#it’s incredible what a wonderful game

[sharkieboi]

started playing Abzu on my switch, finally, after owning it for literal years, and while I have no idea what the fuck is going on in terms of the story (WHAT are the triangles that keep electrocuting me and what are all these temples) it is so beautiful and enthralling and has honestly been really helpful in my sadness that I haven’t been able to swim or go to the beach or scuba dive in the past couple years

#shhh sharkie #I am going to the beach this year and will at least snorkel like that’s a resolution and i’m determined #I haven’t been swimming at all since before the pandemic and i MISS IT #even like I haven’t been able to take a bath instead of a shower in so long i NEED to be fully underwater before this year is up #discussing with my person about trying to plan a vacation to somewhere we can go snorkeling/scuba diving so that’s giving me a lot of hope #will satisfy my Urge To Submerge this year goddammit #anyway it feels like one of those games like Monument Valley that it’s just this simple but beautiful environment that you puzzle out #and I love seeing all of the different sea creatures!! #omg I just got to the diving with the whales bit and I was just so stricken it was beautiful #going down with the right whales and having the humpbacks pass you coming back up #and then the blue whales holy shit the camera zoom that shows you that you can only see their eye that’s how big they are #and then the sperm whales and giant squid in The Deep too #it’s incredible what a wonderful game #serendipity i do think i’m experiencing it at a time that i needed something like this but still why did i wait so long to play #actually i know it was cause my joycons broke (fuck u nintendo) and the limited functions meant I couldn’t actually play #and then I did get new off brand ones (that are much better) but was going through mental health hell cause broken knee #and didn’t have the brain capacity to actually start a new game #ANYWAY it’s a beautiful game and I need to get into the ocean asap but in the meantime I’m living vicariously through this game #still don’t know what the fuck is going on with the actual story though #I just like finding the meditate spots #s2g the deep sea one is just obsessed with hatchetfish cause I kept going next and it was like ten in a row before I got something different

[balleater]

i personally think character permadeath is one of the most interesting things that can happen in a dnd narrative, and the fact it was something actively chosen to be done by sam for such an insanely clutch move. i will never get over this. i am so excited for what comes next.

#critical role #cr spoilers #sorry i keep making posts abt how excited i am abt it LMAO #i just cant stop thinking about it #and for it to happen this far into a campaign!!!! #tbh ive never stopped wondering what wouldve happened if fjord permadied in ep 98 bc of how late in the game it was #so actually getting a time where it happens!!! and it was an Incredible death!!!! #(< thats also part of why i wouldve been Super cool with seeing what happened if chetney died tbh)

[alicenpai]

COME ON BOARD AND BRING ALONG ALL YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS...! stickers here in my shop until oct 17 🏴‍☠️

#one piece #monkey d. luffy #roronoa zoro #nami #nico robin #usopp #tony tony chopper #franky one piece #at the time i made this in april. i think i was only at water 7 #im at marineford rn? just finishing up impel down. hoo boy what an arc with fantastic side characters #me and my sibling have been watching together for like 1.5-2 years now? #you might think thats slow but. we watch a lot of other stuff. not just 1 show. haha #one piece is incredible like. i keep wondering. if i had gotten into this series at the same time as fma (my no. 1 favourite shounen manga) #- i think i might even like op more than fma. wild to think #im very happy these did so well at anime north this summer...... #im scared to delve into fandoms so vastly different than the sort of indie/video game/niche kind of fandoms people followed me for haha.

[breadmecoshy]

Evil art style challenge!!!!

I started playing Hades the other day, so I experimented on Zagreus, I love this boy more than life

I tried to take into account all your words! Thank you very much for the response, I was afraid that no one would write anything at all XD

In fact, it was terribly long to draw it, terribly boring, and the result is too bland

The funny thing is that I've been painting in an evil style for a while in the past.... In general, I stopped drawing in this style, because the drawings eventually seemed dead to me XD. And the line kills all the vividness of the sketch and the rush of inspiration while you're messing with it for a few hours uffffffff

#My friend said that I had evolved into my exact opposite #How incredible are the twists of fate #I'm wondering what's going to happen next xD #I hope I don't have to do this kind of thin line anymore #I'm terribly tired of it #evil art style challenge #hades #hades game #zagreus #hades zagreus

[yellowocaballero]

Been a fan of your fics for YEARS. I was just telling my friend how despite how much I read fics I never actually love them, with some of your fics (especially TMA) as the exception. Felt the need to reread some of them and saw you reblogged some ISAT fanart. So. Any thoughts on ISAT you'd like to share?

