June 26th, 2025

People, people! People! It has been awhile, people! I've been deep within the trenches of Deltarune theories and papercrafts, with the occasional email. Apologies for the absence. But, it's not the longest I've gone without a log, so I don't know why I'm pointing it out now. I have a lot of Deltarune specific things to mention, but I will keep that contained in quarantine until later. There's slowpokes out there still. There were a lot of really amazeballs reveals and occurrences that happened over the past ... twenty days?! You know, one good thing about time going by faster is that new Deltarune content seems to come out sooner, but at the price of a summer break slipping through your fingers all the time. There's really not much longer until I go back ... it feels like it just started. But, before I get into the new things, there's some other things that are things worth mentioning: I found this cool indie game called 500 Caliber Contractz. I believe there's a demo out, but I haven't played it yet. The art style is just too sick, as in cool ...

My Project Sekai adventures continue, and I gambled all my life savings away on Darkness Festa ... and, hey, guess what? I got the Rui, Mafuyu, and Akito in the set, as well as a 4 star Emu. I only rolled like, 3 times! You know, they say 99.9% of gamblers quit right before they win big, obviously this is a sign. That was a joke. I have two sweaty gamer things I did over these 20 days, but the one relating to Project Sekai is that I got an All Perfect on Shinkai Shoujo on Hard. Which, is not that impressive, but it's my moist and damp AP and I get to brag about it! Over this past while, alongside a Deltarune replay, I played a few short games. I tried out the OFF prologue, and I feel a little conflicted about the new music. I really like the tunes in the Smoke Mines, and the new battle theme is wonderful, but it's really odd not hearing Pepper Steak. I feel like there's a lot of music in this new remaster that aren't bad songs in their own right, but don't necessarily fit within the world and tone of OFF. Dedan's battle theme, for example, does sound a lot like something that'd be in Deltarune or Undertale rather than OFF. Bless Toby though, the cheeky Papyrus reference made me laugh.

Anyways, I don't know if this is necessarily a bad thing. Besides, a mod with the entire original soundtrack will probably be made the day the remaster releases, and I'm just grateful that OFF is being acknowledged at all. I wouldn't say I'm mad at the changes either, because it really feels more like OFF fan music, or a love letter to the game in general, even if I don't personally think a lot of the tracks fit. OFF is an inspiration behind Undertale and Deltarune, which is more obvious to me now that I'm refreshed on the whole subverting "kill em' all" RPG tropes and the meta themes of puppeteering that OFF has, and so hearing Toby's music in OFF feels like hearing a song a fan might make for fun, which I'm pretty sure that's the way Toby Fox described the songs he made for OFF in an interview. This whole remaster came as a surprise in the first place, so I feel like it's just a project for a bunch of OFF fans to have fun and showcase a different version of OFF for other OFF fans. I also really like the new menus, especially for Zacharie's shop ... A release date was revealed for August as well, I'll probably get the full game. You can never have enough OFF in your life.

I also got to play ENA Chapter 1. I'm a fan of weird games that sometimes don't qualify as games, so obviously ENA tickled me great. LSD Dream Emulator and Fatum Betula are within this same vein and are games I quite like, so playing through ENA almost felt ... a little familiar, but in a very good way, like a dream that gives you deja vu. The art in this game is wonderful as well, I almost couldn't pay attention to the dialogue because I kept staring at the animations. It really reminded me of an old PC adventure game. I really like that there's multiple languages being spoken, but with everyone still seemingly being able to understand each other, like in Tekken. It makes it harder for me to remember what the character just said, but I really like when games include a bunch of different languages. I actually played through ENA twice because I ignored every job I was given on the first go around, because I usually don't really like doing side quests in games at all and will just ignore them most of the time, but I got called a fake gamer for doing that and I needed to prove my salt. There's also some pretty cool things you miss by not doing the jobs, but who gives a crap about that when my integrity as a GAMER is being THREATENED?! Anyways, I learned I should probably stop ignoring side quests. Also, Aleks Le seems to be in everything I like, because he voices ENA in this, in which I didn't even recognize his voice ... which is weird. I feel like Aleks Le's voice is very recognizable. I've also fallen in love with our titular frog friend ... let's see more of him, ja? I hope there's not Deltarune wait times between each chapter.

The Secret of the Mimic came out recently, and I watched Coryxkenshin play some of it. It actually looks kind of cool, which is surprising to me, because I haven't thought a FNAF game looked good in years except for Into the Pit ... I don't know if I'll play it, but I thought I'd mention it, because I'm pleasantly surprised. The Raidou remaster released recently to good reviews as well ... I really want to play it, but I'm saving my green right now. Also, Fear & Hunger 2 got a combat upgrade, and the big update seems to be soon! I was informed of some old games that look really cool as well that I wanted to mention. Cyd from hellokittyminigun told me about Evergrace, which is a Fromsoft game I've never heard of. I really like the box art, it reminds me of something Plastiboo would make. My cousin also told me about a flash game trilogy on Newgrounds called Exmortis. I haven't played it yet still, but it reminds me of Baroque and Harvester ...

Out with the old and in with the new, what are some of the SHINY and PEARLESCENT reveals for SHINY and PEARLESCENT upcoming games that SHINY'd and PEARLESCENT'd their way to our screens over these days I haven't written? Quite a lot, actually. A release date for Silent Hill F was revealed a little while ago, which set it for September this year ... I wasn't expecting it to be so soon if I'm being honest. I hope I can get it on launch day, I'm genuinely really excited and curious to see how this new era of Silent Hill games is going to play out with Silent Hill 2 remake being such an amazing start. Something that made me barf in excitement that, too, was revealed rather recently is that Silent Hill 1 is getting a remake. They didn't show anything about it at all, but just knowing it exists is making me so, so extremely happy. Harry Mason is by far my favorite Silent Hill protagonist, and I think it was literally the first log on this site that I mentioned wanting a Silent Hill 1 remake so people actually started caring about the first game, LOL. Genuinely, I'm so excited to hear more, and I hope it'll make more people start talking about Silent Hill 1. Another reveal we got that didn't leave much to chew on was Persona 4 Revival ... I kind of wish it was called Rewind. But, it's really weird seeing Persona 4 like this, and obviously I don't think it's going to have quite the same vibes or aesthetic as the original game. But, that doesn't necessarily mean it's going to end up bad. Reload is very aesthetically different from FES, but it's an amazing game in its own right that holds up as a different version of the same story. I think Revival will be the same way, and I'm genuinely pretty excited to see how the new menus, talk sprites, and voices will be like.

Summer Game Fest occurred ... well, 20 days ago! There were two particular bomb shells in this show that blew my mind, but let me talk about some other things I saw that I thought were cool too: I've never heard of both Mortal Shell and Code Vein before, and both of their sequels were showcased at Summer Game Fest. I was particularly looking into Code Vein, but I still can't really decide if I'd like it or not. I saw a lot of people describing the combat as similar to Dark Souls 1, but I haven't played Dark Souls 1 yet, and I'm also on the fence on whether I'd like that game or not. I think I'll play Dark Souls 1 first, since I own it, and if I like it, then I'll look into trying out Code Vein. There was also a clip for Death Stranding 2, which I believe actually came out today. I'm a fan of P.T. and MGS, so I really wonder why I've never gotten into Death Stranding ... I'll have to, Hideo Kojima is amazeballs. Joker, Miku, and Steve make beautiful cameos alongside Sonic, and I mention that End of Abyss reminds me of Little Nightmares. Bomb shell uno hits the North Tower in the revelation that there will be a NEW SCOTT PILGRIM GAME?! I lost my mind when I saw that, I genuinely never expected for Scott Pilgrim to get a new Beat 'em Up. Hopefully it shapes up to be just as good as the first game, and it's looking like it will just fine. A cool game called ILL kicks the baby, and we get extremely blue balled by a Resident Evil birthday wish. It is mentioned that we'll see Resident Evil 9 soon, so that's good at least ...

Well, soon meant as in, like, 20 minutes. After a few more cool things were shown, like Wutang and Project Century getting a title, bomb shell 2 hits something else. Resident Evil 9 gets revealed quite cheekily in a way that didn't make it obvious it was Resident Evil at first, so when I was watching and thinking to myself ... this looks like RE engine, why is it edited like a Capcom trailer? ... I screamed quite shocked when I was met by a dilapidated RPD. Come on, we're back in Raccoon City, if Jill, Leon, Claire, and or Ada don't come back then I'm getting mad. The protagonist is Grace Ashcroft, who is the daughter of Alyssa Ashcroft, which imma be fr and tell you I had no idea who that was. I don't think a lot of people did, because I saw many reaching the conclusion that Grace Ashcroft was a disguise psuedonym for Rose Winters. I'm going to be honest and say I also thought that for a second before being informed of Alyssa Ashcroft. What a random character to make a protagonist ... I'm down, though. From the trailer, it definitely feels more heavily horror focused than action. We also got a release date for February 2026!

