL. So, I went and looked for fanart of cool robo Raiden from Metal Gear Rising, but then that made me discover that there's a fandom for Dante x Raiden, in which spans back decades, eons, and even months. The only reason I'm mentioning this is cause someone said they were "AAA game Jelsa" and that "LAST YEAR, PSM'S ANNUAL SWIM-SUIT SPECIAL WAS VERY NEARLY REPLACED BY A 60-PAGE SECTION OF EXPLICIT DANTE/RAIDEN 'SLASH' FANFICTION..." made me laugh a lot. I don't get it, but I think all should have fun, so get gettin' On raidante fans. You truly are AAA game Jelsa fans! Also, I had a dream where I was playing a MGS game and Raiden from MGS4 dropped from the sky and Snake had to fight him in a soulslike boss fight. It was preettyyy cool... I haven't played a game with Raiden in it yet but I'm a fan of him just based off the fact he was in a hack n slash game that I have yet to play and want to dearly so. Am excited to play MGR and MGS2, for Raiden! Theres an entire crowd behind me, who also shout "For Raiden!" ... For Raiden! ... as for Raiden echoes within the air, I say bye bye cause I'm hungry. It's almost lunch time. Accept Christ and get a free PS2! Click Here!

June 20th, 2024

Guten morning to all reading, I beat DMC3 last night! Overall, it was a lot harder than DMC1, yet but my report card at the end was better LOL. Vergil's fights I think were the hardest, but overall, I think once you get the strat down its not far until you beat any boss. There were way more times I wanted to rip my hair out than when I was playing DMC1 though, Vergil during Arkham's boss fight actively made it harder. You're trying to help me here, dude! Why did you disable devil trigger !!????!!! During that boss rush for Mission 18, I was actively seeing my life flash before my eyes because I thought I had to go through every single boss again. But, I thought to myself: No, No, They wouldn't do that to me ... and I was right, they wouldn't. So I beat 2 more bosses than I needed to LOL. After I beat normal mode last night, I had so much fun with the game that I went ahead and tried out hard mode, and I beat the first 3 missions on hard! WooHoo! I think what makes DMC3 pretty difficult at first is the fact that you really don't know what's coming or what exactly to do, So I feel like every subsequent playthrough is a bit easier in that regard. But, I have a feeling I'll be eatin my words the more I go on with hard mode in the future. Overall, I think DMC3 gets added to the 86 thousand other games I have in 2nd place on my favorites list. It was a lot of fun, and, just as Guilty Gear got me more into fighting games, I think Devil May Cry may have gotten me more into hack n slash. I've been eyeing Bayonetta and Metal Gear Rising at the moment. PS: If I had to pick a favorite character, I think it's a tie between Dante and Lady, and Vergil is close behind.

I think my least favorite boss was that stupid worm thing. Not because it was hard, but because it took so long to kill 'cause of my saddened noob abilities. DMC I think, as a franchise, is a good mix to where it's hard but not impossible. Elden Ring still is the hardest game I've ever played, and it felt impossible more often than not, I played for like 2 months almost everyday and I only beat 3 BOSSES ... LOL. I don't think that's a bad thing by the way, I need to get to playing Elden Ring and more Soulslikes again, I miss it... I want a challenge that'll make me throw up! I think I might have a better time playing a soulslike now than I did back when I played Elden Ring for the first time, cause I never really had played any games similar to it, and I feel like I have since then. So, perhaps we'll see. Maybe I should start all the way over and fight Margit again, see if it's still crazy difficult like how I remember. I particularly really want to play Bloodborne, that one looks like something I'd like a lot. Q Hayashida once drew a cover for a Bloodborne comic, so maybe that influences me a bit LOL. Enough, enough about hard games, something came in the mail yesterday ... here's a video.

And last Scraggle thoughts before I sign off: the same cousin that helped me learn Guilty Gear basics also likes Ninja Gaiden, we've had an on-going debate on whether Dante or Ryu is cooler (Dante, quite obviously.) But, I've been considering playing Ninja Gaiden because of the DMC similarities and his frequent tellings of how cool Ryu is (still not cooler than Dante.) I also was recommended NieR and Onechanbara by my sister. Many Games to consider! ... GOODBYE!

June 15th, 2024

Hmm, quick Littol game update. Will it be quick or little? Unsure, lets see ... START OFF: Not Teeechnically video game related but A GUILTY GEAR ANIME GOT ANNOUNCED ?!! AND SIN IS ONE OF THE MAIN DUDES?! LETSGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, I'm very hyped. Sin is so cool. It seems to be placed after Strive also, according to Sol's (... ahem.) Frederick's design. I am Interested, interesting. OK, onto the games I've been playing: I beat Separate Ways remake a few days ago. Very late to even start it, but the remake is a complete different experience from the original. I mean, that's almost given with the fact it's a remake, but there weren't many parts where I could point and go "Hey, I remember that." Not a complaint truly, I think that can be a very good thing in terms of remakes, just depends on the OG. But, I really enjoyed playing Separate Ways Remake, Ada is definitely one of my favorites and I hope dearly she comes back in a new installment soon. When I got to the regenerador part, I had accidentally sold the infrared scope immediately before and hadn't noticed until I was infront of a regenerador, so you may imagine such a horror. I had to go through that whole part defenseless. Butt booty naked, and afraid. I yelped and shouted as if my true life was on the line, my yet but a manly life ... yet but such a MANLY scream ... (lol) Also, I'm not a true gamer cause I got tired of trying to fight Saddler after ... probably the 5th time. So all I did was sell all my guns and use the RPG to skip it, Apologies. LOL... but I had to go through the last mob part with only a handgun and I yet but nearly crapped out my nose. Took a try or two ...