Hope you have a wonderful day!! So happy I found your fics again!!

I avoided answering this for a while because I was trying to think of a way to cohesively and coherently vocalize my thoughts on In Stars and Time. I have given up because I don't want to hold everybody here all day and I have accepted that my thoughts are just pterodactyl screeching.

I love it so much. I have so much to say on it. It drove me bonkers for like a week straight. I have AUs. It's absolute Megbait. They're just a little Snufkin and they're having the worst experience of anybody's life. Ludonarratives my fucking beloved.

I am going to talk about the prologue.

The prologue is such a fascinating experience. You crack open the game and immediately begin checking off all of the little genre boxes: mage, warrior, researcher, you're the rogue...some little kid who's there for some reason...alright, you know the score. You're in yet another indie Earthbound RPG, these are your generic characters, let's get the ball rolling.

Except then you realize that these characters are people. You feel instantly how you've entered the game at its last dungeon, at the end of the adventure. They have their own in-jokes, histories, backgrounds, adventures. They get along well and they're obviously close, but not in a twee or unrealistic way. They have so much chemistry and spirit and life. I fell in love with them so quickly.

But Sif doesn't. Sif kind of hates them, because they will not stop saying the same damn thing. They walk the same paths, do the same things, make the same jokes, expect Sif to say the same lines. They keep referencing a Sif we do not see, with jokes we never see him make and heroic personality he never shows - they reference a Sif who is dead - and Sif can't handle that, so he kills them too.

They become only an exercise in tedious frustration. Sif button mashes through their dialogue, Sif mindlessly clicks the same dialogue options, Sif skips through the tutorial, Sif blows through the puzzles. Sif turns their world into a video game. Sif is playing a generic RPG. Sif forgets their names. They are no longer people with in-jokes, histories, backgrounds, adventures. They're the mage, the warrior, the researcher, and...some random kid.

I did not understand the Kid's presence at first. I had no idea what they contributed to the game. They didn't do anything. As a party member in a video game, they're a bit useless. Why is the Kid there?

Because Sif's life isn't a video game. Because the kid isn't 'the kid'. They're Bonnie. Bonnie, who the party loves. Why is Bonnie there? Because they love them. There is no room for Bonnie in the boring RPG that Sif is playing. And then you realize that Sif is wrong, and that they've lost something extremely important, and that they'll never escape without it.

Watching the prologue before watching ISAT gave ISAT the most unique air of dread and horror, because you crack open ISAT and you see the person Sif used to be. You realize that Sif used to be a person. Sif used to be the person who made jokes, who gave real smiles, who interacted with the world as if they are a part of it. And you know you are sitting down to watch Sif lose everything that made them a person, to lose everything that made them a member of this world, and turn them into a character in a video game who doesn't understand the point of Bonnie at all.

At the climax of the game, when the others realize that something is deeply wrong and that Sif physically cannot tell them, they realize that there is nothing they can do. So Bonnie declares snacktime. And for the first time they have snacktime.

What is snacktime? Classic JRPGs don't have snacktime. There's literally no point to a snacktime - not in a video game, and not in Sif's terrible life. It's not fixing this, because nothing can fix this. But Bonnie gives Sif a cookie and Sif eats it.

It's meaningless. It's a cutscene. It didn't save Sif and it didn't change a thing. It will make no difference in the end.

But it did make the difference. It made all of the difference in the world. Bonnie is a character who you really don't understand the point of before you realize that Bonnie was the entire point.

ISAT is about comfort media. Why do we play the same video games over and over again? Why do we avoid watching the finale of our favorite shows? What is truly comforting: a story with no conflict, or a story where you always know what is about to happen? Do you want to live in a scary, uncontrollable world, or do you want to play Stardew Valley? Do you want a person or a character?

When I beat Earthbound for the first time (and if you don't know, the prologue/ISAT battle system is just Mother) and watched the ending cutscene where the characters part ways and say goodbye...I felt a little bit sad. I wanted them to be together forever. But that's something only characters could ever be.

