#play my lil video games

[skiitter]

In case anyone is like me and hasn't played BG1 or BG2, Mortismal Gaming has an excellent story supercut for both games that I cannot recommend highly enough.

Baldur's Gate 1

Baldur's Gate 2

#baldur's gate #baldur's gate 1 #baldur's gate 2 shadows of amn #admittedly i've played a few hours of BG2 but jesus christ it's dated even by my standards #and these videos really are 10/10 great #a lil long but also the story for both games is long #and Larian has said that what happened in BG1 and BG2 is directly related to what is happening in BG3 #Baldur's Gate 3

[maigetheplatypus57]

Man look at my little guy I love him

#rtgame #mcyt #magistrex lovers come get your lil guy #I'm watching his mc video and having the time of my life rn #maige's posts #i love watching ppl discover all the cool new shit added in the game since the last time they played #also his wizard tower is genuinely sick i love all the colors

[autoresponderdaily]

#daily hal post #lil hal #homestuck #played a video game and the ending got me right in my glasses shaped heart so. lil hal time. grins #i have a bunch of headcanons to answer still but honestly im not into homestuck at all rlly atm sry

[omppupiiras]

smol käärijä in a big sweater

#käärijä #currently having war flashbacks listening to my brothers playing video games and me in the sidelines bored #so i drew a lil käärijä #my stuff

[psikind]

little lights

#oneshot #oneshot game #niko oneshot #the glen #artists on tumblr #risk.png #my best friend has been playing oneshot for me and my roommates!! I really like the glen it's pretty #we've also been voicing it and I'm niko and like. baby baby baby I love you #me? posting video game fanart after like a year or so? it's more likely then you think. expect more again I miss doing fanart #edit: listen the water tutorial genuinely helped me grasp it the lil guys ae just vibin

[cheriafreya]

*:･ﾟ✧ **:･ﾟ✧ *

#genshin impact #gamingedit #genshinedit #genshinet #genshinimpactedit #kaeya #video games #gifus #playing genshin a lil bit again #Kaeya you will always be famous #honestly my account sucks so much #but I got this outfit so... I'll keep it #how did I not get a single 5 stars tho lmaoooo

[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

[shesmore-shoebill]

Amanda getting into FNAF rhythm turning into her being fully locked in, and quite frankly, very good at FNAF and coordinating with/providing calm and controlled commands to Shayne and Courtney is. well. i. uh. its very impressive.

#i feel so vindicated in my instinct she was gonna be really good at it and i also feel #a lil gay. #smosh #amanda lehan canto #shayne topp #courtney miller #the lack of flinching to the scare + 'you're good' to courtney? the little nod and thumbs up between her and shayne. #amanda going from the first video to coordinating the play for this one...... we love to see it.... #smosh fnaf #smosh games #so many good videos the last four days my camera roll is a mess rn #and if i have time between like. doing actual life shit and my regular non smosh activities. there will be more

[aphsillyos]

i get it. i get why he went evil. i really get it

#me arts tag #ill get over it <- just has had a bad couple of days so it hurts extra bad #i know people just go ''dont play jungle'' or ''dont play league'' but like #idk. sorry im insane and just think people should be nicer #maybe we should all try to be less toxic and be more nice to people #be nice to ur teammates and give them a lil thumbs up if they do a good thing. please. we can make a tiny difference :') #i would turn off pings but. i wanna use some communciation @_@ it is a team game ya know yknow #(i do have chat turned off every game) #(which is a shame to do if you wanna make friends online but. video games am i right or am i right) #im ok i will get over it. i am listening to my evil viego playlist (wont elaborate)(leaves

[suburbanlegnd]

tell me why (2020)

#this game. this fucking game #it's been ruining my mental health for a few days now ❤️ i think I'll have to make an appointment with my psychiatrist ❤️ #i haven't even finished it yet but I'm truly in love with this game #it's so pretty and the soundtrack is so good ☹️ #but the story is so sad #also i think i can relate to their mother when it comes to her mental health #playing it wants me to sit outside and smoke a hundred cigs because man.... 🚬 #ngl im not into men but tyler makes me question my sexuality a lil bit because he's soooooo #but im also in love with alyson.... uggghhh #tell me why game #tyler ronan #alyson ronan #tell me why #game screencaps #gaming #video games #*mine

[grimcatician]

Yoooo Happy Birthday to Kingdom Hearts and to the sweetest silliest goodest boy 🥺💖

Still a WIP but I really wanted to get something out for him! He deserves the world!!!

I only recently began playing KH. It was always on the list of “Things I Know I’ll LOVE to Bits Because It’s Got Everything I Love But I Am Putting Off Until I’m Ready To Commit™️” but thanks to needing to clean my room and some certain YouTube videos a couple weeks ago I finally started playing and I have noooooot stoped thinking about it!

