So, you want to find all the Bobblehead items in Fallout 4, huh? Well, in short order, we’ll make sure that you’re on your way to becoming a true conqueror of the Wasteland.
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I apparently forgot what day it was and am now writing this at 1AM, whoops.
I just had picked up Vampire Crawlers, a few hours ago. I’ve only played enough to stumble into crude strategy. so as a result, I’m more of a Vampire Fumbler than a Vampire Crawler.
How’re you guys doing?
That time of year has come again. I’ve lost any and all interest in the majority of games I’m playing.
I was playing Halo: Campaign Evolved, Sniper Elite V2, and a few other random indie games. I was having fun. Then it felt like I slammed into a brick wall of bleeeeeeeeeeeeehhhh. It didn’t help that I kind of made finishing Halo miserable by playing it on Legendary when I hadn’t played any of the franchise in many years, but it wasn’t solely that. I’m just on the struggle bus.
Luckily I’ve been busy helping my friends with their emergency move as well as cleaning and organizing my house. I say it’s lucky but everything hurts and I’m a screaming, whining, and crying little bitch baby. I have something that kind of bridges the gap between work and entertainment because moving everything has forced me to go through and organize my magic collection. It’s also surprisingly exhausting. After a couple of hours of sorting my shoulders feel like they’re lifting away from my body and taking the skin with it. That effort is ongoing and likely won’t reach its conclusion for quite a while.
One actually fun thing I’ve started doing now is woodworking and planning to do said woodworking. Now when I say woodworking, it’s less master craftsman and more, “Who gave that toddler a drill and why is he doing that?” But what I make gets the job done. For instance this is a shelf that I made:
Blocky. Simple. Functional. That’s all I need.
I’m also building a few other things that also meet very utilitarian needs for myself and my family, but you get the idea. I plan to get into some more demanding work in the future but slapping some stuff together that serves a purpose gives me that hit of dopamine that I desperately need right now.
Back to the regularly scheduled programming next week. Thanks for hanging in there.
This week should hopefully be the last super busy week.
We’ve been working on moving this last month with a deadline of the end of the month. So I’ve been unable to do anything, but aside from unpacking, I should have more free time this next week.
I played a little bit of Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. I’ve started getting impatient and just restarting when I don’t like the start of a run. Who knows how many perfectly good runs I’ve thrown away.
How’s everyone else this week?
This week has been a blur and I’m tired.
I played a few rounds of Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. I’ve gotten realized I can fight the statues in the angel rooms for key pieces, haven’t gotten to use it yet, but it’s someting.
What’s everyone doing?
Girls und Panzer: This Is The Real Anzio Battle! is an interesting mix of “retcon that isn’t really a retcon”, budget and intentions, character-exploration, and pushing the envelope of the series’ formula. Only about 45 minutes long the OVA does a good job of fitting into the series lineup appropriately. The Oarai tanks are all depicted as they were after the Saunders battle recounted in episodes five and six, but references new information from episode seven. Which makes perfect sense, as episode seven ENDS with a brief scene showing Oarai’s victory over Anzio. Ankou’s Panzer 4 is still shown with the short 75mm infantry support gun and the Char B1 bis that would be used first against Pravda does not appear. More interesting to me is figuring out the production decisions. The early parts of the OVA, everything “pre-battle;” are clearly lower-budget. In fact a couple of shots are nothing more than panned still-images with dialogue. This indicates to me the production team originally intended this to be included in the series. It should also be noted that one of the TWO recap episodes in this twelve-episode series first aired in the slot the Anzio battle would have occupied. Although, there are some caveats to that. The recap episode technically ends in the MIDDLE of the Saunders battle; not at the end. And the Anzio-battle-titled episode, as I documented; is entirely about all the OTHER things that occurred between the Saunders and Anzio battles.
What I *think* happened is that the production team started creating the Anzio episode, which even included sending off scenes to be animated. Many of these scenes were never completed before it was realized there were more important stories that had to be told *at this point*, so production was started on a NEW episode and, either at this point or soon, it was realized they just didn’t have the budget to do this new episode *and* return to scripting and animating the entire Anzio battle. As it was they were going to have to write up a recap episode just to give them enough time to get the new episode done. I don’t know when the team learned they were going to have enough support to continue the story into OVAs and movies, but I know it was before the end of the original production run. Because viewers at the time learned about the first OVA being the Anzio battle before the series ended. And it’s clear what parts were new when they did the animation. The battle itself has much more time and money behind it, including some outstanding shots. There *is* one more caveat to this theory, but I’ll touch on that at the end.
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I got nothing this week.
I played a few rounds of Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, not anything new.
The only other thin I’ve had time for was working on my GED. I’ve gotten most of it done, I’m just working on reading literacy and writing.
Anyone else doing anything interesting?
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A look back at one of my favorite games. The gameplay was stellar, but the underlying story was clumsy and oddly constructed.
I teach myself music composition by imitating the style of various videogame soundtracks. How did it turn out? Listen for yourself.
A big chunk of the internet went down in October of 2016. What happened? Was it a hack?
Lists of 'best games ever' are dumb and annoying. But like a self-loathing hipster I made one anyway.
How does image compression work, and why does it create those ugly spots all over some videos and not others?
How did this niche racing game make a gameworld so massive, and why is that a big deal?
What is this silly word, why did some people get so irritated by it, and why did it fall out of use?
A screencap comic that poked fun at videogames and the industry. The comic has ended, but there's plenty of archives for you to binge on.
My picks for what was important, awesome, or worth talking about in 2016.
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