#these aren't deep or unique thoughts they're just the specific aspect of ISAT that made it one of the most interesting gaming experiences #i actually like the prologue much more than ISAT for just this reason #its honestly a video game art piece that's created to give the player a very specific experience #that makes them an aspect of the narrative that is told #it's. incredible. #in stars and time #start again start again start again #start again: a prologue #isat #god and there is so so so so much more to say here #what a rich and complex and fascinating game that made me cry like a baby #i dont even kin sif. we arent similar at all. #i cant imagine how devastating this game would have been if i did #but I do have a deep relationship with escapsim #and i write about it a lot #and video games about being video games are wonderful #as are stories about being stories #and why we consume stories. how we use them. how they save us and hurt us. #never played a video game that used its medium so well #i bet undertales also pretty good at that but this is more so i think #stories about stories have to be about why we love stories #and im not an artsy person and i roll my eyes a bit when people talk about the spiritual neccesity of art #i think people need stories because the world is sad and hard and boring and we want to think about something else for a while. #some people need to be anywhere but here #and sometimes if you're Lil Depressed-Ass Snufkin that looks like being here forever #baby cringe-ass snufkin big hat idiot

[waywardsalt]

i think elden ring will always been my favorite game in terms of environment. every area is so impressive, even the copy-paste stuff manages to be impressive with atmosphere, and the amount of just. stunning-looking locations is wild especially with how natural even the most amazing looking shot you can find is.

just the fact that you unavoidably see this when you walk into leyndell is incredible. one of my favorite environment views in all of the games ive ever played

#you can walk on the dragon. you can find your way through the city and climb up onto the dragon to reach other areas #i love this. it doesnt just look fucking cool but its a tangible part of the world and you can go and interact with it #elden ring #salty talks #i just. the music paired with the masterful fucking angle you get of this when you enter leyndell proper. #its so cool im so obsessed with this i wonder was it was like when they got this right in development #this game is so visually incredible even the nasty ass fungal infected diseased caelid is really pretty #like???? i need to know how that shit happened. this is the biggest like. man i need to know what caused this. #idk if the screenshot is all that great i spent a while playing with the angle and where my character was standing #i dont think i couldve gotten my character out of frame and i wanted the walls on either side #to kinda show how you see this while leaving through a hallway. you literally cant miss this if you go in leyndell the normal way #i found the warp chest you can only see the top of the dragon's wing from where the warp chest puts you #anyways seeing this for the first time practically had me frothing at the mouth the environment design in this game fucks. #even the poison swamps

[glitterynebulas]

#ff #ffvii #Cloud Strife #Sephiroth #ffvii rebirth #sefikura #demo good 👍🏻 #dorian plays #<-I guess tag for when I direcly post thoughts or screenshots of what I’m playing??? #ok now that my headache is gone and I can actually put words together #the game is looking fantastic so far #and this chapter was such a good way to show Sephiroth’s fall from grace #driven to madness by revelations #it was so tasty and human and so real #also Cloud was so breedable- #looking hard at the scene of Zangan inspecting him and grabbing him by the waist. should have been me #and all the scenes of him being star eyed at being praised by Sephiroth…. I know it wasn’t him in the real memories #but it’s obvious his admiration for his hero influenced the memories #he is so star struck in wonder and then incredibly heartbroken

[silverstarfoxx]

Firehouse

1977 Rock and Roll Over Tour - Detroit, MI

#cant lie i love when they tweak the tempo for live versions #this is the first concert i watched before my obsession blew up and wow what a great pick lol #this whole concert is incredible everyone is so on top of their game it’s wonderful #paul stanley #gene simmons #ace frehley #peter criss #kiss band #kiss army #kissblr #videos #silverstarfoxx

[ajdrawshq]

wheres that one post thats like do u ever find a character that feels so specifically tailored to ur interests that it almost pisses u off. that is siffrin to me rn

#hes like. the funniest mix of therion and junpei u could ever imagine #what if u took a silly little guy and threw their ass in a time loop. and they used the time loop to be a silly little guy (advanced) #theyre litally the best possible candidate for this job bc they LOVE fucking w people to see what happens. but not in the bad way #its so fun to watch them get used to the idea so fast like 'well if i fail at this kinor thing and look like a fool ill just go back lol' #and the fact that they use time loops to take advantage of a bit. now THAT is how u do it #wonderful incredible no notes. cant wait to see the hundreds of time loops chip away at them until theres nothing #isat #oh i uh. bought the full game btw. it possessed me #gonna bounce between isat and yumi nikki until im done with either or both of em :]