I have a really long list of Deltarune theories and tales from my replay, but I'll save it for later, as ... it's actually about 1 am when I'm writing this. Technically, it's the 27th, not the 26th. But, whatever, it turned midnight at the end of writing this log. Ok bye guys4 and guys5.

June 6th, 2025

Before I start this, let me warn that this log is just one big fat spoiler for Chapters 3&4 of Deltarune. Usually, I never do a spoiler warning at the beginning of a log, because the warning at the top of my site is more like a catch-all "I am not liable" waiver for all the spoilers I got in here. But, Deltarune just came out two days ago, and not everyone is on summer break with nothing to do but play Deltarune on a random Wednesday.

... Are you still here? It feels a little sentimental to finally get to play Chapters 3&4, so much in my life has changed since Chapter 2 came out. My little brother has grown up a lot, I've grown up a lot, I'm nearly finished with school, and it's weird to think my cats weren't even alive yet when I was sitting on my bed at midnight playing Chapter 2 the day it released. It felt a little nostalgic playing some parts of the new chapters, I've realized recently I've really grown up with Toby Fox's games. I was an Undertale kid, and unfortunately I did also go through the "UNDERTALE IS CRINGE!" phase all the little kids who liked Undertale as a little'r kid went through in 2017/2018. That deterred me from playing Chapter 1 when it released unfortunately, but I came to my senses in the beginning of 2021. I had played Omori, which made me replay Undertale, which made me realize I never played Deltarune. How lucky is that?! I only had to wait like 7 or 8 or 9 months for Chapter 2, haha suckers. It's really going to feel weird once the last chapter releases and the story is over, a little chunk of my life has been me awaiting a new Deltarune chapter with drool and tears. It seems like releases may become more frequent too, Chapter 5 got a release window for 2026! It's just a little ... I guess sweet is the word ... thinking about how much of a constant Toby Fox's works have been in my life. Even during the "ewww that's cringe" phase in 2018, which is arguably cringe in of itself, I still remember being at my grandpa's house and watching my cousin play a little bit of Deltarune Chapter 1 on a laptop he had.

I was staring at the clock waiting for it to turn to 11 am, and I guess too many other people were doing the same thing, because Steam checkout crashed and I couldn't buy the game for 20 minutes. I waited nearly 4 years + 20 minutes, put it on a badge! I'm not sure where to start, I have a huge amount of ramblings that I wrote down over the near 11 hours I played, and a lot is a bit incoherent ... But, I suppose I will try to interpret what I was saying: Chapter 3 was more of a sillier chapter, a lot of what was in it was giving context to teasers we've seen over the years. The beginning felt like a callback to Chapter 1, and it's definitely increased the mystery on what Ralsei exactly is ... I still feel like he might be something Kris carries around. The 3D cutscene and model of Tenna knocked my socks off (Hehe), I was hollering in amazement. These two chapters definitely ramped up the complexity and quality of the sprites and animations, which were already quality in the first place. Anyways, I chose the same name as Susie during the game show ... lols ... sorry Ralsei ... but it made me laugh, because obviously I didn't know she was going to pick the same cuss word as me. The actual cooking mini game was, for some reason, extremely difficult for me, and I lost like 5 times before barely passing. I just couldn't remember which was the throw button and which was the jump one, so I kept throwing while trying to jump, and jumping while trying to throw. It was miserable, and Tenna made fun of me for it. I go on to write about wondering who Mike is and being curious of his importance, but I saw yesterday that Mike does show up in an optional battle, and he seems to be a bit of a joke-ish character.

There were a lot of moments between both of the chapters where Ralsei tried to get us to close our eyes to see what Susie was doing, and I can't remember a moment besides once where I chose to see what Susie was doing. I'm trying to figure out what Ralsei's mysterious deal is ... and I suppose we find out more-so in Chapter 4, but we await those writings in a moment. I liked the swapping controllers bit, it made me a giggling sausage. During this segment where we're playing a game inside of a game, Tenna makes reference to the milk webkinz tweet. This game is very much nichely internety, I believe Toby Fox knows his audience. Anyways, I really like the new enemy designs and music in both chapters, Shuttah looks like something out of ENA. I think my favorite new tunes might be "Welcome to the Green Room," "Black Knife," "Glowing Snow," "GUARDIAN," and "The place where it rained." But, I think Chapter 4 in particular has really amazing sound design.

Further in Chapter 3, I like the weird hater bisexual polycule Rouxls, Lanino, and Elnina had throughout. The laser pointer bit made me have a bit of a cheeky giggling sausage moment. Also, Rouxls mistaking Ralsei, Susie, and Kris for a "battle throuple" made me laugh. But, early in Chapter 4, Noelle makes a direct comparison of Ralsei and Asriel, and Susie makes a comparison of him and Toriel. Which, I really have no idea why there's so many romantic things implied from Ralsei in regards to Kris, only for him to be compared to their family members ... Even if Ralsei is not related to or directly Asriel, which I really doubt he is, it's still a bit strange. I suppose you could argue a lot of the romantic moments between them are directly because of the player's choices, but there's still moments where it's obviously implied Ralsei has some kind of feelings for them no matter what you do. I mean, to progress Chapter 2, you have to go through the Acid Tunnel of Love with Ralsei and Kris alone, and Rouxls will always mistake Susie, Kris, and Ralsei for a throuple, I'm pretty sure. I don't know ... it's strange. I guess it could be more that Ralsei might like the player and not Kris ... But, still ... It feels weird.

When the rhythm minigame started I had the widest smile on my face, in which immediately dropped as Tenna asked Kris if they remember Dess. Tenna is a bit rude sometimes, I think at one point he was talking to Kris, a kid with divorced parents, about arguing couples ... What a guy Tenna is, that's for sure. We get Dess characterization in both Chapters, and it was interesting to, I guess, get to know her better? I still wonder what happened to her, the entire mystery behind her disappearance is probably the thing I most look forward to unraveling. But, also, I have my theories ... Anyways, I wasn't ever someone who really cared about how Undertale characters would play into the Dark World. So, seeing Toriel and Undyne was just a little pleasant surprise, and I don't really mind that they didn't appear a whole lot. I also don't necessarily care if Papyrus shows up or not ... I think I'm the only one. I'm starting to think he doesn't exist in Deltarune's universe and Sans is just trolling us.

When Tenna has you in a loop, it took me far too long to figure out you were supposed to press the off button on the enemy he has with him. I kept looping battles for, like, 10 minutes. I'm very absent minded I think, if its not in big bright yellow text then I won't notice it. Also, I like that the cowboys truly made it to air, and that Ralsei, of course, is the horse! Yes! Um, but, anyways, things take a bit of a turn. The Knight shows up and beats and abuses Tenna ... Good. There's a video of my reaction, which was me screaming and pointing at the screen going: "YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT'S NOT DESS! THE ANTLERS, THE ANTLERS!" I genuinely did not at all expect the Knight's appearance to be revealed in Chapter 3, nor was I expecting them to have ANTLERS. It's then confirmed that the bunker is a Dark World, and I have a feeling whatever is going on down there is something that Kris is unfortunately aware of. I still really like the thought that they know what happened to Dess, and it has something to do with the bunker. I'm just really excited to find out about whatever is going on down there, and why Kris doesn't want us or Susie to know so badly. It's been so long that I can't remember if something is confirmed or just a theory, so nobody correct me or else I'll get mad. I'm kidding.

I take a shower and snack break to negate stereotypes, and I begin Chapter 4 while shoving fistfuls of blueberries and crackers with cheese on it in my mouth. This chapter is definitely my favorite out of the two. There was so much progression in the story, so much dialogue to chew on, and the amount of times I thought it was going to end on a cliffhanger and it just kept going was gracious alive. I liked all the bro moments Kris and Susie had in this chapter, be it at the diner or with the juice. I constantly forget they've only been friends for, like, a couple days at this point. I guess going on an entire separate reality adventure with someone means you bond a lot quicker. There's an entire paragraph full of incoherent text and various emojis that I wrote down because of the Suselle moments happening back to back, an intense geeking out moment. I was looking at old things I wrote down awhile ago, and I found: "Toby Fox is a himejoshi and he provides for his clan." I think it was Suselle that prompted me to say that, but I keep thinking about it now. Provides for his clan ... *said wistfully, scratching chin in thought.* ... Ralsei goes on to say Oo-woo, and there is also an Among Us reference later on. A lot of Berdly saying tsundere and tsuntsun and yandere. It's just really great. It's really great. Imagine I'm saying this really strained, but it's not because I don't enjoy these things. I enjoy them a lot actually. I am the person Toby Fox caters to.