Hey .. HEY! Remember when I said I needed to get back onto the DMC grind? I think I said that. Well, I did, I beat DMC1 yesterday and I have yet but many things to say. I still agree with my previous statement that DMC1 on normal mode is not as difficult as I was expecting it to be, however it'd be a fib to say Nightmare and Mundus didn't give me some trouble LOL. I think the main thing, at least on normal (I haven't tried a full hard or DMD playthrough yet, I may go back and try it some time), is that you need to figure out the weapons that are gonna do the most damage. Against Nightmare, beating the mini boss n' then using the Grenadegun to rack up devil trigger, then air raiding his cheeks is a pretty full-proof cheese strat. Though, my final mission report card was lots of D's and C's ... so maybe don't take my advice. But, it's almost a bit like a puzzle, kinda like the fights in Fear & Hunger in that sense. I got lost in a few missions, and when I would I'd look at those really awful old IGN guide videos where the dude playing didn't even know where to go half the time. Every single time there was a mission with platforming in it, ppl would be complaining in the comments. It made me think about how DMC fans wouldn't last NO TIME in the jank of the Sonic Adventure games, Nuh Uh. You know when a game has punched you down so bad that you just stare at the death screen in silence ..? Final Rush in Sonic Adventure 2. That entire last story segment. Im hatin' a bit, I think beating DMC gave me a pompous ego even known it was once and on normal mode and I cheesed my way through half the bosses ... LOL. I like the Nearing End Of Game cut scene with Trish. LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course, everyone likes that one ... HeeHee.

Anyways, away from evil ego persona joshes. After beating DMC1, I considered DMC2 for a moment due to my love for video games everyone else say suck (I love you dearly, RE6!), and also 'cause of recently uploaded ThorHighHeels vid, but I decided to go back to it later. I went ahead and began to play DMC3, I think this iteration of Dante may be my favorite. He's quite literally coolness incarnate, that beginning fight cut scene! I beat mission 5 this morning, and will probably play again after writing this, but I'm having crazy crazy fun playin it. Also, Lady is so cool, I'm so excited to see more of her as I play. Some comments and concerns while playing: I'm officially a better gamer than Jerma. However, such a prideful, boastful thing was quickly soured as I played Mission 5 cause jesus christ that last boss shattered such a worldview. I spent an hour on that mission. Aw Jeez. Hmmm ... OK, I think perhaps that is all. That wasn't very short, but I spoke of all amongst my brain. PS: all my boastful retorts are yet but joshes, I am a lame-o and actually am very bad at playing video games, despite my love and adoration. PS part 2: My sister sent me a picture of Parappa sackboy, I think Parappa sackboy is cool. PS part 3: Been thinkin bout getting MGS2 and MGS3, awaiting a sale that I hope is to come. PS part 4: I bought the japanese releases of SH2 and SH3, great things to come (in the mail) ... OK BYE.

Next Day Thoughts (Fathers Day Hello): I went on a bit of a research grind and found that the HD collection releases for DMC ARE considered easier than the original North American releases cause of something, something. So, this means I definitely need to go back and play on hard mode, how frightening! I am playing more DMC3 and mission 7 kicking my buns, so that is a bit of a frightening prospect that this is the easier version in terms of normal mode. So on the Devil May Cry agenda: beat DMC3, DMC4, and DMC5, then go back and try out DMC2 just for the cheese, and then try out HARD MODE on the others.

June 7th, 2024

OK, the main Summer Game Fest show ended about an hour and a half ago (at time of writing sentence) and I'm still wrappin' my brain, but I have lots to talk about. Its hard to write all the things I want to, so lettuce start with talking about some other things firstly. OK, first off: I finally began playing Separate Ways remake, and I'm enjoying it a lot so far. I really missed playing modern Resident Evil games, it's very different from the original. Sad that we don't get to see the fashionable Ganado, but I think the prospect of Ada just selling Leon's jacket is perhaps funnier. I think I'm on chapter 4 or 5 at the moment, excited to keep playing. Also, Ada's voice definitely has grown on me I'm noticing, I never really hated it but I remember playing RE4 remake right when it came out with no prior trailer viewings and having just finished Leon's route in RE2 remake, so her new voice was a bit jarring. But, I'm a fan now that I've gotten used to it. Unsure if that's a popular opinion or not, I don't think so. I remember everyone hatin when RE4 remake came out, but I'm unsure of the public opinion nowadays. I feel like I have very unpopular opinions when it comes to video games. I really like RE5 and RE6, I think Silent Hill 2 remake looks good, I think FNAF should stop having new games ... (transition sentence) not sure if that's an unpopular opinion but I'm a complete hater against every FNAF game after UCN. Pizzeria simulator and UCN are the absolute best endings to the franchise. I can't describe how much I don't like Security Breach and the stupid lore parts of the VR games. I, a FNAF fan, seethe everytime I hear any murmur about any new FNAF game. LET IT DIE! THIS IS THE ONE FRANCHISE WHERE I GENUINELY JUST WANT IT TO DIE! LOL.

