Not much has happened this week.
I played a bit of Risk of Rain Returns. Got gold on a few of the remaining Providence Trials.
And I started playing a bit of Risk of rain 2 with my sibling. Not much else.
What’s happening with you guys?
This week has been quite mundane.
I played a bit of Risk of Rain Returns. Nothing new there.
I also played a few Itch.io horror games. The only one worth mentioning is Microbial Sector. You are analyzing a bunch of objects and marking what microbes are present. that’s mostly it, it’s pretty short but got a good spook.
How are things for everyone else?
This week I’ve started to get back into Risk of Rain Returns.
It had a small update recently, and I’ve been trying to find the two new items without just using the command artifact.
Other than that. I’ve played some more itch.io horror games. The highlights this week are: ThePale. You play as a replacement lighthouse keeper, and while you’re getting settled in you accidently brake some unknown machine, and shortly after that a large storm starts to roll in. It has the first resident evil’s style of controls, and camera, which is a little clunky at first, but I think it worked in it’s favor. It’s just a demo right now, but the moment it has a full release, I’m going to play it.
Next is Descending. You’re playing as a drill operator that has to keep the drills running for “war efforts“. It’s not exactly clear what war, but It’s one of those games were you’re operating a console with a bunch of buttons and dials as most of the game play, which might not be for everyone, but I love hitting a bunch of buttons as the primary gameplay.
Last is. A Place, Forbidden. A game where you wake up from a nap to find yourself in an unknown library, and while trying to leave you keep stumbling further into the library. This one I don’t think I can do much to explain it more than that because a lot of the story comes from reading the books throughout the library.
I know my pitches for the games are a little lackluster. I’m slowly working on trying to write better, but it’s slow going.
Anyway, What’s everyone else doing?
I’ve had a couple of musical ideas filed away to talk about, one for quite a while. But it didn’t tip over the edge until earlier today, when I saw something that ground my gears a bit. So I have three things to mention, one of which is a bit of a rant. That was the thing from earlier today. Although, as an introduction, I will tell you about the word “Cromarty.” I knew this word exclusively from Cromartie High School, the English title of the manga and anime Sakigake!! Kuromati Koko. Or literally translated “Forging valiantly ahead! Cromarty High School!” The use of “ie” instead of a “y” seems to be derived purely from common practice, rather than author’s prerogative. “Kuromati” is a Japanese phonetic pronunciation of “Cromarty,” a Scottish word that is likely derived from combining the Gaelic words “crom,” “ard,” and “bati” meaning respectively “crooked,” “heights,” and “bay.” Given the nature of the manga story, “crooked” is certainly applicable in multiple senses. What led to this odyssey was the newest Rex’s Hangar video about the “Cromarty,” the Short Brothers first flying boat, which of course led to all the other Short Brothers flying boats, especially in WWII and the 1950’s. Some still claim the Short Brothers manufactured the first “production airplane” in 1909, despite the Wright Brothers having entered into contracts to produce airplanes based on their Flyer III in 1908. (The argument is valid because the airplane produced to be sold under those contracts was the Wright Model B, which became available in 1910. But likewise the first “production” Short is claimed by some to be either their No. 2 or No. 3, both of which were “ordered” by someone else in quantities of ONE EACH; in 1909 and 1910. It’s also worth noting, I think; that the Short designs were based on the Wright’s Flyer.
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