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DM of the Rings Remastered LXI: Words Get in the Way
Sims 4 Overthinking: Without a Car
The laundry room and kitchen are both done, leaving the upstairs as its own apartment.
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Wednesday Action Log 2-28-24
This week I’ve been playing Lies of P. I was unsure about the game due to my only experience with Souls-likes was the first Dark Souls and it didn’t go very well, I think I’m having an easier time due to the game being more linear and with more quality of life stuff of a modern game. Other than that I also played some Raft, which I’m going back to after writing this.
What are you guys playing?
A Confusing Second Volume
Unless you are a particular fan of the minutiae of “the Golden Era” of giant monster movies, Toho’s production of King Kong vs. Godzilla from 1962 can be a confusing watch. In many ways, it fails, despite its accomplishments, in exactly the same way Legendary’s 2021 release of Godzilla vs. Kong fails. That is, whatever your doubts about the previous movies were, the combination of big-name monsters and a decade of FX improvements would SURELY produce *something* of worth. And I mean, it DOES…just generally not in a way people expected or wanted. At least, looking back we see that. But at the time, and here’s the other truly ASTOUNDING fact that causes so much modern consternation: King Kong vs. Godzilla is the most successful Godzilla movie ever in Japan, even today. Of course, that’s only from a certain point-of-view; this placement is based solely on theater attendance. Theater attendance fell steadily throughout the 1960’s and 1970’s, but the numbers still roughly correlate to both profit and general popularity with the Japanese public. KKvG is followed by the original Gojira and the sequel, Godzilla Raids Again; and the mid-60’s movies that quickly followed King Kong vs. Godzilla. The only later movies to intrude on the upper echelons are 2016’s Shin Godzilla and 2023’s Godzilla Minus One. But as usual, we need to look at the factors that led to one of the most popular Godzilla movies ever.
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DM of the Rings Remaster LX: The Madness of King Whatsizname
Thoughts of the Almost-Healthy
I am back from the hospital after spending the better half of a week being poked and prodded. They listened to my lungs a lot, and asked if I was a smoker every ten seconds. I am not a smoker, and have never been a smoker, so I’m a little offended I seem to have the effects of smoking without the edgy vice out of it. If I’d known this was going to happen I obviously would have been sucking cancer sticks down like boba just for the hell of it, but noooo, I had to go the old fashioned genetic way. What was it that landed me in the hospital?
Covid? Flu? Some new allergy? Nope.
A cold. I got the old fashioned cold and now I’m glued to a nebulizer like regular air has gone out of style. I didn’t realize I needed to go get me an old Victorian nightgown and candle to go with my historical ailments. Please sir, may I have some porridge, the poorhouses frown upon my cough, sir, but I do my best, sir.
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Wednesday Action Log 2-21-24
This week I played A Little to the Left. A delightful cozy puzzle game which consists of tidying up with a cat making occasional appearances. It’s not always clear what about the objects you are trying to organize by, But the nice music and cute style make up for it. I also played Exit the Gungeon, it’s fine, the jump to 2D from top-down isn’t really appealing to me as I had hoped, the enemies attacks seem to be simplified and slower due to the smaller level size, but other than that it’s more or less the same game.
What are you guys playing?
From The Archives:
The Best of 2012
My picks for what was important, awesome, or worth talking about in 2012.
The Disappointment Engine
No Man's Sky is a game seemingly engineered to create a cycle of anticipation and disappointment.
The Witch Watch
My first REAL published book, about a guy who comes back from the dead due to a misunderstanding.
Project Button Masher
I teach myself music composition by imitating the style of various videogame soundtracks. How did it turn out? Listen for yourself.
The Truth About Piracy
What are publishers doing to fight piracy and why is it all wrong?
DM of the Rings
Both a celebration and an evisceration of tabletop roleplaying games, by twisting the Lord of the Rings films into a D&D game.
Juvenile and Proud
Yes, this game is loud, crude, childish, and stupid. But it it knows what it wants to be and nails it. And that's admirable.
Secret of Good Secrets
Sometimes in-game secrets are fun and sometimes they're lame. Here's why.
My Music
Do you like electronic music? Do you like free stuff? Are you okay with amateur music from someone who's learning? Yes? Because that's what this is.
id Software Coding Style
When the source code for Doom 3 was released, we got a look at some of the style conventions used by the developers. Here I analyze this style and explain what it all means.