#kingdom hearts #kh sora #sora #I’m still on kh1 right at the last save point bc I want to beat the scary ghost and I’ve titan but I am #Bad at Video Games so it’s taking a bit! #also work!! is keeping me from the fun things in life #I put on that 3hr long recap video of all the games while cleaning my room and I was only half paying attention #but right after it was the 6hr Riku is Gay and idc about spoiler tbh and I know it was a pretty fruity franchise like I had hs friends into #it back in the day so ya know #but HOO boy let me tell you it really was the final nail on the coffin for me and I finally but the bullet and bought it #I knew I’d love the damn Mickey Mouse ff game bc it always seemed so silly but so EARNEST and heartfelt which is my absolute SHIT #the lil “my friends r my power shit? #my absolute favorite trope ohh I knew the moment I saw the scene in hs but no means to play etc so #ANYWAYS! #I will eventually finish this but coloring hard 😣 #grim art

[soldier-poet-king]

Oh AND my parents are being all passive aggressive woe is me about Christmas decorations and 'family time's and whatever bc we still don't have a tree or have anything decorated bc the week where we would normally do that we were out of town BC my COUSIN DIED SUDDENLY and somehow my mother decided she can't decorate during the day WHEN SHES HOME ALL BY HERSELF BC no apparently she has to spend all day with my grandmother (who tbf i think is starting to be increasingly needy and aging and fine but also like set some goddamn boundaries this is what happens when you indulge her every whim for your entire life and move down the literal street and never get any distance) and so it's just endless goddamn drama and I'm EXHAUSTED BY IT like I get she keeps the house running but what the fuck does she do ALL DAY that she has time to complain and pick passive aggressive fights with my father like. Ma'am. Ma'am. The rest of us work AND still manage house, maybe not to your standards, but idk why ur complaining about having your cake and eating it too like. Grow tf up like the rest of us. Life isn't a hallmark movie, stop making ME MISERABLE I straight up refused to go get a tree with them I'm not having this argument while they pick a fight in public BC they're insanely picky about the PERFECT TREE like weird white ppl for the 27th year in a row. Fuck.

#please please please let me fuckin leave #its me in my room playing video games against the world #sebastian contra munda except its fran contra familia #really not. helping. my resolve to not just casually have wine everyday #I DONT. I DO NOT. I AM VERY RESPONSIBLE #but the DESIRE IS THERE just to not deal with their shit #instead i have my stupid lil watter bottle and my stupid healthy foods and my stupid little insanity #there is not enough distance in the world. tbh. to free me from this #but not being in the house would be a START #please. let me get that job. so i can afford nasty city rent and leave #i have no friends ergo no roomate potential. and my ocd wont let me live with strangers #at least my family is the devil you know #but HOLY SHIT

[sailorsally]

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#since I talked in the tags a lil before #i also need to say that the political situation in Georgia has been a big pile of shit lately #that’s mostly why I don’t have the energy to engage with anything atm #everything is so hopeless #I just try to play video games these days to take my mind off stuff #but to explain it a bit #there is this one law the parliament already tried to pass last year but then didn’t because thousands came out to rally against it #the law is about ‘foreign agents’ and it’s directly copied from kremlin’s law in Russia #where the govt basically uses it to just cleanse the country from anyone they don’t like #So now this law is back and they have voted a yes two times #and will vote a yes third time #which is absolutely devastated news for anyone here #because if this law is instituted #basically say bye to foreign scholarships #to ngos financed from foreign countries that work to protect queer and trans peeps #rehabilitate refugees domestic violence victims etc #there will be no new roads in removed highland villages that rely mostly on international financial aid #no education opportunities for poor kids etc #this law literally equals death #and it will be heavily used to just cleanse Georgia of people who don’t think like Kremlin #and I am so fucking scared rn #There have been protests for 3 days #tens of thousands of people on the streets #but parliaments just keeps ignoring people #Or using police brutality against them #they are beating people up #jailing them for peaceful protests etc #it’s absolute nightmare #I’m just so tired of Russia #why won’t they die with everyone who supports them I wanna cry

[reki-of-the-valley]

I'm having insignificant problems but idk what video game to play :((( I wanna play something but idk what

#this is so dumb but I have access to so many games rn and idk which one to play #Like I can plays sdv on my computer and have fun with the update #or I can play something on my switch #or I can also pull out the wii or my ds which have been hacked so I have access to all the games I would normally play #idk what to play #maybe I'll finish mario thousand year door before the rerelease #or play paper mario wii and finish it as well since I used to be afraid of playing it and I've gotten better at video games #idk man #hush lils

[thornycanary]

the cake is supposed to be blueberry-ish flavor

happy anniversary, hollow knight!

#this post is scheduled so ye #hollow knight #fanart #my art #ghost hollow knight #hollow knight hollow knight #broken vessel #greenpath vessel #hk #an au where all four of these vessels lived and they all engaged in sibling shenanigans #anywho #happy anniversary to one of the best video games ive ever played!!! #this was supposed to be a lil more detailed but i kinda put it off till the last second lmao

[dekarios]

the psychosis is hitting me tonight pals

#fray.txt #i am halluin deluing... i am simply trying to play my video game and my brain is going #how about i be a lil fucked. how about it . what if i #i keep hearing toos. i keep thinking. man #fuck o ofofoofffff #also im convinced my friends are all gonna block me because they cant handle how sad ive been. god fuck #anyway!!! #elden ring :)