Serah

we ended up in the same youtuber discord because of a Sonic 06 video LOL

thank you ❤️ we're over the moon

I love you profoundly, and I intend to do so forever.

I can tell you what you need if you like (assuming the C64 port is the same as the Apple II one) but have you been talking to the prisoners?
It took me a minute to realise you even could without alerting all the guards. They give useful hints (and some useless ones).

Four books on a couch. Jirel of Joiry and Doomsday Morning by C.L. Moore (both Golden Age Masterworks editions) and A Dreamer's Tales and Fifty-One Tales by Lord Dunsany Unabridged 1915 Original Version both by Lord Dunsany (natch)

I wasn't expecting to get actual birthday presents but I got some great ones.

Screenshot of Anime Story for the ZX Spectrum. A monochrome blue image of an anime woman sits above a text box and between a frame stating the game's name.

A screenshot of Three Sisters' Story for MS-DOS and early Windows. The same anime woman is now visible in colour, wearing purple hair and a red jacket.

A little bit later, but I know there's also at least one demake of a Japanese eroge from this scene! Anime Story from 2004 is a conversion of Three Sisters' Story for MS-DOS and Windows.

The title screen for XCOM: Enemy Unknown for ZX Spectrum/Pentagon, with a pretty good if a little bit facially goofy looking rendition of one of the loading screens from the DOS/PS1 versions with two soldiers, one kneeling, in scifi body armour with a sleek looking transport aircraft overhead.

A crt tv screenie of one of the ufo landing missions, presented in isometric fashion but simplified to one xcom operative and a walk-and-gun game.

The title screen for the demo fo Civilization for ZX Spectrum, converted by Cubeckin Vitaly, with a city skyline rendered in sandy yellow and CIVILIZATION in huge white text above it

The pretty damn good looking tile map from CIv with a phalanx unit shown by a coast and hills

The Russian ZX Spectrum scene of the mid-late 90s is fascinating. With more powerful computers expensive and out-of-reach for most, there was a scene of dedicated strategy fans bringing demakes and unique versions of Civilization, Master of Orion, and XCOM to ZX Speccy 'Pentagon' clones.

Screenshot of Anime Story for the ZX Spectrum. A monochrome blue image of an anime woman sits above a text box and between a frame stating the game's name.

A screenshot of Three Sisters' Story for MS-DOS and early Windows. The same anime woman is now visible in colour, wearing purple hair and a red jacket.

A little bit later, but I know there's also at least one demake of a Japanese eroge from this scene! Anime Story from 2004 is a conversion of Three Sisters' Story for MS-DOS and Windows.

perfect way to start the game

Tennis Witches by Video Witch A tennis RPG with witches and funny little creatures

I have released a demo for a small game I'm making
videowitch.itch.io/tennis-witches

Caught in the rain in The Frasier Companion (PC, 1995)

perhaps, if i can get off my lazy ass, I'll make a multimedia CD-ROM instead. that'll *really* make sure that nobody sees it

it's now been more than a year since I last made a video. I've been kinda down on the idea of ever doing anything else on YouTube to be honest. I still have things I'd like to rant about for an extended period--game maker, MSX, Wines of the World--but ig we'll see if they end up bein videos or blogs

I bought it. I also downloaded the updated Gold Edition, which has a slightly different user interface.

Honestly it's so charming that I kinda wanna get some wine now...

Wines of the World, Gold Edition (PC, 1997)

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I'm spending far too much time on the Giantess Wiki lately

A screenshot of a screenshot in a magazine, displaying the user-interface of Wines of the World's Wine Browser. It has a pleasant, wooden texture and posh-looking fonts. The caption reads: "The browser feature accesses a database of more than 20,000 wines."

I'm kinda getting obsessed with multimedia CDs. Some of what I'm looking at is in my existing wheelhouse--digital magazines, electronic literature, etc--but I'm also trying really really hard not to buy "Wines of the World" right now. I don't even drink wine!

I'll learn how to type on a phone eventually.

They could spit upon the fire and it would become a glowing ember. The flame-talkers came and began to burn the forests. The Urshuca opposed them violently." The communication stopped for a minute or so as Sorthalan rose to his feet, turned from us, and urinated impressively into the night. "There were men controlling the fire that night when Christian came," Keeton whispered. I had not forgotten them. I had called them Neoliths. They seemed the most primitive of Christian's entourage, but apparently they had a mind control over fire and flame itself. From Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock

this how you insert a break into your exposition

Actually speaking of the "kids these days" stuff I don't really have much patience for handwringing over zoomer “brainrot” humour because I grew up with "We Drink Ritalin" (actual title!) and other animutations on albinoblacksheep. We weren't an erudite generation

It's defo not the only reason fewer people are reading books, but talking about reading as though it's like eating your veggies probably isn't helping.

what's even more confusing is the FFVII modding community calls the original Windows 98 version "PC98". It's fuckin rough out here

I frequently feel frustrated by horror literary magazine's restrictions on transgressive content but this is next level.
Especially the blanket NO to all epistolary fiction. What the fuck?

Our indie Roguelike RPG where you play an Angel that rebuilds his brain back from scratch is over 50% funded on Kickstarter, with 2 weeks left to go.

We need ⚔️ YOUR HELP ⚔️ to cross the finish line!

(Kickstarter, Steam Demo & Discord links in first comment 🔽)

People talk about how you have to play and beat Nier Automata multiple times to get the full story but you don't. That's a formalism. The game has distinct chapters and uses the "ending credits" as chapter breaks. The game you're thinking of is Nier Replicant. That's the sicko shit.

Obviously the place a system has in the overall flow of the game is hugely important, but every critique I've seen has addressed that, tending to state that the hugely increased sophistication of the combat reduces tension and increases tedium compared with the simpler combat of the older games.

I mean, it has dodges, parries, light/heavy attacks and a lock-on so I feel it makes sense to comment on the systems it's so obviously drawing on?

Ont torné en fiens entasser; Car qui violt avoir amasser, Quant il n'en ist honors ne biens? Assés valt certes mains que fiens. Li fiens encrassce vials la terre, Mais li avoirs c'on entreserre Honist celui ki l'i entasse. S'il a .m. mars en une masse Trestolt icho tient il a nient, Et neporquant perdre le crient; Et om qui crient n'est pas a ase, Ains vit a dol et a mesaase. Li avoirs fait l'ome lanier, Et sans preu faire travellier. Il ne fait el fors soi sollier. Si ne croit mie sa mollier: Il n'a cure qu'ele le balle, Car s'i faloit une maälle Dont avroit il desparellié Les .m. mars por cui a villié. Ne sai que dire des haïs Por cui cis siecles est traïs - De honte ont mais lor cort enclose. Chi n'a mestier metre de glose, Car jo n'i fas nule sofime. Jal savés vus tres bien meisme:

Old French on the left page, modern English on the right

The original French seems to have much stronger poetic form, but what's neat about this volume is that you get both the original text and the translation facing each other! I have some other Old French romances that were straight up converted to prose so this is greatly appreciated