Typically, I never agree with a "let it die" sentiment, cause usually the way the franchise died out previously was unsatisfying and you guys are just being negative nancys ... (Silent Hill) But, in FNAF's case, the ending was already satisfying. It was perfect, you're just effing it up making more of these games. They aren't even that good. I remember as a kid watching Coryxkenshin play a FNAF 3 fan game before FNAF 3 even came out, and being so tickled at all the prospects. I remember the wait being really long, but it was truly only like a month. Sigh, If only you could see how much I seethe now. Michael dying in the fire and Henry's entire monologue at the end of Pizzeria Simulator are some of the Coldest Moments in My Personal, Humble Gaming Hall of Fame. I suppose Security Breach doesn't really negate the impact, cause these new games are more like sharty continuations than apart of the OG lore in my opinion, but it's like ... man, why ..? Who needed this ..? Who asked for this..? Can you tell I'm a bit sour. Security Breach has a 9/10 on Steam so I suppose this truly is an unpopular opinion of mine. I just think FNAF is quite disturbing in terms of the OG collections of lore if you kinda forget about all the extra fandom stuff, especially the earlier games like 1-4. I feel as if it's a bit ridiculous now, and not in a fun way. OK ... ENOUGH ABOUT OLD GAMES I THINK ABOUT A LOT! SUMMER GAME FEST TIME!

There were a lot of games that looked very cool, I can't mention them all, so lets mention some. Lettuce start with some that I think look pretty sick but I'm unsure if I'll play them: SlitterHead and Wanderstop are some interesting folks I saw that stood out a bit. Wanderstop particularly stood out cause I'm a fan of The Stanley Parable and, especially, The Beginner's Guide. So, it's exciting to see Wanderstop being by the same folks. There seems to be some type of twist implied, which I am quite excited to see, but It doesn't look much of a game I'd play just based off the trailer shown at Summer Game Fest. Same with SlitterHead, I know the names of the brothers (guys) behind it but the game itself doesn't really pique my interest. Though, I am open to such a thought being challenged. Also, the sudden appearance of Killer Bean tickled me quite a bit. I watched the movie when I was like 11 at late hours of the night, just as a josh, so I chuckled and got flashbacks. The game does look strangely fun, but I won't fib and say I didn't think the broadcast got hacked and someone put in footage of a Killer Bean GTA mod as a joke, yet but just for a second. While I was watching, I was crossing my fingers for some Little Nightmares 3 or Resident Evil news, I was doubtful about RE cause I heard many o' rumors about it not being at Summer Game Fest, but no LN3 news shocked me a bit ... UNTIL I FOUND OUT IT GOT DELAYED UNTIL 2025! Which makes me a bit sad. But, Hey, I rather a late game than a bad one.

... ON TO THE MEAT AND POTATOES: I never played Street Fighter 6 for the same reason I haven't played Separate Ways until now (didn't have money when it came out, then when I did all the hype died down so I either A: forgot like a fake fan or B: bought other games,) but they ANNOUNCED TERRY ??!!!! TEERRRYYYYY?!!! Oh boy U know I'm gettin my farty Ayuuuuuuuuuuuhhssss on this freaking game now. I have never played Fatal Fury or KOF but I have admired Terry from a distance for, like, a year. I gotta play ... this applies to Fatal Fury COTW also. I put both in my excited list. Unsure how jarring it'll be, cause all my Real fighting game experience is with anime fighters, but we shall find out! On to Sonic news, I saw the leaks so I wasn't very surprised, however I AM EXCITED! SHADOW HAS COOL WINGS, BRO! ANGEL OF DARKNESS! I FEEL IT DEEP WITHIN, IT'S JUST BENEATH THE SKIN ... I MUST CONFESS THAT I FEEL LIKE A MONSTER! I'm a Shadow fan. Every single person who liked some normal Sonic character as a kid and have since grown up and still like Sonic, they all now have Shadow as their favorite now. On average. Scientific assumption. It's just ... the moment I saw his cool emo wolf wings, I felt as if it was 2013 again. I heard Skillet, call out to me ... Oooh how could I deny them a ear..? This October is gonna be good, Silent Hill AND Sonic x Shadow Generations ?! Also, that snippet from Inside Out 2 of the cool loner video game guy that they showed tickled me greatly. I like him, he is cool and mysterious. I like video game references in cartoons. Smiling Friends Season 2 Episode 1 so awesome. Heart Smiling Friends, I do. OK last thing before I sign off: Phantom Blade Zero looks AMAZING. It actually blew my mind, It looks freaking incredible I am very excited to get to play it. I'm gonna get whooped but I'm still very excited. Tuned, stay for it, stay tuned! ... OK, perhaps that is all. here is an image I found that I liked dearly. Need to get back on the DMC grind, I think I left off on mission 17 ... like 2 months ago ... oops...

