Brian Coia

they should've called it hollow knight 2, because of how often the game has made me shout "2 of them??"

that would've been smarter, but nope. we cut out the mouth pixels and put a phone in there

Slack post: "i was thinking about some way of visualizing TTS on the dog plush, ranging from "motor that moves the dog??" to "LEDs or something idk", and had a dumb idea: attach a spare phone or ipad mini to the dog, load up a page connected to the TTS relay, and animate the two mouth pixels in sync with the TTS" with an attached image of the Annoying Dog Pillow Plush with a phone over its mouth, saying "hi" with two pixels lit up in one frame

there are a million things i want to talk about, but instead i'll first take credit for the latest in IRL vtuber tech, the synced TTS dog mouth

i was responsible for the UNDERTALE 10th Anniversary stream tech and memories project. truly thankful to be part of something so important to so many, even as a humble internet janitor

I'm starting to believe good code architecture is bad because it lets you keep blowing up scope. If your code turns into spaghetti by the end of the month you have more incentive to make it releasable sooner

said this as a joke but honestly,,

trip report, one week in: it's brutal, but i think i'm through the worst of it

absolute rock bottom was monday, featuring the hour where i laid on the floor, sweating, after a 102 fever. but sweat can also beneficial, as pocari sweat has been my lifeblood through this mess

it's been five years, figured i should finally try out 'COVID'. i got the 'RAZOR THROAT' variant. i do not recommend it

damn. i hope you really let them have it, after what they've done

fwiw the demo didn't use steam cloud, so make sure to check ~\AppData\Local\DELTARUNE. hopefully it's there..

DELTARUNE credit, for '-Website- Brian Coia'

pleased to announce that for DELTARUNE Chapters 3-4, i was asked to reprise my role as –Website–. i hope you enjoy my performance!

The final screen of Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition, with several of the main characters accompanying the text "Congratulations! The survey of Planet Mira is 100% complete!"

i'm free from xenoblade x, after a mere 102 hours

SirSamVimes on Something Awful: "it's been really funny watching a poster go from "I hate this game" to "I have complicated feelings about this game" to "I'm getting a tattoo of a symbol from this game""

the blue prince experience

i figured i'd be done with blue prince by now, but it keeps going. the puzzles don't stop. genuinely impressive how it continues to add new layers, even 40 hours deep

i put down my 60+ hour xenoblade x save in favor of blue prince. mira can wait a bit, gotta solve these puzzles while they're fresh

the game is best when you go in with the same mindset as outer wilds—try to explore something new, one run at a time. be patient, you will discover things gradually

for those starting out and feeling repulsed by the "roguelike".. embrace the randomness. always prioritize new rooms. leave yourself a path or two. schreier's tips are a great starting point bsky.app/profile/jaso...

okay yeah, blue prince is phenomenal. puzzle sickos ride again. my obsidian notes are growing and my screenshot folder is overflowing

as a Puzzle Sicko myself, i must answer the call and signal boost. all puzzles must be solved

ryan seacrest, give it up

If you're not watching the Hokuto No Ken 3v3 team tournament right now you're fuckin up plain and simple twitch.tv/gamenewton #FGC

i can vouch for fastmail. i rarely use its clients, but when i do, they're alright. or if you just want to set up some native email clients and not worry about it, it's the perfect service for that

i have complicated feelings about La-Mulana 2. i love that it exists. it's one of the most playfully hostile/challenging games out there, without being too annoying. but when it is annoying (certain bosses, increasing enemy spawns as the difficulty rises), man!! La-Mulana 1 is an overall better game

Final screen of La-Mulana 2, showing a sunset and the spirit of the Fish King over the horizon, captioned 'Presented by NIGORO'. Play time: 31 hours, 26 minutes, 40 seconds.

finished a hard-mode-no-subweapons run of La-Mulana 2, after my original playthrough years ago

i have mastered the art of FOMO-Maxing, as i watch friends at MAG, frosty faustings, and in japan simultaneously

hell yes

Getting really into the Fast Grabbing Guys on Instagram

puzzle gamers, it is time to abandon newer genre tags like "epiphany-based gameplay" and "metroidbrainia", and return to the classic "think-em-up"

in 2025, i need to travel. planning on at least one convention. maybe japan, finally?

YouTube video by Eric Morissette Ys 1 Chronicle - Final Boss - Nightmare Difficulty

the bump system is funny, conceptually. but it makes for some of the worst boss fights i've ever experienced in any game. special shoutouts to the ys 1 final boss, the bouncing DVD logo youtu.be/QFB3h8T-4hg

wanted to give the trails series a rest after cold steel 2, thus spent the winter break playing other falcom games. i've now played ys 1&2 chronicles and ys origin

ys origin was fun. ys 1&2.. i understand why people suggest playing them first, but they are not video games, they are sick jokes