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“I’ll set this up properly after work”
(She did not, in fact, set it up properly after work that day, or ever)
(She did not, in fact, set it up properly after work that day, or ever)
I wasn’t a big fan of Totodile back in the Gold/Silver days, but then when I saw its idle animation with the excited expression and bouncy little arms in later games I was DEEPLY charmed. It has a lovable *je ne sais quoi*
October 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I wasn’t a big fan of Totodile back in the Gold/Silver days, but then when I saw its idle animation with the excited expression and bouncy little arms in later games I was DEEPLY charmed. It has a lovable *je ne sais quoi*
I’d played WotL 10+ years ago on an old iPad which could barely handle it and crashed regularly, so this was very much worth getting for me, but I don’t think it would be if you played a stable version within the past few years.
October 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’d played WotL 10+ years ago on an old iPad which could barely handle it and crashed regularly, so this was very much worth getting for me, but I don’t think it would be if you played a stable version within the past few years.
If you played WOTL that recently and aren’t a die-hard fan, I’d say no. It’s a lot of nice QoL and UI updates and such, but content-wise and in terms of gameplay it’s mostly a recreation of the original. A great way to play it if it’s been a while, but not fundamentally different from what you did.
October 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
If you played WOTL that recently and aren’t a die-hard fan, I’d say no. It’s a lot of nice QoL and UI updates and such, but content-wise and in terms of gameplay it’s mostly a recreation of the original. A great way to play it if it’s been a while, but not fundamentally different from what you did.
OH AND PETTING A PUPPY
October 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
OH AND PETTING A PUPPY
I was not aware of this, so thank YOU!
September 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I was not aware of this, so thank YOU!
One time I had one of the antechamber doors open and managed to reach the tile next to it, only for it to give me 0 options for doors that would connect to it even after a reroll. That was fun.
Imagined Simon just pounding his fists against an empty wall and wailing.
Imagined Simon just pounding his fists against an empty wall and wailing.
August 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
One time I had one of the antechamber doors open and managed to reach the tile next to it, only for it to give me 0 options for doors that would connect to it even after a reroll. That was fun.
Imagined Simon just pounding his fists against an empty wall and wailing.
Imagined Simon just pounding his fists against an empty wall and wailing.
I took obsessive notes and had both the experience of “This thing I took detailed notes on in one of my first runs ended up being crucial at just the right moment 10+ runs later!” and “Oh no, these notes I’ve been painstakingly gathering all game are for something I’d already figured out on my own.”
August 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I took obsessive notes and had both the experience of “This thing I took detailed notes on in one of my first runs ended up being crucial at just the right moment 10+ runs later!” and “Oh no, these notes I’ve been painstakingly gathering all game are for something I’d already figured out on my own.”
It still has the honor of being the game that made me full on ugly cry the hardest AND made me cry the most times 👍
August 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
It still has the honor of being the game that made me full on ugly cry the hardest AND made me cry the most times 👍
(I ended up enjoying them. They’re largely fun, fast reads, and it was nice to have quick novellas to read between longer novels to break things up. I also avoided The Locked Tomb books because the blurbs made me wary and ended up liking them, so I guess I should just trust my friends’ tastes more.)
July 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
(I ended up enjoying them. They’re largely fun, fast reads, and it was nice to have quick novellas to read between longer novels to break things up. I also avoided The Locked Tomb books because the blurbs made me wary and ended up liking them, so I guess I should just trust my friends’ tastes more.)
TBH I had the exact same reaction to the book series title (“The Murderbot Diaries”) even though the individual books aren’t named like that, and avoided them for a long time as a result. Having now finally read them, I know it works much better in context, but without it… yeah.
July 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
TBH I had the exact same reaction to the book series title (“The Murderbot Diaries”) even though the individual books aren’t named like that, and avoided them for a long time as a result. Having now finally read them, I know it works much better in context, but without it… yeah.
My partner’s mom underwent chemotherapy for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma ~25 years ago. It was very effective, it hasn’t come back since, and she’s currently 70 years old and doing great 🧡
July 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
My partner’s mom underwent chemotherapy for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma ~25 years ago. It was very effective, it hasn’t come back since, and she’s currently 70 years old and doing great 🧡
I’m in such an Online Creative Bubble that I regularly forget that tons of people don’t even give a single thought to GenAI’s Myriad Issues and are only dimly aware of them, and just view it as a “fun digital tool” with no deeper thought or consideration.
June 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I’m in such an Online Creative Bubble that I regularly forget that tons of people don’t even give a single thought to GenAI’s Myriad Issues and are only dimly aware of them, and just view it as a “fun digital tool” with no deeper thought or consideration.
Viewing the zoomed out thumbnail on my phone: “How did you know it was—“
After clicking and zooming in: “Never mind, asked and answered.”
After clicking and zooming in: “Never mind, asked and answered.”
June 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Viewing the zoomed out thumbnail on my phone: “How did you know it was—“
After clicking and zooming in: “Never mind, asked and answered.”
After clicking and zooming in: “Never mind, asked and answered.”
The little birdie buns are darling 💖
April 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The little birdie buns are darling 💖
He was so LITTLE back then! Still incredibly photogenic, damn. Happy Birthday Spriggan! 🥳
April 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
He was so LITTLE back then! Still incredibly photogenic, damn. Happy Birthday Spriggan! 🥳
They ROCKETED out of that starting gate this season. It was WILD. Excited to see what all they have up their sleeve from here.
April 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
They ROCKETED out of that starting gate this season. It was WILD. Excited to see what all they have up their sleeve from here.
I didn’t always agree with her (nor anyone in the party), but I appreciated that her perspective had room for ambivalence, changes of opinion, some internal contradictions, and being good-intentioned without being excessively idealized or always “right” about everything.
April 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I didn’t always agree with her (nor anyone in the party), but I appreciated that her perspective had room for ambivalence, changes of opinion, some internal contradictions, and being good-intentioned without being excessively idealized or always “right” about everything.
I finished DAO for the first time last year. I played a Circle Mage in DAO and I thought Wynne, being neither a rebel nor a total loyalist, added a lot to my play-through, as my character tried to navigate both her affection for and loyalty to the Circle Mages and all her anger over its injustices.
April 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I finished DAO for the first time last year. I played a Circle Mage in DAO and I thought Wynne, being neither a rebel nor a total loyalist, added a lot to my play-through, as my character tried to navigate both her affection for and loyalty to the Circle Mages and all her anger over its injustices.
Glad to hear it! I’m frankly not sure I EVER would have beat the game without it.
March 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Glad to hear it! I’m frankly not sure I EVER would have beat the game without it.