Oh, wait, PS: I went to a renaissance fair, I saw lots of Zelda and Link cosplays. I hope to play a Zelda game soon ... I would like to play twilight princess. The End.

May 31st, 2024

"Hey... where've you been..?" I hear you ask. I got really into Dungeon Meshi and haven't been playing many video games. The guy with a video game blog not playing many video games for like 3 weeks ..?! what the hay hay? But, a lot happened yesterday, as you may know, if you are a fan of the same games I am. So, lets Go ... Lets start with the less juicy and progressively get juicier, like a fruit as it ripens. I found out about this cool rhythm game called pop'n music sometime a week or so ago, and all the characters I saw are very cool. I really want to get into it some and discover the secrets it harbors, it reminds me a bit of parappa, in which I already love. Anyways, I've also been hearing lots and lots of rumors about lots and lots of games and I haven't been able to keep up with which ones are even true. This happens every summer LOL. I heard a rumor that the protagonist for Resident Evil 9 is gonna be Leon. I want the protagonist to be Leon , please! I also heard a rumor about how OD is going to play? And from what I skimmed in the little passage, it kinda reminds me of that one doritos horror game. I hope you know what I'm talking about... This also isn't a dig, I'm very excited for OD. Anyways, I also heard a rumor that RE0 and Code Veronica are the next remakes..?! Which I'd say I'm relatively excited for, I have yet to play the originals for either but I do own Code Veronica n' will likely play it before the remake comes out, if such a rumor isn't a fib. But, RE3 knocked so much wind out of me that I'm a bit afraid to play an old Resident Evil game for the next 48 thousand years. Hmm, also, the games I've been playing recently are GGST and ... that's it really. I swear I'll pick up DMC and TLOU part 2 again, They're still in my list for a reason ... I also bought Separate Ways for RE4 remake yesterday. Yeah yeah, I get it, I'm a fake fan ... I haven't played it yet, but now I have it... so I'll PLAY IT SOON!

Hm, now lets really get into the meat and potatoes of what happened Yesterday. 3 video game related things occurred, in which I will speak of: State of Play, Silent Hill Transmission, and Slayer release. First thing I did when I opened my eyeballs that morning was purchase Slayer. I immediately began freakin' out at every single little thing I discovered about such a cool guy, and on that fateful day a Strive fan finally discovered the wonders of Slayer. Now, I also want to play Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, as well as Guilty Gear Xrd. And may I mention how much I love his theme? I think it's my favorite theme in Strive now. That night, I played some guilty gear with cousin and previously stated cool guy who mains May, as mentioned in some log down there, scroll down, somewhere... and I got whooped like normal, but I did bag some wins. One was against my cousin (waaat..) ... Have I ever mentioned that my cousin is good at guilty gear, and I've never won against him, because I'm yet but still a noob? I don't know, but I praise thy lord for such a win. Anyways, some things I learned that night is that I hate playing against May, and when I play fighting games I act like I'm getting hit in real life.

... Lets skip back to earlier that evening, the state of play sucked lol. Not an unpopular opinion, but it sucked turds. There was nothing cool, besides... Shh.... whats that noise... is it... a radio...? It's whispering something .... It sounds like.... Silent Hill 2 remake...? ... I told you suckers that this game was gonna be good! no one wanted to have faith. I'm the original Silent Hill 2 remake fan, OK ?! Everyone else is a fake fan! (lel) Ok, seriously, both the trailer at State of Play and the gameplay from the transmission looked real awesome. I have a few gripes and nitpicks here and there, but overall these little sneak peeks really just reinforced how excited I am to get to play this game. I don't care about any of the haters, I am excited! The sound design and atmosphere were nailed in my humble opinion, and I really like how James is lookin n soundin, got the normal guy vibes that the OG James had. But, also, what's with the redesign for Maria : - Z? ... I just find it strange she's the only one with a really big outfit change. Also, they kept the fart face line in. 10/10 game. I hope the pizza line makes the cut too ... Anyways, conclusion, I can't wait until October and I'm gonna be really sour if this game isn't good and I spent the past year defending it for no reason. But EYE think it looks good so far, so suck my butt. Also, I really hope this game does well, because then maybe we'll get Silent Hill 1 and 3 remakes. Which, not like they need remakes, I just think it'd be very fun to see. Because, unfortunately, I fell to the grips of modern gaming and I'm a very huge remake fan. I just find it fun to get to see characters from games I like get reimagined to almost realistic proportions.

