I've watched the new FFXIV patch trailer several times today and man...that revision of White Snow, Black Steel that's undoubtedly going to be used for the dungeon theme is really making the trailer. I need the full song in my veins via my earholes immediately.
A platypus?
PERRY THE PLATYPUS?!
"wtf is this platypus mount?"
"PERRY THE PLATYPUS MOUNT?!"
FFXIV devs: "So for NA Fan Fest we got only one hall in the massive Anaheim Convention Center and can only cram a relatively small number of you into it, please look forward to it."
Also the devs: "So for JP Fan Fest we got SEVEN OUT OF EIGHT HALLS in this massive convention center..."
Salutations on this, the day of womb emergence!
Habby birf!
I don't need it...
I don't need it...
I definitely don't need it...
(Whom I love dearly.)
An orange and white cat stares blankly into the camera.
My chud son.
Here's an amazing watch by Ginny Di. Title is a little clickbaity since any LARPer knows inclement weather, bugs, etc are basically mother nature's way of welcoming you to live action roleplay. The real topic later in the video is roleplay anxiety. It can be applied to MMO roleplay as well!
I definitely have A LOT more like the Ice Worm in AC6, or Lord Saito from Ghost of Yotei...but I just grabbed a few that stood out and I ran out of post space.
Masked Man - Mother 3 (no crying til the end)
The Witness - Destiny 2 (game has problems, this wasn't one of 'em)
Father - Octopath Traveler 2 (Free ME while you're at it)
The Final Boss of OMORI (no spoilers here, but if you know...)
King K. Rool - Donkey Kong Country (Kredits where they're due)
Recently discovered this song by Noel Gallagher (former Oasis frontman) and while the rest of the album is...ehhh...this song stuck out to me. It's got a very enigmatic feel and message to it. I'd be tempted to say it's a good theme for Bekram at this point in his story.
youtu.be/rzYMksBJs5U
Oh and the whole "yeah we used AI art assets as placeholders" is yet another reason for me to go "yeah, nope." It will forever make me upset that Expedition 33 did that and I didn't find out until after playing through the whole thing, which tainted my experience retroactively. Nobody gets a pass.
Crimson Desert in particular did not land with me because the controls are dogshit ("Just get used to them" isn't an excuse, dogshit controls you got used to are still dogshit) and open world games with no direction and just tell you to go "do stuff" do not appeal to me. Difficulty wasn't a factor.
The more I see people talk about why they like certain video games like Crimson Desert and the more I hear "it's good because it doesn't hold your hand" the more I realize that's less a reason to enjoy the game and more a reason thrown out to justify calling people who don't enjoy it "unskilled".
Fellow Jam enjoyer. 🤝
It was made and presented to the team in 2023 for the 10th anniversary by Walnuts Clay Work, the same studio that made all the dioramas for Fantasian! Techraptor has neat video that gets in close and shows all the detail!
youtu.be/_0ptxFHrkVU?...
This essentially means that the copay that was charged to YOU and listed as YOUR responsibility goes into the pocket of the insurance company and the pharmacy while doing nothing toward your yearly insurance maximums like it should. Your insurance company gets to double dip and get more out of you.
Everyday I learn something new about American health insurance that disgusts me. Today it's "copay maximizers". CVS and other pharmacies will try to sell you on signing up for these services to reduce insurance copay to nothing for prescriptions...except these don't pay toward deductible or OOP Max.
Parody version of the Nvidia DLSS 5 announcement comparison images. Comedically compares Kratos from God of War (2018) to Kratos from the live action streaming series announcement from earlier this month.
Wish this week would chill the fuck out. Now my dad got diagnosed with (hopefully operable) skin cancer. Everything sucks, man.
Oh no. Youtube is recommending me Cyberpunk 2077 videos again. How did we get back here? I don't need to reinstall it...
LRT Cave Story is an absolute jam in and of itself, the fact that someone straight up did a lyrical walkthrough for it is AMAZING. Please give it a listen, dude deserves recognition for his work, something he did in his downtime from being a husband and dad.
Someone finished a Cave Story rap concept album they started in 2009.
(this is someone else’s screenshot)
youtu.be/faBrzVHm7ow?...
Good ol' routine of my body finally giving up at around 5 am only to be wide awake once more at 6:20 am to be ready for work. Love it.
I wish I could sleep and not be in physical pain.
I am shocked and appalled.
Me: "Ah work is done for the day. Now I can stop thinking and relax."
Also me: *immediately launches Slay the Spire 2 and spends the next 2 hours in intense thought about deck building and stressing if it does not go well*
*looks up from whatever tf he was doing*
Eh? Did something happen in the XIV community again? Huh.
*and back to whatever he was doing*
A Borderlands-style title card featuring a siren dressed in a bright orange and black leather harness and jacket, with cut off black denim shorts, ripped fishnet leggings, and big stompy combat boots. Lightning curls around her, and she summons a disc-like shield of energy.
Your new favorite siren. ⚡
#ffxiv | #borderlands | #gpose
#roaddust | #phaseblocked