King of the Losers

But they made the voice acting good now. And they did away with those horrible, dated tank controls that nobody ever liked ever.

(I normally don't do this, but I need to explain the joke and point out this is sarcasm, because it is sadly a thing a lot of people believe)

Some guy started liking a bunch of old posts of mine. Took a look at their page, first thing I saw was AI art tutorials. Blocked his ass.
The neat thing about being a nobody is that I'm not beholden to any algorithm. I don't need to care about getting eyes on my posts.

It's funny how I can describe the plot of PSO2 to myself and acknowledge that what's happening is objectively sick as fuck, but the actual telling is butchered so horribly that I still want nothing to do with it.

I suspect that the idea is that getting mostly common garbage makes the moment that you open one and see an item name you've never read before feel all the sweeter.

I love how in MMO circles, it is literally impossible for a boss to be hard. If it's a challenge that can be learned and overcome by a human being, anyone who struggles with it is garbage and a scourge on the community and should be blacklisted from all parties.

I appreciate Phantasy Star Online 2 as a perfect case study of the inevitable end result of the free to play model of video games. You can grind all you want, but the fun? That'll cost you.

Inside you there are two Alfs. One in Standard Form, the other Pog. The Simpsons.

There's not much in the world that I hate more than air travel.

Anyone remember restless leg syndrome? Boy, that sure was stupid, huh?

So many ideas of Hell feel too clever for their own good. I'm sorry, but I feel like being eternally chained to the bed of a lake of dark fire that you never grow accustomed to, because magic, is probably worse than waiting in line at the DMV or whatever. Yes, even if there's a crying baby there.

I want to publicly apologize for the Harry Potter reference, but I couldn't think of any other major pop culture icon who famously doesn't have a nose.

Getting the Voldemort surgery so I can't see my nose in my peripheral vision anymore.

"Wait a minute...Atlas? YOU were The Fountainhead all along?"

"I want everyone that I don't believe them."

A powerful statement, to be sure, but can he follow through?

That picture is a war crime.

No one is in danger and nothing bad is going to happen, but you can have a beer with the trolley driver after after his shift is done. He won't be mad if you say no. Do you?

Was genuinely super-excited to replay Silksong right up until Groal the Great. I beat him, but once I finish the game I am never launching it again. 0/10 boss, actively unfun, single-handedly took this game from a 9/10 to an 8/10 for me.

All this motherfucker has to do to kill you is pull you into the water one time and the fight is basically over. Only have opportunities to do chip damage because the thing moves around randomly. Then you die and it's a five minute runback and five waves of enemies.

I am so goddamn tired of Groal the Great.

The inevitable final state of social media. It'll happen here too one day, enjoy it while it lasts but be prepared to let go.

"I want shorter games that look worse, take longer to make, and cost more, and I'm not joking."

"Except when they do it."

Had a dream that was formatted like a TV show or movie. Don't even know what it was about or anything that happened, I just know I woke up with that distinct funk you get when you see something incredible and know that nothing will ever quite scratch that itch again. Lasted 2 days. It's bullshit.

It's not worth putting more thought into than when nine-year-old calls you mad gay. It's just an insult like any other to these people. Ban them and move on.

Every time a youtuber reminds me to drink water, my life gets shorter by an hour and 23 minutes.

I like that it's a NES Castlevania on SNES. I also like how they clearly didn't give a fuck designing the Dracula fight. I can respect that.

I think I'm bad at video games now. Just spent the better part of four hours trying to beat Primordial Malzeno only to find out that the part I was stuck on was only phase 1, ie the part of the fight that's basically supposed to be a playable cutscene before the real fight. It feels bad.

Anti-homeless urban design is great because it doesn't do anything about the problem it attempts to address AND there's nowhere to fucking sit.

I've been enjoying Monster Hunter Rise a lot, but I can't stand how every monster by endgame goes through phases. One of my favourite things about MH is believability, and part of that is the monsters as fictional animals. Animals don't use 10% of their power to make it a fair fight.

Finally reading Lord of the Rings is really confusing to me, because the core message of this story is one of great deeds coming from the unlikeliest of places, but then it will also not shut up about blood purity. Like, every time a Numenorian marries a commoner, the world gets a little bit worse.

Yes.