Ralsei invites Kris and Susie to a little tea party, and as much as he is mysterious and weird, he is cute. We finally get to see his room too, in which is ... empty. There's a lot of complexities about Ralsei's character revealed and detailed in these two chapters, but especially in Chapter 4. I think I need to replay them before I can truly taste what I'm chewing on, so I will get back to you. I'm planning on going back through all four chapters and playing them all at once soon, I miss Jevil and Spamton ... I also haven't beaten the secret boss for Chapters 3 or 4 yet, but I did see a bit of Chapter 3's secret boss ... and ... I'm unsure if I can even do it. Hey, I beat Jevil a good handful of times, I'll be okay! Maybe. Probably. I also need to look into the differences between the normal and weird routes ... Chapter 4 especially I feel would change drastically.

I didn't realize Noelle was going to acknowledge Kris and Susie leaving after that scene where Susie ate the rose infront of her house. I triggered that scene, and then left to go eat at the diner and explore the rest of Hometown, and Noelle asking where we went when I came back made me laugh really badly. Sorry Noelle ... I forgot I'm playing a meta game and not a normal one. I really, really love the entire segment of Noelle's house, it was a lot of fun exploring everything and seeing the personality of the Holidays kind of manifest in decorations. Noelle talking about her glitched Cat Petterz save made me geek out, I love her a lot. Kris and Susie are little weirdos just ransacking this girl's house infront of her, it was really great. Berdly asking Noelle on a date, all while using the player 2 pickup line, and then Kerdly somehow becoming somewhat of a reality is ... actually something I entirely expected. This is in the realm of Toby Fox. I was calling Kris a "butthole" as if they could hear me the entire time they ripped me out and tried beating me with a hockey stick. I liked that the first thing they did was chug chocolate milk, play the piano, and call ... someone ... on the phone. Noelle and Susie are so gay that they didn't notice us scrapping in the back.

The way Kris moves while we're ripped from them makes me think about the "Kris died before we took control" theory a lot. I like the thought, but what would've happened for them to die in the first place? What happened for us to take control of them instead of the vessel we made? There's so many questions and my brain is too small to find the answers right now. I have to study Deltarune lore and theories like it's school, notebook and glasses and all. I liked scaring Noelle and Susie in the basement, I thought it was funny, and the entire scene with Kris in Dess's closet trying to beat us with sticks while Susie and Noelle talk about Kris being good at flirting was probably my favorite moment in the game. Noelle's mom finally shows up, and we learn that her name is Carol ... I feel like that might be who Kris was calling on the phone. Is Deltarune more about a teenager in cahoots with a corrupt government official, or something? I don't want to hear anymore "Kris is evil" theories ever again, by the way. They're up to something, but I think it's probably for someones own good. Maybe.

I freaked out when I realized the church was the next Dark World. Ever since people started theorizing it could be one in the future, I wanted it so badly, and it did not disappoint. The sound design, the enemy design, the environment design, the story, everything about it felt so appropriately ominous, like this was the beginning of the end. During that chase scene in the dark, I kept getting caught on the walls and screaming in fear, and then it is immediately revealed to be Gerson chasing us ... who is dead. That definitely implies something weird, that dead people can manifest in the Dark World. Implies something about Dess? I don't know, but they revealed that dead people can manifest in Dark Worlds for a reason ... Anyways, I really loved Jackenstein's fight, he's really quite cute, and the humor of the battle was very Toby Fox. I liked it a lot. This chapter has a lot of unique fights, the one with the statue in the dark, and Kris saving Susie, really made me lose my mind. I like that in almost every chapter we're going down the line of different soul types.

Ralsei's been acting weirdly mysterious this entire chapter, he was looking for something when he first appeared in the church. It's revealed that Ralsei is a bit ... all knowing, cursed with knowledge. I was rooting for Susie when she started yelling at him for keeping secrets, but I actually started to feel a bit bad for him. He feels so sinister, but it's almost unintentional. I think he really cares for Susie and Kris, the way he kept trying to keep the prophecy's ending from them was really gut wrenching. We as players don't know exactly how it ends, but with the fact that Ralsei freaked out so badly over Susie trying to heal Kris by herself, I feel like it might be that someone is going to die ... I really don't see Deltarune having any kind of happy ending. If it's still true that Deltarune is going to only have one ending, the existence of the weird route implies that, no matter what, that ending is going to rip your heart out and chew on it infront of you.

The final boss being a titan made my mouth hang open in shock, it truly felt like a horror beyond human comprehension no one was supposed to be looking at. Susie dunking on a baby God was funny, very in character, but wow am I curious as to what that prophecy ending Susie destroyed was. It obviously got to her, no matter how much she tried to hide it by denying it was going to happen, and the melancholy of walking around Hometown in the rain really hits you like a truck. It could either be that someone dies, or Darkners in general cease to exist. Ralsei's sudden fixation on reminding Susie that he isn't real could imply this, but Ralsei, again, freaking out over Susie trying to heal Kris by herself could mean something as well. It's just ... obviously it's not going to be happy.

All this sorrow is sorrowed more by Sans having cheeky butt sex with my mom, and Kris tries to kill themself. The amount of questions and theories I have are things I need to chew on more, and I'm genuinely really invested in seeing how the story continues. I'm really hyped that we're only waiting a year until the next chapter, presuming all goes well ... I hope it does. I can't wait 4 years to find out what happens next, I can't. Also, something I forgot to mention, if you go into Kris's room with Susie, she reveals that the stain on the carpet is a blood stain, and helps clean it up. I don't remember if that was ever mentioned beforehand, but I looked back at the beginning of Chapter 1 and it had always been there. Why did Kris just have a random blood stain on the carpet?

I forgot Summer Game Fest is today. If anything cool is shown, I will detail it ... goodbye bros.

EDIT, PS: I'm watching a video of the Snowgrave differences, and it's genuinely so insane how easy it is to get off of the weird route. You have to intentionally try so hard to stay on it. Kris being afraid that we're hearing what they did with Noelle after returning from the Dark World is insane amounts of 4th wall break. I genuinely love how we as players are almost characters within the game itself, how their world and our world merges together. It's so fascinating, I love games that ignore the 4th wall entirely. It's why I really like the idea that we as players are the Angel, and our world is Heaven. Watching Kris beat the soul up in the bathroom, and slump over so dejectedly when having to put us back inside was so insane. THIS GAME IS INSANE! The weird route is different kinds of disturbing, the emotions in it are visceral and it feels so ... evil trying to do it, even if these characters aren't actually real. Everything about this route is horrifying.

June 3rd, 2025

It's a little late, I'm tired, I got headbutted so there's a little sore spot on my noggin now, but I just might puke from excitement. I'm vibrating out of my seat because ... DELTARUNE TOMORROW! I can finally say that and it be truly, truly, true. It's been nearly 4 years since Chapter 2 came out, which feels a little weird ... it feels so long ago, yet at the same time not really that long at all. I still vividly remember my reaction to the shadow drop after thinking Deltarune was cancelled ... everyone thought it was. If you weren't there, in the many years after Chapter 1's release, so many people thought the game was just outright cancelled. What a dark world we could've lived in if that was true ... Haha, dark world. But, as my last log before Deltarune's release, I will speak not of Deltarune, but my continued adventures with Project Sekai (and some other things.)

I've gotten to be a bit of a pro at Project Sekai now, trust me! As of writing I have cleared ... 112 songs on Hard and 25 songs on Expert. That might not be very impressive, but last week I would've barfed in astonishment at the thought of clearing a song on Expert. My favorite to play on Hard is probably EmpErroR, and on Expert it's probably Luka Luka Night Fever. And ... yes ... I did clear Electric Angel on Expert. I never gave up! Except when I did ... But, it's okay, I got it in the end. My gambling addiction has continued, by the way, and my current little party is a 3 star Rui, 3 star Tsukasa, 4 star Ena, 4 star Mizuki, and 3 star Honami. I'm saving up the crystals for Rui's birthday still ... so maybe the gambling addiction isn't really that strong. PS: there's a loading screen that calls Rui and Tsukasa the "Weirdo Wombo Combo" ... I wonder if they ain't Falco? Many penises, somewhere out there, many years ago, are a little bit hard.

I have bad news ... I like Akito now. I've been hating on him more ironically recently ... It's terrible. I think Ena being cool redeemed him a little bit for me, for some reason. I finished More More Jump and Leo Need's main stories as well, and loved them both a lot. So, this coupled with my sudden revelation of liking Vivid BAD SQUAD means ... I have opened my heart! Wonderlands x Showtime is still my most favorite group, but maybe everyone else can share a tier. Except, maybe ... Leo Need and Nightcord can be slightly higher. Hehehehe. I really like the space theming of Leo Need, and all of the vocaloids' designs are probably some of my favorites besides for the wxs vocaloids. I especially like Kaito's Leo Need design, the glasses suit him! I also like that Ichika is a Miku fangirl and that Saki is very obviously related to Tsukasa, both things made me ha-ha and chuckle.