[todayisafridaynight]

At which point did you realise that the plot of IW is ass? I've seen people complain only about the ending or the halfway point where the teams separate, while I was already actively rolling my eyes like four-five chapters in

i think the moment i fully accepted that IW's story was. Definitely A Story was the moment ebina announced 'bleach japan'. like i think leading up to that point i was thinking to myself 'oh i hope i see X happen' or being like 'i wonder where this is going' and that sort but the proverbial bucket of ice was definitely that moment

#infinite wealth spoilers #snap chats #what reaaaaally hammered it in too if it wasnt obvious already was the execution of the jimas/daigo like that still irks me LMAO #i cant even remember what chapter that happened in i just know when it did i was utterly pissed #i think i started to take things less seriously once bryce entered the picture but thats only because of how distracting his VA was #like much love the JP voice actors who try to speak english and japanese but i just cant act like it's not incredibly distracting #esp when the character is supposed to be white yk what i mean- or at the very least their first language is supposed to be english #typically i can look over that thing if its a one or two time kind of deal but he had to speak in english much longer than others #im just rambling about bryce tho this aint bout him. i mean he could be a part of it the cult was executed really sloppily #it might have been the introduction of bryce actually ... i remember thinking to myself 'oh brother' with the whole messiah thing LMAO #maybe it was when kiryu told us his cancer cam from radiation instead of. smoking 💀 ESPECIALLY not even five chapters in #like straight out the gate you just wanna drop that on us mr I Can Do Everything Myself I Cant Worry Others ok #thats a post for another day tho im EVERYWHERE #POINT IS this is not about Retrospect this is about First Impressions and memory warps over time #but i know for a fact i found the bleach japan thing utterly ridiculous and was squinting at the plot the entire time thereafter #like ive said this a million times at this point but although i love IW for it's gameplay (pardon some nitpicks like lack of shortcuts) #its story really feels so messy and had much to be desired. which is so sad after the wonderful stories rgg has been making since 0.. #BUT OH WELL im still excited to replay it in english. god willing i ever get the time #i still wanna finish lost judgment <- isnt even halfway through the game #and i wanna do a fun stream Maybe with YK2 but ill get into that when i get into that #if youve read this far. thanks LOL id say sorry for the novel but thats what we expect of me at this point

[ozcarr]

Actually cleaned a little for NYE so the apartment is presentable and I feel like bragging about how much our (roommate is @hateno) place rules

#jen i should have tagges you origionally im sorry im the asshole #half of this collection is theirs -- when i say ours i mean ours! everything but the orange room anyway #its fully a collaborative effort #in case you were wondering: all the money i dont spend on video games gets funneled str8 to the antique store/homegoods Halloween section #“why dont you get a gaming pc” i need that money to buy paint and medieval weapons bro #we were also very fortunate because our building is cool with us painting which is very rare. this would not hit the same w white walls #also very lucky to have a roomate who was on the exact same page when it came to decorating the shared space. our incredible powers combine #idk what to tag this #interior design #halloween #Goth #goth decor #ayy im talkin here

[cryptid-crusader]

My ONLY upset about the end of Disco Elysium is that we don't get to see Harry physically show Lena and Morrell the proof of the phasmids existence. It makes me really sad that the last time we see Lena she is so downtrodden and sad thinking her husband doesn't really love her, that she's a fraud, that the thing they have spent so much time and energy searching for at the cost of their health and time with each other may not even exist... It hurts my heart. And I know Harry is going to tell her and show them it's alive! It's out there!!! And the end will be happy and rewarding but I want to SEE it dammit!!! I want to see their happiness and experience their unequivocal joy and wonder!!! We were robbed.

