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Lucanor Giovanni

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I'm an old curmudgeon who likes to post about software, game development, anything I find entertaining, and a little politics as well. If you're reading this: I hope you have a wonderful day. 日本語が少し話します

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Latest posts by vaalgamon.bsky.social on Bluesky

What on earth is that tiny lil guy going to do against that thing?

17.10.2025 03:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Unfortunately I'm on immune suppression therapy and was advised not to get live vaccines like MMR. Funny enough the mRNA vaccines are safe for me so I've been getting those where I can.

17.10.2025 01:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Why is six afraid of seven?

Because six seven

17.10.2025 01:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's our share of the Underpants Gnomes profits.

16.10.2025 05:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I loved this show so much I couldn't wait for the next season so I read the Manga which goes much further than where the show ends and now I'm waiting for new chapters.

15.10.2025 07:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My experience as a backer of hundreds of different things is no stretch goals at all.

The less "stretch" a campaign has, the more likely it is to deliver in a timely fashion which is the most important thing.

15.10.2025 06:15 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It's delicious!

15.10.2025 03:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Despite buying every upgrade and going all the way to heat 24 in Hades 1, I don't think I ever exhausted all the dialogue. I assume Hades 2 has even more.

15.10.2025 03:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Got both Dragoons. The third one is a little farther in. These units kinda break the game. #OgreBattle

You stick them together on a team and they kill bosses in one turn before they get a chance to act.

14.10.2025 00:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Saradin, a long bearded old mage in a blue robe holding a gnarled staff, asks to join the rebellion.

Saradin, a long bearded old mage in a blue robe holding a gnarled staff, asks to join the rebellion.

Albeleo, a youthful appearing blond mage with a puppet on his shoulder. He is confronting Saradin saying that he is immortal and no one can stop him. 

Narrator: He was stopped.

Albeleo, a youthful appearing blond mage with a puppet on his shoulder. He is confronting Saradin saying that he is immortal and no one can stop him. Narrator: He was stopped.

Saradin responds to Albeleo "Wrong! You will follow me into eternal sleep!" 

Don't worry Saradin is fine. Only Albeleo is dead.

Saradin responds to Albeleo "Wrong! You will follow me into eternal sleep!" Don't worry Saradin is fine. Only Albeleo is dead.

This segment stands out the most in the game to me. The good mage Saradin was turned to stone by Rashidi. Knowing there's a way to bring him back, the sculptor Balkas creates many identical statues and trusts his apprentices with the secret to the real one.

#OgreBattle

13.10.2025 03:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Rauny, a blond woman in silver armor holding a winged spear in both hands.

Rauny, a blond woman in silver armor holding a winged spear in both hands.

After Norn the next character you can get is Rauny. She's insanely strong for when you get her, having 2 all enemy attacks. So strong in fact that you basically can't really even use her because of penalties for fighting enemies lower level than you.

#OgreBattle

13.10.2025 01:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
After being defeated, Norn, a healer in white with blonde hair, asks you to kill her so she can go be with her Husband. You then have to explain he's alive and have a very awkward conversation about it where she joins your team.

After being defeated, Norn, a healer in white with blonde hair, asks you to kill her so she can go be with her Husband. You then have to explain he's alive and have a very awkward conversation about it where she joins your team.

Warren has been promoted directly from mage to lich by using an undead staff immediately followed by the undead ring. He was never even deployed once as a sorcerer, which is the class between Mage and Lich.

Warren has been promoted directly from mage to lich by using an undead staff immediately followed by the undead ring. He was never even deployed once as a sorcerer, which is the class between Mage and Lich.

Norn GET

Also level 11 Lich Warren lmao

#OgreBattle

11.10.2025 08:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Random item "Blood" found. It's used to turn a knight into a Vampire.

Random item "Blood" found. It's used to turn a knight into a Vampire.

Random item "Dragos" found. It's used to turn a Beast Master into a Dragoner

Random item "Dragos" found. It's used to turn a Beast Master into a Dragoner

Random Item "Undead" found. It's used to turn a Sorcerer into a Lich. It can also be used to turn a Tiamat into a Zombie Dragon.

Random Item "Undead" found. It's used to turn a Sorcerer into a Lich. It can also be used to turn a Tiamat into a Zombie Dragon.

Super super lucky with the upgrade items!!

#OgreBattle

10.10.2025 21:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Deneb, a witch described as "impossibly beautiful" she's got long blond hair, wearing a witch pointy hat and an off-shoulder top. She taunts the player saying "So you made it all the way here? Pretty good."

Deneb, a witch described as "impossibly beautiful" she's got long blond hair, wearing a witch pointy hat and an off-shoulder top. She taunts the player saying "So you made it all the way here? Pretty good."