I've also been into making the little papercraft Project Sekai characters out of those sheets you can find online. Here's a scary picture, in which they can be seen. I've made Mizuki, Rui, Tsukasa, little Miku, and a normal Miku, in which is not depicted because I gave it to my cousin. I also made a Mesmerizer Teto, somewhere:

I got around to playing a few co-op shows on Project Sekai. At first I thought my greatest rival could see me messing up Rin Chan Now and I got so nervous and embarrassed I started to scream out loud with my mouth in real life. I was so embarrassed. But, hey, it's ok ... no one saw me. I messed up Rin Chan Now but full combo'd Magical Cure Love Shot first try in a co-op show. *lifts shirt a little to show off abs* I don't know who I am anymore. But, anyways, once upon a time, I tried Append mode, and I believe it to be impossible bollocks. My phone was sliding everywhere, I can't play with my thumbs so my hand was cramping ... it was impossible bollocks. Don't show me any videos of anyone playing Append, they're all fake because I said they are. Also, once upon a time, I finally decided to attend one of those little virtual live shows, and I had yet but a bangin' time spam clicking my screen to wave the light sticks around, only to accidentally close up on Tsukasa's face. It was much fun, I really like the VR aspects, and it made me wonder how a Project Sekai concert with the same hologram set up as Miku concerts would be like. That place would smell bad. Unless it's already happened before, then therefore that place did smell bad. There was a stinker at the Kikuo concert I went to last year, I ain't boutta hold you.

I got good news and bad news, do you want it salty or sweet? Some Parappa music is finally back on Spotify, and Yuri Lowenthal is not returning to voice Yosuke in the Persona 4 remake ... I fell to my knees and yelled NOOOOOO! out loud when I was informed of this. But, it did make me think that they might replace him with Aleks Le to reflect the original games ... I think Aleks Le could make a pretty good Yosuke. Listen, if they're not having Yuri Lowenthal, then I want Aleks Le. I can't imagine anyone other than Yuri voicing Yosuke, but if I had to, I would imagine Aleks Le. Please, please Atlus! But, this revelation pretty much confirms Persona 4 remake's existence ... which I don't think anyone had doubts about. I wonder who they're going to get to voice Adachi ... I doubt if they're replacing Yuri Lowenthal then they're gonna keep Johnny Yong Bosch. It will be both interesting and disturbing to hear different voices coming out of some of these characters, I can guarantee.

I found out recently that Nichijou had a visual novel on the PSP. I want to download it on my PS Vita soon so I can not read it. Anyways, I also recently found out that Silver the Hedgehog likes apples. I don't know why I wasn't aware of this before, but Silver has gotten +2 favorite points from me. If you've recieved any email from me recently, I likely have asked you about fruit and then mentioned my favorite fruit is apples. I'm basically Silver, down to the telekinesis. What, you didn't know I could do that? Haha yeah, I don't mention it because I don't want to make anyone jealous lol. Don't wanna brag or nothing lol. Ladies love it lol. PS: on my emailing adventures, I found out about Rhyme Rider Kerorican. I'm unsure why it was a mystery to me before, but I am glad to have found this green thing.

Another exciting thing is that I believe the OFF remake/remaster's prologue came out recently. After I play Deltarune, and then play it again, and then another time, I have a plan to play some of the shorter games I've been meaning to play, like OFF's prologue and ENA. I have also been considering trying out Honkai Star Rail ... Which, I'm usually never into Hoyoverse games, I'm pretty sure I mentioned it on here one time about not liking them, but I was looking at the characters and ... I think someone at Honkai Star Rail HQ made Boothill specifically for me and then put him in a Hoyoverse game just to prank and troll me. It's actually mad. But, I don't know how feasible it is to play Honkai Star Rail for free ... so we will see. Because, I have a philosophy about Gacha: it is a slippery slope you should be careful with, and if a Gacha game isn't feasibly played for free, then it just ain't worth playing. Never spend real green on a Gacha game, because 10 bucks turns into 20, then 20 into 40, then 40 into your mortgage, probably. I saw Sunday, Jing Yuan, and Phainon as well ... someone is truly trolling me. It's making me mad. A lot of Hoyoverse characters never stand out to me because of how similar they look to each other or to other anime characters in general. They're just a bit bland to me, at least the popular characters I've seen. I can name the amount of characters I've seen from Genshin Impact that stand out to me on about one hand, probably. Which, this is honestly still true in Honkai Star Rail ... but when the similarity is white hair or space cowboy cyborg then I'll forget everything I've ever thought about what makes interesting character designs, I guess. It's a poison and it's rotting my brain already, and I haven't even downloaded it.

Ok bye guys and guys2 and guys3. I think that's all. Reminder: DELTARUNE TOMORROW.

May 23rd, 2025

Everytime I close my eyes I see Project Sekai charts * whispered in the same fashion as that little white boy from The Sixth Sense * ... Anyways, my pjsk adventures continue: Gacha is an evil capitalistic scheme used to rope you into a hive mind anime addiction more powerful than opioids enough to kill atleast three horses + the little white boy from The Sixth Sense. All of this is just as the Schulykill notes suggest. And ... I will be saving the little currency for my favorite characters' birthdays. I figured out how you earn the currency, and it is by various means. I started to pay attention! Be proud of me! I am known for not being able to find things directly in front of me, this is an example. Since I last wrote, I finished N25's main storymode, and they've probably become one of my favorite groups, just because of how realistically each member is written ... Mafuyu in particular really made me chew and think. It took me awhile to warm up to N25, for a lot of their storymode I found myself pretty upset, but the group feels almost saddening and comforting at the same time. They portray such realistic struggles and complex relationships and feelings that I feel like I can still see myself in them, even if I haven't exactly 1 to 1 gone through what they have or feel exactly the way they feel. They feel really human ... the writing for each member really does let you kind of ruminate and think some. PS: I like all of their outfits, even for the vocaloids. Mizuki especially, though, has some pretty wondrous lolita-esque fashion. And ... Ena is way better than her poo brother.

After N25, I started More More Jump's storymode, and I'm not particularly far in it, but I think they're also another favorite @_@ ... Minori is so sweet. I like N25 for their complex and interesting character writing, and I like Wonderlands x Showtime and More More Jump because I think they're just too sweet. Imagine I said that like an old lady. Anyways, while digging through and looking at other key stories for my favorite groups, I discovered the global servers are an entire YEAR behind the Japanese ones. I suppose I understand why, but people on the JP servers get Mesmerizer ... I want to play Mesmerizer T__T ... I've been incredibly obsessed with that song recently, I had an entire dance party in my room exclusively to it on loop. Ever since I learned that one part of the Rasputin dance where you crouch down and jump back up, I started doing it everytime I wanted to break out into dance. If you wanted a visual on how I was dancing to it, it was that with other white boy jigs. I recommend that to everyone reading. Put on a song that makes you want to dance, and just perform the entire Just Dance Rasputin choreography or whatever. Truly is the definition of fun. I've grown a little obsessed with Teto recently as well ... I know technically she isn't a vocaloid, but she joins the Kagamines as my favorites.

I have indeed been playing the actual game as well. I recently bumped my note speed up to 11, so I'm failing at songs I used to be cracked at, but it is just the way it goes ... Lose the Princess, Heat Abnormal, and Stardust Medley are songs I keep playing over and over again. I quite enjoy those ... I particularly really like the N25 cover of Heat Abnormal, something about the Kaito harmony parts just tickle me pink. Miracle Paint is also a really good song, but I think it's a little boring to play. I've been playing every song on Hard, so I decided to try and master a song on Expert ... I chose Electric Angel, and I'm still very far from being able to clear it, but I believe, just as Parappa taught me! Also, those numbers that I learned are used to indicate difficulty are complete bloody bollocks ... Positive Dance Time is infinitely harder than Stardust Medley, yet it's two levels lower?! Am I just confused?! I did get a full combo on Positive Dance Time, but ever since I went to note speed 11 I haven't been able to recreate it ... PS: Something insane I learned today was that Anamanaguchi were the people behind the Miku oo ee oo song. Maybe I was the only one who didn't know that, but I know Anamanaguchi from the Scott Pilgrim game OST. I was so appalled I nearly barfed in shock. Ah!

I was watching a Jerma compilation as a bedtime story one night, as most do, and I saw him get lost in Dynasty Warriors Origins. I think the game looks really cool, I want to play it ... I heard it's an alright starting point for the Dynasty Warriors series, so I believe I am set ... I really miss hack n slash games, too. Also, Deltarune is less than 2 weeks away, and I genuinely might spontaneously combust into a big pile of blood, I'm that excited. It's going to be so great, I genuinely cannot wait for all the new context and theories. It will be HYPE! No one is going to hear from me for that entire Wednesday X-D ... I haven't just been playing pjsk, I have Elden Ring news as well: That rune farming bird in Mohg's little land makes me feel like Lee Harvey Oswald, and I finally got Maliketh to his second phase. I keep dying immediately, but progress is being made here, OK?! I saw someone say they wished Maliketh had two health bars. The fight is very cool, but for my own mental well being I hope that person never works at Fromsoft. Apparently Maliketh is a common boss to get stuck on ... he is the blockade to my journey to Malenia. Malenia won't be the last boss I fight in Elden Ring, but I genuinely want to beat her so bad so I can have an excuse at being bad at other games. If someone tells me I suck, I can just go: "S-SHUT UP! I BEAT MALENIA, NO CHEESE!!!" And then, I can let a frustrated tear roll down my cheek. Beating Malenia would be the highlight of my entire career playing video games. It will occur, one day. I always follow Parappa's catchphrase, no matter what.

