Abye

20 years after the release of Dirge of Cerberus on January 2006, Takayoshi Nakazato felt a cold shiver, as if a dozen keyboards clattered and mouse clicks sounding the gunfire of the Cerberus.

With a slight smile on his lips, he says "What the hell took you so long? Don't you people read?"

I feel like I've been hit by the Mandela Effect, but in the sense that I probably already knew this in my care-free youth of... 2006. But another random trivia bit probably scooped this information out, and plopped it in with something about Viggo Mortensen breaking his toe on a helmet.

Woah woah woah woah woah…

…The f*ck?!

Azzy is the cool friend that would invite you over for a Commodore 64 session.

I meant keyboard, but the dang typo! But yes, I tried it myself a few years ago. I had even bought a PS2 USB mouse which... Turned out to be a regular USB mouse, but blue and translucent in colour rather than anything special. 🙃

Entering the Mines of Moria must’ve been so confusing to everyone except Gandalf and Legolas.

Gandalf, deep in thought, randomly starts giggling, says “Mellon” and the door randomly swings open. Leaving a group of confused hobbits wondering what an exotic fruit has to do with anything.

But much easier, as Joe only has to gather the different coloured ninja, and the last boss, seeing a rainbow that is armed and capable of defending itself, realises his greatest fear as he keels over on the spot.

It has not been my week. I've been in a generally foul mood, had a nightmare that shook me a bit (considering I've lost family members, to have a nightmare about losing another was a bit much).

Plus I needed to be confrontational with certain groups of people over my health, which is never fun.

You know, I should dedicate a day or two to finally studying the things I want and learning from online courses I've bought a while ago-hahahahaha, goddamn insomnia meant I slept until past 12 and the day was gone by then. Damnit.

The Geordi Approval meme. Geordi disapproves of "Pirates vs Ninjas" Geordi approves of "Pirates and Ninjas vs Fascist stormtroopers"

YouTube video by sattacude Vagrant Story OST - Great Cathedral Attic (PSX)

You know that part in Animatrix where they're experimenting on humans, poke one part of the brain and the guy laughs, poke another and he cries?

That's what Hitoshi Sakimoto can do with his music. "You're feeling sad now": www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VQ8...

a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a yellow wall Alt: a man in a suit and tie is dancing in front of a yellow wall

Squaresoft, circa 1999: "Get Hitoshi Sakimoto on this soundtrack, they're going to hear this boss theme like... 12 times in 2 hours."

Hitoshi Sakimoto: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqpd...

Giant Flying Lizards of Lea Monde: “Imma chill underground for a lil bit”.

Now this is a reaction image…

The piano rendition of Terra’s theme is amazing for the CGI intro.

The funniest part is the fact that the only visible way for the dragon to be in that room is the ceiling, so you’re just wandering cavernous mines, maybe slaying the odd underground dwelling creature… SUDDENLY DRAGON

Doodle of a girl with the ashes of a burnt match.

“But tools are expensive!” You can doodle with anything! Trust me. Once I used a burnt match! (Though def let it cool first!) 👀

This was one of my first Steam games. I didn't care much for poker, but I liked that you could get items for TF2. Strong Bad was an amazing inclusion at the time.

The sequel is also pretty good, as it features GLaDOS hosting, Claptrap, Ash Williams, Brock Samson and Sam (instead of Max).

Lain has achieved the rank of "Friend to All".

Good for her. 🥲

That's cool.

Alas, the only copy I have is the Platinum version and not the delightful original cover. 😧

It's somewhat worrying that I have video recommendations on YouTube for Al generated music, and all of the profiles have said "Comments against Al will be deleted"...

...Good, create that little unsustainable vacuum where people click "don't recommend channel" and get on with their lives.

That’s USB mouse and keyboard support. Oops.

Still, I loved that sort of thing, coming from console roots rather than PC ones. The thought of a keyboard on PS2 would’ve blown babby Abye’s mind.

I have a somewhat eclectic collection of Valve titles on console. Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike on Xbox, The Orange Box on Xbox360 and Portal 2 on PS3.

If only there was some online service, ran by Valve, that had all of the titles in one convenient place, so I can let off a little steam… HMM.

Abye’s surprisingly OK condition looking copy of Half-Life on PS2, and yes, the disc is blue.

#RandomGameSaturday Half-Life on the PS2! This is one of the few games on PS2 which had USB mouse and controller support back in 2001. Can’t really say if the port is all the hype, considering I’ve never completed the original (It would be funnier to do when HL3 comes out, so probably never?)

(It's probably too late, but before I get horrendously blocked, I don't really think this, hence the cut-off at the end and the mask broken reply)

Sandland the game

Sandland Magna panel with ps6 and dq13

Bought this game because of the Toriyama art and this magna panel

Sometimes I'm impressionable

You can tell he was angry because he would thump his feet on the ground aggressively.

Fun Fact: He has neither upper or lower teeth, just one set of teeth that connect to both his skull and jaw.

See also; selective mutism.

There have been times where, under stress or pressure, I've regressed to the point of being non-verbal. It's not that I don't want to talk, it's that I can't.