Hmm... I think that's all I have to mention, apologies for not updating for almost an entire month. Blame Laios and friends, I suppose.

May 1st, 2024

that's all ... jk heres the notation if u wanna do it too: c.s --> 2s --> 2h --> 236k~k --> RRC --> 623s~s --> 6h .... that's probably right, shrug ... :evil telekinesis commences, you forget everything:

April 30th, 2024

Ha ha ha ha happy almost May. I'm writing this at almost midnight. A Few Things: new FNF update? In 2024? waaat. I didn't check out the erect mode, but I played through the weekend, and holy carp IT'S SO COOL! The cutscenes are really awesome and I like the Nene and Darnell cameos. But, the real snack and butter is the retry music, in which I heard a lot because I haven't played this game in like 3 years. Glad to see fnf come back. But I don't understand why I'm so dog at it now, I've been playing parappa games, I'm practicing : , - ( ... Daily Guilty Gear ramblings: Ok, time to address the vampire in the room: Hello Slayer! That's right, the dashing Handsome Young Man Slayer is now Coming to a strive near Yoooouuu! I'm so excited, not gonna lie I was team "it's a fake out and it's robo-ky" in my heart, but in my brain I knew it was Slayer. I'm not disappointed, because they made Slayer absolutely dandy. But ... I think about you Robo-Ky. I keep watching the trailer over and over again because Slayer's little theme goes cray cray. Im boutta buy him just for the song.

I stayed up to watch the Top 6 for ggst for Evo Japan. I stood up for like an hour and a half before clocking out (by mistake) So I woke up to the Slayer news, but watching such good players ... well, play ... was so interesting. Tempest is INSANE, he was whooping everyone with Leo, it was crazy. I was rooting for master samurai (I think thats what the commentators were calling Tyurara), because he was playing Sin for some rounds. and that transitions into another sentence: I brought my Sin online for the first time last night, since I been practicing or whatever :wink:, and I made someone RAGE QUIT! LETSGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Honestly, mighta been poor connection, but It was right when I won the first round of the third match. So, Imma say it was a rage quit :wink:. Hey, if U were that person I played against and you're reading this and it was really just your butt wifi, then do not tell me. I started dancing and skipping and going Yay! Yay! haha! It's a beautiful day! and then I ran outside and frolicked in a field of flowers and only slowed down to sniff their sweet nectar. Aaaahhhhhhhhhh... What a beautiful day.. Aaahhh... Ok bye now that's your two paragraphs.

April 26th, 2024

Trolololol I lied I been playing Sin not Bridget. Just a short little update thing: final exams and such be comin up and all I have been playing recently is Guilty Gear, so not much to write LOL. With guilty gear, I definitely feel myself improving ... I've been playing Sin and May at the moment and have been scrapping about with making up combos. I have some longer ones I made up with Sin, but I need to step it up playing as May. I only have 3 hit simple ones down, gotta string em together! ... I hate playing fighting games where I have so many favorite characters that are fun to play as, I never know who to pick and keep. May, Sin, Bridget, Johnny, Sol ... They're all so cool. Sigh... also I found another cool anime fighter this morning too, E's laf++. It doesn't look like it has a huge community, but it looks like a really cool game. Tina and Main look sick! I wanna try it out. Blazblue, too ... Taokaka's design is so cool, I love how her little coat has huge cat paws. Hmmm... I'm excited for the summer, I'll have more time to play, there's also loads of game showcases and tournaments around that time. I have a feeling this year is gonna have a lotta good news n releases : - 3 So short ... so here's some stamps I found:

Wait, I Forgot To Mention ... I finished the Strive story mode and I've been thinkin about how Sol is gonna be for the next gg game since, ja know, he ain't COOL anymore ... half jk. But, My cousin and I were theorizing about a week ago (week ago) on whether they will replace Sol as the main cool buff guy in the next game or not, I have a feeling that they won't but my cousin was like "Bro ... What if Sin is the next main guy (everyone ignore ky.)" And I think I'd be happy with that. Have a sinsational Sunday! (friday). Also, everyone say thank you to my cousin. he's helping me learn how to play guilty gear. He taught me numpad notation with 2 flattened cartons of strawberry cow milk acting as the d-pad, as there was no controller relatively avaliable at the time. :many children shout in unison "thank you cousin": ... I FORGOT EVO JAPAN IS STARTING, OK BYE. Waaat.