Ok, that's all, my eyeballs are closing as I write this. I'm passing away from some disease, probably.

May 17th, 2025

What is it, you say? Well ... I'm just ... looking at some chairs here. *click* ............ *click* .............. *click* *click* ....... I haven't played Elden Ring in a week or so, but I'm not no quitter, I'm just on a Miku bender. Bear with me kudasai, or whatever. I somewhat take back what I said about the gacha part of pjsk a couple days ago, I realized today you can gamble with fake money that I forget how you earn in game. But, I wasn't doing anything with it, so I gambled for Tsukasa birthday. I do hold it to be true that I don't think gambling is a fun pass time, nor do I really care about whatever cards I get (as long as it's of my toots,) but I need to specify gambling with fake money is fun. You get mystery things and there's no consequence to poor financial decisions, because the finance only exists inside an anime game. They still want you to spend money really bad, because it's a gacha game, but at least it's not like Animal Jam when I was a kid ... the bar is in Hell. When I was looking at the gacha events before, I saw that I had enough of the little currency, but because I didn't pay for it with money, I couldn't pull any cards. I guess I was so blinded by being like wtf ... that I hadn't noticed you could spend unpaid ones too, or perhaps I didn't have enough so I wasn't paying attention to the option in the first place. Imagine I'm rubbing the back of my head really embarrassed while holding the Tsukasa cards I got by gambling ... WITH FAKE MONEY. I will forever never go back on that statement, ok. I'm never spending real green on a mobile anime game. This is a reoccurring thing, it's terrible. I didn't know what the numbers above the difficulties meant until I was told. I had noticed them absent-mindedly, but I never really noticed they were different for each song, or what they meant. It's funny, but maybe I am a little airheaded.

That's the nature of this log though, I will go back on statements and never follow my plans for as long as this website is alive ... so hopefully until whenever I die in a freak accident, or a planned murder, or a planned suicide, or a planned murder suicide. I'm kidding. Anyways, some updates on my adventures with pjsk, besides my new found gambling addiction: I started Nightcord's main storymode. I think I'm going to try to watch each group's main story, and then go back and watch the rest for my favorite groups. I'm already really liking the Nightcord ladies, Mafuyu seems to be familiar with the Sekai ... we'll see more of what's on that western front. I've had a vendetta against Six Trillion Years and Overnight Story on hard, I've only barely cleared it a handful of times. I can do most of the song pretty easily, but this one part ... I can't do it ... yet! I got a little better, but I changed my note speed up to 10.50, so I'm back to square one. I think my new favorite songs to play are Unhappy Refrain and MATRYOSHKA on hard ... I also like Fixer for having Tsukasa and Rui in it.

I've been running around Neocities and emailing some emails and commenting on walls that I find, and I've already found out about some fun things because of it. Tsumugsfish told me about this in a wall comment, but Cytus 2 looks really cool. The artwork for it is beautiful. In an email, hellokittyminigun told me about QYPTHONE, which is a band that makes pretty great tunes, and are involved in the soundtrack for Moon Remix RPG Adventure. I've been meaning to play Moon Remix RPG since 2021, probably. I'm not sure why I haven't yet, that sweet green hat of the protagonist is, well ... sweet! I forget where I heard about it from, I think someone said it was one of the inspirations for Undertale. But, it's still on the long list of games I need to play ... About games I need to play, I think my phone is too puny for me to youthful mobile gamer it up more than past Project Sekai and Roblox. I'm too ambitious, I gotta calm down and focus on the games I already got. I've only beaten one game this year ... done and dusted might be a little dry, hahaha. When I'm faced with free games, I get too excited!

Anyways, that is all, I believe. I think I might write shorter logs more frequently, though we shall see. I'm flying away in the wind with my chicken wings.

May 12th, 2025

Hi guys, I saw a really cute gray cat in my yard yesterday and the sweet lad or lass let me pet their BEAUTIFUL gray hair! Anyways, imagine I took a big sniff of snot and I'm wiping food crust off my fingers and screen with my shirt. I've been playing Project Sekai and unlocked my full young mobile gamer prodigy potential. I was once clicking through the story mode while eating a grilled cheese, in which the cheese was stuck on my face at one point. I didn't leave it there, but it really added to the atmosphere I think. I finished the main story mode for Vivid BAD SQUAD and ... I guess Akito kind of redeemed himself, but I still really do not like him. I saw a picture where someone edited Akito into a little other picture that said "You think the itsy bitsy spider gave a f*ck about the rain? No, it climbed the spout again. Lock in." That's why I hate Akito, cause he'd really say that. Once I finished that story mode, I saw there were infinite amounts for each group and I got really scared or something, and picked Wonderlands x Showtime main story mode next. I immediately really liked every character of the group, and I've grown to jump up and down in an excited fashion and clap my hands like a chimpanzee whenever Tsukasa, Emu, Nene, and or Rui show up ... Which is often, cause I think they're very popular ... Kaito's appearance as the main vocaloid in the Sekai besides Miku made me remember that, when I was 12 or so, I really hated Kaito because I thought his voice bank sounded bad. I hadn't listened to a Kaito song in years, so I went perusing and ... I actually quite like him now, I don't know what I was hating on as a kid.

Emu's mascot body guard seriously sounded like Jotaro to me. But, apparently they're not voiced by the same person, and I was really disappointed. Also, I really wonder how Tsukasa forgot something like cheering his sister up with stories when she was sick, he didn't even recognize the bunny. Does he have dementia? I feel like I'd remember something like that, and I get hit in the head a lot. I liked the music video for The World Hasn't Even Started Yet at the end of the main story mode, the stupid dance moves really tickled me pink. Something I observed, though, from my experience of once being in middle school, is that Rui seems to be like ... the Nagito of Project Sekai, if you understand what I mean by that. The same computer person who told me about Project Sekai also informed me of cannibal Rui discourse, which all the captions he shared that showed people who were against it made it look like they were trying really hard to hide that Rui is a cannibal. It just reminded me of Nagito from when I was in middle school, and I laughed all jolly like Santa. You shouldn't let a fandom ruin something fun for you because you worry that it's "cringe" or "corny" to like something. Half of the time the annoying fandoms out there are just a bunch of middle schoolers being middle schoolers, in which is objectively funny. I still get a little embarrassed about some games I like, but I'm trying to get over it, cause it's kinda stupid. if anyone actually cares, I feel like that's a little childish ...

I was watching a video about the first Otome game by this lass named Amelie Doree, which I wanted to mention cause not only was the art in it beautiful, and one of the characters in it reminded me of Gwyndolin, but also cause it made me think I should dip my toes in Otome games sometime. I never talk about it really besides off hand vague mentions, both in real life and public webspace, but romance is actually a favorite genre of mine lololol. I always like when things are kind and sweet. Which, also I guess is a little bit embarrassing, but again, I should stop caring. So many cool games out there, why not play even the ones you're embarrassed about being interested in? I'm definitely not the target audience for Otome games, but I don't care! Be weird and corny! Be free! Be free! ... More at 7 on Project Sekai news: I haven't just been watching the storymode, I've been having a fun time playing the actual game as well. I've gotten addicted! It's like Freemium Isn't Free or whatever ... I barely remember that episode, I was like 13 when I watched it but ... it's probably like that. Ok, jokes aside, I don't like the gacha part of this game ^_^'' They want you to spend money so badly, haha. I'm never gonna spend any money on this game, I will just clack away at the fun songs and fawn over those four theatre nerds and familiar vocaloid figures from childhood. As far as I'm aware, I think the gacha only gives you pretty cards that raise your score, or something? It doesn't interest me a whole lot, and I don't think gambling is a fun pass time haha. I like that the songs are free though, so the actual core gameplay is something you can enjoy without spending any money. I forgot how much I missed little mobile rhythm games, I used to play Arcaea as a kid. I should download Arcaea again, and I was thinking about trying out Enstars after a couple recommendations ... I like Tsumugi Aoba, he looks nerdy and sad. But, anyways, it's fun hearing all these songs I used to play like crazy in elementary and middle school again. I used to listen to a lot of Eve around 7th grade, so it was really fun to get to play one of his songs covered by two of my favorite Project Sekai characters, haha. I think Electric Angel on hard is my favorite to play, and I also only got Ego Rock because of that Robo-Ky parody lolololol.