After being beaten, she has a dramatic change of attitude "I'm sorrrrry! I really am!"

After being beaten, she has a dramatic change of attitude "I'm sorrrrry! I really am!"

"It's all my fault, I know. Will you forgive me? Pleeeease? ♥" (Option NO is selected)

"It's all my fault, I know. Will you forgive me? Pleeeease? ♥" (Option NO is selected)

"Well, I still have my looks, I guess. Good luck, guys!" 

Deneb is presumably exiled.

"Well, I still have my looks, I guess. Good luck, guys!" Deneb is presumably exiled.

Honestly Deneb is one of my least favorite things about the story because it contradicts the gameplay so much. Deneb is working on the pumpkin magic, so logically, if you wanted it, you should let her keep researching, but forgiving her locks you out of the pumpkin upgrade. #OgreBattle

10.10.2025 06:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

(Boundless Trails last seen crying in the corner)

10.10.2025 05:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I do not like the new Apollo Pepper last dab. I appreciate that they keep trying to make new peppers and such but this one probably should be culled and only sold as laxatives.

10.10.2025 05:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Which track from the Dragon Slayer V / Sorcerian OST is your favorite?

09.10.2025 06:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Friendly Werewolf unit next to Werewolf boss.

Friendly Werewolf unit next to Werewolf boss.

You can get a werewolf early by sending your fighters to face tank against the boss of Lake Jannenia at night time. They don't actually have to die. Just being hit is enough. #OgreBattle

09.10.2025 02:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Octopus getting hit by a Wild Man unit for 3 damage. They normally do over 30 damage on land. They're supported by 3 Amazon units. Collectively all 4 of them cannot out damage the heals by the cleric.

Octopus getting hit by a Wild Man unit for 3 damage. They normally do over 30 damage on land. They're supported by 3 Amazon units. Collectively all 4 of them cannot out damage the heals by the cleric.

The stats of the octopus. It's currently level 4 and it's one of the free units you get at the start of the game.

The stats of the octopus. It's currently level 4 and it's one of the free units you get at the start of the game.

Movement types aren't just for speed. They also have a dramatic effect on battle. Units that can fight on water are pretty rare so on maps like Lake Jannenia you can cut off the enemy base with an unkillable octopus. #OgreBattle

09.10.2025 02:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Yulia tells the rebels of Canopus & Gilbert's past.

Yulia tells the rebels of Canopus & Gilbert's past.

Canopus finally agrees to join the rebels

Canopus finally agrees to join the rebels

Gilbert has sided with the empire to save the lives of his people

Gilbert has sided with the empire to save the lives of his people

Canopus asks the rebellion leader to forgive Gilbert who is resolved now to fight with the rebels

Canopus asks the rebellion leader to forgive Gilbert who is resolved now to fight with the rebels

Canopus & Gilbert GET #OgreBattle

08.10.2025 20:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I've been trying to trim it down myself. I followed so much random crap that I don't even know what's in there anymore.

08.10.2025 07:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Beverly Hills Cop theme?

08.10.2025 03:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Unicorn Overlord OST 2-13 - Battlefield 'Heroic'
YouTube video by AczinorDP Unicorn Overlord OST 2-13 - Battlefield 'Heroic'

I have the urge to play #OgreBattle again and I am still a little uncomfortable with how much this track from #UnicornOverlord sounds like the iconic Accretion Disk.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyM6...

Here's Accretion Disk for comparison
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_shi...

08.10.2025 02:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Ultima VIII (8) [1994] | Intro
YouTube video by The Kaputnik Ultima VIII (8) [1994] | Intro

Ultima 8 had one of the coolest intros for a game in the mid 90s.

The game itself is a bit hard to play these days. I feel like if you could increase the FOV, overhaul the combat, and make the platforming a little snappier / faster the game would be pretty good.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPwM...

07.10.2025 20:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Quick! Repost everything in the discovery feed!

06.10.2025 19:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

They deliberately downplay how much work is involved in actually setting that system up and getting people to use it. Nothing they said is wrong, but only technically. You can't just build a feed or use an alternate moderation service. You need alternate everything.

06.10.2025 16:19 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The whole "go somewhere else" part of the decentralization/federated protocol means you need completely separate sites & servers that are independent of each other and then the communications between the two are compatible and can be accessed from both services.

06.10.2025 16:19 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Curse of The Weggy Board
YouTube video by J.T. Sexkik Curse of The Weggy Board

Obligatory:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=15nN...

06.10.2025 05:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Only one way to find out!

06.10.2025 05:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh wow I'm always getting ones that are white on the inside I didn't know they could look like this!

05.10.2025 23:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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