April 20th, 2024

... Not intentionally writing this on 4/20, just happened to fall upon this day ... ANYWAYS, lots to mention Today, lots and lots. To start off, my sister found the other missing game I spoke of on Leap Day. It was Digital Dreamware for the 3DO..! I remembered it quite differently, but indeed so it is the game I spoke of. MoreOver, I've been practicing Guilty Gear Strive a lot recently, I have nearly 17 hours logged as of now. Which, is not a lot, but STILL! I practice every chance I been gettin! I fell to the grasps of modern gaming and bought some DLC characters of my other favorite Guilty Gear folks (I bought Johnny, Sin, and Bridget), and I really like them all a lot but Bridget stood out to my noob senses. She is super easy to combo with n' really fun to play as, so I wanna learn her more. I been focusing most on learning May right now, but I want to dive into learning Bridget soon. Someday perhaps Johnny, Sin, and Sol too, but I was told to stick to 1 or 2 mains when I'm startin out. Don't want to start mixin combos up... But, also, I did my first online match last night, which I probably should've done earlier than 13 hours logged on the game, but I am a bit of a wiener and was honestly kind pf scared for some reason LOL. So, I put my big man pants on and faced my fears and ... I ACTUALLY DIDN'T DO TOO BAD FOR THE FIRST TIME PLAYING AGAINST A HUMAN PERSON! I did a handful of matches against 3 different people, I started off on floor 6 because that's where the game assigned me for some reason, I have no idea why. But, I went up against this Chipp player, who I say matched me in terms of noob skill and ... I have no idea how I won that match, I was flipping out and whiffing and backing away from pressure so much it was crazy LOL. And then I won on a singular pixel of health. It was awesome. I felt so accomplished ... But then I got too confident and went to floor 7 and tried whooping an Asuka player and ... My lord, I didn't even get close but ONCE out of the amount of times we rematched LOL. IT WAS SO FUNNY I KEPT GETTING KNOCKED INTO THE CORNER WITH THOSE CUBE THINGS THAT ASUKA HAS. And at one point I got him in the corner, and I suppose who ever was playing Asuka realized I was new and wanted to go easy on me, so they just stood there waiting for me and I got panicked trying to do SOMETHING but I just ended up standing there too ... holy fart it was so funny ... And then I played a Nagoriyuki player on floor 7, and I kept gettin close and then dying immediately. But, I think me getting close was more-so Nagoriyuki's mechanics than me landing hits.

I did win ONE round against him, but lost the match. Lets Just Say... I got demoted down to floor 4 LOL. But 'tis but a scratch, I got to grind! It was lots of fun honestly, I was worried I was gonna get frustrated but I think having another human on the other side made it kind of funny instead of frustrating when I lost. 'Cause when I'd play against a CPU I'd be like: HOW AM I LOSING AGAINST A COMPUTER! But, having a person to play against was lots of fun, 'cause you realize they're probably either laughing at the dumb inputs you're putting in 'cause you're a noob, or gettin happy cause they're winnin. That sounds passive aggressive, but I mean that in a good way. It makes it feel more silly than imagining a cold lifeless machine. I have lots to practice: I need to learn to hit my combos under pressure, how to apply pressure, better defense, better ways of getting in, waiting and seeing when It's my turn instead of just rushing in, better anti-air, don't panic and mash, Blah Blah. Lots and lots. Those were the main things I noticed I messed up on when playing against those folks. I'm very excited to practice more and learn, I've been enjoying Strive a lot : - D. But wait, another happenstance happened last night. After playing those online matches, it was about 12 am or so, and I was practicing some simple but Bread n Butter May combos to really get them in my muscle memory. I look down at my phone for a second, and I see this huge creature start running at me out of my peripheral. It was a fat house spider sprinting at me bro. You know how spiders usually chill out on the wall and they jumpscare you that way? Well, no, this one came from ... somewhere... and ran at me. I go YAHOOOOIIEE! and jump up and the spider starts running all over my controller, then running across my bed, then running on my floor where in which my cats find and eat it graphically and brutally. I heard the crunch and then they tried to eat his remains ... I gave them treats for their gallant efforts. But hey, wait a minute, remember when I said I'd make a video bragging about the Playstation things I got?

Okay, another elephant in the room ... the last of the LBP servers were shut down officially yesterday and it makes me sad. I can't believe it because, I mean, from my perspective, LBP still had a pretty active player base. Even I still played from time to time. But now what made LBP, LBP isn't around no more and I doubt will come back because Sony could give less than two farts about it. It's just .. sad... LBP will forever be my favorite sandbox/creative game because it really pushed that "you can create anything you set your mind to" type narrative. Some of my best memories playing video games when I was younger was either watching my cousins or sister play LBP2, or playing with them. Especially on all the little horror and survival/challenge maps we loved. ... With the servers going down so abruptly, I don't doubt lots and lots of people's creations have been lost forever, and I feel like that's the saddest part of it all. Genuinely a wonderful game series that was a pinnacle of my early childhood, particularly LBP2. While story mode n stuff is still there, going to the little profile menu in the pod and seeing it empty like a ghost town still doesn't fail to make me feel a bit melancholic. I Love You Sackboy! All the creative minds that you helped nurture won't nevah forget you, My Boy! ... Listening to Orb of Dreamers hits a bit more harder now. Sigh... I really just hope one day they'll make a new installment and all the kids of today can enjoy the wonders of sackboy, just as I once did! Man, I'm gonna miss it.