Away from Project Sekai, a new newsletter for Deltarune released a few days ago. I was cheesed to learn that Deltarune will actually be coming out a day early for me, because of timezones, and that the silence ending for Spamton Sweepstakes finally appeared. It felt really creepypasta-esque ... I don't know what I'd do without Spamton either ... I also found this one game called Shibuya Scramble from a playlist titled "video game music that encapsulates unemployment" by MidnightPlusOne, which was pretty accurate. It looks really funny, I want to play it ... It's also a Spike Chunsoft game, so I'm surprised I haven't heard of it before. Or, maybe I have, and I forgot. Maybe I have dementia too. When I was playing Persona 5 last summer, my dad brought this delectable pie over, and swore up and down I used to eat it all the time when I was, like, 10. But, I swear up and down I had never tasted that glorious thing in my life. My first memory of that pie was last summer ... I don't know, it's scary probably.

Ok bye bros and foes, I'll fly away in the wind on my handcrafted jetpack. * hocks up a loogie and smears my crusty fingers on my shirt *

May 7th, 2025

I swear, everytime I look up I feel like there's a new little spider on my wall. I'm in a cave ... the T key on my keyboard is being weird and it's making me mad. Anyways, friends, it's been awhile since I last wrote ... school had my hiney and was punching it red. Free time is limited and lots of it has been me playing Elden Ring lolololol. I actually beat the GOLD dungeon in Eternal Punishment yesterday, slowly moving through that game ... I missed Persona a lot, Elden Ring has to stop distracting me @.@ ... I think maybe Persona Progress segment will disappear, and I will just speak of it in normal paragraphs. Originally, it was made because I would only write about games after I beat them, or played a huge chunk, but Persona was too long, so I wrote as I went. But, now that's just what I do with every game, so it feels a little strange to separate it lololol. Anyways, Ulala is back in the party and getting constantly one-shotted. It's so hard to keep everyone around the same strength, and man is it difficult to get good personas T_T ... But, I'm really excited to see how the story progresses, I'm still in love with all the folks. Persona really shines through with its characters, especially Persona 2 duology and Persona 3. Speaking about Shin Megami Tensei, I found out Dante was in SMT3, which I forget if I knew about that before or not. If I did, then I forgot, and was surprised to find out again ... The Raidou remaster looks really cool also, I'm really excited for that to come out. I've been wanting to dip my toes into Devil Summoner for awhile. This summer, I'm going to try to play as many games as feasibly possible! The runner-ups for the next games I want to play are Pathologic 1 & 2, Yakuza 0, and DMC 4 & 5. Hopefully I won't be too busy and I'll be able to play them all ... Apparently, my dad likes Yakuza, he told me the mini-games were his favorite. I might be making this up, but I feel like he once told me it was "Japanese GTA." Which, I wonder how accurate that is. Lol. I also figured I should play the Dark Souls trilogy in order instead of playing 3 first like I was going to do, but not before a break from Soulsborne. Elden Ring is taking years off my life, but we'll get to that, haha. I heard a lot of people not like Dark Souls 2, but the only time I've ever been told an installment in a good game series was bad and it be true was DMC2. I don't care, Persona 1 and RE5 & 6 are some of my favorites! They're definitely far from the greatest, but they're worth playing, in my opinion. Also, Dark Souls 2 has a cute cat, so I will at least give it a shot.

I've been thinking about getting an old backwards compatible Wii. I really want to play Twilight Princess and I think collecting GameCube games could be really fun. There's not many Wii games I can see myself playing, but there's a lot of GameCube games I'd really like. It'd be way cheaper to get Twilight Princess for the Wii rather than the GameCube, hence backwards compatible Wii being the best option in my head. Maybe I'll start saving up for it ... Twilight Princess just looks so cool, I want to play it so bad o_o ... A couple weeks ago, CoryxKenshin finally posted his long awaited RE8 playthrough. I haven't engaged with the Winters RE games in a very long time, [I never finished the DLC for RE8, I should get on that] so there was a lot I didn't remember. I don't remember Ethan being so corny, he has very yellow paint esque dialogue in some parts haha. At first, I was like "Wow, I don't remember him being like this, what is this?!" But, it grew on me, he can be corny. I like it hahaha. I only remember this because I wrote it down, but many nights ago I fell asleep watching a video about the PS1 Lain game. I woke up around 2 am to a scene where a girl's, I believe it was Touko's, head was all smashed into the computer. That scene is terrifying to wake up to, and it made me want to play the PS1 Lain game for myself, despite the warnings against it. I really had no idea what I was looking at, but falling asleep to gentle commentary about a game and waking up to ambient silence with that on the TV was very disturbing to a bleary-eye'd me, so much so that I wrote it down.

There's a couple games I found out about that look pretty cool: Blasphemous is a Metroidvania that seems inspired by Soulsborne games, and Still Wakes the Deep is a psychological horror set on an oil rig in the middle of the ocean. I've also been watching rounds of Buckshot Roulette, which I really like the music. Makes it feel intense, even from just watching it. A game I downloaded yesterday because I quite missed Miku is Project Sekai, and I've been clicking my way through the story mode of Vivid BAD SQUAD. I've become a mobile gamer, haha. I'm actually really enjoying the story, I haven't played the actual rhythm game yet. Sorry Miku! But, it's "Straight Fire... SASSY KIDNEYS ...Or should I say gay." I think I'll really like Rui and Nene as a duo, and right now ... I really don't like Akito. He's too mean and it makes me sad. I thought I was going to really like him, because he's orange, but I don't right now. Maybe he'll be redeemed. I like how Miku and friends in this game are godly figures, it made me lol ... and my phone is hanging on by one tootsie toe. I had to delete many pictures and apps and it still crashed one time. I also like the sonic outfits, I found those and was very excited. This game is fun to click on while laying on your stomach and kicking your feet in bed, I'll tell you that much. Anyways, before I roll out a scroll and detail what I've been up to in Elden Ring: my sister gave me some cool DarkStalkers and Evangelion figures, and I found a bootleg Bubble Head Nurse figma at a fleamarket. Here are some pics B-3

The Sorrowed obtained many new garbs, but at the moment he's wearing Hoslow's helm, Perceptor's gloves, and Sanguine Noble robe and waistcloth. His feet are a dark gray to match, and he continues to hold dual Uchigatanas. [PS: I think Hoslow's set might be my favorite in the game ... that helmet is just way too cool.] I'm stuck on Maliketh at the moment, but that's a giant leap from Rennala, so let's back up ... I beat Rennala, which is still probably one of my favorite fights, and run over to Loretta to start Ranni's quest. Loretta is kind of an annoying fight, but I beat her without much trouble and then made my way to Siofra river, which is where I had left off my previous Elden Ring journey at. I start Radahn's festival, which I remember being kind of complicated, and the Song of Honor quickly reminded me of Halo. I have a memory from when I was a kid and moving houses, my cousin visited and sang that because he thought his voice echoing in the empty room fit the song. It did, I still remember that like 10 years later. I really like the entire festival concept and the lore reasons for the entire Radahn fight, it all feels a bit cult-like and horrifying and genuinely like you're partaking in a one-time festival event. Radahn's fight in general is scary, even with all the summons partaking in the fight with you. I definitely hollered out of fear a couple times ... But, Radahn's fight is genuinely so unique and ... epic, I guess is the only word used to describe it. Unfortunately, one of the summons got the last hit on him, which I'm still sad about ... But, hey, it's a festival! I like the cutscene after his fight as well, and the story behind his horse being so little makes me go aww, so cute. I run around Nokron afterwards, and it reminded me a lot of Bloodborne, probably Yahar'gul. Next, I go fight Ancestor Spirit. The boss is very easy but incredibly majestic, so he gets points from me. After this, everything falls apart and my relative smooth sailing disintegrates in my hands like sand, and my life force goes with it.

Bloodborne is an absolute baby game compared to Elden Ring in terms of difficulty, from this point onwards I get stuck on every other boss. It is insanity. It can feel incredibly unfair at times and I was really, really salty. I have an entire paragraph in these notes of me whining. Anyways, I traverse a terrible rot lake and get to Astel to progress Ranni's quest. I swear to god that thing's grab that he telegraphs behind you, that insta-kills you if you get caught by it, made me want to rip my hair out and shove it up somewhere. I'm not crazy, this is the fight that birthed "If I... If I chop you up in a meat grinder. And all that comes out, that's left of you, is your eyeball. You're probably dead!" Anyways, I finish Ranni's quest and murder Blaidd for the swag lolololololol. I get stuck on Draconic Tree Sentinel after that, but he died after I figured out I should probably stay to the shield side and not the axe one ... His armor has the texture of a peanut and he was wiping all that butter on me. Embarrassing. I hated exploring Lendyll because I kept getting lost trying to find Godfrey and was constantly being chased by at least 3 people at a time, but when I did find Godfrey I actually really enjoyed his fight. There was a certain dance to it that I particularly like in Soulsborne bosses, Lady Maria plays somewhat similar. The enjoyment is short lived after I get to Morgott. Listen, I know it's common to be overleveled once you get to him, but I was not, and my weapons were definitely not where they were supposed to be. Snot, drool, tears, sorrow and pain was all I felt for, like, 3 days. It was definitely a git gud fight and I was hurting. Nothing gets better, as after him was the gargoyle duo fight. The fart cloud AOE, that you can barely see where it ends and where it begins, poisoning you while one gargoyle is 2 miliseconds away from tornado drilling your cheeks, and the other one is doing something bad also that I can't remember because I lost all memories from this fight just to protect myself mentally, genuinely drained my spirits so far that, one night, I went to bed angry about them, and then woke up still angry. Not even sleep could save me from them. After them, I get to Fortissax, who was very easy compared to the misery I went through. I finished Fia's quest after that, and D reminded me a lot of a certain Alfred. I like Godwyn's whole death in spirit but not in body thing, he looks so nasty now ... love it, eldritch hahaha.

