Crosstown Gate

A bottle of Casa Mariol Vermut Negre, pictured with a croissant and a small black cup.

I'm not much of a drinker, so my recommendations don't mean much, but I've really been enjoying this vermouth.

PRISON OF HUSKS is in the STEAM SCREAM FEST!

Explore a beautiful world of forgotten dolls in the demo. Find the horrors that wander the lonely places in my retro-soulslike!

Time for the annual tradition! How many poppies can I lose before November 11th?

Current count: one, worked loose on a morning walk

official promotional artwork for the simpsons fortnite thing. homer, marge, a banana man and others run towards the camera. garbage. who is this for? stop - it was a rhetorical question. i don't want to know. the answer will only depress me.

For the life of me, I will never understand the appeal of corpo IP crossovers. The Simpsons in Fortnite! I cannot imagine a product more divorced from any of the aspects of the show I enjoyed.

"But that's what makes him so good, it's like a dance!"

Look, I can appreciate that some players want that tight focus, but for a boss fight I want a jam session, not Whiplash.

Replaying Hollow Knight 'cause I was still hungry after Silksong and... hot take, but I do not think Nightmare King Grimm is a very good fight.

He is fast, punishing, and restrictive. He does X, you MUST respond with Y, or you'll take damage, sometimes twice; it's wholly responsive action.

"Cozy" is a natural response to difficult times, but is ultimately unfulfilling. True catharsis is what the doctor ordered.

hmm... theoretically, it should be possible. Further research may prove necessary.

first we soup then we sandwich

At some point every Survival/Crafting game inevitably turns into a Warehouse Management Simulator as your base becomes overwhelmed with storage chests.

Sometimes I read something so good I get mad.
Also sometimes I read something so bad I get mad.

I am a man of contradictions.

The year is 2026. Trump is in a coma. The Supreme Court issues their ruling: in his stead, the Republican's Sora-generated AI-Trump has full presidential authority.

Halifax harbour just before sunset

there's a chill in the air these days

As much as I love Hollow Knight and Silksong, I do hope that Team Cherry's next game is something completely different.

Made a conscious effort this summer to read more outdoors (public gardens; waterfront) and the change of scenery really does make a huge difference to the reading experience.

(I still love you, my IKEA Poäng)

Protip: if you have to write a thousand word rambling diatribe of a tumblr post in order to 'prove' a minor celebrity is a secret bigot - you've got nothing.

compare and contrast to Jeepers Kreepers Rowling, whose bigotry is easily demonstrated by simply linking to any number of her tweets.

devastating - threw out an old shoebox, only to find, days later, the perfect use for it.

that EA classics gold box activated something deep within my brain, like a sleeper agent code-phrase, only for video games

Google is such a piece of shit. I search "luggage + my city" then click on maps to find, you know, luggage stores near me.

BUT when I clicked the map tab, it googles again, this time with the search term "Bentley" so only their local store shows up on my map. Fuck off.

and fuck you too Bentley.

but how will I know if something cool is going on without a Sawano drop?

YouTube video by GLITCH KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE: PILOT

Knights of Guinevere PILOT

youtu.be/MCAdbUaMlAE

Hornet the player character, stands in the forgotten ruins of an overgrown chapel. Even in this unassuming scene, look at the many foreground and background layers, the soft lighting effects, the floating particles.

my review:

Gameplay notwithstanding (and the gameplay is fantastic) Silksong is a must play simply for the craftsmanship on display. It is exquisitely polished on every level, brimming with little touches, and everyone involved in its making held themselves to the highest of standards.

a photo of a Guncannon gunpla model kit standing next to a wooden piano model kit.

The Guncannon is a capable unit, and can be utilized successfully in a wide variety of battlefield operations

(just wanted to take a photo of this cheapo music box kit I got from Dollarama)

just unhinged your jaw and swallowed it whole, eh?

top five video game zone vibes

1) sad soggy town
2) lonely wind-swept cliff at the edge of the world
3) forest grotto fairy fountain
4) OSHA violating clocktower
5) the meat zone™

photo of three books. In green: Essential William Morris. In yellow: Boomerangs: How to Make and Throw Them. In white/blue: Gabriel García Márquez Collected Stories

photo of interior of William Morris book (featuring his Strawberry Thief design), and interior of boomerang book, with some technical diagrams.

A small #bookhaul for #booksky. I've been devouring Gabriel Garcia Marquez all summer long. And William Morris (1834–1896) is a cool guy. Socialist, early fantasy writer (big influence on Tolkien), printer, artist, designer, a real Renaissance Man.

oh, and boomerangs are cool

7 - From Grotto & Niilo Takalainen's Holy Mountain Theme for Noita.

The 'shop' music, brief respite in the unending chaos that is your quest for the Sampo. Melodious, soothing, practically a lullaby.

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

looking like a big-shot strutting around town with a coffee and breakfast sandwich (on my way home to watch anime)

the true Noita victory is creating a wand so powerful it tanks your framerate and gets you killed

Enough fucking around! Time to find an agent for this novella... ehhh right after I finish this short story