Can't end on a sad note, so here's some random scraps of thoughts: I've found myself watching some Guilty Gear tournaments to analyze how players better than me play, (I learned some cool setups and combos already,) and I found myself really liking the ones where the stakes are low. I found a tournament where the prize was KFC, and a May player won, awesome tournament LEL. I suppose I like the tournaments with goofy prizes better 'cause the whole tone of it is more humorous, rather than smth crazy serious with a prize that's the equivalent to the price of a home. It just feels like everyones having more fun. But, I also do like more competitive things, especially when ppl get salty, but I just can't figure what would beat a Guilty Gear tournament where no one had ever played the game before, it's just so silly. I love it. Another thing: That David Lynch PS2 commerical is the best. I need more weirdo console/game advertisements like that, please. OK, adios! ... PS: that redesign of James for the SH2 remake looks really good. I'm still excited for the remake and my opinion of ppl being too quick to judge it still stands. If the game sucks when it comes out, then it sucks ... But until then, I hold out hope!

April 12th, 2024

Hola amigos, remember how I left off the last post on "I keep coughing"? that was an omen, I have bronchitis LEL. Anyways, recently I've been getting into fighting games, particularly Guilty Gear. I've always been a very casual noob fan of fighting games, so I always would get whooped in them LOL ... As a kid, I thought move lists and combos were dumb and I'd get really salty if my cousin or my sister would pull up the move list in the middle of playing mortal kombat, 'cause I considered it cheating ... I was like 8, OK?! LOL ... But, yes, I've been watching lots of fgc videos and I love the salty moments so much. They're so hilarious. I just think fighting game tournaments are awesome 'cause there's always either a really funny salt moment or a really sick comeback or combo Or ... JUST SOMETHING! They're so cool, I admire the people who're really good even more now cause I've spent, like, the past week researching a bunch of stuff about fighting games. I can't even comprehend half the terms. It's like I unlocked some cool new world, and I'm very excited to explore it. I haven't had a lot of time recently to really get to dive into GG strive cause of school, but I'm very excited to learn more. I always just played fighting games very casually, I'd play for like an hour and go: "Hm, cool, that was fun." ... but, now I really want to learn! I have Street fighter Alpha 3, Darkstalkers 3, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus, Guilty Gear strive, and Sonic the Fighters. Right now, I'm mainly settin me sights on strive but I wanna learn the others as well ... just you wait :wink: ... I'm kidding, I'm really notoriously butt at fighting games. Anyways, I wanted to get caught up on GG lore before I play the story mode for strive, (which actually I think is just cutscenes, but whatever,) so I watched all of WoolieVersus's recap vids. Holy fart dude, Sol's family lineage is insane. It's very funny to me that Sol is Ky's father in law and Sin's grandpa. I giggle. Anyways, MUGEN is the absolute best thing ever, I watched this MUGEN tournament where the stakes was a Chiyo Mcdonalds plush and 500 bucks. Oh, link, please!

.... I still have a main in all the fighting games I've played casually. Mortal Kombat is Johnny Cage, Street Fighter is Sakura, Darkstalkers is Hsien-Ko and BB, and Guilty Gear is May. In Street Fighter, I'm considering trying out Cammy and Ken. In GG, I wanna try out Bridget and Johnny, and perhaps Sin as well, since they're some of my other favorite characters in terms of story/design/personality. Scraggled off thoughts section: FOLKS, GOOD NEWS! THE JAPANESE PS1 STUFF I ORDERED LIKE A MONTH AGO IS COMING SOON! IM MAKING A VIDEO TO BRAG! LOL. Stay tuned ... Also, If You're wondering how I feel now that I've seen Joel's death, 'cause I've been playing TLOU part 2, I want you to know that I was very excited to play as Abby, because I thought people were just hating on her for no reason and I thought she was cool ... Then I understood, and then I understood. TLOU part 2 is my least favorite golf game ... Also, these songs make me doo doo tears, just need to share these. They're stuck in my head.

That part where you play through that flashback of Ellie and Joel on her birthday at the little museum was so bittersweet, dude. It hurt! ... I honestly kind of wish the game wasn't so long, and that it was kind of a first half of us being able to see Ellie grow up with Joel, then him dying in the middle of the game. And after that, we just play through the rest of the game as Ellie getting revenge, I feel like it would've been a lot more impactful. But, that's just my perspective from being only 8 hours into, like, a 30 hour game LOL. Maybe I'll get it once I get to the part where you play as Abby, 'cause perhaps it might be an interesting perspective. Because, I mean, when we played as Joel, we just killed without thinking, because that's what you do in video games. But, from our perspective, we knew Joel was the "good guy." But, from Abby's point of view, Joel is just some monster. I think maybe it'll be interesting to see, puts player morality into question almost. Another scraggle thought is that: I've been trying to read and watch Dungeon Meshi for, like, the past month, but I keep getting distracted and not getting past the first few chapters and episodes. It's 'cause all I'm thinkin is that Dungeon Meshi would make a wonderful video game. Like a cooking mama fear & hunger type game?! Come ON! I want to see that. Do you know how cool that'd be? Cooking mama scared me as a little kid because I thought the PETA version was the actual game, and Fear & Hunger 2 is one of my favorite games ever so it'd be very good ... someone do that please ... Man, now I'm thinking about Fear & hunger 2. I love Levi and Marina and O'saa and Daan and ... and everyone actually. I love that game. Everyone please play it! ... Hm... I think that's all I have to say. Besides: I wanna get into Fatal Fury, because Terry looks cool. Ok, Bye Now ... Bye.... I SAID BYE!