I run over to Volcano Manor, which Tanith has a beaut design, and I become a hardened criminal and assassinate some people to get to Rykard. I really, really liked the whole gimmick with Rykard's fight, using that stupid sword was really fun and poking at Rykard from halfway across the arena brought my spirits up a little lolololol. After Rykard, I made my way over to Niall, who is pretty easy if you play him like Orphan of Kos's first phase. After you kill his goons, if you stay far away from him then Niall will loop the same two attacks that are relatively easy to dodge and punish. Don't be greedy and hit him only once before backing off, it makes the entire fight a cake-walk. Afterwards, I fight Fire Giant, who is very tanky, and I don't have much to say about him besides the camera during his second phase is genuinely awful. I burned the Erdtree, and Melina is no more, I think ... which makes me sad, I think she's cool : , - ( ... I made a promise to not use any summons besides on Radahn's fight, but I broke it on Godskin duo. I'm sorry, I really did not want to deal with another duo fight, I really didn't. It was pretty epic wailing on them with a homie though, thank you Bernahl. You saved me from mental torment. I parkour down to Placidusax, who genuinely has one of the most epic opening cutscenes and themes in the game so far. I had him 1 hit away from dying, but he kept moving around to where I couldn't hit him, so his last moments were very tense. I don't get people who hate on the Elden Ring soundtrack, there's genuinely so many good songs in it. I keep listening to Mohg and Placidusax's themes lolololol. And, now, Maliketh is throwing dirt in my face. I can't even get him to his actual Maliketh phase. It's hurting me. I'm following a list I found for the order of bosses I'm fighting, and Malenia is soon ... Originally, I was going to complete the DLC after Mohg, but I think I'm going to go through the DLC after Malenia instead so I can be more appropriately leveled. Radagon I will leave for last, as he's the final epic fight, I wouldn't want to sour it.

Anyways, that's all, see you henceforth, brothers. Remember, Delarune is less than a month away ...

April 4th, 2025

EXTRA, EXTRA! The interview with Miyazaki about the DuskBloods has released, and it does indeed seem exclusively multiplayer, no singleplayer option I believe ... It seems to be match based, with a hub lobby. I won't lie, I am a bit disappointed, but I still think this game will be pretty cool. I think a lot of people are upset about it because, from the trailer, they were expecting a soulsborne game, me included. So to find out it is more of a spin-off of something reminiscent to Bloodborne than a pure Bloodborne spiritual successor was a bit of a let down, but I still say a Miyazaki directed game is a Miyazaki directed game. So, while I'm a little disappointed, I'll still be following this game around, and apparently there will be lore building, which is always exciting x3 ... I saw people concerned that Fromsoft was just going to keep making multiplayer games over and over again, and that they were relieved when Miyazaki said they weren't, but at the same time I don't really understand why anyone was afraid of that in the first place. I don't think Fromsoft is giving up the Soulsborne [or just singleplayer games known for their difficulty] formula anytime soon ...

But, also, about the Nintendo exclusivity. I think it's valid to be really upset about that, especially after I saw the pricing and how they're treating physical game copies. The physical games are basically glorified download codes as far as I'm aware, yet they're 10 dollars more expensive. I think that's a bit absurd and greedy ... One thing I genuinely really dislike is subscriptions needed to play online, it's why I get all my online games on my computer. But, with the DuskBloods, it seems if I want to play it I'm going to have to pay for the console, pay the 80-90 dollars for the game, and then even more money for a Nintendo Switch Online subscription. It's just ... jeez, I don't think this is really all that affordable for the average person. Instead of competing against Sony or Microsoft, you're starting to compete against necessities, and I hope most people are sane enough to buy groceries over a Switch game lol. I hope I'll get to play the DuskBloods, but after finding out it's not really what I thought it was, on top of how expensive it is, on top of me not really seeing myself play any other game on the Switch except for maybe Rhythm Heaven and Tomodachi life ... it's probably not the smartest financial decision, especially if I have to be on a subscription to even play a game I would've already spent 80 or 90 dollars on. But, I guess we'll see, I do really hope things change and I get to play it in some capacity. PC RELEASE WHEN? PROBABLY NEVER. My last log was kinda cope, I'm not gonna lie. I was grasping at straws to not let go of my pure hype XD ... But still, a lot of people are kind of being annoying about it being multiplayer and jumping to conclusions. It's fine to be disappointed, but wow ... some of you people are nuts! [Also, I like that the little rat gentleman is our new Fire Keeper, Doll, Melina lol]

I started playing Elden Ring again, and I've tried to make my build pretty similar to how it was 3 years ago. I chose the Samurai class, and I'm dual wielding Uchigatanas again. I'm even using the same rune farming boulder ... a little nostalgic, dare I say. But, my curiousity has been satiated, and the conclusion is that Margit is not a hard fight at all, I was genuinely just that bad at the game 3 years ago. I remember I was using summons and bloody slash, and I'm pretty sure I was overleveled, and it still took everything within me to beat Margit. On my revisit, having not touched Elden Ring in 3 years, I beat Margit in maybe 10 minutes, and I let a tear of disappointment flow down my cheek. I've had the perception in my head for 3 years that Margit was an impossibly hard fight, that even while cheesing him he takes days to beat ... but, no ... I was just bad at the game. I spent 30 hours in Elden Ring back then and I'm past the point I was then now while having played for 10 hours. I have no idea what I was doing, I must've been running around or dying a lot, I have no idea. But I'm serious, how did Margit take me so long while having such a busted strategy? I wish I could go back in time and see what in the world I was doing ... Also, disclaimer: using overpowered builds, or summons, or any sort of help on any boss you're struggling with isn't a bad thing. It's mostly a singleplayer game, and any way you want to play it is the way you should play it, I think it's ridiculous to snort and scoff at someone using summons or busted Ash of Wars to beat bosses they're having a hard time with. I'm mostly only shocked because of how much my perception of the fight changed in only 3 years, going from feeling it was impossible even with a busted build, to beating him within 10 or 20 minutes at a recommended level and upgraded weapons. I'm a bit proud ... but not to say I'm some souls god or nothing, I'm still absolutely trash at this game ... just a little less trash than I was, and I think that's something to be proudly disappointed about XD

I beat Godrick, which has to have one of my favorite boss themes in Elden Ring, and I run around a lot to swag my Tarnished out. I gave him the raptor set ... I'm trying to have some Bloodborne in my Elden Ring. Also, I named him The Sorrowed for some reason, Louis Ingrid III's journey rests in Bloodborne. I go to the Academy of Raya Lucaria, which has got to be one of the most beautifully designed places I've ever seen. I reach a boss that is so breathtaking that it's honestly one of my my favorite fights in any game I have ever played. Rennala's character design, arena design, theme, unique objective, everything about this fight is so insanely beautiful. Rennala reminds me of porcelain jester dolls, which I don't know if I've ever mentioned it, but I like to collect jester and clown dolls. So, quite obviously I'm a big fan of her. I haven't beaten her yet, but genuinely I cannot get over how beautiful this entire game is, but particularly Rennala and her fight. Just, wow ...

One thing to mention before I go, FNF got an update recently. I haven't had a chance to play it yet, but I saw some clips and it looks quite epic, Otis appears ... Now I must eat lunch, OK bye.

April 2nd, 2025

I wasn't even watching the Nintendo Direct because I didn't think Deltarune would be in it after March 27th, OH MY GOD! We got a release date! June 5th! The teaser trailer looks amazing, I'm genuinely hyped out of my mind right now. We got to see some of chapter 4's dark world and a guitar hero-esque rhythm game. I noticed Ralsei wasn't with Kris and Susie from the clips we saw ... I wonder where he went. I'm going to puke out of my eyes I'm so excited, this summer break is about to be insane. ... In the middle of writing this I skimmed through the direct and I feel like I actually might puke in excitement, oh my god. Fromsoft is making a spiritual successor to Bloodborne. The DuskBloods is quite literally legally distinct, steampunk Bloodborne. I am genuinely amazed at the reveals this direct had. Silksong got a release date for 2025 as well, which I don't know anything about Hollow Knight, but at this point I thought Silksong would never release with how long I've been hearing about it. But, oh my god. Fromsoft is making a Bloodborne spiritual successor. I prayed for times like these. I've never in my life been so excited. Oh my god. I hate that it's a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, because I don't care that much for modern Nintendo consoles or games [except for a good handful] if I'm being honest. But, I don't care, I'm buying this console just for The DuskBloods. I've never been this hyped in my life.