#disco elysium spoilers #i just have a lot of feelings about Lena and Morrell #but especially Lena #i love her so much #disco Elysium #i nearly cried when the phasmid came on the screen #what a tremendous game #truly incredible fun and wonderful #all time favorite

[lazer-screwdriver]

I think Lucy and the master met at some boring rich people dinner where he (genuinely annoyed) made some passably polite backhanded comment to someone and she couldn’t stop herself from giggling which distracted him by making coming up with clever insults a game to see how much of a reaction he could get from her & lighting his mood considerably— making him much more charming and flirty when she confronts him about it after

#I think she makes some faux-exasperated comment about him being rude and asks why he puts up with them at all if he hates them so much #and he responds with a suggestive (and incredibly low hanging fruit) of there being upsides to it — like her #the keep running into each other from there and he keeps up the game ​it’s just a way to pass the time. #until they’re alone on a balcony together and she has stars in her eyes about something he said or did and it’s not just a game anymore #zap.txt #simm!master #lucy Saxon #I dunno!!!! I dunno. one wonders what would drive a woman to make the choices she did #and I think at one point he simply was worth it

[duckapus]

Koopa Concert Reunion Tour: Part 1

As the Airship approaches the Barrier between Muppetopia and Bowser's Zone, the first thing Tari notices is the music.

"Um, we're still pretty far away, aren't we? Just how loud is this place?"

"The entire Zone is a giant, nonstop rock concert." Kamek groans, "It couldn't have latched onto his chicken nugget addiction, noooo. It just had to be his musical tastes."

Eggman chimes in from nearby, where he's working with some sort of tablet, "Made worse by the fact that everyone who's been converted there has special adaptations that allow them to withstand far greater volumes than normal. I've taken the liberty of installing sound dampeners throughout the ship so our eardrums don't get blown out during our approach. They'll activate when we change Zones."

Sure enough, after a few minutes they cross the barrier and the noise briefly gets FAR worse before abruptly dropping down to a distant rhythmic pulse that's more felt than heard. As they continue towards where Bowser is, Mario looks over the side at the inexplicably bright green lava flows that cut through the area.

"Look Meggy, they've got rivers of jello!"

"I'm pretty sure that's lava, Red. Or...it used to be?" she thinks it over for a moment before shaking her head, "Anyway, we probably can't eat it."

Predictably, this leads to him pouting, "Take all the fun out of it..."

Eventually, they reach what looks like a colossal city/concert hall hybrid that presumably used to be one of Bowser's fortresses. Thankfully the airship docks still exist and there's plenty of spaces for them to park. As they do, Kamek turns to address the group (so all the named characters but not the assorted random Mario enemies and Badniks).

"Alright everyone, this may be friendly territory, but it still carries the risk of conversion, plus it's a giant concert. Don't go anywhere alone, don't get caught up in the festivities," that he clearly directs at Bob and Toad as the musicians and known impulsive troublemakers of the group, "and remember where we parked. SMG4, Mario, you're coming with me to see Lord Bowser. Everyone else, either come with us or do whatever else you want and be back here in three hours. If you're not here on time you will be assumed to be converted and left behind."

As everyone confirms they understand the terms (or in Sig's case just goes belowdecks so nobody expects him to leave the ship. no way he's dealing with all the noise and crowds in this Zone), he gets ready to lead them down the gangplank, pausing to address the ship's captain, "look after the place while we're gone, Bomberto."

"Oye sir, she'll be restocked an' ready ta go when you get back."

He nods and keeps going, only for the group to pause again on the docking station's stainless steel walkway when they hear a familiar laugh, "Mwee-hee-hee-hee! Looks like these guys came late to the party!"

Another young voice chimes in, also familiar, but far less so due to the tone, "How're you supposed to be late to a party that don't stop, BJ?"

"Eh, true. Wadd'ya say we give 'em a warm welcome?"

"You read my mind!"

In drops a pair of small, mostly blue black and green figures. One is clearly Bowser Junior in his canonical Wonder form, complete with mask-turned-space-defying-beartrap-maw and ponytail made of neon green flames, while the other appears to be a floating preteen girl with messy hair the same so-dark-it's-almost-black shade of purple as Junior's head and bangs covering her right eye (both of which have purple sclera and acid-green irises), what appears to be purple lipstick, eyeshadow and nail polish but given how conversion and her own physical form work is probably recolored skin, sharklike teeth, an oversized black tee-shirt with a green Bowser logo half-tucked into jeans with ripped knees and frayed rolled-up legs, black-and-red fingerless gloves with orange Eggman logos on the backs, shoes designed to resemble the boot portions of Eggman's jumpsuit, and what would look like the sleeves of a black and green pixel pattern undershirt if it weren't for the fact that the green parts are moving and the same pattern is visible in the rips on her jeans and a thick streak through her bangs.