April 1st, 2024

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS', YOU FOOL! ... none of what follows is a fib, I just happen to be writing this on April Fools': Hey, are you wondering why The Last of Us Remastered was only in my games I'm playing list for, like, a day? ... I beat it in a weekend. I got so fixated on it, that game is crazy good ... quite addicting! I love bingeing games with my sister, we always do it over school breaks, but lord I ain't how I once was LOL. I felt like I had a fever after I beat tlou last night, we'd been playing for like 8 hours straight ... my eyes were so red. This is the gamer addiction the grannies speak of LOL ... No, it's ok, the reason I'll have the same game in my playing list for weeks and weeks is cause I only ever binge games like that once in a blue moon, I like taking my time ... and not having blood shot eyes and a pounding headache LOL. I have no idea how people can pull all-nighters playing games. Anyways, tlou is an absolutely amazing game, it's insane. I only beat it in 2 days, and sacrificed my eyeballs for it, 'cause I legit just didn't want to put it down, it was so much fun to play. Sam and Henry's deaths were so insanely upsetting, like ... jesus dude ... what an awful way to die. When Henry was pointing the gun at Joel I thought he was gonna shoot him or something and miss, n' Joel was gonna kill him, but when he turned it on himself I can't tell you how loud I went OH MY GOD! ... how insane ... it happened so quickly. Then, when Ellie started hacking away at David's face?! You could just feel her rage through the screen, it was crazy. ... I also didn't realize that girl going "that's the cutest thing I've ever seen in my life ..." rabbit getting shot with an arrow meme was from The Last of Us. For some reason, I thought it was from some PETA ad? LOL ... Anyways, playing tlou made me realize how stupid I am, 'cause I cannot tell you how many times I got lost and didn't know where to go ... NO YELLOW TAPE OR PAINT?! WHERE DO YOU EVEN GO! LOL

... I think my sister and I are going to play the DLC and Part II today, but I'm going to set a timer so I don't get so sucked in this time around. Joel is my favorite character, I know he dies but I don't know how ... Also, when Sarah died at the beginning of the game, It honestly made me feel really sad. Whoever voice acted Sarah is very good, 'cause the noises Sarah was making when she was dying were terrible ... Every death in that game feels so gut wrenching, 'cause its so plausible. It's so realistic that it feels infintely more upsetting. Tlou is probably the most realistic apocalypse/zombie game I've played 'cause, I mean, I feel like a lot of the things in the game kinda abstractly can happen in real life too. Like, obviously not to the same extent to the point that bloaters are walking around, but I mean ... ja know?! It just feels like if there were ever a zombie apocalypse, it'd be more like The Last of Us and less like Resident Evil ... or maybe a combo of both. Like, maybe some big pharma company accidentally lets some bio weapon fungus slip and now we're effed over for the next 20 years LOL.

Some More Things: I beat Parappa's songs in Um Jammer Lammy! Stage 2 and Stage 6 were so hard for some reason, why is that ... The first stage and Stage 6 were difficult for Lammy too, it's not just me I swear ... LOL. Also, I've been playing Devil May Cry 1 and so far It's so much fun. I love Dante, his coolness levels are off the charts. He truly is a lot like RE4 Leon. What a guy! I heard a lot of people say it's really difficult, but so far it's actually not that bad. I'm playin on normal right now though. I'll probably play hard after beating this, 'cause I heard DMC is meant to be played more than once on different difficulties. But, I feel like it's gonna get super difficult later on ... or maybe my gamer abilities have increased after that Clock Tower Nemesis boss, that boss has jaded me. But, we shall see, heheh. Allow us to take a quick detour however: I remembered that Facade game recently, and it has me thinking about games where you real time talk to the characters using your own inputs. For the year Facade came out, I feel like it's insane that you get coherent responses LOL. I wonder how Facade would be if it was made today ... I feel like it wouldn't be as good. I feel like part of the charm is the fact that it was made by a handful of people in 2005. I feel like (3x) that if it got made today, it'd be some sharty asset flip using lazy chatGPT stuff LOL. Maybe ... But, you know a game that I think should be remade, because the game is cool but it was ahead of it's time? Lifeline, That game is so awesome. I think it should be given another chance ... voice recognition is better nowadays ... The voice acting in that game is awesome, I love Rio's voice so much. I haven't actually finished the playthrough I was watching (Jerma) but from what I've seen, the game is awesome but suffers from really bad voice recoginition despite relying on it to be played. So, I would really love to see the game get remade, please!

I keep coughing like crazy, pollen is very high. So, brothers, I shall see you L8r! Bye amigos!