Ok, I need to go run laps around the block. No way did we get a release date for Deltarune and a reveal for a Bloodborne successor in the same direct that I didn't even watch because I thought it was going to be nothing. I'm genuinely mind blown. Holy guacamole.

Edit: I've seen some people mention that The DuskBloods is going to be PvPvE, or some type of exclusively multiplayer game. But, a lot of the sources I saw were from a Google translated article, so I'm unsure of how true it is or what's really confirmed for the game. I've seen some people say there will be no single player option, but again I have no idea where that came from or if it's true or not ... I believe Nightreign can be played solo, so for The DuskBloods not to be, while in the reveal trailer pretty much only ever showing one player, would be a strange choice. I can see it being multiplayer-focused, but not being able to play the game at all by yourself doesn't make sense nor seem very true to me. But, again, I don't know. Even if the DuskBloods is purely a multiplayer PvPvE, I still say I'm pretty hyped just with the fact it's obviously supposed to remind people of Bloodborne. I think people jump to conclusions a lot when it comes to studios trying to do something different ... we barely know anything about The DuskBloods, so to completely write it off or assume how it's going to play before we even see much gameplay seems a little crazy to me lol. Whether it be a Bloodborne spiritual successor, or a Nightreign-esque Bloodborne inspired spin off, I'm still pretty interested in what it'll end up being like. I'm imagining Bloodborne with way more of an emphasis on multiplayer than previous titles, because technically you can describe Dark Souls as a PvPvE ... I'm not sure though, I think people are jumping to conclusions like with Silent Hill 2 Remake, and we saw how good that game was lel.

Edit 2: I believe it's been confirmed to be a PvPvE. So, less Bloodborne 2, and more Bloodborne Nightreign? Not completely what I was expecting, the description from the Fromsoft website does not at all match what the trailer showed, so I'm honestly a little suspiciously excited. There will be a interview with Miyazaki this Friday to describe the game more in detail, so I'm looking forward to that to hear more about it. I still think people are jumping to conclusions, I saw a lot of people see PvPvE and automatically assume it was going to be like Fortnite...? Honestly, my thoughts are all over the place, I'm a little confused lol. I'm extremely excited to see a new Bloodborne-esque Fromsoft game, but hearing the genre makes me very curious and suspicious at the same time. With the trailer not really at all looking like a purely multiplayer game, mostly showcasing gameplay that seems solo, I'm inclinded to believe that the PvPvE description is some sort of mistake in translating or marketing, and is attempting to describe the game that will have a heavy focus and refinement on invasions or multiplayer in general, but is otherwise a viable solo experience ... something like the Outlast Trials. Though, I suppose we will hear about it more in detail soon ... I'm very curious.

April 1st, 2025

I think I wrote a log this time around last year, so I will say once more: nothing of what follows is a fib, it just happens to be a foolish day. I beat Bloodborne on Friday, and it has haunted me since. I cannot get over this game at all, it has absolutely become my number 1 favorite game alongside Deltarune--which is insane, because I never thought Deltarune would have a contender. I have a recent rule I've set for myself that I'm not allowed to replay games unless there's a whole new route like in Resident Evil 2, as I have so many in the first place that I shouldn't spend all my time on a game I've already experienced fully. It's why I try to get the true ending my first go around. This passive rule I've set for myself has never really been an issue, especially cause usually I play games that are apart of massive series, so if I liked the first one I played, there's so many continuations afterwards. But, with Bloodborne, I... I want to keep playing it over, and over, and over ... It's a drug! I've grown bloodthirsty! I want to know every nook and cranny of this game, never in my life have I considered platinuming a game before Bloodborne. I wish everyday Bloodborne got some sort of sequel or remake or any sort of successor, I'm going mad! When I played RE4 Remake, after I had beaten it, I would occasionaly just go through the beginning village part again on different difficulties for fun. I started doing that with Bloodborne today ... I beat Cleric Beast and Father Gascoigne again on NG+ and went through a chalice dungeon level before quitting out. I don't think I will go through a whole NG+ playthrough, at least not all at once, but if I ever grow to be bloodthirsty, I'll break that rule and play Bloodborne for a bit ... I love it so much.

Now, my thoughts on the last moments of my Bloodborne playthrough: I thought Laurence to be more on the difficulty level of Ludwig than Orphan. So, as to say he was difficult, but not on Orphan levels of misery. He felt more annoying than challenging, but definitely still hard, the run back was miserable every time ... Orphan of Kos is absolutely the hardest fight in the game, I wouldn't say he is really comparable to Laurence. After, I ran back to the beach and set Orphan's spirit free, which I really liked the cutscene that the DLC ended with ... something about it is really sweet. Poor baby Orphan ... I've started feeling bad for him. I went to go fight Gehrman in the Hunter's dream next. Which, after the DLC, the two final bosses are cake walks, but narratively and design wise are so absolutely beautiful. Hands down, Gehrman's fight is my favorite in the entire game, it reminded me of the fight with The Boss in MGS3. [followed by Father Gascoigne, Micolash (lol... not a Fools' joke I genuinely really like his fight), Mergo's Wet Nurse, Lady Maria, Ludwig, and Orphan of Kos] ... After defeating Gehrman, I got to fight the Moon Presence, and the cutscene where she appears is genuinely one of the most hauntingly beautiful scenes I've seen in any game I have ever played. I think that accurately describes Bloodborne, "hauntingly beautiful." After beating the game and getting the baby Great One ending, I watched the other endings on YouTube and ... honestly, I wouldn't be upset if I got any of these. Unfortunately, you skip really cool fights in the other endings, but the scene where Gehrman beheads the Hunter, shadowed by the backdrop of the moon, and the other ending where you become the next keeper of the dream, are both so, again, haunting and beautiful. I need to dive into the lore and other material ... there's comics! I know only vague things about the story, I should become a scholar and study Bloodborne lore like it's schoolwork.

I bought the Dark Souls trilogy on disc for only 40 dollars, 40 dollars! All three full games and their DLC for only 40 BUCKS! I'm still geeked that I got all 3 full games for the price of just Dark Souls Remastered. I played a bit of Dark Souls 3 and had some fun, but I think I'm too fresh off of Bloodborne not to keep comparing Dark Souls 3 to it, and I feel like it's souring my experience playing it ... I end up just wanting to play Bloodborne again. So, I think I'm going to go back to Elden Ring before diving into Dark Souls, so I can appreciate Dark Souls for being Dark Souls, and not feeling sour that it isn't Bloodborne. Yeah, they're apart of the same loose series, but Dark Souls is Dark Souls and Bloodborne is Bloodborne! I don't hate Dark Souls or even dislike it, I had fun playing the bit of DS3 that I played, but truthfully I think I'm far too fresh off of and in love with Bloodborne to fully appreciate it at the moment. I've played Elden Ring for a bit before, back when it came out, so I feel as if it's a better choice to play next in the Soulsborne series. I am truly curious if I still will have such horrible trouble with Margit like I did back then, so that too is what's pushing me to play it next XD ...

Okay, away from Soulsborne, that ENA Dream BBQ game came out on Steam a few days ago, and it's FREE?! I love LSD Dream Emulator and dipped my toes in the land of ENA when I was younger, so I'll likely get around to playing this game soon. When I'm old, I'll probably be the type to collect coupons. I love deals and free things ... But, I mean, who doesn't?

PERSONA PROGRESS PART 6: I haven't done one of these in a little while x - E ... It's been awhile since I last played Eternal Punishment, so I had to re-remember what I was doing lel. I missed Katsuya and Baofu ... I will never get over how bumpin' the music in this game is, I like how atmospheric the tunes are in the sanitarium. Over the course of the hours I've played over the past few days, occasionally I would end up just sitting with the PS Vita up to my ear and listening to the music of whatever dungeon I was in. When Maya and friends were trying to get the children out of the fire, the timer still going while in a demon battle AND while you were in the menu felt incredibly frightening. I played the PSP remaster of Innocent Sin, and as far as I remember, during that segment in that game, the timer stopped in those moments. Somehow, I still had 11 minutes to spare, but my cheeks were clenched the entire time. Tatsuya appears, and I feel like if everyone but me and a crazy dude who was similarly named forgot what happened in the previous timeline, I'd go rogue and wear an ugly tracksuit too. I thought it was funny when Tatsuya shoved Jun out the plane after he tried to give him the lighter. Last thought is ... that I like Baofu's lair. I'm in the GOLD dungeon now, and there's a concern that Ulala may have become some sort of Joker. I will keep thy updated.

Ok that's all. I'm gonna go eat a grilled cheese ... or pizza