While most of the group has trouble figuring out who exactly she is, Eggman, Cubot, Root and Lil Coding's eyes are practically popping out of their skulls seeing her like THAT.

"SAGE!?"

Whatever sort of introduction the two had planned is thoroughly derailed as Sage hears that, actually takes a good look at the group they're supposed to be greeting, and smiles even wider than she already was before hurling herself at Eggman and wrapping her arms as far around his body as they'll go, "DAD! You're okay! Oh chaos, I was so worried when I saw what happened to Metal!"

Well, even as awkward and...unnerving as it is to see her look and act so out-of-character, he immediately melts and returns the hug, "It's good to see you too, sweetheart."

Bob, of course, takes this moment to be Bob, "Huh. Didn't figure she'd have a grunge phase." Meggy promptly smacks him to the other side of the docking bay, "Ow, my ovaries!"

(also, because I got attached to the random background oc and am making him slightly important way later on (because of course I did) here's Boberto)

#smg4 #smg4 ocs #what a wonderful game au #the wonder arc #smg4 tari #kamek #kamek being an old man #eggman #mario #meggy spletzer #sig puyo puyo #bowser jr #wonder bowser jr #sage robotnik #cubot #root #lil coding #bob bobowski #bomberto #somehow both adorable and incredibly disturbing #at least she's safe and happy and has her free will and memories? #can't say that about converted people in most of the other zones #i made the glowing outlines on the bandana teeth messy to fit with the hand-painted aesthetic of junior's other bandanas

[bluebellhairpin]

best friend who conveniently lives two doors down from my house: *buys a PS5* me:

#it's OUR ps5 now #she doesn't know what she's done lol #ofc I'm not going to be insufferable about it. she's asked. i havent even said yes yet #its a mutual agreement that certain games are going to be an US thing #and that i get top spot on the player 2 list #bc she is amazing and wonderful and i love her very much #we don't get to spend a lot of time together purely bc there's nothing to do in this town. and she's often tired from work #but this is a good excuse to chill together and actually do something together #instead of just like. existing in the same space scrolling though socials #I'M ECITED #i just need to find a way to get my hands on red dead 2 now. THEN i will be incredibly insufferable for the 40+ hours it will take to finis #but the dark pictures games a first #*evil laughter*

[murobrown]

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#let me vent here real quick #bachelorette/bachelor parties are one of the most stupid concepts we ever created #it's disgusting and humiliating to me #if I'd have a person who loves me enough that they decide that they want to spend the rest of their life with me it's like an ultimate win #i mean what more do you want to achieve in life? isn't that like a main goal? #I don't even mean marriage that's useless but just that safe warm loving feeling #and then you gather all your friends and you're going to look at it as game over????? #so anyway I should attempt a stupid bachelorette party this weekend and it's useless and incredibly expensive #and it's full of activities that are totally outside of my comfort zone like drinking and dancing and being half naked in a spa #and you have to wear some dumb accessories so that you also humiliate yourself in front of everyone #and first I thought will be able to handle it but yesterday I panicked and asked if I can be excused from all those activities #and people don't understand that my concept of fun is different from theirs #and i don't mean this in any negative way towards those people #it's just different for me and I'd love you to understand that #but... it's also not nice from me to ditch them last minute and let down my friend that's getting married #but yesterday I just had this moment when I thought fuck no I'm going to think about myself for once and it's just not right #because then you make people upset... #the actual wedding is another thing I dread...it will be an actual nightmare and there's no way I will ever escape it #so yeah I'm just full of emotions and I don't know what's the right thing to do and how to keep others happy and myself calm #at least last night I dreamt about Jake Bugg hugging me and if that's not the sign I'm going spend the rest of my life with that man... #i also decided to survive both of those events sober just to make it more challenging for myself #alcohol has way too many calories and i just want stay in control of my brain #i will see if the only three friends i have will resent me after this #i needed to sort my thoughts here even though I know ot doesn't look like so #i hope that you all are having a wonderful day and doing fantastic ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️